Sinead O'Conner and MC Lyte - "I Want Your (Hands on Me)" (Granted it's more like Lyte popping up for a bit than an actual collaboration, but still). Pere Ubu, Debbie Harry, and David Sanborn - "Waiting for Mary" (one of the Night Music episodes. There was also an episode with the Residents on stage with Conway Twitty and Sanborn, but they were "dancing"by dj45rpm
. Men without Hats did Safety Dance twice (always the sign a band is low on material That's kinda surprising (and ultimately self-defeating) since you would think they have enough at-least-familiar songs (I Like, Where Do the Boys Go, Antarctica, Pop Goes the World) and "deep cuts" from their 80's LPs to not have to repeat themselves, especially if the sets weren't thby dj45rpm
Say what you will about the Oscars, I will admit that when it came time to memorialize James Karen, they were the only (mainstream) outlet who took their clip from "Return of the Living Dead". If only Utah Saints had included a clip of DS in the (original) "Something Good" video like they did with Kate (though the label would probably have had to kick down more $ to includeby dj45rpm
Original Fashion guitarist Luke James wrote a book (Stairway to Nowhere) about his time in the band (I bought it, but I haven't cracked it yet): He also has his own Bandcamp page which features some otherwise unreleased Fashion recordings:by dj45rpm
George Harrison was in the Rutles movie, so I'm guessing more (if not totally) the latter than the former.by dj45rpm
Sounds good in theory. Unfortunately I have the bad feeling that if someone did try to make a modern-day URGH!, it'd ignore the original concept and end up looking like Coachella on film (with maybe some "emerging artists" but mostly trendy/already popular artists). Then again, trying to dealing with licensing, rights, etc. would probably be enough to sink a modern-day venture.by dj45rpm
As someone who has been involved with a certain college radio station for his entire adult life (first as a student then as a "community member", this is definitely relevant to my interests. Funded. There's also a documentary on KALX; only about 36 minutes but still worth one's time. (It's from 1994 - near the end of the "Bowditch" era - but most of whatby dj45rpm
Went on the second day (with better weather and not a sell-out crowd). We managed to catch PiL, The Damned, The Church (who actually performed "Reptile"), Devo (who stole the show), a couple of songs from Blondie (before the subpar sound drove us away), Bauhaus (who were a close second to Devo), and a few songs from Morrissey (gotta give him some props for (1) actually showing up (thouby dj45rpm
Could this mean the piles of both mags I have stashed in the attic are obsolete? Considering how...impermanent online (insert plural noun here) seem to be, I wouldn't toss them just yet. Besides, you should be holding on to your TPs regardless!by dj45rpm
And may there be at least 40 more. One of the few remaining monthly/bimonthly/biyearly music magazines (along with Big Takeover, Record Collector, Ugly Things.... okay, maybe not that few) that I still buy.by dj45rpm
I'd like to think that Lionel Ritchie's induction was supposed to be "ironic" based solely on the cheesiness of the "Hello" video, but I know better. And I'm resigned to Link Wray only getting in via the "Award for Musical Excellence" route. If that.by dj45rpm
In theory I actually kinda like Xmas music (yes, even "Wonderful Christmastime"), though whenever I turn on the "Christmas Music" station on the car radio, I end up changing the station at least 90% of the time. My tastes seem to be for either stuff that brings back memories of Christmases yore such as Vince Guaraldi, Tony Bennett, or Jackie Gleason (whose "Merry Christmby dj45rpm
Let's not forget Paul Young being among the first (the first one period?) to cover Joy Division's "Love Will Tear Us Apart" in 1983 (long before it became as covered as "More Than This", if not "Hallelujah"). Marc Bolan used to talk up the younger punk bands and even had the Damned as an opening act on one of his tours.by dj45rpm
>>Eureka - song thread. Where Have All The Cowboys Gone Where Have All the Flowers Gone Who Knows Where the Time Goes >> Cock Sparrer: Where Are They Now? (Later covered pretty well by the Swinging Utters)by dj45rpm
