C.Bogle Posted July 7, 2011 Share Posted July 7, 2011 That was a partly facetious comment, but one can imagine that S & G's relatively literate lyrics and pop music feel might end up there, whereas the MC5 probably wouldn't. Kick out the Jams, Emily Dickinson. I'm getting up there in age to listen to rap, especially as I'm still way behind on other genres. I'm sure there are some good rap tunes out there, and a little offense is good every once in a while, but there just ain't enough time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.Bogle Posted July 7, 2011 Share Posted July 7, 2011 I like the Chili Peppers, Sublime, and Pumpkins. They are all over the map with a little hip hop/metal/reggae sound for the first two, and the Pumpkins have a bit of an arena rock vibe going, but they're all very enjoyable. I would guess that X had a Doors influence, being from LA. I think they covered a few Doors' songs too. It's really hard to imagine Frankie in a gym suit working on an exercise machine. Not very rat packy. It's a quarter to nine, thirty people in the gym. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.Bogle Posted July 7, 2011 Share Posted July 7, 2011 Old reliable Tom Petty singing You Don't Know How It Feels. Spiffy video. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misswonderly3 Posted July 7, 2011 Share Posted July 7, 2011 Wow, that's a really creative and funny video. I like the way all the action's happening in the background, sort of rolling along. Lots going on there. The song's not bad, either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misswonderly3 Posted July 8, 2011 Share Posted July 8, 2011 I 'm kind of amused at the idea of going from rap to Paul Anka - via Tom Petty, even better. Anyway, at a tender age Paul Anka wrote a runaway hit, Diana. He claimed it was inspired by his babysitter - hopefully remembering her from a few years earlier, otherwise he needed babysitting much longer than most juveniles. I always thought an unintentionally funny line in it, not likely to win his lady-love over, was "I'm so young and you're so old." Not the most seductive line a guy can say. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuTbB-d12A0 Edited by: misswonderly on Jul 8, 2011 9:28 AM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.Bogle Posted July 8, 2011 Share Posted July 8, 2011 The song is pretty good by itself too. I wouldn't say the video really adds anything, but it does go well with the music. Definitely better than your average vid. Yep, not exactly a very slick pick up line. Maybe that's part of what made him a lonely boy. I had a very sexy babysitter who lived just down the street. I was too young at the time to realize it, but looking back Cathy was definitely hot. And very sweet too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.Bogle Posted July 8, 2011 Share Posted July 8, 2011 Tex was way ahead of the curve with his classic song about the dangers of coffin nails, though he seems to be as troubled by the inoppurtune timing of nic fits as he does about the health dangers of cigs. Tex Williams with Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! ( That Cigarette ). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6gB89aThM0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted July 9, 2011 Share Posted July 9, 2011 In films as far back as the '30s, I've heard characters say to someone something like,"You smoke too much". Maybe he meant that the guy was just taking on too much risk of burning a hole in his suit jacket. Edited by: finance on Jul 9, 2011 10:54 AM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misswonderly3 Posted July 9, 2011 Share Posted July 9, 2011 Love that song, partly because it would be so frowned upon if it were to be released now. I can just imagine all the poe-faced do-righters protesting it. (By the way, I do not smoke myself and never have.) Anyone seen the movie Thank You for Smoking ? I thought it was really good. Funny too. Anyway, Tex's song opens up the film, playing with the credits. Here's a link to an article about Thank You for Smoking, in case anyone's interested, (The film is not what you'd think, one big apologia for smoking. ) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thank_You_for_Smoking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misswonderly3 Posted July 9, 2011 Share Posted July 9, 2011 This is a band called "Hey Rosetta ", with a most interesting video. The song is entitled Yes Yes Yes : Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misswonderly3 Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 Ok, financebaby, I see what you mean. ( Although I wouldn't post a song just because it's "esoteric"; that is, if anything, an irrelevent side issue to me. I try to posts songs I think are good, whether everybody's heard of them or not.) Anyway, point taken...shirley you wouldn't suggest that this person or her music is esoteric. Everyone between 18 and 80 has heard of her. One of my absolute favourite songs by the great Joni Mitchell is Carey, from her 1971 album Blue. I love the way it opens with that big generous acoustic guitar sound, and the way her voice goes unexpectedly way up in the first lines of the verses. Such an unusual and yet catchy melody.The lyrics are so poetic too. I guess it's obvious I like this song a lot. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jO4WXTIZ7Uw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 OK, if you won't do it, I will. Joni Mitchell is Canadian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.Bogle Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 Two cheers for the exoteric. The only thing I knew was that Westmoreland is a county in the north of England. It is a charming folk song, even if the subject is a witch. I remember reading that Jimmy Page and Robert Plant were Jonie Mitchell fans. At first I wondered about that, but I've come around. Yes, Joni is Canadian, but one always thinks of her as a Malibu/LA person. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 Yes, and she used to shop at the same market as I did when I lived in LA........Once, I was standing behing her in the checkout line, and I tripped over my shopping cart. I said to her, "Help me, I think I'm falling" (all right, I made up the last part). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.Bogle Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 Surprised Joni was out shopping: I'm a pretty good cook, I'm sitting on my groceries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.Bogle Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 Pure power popsters The Smithereens with Behind the Wall of Sleep. Not be be confused, though that would be unlikely, with the song of the same name by Black Sabbath. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cujas Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 Are you sure you didn't trip over your cart in front of Joni Mitchell in the parking lot? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misswonderly3 Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 "Yes, Joni is Canadian, but one always thinks of her as a Malibu/LA person." *I* don't. ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted July 12, 2011 Share Posted July 12, 2011 I'll ask you a second time. Where are you coming up with all these new emoticoms? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misswonderly3 Posted July 12, 2011 Share Posted July 12, 2011 finance, cheri, next time you're on your posting screen ( the blank one that you write on) look up. At the top, right above where you're typing, is an array of options such as for bolding, U for underlining, etc. At the end of this bounteous line of choices is that ubiquitous happy face. Click the small arrow beside it and voila, an entire world of emoticons awaits your fingertips. Just click the one you want and add it to your post. Or not. I only use them because they're there, and because I am a silly person. Truth is, emoticons are intrinsically silly and don't really communicate the point. Think of how many times people on these boards have used the happy face one when they're angry and are being sarcastic. Besides, why are they called "emoticoNs", with an "n", instead of "emoticoMs", with an "m" ? Eh? What does the suffix "con" mean? "Com", with an "M" suggests "CoMmunication", which is what the frigging things are supposed to do -communicate. That is my rant for the day. X-( :_| :0 :| . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted July 12, 2011 Share Posted July 12, 2011 Thanks:^0------It didn't work. I thought I was going to successfully post the open-mouthed one. I guess I'm just destined not to be an emoticom-con person. Edited by: finance on Jul 12, 2011 9:58 AM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misswonderly3 Posted July 12, 2011 Share Posted July 12, 2011 So I looked up The Smithereens and saw that they were an 80s band from New Jersey. Arent' you from around there, C.B. ? Did you ever see them live? I don't think I'd heard of them, but judging by your selection yesterday, they were pretty good. The lead singer looked just a little like a young and scruffy Nicholas Cage. (Well, Cage is pretty scruffy at the best of times even now...) Also a slightly less scruffy Joey Ramone. Scruffy is the word of the day. Scream. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misswonderly3 Posted July 12, 2011 Share Posted July 12, 2011 So, you're talkin' esoteric? I'll give you esoteric. How about a cross-dressing r & b singer from the 60s? Here's Jackie Shane, first live , so you can see his/her style in action ( somewhat restrained, actually) and then one of his/her semi-hits. Walkin' the Dog: Stand Up Straight and Tall: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.Bogle Posted July 12, 2011 Share Posted July 12, 2011 I should amend that to most people think of her as a Malibu/LA person, especially in her heyday. But it's understandable a Canadian would see her as a Canadian. The Smithereens came along after I left Jersey. They did have that power pop thing going very consistently, which made for a lot of enjoyable music. Maybe it started to sound too consistent. For whatever reason, they never quite broke through to the "big time." Spell check has a problem with the word exoteric, the opposite of esoteric. You get the red underline and the first suggestion is esoteric. I like a emoticon every once in a while. There's a good one on another site that has a blushing one that turns red. Since we already knew Jackie Shane was a cross dresser, I'll never know if I would have spotted it without that info. There is something a little out of the ordinary in that live clip, but maybe not enough to tip it off. He doesn't look any more womanly than Little Richard on a good day. Maybe Scruffy was Jackie's dog. Come back Shane, you dropped your lip gloss. :0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.Bogle Posted July 12, 2011 Share Posted July 12, 2011 One of the catchiest tunes of, to narrow it down a bit, the early 1980s and maybe beyond. Men at Work, Down Under. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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