Can't even shout, Can't even cry. The Gentlemen are coming by. Looking in windows, knocking on doors. They need to take seven, and they might take yours. Can't call to mom, can't say a word. You're gonna die screaming but you won't be heard.

Dream Girl ,'Bring On The Night'


Buffista Music II: Wrath of Chaka Khan  

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.


erinaceous - Feb 21, 2004 12:11:50 pm PST #1175 of 10003
A fellow makes himself conspicuous when he throws soft-boiled eggs at the electric fan.

Ooh! I always turn up King Crimson on the radio, I should get some, so when it comes on my iPod I could do the same thing.

And the Shuggie Otis Strawberry Letter 23, I don't think I have ever heard the other one ...

This cheesy cd isn't about embarrassment. I think it's more about how songs that don't care about being cool are so much fun. (Hhmm. Kinda like with people.) Songs that embrace their inner dorkiness.


DXMachina - Feb 21, 2004 1:03:49 pm PST #1176 of 10003
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.

I liked Yes well enough, but never enough to actually buy any of their albums (although now that I think of it I bought their mid-eighties comeback album). Speaking of prog rock, while on my first ever expedition to Amoeba records today, I picked up two newish CDs by my favorite prog rock band, the Strawbs.

Loved, loved, loved Amoeba.


kat perez - Feb 21, 2004 4:13:29 pm PST #1177 of 10003
"We have trust issues." Mylar

Huh, the only Yes song I remember is Owner of a Lonely Heart Of course, there are probably other ones that I know but just don't identify with Yes. However, since I have no music cred to speak of, I can admit to loving that song with impunity. Good video, too. And Best of My Love is a kick-ass tune.

I associate cheesy music much more with 90's boy band/Britney pop (which I love a lot, too) than with disco. Or even music from that awkward transition time between disco and Madonna era 80's pop (Islands in the Stream, Total Eclipse of the Heart). Now that's good cheese.


DavidS - Feb 21, 2004 4:16:45 pm PST #1178 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Somebody actually defended Tormato in the book - and did it well. We've also got a King Crimson record (Lizard, I think). Not afraid of Prog! (Though I think that might be it.)


DavidS - Feb 21, 2004 4:17:40 pm PST #1179 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Oops, forgot to mention. Hayden, I got Jon's mix yesterday. Wheeee!

Now to eat my chicken pot pie. pie pie pie.


DavidS - Feb 21, 2004 5:14:56 pm PST #1180 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Hey Jon, song #10 rolled up and I had to go check the liner notes because I liked it so much.


Frankenbuddha - Feb 21, 2004 5:26:31 pm PST #1181 of 10003
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

We've also got a King Crimson record (Lizard, I think).

Very interesting record. Highly free-jazzy, even for such an improvisational band as the Crim.


Jon B. - Feb 21, 2004 10:57:43 pm PST #1182 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

Hey Jon, song #10 rolled up and I had to go check the liner notes because I liked it so much.

I am so honored to play music with that guy. And ya know what Pete did today? He called me from Spain during my party to wish me a happy birthday!

Speaking of King Crimson, you could do worse than to listen to the music of Dokaka -- a Japanese guy who does a note-perfect acapella version of 21st Century Schizoid Man. The live version with the extended instrumental break. Really, it must be heard to be believed.


bicyclops - Feb 22, 2004 4:17:48 am PST #1183 of 10003

But Going for the One, which was after Tormato, was actually pretty decent.

Acutally Going for the One was '77, Tormato '78. Going for the One is one of my favorites.

Somebody actually defended Tormato in the book - and did it well.

I've never actually heard all of Tormato - what I did hear was pretty bad. I'll be interested to read the defense.


Frankenbuddha - Feb 22, 2004 9:00:33 am PST #1184 of 10003
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

Acutally Going for the One was '77, Tormato '78. Going for the One is one of my favorites.

Was it Relayer then? The one without Wakeman after Topographic Oceans (and I REALLY had to try hard not to type that is Torpographic despite my love for the damn thing)?

Another pretty "meh" record, from what I remember. I could go put it on, but then again...