Here's a cool issue of CiF, where people relate how they discovered music.
Heh. One of my old friends from high school era is another contributer to that issue, Dave McGurgan. I haven't read his entry yet.
Niska: Mr. Reynolds? You died, Mr. Reynolds. Mal: Seemed like the thing to do.
'War Stories'
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.
lisah - Aug 30, 2004 6:26:38 am PDT #4756 of 10003
Punishingly Intricate
lisah - Aug 30, 2004 6:34:36 am PDT #4757 of 10003
Punishingly Intricate
Nostalgia Flakes
Whoa. Just read the McGurgan entry and it's all about our wee Wilmington, DE mid-80s scene. The world she is tiny.
Hayden - Aug 30, 2004 7:15:29 am PDT #4758 of 10003
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
On the other hand, while I dislike a lot of his recent stuff, I have a fondness for the recent "When I Was Cruel." It was a pretty damn solid album.
I thought so when it came out, but the charm has kinda worn off. I have listened to it fewer times than Goodbye Cruel World in the last year.
Hairway to Steven was the title of a BS LP, not a song. As Hayden said, the song titles were all symbols. Nothing on the album is a StH parody -- it's just the title.
I was trying to remember if they actually parodied the song on that album. It's probably been ten or more years since I've listened to it, and I think I was high every time that I did so.
Jon B. - Aug 30, 2004 7:21:30 am PDT #4759 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Now playing: Moby's cover of "That's When I Reach for My Revolver."
IIRC, the Conleys earned a vacation to the Bahamas thanks to the royalties from that cover. Go Moby!
billytea - Aug 30, 2004 6:04:37 pm PDT #4760 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.
Wondering if anyone can help with a musical question. I have a couple of friends who are getting married shortly, and they want Moon River as part of the wedding music. They're convinced they heard a version by Andy Williams that (this is the tricky bit) didn't include a female chorus in the middle. That's the version they want.
Does this ring any bells for anyone, and if so, do you happen to know where they might find this track?
DavidS - Aug 30, 2004 6:13:30 pm PDT #4761 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I have a couple of friends who are getting married shortly, and they want Moon River as part of the wedding music. They're convinced they heard a version by Andy Williams that (this is the tricky bit) didn't include a female chorus in the middle. That's the version they want.
paging Fred Pete...
Hmmm. You know you can get the version of Audrey singing it. It was only just released on CD in the 90s, but it's available, and who wouldn't want that version?
Side note: REM used to do this in concert. Michael Stipe would sing it a capella.
billytea - Aug 30, 2004 6:38:43 pm PDT #4762 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.
Hmmm. You know you can get the version of Audrey singing it. It was only just released on CD in the 90s, but it's available, and who wouldn't want that version?
Unfortunately, the answer appears to be the bride. Though I may download it anyway and present it as an option. (I've been authorised to collect up to ten different versions thereof.)
...Done.
Jim - Aug 31, 2004 3:04:25 am PDT #4763 of 10003
Ficht nicht mit Der Raketemensch!
There's also a gorgeous spanish version on the soundtrack od Mala Educacion. Although it will evoke images of prepubescent boys frolicking suggestively in slomo to anyone who's seen the film, and that may not be 100% what you want for a wedding.
Fred Pete - Aug 31, 2004 3:59:26 am PDT #4764 of 10003
Ann, that's a ferret.
paging Fred Pete...
Sadly, don't know of any such version by Andy Williams. They might be thinking of Jerry Butler's version, but Butler is far more soulful than Williams.
It shouldn't be difficult to find -- it's on a number of compilations of Butler's music.
billytea - Aug 31, 2004 4:31:22 am PDT #4765 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.
Sadly, don't know of any such version by Andy Williams. They might be thinking of Jerry Butler's version, but Butler is far more soulful than Williams.
Jerry Butler, hm? I'll suggest it to them.