C.Bogle Posted April 15, 2011 Share Posted April 15, 2011 It's not that bad, and I didn't realize it went back that far. After the video shoot, there just might be some friggin' in the riggin'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.Bogle Posted April 15, 2011 Share Posted April 15, 2011 Many years ago, the Ramones were playing somewhere nearby and really cheap too, but I wasn't really that interested. I prefer the English branch of punk rock- better songs, worse teeth. Around the same time I wanted to go see Roxy Music, but I procrastinated and it was sold out. Ouch. Regrets, I've had a few. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.Bogle Posted April 15, 2011 Share Posted April 15, 2011 One of those funny word play country songs with some double-entendres sprinkled about. Hawkshaw Hawkins singing If It Ain't on the Menu. Sadly, Hawkshaw died in the plane crash that also killed Patsy Cline and Cowboy Copas. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VkCJdHIzO0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted April 15, 2011 Share Posted April 15, 2011 Sort of like the Supreme Court's definition of "obscenity", I know something is "ginchy" when I see it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misswonderly3 Posted April 16, 2011 Share Posted April 16, 2011 You know that thread about "What era would you like to have lived in?" Sometimes I think it would be Hawkshaw Hawkins' era. There's this fantastic band nobody's heard of, "Magnetic Fields". This is one of their lovely songs, Born on a Train . . for some reason the song doesn't start in this video until about the 16 second point. Edited by: misswonderly on Apr 16, 2011 10:38 AM Edited by: misswonderly on Apr 16, 2011 10:45 AM Edited by: misswonderly on Apr 16, 2011 1:30 PM can't save as draft anymore, so everytime I fix something it's another edit. Looks bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.Bogle Posted April 16, 2011 Share Posted April 16, 2011 I hadn't. Very good distorto/dreamy song. I would have gone with mid to late 18th century France. Hangin' with Voltaire, Hume, d'Holbach, etc., though the sanitary and medical conditions of the time do give one pause. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cujas Posted April 16, 2011 Share Posted April 16, 2011 I can appreciate your love for France des lumieres-- But I would have gone for the mid-19th century--the romantique roman, poesie etc. A little better with the hygiene but still no penicillin--so all my idols died early from venereal disease-- Baudelaire, Flaubert, de Maupassant, Schubert and Schumann. Edited by: cujas on Apr 16, 2011 6:33 PM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 I'm tempted to post Chuck Berry's "Back in the USA" (Get it?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misswonderly3 Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 Chuck's take on it all: The Beatles' take: (this is supposedly "live", but clearly it's the studio version) Back in the USSR This is actually really silly. I'm pretty sure the Beatles had stopped performing live by the time the White album came out. Oh well. And just for good measure, although it really has nothing to do with the other two songs, Elton John's The **** is Back Well, they're all about someone being back from somewhere. Edited by: misswonderly on Apr 17, 2011 4:40 PM Edited by: misswonderly on Apr 17, 2011 4:50 PM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.Bogle Posted April 18, 2011 Share Posted April 18, 2011 The clap did strike down quite a few French writers of that period. The mid 19th century would be another time I'd like to experience first hand. Maybe a few gallons of coffee with Balzac would be a good bridge between the two. Too bad the Beatles quite touring in 1966. We'll never hear any of those songs live, except for the brief rooftop concert in early 1969. I don't think U.S.S.R. was played then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted April 18, 2011 Share Posted April 18, 2011 Chuck Berry did a lot of great stuff, but nothing topped "'Sweet Little Sixteen"------I still remember Philly DJ Hy Lit's rap--------"Chuck Berry makin' merry for your listenin' pleasure, little treasure" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misswonderly3 Posted April 18, 2011 Share Posted April 18, 2011 The Yardbirds could boast three legendary guitarists in succession - Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page. I think this song was during the Jeff Beck stage. This is the kind of song they did that made them stand out from most of the British Invasion bands. Unfortunately I couldn't find a really good video that matched sound with visual quality. So I just shut my eyes and clicked. Over, Under, Sideways, Down : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2VsAhNUvNY&feature=related Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.Bogle Posted April 18, 2011 Share Posted April 18, 2011 The Yardbirds were one of those groups that didn't get a lot of attention in the US during their original incarnation, but later got some of the critical attention they deserved. They were certainly more adventurous than most of the invasion bands. Funny how all three guitarists went on to greater commercial success with other bands. That's show biz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.Bogle Posted April 18, 2011 Share Posted April 18, 2011 Enter Sandoval. And Roback. Mazzy Star playing Blue Flower. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cujas Posted April 18, 2011 Share Posted April 18, 2011 "Over, Under, Sideways, Down, Backward, Forward, Square and Round"--I remember that from Jr. High--But I have trouble remembering my bank card number. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted April 18, 2011 Share Posted April 18, 2011 Bingo. This is the best thing the Yardbirds ever did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.Bogle Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 The Supremes with their first #1 hit, the first of many, Where Did Our Love Go. The whole setting looks like the culmination of Berry Gordy's dream charm/finishing school vibe. Tres soigne d'etroit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 All the hipsters in Philly thought the Supremes were far inferior to Martha and the Vandellas and the Marvelettes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.Bogle Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 Philly hipsters, like other hipsters, have a right to their own opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.Bogle Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 While the other Beach Boys were down at the sweet shoppe trying to pick up little suburban girls, Brian was going through some heavy changes, pre-sandbox, and dropping acid, In My Room. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 I think Dennis is the only one who EVER picked up girls, or surfed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cujas Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 Fi, you're right with the surfing--but that jerky Mike Love was quite a lady's man, so they say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cujas Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 Fi, The Supremes were pushed by Motown, not because they were the best singers, but because they were the best choices to front Motown to White America. These girls had to look, act and talk in a certain way to get Motown on "The Ed Sullivan Show", to The Copa in Vegas and into the hearts of the guys at Yale. Eli, Eli--The Supremes were the first Motown Act to break in their act at New Haven. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted April 21, 2011 Share Posted April 21, 2011 Philly was always known as the city where a lot of white kids grew up on black music (I was one of them), so Martha and the Marvelettes would have been bigger there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted April 21, 2011 Share Posted April 21, 2011 ...and I'll repeat, Mike Love's nephew, Kevin Love, is now an all-star, and the most improved player in the NBA. I'll bet HE has no trouble picking up girls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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