come on come on come on come on now, rock block!!!
SONG #19: THE DOORS "PEACE FROG"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X34JarNjoIUes
― fact checking cuz, Wednesday, 16 July 2014 18:38 (nine years ago) link
dammit.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X34JarNjoIU
― fact checking cuz, Wednesday, 16 July 2014 18:39 (nine years ago) link
For just a few minutes, before I listen to this, let me hang on to my hope that the refrain will actually be "Take another bit of peace with my frog." Not sure why the title seems so gross to me but I think it probably has to do with "Kiss That Frog," and/or psychedelic tattoos of little cute tree frogs, which may or may not have been inspired by listening to The Doors. (Do the Grateful Dead have a frog, or just a bear?)
― Doctor Casino, Wednesday, 16 July 2014 18:42 (nine years ago) link
thanks for the list updates, dr. c.
a Doors rock block, though dire to contemplate, would be a nice way to clear the list of some of the stuff I'm most dreading
otm.
― fact checking cuz, Wednesday, 16 July 2014 18:44 (nine years ago) link
http://dailysignal.com/wp-content/uploads/peace-frogs.jpeg
― how's life, Wednesday, 16 July 2014 18:47 (nine years ago) link
Doors vs. Eagles: The two most-hated classic rock bands?
― ©Oz Quiz© (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, July 16, 2014
Eagles irritate more bc you still hear them but Doors far more terrible.
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Wednesday, 16 July 2014 18:51 (nine years ago) link
xpost how's life: yeah! that thing! Is that a thing? Is that named for the Doors? Or did they see one and think "Heyyy.... there's a song there!"
Will tune into 103.7 "The Frog" when i return from getting a slice of pizza.
― Doctor Casino, Wednesday, 16 July 2014 19:06 (nine years ago) link
I think that's from the early 90s and was possibly named for the Doors song.
― how's life, Wednesday, 16 July 2014 19:07 (nine years ago) link
Still exists as a brand - http://www.peacefrogs.com/
― carl agatha, Wednesday, 16 July 2014 19:35 (nine years ago) link
"Peace Frog" is one of only like 2 or 3 Doors songs that I actually enjoy
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 16 July 2014 19:37 (nine years ago) link
The only thing I ever liked about the Doors was that a very good friend of mine who's not very music-oriented (tho weirdly, he's a great singer) but is an accomplished actor/writer/director fell in love with them in his teens and never let go. I will occasionally give them a pass for that -- and "Peace Frog" is weirdly awesome, in the way that "What's the Buzz?" from the JC Superstar soundtrack is.
― a lot of really bad records changed my life (staggerlee), Wednesday, 16 July 2014 19:47 (nine years ago) link
don't forget the record label
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_U-CucI00kHY/S_aQyX2mcJI/AAAAAAAABgs/XtmbbGK0HNg/s400/R-4506-1205595522.jpeg
― hug niceman (psychgawsple), Wednesday, 16 July 2014 19:49 (nine years ago) link
Realizing The Doors were the pretentious ? and The Mysterious really aids in my enjoyment of them.
― Incident At Spanish Harlem (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 16 July 2014 19:53 (nine years ago) link
no lie, peace frog rules super-hard and is the greatest of the doors songs in my humble opinion
total jam
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 16 July 2014 19:58 (nine years ago) link
Peace Frog: Woah, right off the bat this is a different Doors. Scratchy rock for the big party scene, still kinda blowsy but shaking off the gunk. Post-Nuggetsy funk. This is almost...danceable?! And there are even dynamics, pauses to let the thing start back up with a little jerk, and answers from the backing vocals keeping things lively.
I can't believe I'm enjoying a song that is both by the Doors and called 'Peace Frog'! This solo is cool too - pipping and whistley, exactly the kind of slice through the mix that I've looked for from them before. The spoken-word bit though.... eek.
Lotta blood in this for a peace frog. I guess it's an anti-war thing? Kind of a weird topic to pick for their party song. Morrison's not as bad on this as usual but I still think somebody else would have been better. Second listen, still digging the groove. I can't really make out a lot of what he's saying ("Indians scattered on Donuts Highway"? "Blood is the rose of mysterious humans?") but that might be good - happy to have Morrison lost in the action and it makes it feel less like a portentous delivery of important poetry. I wonder which Sixties act was most damaged by the 'influence' of Dylan - or was that a thread?
Surprise thumbs up!
― Doctor Casino, Wednesday, 16 July 2014 20:05 (nine years ago) link
HOORAY!
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 16 July 2014 20:05 (nine years ago) link
― Incident At Spanish Harlem (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, July 16, 2014 3:53 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I could kinda get behind this!
