One tour, Elvis Costello had a huge wheel onstage with all his songs on it, and audience members got to spin it and whatever it landed on, they played.
Mal: Okay. She won't be winning any beauty contests anytime soon. But she is solid. Ship like this, be with ya 'til the day you die. Zoe: 'Cause it's a deathtrap.
'Out Of Gas'
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.
Scrappy - Aug 08, 2004 9:46:23 am PDT #4447 of 10003
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Daisy Jane - Aug 08, 2004 10:45:46 am PDT #4448 of 10003
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
What happened if the wheel kept landing on the same song?
Scrappy - Aug 08, 2004 10:51:06 am PDT #4449 of 10003
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
They re-spun.
DavidS - Aug 08, 2004 11:13:39 am PDT #4450 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
The Wheel of Fortune tour was amazing. He had an emcee in each city (he only did it in three or four) --it was Tom Waits in LA. David Johansen in NYC. The Bangles girls were go-go dancers at the LA one. Everybody that got called up from the audience to spin, got to sit on stage at a bar, drinking Gatorade during the song. Some of the songs were covers too - when the wheel landed on "Pop Life" by Prince the crowd went nuts.
Not that I got to see it, I just remember the reviews and the deep wellss of bitterness that I wasn't at those shows.
Scrappy - Aug 08, 2004 11:48:51 am PDT #4451 of 10003
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
I saw it in Boston and Aimee Mann and Jules Shear were the local guests. GREAT show.
Jen - Aug 08, 2004 12:21:01 pm PDT #4452 of 10003
love's a dream you enter though I shake and shake and shake you
Elvis Costello is a wicked nice guy, too. He came in to Tower Records when I was working there (just to shop) and was incredibly kind and generous with his time when he got stopped for autographs.
Maysa - Aug 08, 2004 6:32:41 pm PDT #4453 of 10003
I think there are a few other Talking Heads fans around here--anyway, this is funny for anyone who ever had a professor constantly reference a certain band, tv show, etc.
evil jimi - Aug 08, 2004 6:35:33 pm PDT #4454 of 10003
Lurching from one disaster to the next.
Elvis Costello is a wicked nice guy, too. He came in to Tower Records when I was working there (just to shop) and was incredibly kind and generous with his time when he got stopped for autographs.
During a recent season's episode of the British sketch show, Dead Ringers, Elvis Costello walked into the real Chemist shop where the actor portraying Ozzy Osbourne was "working". At first I thought it was just someone who happened to look like Elvis but no, it was the real man. He only stayed briefly and you couldn't get a good look b/c it was a hidden camera but he appeared to be fooled by the impersonator (who was brilliant) and totally bemused to see "Ozzy" working behind the counter. "Ozzy" kept telling him how much he loved his music and that they should work together some time. It all appeared to be a completely unexpected appearance by Elvis and was high-larious.
DavidS - Aug 08, 2004 7:15:00 pm PDT #4455 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Emmett has made his first mix.
Emmett's Rock Mix 1
Misirlou Dick Dale
Walkin' On The Sun Smash Mouth
One Way Or Another Blondie
I Got A Right Iggy & The Stooges
Song 2 Blur
TANK! Yoko Kanno
Can't Be Still Booker T. & The MG's
Deja Varoom Southern Culture On The Skids
Rock the Casbah The Clash
K2G Puffy AmiYumi
Stacy's Mom Fountains Of Wayne
Tequila The Champs
I Fought the Law The Clash
Whip It Devo
Pump It Up Elvis Costello & The Attractions
Blitzkrieg Bop The Ramones
Search And Destroy Iggy & The Stooges
Moving Suede
Teen Titans Theme PUFFY
The Ballroom Blitz Sweet
Voodoo Cadillac Southern Culture On The Skids
Dance This Mess Around The B-52's
Gone Daddy Gone Violent Femmes
Surf Beat Dick Dale
The Tick Theme
DavidS - Aug 08, 2004 7:16:05 pm PDT #4456 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
...unsurprisingly it looks a lot like a party tape I would've made in college ('79 - '83).