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Post by Adam on Nov 27, 2005 0:27:56 GMT -5
Oh, you liked that typo, did you?  Put it this way: even if Ryan sang it, it would still be a horrible song  |
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Post by Thorngrub on Nov 28, 2005 14:23:49 GMT -5
A 45 I remember fondly from my youth: THE PINA COLADA SONG (or whatever it was), by .... Rupert HInes, or something? "If you like pina coladas, and staying out in the rain" . . . yeah, I used to love me that song.
Also, I recall a 45 by ELO, "Don't bring me down", or something . . . .
And I used to have Billy Joel's "Old Time Rock'n'Roll", or whatever that song was called...
Ah, the good ol' days. . . .
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Post by maarts on Nov 28, 2005 14:47:44 GMT -5
Bob Seger's Old Time Rock 'n Roll? And yeah, the Pina Colada Song was by Rupert Hine.
ELO's Discovery-album was one of the first I ever bought. Don't Bring Me Down is a killer-track but The Diary Of Horace Wimp (even though the lyric's naff) was my fave track.....never quite understood why the choir at the end ditched the 'saturday' in the singing of the weekdays...
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Post by Thorngrub on Dec 1, 2005 13:05:19 GMT -5
oh, I meant "It's Still Rock'n'Roll To Me", by Billy Joel, of course.
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Post by Kensterberg on Dec 1, 2005 13:18:07 GMT -5
I believe that "The Pina Colada Song" (which I think was subtitled "Escape") was by Rupert Holmes. If I remember rightly, Rupert Hine was a (British?) producer who worked with Tina Turner, among others. I've got a mind like a steal trap for useless trivia, I tell ya.
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Post by RocDoc on Dec 1, 2005 13:24:36 GMT -5
Defending burglars and thieves this week, Ken?:>)
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Post by Kensterberg on Dec 1, 2005 13:50:03 GMT -5
DOH! Erm, actually I do have a theft case that I'm preparing motions to suppress on right now ... of course I meant "steel" trap, though what I typed is an interesting play on words ... yeah, yeah I meant to do that! That's the ticket. It's like Jeff Tweedy using "assassin" as a verb, or stringing together nonsensical lines like "I attack with love, pure bug beauty." Yeah, it's not a typo, it's ART!
Listening to "Englishman in New York" from Sting's second solo LP right now. Haven't heard this in years ... quite good, actually. Some fabulous (as always) sax work by Branford Marsallis.
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Post by rockysigman on Dec 1, 2005 13:57:09 GMT -5
It's like Jeff Tweedy using "assassin" as a verb, or stringing together nonsensical lines like "I attack with love, pure bug beauty." Yeah, it's not a typo, it's ART! This reminds me--the first time I saw them do "Company in My Back" live, well before AGIB came out, I'm pretty sure the line was "I attack with love, kill with beauty". And damn, that would be a much better line. Oh well, his prerogative to change it I guess. |
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Post by tuneschick on Dec 6, 2005 14:33:29 GMT -5
I have to admit for having a super-soft spot for that Pina Colada song... going back to a "girls" weekend when I was about 20. We came to Toronto for a concert and she had connections to a top manager at a great hotel, so we got this ultra-swanky suite for something ridiculous like $75 a night. The kind of place we could NEVER have afforded to stay in... complete with champagne and strawberries and our own entrance. Don't even remember how it happened, but that somehow became our official theme song for a crazy, decadent weekend... still one of the best weekends of my life. Sigh... to be young and foolish again. Now I'm all old and married and responsible.  (er... not that any of that was related to anything here at all!) |
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Post by Paul on Dec 14, 2005 9:18:15 GMT -5
Well, for the better part of 2005 I listened to mostly Kinks albums dissecting everything from 1964-1974 + Come Dancing (their greatest hits from 1976-1982) all in all 14 albums....
Well lately, I've been getting a little tired of the Kinks and decided to dig through my vault (good thing I found this thread)....
Anyway, lately I've been listening to a few of my Velvet Underground albums (Loaded and VU) which I haven't listened to since at least early 2003. I've also been listening to my Outkast collection (I have them all w/ the exception of the debut). Most of their albums I haven't listened to since 2001, so it was almost like hearing all for the first time again.... I have to say, Stankonia is quite the album.....psychdelic funk rap, with flavors of the south thru and thru. It's a 4 star album.
I also busted out some old Alice in Chains cds which I haven't listened to in a while either. I didn't feel like the heavy stuff, so I went w/ their unplugged album. I forgot how damn gloomy it was, but I was in the mood for it so it worked out well.
Others I've picked up / taken out of the vault since my Kinks run has come to an end:
Dylan -- Blond on Blond (this one still hasn't gotten me, I like Blood and Hwy 61 better).
Springsteen -- Born To Run (for some reason I didn't like it at first listen, upon further review I realized I was an idiot).
Sonic Youth -- Murray Street (listen to Rain on Tin now.....one of SY's best for sure).
Hendrix -- Electric Ladyland (been mainly listening to his live stuff and forgot about the studio albums)
Neil Young -- Zuma (very underrated album IMO)
Rocky and Luke have been talking about the Chili Peppers lately so I think I may dig them up from the vault next...it's been about 4 years since I've listened to BSSM, and about 2 for the Uplift MoFo Party Plan....
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Post by Thorngrub on Dec 14, 2005 9:48:20 GMT -5
"Gloomy" = perfect word to describe that live unplugged set from AIC. Good stuff
I always loved Zuma . . . (that's the one w/"Cortez the Killer", right? Favorite Young song, right there)
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Post by Paul on Dec 14, 2005 15:09:10 GMT -5
"Gloomy" = perfect word to describe that live unplugged set from AIC. Good stuff I always loved Zuma . . . (that's the one w/"Cortez the Killer", right? Favorite Young song, right there) Yea, Cortez is on that album; great song. This album in particular I was really able to hear where Pearl Jam got a lot of their influence from. The drony, mid tempo songs really rubbed off on Pearl Jam. I've heard rumors that the two NY & PJ may do antother album together....I hope it's true. |
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Post by Ayinger on Dec 31, 2005 15:42:20 GMT -5
Due to seeing a guy bring them up at another music board last night (and I know he doesn't have a CLUE about them), I had to instantly reach for a little "Motorcycle Emptiness"....today I spun these for the first time in ages:  Generation Terrorists The Holy Bible Everything Must GoAll great in their revisiting, but hearing Everything Must Go again esp. reminded me how much I dug that album. Never got any of the later stuff as I felt it didn't sound up to par with these....am I right in this? Also, never have heard anything of the MSP's 2nd release Gold Against The Soul....anybody have input on that title as well?? |
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Post by Thorngrub on Mar 7, 2006 16:22:37 GMT -5
 The Oldest CD. |
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Post by wayved on Mar 8, 2006 1:51:28 GMT -5
Shit YEAH! Ayinger! MANIC STREET PREACHERS! Gold Against the Soul is essential too....Their later stuff (post Everything Must Go) is pretty foul in my opinion--highlight is a song called "Found That Soul" off of "Know Your Enemy"
My first three CDS: (I got them for Christmas my Senior year of high school--1992 on the cusp of 93)--got Blonde on Blonde from a girlfriend on cassette too! My best friend at the time brought a 32 ounce bottle of Budweiser red that morning as a gift too-so that meant nothing but Blonde on Blonde)
First CDs:
Slayer-Reign in Blood
Yes-Union
Prefab Sprout-Swoon
I was pissed cos the cassettes I made from these CDs to play in the walkman sounded like complete ass--like a billion snakes were hissing all over the tape!
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