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speedy baby, our Snow White posts must have overlapped. But yours' is much better than mine. I especially like the part where you say: "Well to go the animated route, there's always the classic "Mirror, Mirror on the wall who's the fairest of them all?" refrain from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. The Wicked Queen would stand in front of the mirror and ask this question, just hoping for once that the mirror would tell her that she was the fairest (i.e. most beautiful) in the land. The answer was always Snow White. In my opinion, the Wicked Queen (before she turned herself into the old crone) was far more beautiful than Snow White, and much less annoying. The Wicked Queen's jealousy over Snow White is what motivates her to try and "off" her with the poison apple. " Right ! Snow White's kind of simpery (like your favourite, Kathryn Grayson ! hah! ) whereas at least the Mean Queen has balls.

Hey, I hate to state the obvious, but leave us not forget the inspiration for the title of your thread: Snow White.

I don't like it. I only like what I'm used to.

Or maybe some of us just want to be a Street Fighting Man. (or Web Fighting Woman.)

Well, at least we can agree on that (the last sentence in your post.) I'm not sure why or how we've gotten into an argument here. Some of it might be just simple miscommunication. For instance, I was NOT saying you were stuck in the past, I was saying the opposite; i.e., that maybe you hadn't listened to those old 60s Rolling Stones albums for a while, but that was ok, I figured it meant you weren't "stuck in the past". For that matter, I still listen once in a while to those old Stones albums. So maybe I'm stuck in the past. But I don't care, those old Stones (and for that matter, Beatles) songs still sound pretty darn good to me. " Do you even know who formed the band originally? " Yes. Brian "I'm the undisputed leader of the group !" Jones. Too bad he lost his direction. But we have to part ways when you imply that maybe the other members of the Stones had something to do with his death. Why would they even bother?, besides which, they may have done a lot of bad things, but I'm pretty sure murder isn't one of them. I think that is a silly sensationalistic rumour. Mr. Jones painted his own life black.

Guess you haven't listened to those 60s albums for a while. Well, we can't stay stuck in the past, true enough. Brian did make some worthy musical contributions to the band, but even before he left the Stones (or rather was pushed out), he'd kind of fallen apart, mostly due to his drug problems. Which is, I believe, why they pushed him out. The other reason why Mick and co. wanted Brian to leave was, he was incredibly egotistical and obnoxious. Even before the drugs made him worse. He stopped practicing, he rarely showed up for music sessions, he was lost. Sad, really. But I've also read he was a horrible person in a lot of ways, including how he treated his girlfriends ( like, hitting them.) So turns out your favourite Rolling Stone was also the nastiest. But yes, Mr. Jones' story is a sad one.

Well, with respect, I'd have to say then that you're not very familiar with the Stones' music. And all those songs you mention - especially the first three - are great songs that deserve to be forever honoured in the annals of "Great Rock Songs of All Time". I especially love "Under My Thumb". Yes, its lyrics are outrageously sexist. So much so as to be almost funny, in a way. But I don't care, it's a beautifully crafted song; listen to the hook-y way it begins, the unusual syncopated time signature, the give-and-take of the two guitars,plus Brian's marimba contribution. And it's so damn catchy - it rocks ! I've never subscribed to the narrow-minded idea that if a song has "offensive" lyrics, you should reject the song. Not if the song is good enough, anyway. By the way, I'm a female music fan. If I refused to listen to any songs with even vaguely misogynist lyrics, I'd be depriving myself of a lot of great music. Moving on: there are so many "soft", melodic tunes by the Stones, it's hard to name just a few. But here are a few: "Lady Jane", "Back Street Girl" (Ok, some would argue these are misogynist, but they're still pretty tunes), "She's Like a Rainbow", "No Expectations", "You Can't Always Get What You Want" (this one's practically a hymn), "Wild Horses" (from the same album that gave us that one you don't like, "Brown Sugar") and a whole bunch more. Done for now.

Oh, what the hell. I cannot resist posting this catchy song by the Canadian band "Metric". You'll know why if you listen to the lyrics of the chorus.

I think, fi, based on my familiarity with your musical taste ( from your sharing it here for years) that you almost always prefer "beat" to "melody". Nothing wrong with that, it's a very personal thing. I've rarely read a post of yours' that praises a ballad or a slow song...maybe a few soul tracks. (and no one's going to argue against sweet soul music...) But for the most part it seems to me that you invariably prefer "danceable" and /or hard rocking music to melodic tunes. So, to me anyway, that would explain your preference for the Stones to the Beatles. Not that the Stones didn't sometimes do some lovely melodic songs - but I bet they're not the Stones songs you like.