Another mostly-thumbs-up for Bandcamp. I think the issue is that you're usually dealing directly with artists and their labels (or "labels" i.e. the bassist getting the packages ready) who might not be that experienced with this whole mailorder thang. (I've only had a few problems with BC, most of which were usually straightened out right away with only one still-ongoing disby dj45rpm
> Still, I may include a track from Cut the > Crap in next Friday's show, just for the fun > of it. Maybe a block of songs from albums that are > almost universally panned. >Don't forget anything from ABC's "Beauty Stab!" “If I Ever Thought You’d Be Lonely” is an interesting deep cut >that reeks of Roxy Music. I can't be the only one out tby dj45rpm
I admit I'd shell out for an expanded double-CD reissue of Let It Bee with the period b-sides ("Tattoo Song"!), BBC sessions, and other rarities tacked on. (I also admit that, highlights like "Monsters & Angels" aside, you start getting into diminishing returns post-Bee).by dj45rpm
Yay!!! Was worried that this had joined the long list of 'dead sites', definitely glad that's not the case!by dj45rpm
Would "Rock You Like a Hurricane" count?by dj45rpm
> Bands usually do this late in the game to compete with their label holding the masters > for lucrative synchronization rights. Or where the money is in music now. >Yes, I'm pretty sure that was the motivation to Squeeze, Blue Öyster Cult >and The Ventures. All three bands recorded albums of soundalike versions of >their best-known songs. Cracker did something similar, releby dj45rpm
Will this (or at least a list of said videos) be uploaded anywhere for us non-NY folks?by dj45rpm
Can't say I ever jumped off the Ramones train (and I still say that the Richie-era albums are underrated, esp. Too Tough to Die). However, I sold off Brain Drain and Acid Eaters a long time ago and I can't say my life has been emptier without them.by dj45rpm
There was some book (whose name is escaping me) on 80's bands that included Kajagoogoo, and let's just say I doubt they'll be reuniting again anytime soon. Can't believe that it escaped me for years that their self-titled instrumental was also the opening title song for Sixteen Candles (which explains why it was excised and replaced - along with most of the other non-originalby dj45rpm
Let's not forget David Cassidy's "Wasp" album (produced by Todd R.), complete with so-wrong-it's-right Bowie cover.by dj45rpm
QuoteWhat's happened to San Fran maybe the saddest of all SAY IT BROTHER, SAY IT!!!!!!!! My GF lives near Polk/Sutter and it seems like just about all the clubs nearby or within public transportation distance have either closed down (Hemlock Tavern, Elbo Room, Red Devil Lounge) to make way for condos and "bro bars", or been infiltrated by Goldenvoice (Great American Music Hall, Sby dj45rpm
Very sad news indeed. Been picking up MRR since the flyer issue in '86 and was on my ever shortening list of music mags that I still buy. So bands and records I discovered because of it.by dj45rpm
And maybe I should know by now when not to jinx things. RIP print edition of MRR:by dj45rpm
Thanks to the collective TP board braintrust for warning me off yet another timewasting article (see also: Pitchfork/Buzzcocks). And maybe I'm still in the minority, but I still get most of my print info re: music from such sources as Record Collector, Wire, Big Takeover, Shindig, Ugly Things, Razorcake, MRR, etc.. Even if most of those I get through either subscription, mailorder, or speciby dj45rpm
Was 9 in 1979 so chances are I didn't know jack about "hype" or "New Beatles" comparisons. LIked "Sharona" of course but I don't think Get the Knack (which I fortunately picked up used a couple of decades after the fact) managed to stay a month in my collection.by dj45rpm
Apparently further has disowned the work released in their previous incarnation as Shadowland, blaming the producer for how it turned out.: And of course there's always David Bowie and Never Let Me Down. (Not that he laments the songs themselves per se, just the "session man" production they were subjected to).by dj45rpm