And Sandinista came out in Dec. 1980. How do I know this? I recently got an email from a guy organizing a double CD 25th anniversary tribute (scheduled for release in Dec. 2005 -- duh) wondering if The Lothars would want to contribute. I think we're going to cover "The Call Up".
Zoe: Uh huh. River, honey? He's putting the hair away now. River: It'll still be there... waiting.
'Jaynestown'
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.
Jon B. - Jan 23, 2004 10:45:35 am PST #143 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
sumi - Jan 23, 2004 11:18:04 am PST #144 of 10003
Art Crawl!!!
Wow! That is excellent Jon.
Alicia K - Jan 23, 2004 11:38:43 am PST #145 of 10003
Uncertainty could be our guiding light.
I have a friend who swore she thought Stipe was singing "Pull your hood up!" in the chorus of "Cuyahoga." Luckily, I thought she was batty and it didn't ruin the song for me.
joe boucher - Jan 23, 2004 11:40:37 am PST #146 of 10003
I knew that topless lady had something up her sleeve. - John Prine
wondering if The Lothars would want to contribute. I think we're going to cover "The Call Up".
Cool!
And Sandinista came out in Dec. 1980.
Man were the Clash in a groove! They were really cranking it out AND it most of it was great (a shockingly high percentage given how fast they were going.) The cover (click the links below) was the first hint that they were staking a claim to rock's history & their place in it. (As opposed to a radical break.) Does that make them/it not true punks? Don't know & don't care. "Wrong 'Em Boyo" uses a false start a la Elvis's "Milkcow Blues Boogie" & "Bob Dylan's 115th Dream" and then uses the "Sea Cruise" horn chart to do a reggae "Stagger Lee". Use the great stuff from the tradition & extend it by adding your own touch. Fabulous! Christgau on the 1980 Pazz & Jop Winner:
1. The Clash's London Calling: Oh yeah, and then there was the Clash. If this [1980] was the Year of the Lollapalooza, the Clash was the Lollapalooza of the Lollapalooza. Their triple-LP, Sandanista!, finished 55th as an import and is sure to come in a lot higher next year, and they also put out a 10-inch "EP" that had 34 minutes of music on it. But this was the biggest one, supported by all but the bared-teeth brigade and the shameless sticks-in-the-mud. It generated an urgency and vitality and ambition (that Elvis P. cover!) which overwhelmed the pessimism of its leftist world-view. And it was good for an actual hit single. I mean, what else is there?
Hayden - Jan 23, 2004 11:41:23 am PST #147 of 10003
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Bad ass, Jon.
Ahem, for my birth year, I have to narrow it down to something from Exile on Main St, Pink Moon, Gene Clark's White Light, Al Green's I'm Still In Love With You, Richard Thompson's Henry the Human Fly, The Late Great Townes Van Zandt, T Rex's The Slider, Big Star's #1 Record, Neu!, Ege Bamyasi, Faust's So Far, Talking Book, or GP.
joe boucher - Jan 23, 2004 12:14:22 pm PST #148 of 10003
I knew that topless lady had something up her sleeve. - John Prine
Al Green's I'm Still In Love With You
I would pick "I'm Glad You're Mine" for Al Jackson's (Howard Grimes's?) drum intro alone.
msbelle - Jan 23, 2004 12:15:41 pm PST #149 of 10003
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
GP is the only logical choice.
DavidS - Jan 23, 2004 12:16:18 pm PST #150 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
GP is the only logical choice.
You surely don't fear predictability.
msbelle - Jan 23, 2004 12:17:23 pm PST #151 of 10003
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
not with a few things I don't.
I have learned not to mess with things that make me melt.
DavidS - Jan 23, 2004 12:24:02 pm PST #152 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I have learned not to mess with things that make me melt.
That's a good policy. I was just looking at the website for the musical Wicked. You can get a pink baseball t-shirt with Popular written across it. I thought of you.