"Yes we can can!" said Little Nicola.

[C.Bogle]

I don't know too much about Dale, except he's one of those alt, back to basics,

**** tonk type of guys. Good song no matter what.

 

You should have seen Bowie wield a makeup brush in his prime. One of the fastest

in the UK. Blush, pardner.

[cujas]

Bowie learned everything he knew about make-up from Iggy Pop. Who is still alive.

[C.Bogle]

It's true Iggy was Bowie's main man, though Lou would give him some tips

from time to time.

[DownGoesFrazier]

Very brief because she and Bacharach eventually had a falling out.

[misswonderly3]

> {quote:title=cujas wrote:}{quote}

> Bowie learned everything he knew about make-up from Iggy Pop. Who is still alive.

 

Did anyone suggest he wasn't? (still alive). Actually, there's an oddball Jim Jarmusch film that features disparate little coffee-drinking scenes with people laying claim to varying degrees of fame.I forget what it's called, came out in the early 2000s. There's a scene with Iggy Pop and Tom Waits, smoking and drinking coffee together in a diner. It's a strangely tense scene; you get the feeling Iggy and Tom are somehow competing with each other for the highest cool quotient.

 

This one's for finance, who has never heard of the Kinks or their song Victoria. First the studio version, because it's so good, then a vintage live version, circa 1969, which is around the time the song was released.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TraFxjPyDns

 

 

 

Now you know the song, finance. (insert suitable emoticon,)

 

Edited by: misswonderly on Jun 6, 2011 10:06 AM

[C.Bogle]

I guess The Village Green Preservation Society can't be far behind.

[C.Bogle]

The boys from Kraftwerk attempting that Gemutlichkeit thing with

Ohm Sweet Ohm.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[DownGoesFrazier]

Speaking of Kinks and Queens, I believe it's now SIR Ray Davies.

[cujas]

Dionne didn't so much fall out of love with Burt--What happened was that Hal finally became fed up with Burt hogging all the spotlight and his own contributions being ignored. So when Hal and Burt went head to head, poor Dionne got caught in the middle. Her career was so linked with them that she just hit bottom without them. It took her awhile to get afloat with the Help of Issac Hayes and Barry Manilow.

 

I can remember it was so bad for her in the 70's that she had to open for Issac Hayes with The Spinners (I think) at Starlight in KCMO. And after she'd been one of the top female vocalists of the 60's.

[misswonderly3]

That Kraftwerk song sounds like it should be the background music to some bicyclist, contentedly cycling their way through some lovely German river valley ; very unKraftwerk-like image. ( Must be the Gemutlichkeit at werk...)

Hey, do the boys in Kraftwerk have anything to do with Kraft dinner?

 

From Germany to Jamaica, here's Mr. Marley with No Woman No Cry :

 

 

[DownGoesFrazier]

Burt was entitled to hog the spotlight. He was a better composer than Hal was a lyricist.

[C.Bogle]

I didn't realize the Kraft Dinner was such a big deal in Canada. Of course I know

the Kraft name, but I don't like macaroni and cheese all that much. Interesting.

A bit similar to Ramen Noodles here.

 

One of Kraftwerk's later albums was titled Tour de France which recalls speeding

bikers on a very non-leisurely ride. It's not one of their better albums. I don't think the

band has anything to do with the dinner. There might be a little macaroni in their

music, but no cheese.

 

You can't go wrong with Bob Marley, unlike Jacob.

[C.Bogle]

The searchin' Searchers playing Needles and Pins za. Looks like the

lads are in transition between greasy kid's stuff and mop tops.

 

 

 

 

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unwa_XQKc4A

[misswonderly3]

I had always assumed that Kraft Foods was an American corporation, because it is so huge and so well-known...at least, I thought it was. I was so surprised when you said you'd only just barely heard of "Kraft Dinner", the staple of many a student and, for that matter, family, here in Canada, that I looked it up ( on wiki .) Sure enough, it's essentially a Canadian company. I am amazed - Kraft Dinner is practically a religion in this country (Canada.)

Actually, I kind of like it once in a while, when I'm feeling trashy (not "trashy" as in the "Tramps, Trollops, and Trash" thread.)

 

It is a little-known fact that the German group Kraftwerk own 50: shares in Kraft Dinner stock. Hence the origin of their name.

 

Another little-known fact: the Searchers all suffered from a speech impediment which caused them to add an extra syllable to words ending in the letter "s". Or "z".

[DownGoesFrazier]

As a cyclist, I'm intrigued by the mention of this album. Songs about bike racing? Hard to imagine. "Grooving with the Peloton"? "I'm Sucking his Wheel"?

 

Edited by: finance on Jun 7, 2011 5:03 PM

 

Edited by: finance on Jun 7, 2011 5:57 PM

[cujas]

"I believe in love, Alfie. Without true love , we just exist, Alfie. Until you find the love you've missed, you're nothing Alfie. When you walk, let your heart lead the way. And you'll find love anyday Alfie."

