old music

[jp1]

Poignant, JP. I was a very big fan of Bowie back in the 70s and 80s. I saw him live once at the Boston Gardens, although we had lousy seats and we were very far away (it was a huge sports arena).

I will never forget when I was 23. I had just moved to NYC and went to visit my folks in Denver for a week. I decided to grow a beard on that trip. When I got home a friend was horrified. "WHY ARE YOU GROWING A BEARD??? HOW WILL YOU GET A DADDY???" I realized at that moment I didn't want to have a daddy. (or be a toy, as in Bowie's song) I've never looked back.

[littlebittybobby]

okay-----I just about never take lyrics into account, when I listen to MUSIC. If I want words, I'll read a book. See? Lyrics just give a vocalist something to wrap their voice around; not to advocate for social change or runny eggs or whatever. I was in the pharmacy(the one for old people, not hippies), and over the intercom an old song played that was: a.) an advanced style, in it's day; b)recorded well before anya the pharmacy staff was even born; c)by a group that was prolific enough(3 or 4 albums, and lots of touring, but deemed a "One-hit wonder" by The Media; d)released as a single on 45 rpm, and I have a copy in my collection. The group was based in San Francisco, but the singer was an overweight Cowlitz Indian from Washington state. The record was successful, I think, because it was catchy, original, had a dance-music sound, and was given the full studio treatment by the record producer, to make it more listenable. Lots of electric bass and a saxophone and vocals, etc., and effects that gave it a "trippy" ethereal sound. But yeah---that record is 40 years old, now! I went home and played it again on my cell-phone through wireless headphones a couple times; since I hadn't heard it in awhile. The title is: "Girl In Trouble(Is a Temporary Thing) by the group Romeo Void. Believe me, I am not a fan of theirs, nor do have all or any of their various LPs, collect posters and memorabilia, etc. I just like that ONE recording; the studio guy did a great job. Yup. I just like music that sounds good, not sappy sentiments or pleas for social change. See? Hope that helps you some. Thank mee.

[littlebittybobby]

okay---he's another one you might hear in the grocery store, though I haven't heard it lately. By an english girl, from back in 1991. But yeah---you've really got to listen to it with headphones, in order to hear the wall of sound. Called: Too Many Walls", and Cathy Dennis gets the credit.

[iris lilies]

okay----i been sick with that darn cold fer going on three weeks. but yeah---got a chance ta listen to manya my two-three hit wonders, as critics nastily called them. but yeah---THW's tend to be the best. Anyway, not in any particular wonder: Natasha Bedingfield: pocket full o' sunshine/unwritten; The Critters: Younger Girl/Mr Dyingly sad; Fergie: Big girls don't cry; The Troggs: Wild Thing/with a girl like you/ Love is all around. Eddie Po's u-toob cover of "Earth Angel" speaking of which--Tiny Tim's cover of same PLUS Tiptoe Through the Tulips. TT is a story in and of itself---chutzpah getting a nerdy guy fame and a pretty teen wife. Yup. to be continued...

You know Tiny Tim ended up living in Des Moines, right? I don’t remember what brought him there. I have a picture, a treasured picture, of my dad with tiny Tim. pretty funny and I don’t remember how they met.

[littlebittybobby]

You know Tiny Tim ended up living in Des Moines, right? I don’t remember what brought him there. I have a picture, a treasured picture, of my dad with tiny Tim. pretty funny and I don’t remember how they met.

okay----well, TYVM, I/L. That's some good information, there. Too bad TT isn't with us any longer; he & 'Carts & the surviving members of the stones & monkees(1) could form up a supergroup and tour, with $300 tickicks and sellout crowds. Oh, I long for the 60's! Yup. Edited to add: Get out your 'Carts Album "RAM" from 1971, and listen to Ram On and Just another Day and Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey, and tell me if you don't think TT had any influence on 'Carts. He may not admit it, but betcha by golly he did. Yup. Hope that helps you some

[littlebittybobby]

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okay---you kidses' idol 'Carts is looking a little scruffy these days. (see photo)

[littlebittybobby]

okay---there's a song i don't like, that has become an anthem on grocery store intercoms, everywhere. so, anyway---it's called "Take My Breath Away", credited to Berlin, which is i assume is a record-producers concoction. Nothing wrong with that, but you kids'd be getting screwed(like when "trading" for a nice, new, SAFE Subbbaroo, because there ain't no such group, performing live & in person. But yeah---it and two other songs were used in the moo-veee, a teen action flick starring tom mapother, short guy(5' 6"). Anyway, on o' the co-composers o' that recording(besices the record producer) is a good ol' boy(not really) from Sfd., Mo., who is dead, now. But yeah--there's no banjo or fiddle or upright bass in 'em! But yeah---it is catchy, but I cannot stand take-that-song-away OR danger zone. SFD Mo. is a music desert, I guarantee that. Bad Music, here folks. Hope that helps you some. Thankk mee.

[catherine]

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okay---you kidses' idol 'Carts is looking a little scruffy these days. (see photo)

He's looking mighty fine to me!