currently switching back and forth between the "classic vinyl" and "deep cuts" sirius stations. np: bohemian rhapsody (-_-)
― brimstead, Thursday, 7 August 2014 21:05 (nine years ago) link
heard "Surrender" on the drive home. still doesn't make sense to me as a top 10 song, even given the ILM demographic. good but middling in the big picture.
― some dude, Thursday, 7 August 2014 22:21 (nine years ago) link
Surrender is one of the BIG THREE Cheap Trick singles from the 70s, and the one which probably has the longest legs on CR radio. Makes total sense to me.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 7 August 2014 22:24 (nine years ago) link
/Gary Wright - "Love Is Alive", another glaring omission./ -- 100x better than "Dream Weaver"
Favorite music clip in YouTube, bar none.
― Naive Teen Idol, Thursday, 7 August 2014 22:24 (nine years ago) link
I think the studio version is better than the Budokan version fwiw. It just seems like a really great pop song to me: really energetic with punchy guitars + sweet synths on top, indelible melody, hilarious bizarre lyrics with a lot of detail.
2xpost
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Thursday, 7 August 2014 22:26 (nine years ago) link
XP Imagine the collective sighs of relief from keyboard dudes when the keytar was introduced.
― Randall "Humble" Pie (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 7 August 2014 22:26 (nine years ago) link
Maybe because the idea of my parents smoking pot and listening to KISS records is funnier than it is for some people?xpost
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Thursday, 7 August 2014 22:28 (nine years ago) link
More pre-Keytar era action
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8f-Qb-bwlU
― Randall "Humble" Pie (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 7 August 2014 22:28 (nine years ago) link
Yeah. The Heaven Tonight version of Surrender being the famous version is good in the way the Budokan version of I Want You to Want Me is the famous version. History shook that one out correctly.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 7 August 2014 22:28 (nine years ago) link
Ha, I actually prefer the studio version of that too.
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Thursday, 7 August 2014 22:32 (nine years ago) link
"can't find the judge" is cool but i think my familiarity with it is mostly thanks to t.i.
― brimstead, Thursday, 7 August 2014 22:51 (nine years ago) link
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, August 7, 2014 6:24 PM (39 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
there are a bazillion bigger and better bands that had 0 songs in the top ten of the poll tho. it would've made total sense to me tucked away at #86 or something.
― some dude, Thursday, 7 August 2014 23:04 (nine years ago) link
when i heard that some dude was not planning on doing images for this poll, i immediately knew that volunteering to use stuff from my "collection" would be a no-brainer. however, i wanted to try and hone the aesthetic of these 100 images to a particular era/feel and avoid stuff that was pre-70s/post-80s/too fratty etc, and i didn't quite have enough to fit the bill. so i went back on the flickr hunt and uncovered lots a new gems, while also poaching more than a few from some other like-minded collectors (the former of those two has gotten plenty of internet fame, the latter is way underrated and would be loved by all itt). i also dipped back in to this MUST SEE WEBSITE for quite a few of what made it in to the 100 images. i tried to keep 100% of the images amateur/not professional/commercial, but did relax this rule for three or four.
Lost most of my weekend to that Internet K-hole site. Just want to pass that on along with a bit of a note that it is PLENTY nsfw.
― how's life, Monday, 11 August 2014 17:35 (nine years ago) link
spent my third consecutive weekend in Boston/Metro West for the ailing mother in law; CR notes for this most recent stint:
first thing heard upon turning on CR station: Jungle Lovemost surprising thing heard on CR station: The Tide is Highbest thing heard on CR station: Stand BackWorst guitar solo of weekend: All Right Now (yes the chordal riff rules but what a shitty solo)REM played on CR station y/n: y (the most recently recorded thing I heard all weekend actually)
― before you die you see the rink (Jon Lewis), Monday, 11 August 2014 18:06 (nine years ago) link
What is the general consensus concerning the Doobie Brothers Black Water? It was always the top NY CR go to Doobie song, yet it got totally hosed in the poll. Is Black Water a regional thing? I smell a dissertation!
― kornrulez6969, Tuesday, 12 August 2014 04:50 (nine years ago) link
when i was a growing up, "black water" was up there with "suite judy blue eyes" as a song i woud impatiently sit through, waiting for the ending, which was the only part i cared about. and i cared a lot. (i might have said this somewhere upthread, actually.) i can't think of any other major hit song from that era that sound anything like it. i don't hear the doobies on la cr radio all that much these days though, and when i do, that's rarely the one they play. and i'm not sure how much i'd care anymore if they did.