 

FYI--You'll Never get to heaven if you break my heart.

[cujas]

I don't not what Kraft you're talking about. But I grew up in the USA watching the Kraft Foods sponsoring the Kraft Music Hall on NBC. Before that they did it on radio. I can actually tell you that Kraft is an American-owned and based international company headquartered outside of Chicago in Northbrook, IL. because I've been to the building complex.

 

Thomas McInnerney--he started in Ice Cream in Chicago. Eventually calling his co. National Dairy. The name Kraft came from a Canadian-born German immigrant, JL Kraft who operated a cheese company at the turn of the century in Chicago, starting in 1903. Though headquarted in NY, he continued to make the cheese in Chicago.

 

First the Kraft Co was listed on the Chicago stock exchange in the 20's and end up on the NY Stock Exchange. To make a long story short the Kraft and National Dairy merged companies merged in 1930. They had internation franchises before that and a virtual monopoly of the cheese business.

 

The Kraft Dinner is VERY WELL-KNOWN in America. Everyone has eaten one and some children with lazy mothers don't know anyother kind of "homecooking". The Macaroni and cheese box is probably the most sold of any type in America. Everyone bought and ate Kraft cheese in the 50's and 60's. There was no other national company then. Every holiday the Kraft company put on spectacular TV specials to hawk their cheese, candies and other products. These specials starred Perry Como, Burt Bacharach and many other top musical stars.

 

FYI--Sonny Bono wrote "Needles & Pins"--how's that for a real Brit Invasion song.

 

Edited by: cujas on Jun 7, 2011 7:16 PM

 

Edited by: cujas on Jun 7, 2011 7:18 PM

[misswonderly3]

Curses ! It seems, then, that C.B. has most grievously misled me. Ramen Noodles indeed !

 

I will confess that my research into Kraft Foods on wikipaedia was very cursory. I did not read the entire article, but stopped when I saw that somebody with the name "Kraft" was a German-Canadian.

( I think. I was so eager to claim Kraft Dinner's Canadian-ness that I may have simply read what I wanted to read. )

 

Well, anyway, I still say Eric Clapton's father was Canadian. And he consumed Kraft Dinner religiously. While listening to Kraftwerk ( he was posted in Germany for a while.)

[misswonderly3]

Today the temperature is going up to 35 degrees, that's 45 with the humidex. That must be at least 100 degrees Farenheit. Technically it may be a week or so early for this, but it seems a good time to listen to one of my favourite summertime songs, Hot Fun in the Summertime . One of Sly and the Family Stone's most effective songs ( well, they were all effective. And affecting.)

 

 

[DownGoesFrazier]

What is your point? That Hal David was a great lyricist? He certainly had his moments, but nobody confused him with Lorenz Hart, or even Sammy Cahn.

[mrroberts]

100 degrees outside and were still playing for the Stanley Cup. I think these sports seasons all run a little too long. We should be playing water polo.

[DownGoesFrazier]

Doesn't Kraft now own Philip Morris? They specialize in a number of healhful products.

[misswonderly3]

I was just thinking the same thing, mrroberts. It's crazy to be playing a winter sport when it's so hot the ice will be melting, even in an indoor arena. I agree, play-offs for all the major sports in North America go on way too long.

[mrroberts]

We should have Esther Williams throwing out the puck on face offs.

[C.Bogle]

I've never been big on mac and cheese, so I really am not familiar with

Kraft Dinner, and didn't realize it was popular here in the US too. Kraft is

an American food conglomerate and with all the acquisitions and mergers

over the years, it's hard to keep track of which brands they own. So if

Kraft Dinner is a cultural identifier in Canada, and baked beans are the same

in England, then I'll be sticking with hamburgers and hotdogs, in moderation

of course. Washed down by a cold bottle of Yoo-hoo (a product first produced

in New Jersey, USA).

 

I think one of the Kraftwerkers became a bicycle fanatic and they eventually

recorded the Tour de France album, timed to be released with the one

hundredth anniversary of the Tour. Among the song titles are Chrono,

Titanium, and Aero Dynamik. Yep, that's Kraftwerk.

 

I know you were only kidding, Miss W., but Eric's stepfather would have come

along much too early to get in on the Kraftwerk thing.

 

I think I've heard before that Sonny Bono wrote Needles and Pins, but that

fact never seems to stay in my head. Good song and a good cover ra.

 

We got a break from the heat over the weekend, but it's around 90 degrees again,

which is better than some folks in the Northeast and Midwest have it. Thank goodness

for central air.

 

I stick to football and baseball. I have recovered from the Steelers' loss in the Super

Bowl, at least for the most part. I'm a Mets' fan and I think if they work real hard they

can reach the goal of getting to .500 or a game or two over by October. Ya gotta believe.

 

Hot Fun is one of many good Sly songs, as is Everyday People. Different heatstrokes

for different folks.