Good God!
Hit Me!
Jump back, p-man, kiss yo'self!
I'm not sure how old he is, but I heard him use the word 'newfangled' one time, so he's gotta be pretty far gone.
Dawn ,'Beneath You'
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.
Frankenbuddha - Jun 23, 2004 4:45:54 pm PDT #3291 of 10003
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
DavidS - Jun 23, 2004 5:01:22 pm PDT #3292 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Take it to the bridge! Maceo! Heyh!
Frankenbuddha - Jun 23, 2004 5:13:30 pm PDT #3293 of 10003
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Has anybody seen the bridge?
Where's that confounded bridge?
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The Partyman - Jun 23, 2004 6:18:21 pm PDT #3294 of 10003
[insert something funny here]
Take it to the bridge! Maceo! Heyh!
Abso-bloody-lutely.
Connie Neil - Jun 24, 2004 5:44:55 am PDT #3295 of 10003
brillig
There's a new Morrisey song called, I believe "English Heart, Irish Blood" or the other way around. It only plays after midnight on my local indie rock station (Salt Lake City), and it seems awfully short. There's the verse about Tories versus Labour, then an instrumental bridge, then, I think,a reprise of the chorus, then it ends. (This only occurred to me last night, so I wasn't paying that close attention.) I think the local station is editing the song and that they'd prefer not to play it at all except Morrisey's popular and the corporate folks are probably saying they don't get a choice on playing it.
Am I right? Is my local station playing with the song?
Sue - Jun 24, 2004 5:48:31 am PDT #3296 of 10003
hip deep in pie
The video is on his website, Connie, and only plays 2:44, so maybe not.
Hayden - Jun 24, 2004 5:51:27 am PDT #3297 of 10003
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Hey, Joe, I have the Complete Smash Sessions, which also includes Charlie's Xmas songs. And yeah, the Duck Dunn comment on the Counterpunch list was my favorite by far.
Hayden - Jun 24, 2004 5:56:05 am PDT #3298 of 10003
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Heather, I know the feeling of wanting music you just can't afford right now. I can't even go get the new Wilco or the Village Green Preservation Society reissue until I get paid, dadgummit.
Connie Neil - Jun 24, 2004 5:57:53 am PDT #3299 of 10003
brillig
only plays 2:44
OK, that makes sense. It's still only playing after midnight, and I ought to call the midday folks and request it and see what they do.
I miss political songs.
joe boucher - Jun 24, 2004 6:48:09 am PDT #3300 of 10003
I knew that topless lady had something up her sleeve. - John Prine
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Zep's (almost) never wrong. "The Crunge" was a big ol' shout out to the Godfather, and in perfect JB tradition it made both perfect sense and no sense at all. And in a completely different way from Plant's usual meaningless (ooh, sacrilege...) lyrics.
Hi, Hayden. The Smash recordings are pretty great -- even if "Hawg Jaw" makes me want to Gitmo-ize Dallas Frazier. Rich's recordings are really frustrating because from song to song he can go from the best thing ever to showing giant contempt for the material to just mailing it in. Part of that is his various producers and record companies saddling him with crappy tunes and him not fighting that for whatever reason (temperament? alcohol? weariness? misguided careerism?). Both he and his wife were excellent songwriters, and their songs are almost always the best things on his records. Give him good material & he's awesome. Give him something he doesn't want to do and he'll do it, but he'll do it in a way that makes you wish he'd just refused. Boss Man is the epitome of this. Side one features "Nice and Easy" plus four songs written by Mr. and/or Mrs. Rich and it's as good as any album side in his catalog. Side two... is pretty ugly. It starts out well -- "Big Boss Man" is pretty good, esp. the half-time segment at the end, and I like his cover of "Hello Darlin'" -- but then goes in the toilet. If "Golden Slipper Rose" had been the first Charlie Rich song I'd heard it would also have been the last. Just ghastly.
Fun Counterpunch quote: "John Barry-- Thunderball: his best outburst, also the title song is so masculine, so muscular, it's almost gay" (Ben Tripp)