Xander ,'End of Days'
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.
1974 was a weird time in music.
A few years back, WFMU ran a poll/death-match for the worst song ever. The listeners would pick songs from each decade, the 50s, the 60s, etc. Except that 1974 was put into a category by itself, since there were so many bad songs to pick from.
BTW, are we aware that WFMU has a blog?
[ETA: msbelle's not going to be happy about the song that took 2nd place in that poll]
A few years back, WFMU ran a poll/death-match for the worst song ever.
What kind of hipster ass-hats would vote "The Name Game" as a bad song? Dipshits.
And "You Oughta Know" is by no means the worst song of the 90s, nor even a bad song.
And "You Oughta Know" is by no means the worst song of the 90s, nor even a bad song.
It's pretty far away from the worst Allanis Morrissette song.
poll poll bo-boll banana nana no-noll
vote vote bo-bote banana nana no note.
17 : Half Breed with 1 votes (0.02%)
Cher
18 : The Candy Man with 1 votes (0.02%)
Sammy Davis Jr.
19 : Your Mama Don't Dance with 1 votes (0.02%)
Kenny Loggins
Er, um, not 1974.
It's pretty far away from the worst Allanis Morrissette song.
Ironic, isn't it?
bah-duh-BUM!
Thank you folks, I'll be here all week. Try the veal.
What kind of hipster ass-hats would vote "The Name Game" as a bad song? Dipshits.
Somehow "You're So Vain" ended up on the 1973 list. I'm no Carly Simon fan but that's a great song. Ellen Willis: "It proves that rock and roll is so democratic that even a rich person can make a great single." (That's Simon as in Simon & Schuster.) And it's not just my love for Warren Beatty clouding my judgment. Just try to come up with a more absurd run of rhymes than yacht/apricot/gavotte. Even if Carly thought she was being truly poetic instead of over-the-top and funny that's still great.
Agree w/ Hec about Alanis, too.
Almost forgot... Robyn Hitchcock is on Soundcheck right now and will be performing tonight at Southpaw if anyone in the NYC area is a fan.
ETA: Re: the photo from the link, I don't know which urge is stronger -- to flirt with the woman on the left or to shave the guy with the sideburns.
Random question for Jon: Do you know what happened to the members of Dambuilders? They made one incredibly great album (Encendedor), a so-so follow-up, a few EPs I've never been able to track down, and vanished into thin air sometime in the mid-90's.And I seem to vaguely remember they were from Boston, which is why I am asking you.
I seem to have missed Robyn. Who is this string quartet that is being interviewed now?