I really like what I've heard by Stereo Total. They do a really funny cover of "Get Down Tonight" ...
He doesn't travel well. He's like fine shrimp.
Anya ,'Touched'
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.
erinaceous - Mar 03, 2005 5:36:13 pm PST #7561 of 10003
A fellow makes himself conspicuous when he throws soft-boiled eggs at the electric fan.
Jon B. - Mar 03, 2005 6:10:59 pm PST #7562 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Oh yeah, they're fun. I played "Vive Le Week-End" from the new one a few week ago.
tommyrot - Mar 03, 2005 6:18:50 pm PST #7563 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
And Buffistas introduce me to another cool band....
Check out their cover of Salt-n-Pepper's "Push It". Sadly, it's only 59 seconds long.
Ginger - Mar 03, 2005 7:06:41 pm PST #7564 of 10003
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Is there a website out there where you can bash opening acts? If not, maybe I should start one. I went to see Denice Franke tonight (excellent singer-songwriter; toured with Nanci Griffith for years). The opening act made my ears bleed. Among other things, she broke what I think of as the first commandment for a singer-songwriter: never write a song out of your range. I was good; I just whimpered inaudibly and thought about throwing french fries.
DavidS - Mar 03, 2005 11:04:08 pm PST #7565 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
We are listening to a CD by a German duo called Stereo Total
I thought they were more of a French band. I'm probably wrong. I second tommy's rec of their Salt N' Peppa cover. I've got some of their videos on DVD too, and they're cool.
Lyra Jane - Mar 04, 2005 5:08:07 am PST #7566 of 10003
Up with the sun
The worst opening act I ever heard opened for the Decemberists on their second D.C. show. I have blocked the gentleman's name, but I remember an accordian and yowling. I escaped to the bar pretty quickly.
And I had 5,946 songs and 15.5 days of music on my iTunes as of two weeks ago, but I've since added two albums, so ... 5,970 songs or so total? There are 4440 on my iPod. Top artist is probably U2 (huge surprise).
Scrappy - Mar 04, 2005 7:27:28 am PST #7567 of 10003
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Hec, they're a Berlin band, but the female half of the duo is French. She's lived in Germany since the '80s.
DavidS - Mar 04, 2005 7:52:36 am PST #7568 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Hec, they're a Berlin band, but the female half of the duo is French. She's lived in Germany since the '80s.
I think I was fooled by her French accent on the English lyrics. I think she's got a solo record out too.
Jon B. - Mar 04, 2005 9:22:34 am PST #7569 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
There have been plenty of times I've gone to a show specifically to see the opener (not to mention all the times I've been the opener), so the whole concept of "worst opening act" irks me somewhat. Opening acts are abused enough by clubs, their soundmen, and sometimes even the headliners. Wouldn't it be better to just talk about the worst band you're seen, irrespective of where their name appeared on the marquis?
DXMachina - Mar 04, 2005 9:31:40 am PST #7570 of 10003
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Wouldn't it be better to just talk about the worst band you're seen, irrespective of where their name appeared on the marquis?
Bonnie Bramlett, post Delaney and Bonnie, at the Capitol Theatre in Passaic, NJ, in 1974. The gold standard for bad performances. God, she was awful. She was swearing at the audience as she left the stage.
She was the second of three acts.