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.
You walk in worlds the others can't begin to imagine.
Drusilla ,'Conversations with Dead People'
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.
Gandalfe - Mar 25, 2005 9:18:46 am PST #7778 of 10003
The generation that could change the world is still looking for its car keys.
msbelle - Mar 25, 2005 9:19:25 am PST #7779 of 10003
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
poll poll bo-boll banana nana no-noll
vote vote bo-bote banana nana no note.
Fred Pete - Mar 25, 2005 9:19:29 am PST #7780 of 10003
Ann, that's a ferret.
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.
Frankenbuddha - Mar 25, 2005 9:19:49 am PST #7781 of 10003
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
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.
joe boucher - Mar 25, 2005 9:25:30 am PST #7782 of 10003
I knew that topless lady had something up her sleeve. - John Prine
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.
joe boucher - Mar 25, 2005 9:29:38 am PST #7783 of 10003
I knew that topless lady had something up her sleeve. - John Prine
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.
Lyra Jane - Mar 25, 2005 9:39:55 am PST #7784 of 10003
Up with the sun
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.
sumi - Mar 25, 2005 9:42:27 am PST #7785 of 10003
Art Crawl!!!
I seem to have missed Robyn. Who is this string quartet that is being interviewed now?
joe boucher - Mar 25, 2005 9:50:52 am PST #7786 of 10003
I knew that topless lady had something up her sleeve. - John Prine
I seem to have missed Robyn.
WNYC is good about archiving. It should be up later in the afternoon. I know nothing about the string quartet except for my shallow, non-musical observation that the violist is really cute.
joe boucher - Mar 25, 2005 10:32:13 am PST #7787 of 10003
I knew that topless lady had something up her sleeve. - John Prine
Yet another reason to get cable (except of course that the point of not having cable is because I'm a tv junkie & can't control myself): "Is Gene Simmons the next SpongeBob?" "The show follows Willy Zilla, a 12-year-old who has just moved to a sleepy suburb and is going to school for the first time after years on the road with his dad, rock mega-star Rock Zilla."
Think Gene had something to do with the name Willy Zilla? Here's his brother, Tongue Zilla. And his best friends, Hugh G. Rection and E. Normous Peenus. I'm just sorry that the cartoon mom isn't strictly modeled on Shannon (although Gene loses no time in the interview pointing out that she's a Playmate.) Honestly which scene is better?
Kid: Your dad's Rock Zilla?!
Willy: Yeah, and my mom owns a New Age center!
or
Kid: Your dad's Rock Zilla?!
Willy: Yeah, and my mom's the Queen of Soft Core!
No contest, IMHO. (No comment on what the H stands for.)