Has anyone heard the synapse-frying non-album tracks on one side of this? "I Like Boys" and "Mental Hopscotch". How very happy it makes me to hear these tracks which are so wonderful and come from a band I last listened to a long, long time ago.
― Bimble The Nimble, Jumped Over A Thimble! (Bimble...), Saturday, 5 November 2005 06:09 (eighteen years ago) link
― bird-person-person (Jody Beth Rosen), Saturday, 5 November 2005 06:14 (eighteen years ago) link
People like this, people like that, but I like boysIt's easy for me, you'd better believe, I like boysIt's a matter of taste, I'm stating my case, I like boysAnd boys like me too, ooh, I like boys
I.....like....boys! I don't care where they're from, or what they've done, ooh I like boysLay no shame, rich or not, just as long as they're hot, ooh I like boysGive me a boy, what should I do, don't you wish it could be you? I.....like....boys!
I like boys...Boys! B-O-Y-S! I like boys
That's not asinine, that's awesome!
― Paul in Santa Cruz (Paul in Santa Cruz), Saturday, 5 November 2005 06:20 (eighteen years ago) link
― Bimble The Nimble, Jumped Over A Thimble! (Bimble...), Saturday, 5 November 2005 06:23 (eighteen years ago) link
Mary:Ah, the bus...
Buddy Jones:Which one?
Mary:You know...the last tour... You know...Leather
...Dale Bozzio on Zappa's Joe's Garage.
Missing Persons' output was highly inconsistent. The only tracks that are keepers to me are "Destination Unknown" and "Words".
― viborgu, Saturday, 5 November 2005 08:44 (eighteen years ago) link
― Bobby Peru (Bobby Peru), Saturday, 5 November 2005 08:46 (eighteen years ago) link
― Paul in Santa Cruz (Paul in Santa Cruz), Saturday, 5 November 2005 09:03 (eighteen years ago) link
― Bimble The Nimble, Jumped Over A Thimble! (Bimble...), Sunday, 6 November 2005 05:33 (eighteen years ago) link
I'm having a major Teen Witch revelation here. I had no idea that was a real song.
Anyway, "Words," "Destination Unknown," "Walking in LA" = great. Don't know the rest.
― The Good Dr. Bill (The Good Dr. Bill), Sunday, 6 November 2005 05:36 (eighteen years ago) link
― retrogurl, Sunday, 6 November 2005 07:31 (eighteen years ago) link
― Hat (Hat), Sunday, 6 November 2005 10:40 (eighteen years ago) link
― Sasha (sgh), Monday, 7 November 2005 00:20 (eighteen years ago) link
― mike t-diva (mike t-diva), Monday, 7 November 2005 10:54 (eighteen years ago) link
I've been re-experiencing the Rhyme & Reason lately, bit by bit. First I had to put my fave song on it on my compilation of stuff to play at the gym "If Only For The Moment", my fave Missing Persons song of all time.
Then I heard this amazing thing called "Action Reaction" that is a bonus track on the CD I never knew about. It sounds like it came from very early days.
And also I love "Surrender Your Heart" and my elbow hurts right now to try to find a proper classic or dud thread or whatever. If you find one, link, thanks.
I think it's amazing how well most of the Rhyme & Reason album holds up today.
― Bimble, Saturday, 13 October 2007 13:52 (sixteen years ago) link
I've just flipped over their first two albums the last month or so and this live thing I found too called "Late Nights/Early Days".
I dreamed I might be lucky enough to find a few early live videos of them on You Tube and low and behold, my dreams came true recently:
"Windows": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNHkgMNVn0I
"Mental Hopscotch" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkJhbAz1DbU
Okay so that last one isn't live. I love this band, I'm sorry.
― Bimble, Sunday, 4 November 2007 05:36 (sixteen years ago) link
I can't believe how small this thread is. Growing up in L.A these guys seemed to be ubiquitous. Was it just a local thing, then?
― baaderonixx, Monday, 7 January 2008 21:01 (sixteen years ago) link
Where would Gwen Stefani be today without Dale Bozzio as a role model?
― Myonga Vön Bontee, Monday, 7 January 2008 21:41 (sixteen years ago) link
"Mental Hopscotch" was quite good, if memory serves.
― Alex in NYC, Monday, 7 January 2008 22:01 (sixteen years ago) link
First Michael Vick, now Dale Bozzio? I like "Destination Unknown" as much as the next guy, but seriously, fuck that bitch.
― Pillbox, Tuesday, 4 November 2008 00:04 (fifteen years ago) link
I suppose there's a chance that what the lawyer says is true - she hired someone to take care of the animals and the person never showed up. But for her to not follow up is hugely irresponsible. Very sad.
― Savannah Smiles, Tuesday, 4 November 2008 12:35 (fifteen years ago) link
why does no one ever talk about Missing Persons? Spring Session M is way up there with the best of Blondie and the Pretenders imo. Don't know anything else besides 'Mental Hopscotch.' But man, side one of Spring Session M is hit after hit: Noticeable One, Windows, Ain't None of Your Business, Destination Unknown, Walking in LA, U.S. Drag...........ROCKIN!! why does this band get no credit/plaudits from people that are eager to namedrop Blondie?
― you are my capitalism (spazzmatazz), Friday, 18 January 2013 17:03 (eleven years ago) link
life is so strangelife is so strange
― Milton Parker, Friday, 18 January 2013 19:27 (eleven years ago) link
SEE???
― i also enjoy in line skateing (spazzmatazz), Thursday, 24 April 2014 21:29 (nine years ago) link
There's a new Missing Persons album out now, because why not. Called Dreaming. It's only Dale from the original group.
― Josefa, Sunday, 5 April 2020 21:08 (four years ago) link