Johnny Ray. Not a rockabilly singer, but a pop singer...Morrissey wore the hearing aid as an affectation/tribute; Johnny Ray actually needed it.
I'm embarrassed at my terrible retention rate. Thank God I never have to go back to real school again.
Fred: It's the pictures in my mind that are getting me. It's like being stuck in a really bad movie with those Clockwork Orange clampy things on my eyeballs. Wesley: Why imagine? Reality's disturbing enough.
'Shells'
Buffista Music III: The Search for Bach
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.
JZ - Dec 19, 2005 9:25:52 am PST #1619 of 10003
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Spidra Webster - Dec 19, 2005 9:43:47 am PST #1620 of 10003
I wish I could just go somewhere to get flensed but none of the whaling ships near me take Medicare.
IIRC from one of Hec's Remedial Pop Literacy lessons, the hearing aid is a callback to an early rockabilly performer who wore a hearing aid as an affectation
HAR! In the Danny Kaye movie "Wonder Man", there's a running joke of a thug who uses a hearing aid. The hearing aid actually occludes his hearing and he keeps having to ask his co-thug to repeat things. When co-thug finally flips out, he retorts "I think it makes me look very distingué".
Wow, I didn't know that about Johnny Ray (not that I knew a lot about Johnny Ray). That Hecubus is a treasure trove.
Michele T. - Dec 19, 2005 1:21:22 pm PST #1621 of 10003
with a gleam in my eye, and an almost airtight alibi
The Great Pop Things cartoons about Morrissey and his gigantic sad chin are treasures of rock criticism.
And while I'm referencing Morrissey references, in the back of my head I'm hearing "I saw you on TV/Doing a bad imitation of a second-rate songwriter from the 80s named Moh-riss-ey/I never liked Moh-riss-ey/And I don't like you" from "Anti Music Song," which always makes me laugh.
Are we talking about the potential Smiths reunion yet, by the way?
Michele T. - Dec 19, 2005 1:22:29 pm PST #1622 of 10003
with a gleam in my eye, and an almost airtight alibi
Oh, and I'll add that the Pet Shop Boys' "I Didn't Get Where I Am Today" rocks as hard as it does because of the great Johnny Marr. And I actually recognized his sound, which I am never music-smart enough to do before I know who's actually playing.
Fred Pete - Dec 19, 2005 4:30:50 pm PST #1623 of 10003
Ann, that's a ferret.
I too didn't know that about Johnny Ray. Though I'd recommend his music to anyone exploring the roots of rock 'n' roll. "Cry" may be the very first great blue-eyed soul song.
msbelle - Dec 20, 2005 1:49:11 am PST #1624 of 10003
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
earwormed with "Come on Eileen" with all the Johnny Ray talk. THANKS GUYS!
Sue - Dec 20, 2005 2:40:33 am PST #1625 of 10003
hip deep in pie
At this moment, you mean everything, msbelle.
msbelle - Dec 20, 2005 2:42:50 am PST #1626 of 10003
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
we are far too young and clever, Sue.
Sue - Dec 20, 2005 3:02:04 am PST #1627 of 10003
hip deep in pie
too rah ay...
Fred Pete - Dec 20, 2005 3:58:48 am PST #1628 of 10003
Ann, that's a ferret.
Winchester Cathedral
You're bringin' me down....