― fact checking cuz, Tuesday, 12 August 2014 05:07 (nine years ago) link
"Black Water" is close to my heart, but it's hard to distinguish between how much i heard it on the radio and how much my dad played his Doobies best-of
― some dude, Tuesday, 12 August 2014 05:16 (nine years ago) link
Doobies Jams I still hear (or recently heard) on CR radio*: "China Grove", "Jesus Is Just Alright", "Long Train Runnin'", "Take Me In Your Arms", "Listen To The Music", "Rockin' Down The Highway", "Black Water", "It Keeps You Runnin'", "Taking It To The Streets", "What A Fool Believes"
DEEP CUT ACTION: "Eyes of Silver", "The Captain & Me"
*We used to have to stations here--one a Clear Channel, the other Cox. The former was folded last New Year's, and of the two they were more Doobie-centric, although the remaining station still rides hard for the bigger hits.
― Randall "Humble" Pie (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 12 August 2014 05:46 (nine years ago) link
― kornrulez6969, Tuesday, August 12, 2014 12:50 AM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
My first exposure to "Black Water" was via an a cappella singalong of the end part in a school bus. I thought it was an 1930s negro spiritual or something.
― and in his absence, she (Lee626), Tuesday, 12 August 2014 08:13 (nine years ago) link
ha the last post's talk of "a cappella singalong" made me wonder "pretty mama come and take me by the hand" song, and lo & behold it's the song you're talking about
― Euler, Tuesday, 12 August 2014 09:13 (nine years ago) link
one of the odder moments of classic rock in pop culture: Owen Wilson muttering the lyrics of "Black Water" after crashing his fighter jet in Bosnia (at 1:42)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJ-oT36mWdI
― some dude, Tuesday, 12 August 2014 10:39 (nine years ago) link
Oh, THAT song. ("funky dixieland") Yeah, major CR airplay up here in Canada.
― a lot of really bad records changed my life (staggerlee), Wednesday, 13 August 2014 22:20 (nine years ago) link
That shoulda been "(Play Some) Funky Dixieland (Pretty Mama)"
― a lot of really bad records changed my life (staggerlee), Wednesday, 13 August 2014 22:23 (nine years ago) link
Come and Take Me By The Hand
― SEEMS TO ME (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 13 August 2014 22:26 (nine years ago) link
^^Their first #1 on the Hot 100!
― Randall "Humble" Pie (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 13 August 2014 22:37 (nine years ago) link
i hate that song so much
― SEEMS TO ME (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 13 August 2014 22:45 (nine years ago) link
I was keeping my mouth shut because positivity but lol
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Wednesday, 13 August 2014 23:00 (nine years ago) link
you guys that song suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuucks
and I can't believe I forgot to nom it on most hated but
DIXIELAND COME AND TAKE ME BY THE HAND PRETTY MAMA SING SOME FUNKY DIXIE LAND PRETTY MAMA COME AND TAKE ME BY THE HAND DIXIELAND COME AND TAKE ME BY THE HAND PRETTY MAMA SING SOME FUNKY DIXIE LAND PRETTY MAMA COME AND TAKE ME BY THE HAND DIXIELAND COME AND TAKE ME BY THE HAND PRETTY MAMA SING SOME FUNKY DIXIE LAND PRETTY MAMA COME AND TAKE ME BY THE HAND DIXIELAND COME AND TAKE ME BY THE HAND PRETTY MAMA SING SOME FUNKY DIXIE LAND PRETTY MAMA COME AND TAKE ME BY THE HAND DIXIELAND COME AND TAKE ME BY THE HAND PRETTY MAMA SING SOME FUNKY DIXIE LAND PRETTY MAMA COME AND TAKE ME BY THE HAND
― SEEMS TO ME (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 13 August 2014 23:02 (nine years ago) link
The movie looks good though.
― how's life, Wednesday, 13 August 2014 23:57 (nine years ago) link
Oh god I hate that song too.
― The Velvet Fog called me a motherfucker (Sandy), Thursday, 14 August 2014 00:15 (nine years ago) link
great song
― crüt, Thursday, 14 August 2014 00:18 (nine years ago) link
heard swingtown in hale & hardy soup today
― mookieproof, Thursday, 14 August 2014 00:20 (nine years ago) link
yeah, I put 4 doobies songs on my ballot and i hate that song.
