River ,'Safe'
There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.
I had thought it was because of the 1) the song format being too long to ever get radio play even on college/independent stations and 2) the general insular nature of the DC music scene.
However, this opinion was formed based on a ten-minute conversation with a friend about his friend's student-film-school-project documentary on go go music. So it is likely not worth much.
School Daze sucked. It's entirely Spike Lee's fault.
Is there any good reason why go-go music never really made it outside of DC, aside from a song or two 10 or 15 years ago?
Worked better live than recorded. It's like extended James Brown jams - doesn't have the tight concision of a great funk or hip hop single. The hooks weren't as immediate. They grooved you to death.
School Daze sucked. It's entirely Spike Lee's fault.
Except, isn't Da Butt from School Daze? He tried!!!!
OK, thanks. Just a random wondering.
Jesse, I have to kill you now for that earworm.
RIP Link Wray [link]
Jesse, I have to kill you now for that earworm.
Come on now! That's the best earworm EVAR.
Sad news about Link Wray.
Jesse, I have to kill you now for that earworm.
Come on now! That's the best earworm EVAR.
You evil evil woman.
Though now my earworm, courtesy of the deli in my building, is that Mariah Carey Christmas song (which I shamefacedly admit I *adore*, though I'm still not ready for Christmas music yet).
RIP Link Wray [link]
Guitar Wolf will need to have an epic drunk today.