Fascinating! Big thanks breno - now trivia fans know what the 2nd and 3rd artists ever shown on MTV were (Pat Benatar & Rod Sewart). And what awful videos they were! Really funny - the vets like Sir Cliff, Rod, The Who, obviously wanted nothing to do with this video business. Their static camera-bolted-to-the-ground performance clips had me wondering, What IS this so-called "MTV-style eby MrFab
Well paganizer, you're thinking of the FM-radio types who really get "into" an album. For most of pop music history it's been the Top40 AM-type listeners who drove record sales, and they largely bought singles - singles that had to be immediately catchy to be heard over the tinny sound and the shouting DJ. These listeners didn't care about an "artist" or his carby MrFab
From The Norton's website: "Greg Norton has spent the last 26 years in the restaurant business working with outstanding culinary teams throughout the region" Huh?! When I saw Husker Du on the '80s, I don't recall him on stage with a wok. Pretty sure that was a bass in his hand, not a potato peeler. Is he trying to rewrite history or sumthin? Post Edited (07-26-0by MrFab
Ha ha, that's pretty retarded all right. I had to look 'em up in TP reviews just to refresh my memory and "Wood Beez (Pray Like Aretha Franklin)" was the only one that I remembered. Actually I don't remember the song, just the goofy title. Always got Scritti Politti mixed up with Dead or Alive. As I'm sure most people do.by MrFab
They Might Be Giants theme to "Courage The Cowardly Dog" SHOULD have been a hit.by MrFab
Awesome, thx for the tip. Probly the same lineup that appears in "Magical Mystery Tour" performing "Death Cab For Cutie" but I don't want to have to sit through it again to be sure.by MrFab
That WAS a nice tune: "Bain de Soleil for the San Tropez tan..." Post Edited (07-18-06 18:56)by MrFab
" he was virtually immaterial to the band that sold 10 gazillion dark sides, and the guilt (or whatever it was) his erstwhile colleagues felt for him always seemed excessive to me." Well, consider this: "Dark Side" (with it's madness theme), "Wish You Were Here," "The Wall" (about a doomed, isolated rock star) were all somewhat inspired by Syd, his liby MrFab
Oof, well that news just hit me in the gut. Syd's responsible for not one, but 2 of my all-time desert-island disks.by MrFab
A professor?! Wow, great to hear he's still playing gee-tar. I was dismayed to see recently that Bob Pfeiffer of Human Switchboard became a music industry weasel (head of Hollywood Records) and was arrested and pled guilty in connection with the Anthony Pellicano case: he illegally wiretapped and spied on a woman.by MrFab
I saw the Robert Wilson/Tom Waits show "The Black Rider" recently, and among its many joys was seeing these names listed in the cast: -Richard Strange: ex-Doctors of Madness -Mary Margaret O'Hara: singer/songwriter, comedian Catherine O'Hara's sister, I believe. So THAT'S what they're doing now - musical theatre. Reminded me of this great thread from anby MrFab
a few representational tracks: "(I'd Go The) Whole Wide World" - power-pop gold. I think the Monkees, no less, covered this one. "Semaphore Signals" - lo-fi bedroom pop gem If he plays these in Oxford, Miss., I'm sure all five people in attendence will thoroughly enjoy them.by MrFab
Was just on it today, actually. Excellent resource. Never posted tho. Shall we just show up, en masse? Ira posts first and we crowd in behind him, touting our dubious music/writing credits by means of introduction?by MrFab
Good call on the Moby, breno. *smacks self in forehead* How could I forget the "Play" album?by MrFab
Lets take care of obvious ones first: Fatboy Slim "Rockerfeller Skank" - y'know, the "funk soul brother" one - THE dance tune of the past decade Fatboy Slim "Going Outta My Head" Kylie "Can't Get You Outta My Head" Chemical Brothers "Block Rockin Beats" Beastie Boys "Intergalactic" Daft Punk "Around The World" Kelisby MrFab
Eric Idle ?!?by MrFab
No Derrick Bostrom? You call that a reunion?!?by MrFab
Some silly stuff there alright (that "classic metal chord"/down-tuning business was especially ludicrous) but I do think his take on proto-metal was fairly accurate. Cream, Hendrix, et al followed Chicago electric blues cats like Buddy Guy, Muddy Waters etc, and "In-a-Gadda-da-Vida" and Black Sabbath aren't that far removed - remember, Ozzie even plays harmonica on earlyby MrFab
Local (LA) reviewer said MES was a mess at Knitting Factory Hollywood: "...Smith showed up drunk, staggering and slurring through a rambling collection of dirges. For the duration, he was squint-eyed sauced, stumbling and unintelligible. The “band” struggled to find its cues and vainly tried to follow his meanderings."by MrFab
Ike= 1st rocker. But r'n'b? 1940s bluesmen move to the city (thank you WW2!). I'll say...Louis Jordan?by MrFab
"appears 1966 was a pretty dire year..." Ha! It was all about singles, not LPs yet. And '66 was the height of the trashy garage/surf/"Nuggets" RAWk'n'roll. The best kind.by MrFab
Surviving members now perform as DKT-MC5, with various guest vocalists. The Bell-Rays are indeed fantastic live. And Britney Spears should be forced to name at least one MC5 song before she's photographed wearing one of their T-shirts.by MrFab
No way, 128 isn't enough. I can def. tell the difference between 128 and 190. I think 190 is fine, but you're right, getting up to 320 is pointless.by MrFab
Get it here: Finally! I can replace my moldy old cassette.by MrFab
Great album - Neil's best in ages, and after hearing one of his other topical tunes "Let's Roll," a few years ago I feared the worst. But I can't help but lovin' that Crazy Horse craziness.by MrFab
KXLU's my fave (streaming thru Live365), but it's "fine arts" during the evenings (6:00pm to 10 or 11pm Mon-Thu), Latin during weekend days.by MrFab
Simply Saucer Michael Yonkers Band Zolar X Raymond Scottby MrFab
Yep, Soulseek's da bomb. Not only rare CDs, but out-of-print vinyl turns up. And I read it's not as popular as other p2ps, so it's not as likely that The Man will go after it. But it's not for purchase...by MrFab
From the Cranberries review: "O'Riordan comes off like a ignorant young idealist staring in indignant disbelief at a video entitled History Since 1960."by MrFab
The post about the Only One's only one hit "Another Girl Another Planet" got me thinking: say you're up in the TP Orbiting Disco Lounge spinning all the platters that matter for the folks looking out that big picture window at Earth, and worlds beyond. What's in your record crate? (Besides all the versions of "Another Girl Another Planet") Athletico Spizz 'by MrFab
