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Buffista Music III: The Search for Bach  

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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.

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joe boucher - Aug 31, 2005 12:48:06 pm PDT #18 of 10003
I knew that topless lady had something up her sleeve. - John Prine

I don't know what my obsession with the use of the word "funk" in the title of threads is, either.

Do you have Funkentelechy vs. the Placebo Syndrome? If not I must get you a copy.

Newsradio is totally on-topic for the Music thread

Completely. In addition to Zep they used "Shaft" twice (Complaint Box and the one with the Big Bonus and the Shaft). Jimmy's campaign theme song was "Life's Been Good". "Slow Ride" brought him out of his coma. He was named after the Beastie Boys tune. "Horse with No Name" was a recurring joke, too. I don't know if they just thought it was funny, or if Dave really dug it and they thought that was funny, or if it was an inside joke (Phil Hartman did the cover for America's greatest hits.) Vicki Lewis had primarily done musical theater pre-Newsradio. And of course there was Chock. We're gettin' the band back together!

Michele T. - Aug 31, 2005 12:56:25 pm PDT #19 of 10003
with a gleam in my eye, and an almost airtight alibi

Chock Full O' Notes!

I had forgotten that Jimmy James is the only major character in television history to be named after a Beastie Boys song.

And of course Phil Hartman played the piano on multiple episodes, including the one where he tries to become a Mark Russell-type musical political commentator, and the talent show episode, one of my favorites ("The Great Throwdini!"), in which he and Vicki Lewis sing "Makin' Whoopee."

And no, I do not have that, and would love a copy!

bon bon - Aug 31, 2005 1:01:56 pm PDT #20 of 10003
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.

"Wichita Lineman": sucks or love it?

Hayden - Aug 31, 2005 1:03:43 pm PDT #21 of 10003
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."

Love it, but somewhat ironically.

joe boucher - Aug 31, 2005 1:16:34 pm PDT #22 of 10003
I knew that topless lady had something up her sleeve. - John Prine

including the one where he tries to become a Mark Russell-type musical political commentator

And he belts Steve (Andrea the efficiency expert's boss? righthand man? lackey?) in the mouth! And you know how I love people getting whacked in the head! In one of the commentaries Joe Rogan says that Lauren Graham was his favorite guest star & everyone agrees with him. The Andrea episodes were so good. I love how she became completely insane over the course of four episodes: "Let's just say you're not the only one in this room who's committed a felony."

Fred Pete - Aug 31, 2005 1:46:59 pm PDT #23 of 10003
Ann, that's a ferret.

"Wichita Lineman": sucks or love it?

Fine blue-collar meditation. But IMO, that was the era where Glen Campbell did no wrong.

dw - Aug 31, 2005 2:11:03 pm PDT #24 of 10003
Silence means security silence means approval

"Wichita Lineman": sucks or love it?

For me, there is nothing but love for Jimmy Webb songs.

Except "MacArthur Park."

dw - Aug 31, 2005 2:16:55 pm PDT #25 of 10003
Silence means security silence means approval

And Newsradio utterly ruled. Wish I'd watched it more.

I'm bored again (and posting once more). Here's my afternoon timekiller: A Hurricane Katrina mix.

  • "When The Levee Breaks"
  • "New Orleans Is Sinking"
  • "Louisiana 1927"
  • "Like A Hurricane"
  • "Here Comes The Flood"
  • "Lakes of Ponchatrain"

That's as far as I've gotten. They're pretty obvious.

DavidS - Aug 31, 2005 2:17:11 pm PDT #26 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

"Wichita Lineman": sucks or love it?

Love it. Unironically. Webb's best song, classic production and performance. The very zenith of late sixties / early seventies non-rock pop.

I once described it as having the existential angst of a housewife in curlers, smoking a Pall Mall and staring fretfully out the back window on the dirt backyard of her unfinished subdivision. There might have been something about her wearing a canary yellow sleeveless knit top too, I think.

DavidS - Aug 31, 2005 2:19:26 pm PDT #27 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

That's as far as I've gotten. They're pretty obvious.

Ah, you missed two of the ones I referenced up thread: "After the Flood" - Lone Justice; "3 Feet High and Rising" - Johnny Cash (also sampled by De La Soul).

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