I'm with Tommy on Who's Next, really. I don't know if Tommy feels the same about Tommy, but Tommy is the Who album that I feel the most Tommy-like about, presuming that "Tommy-like" means "believing the album wraps a few great songs in a lot of filler" in this context, and "Tommy-like," which I haven't used but merely implied, means "Pete's self-indulgence-ometer goes to 11."
Buckle up, kids! Daddy's puttin' the hammer down.
Spike ,'Touched'
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.
Hayden - Nov 05, 2007 6:27:53 am PST #6716 of 10003
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
DXMachina - Nov 05, 2007 6:38:14 am PST #6717 of 10003
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
"Pete's self-indulgence-ometer goes to 11."
I thought that was Psychoderelict.
tommyrot - Nov 05, 2007 6:41:46 am PST #6718 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Yeah, Tommy is pretty filled with filler. But I like it better than Who's Next.
Hayden - Nov 05, 2007 7:02:25 am PST #6719 of 10003
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
I thought that was Psychoderelict.
Well, yes. Actually, I think Pete's self-indulgence-ometer hits 11 on pretty much everything he touched after Tommy. Even before, really, considering "A Quick One" and "Rael," but for some reason it worked then.
Dana - Nov 05, 2007 8:34:26 am PST #6720 of 10003
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
tommyrot - Nov 05, 2007 8:40:51 am PST #6721 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
That's an awesome list. Nice to know that Europe's "The Final Countdown" has not been forgotten, and has gotten the mocking it deserves.
That site crashed Firefox on me though....
bon bon - Nov 05, 2007 8:43:33 am PST #6722 of 10003
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
The Final Countdown will always be associated with GOB's magic tricks now. Shocked that Cracked doesn't give it a mention.
Hayden - Nov 05, 2007 8:43:53 am PST #6723 of 10003
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
"The Final Countdown," like Segways, can only make me think of GOB Bluth.
xpost, but yes indeed.
Jesse - Nov 05, 2007 8:48:38 am PST #6724 of 10003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Interesting how many of my favorite karaoke songs are on that list (Benatar, Bon Jovi, Journey). I guess karaoke is where I'm a warrior.
megan walker - Nov 05, 2007 8:49:10 am PST #6725 of 10003
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
The comment on Bon Jovi's "Wanted" is priceless.
This song was written in that small window of the '80s when a blue collar steelworker from New Jersey with a terminal case of hockey hair could write songs about being a cowboy and be taken seriously. It was a very small window; it really only encased this one song. When he tried to repeat its success with "Blaze of Glory," the whole thing became laughable (when Bon Jovi insists that he is a "Colt in your stable," a lyric which may be the most unintentionally gay thing anybody ever said, ever, throughout time).