C.Bogle Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 The Man in Noir gets a bit metaphysical. Johnny Cash singing Guess Things Happen That Way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 If "Heart" is so Canadian, how could you have never heard "Crazy on You"? Please remedy this deficiency as soon as possible, via youtube. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted June 25, 2011 Share Posted June 25, 2011 Well, Vancouver is pretty close to the Washington state border, isn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misswonderly3 Posted June 25, 2011 Share Posted June 25, 2011 Ok, so I checked out a live version of Crazy On You on YouTube and realized that I had heard the song, many times. It's pretty good, most notable for that famous riff ( as soon as I heard that I thought, "yeah, I know this") but I wouldn't say it belonged in that list you concocted. They were a couple of babes, weren't they? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misswonderly3 Posted June 25, 2011 Share Posted June 25, 2011 Ah, Johnny Cash, so stoically resigned to life's disappointments. One of Elvis Costello's best early albums, Get Happy, offers track after track of bright energetic pop, first-rate musicianship, clever snarky lyrics, hummable tunes. Perhaps it's even outstandingly great. Here's a sample, High Fidelity: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRT8nA665Gs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.Bogle Posted June 25, 2011 Share Posted June 25, 2011 After they confiscated Johnny's pills, I guess he had to become a bit of a stoic. There is a certain world weary, resigned to sadness theme in that song which gives it a special feeling for a country tune. I like Elvis' early pun-infested wiseguy stuff too. I couldn't remember off the bat where Get Happy fit in, but then I saw those big glasses. Yikes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redriver Posted June 25, 2011 Share Posted June 25, 2011 If I've offended you, I'm apologetically sorry! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misswonderly3 Posted June 25, 2011 Share Posted June 25, 2011 Don't worry, I'm apathetically indifferent to any offence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted June 26, 2011 Share Posted June 26, 2011 To really do the song justice, you should listen to the studio version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misswonderly3 Posted June 27, 2011 Share Posted June 27, 2011 Yes, I tried to find the original version, as I always think it's best to first hear the original recording of a song one's not familiar with. But I couldn't find one ! They all seemed to be live versions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misswonderly3 Posted June 27, 2011 Share Posted June 27, 2011 Sexy Marc Bolan and his girl/car fetish... Jeepster ( for your love) : Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.Bogle Posted June 27, 2011 Share Posted June 27, 2011 Unfortunately he had it right up to the bitter end. Good video. I know the lyrics get a bit silly and the music is soemtimes repetative, but I've always liked T. Rex. Too bad they never made it big in the States. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.Bogle Posted June 27, 2011 Share Posted June 27, 2011 Why. No why. The Smashing Pumpkins live with Here Is No Why. Did a quick check on the Pumpkins and Billy is still soldiering on with the band as the only original member, and their last few releases are on the net. That's show biz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted June 27, 2011 Share Posted June 27, 2011 Well, "Get it On, Bang-a-Gong" did pretty well on the top 40. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cujas Posted June 27, 2011 Share Posted June 27, 2011 Robert Palmer and a couple of guys from Duran Duran made up Power Station and had a mega hit with Bang A Gong--I think they had another hit with "Some Like It Hot" too. "You've got the teeth of the Hydra upon you" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misswonderly3 Posted June 28, 2011 Share Posted June 28, 2011 Or how about "You've got the universe reclining in your hair" ? ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misswonderly3 Posted June 28, 2011 Share Posted June 28, 2011 I've heard that Billy Corgan has been behaving rather badly since the rest of the Smashing Pumpkins have left. Not s, d, and r & r, but just ill-tempered rants and so forth. Still, he formed a great band and wrote some "outstandingly great" songs. We'll always have 1979. Here are two versions of Shotgun. The first claims it's Jr. Walker and the All Stars, but it don't look like Jr. Walker to me. This band's more interested in its dancers. BUT ! What it does have is a very young Jimi Hendrix playing guitar in the background. Every now and then you can just catch a glimpse of him behind those dancers. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHIdb_0JM9M&feature=related Version 2: the original Jr. Walker and the All Stars' Shotgun : Come on, Uncle Bob, I'm counting on you to shake to this one: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted June 28, 2011 Share Posted June 28, 2011 ....ill-tempered rants and physical violence directed at pumpkins? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misswonderly3 Posted June 28, 2011 Share Posted June 28, 2011 Well, they were the Smashing Pumpkins, after all. ( Actually, I don't think there was any physical violence involved. Billy just seemed to have a sense of entitlement about his new band that came across as ungracious.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.Bogle Posted June 28, 2011 Share Posted June 28, 2011 There will always be Get It On/Bang a Gong, but that was their only Top 40 hit in the US. Of course they had a lot of #1's in the UK (and in Ireland too). Like Americans, Canadians didn't give in to Trexasty. Forgot that Power Station covered the song. I guess the guys from Kraftwerk didn't think a lawsuit would be worth it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.Bogle Posted June 28, 2011 Share Posted June 28, 2011 Billy was the main songwriter and figure in the Pumpkins, so I can see his point a bit, but he did get a little snarky. I think they also had drug probelms with Jimmy Chamberlain and D'Arcy, and then there were the usual personal differences, etc. They had a pretty good run and put out some superb albums. Job well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.Bogle Posted June 28, 2011 Share Posted June 28, 2011 Hadn't thought about this one for a long time until the song appeared in those Target commercials. Sounds pretty good for a single in 1968. I didn't know it, but while the Status Quo were a one hit wonder in the US, they had a much longer and more successful career in the UK. The guy playing rhythm guitar reminds me of the back cover shot of Bowie on the Ziggy Stardust album. Status Quo playing Pictures of Matchstick Men. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted June 28, 2011 Share Posted June 28, 2011 The ultimate one-hit wonder of that era had to be Iron Butterfly (or maybe Zager & Evans, which sounds like a law firm.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redriver Posted June 28, 2011 Share Posted June 28, 2011 And I remember both those hits! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misswonderly3 Posted June 29, 2011 Share Posted June 29, 2011 A couple of weeks or so ago, finance mentioned a rockabilly guy called Robert Gordan. I am familiar with his music, along with his sometimes co-hort Link Wray. Here are the two of them having a lot of fun with the old perenniel, (My Gal is) Red Hot : Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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