Both New Order and the PSBs (whose debut single was originally Bobby O-Produced) have said that they were trying to make a british Passion. Neil Tennant, in particular, claims he almost gave up on the whole idea when he heard Blue Monday, having been beaten to the punch.
Played with Kaylee. Sun came out, and I walked on my feet and heard with my ears. I ate the bits, the bits stayed down, and I work. I function like I'm a girl. I hate it because I know it'll go away. The sun goes dark and chaos has come again. Bits. Fluids. What am I?!
River ,'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.
Jim - Nov 25, 2004 6:20:50 am PST #6147 of 10003
Ficht nicht mit Der Raketemensch!
Jon B. - Nov 25, 2004 9:21:02 am PST #6148 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Just poking in to say that I haven't mailed out the Buffista mix CDs, but I'm in California and they are in Somerville so I can't do anything about it right now.
Jon B. - Nov 25, 2004 9:23:59 am PST #6149 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
And FAQ Girl and I listened to David on NPR yesterday and I laughed at the buffista-shout-out story David told about the "friend" buying a Go-Betweens CD and the clerk getting all excited.
Sue - Nov 25, 2004 9:25:30 am PST #6150 of 10003
hip deep in pie
David, I just listened to your show from yesterday, and it was most excellent.
DavidS - Nov 25, 2004 10:09:11 am PST #6151 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
And FAQ Girl and I listened to David on NPR yesterday and I laughed at the buffista-shout-out story David told about the "friend" buying a Go-Betweens CD and the clerk getting all excited.
That was for you, tina! Happy Thanksgiving. Miss you.
David, I just listened to your show from yesterday, and it was most excellent.
Thanks! I'm still basking. I get to see Jon and FAQ girl this weekend too. Thanksgiving rocks.
Kate P. - Nov 25, 2004 11:30:39 am PST #6152 of 10003
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
I just listened to the show on my parents' computer--that was great! I loved the shoutout to tina. I wish you guys had been able to talk a little more yourselves; I got annoyed with a couple of the callers who rambled on and on (like the Nick Drake guy) because I wanted to hear YOU talk, not them. I wonder how different the show would have been if you and Kim and the host had all been in one studio together. I got the sense a couple of times that you were holding back a little so as not to interrupt someone else, and it seems like if you'd all been in the same studio, you could have avoided some of that. Anyway, it was SO COOL to hear you, and I thought you sounded very articulate and knowledgeable. Go team Hec!
Ginger - Nov 25, 2004 12:10:24 pm PST #6153 of 10003
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I just listened to the archived show AIFG. Emmett can, I hope, rest easy, since his dad definitely did not make a fool of himself and is a bit more famous than before. I knew about Bobbie Gentry's other stuff, so now I feel all cool and cultural all the more. (A friend once sent me a print from Japan that had an enclosure in it assuring me that the print would make my house "beautiful and cultural all the more.")
Fred Pete - Nov 26, 2004 3:29:30 am PST #6154 of 10003
Ann, that's a ferret.
I wasn't familiar with Bobbie Gentry, outside "Ode" and some of the Glen Campbell duets (I'm a sucker for any version of "All I Have to Do Is Dream," and yes, that includes the Andy Gibb/Victoria Principal version), but I liked the concept of "one-hit wonders" being lost to the extent that they did a lot more than their one hit.
The Tornados ("Telstar") come to mind.
Fred Pete - Nov 26, 2004 3:56:26 am PST #6155 of 10003
Ann, that's a ferret.
Anyone else heard about the upcoming Bobby Darin biopic?
Jim - Nov 26, 2004 5:37:43 am PST #6156 of 10003
Ficht nicht mit Der Raketemensch!
Yeah, it's getting a massive push and is tipped as an Oscar contender by the few people who haven't already decided Jamie Foxx will win.