― Man, when I tell you she was cool, she was red hot, I mean she was (intheblanks), Thursday, 14 August 2014 00:26 (nine years ago) link
I have a strange story about that song. When I was growing up, the Doobie Brothers were scheduled to put on a concert at my high school. But the tickets went so fast, I couldn't get any. Then this guy named Al gave me some great seats. I don't know how he scored them. Anyway, the one condition was I bring in a tape recorder and record the show. I was a little worried, but Al assured me it was OK.
So I get to the show, and they start playing Black Water. I start dancing around like a madman and wouldn't ya know it, my tape recorder falls out of my shirt, and smashes onto the floor. The Doobie Brothers stopped the music and glared at me furiously. What made it particularly awkward was the fact that I had just interviewed them for my school newspaper, and they said the number one problem they faced was illegal concert bootlegs.
Fortunately, we figured out a way to catch Al Dunbar in a sting operation, and he got a life sentence for illegal bootlegging. So it had a happy ending.
― kornrulez6969, Thursday, 14 August 2014 01:39 (nine years ago) link
― a lot of really bad records changed my life (staggerlee), Wednesday, August 13, 2014 3:23 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― SEEMS TO ME (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, August 13, 2014 3:26 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
seriously, this song gives me brain damage. it's pretty cool up until the acapella crap, then it's like 'what the fuck just happened, now i have to break a chair or something'
― brimstead, Friday, 15 August 2014 05:13 (nine years ago) link
the unspooled cassette tape that littered highways all those years ago: Doobies Greatest Hits, ejected & chucked out windows at that ecact moment on the exact same song every time
― SEEMS TO ME (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 15 August 2014 05:24 (nine years ago) link
:D
I'm surprised that youtube doesn't turn up more versions of the song by high school choirs.
― how's life, Friday, 15 August 2014 08:26 (nine years ago) link
<i>you guys that song suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuucks
― SEEMS TO ME (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 13 August 2014 23:02 (2 days ago) Permalink</i>
All that but you left out WANNA DANCE WITH YOUR DADDY ALL NIGHT LONG
― and in his absence, she (Lee626), Friday, 15 August 2014 10:56 (nine years ago) link
Heard yesterday and I believe overlooked during nominations:
CAUSE YOUR EYES HAD A MIST FROM THE SMOKE OF A DISTANT FIRE
No idea what the actual title is but I used to hear it all the time when I was a kid
― before you die you see the rink (Jon Lewis), Friday, 15 August 2014 13:22 (nine years ago) link
I've singing "Funky Dixieland (Pretty Mama)" around the house (bc of this thread dammit) and now my youngest, who's never heard the song except from me these last few days, is singing it too. thanks Pretty Mama
― Euler, Friday, 15 August 2014 13:28 (nine years ago) link
kornrulez, your doobies anecdote sounds strangely familiar
HEY HEY HEY
― Sir Lord Baltimora (Myonga Vön Bontee), Friday, 15 August 2014 13:31 (nine years ago) link
xxxpost "Smoke From a Distant Fire", Sanford-Townsend Band
― Sir Lord Baltimora (Myonga Vön Bontee), Friday, 15 August 2014 13:33 (nine years ago) link
i heard "let my love open the door" on the radio yesterday and it sounded GREAT it started right as i turned on my car and i felt like the sun was shining right on me
the phrase "funky dixieland" remains one of the most repulsive musical collocations i can think of
― cross over the mushroom circle (La Lechera), Friday, 15 August 2014 13:39 (nine years ago) link
lol otm
― SEEMS TO ME (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 15 August 2014 13:48 (nine years ago) link
I'm pretty anal about musical categorizing and therefore don't believe that dixieland can even BE properly funky (didn't even have a bass or drums much of the time!)
― Sir Lord Baltimora (Myonga Vön Bontee), Friday, 15 August 2014 13:51 (nine years ago) link
yall are mad, "Black Water" is good
― some dude, Friday, 15 August 2014 13:51 (nine years ago) link
who let this guy in
― SEEMS TO ME (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 15 August 2014 13:52 (nine years ago) link
:)
i blame pretty mama
― cross over the mushroom circle (La Lechera), Friday, 15 August 2014 13:54 (nine years ago) link
It sounds like a horrible drug party as experienced by the kid of the hosts.
― before you die you see the rink (Jon Lewis), Friday, 15 August 2014 14:01 (nine years ago) link