my mind's a blank between Pinball Wizard and "you know where to put the cork". Maybe it's time to add the movie to my netflix queue.
edit: yippee! Instant viewing!
Dreg: Glory, Your Most Fresh-And-Cleanness. It's only a matter of time-- Glory: Ugh, everything always takes time! What about my time? Does anyone appreciate I'm on a schedule here?! Tick tock, Dreg! Tick freakin' tock!
'Sleeper'
Spike's Bitches 42: Which question do you want me to answer first?
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Laga - Aug 16, 2008 7:30:06 pm PDT #2016 of 10001
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
JenP - Aug 16, 2008 7:35:48 pm PDT #2017 of 10001
Tommy was my first (grown-up type) album ever, inherited from my sister. I know every song from beginning to end. I have performed the entire album many, many times to an imaginary audience of thousands. I wish there were video of 8 or 9 year-old me singing Acid Queen (a song which made NO sense to me at the time.)
It's still one of my favorite albums.
omnis_audis - Aug 16, 2008 8:03:20 pm PDT #2018 of 10001
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
Jen, any chance you can make it to Dallas in the next 6 weeks or so?
JenP - Aug 16, 2008 8:48:10 pm PDT #2019 of 10001
Oh, I wish, omnis. I'd love to see a stage production, not to mention hang out with you and DJ. But I don't think the bank account will support those wishes. (However, if I suddenly get a windfall, I'm there!)
WindSparrow - Aug 16, 2008 8:54:03 pm PDT #2020 of 10001
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
Did I miss DebetEsse's birthday? Or is it tomorrow? Many happies, either way, Debet.
P.M. Marc - Aug 16, 2008 9:11:54 pm PDT #2021 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Oy, this is when my having been not only an elementary school teacher, but one with a specialty in gifted ed is not necessarily a good thing. Good thing I have a strict hands off policy in my own kids' classes.
Oy, indeed!
Laga - Aug 16, 2008 9:34:53 pm PDT #2022 of 10001
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Wow that was quite different from how I remember it, but I only saw the film once and it was on TV. I must have listened to side 2 more because it wasn't until the second half that I was sure they had changed stuff. And what were the MPAA smoking when they gave that a PG rating? Best Veuve Clicquot product placement ever. I hope that's the last time I hear Jack Nicholson sing.
omnis_audis - Aug 16, 2008 9:46:57 pm PDT #2023 of 10001
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
the original Rock Opera album is different than the 1972 movie, which is different than the 1990's Broadway Musical. Of course, the version we are doing, is more true to the original version, but cherry picking from the other two versions. Of course then there was the whow Live At Leeds, which was slightly different, and we are cherry picking from too.
To be honest, I dunno which version is which anymore. And there are huge differences between the two. One of them has captain walker killing the lover. Another version has the lover killing Captain Walker. And of course, there is a version that apparently kills Tommy which I never recall from before.
Laga - Aug 16, 2008 10:03:37 pm PDT #2024 of 10001
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
The movie version has the lover killing Captain Walker. Apparently by smashing him upside the head with a lamp. Parts of the movie still seemed brilliant. Others did not stand the test of time. Tommy running in front of the blue screen while ocean scenes played out behind him was comically reminiscent of Whose Line is it Anyway?
Laga - Aug 16, 2008 10:12:44 pm PDT #2025 of 10001
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I was also reminded of the incident that resulted in our no longer being allowed to bring in our own CDs to play when we were setting up for business at the restaurant where I used to work.
In the middle of a busy Saturday shift a traditional Spanish song ended and after a brief moment of silence, see me, feel meee, touch me... drifted out into the dining rooms. Three managers collided trying to reach the CD player.