Is is cheating if you use this enormous list of songs with cowbell? [link]
Buffy: Where are the burgers? Riley: Yeah man, I'm starving. Cow me. Xander: I'd love to make with the moo but the fire's not cooperating.
'Lessons'
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.
Jesse - Feb 26, 2006 6:40:39 am PST #2367 of 10003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Sue - Feb 26, 2006 6:42:45 am PST #2368 of 10003
hip deep in pie
I assume we are not supposed to repeat anything someone else has chosen, and by the time we get that far, I can't help but wonder if there will be any cowbell songs left that I actually like.
IMO, your mix is your mix and I think repeats are fine.
Lee - Feb 26, 2006 6:44:51 am PST #2369 of 10003
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Actually, Jesse's link would be a big help, so I take the cowbell part of my comments back.
Sue - Feb 26, 2006 6:44:56 am PST #2370 of 10003
hip deep in pie
Jesse, get out of my mind! I was just coming to post that.
Jesse - Feb 26, 2006 6:48:19 am PST #2371 of 10003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Hee!
DXMachina - Feb 26, 2006 7:11:59 am PST #2372 of 10003
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
A far as the Lost in the Grooves category goes, remember that you don't have to write the article, or even justify your choice, except to yourself. Just restate it to be "pick a song from an album you feel hasn't gotten its due."
DavidS - Feb 26, 2006 7:13:13 am PST #2373 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I also feel a little odd "choosing" something for Lost in the Grooves when the (sometimes a teensy bit persnickity) editor is also involved, but that could just be me.
Perkins echoes my concerns about the "Lost in the Grooves" category.
::enters looming judgmentally::
WHAT?!?
I'm not invested in keeping the category, but keep in mind the book itself has pieces on musicians as twee as Aaron Carter (little brother of one of the Backstreet Boys) as obvious as the Beach Boys and as potentially mockable as Pac Man Fever. It's simply being the advocate for some music which has gotten overlooked. Could be Megadeath. Could be Dream Warriors. Could be something from a genre which has fallen out of vogue like...I don't know. Acid Jazz or 70s MOR or 90s country.
Plus I solemnly promise not to mock should we keep that category.
Kate P. - Feb 26, 2006 7:19:55 am PST #2374 of 10003
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
You don't own "Honky Tonk Women"?
Not only do I not own "Honky Tonk Women", but a search through my iTunes library for the word "honky" only turns up one result (Neko Case's "Honky Tonk Hiccups"). Does that seem right to you??
Kate -- don't you have "Hey Ladies"? Best. Cowbell. Ever.
No, which means you must post it as your cowbell contribution! I'm sorely lacking in the Beastie Boys, actually (and wouldn't have even known it was the BB if I hadn't found the song on the list Jesse posted).
Okay, that list is a huge help. Who knew "Take My Breath Away" had cowbell? Anyway, I'm sure I can find something good, but I wouldn't mind losing the category either, if it got cut. On the other hand, I'd really like to keep the LITG category. I think that one's going to be fun.
joe boucher - Feb 26, 2006 9:51:20 am PST #2375 of 10003
I knew that topless lady had something up her sleeve. - John Prine
I think I'll try to make the conceptual leap from more cowbell to all cowbell and pick 27 category-appropriate songs featuring cowbell. I may need to cover multiple categories with the same recording, but I'll give it a shot... a whack. A big clanging whack.
lisah - Feb 26, 2006 11:25:31 am PST #2376 of 10003
Punishingly Intricate
"Hey Ladies" is the AWESOME cowbell song! Cowbell I'm not so worried about. I'm sure I have something.
My concern with the Lost in the Grooves category is that I really don't know what has been overlooked and what hasn't. (Not that I think people will be judge-y about what I pick. I just don't want to get it wrong!)