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Buffista Music II: Wrath of Chaka Khan  

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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.

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DCJensen - Sep 26, 2004 9:44:15 am PDT #5101 of 10003
All is well that ends in pizza.

I haven't been to a concert since the 80's.

I went to a bunch of nostalgia tours. I think the last one was Gary Lewis and The Playboys at a packed house in Detroit Lakes, MN. After the concert, he brushed by me in the crowd.

Before that saw Jan & Dean with The Trashmen in Fargo, ND.

Before that I think it was the Beach Boys, at the We Fest venue in Detroit Lakes, MN. That same venue saw Three Dog Night and The Grass Roots in a triple bill with another band I can't recall.

I saw Ricky Nelson just before his untimely death, and Juice Newton, and a couple of others. I wanted to apologize to them for having to play a fieldhouse in Wahpeton, ND.

I think I saw more, but a lot of the concerts sort of run together in my mind.

I'm sure I saw the Johnny Holm band, and Head East.

Oh, and I went to a concert by the Glenn Miller Orchestra. Some of the players were very old.

DavidS - Sep 26, 2004 9:45:52 am PDT #5102 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Hec is dead to me.

Enlighten me then - which of their last five albums didn't suck.

Mr. Broom - Sep 26, 2004 9:49:59 am PDT #5103 of 10003
"When I look at people that I would like to feel have been a mentor or an inspiring kind of archetype of what I'd love to see my career eventually be mentioned as a footnote for in the same paragraph, it would be, like, Bowie." ~Trent Reznor

You appear to be making the cutoff at "John Henry", which is a favorite of mine but not the end of an era. "Factory Showroom" is solid front to back, for starters. I could defend each and every track in depth if required. I honestly don't understand what "tuneless" means in this context.

DavidS - Sep 26, 2004 9:55:04 am PDT #5104 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

I honestly don't understand what "tuneless" means in this context.

Inspires no singalongs. "Ana Ng"? Sing along. Last five or so...Nada. Zilch. Diminishing returns.

Scrappy - Sep 26, 2004 10:02:46 am PDT #5105 of 10003
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.

You don't sing along with "Man it's so Loud in Here" from Mink Car? Or "Spiraling Shape" from Factory Showroom? I can't listen to those an NOT sing.

evil jimi - Sep 26, 2004 10:38:09 am PDT #5106 of 10003
Lurching from one disaster to the next.

...make you listen to Whitesnake albums until your ears bleed.

Hey!

Whitesnake were a decent band in the late seventies.

Of course, they went crap by the eighties but by then it was more of a Coverdale solo project again.

Mr. Broom - Sep 26, 2004 12:10:47 pm PDT #5107 of 10003
"When I look at people that I would like to feel have been a mentor or an inspiring kind of archetype of what I'd love to see my career eventually be mentioned as a footnote for in the same paragraph, it would be, like, Bowie." ~Trent Reznor

You don't sing along with "Man it's so Loud in Here" from Mink Car? Or "Spiraling Shape" from Factory Showroom? I can't listen to those an NOT sing.

"Don't spend the rest of youuur life wooooonderiiiiing!" Exactly. "Drink!" is a total arm-'round-your-buddy, pint-in-the-other-fist, sway-and-drink tune. Almost all of "No!" is made for singing, and the younger-audience lyrics just make it more fun. "Yeh Yeh," "Damn Good Times," "Till My Head Falls Off"--all songs that make you want to memorize the lyrics as fast as possible and get into it full-volume.

Fred Pete - Sep 26, 2004 5:20:30 pm PDT #5108 of 10003
Ann, that's a ferret.

I think the last one was Gary Lewis and The Playboys at a packed house in Detroit Lakes, MN.

Mmmmm. Gary Lewis and the Playboys.... One of the few acts that have been among my favorites for 30 years or more....

Lilty Cash - Sep 26, 2004 7:01:52 pm PDT #5109 of 10003
"You see? THAT's what they want. Love, and a bit with a dog."

Speaking of songs that make me sing, thanks for the introduction to The Decemberists. I've had "July, July" stuck in my head all day. I must head back to iTunes and download more.

Rio - Sep 26, 2004 8:04:59 pm PDT #5110 of 10003
Are you ready to be strong?

Singalongable songs from the past 5 TMGB albums:

  • "In the Middle, in the Middle, in the Middle"
  • "John Lee Supertaster"
  • "Another First Kiss"
  • "Bangs"
  • "Older"
  • "Man It's So Loud in Here"
  • "Your Own Worst Enemy"
  • "James K. Polk"

Does John Henry count? 'Cos there's a few on there.

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