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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.

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lisah - Mar 07, 2006 8:55:08 am PST #2491 of 10003

Punishingly Intricate

I'm going to take a hardline and argue that a cowbell song should prominently feature cowbell such that its presence is not in question.

Well, if we're arguing...I'm going to argue that you should do what you want! Make a case for the song having the essence of cowbell or something.

msbelle - Mar 07, 2006 9:02:52 am PST #2492 of 10003

I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

OMG,

essence of cowbell

great band name, also just something I want to be able to buy in bottled form.

lisah - Mar 07, 2006 9:04:02 am PST #2493 of 10003

Punishingly Intricate

also just something I want to be able to buy in bottled form.

little bit metallic, little bit grassy, Totally Rock and Roll

Frankenbuddha - Mar 07, 2006 9:05:28 am PST #2494 of 10003

"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

This could get ugly:

"Where's the cowbell?"

"It's got cowbell."

"No, that's a glockenspiel."

"I say it's cowbell!"

"I have it on good authority that ****** ******* used a glockenspiel exclusively in the recording of ********. It says so right in ***** **** **** by *****."

"Here's your glock, Geekus Maximus!!!!" whips out glock and open fire

joe boucher - Mar 07, 2006 9:18:13 am PST #2495 of 10003

I knew that topless lady had something up her sleeve. - John Prine

Well, if we're arguing... I can see David's point, but I'm with lisah on this one for the slightly perverse reason that I'm delighted by the idea of meta-cowbell. "So the song has cowbell?" "Well, no, but we covered it because the original had cowbell. It really is all about the cowbell."

DavidS - Mar 07, 2006 10:03:00 am PST #2496 of 10003

"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

I can see David's point

Well, I'm an editor and it is my experience that writers always try to fudge the lines. So I like drawing them bright and clear.

However, I have no enforcement capacity so the worst that can happen is a cavil on my part. And the best is, "I was completely wrong! That song rocks with implicit cowbell and more than satisfies all requirements." I'm willing to be proven wrong.

Hayden - Mar 07, 2006 10:17:46 am PST #2497 of 10003

aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."

I dunno. I can't see the More Cowbell category without cowbell, myself, but part of the fun of the mix is the freedom to define the categories in ways that make sense to you.

Incidentally, I went back over my mix, and it is 95% done, but I didn't have time to upload it last night.

DXMachina - Mar 07, 2006 10:38:55 am PST #2498 of 10003

You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.

There ought to be at least a hint of cowbell.

Tom Scola - Mar 07, 2006 10:40:10 am PST #2499 of 10003

Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

But of course, there can never be enough cowbell.

Jon B. - Mar 07, 2006 10:40:39 am PST #2500 of 10003

A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

Punky Chips Ahoy - Oi! Oi! Oi! [link]

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