JamesJazGuitar Posted March 21, 2011 Share Posted March 21, 2011 That is a funny saying on those shirts but one guitar players might say represents Dale himself. Guitar Player magizine had a set on surf music and many musicians had 'issues' with Dale. For example, that one has to use a certain type of amp and guitar to get a true surf music sound and that he invented this and that. I have seen him live a few times and he rocks. No question about that and he was an innovator, but his boasting was over the top. But hey, I get it. Self promotion is part of the 'game'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted March 22, 2011 Share Posted March 22, 2011 When I think "guitar" and "invention", the only name I know is Les Paul. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.Bogle Posted March 22, 2011 Share Posted March 22, 2011 The people definitely got their money's worth. Yes, there's just not enough time in the day, though Tom Waits' back catalog is much bigger than P Js, though she's getting up there too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.Bogle Posted March 22, 2011 Share Posted March 22, 2011 The gang's all here. Roxy Music with their first single, Virginia Plain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misswonderly3 Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 What's her name? Virginia Plain. Good song, good video. (Love that Tarzan outfit the drummer's wearing. ) Feel completely happy and relaxed today for three minutes and thirty seconds. Listen to lovely Corinne Bailey Rae's mellow and sweet singing, Put Your Records On. We were talking about soul music the other day - this is like some felicitous throwback to the 70s soul era. (Except she's British .) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRwSbLf6z6Y Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 What's the name of that British female singer who was doing a lot of soul hits in the '90s? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misswonderly3 Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 At first I was going to say Amy Winehouse, but she's more recent than the 90s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.Bogle Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 Paul Thompson is better looking than I thought. And there's Eno with his silver gloves. That's art rock. That's some nice smooth soul. I'm thinking of a female British soul singer, and the name is just on the tip of my tongue, but it won't go into my brain. Hate that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.Bogle Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 Welcome the Rolling Stones with Hey, hey, You, you Get Off of My Cloud. As usual, Charlie can hardly contain his excitement. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrK-p7BUBuk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 I thought of it-----It's Lisa Stansfield. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cujas Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 "Get Off My Cloud" is my favorite Stones number--Charlie, I think, is the most underated drummer in rock. Check out the "Start Me Up" video for Charlie's only "exciting", very cute, performance. Edited by: cujas on Mar 23, 2011 5:49 PM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misswonderly3 Posted March 24, 2011 Share Posted March 24, 2011 C.B., you mentioned "charm school" in another forum (talking about the film *Caught* .) Every time i hear that phrase I think of Elvis Costello's extremely beguiling and well-crafted song Charm School from his album "Punch the Clock". I cannot resist...it's a charming song. (not sure I like the pink graphics and the writ-large lyrics, but it was all I could find.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted March 24, 2011 Share Posted March 24, 2011 I believe that after "My Aim is True", "This Year's Model", "Armed Forces", and "Imperial Bedroom", none of Costello's work received the critical plaudits and commercial attention that was true of his early work. Am I correct? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misswonderly3 Posted March 24, 2011 Share Posted March 24, 2011 He certainly didn't get much commercial attention after that time - his "cool new wave" stock went down. He was always good, but like many serious musicians, once he started exploring more complex music, not just the accessible catchy hit material like "Watching the Detectives" (don't get me wrong, I like that stuff too, nothing wrong with accessible and catchy), he kind of fell off the popular music radar. Critical acclaim he continued to receive, at least by some. He's certainly produced some clunkers over the years, but that can be said of all musicians, even the great ones. I've always liked Elvis Costello and continued to follow his music long after his "new wave" factor had changed from cool to lukewarm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.Bogle Posted March 24, 2011 Share Posted March 24, 2011 I was going to take a look at that video, but EMI has decided that won't be happening, for copyright reasons. Maybe the Sex Pistols were right about EMI. Cloud is one of my favorite 1960s Stones' singles and they put out a lot of good ones. I do remember seeing Charlie flash a quick grin every once in a while and then back to that old ennui look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.Bogle Posted March 24, 2011 Share Posted March 24, 2011 I have to confess that for the most part I dropped Elvis after his initial new thing aura wore off, though I have a few albums from after that period. Charm School is charming, but, in general, me like simple things. I've always meant to get Almost Blue, his album of country covers, but I haven't gotten around to it yet. It's difficult for most acts to keep that new fresh feeling alive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.Bogle Posted March 24, 2011 Share Posted March 24, 2011 Green Day performing Boulevard Of Broken Dreams. You have to have a good song to neutralize a title this corny. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWNRUVMboq4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted March 25, 2011 Share Posted March 25, 2011 A song with the title was an early Tony Bennett hit. Must be a different song. (Can't listen right now) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misswonderly3 Posted March 25, 2011 Share Posted March 25, 2011 I actually like the title Boulevarde of Broken Dreams. I think it's very evocative, all about lives of quiet desperation and all that. The older song - I don't say "original version", because it's a different song altogether - is pretty old, was around even before Tony Bennett did it. Apparently it was written in 1934 to accompany the film *Moulin Rouge*. Don't quote me on this, I just got it from wikipaedia, and we all know how reliable it can be. I found a version of it with some film noir images, so I thought that one would be fun. Et voila : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6HOGEx8bac Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misswonderly3 Posted March 25, 2011 Share Posted March 25, 2011 Anyway, that little venture into broken dreams territory was just an extra. This was what I'd been thinking about today. James Brown and some funky babe, shaking it up fine with Superbad. Think Uncle Bob and Alex could take some cues from her moves? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.Bogle Posted March 25, 2011 Share Posted March 25, 2011 It is evocative, but I think by overuse it's become a bit on the corny side. at least to me. I've found Wikipedia to be a fine reference source, especially for the reams of info on popular music. No source is perfect, but Wiki is pretty solid in my experience. Uncle Bob and the Mankman could do an homage to James Brown's cape routine. By rights Bob should play the part of Classic Movie Brother Number One, but I think that might be a little to ask of those old knees, so the Mankman would do that while Bob could do lots of fancy swirls before finally placing the cape on Ben's almost prostrate form. Hot Pants and Popcorn Part 3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.Bogle Posted March 25, 2011 Share Posted March 25, 2011 Red Foley, a day early and a dollar ahead, with Tennessee Saturday Night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted March 25, 2011 Share Posted March 25, 2011 Nobody asked me, but my favorite James Brown song is "There Was a Time". (What the h*** is the "camel walk", anyway? ) Edited by: finance on Mar 25, 2011 3:50 PM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cujas Posted March 25, 2011 Share Posted March 25, 2011 When I was a kid-- I thought "Out of sight" really was James Brown--As an adult, I almost got killed one day playing "Living in America"on the car radio. I was driving around Kansas City--I grooved out when he said KC--the radio was so loud that a Fire Truck almost got me. That to me was really living in America. Edited by: cujas on Mar 25, 2011 5:41 PM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misswonderly3 Posted March 26, 2011 Share Posted March 26, 2011 Well, Saturday night's coming up, but I'm not in Tennessee. Wish I were. Ok, the real Elvis, the original. Love the Sun Records rockabilly Elvis, enjoy the rock 'n roll King Elvis, ambivalent about the latter-day Elvis. Sometimes he was good even then. Like with Suspicious Minds . I really like the original recording, the arrangements are great; but who doesn't want to see Elvis doing it live, in that white fringey studded outfit, shaking away like it was 1955? So I went with a compromise video, Elvis shakin' it , but the music playing is the studio version. I just can't walk out... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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