'Just Rewards (2)'
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.
Huh. Learn something new every day. The songwriter Chip Taylor (who wrote "Wild Thing," "Angel of the Morning" and the Hollies/Ronstadt hit "I Can't Let Go") is Jon Voigt's older brother.
It's the rare, successful sibling actor/musician combo. I wonder if Sean and Michael Penn know about this.
It's the rare, successful sibling actor/musician combo.
Sigourney Weaver's uncle, Winstead "Doodles" Weaver", was one of Spike Jones' City Slickers. (His rendition of "The Man on the Flying Trapeze" has been on my answering machine for months, annoying friends and enemies alike.) So, not siblings, but related -- and more fun than anything involving Michael Penn. Yes, even including Aimee Mann.
The songwriter Chip Taylor (who wrote "Wild Thing," "Angel of the Morning" and the Hollies/Ronstadt hit "I Can't Let Go") is Jon Voigt's older brother.
There's actually a fairly strong family resemblance between them, which was kind of freaky when I saw Taylor singing with the Waco Brothers.
Hey - question.
Since there are so many accomplished mix/comp CD/tape makers here in this thread, could I ask the advice of some of y'all? Z & I have picked all of the songs for our reception, and I'm now obsessively tweaking the order. Does helping me figure that out sound like fun to anyone? If not, cool.
Angus - so you like the Scissor Sisters? I grabbed their CD in Friday, and quite enjoy it.
Does helping me figure that out sound like fun to anyone?
Let's play!
I'm now obsessively tweaking the order.
My $.02: Don't obsess over the order. There may be wrong orders, but there is no single right order. Play the mix in the background while working on something else & if nothing jumps out as being really wrong then it's fine. Concentrate on a few areas (e.g., beginning: start strong, but don't play the best stuff before people are really paying attention; if you have an event or events pegged to specific songs make the two or three songs surrounding it fit with the theme/mood you want), but other than that 1) just make sure that any jarring transitions are there because you want them there and 2) spend your time worrying about more important stuff. Or better yet don't spend your time worrying.
2a) However, if it is in your nature to worry and you're going to be doing it anyhow no matter what, worrying over the order of the music is by far the preferable option, as it is infinitely more creative and interesting and less tear-inducing than worrying over who sits at what table, which cranky relatives need to be appeased in what way, and who must be separated, by entire rooms if possible.
Need hivemind help: Song lyric "wrap it up, i'll take it." My co-worker and I are at odds: I say this is The Fabulous Thunderbirds (who did do a cover of it). He says there was a version in the late 70s that was sung by a woman. Is he right? If so, who sang it?
ETA: Now he says it's not the same song. It was a punk song ("You could slam dance to it - What? I was a slave to the New Wave!"). My co-worker kills me. Please someone solve this for us!
Song lyric "wrap it up, i'll take it." My co-worker and I are at odds: I say this is The Fabulous Thunderbirds (who did do a cover of it). He says there was a version in the late 70s that was sung by a woman. Is he right? If so, who sang it?
The song you're talking about is definitely by The Fabulous Thunderbirds. I don't know what in hell song your co-worker is on about.
Mystery solved. The song was by Romeo Void and it was called Wrap it Up. On an album called Benefactor that was released in 1982.