Well, there's Anjanette Comer, who as it happens played Aimee Thanatogenos in the 1965 film The Loved One (which is based on the Evelyn Waugh novel by the same name.) Appropriately, she also appeared in a made-for-TV movie entitled "Dead of Night" (no doubt a kind of remake of the Ealing movie), and something called Netherworld. Oh, and apparently an episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Hey, she could be eligible for your "Sorcery" thread.

Trivial point, perhaps, but it's actually wrestling.

Perhaps the song should have been titled "Cranberry Fields Forever". Plus, you've still got the berry element.

I might consider a heavenly roll in the hay with Warren William - - but would he still have that moustache in the afterlife?

I get it, Dargs baby. Good one, as usual.

Of course, what for a while some people were claiming he said was "I buried Paul" - just another "clue" in the completely bogus "Paul is dead" rumour that was flying around for a while. Oh well, nothing to get hung about.

Well, now, how can I not "like" that?

Um, I don't suppose Sorcerer counts? You know, the re-make of The Wages of Fear.

You and John Lennon. What did he say at the end of "Strawberry Fields" ? I've heard he claimed it was "I'm very bored..."

Vautrin, you appear to be the only person around here who has even heard of Richard Thompson, let alone appreciates what a great songwriter and guitarist he is. This is in no way intended as an insult to everybody else; it seems hardly anybody in North America knows about him. He's just one of the best musicians alive today. And he has written many interesting, clever, unusual, and melodic songs. I am a serious Richard Thompson fan. ps: I heard him interviewed a few years ago. He also has a great sense of humour. Here's a sample of his work. Since we've been talking here lately about the passing of so many beloved musicians this year, perhaps it's appropriate. "Wall of Death" :

Never mind all the apologies, you've nothing to apologize about. (Do I detect just a hint of sarcasm there?) I just want to know if you now know how to use the TCM schedule with the Canadian option. It's pretty darn easy. If you just follow my simple advice, you'll always be able to see if a movie you're interested in is being aired in Canada, or not. You don't even need to check Barton's thread -- not that I don't appreciate Barton's careful and diligent work for his fellow Canadians. And Barton does it for the entire month. No disrespect to him, it's great that he does that. I'm just saying, if you simply want to check if a film broadcast on TCM will be available to be seen in Canada, you can just follow the very easy steps I posted.

GregoryPeckfan, it's funny, for someone who posts so many "likes" and is so responsive to so many posts and threads here, I'm surprised you didn't acknowledge my advice with regard to how to find out if TCM is airing a film in Canada.

GregoryPeckfan, there is a very easy way to tell if a movie set to air on TCM will be available in Canada. You go the the schedule page, find the month and date you're interested in, and click "Canadian Schedule", (which is just to the right beside "U.S. Schedule". They both have the appropriate flag, just to make it even easier.) When you click the Canadian icon, you'll get - well, obviously- the Canadian schedule. In the case of The Spiral Staircase, it's airing on TCM at 10:00 pm on Monday April 18th. Unfortunately, for the same obscure infuriating reason that TCM always has for not showing certain titles in Canada, Spiral Staircase is NOT on the Canadian schedule. Instead we get This Side of Heaven.

Sorry, C.G., I missed this one. I do hope Vanessa had a better sense of rhythm in the film than she had in "Blow Up".

What film is that? "Conflict" ?

Yup, Vautrin, no doubt Toots would much rather his country road be in Jamaica than West Virginia. That's cool that he can take a John Denver song and turn it into reggae like that. Getting back for a moment to the "eyes" thing: db, I have the boxed set of those very extra tracks you're talking about. It consists of 4 CDs altogether, and it's got some great stuff on it. I know this is repetitive and unnecessary, but I love that song "Sad Eyes" so much I'm re-posting it. (But not with the original Springsteen video, which I can't stand - it's got Bruce and some chick, both in a clown outfit. I am not amused by those big red noses. In fact, I hate clown outfits, the frizzy coloured wigs, the floppy pants -but especially those noses - I'm not one of those people who find clowns scary, but those clown outfits kind of depress me. But I digress.) One more song, "Lonely Sad Eyes", this one by the great Van the Man Morrison. It's very different from Bruce's. I love them both. Ok, I know I've gone kind of berserk here lately. I'll stop for a while (maybe.)