When I saw the Replacements on their Pleased To Meet Me tour, they were doing a half-assed cover of "What's My Scene?," which I mainly remember because my high school band also covered it.
Flames wouldn't be eternal if they actually consumed anything.
Lilah ,'Not Fade Away'
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.
Hayden - Jul 09, 2004 8:56:03 am PDT #3923 of 10003
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
joe boucher - Jul 09, 2004 8:57:18 am PDT #3924 of 10003
I knew that topless lady had something up her sleeve. - John Prine
Don Novello, alias Father Guido Sarducci, alias Lazlo Toth, is doing Leonard Lopate's Survival Kit segment right now. (Premise: what would you take, beyond the basics which will be provided, if you had to be stranded on an deserted island or a snowbound cabin.) His opening comment, "You should have Ted Kaczynski do this." Follow up: "Most guys who go to prison, it's not an upgrade in living conditions." He picked a lot of old soul music including Smokey Robinson and the Chi-Lites' "Have You Seen Her", the latter prompting the quip, "I got in touch with [Gary] Condit and suggested he should use that for his theme song in the next election. That or [the Coasters] 'Searchin''." He's not everyone's cup of tea, but he's one of my heroes. Check out the Lazlo books if you've never seen them.
Frankenbuddha - Jul 09, 2004 9:15:51 am PDT #3925 of 10003
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Which was the first song I played during my two week 20th anniversary extravaganza.
Oh, wicked cool number to open with. Never fails to get my pulse a-racing. Though it is actually just a scootch over 3 minutes (had to dig out the CD).
billytea - Jul 09, 2004 9:18:47 am PDT #3926 of 10003
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Oh, wicked cool number to open with. Never fails to get my pulse a-racing. Though it is actually just a scootch over 3 minutes (had to dig out the CD).
I think my favourite at the moment is the tried and true Bittersweet. Though in times past, 1,000 Miles Away has been known to do me in. Not really one of their most popular, it's a personal thing.
Fred Pete - Jul 09, 2004 9:19:56 am PDT #3927 of 10003
Ann, that's a ferret.
I've been earwormed all day by Jack Scott's "What in the World's Come Over You." Is this a good thing, or a bad thing?
Jon B. - Jul 09, 2004 10:02:43 am PDT #3928 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
You interviewed Brad Shepherd? That's pretty cool.
It wasn't that big a deal here, since college stations were pretty much the only ones playing them.
Though it is actually just a scootch over 3 minutes (had to dig out the CD).
I remember that we had a radio 12" of IWYB before we got the album, and it was a "radio edit" that skipped the second verse before the first chorus. So maybe the version you heard back then was under 3 minutes!
I think my favourite at the moment is the tried and true Bittersweet.
I remember blasting that song from my dorm room. One of my dormmates, who was generally tolerant of my musical choices, but only just, passed by my room, stopped dead in front of it, and said in a stunned voice "Hey! This is pretty good!"
Hayden - Jul 09, 2004 10:29:15 am PDT #3929 of 10003
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
I've been earwormed all day by Jack Scott's "What in the World's Come Over You." Is this a good thing, or a bad thing?
I don't think there's ever a bad time to be earwormed by some Jack Scott. All of the sudden I have "Goodbye Baby Bye Bye" in my head.
joe boucher - Jul 09, 2004 11:23:47 am PDT #3930 of 10003
I knew that topless lady had something up her sleeve. - John Prine
The Brooklyn Country Music Festival. Most of these acts are local, I think. But if anyone's familiar with someone I shouldn't miss please let me know. I know the organizer. Neither of us is at the top of the other's buddy list, but it looks like a cool event and God bless him for doing it -- it's a crapload of work. I hope the Wissler Family is good because I adore Linda May & it's always uncomfortable when a band is lame & your friend who's in it says, "What did you think?"
erinaceous - Jul 09, 2004 11:27:25 am PDT #3931 of 10003
A fellow makes himself conspicuous when he throws soft-boiled eggs at the electric fan.
I have been switching between "Flashlight" (Parliament) and "Tears Only Run One Way" (Robbie Fulks) all day long. I think I have musical whiplash.
I just realized that I only have the Absolute Beginners soundtrack on vinyl. Damn I love that movie.
DavidS - Jul 09, 2004 11:30:04 am PDT #3932 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I have been switching between "Flashlight" (Parliament) and "Tears Only Run One Way" (Robbie Fulks) all day long. I think I have musical whiplash.
The Homicide I watched last night on DVD was titled "Bop Gun" and a plot point revolved around a borrowed Eddie Hazell record that melted in a car. t /Funkadelic trivia
I just realized that I only have the Absolute Beginners soundtrack on vinyl. Damn I love that movie.
Own it on DVD. Pure eye-candy. Plus I love that particular era that it portrays.