Or at least I remember them saying something about how Big Star was over once they were on some WB show soundtrack.
That was "That 70's Show", but I think they've always used a cover version (Cheap Trick no less).
Man, just ascend already.
Willow ,'Chosen'
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.
Frankenbuddha - Apr 20, 2005 7:37:51 am PDT #8246 of 10003
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Sue - Apr 20, 2005 7:40:18 am PDT #8247 of 10003
hip deep in pie
The original theme was Alex Chilton performing the song, I don't know when they started using Cheap Trick.
Is there a way to put the Emmett mix in a folder? There must be.
Hayden - Apr 20, 2005 7:40:30 am PDT #8248 of 10003
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Yeah, I agree with keeping the Emmett Mix on the account until we need to delete it.
And I can't argue with their song choices, although one of the joys of being a "rock snob" (which, really, is sort of like being a aficionado of fry grease) is that I'd come up with a completely different (and, of course, because it's me and I'm so rock-worldly, far more valid) list.
I'd spent sometime at the Rock Snob site before. They seem to get a lot of my preference right and are suitably sarcastic about them.
Hayden - Apr 20, 2005 7:46:10 am PDT #8249 of 10003
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
The original theme was Alex Chilton performing the song, I don't know when they started using Cheap Trick.
Although this wasn't the original Big Star track -- Chris Bell sang that one. It was preferable to the Cheap Trick version, though, with that "We're all alright" refrain that sort of goes against the ennui and dissolution in the rest of the lyrics. Nothing against Cheap Trick; that's just not one of their finer moments.
Scrappy - Apr 20, 2005 7:50:55 am PDT #8250 of 10003
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Mommy's all right, Daddy's all right, they just seem a little weird.
Hayden - Apr 20, 2005 7:51:37 am PDT #8251 of 10003
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
That's definitely one of their finer moments.
DavidS - Apr 20, 2005 7:59:44 am PDT #8252 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
From the snob site listing on Lester Bangs:
Though every Rock Snob worth his salt reveres Bangs (a heavy biography by Rock Snob author Jim DeRogatis was published a few years back), his writing has aged rather less well than that of his less strident contemporaries Richard Meltzer and Nick Tosches.
Tosches I'll grant, but not Meltzer. I still like reading Lester. In fact, the current issue of Mojo with Lou Reed on the cover has exactly the kind of prickly, cranky Lou Reed interview you used to get with Bangs. Except the interviewer here is studiously polite and not drunk. So where I just said "exactly" perhaps you should substitute "sort of."
Steph L. - Apr 20, 2005 8:01:03 am PDT #8253 of 10003
I look more rad than Lutheranism
From Natter:
Steph L: I gotta stop listening to the Pixies and go to bed, damn it.
Did you see them on ACL?
Unfortunately, I did not.
Hayden - Apr 20, 2005 8:01:11 am PDT #8254 of 10003
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Meltzer is indeed a drag. A wordy, self-important drag.
I also enjoy reading Bangs, and love Tosches when he's not writing godawful fiction.
joe boucher - Apr 20, 2005 8:02:02 am PDT #8255 of 10003
I knew that topless lady had something up her sleeve. - John Prine
That's definitely one of their finer moments.
And now I'm picturing Red and Kitty on the couch, rolling numbers, rock and rolling, got Eric's Kiss records out. That was a great episode when he walked in on them having sex.
"In the Street" was the perfect choice for the theme song of a show that features a stoner circle.