I'm 17. Looking at linoleum makes me want to have sex.

Xander ,'First Date'


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.


Sean K - Apr 11, 2008 6:20:53 am PDT #7569 of 10003
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty

Okay, so I've listened a little more to the Symphonic Stones CD. Some more songs that really work as symphonic numbers -- Street Fightin' Man and She's a Rainbow.

Gimme Shelter has grown on me, though it still has a little too much bombast to be perfect.

Paint it Black actually has movements. I would have liked it so much better if they had either taken this idea all the way and actually turned the number into a longer piece with movements, or just picked one of the styles (preferably the fast one, with tabla and Middle Eastern style violin) and stuck with that for the whole song.


sumi - Apr 11, 2008 7:57:32 am PDT #7570 of 10003
Art Crawl!!!

Elvis, Nick Lowe and Robyn sing "If I Fell" and then sequeing (sp?) into "Mystery Train."


DavidS - Apr 11, 2008 9:00:04 am PDT #7571 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Matilda woke up at 5am, so I took her out to the living room this morning and remembered that I had Tivoed Urgh! A Music War.

I hadn't seen it in about 15-20 years.

I had forgotten:

How much XTC sounded like Gang of Four in their early days.

About the existence of Athletico Spizz and "Where's Captain Kirk?"

How cool that English Beat t-shirt is that Sting wears.

How fast Stewart Copeland's hands are.

How zaftig Belinda Carlisle used to be (and cuter for it).

Who that bass player was with the Cramps.


Tom Scola - Apr 11, 2008 9:02:14 am PDT #7572 of 10003
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

What channel was U!AMW on?


msbelle - Apr 11, 2008 9:02:23 am PDT #7573 of 10003
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

I never understood how Belinda was all curvy when a crazy coke head and how skinny when cleaned up.


DavidS - Apr 11, 2008 9:02:57 am PDT #7574 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

What channel was U!AMW on?

VH-1 Classic - Movies that Rock.


Frankenbuddha - Apr 11, 2008 9:03:11 am PDT #7575 of 10003
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

How much XTC sounded like Gang of Four in their early days.

Was this post-Barry Andrews? Because I can totally see that. I would think those helium-injected keybs of Andrews would seriously mitigate any Go4 comparisons (despite his ending up with Dave Allen in Shriekback).


lisah - Apr 11, 2008 9:05:09 am PDT #7576 of 10003
Punishingly Intricate

VH-1 Classic - Movies that Rock.

Oh shoot! I wonder if it will be on again.


DavidS - Apr 11, 2008 9:07:11 am PDT #7577 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Was this post-Barry Andrews?

It's pretty early in their career. 1980-81? It's one of the only clips of them as a live band.

They do "Respectable Street" - a song I used to put on all my party mixes in college.


juliana - Apr 11, 2008 9:10:11 am PDT #7578 of 10003
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…

I never understood how Belinda was all curvy when a crazy coke head and how skinny when cleaned up.

Depends on what else she was doing at the time, but I know a couple people who put on the pounds when doing a lot of coke. Basically, they stop exercising and they feel like they can drink a lot more, both of which more than counteract the metabolism speed-up.