Damn. Now that deserves a state funereal.
Right? Maybe we can get Ray Charles on money.
Gwen: Demon, OK? The whole nine—cloven feet and horns and teeth. He wasn't wearing lamé though. Lorne: Yeah, the evil ones can't pull it off. It gets camp.
'Harm's Way'
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.
Jesse - Jun 10, 2004 10:53:37 am PDT #3050 of 10003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Fred Pete - Jun 10, 2004 10:54:16 am PDT #3051 of 10003
Ann, that's a ferret.
Maybe we can get Ray Charles on money.
I can get behind that.
Lilty Cash - Jun 10, 2004 10:56:33 am PDT #3052 of 10003
"You see? THAT's what they want. Love, and a bit with a dog."
Heh. He's in a newsroom.
Um. Oh. Turns red.
But that's really sad. And I'd much rather have a Ray Charles ten dollar bill.
Steph L. - Jun 10, 2004 10:58:53 am PDT #3053 of 10003
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Or Mt. Rushmore.
victor infante - Jun 10, 2004 10:59:26 am PDT #3054 of 10003
To understand what happened at the diner, we shall use Mr. Papaya! This is upsetting because he's the friendliest of fruits.
Heh. He's in a newsroom.
Um. Oh. Turns red.
No need. I'm actually home. But I am working, which means I'm plugged into just about all the same wires as I am at work.
DavidS - Jun 10, 2004 10:59:34 am PDT #3055 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Um. Oh. Turns red.
How would you know?
But that's really sad. And I'd much rather have a Ray Charles ten dollar bill.
In Ireland they've got Yeats on the 20 pound note.
Jesse - Jun 10, 2004 11:00:05 am PDT #3056 of 10003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Honestly, the more I think about it, the more I like it -- we could just continue this thing with the back of the quarter, beyond the states. Coins would be like stamps.
Lilty Cash - Jun 10, 2004 11:03:19 am PDT #3057 of 10003
"You see? THAT's what they want. Love, and a bit with a dog."
we could just continue this thing with the back of the quarter, beyond the states. Coins would be like stamps.
I would enjoy it. Except that I'd have even more collector people at the shop asking me to poke through all the quarters for the one that they need.
No need. I'm actually home. But I am working, which means I'm plugged into just about all the same wires as I am at work.
Well, that's just neat.
Hayden - Jun 10, 2004 11:08:00 am PDT #3058 of 10003
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Aw, Ray Charles & Bob Quine in the same week.
joe boucher - Jun 10, 2004 12:58:43 pm PDT #3059 of 10003
I knew that topless lady had something up her sleeve. - John Prine
Subjectively, he was one of my absolute faves. Objectively, Ray Charles was a giant of American music. All the raves and big claims you'll hear in the coming days are, if not true, at least defensible: he was a titan, perhaps THE great American popular singer. His legacy is vast in intrinsic value and influence. His discography is also vast and can be intimidating to a newcomer. I'll put some thought into it and make some recommendations tomorrow. At one point I thought that he didn't make a bad record from roughly 1954 to 1965 or 1966 (the Atlantic and ABC years.) I have since delved into his catalog deeply enough to know that isn't true -- I find Have a Smile with Me almost unlistenable, and I think the Betty Carter duet is really overrated (although I blame most of that on her) -- but the ratio of good to bad astonishing, especially considering how prolific he was. The Genius of Ray Charles, Ray Charles Live, The Genius Sings the Blues (all Atlantic) and Ingredients in a Recipe for Soul are particularly good. And that leaves out most of his biggest and best hits.