I really wish it had a dance that went with it, I would totally be down to do the Peace Frog
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 16 July 2014 20:06 (nine years ago) link
http://38.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljkp4ueJ3r1qc1ccko1_250.gif
― Doctor Casino, Wednesday, 16 July 2014 20:11 (nine years ago) link
omg lol
― the times recommends: gluten-free dining in italy! (Hunt3r), Wednesday, 16 July 2014 20:14 (nine years ago) link
LOOOOOL
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 16 July 2014 20:15 (nine years ago) link
that was also my proposal for a replacement lead singer btw
― Doctor Casino, Wednesday, 16 July 2014 20:16 (nine years ago) link
lol @ "indians scattered on donuts highway"
― hug niceman (psychgawsple), Wednesday, 16 July 2014 20:20 (nine years ago) link
Yay a thumbs up for Peace Frog!
I also hate most of their discography but the groove on this one is instantly likeable.
― Moka, Wednesday, 16 July 2014 20:30 (nine years ago) link
Btw the "indians on donuts highway" bit has a lame backstory about Jim seeing when he was a child dead indiands on a car accident in some highway and he believed their souls took him as a host.
― Moka, Wednesday, 16 July 2014 20:41 (nine years ago) link
Apologies for the lack of commas.
― Moka, Wednesday, 16 July 2014 20:42 (nine years ago) link
COME ON COME ON COME ON TOUCH ME MY BABY, TOUCH ME MY HONEY, TOUCH ME MY RAGTIME GAL
― Sir Lord Baltimora (Myonga Vön Bontee), Wednesday, 16 July 2014 22:59 (nine years ago) link
SEND ME A KISS BY WIRE, COME ON BABY, LIGHT MY FIRE
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Wednesday, 16 July 2014 23:31 (nine years ago) link
hahaha
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 16 July 2014 23:36 (nine years ago) link
If you refuse me, faces look ugly, honey, when you're alone...
― how's life, Wednesday, 16 July 2014 23:38 (nine years ago) link
Birds do it, Bees do it, even blind ancient Greeks do it,Let's do it, mother I wanna fuck you
― relentlessly pecking at peace (President Keyes), Thursday, 17 July 2014 00:02 (nine years ago) link
...AMANDA
― Sir Lord Baltimora (Myonga Vön Bontee), Thursday, 17 July 2014 01:09 (nine years ago) link
like all classic rock stations, we here at unheard classic rock radio WUCR love to take requests -- as long as you request one of the 90 songs already in heavy rotation.
SONG #20: THE OUTFIELD "YOUR LOVE"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4N1iwQxiHrs
― fact checking cuz, Thursday, 17 July 2014 07:17 (nine years ago) link
I've never understood thinking of that song as "classic rock." To me, The Outfield are 80s also-rans. I hope there's some discussion, because I'm always genuinely baffled by people who even remember them, never mind fondly.
― Humorist (horse) (誤訳侮辱), Thursday, 17 July 2014 12:06 (nine years ago) link
I remember it being treated like a novelty at the time; "Hey, that guy kinda sounds like Sting!" was the full extent of any and all discussion of the Outfield in 1986. I have never once heard this on the radio (cr or otherwise) since.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Thursday, 17 July 2014 12:17 (nine years ago) link
I heard Outfield before I had heard any Police. I had it on a C30 of stuff that I had taped off of Nick Rocks.
― how's life, Thursday, 17 July 2014 12:29 (nine years ago) link
That said, I don't consider it classic rock and feel like if it ever shows up on classic rock radio, that it's probably for baseball reasons.
― how's life, Thursday, 17 July 2014 12:31 (nine years ago) link
I'd like to file these guys with Mike & the Mechanics, Mr. Mister, Richard Marx, etc. but they didn't call themselves the Moutfield.
― relentlessly pecking at peace (President Keyes), Thursday, 17 July 2014 13:24 (nine years ago) link
I remember it being fairly big at the time-Billboard shows it as a #6 in the US. I think it's a great little pop one off, but I definitely see how CR adopted it.
Musically it's not that far from what Bryan Adams was doing, and I think it's fair to cast mid-80s classic rock as either hair metal, or having a vague MTV/new-wave image (if not sound).
will be interesting to hear the Doc's reaction.
― campreverb, Thursday, 17 July 2014 13:25 (nine years ago) link
Yeah, I can see Bryan Adams or Mike and the Mechanics comparisons. I think I want a dangly gold cross earring now. Can we bring those back for dudes?
― how's life, Thursday, 17 July 2014 13:48 (nine years ago) link
yeah, this Mike & the Mechanics entry is definitely the most wtf nominee
― Darin, Thursday, 17 July 2014 15:10 (nine years ago) link
campreverb otm about 80s classic rock being either hair metal or new-wavey. Choogling and boogie rock doesn't make it very far into the 80s. I think the only other category of 80s classic rock is the holy trinity of earnest rocking': Petty/Mellencamp/Springsteen.
― intheblanks, Thursday, 17 July 2014 15:16 (nine years ago) link
hi dere
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/1d/ZZ_Top_-_Eliminator.jpg
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Thursday, 17 July 2014 15:31 (nine years ago) link
yeah, definitely nothing new wavy in that one.
― intheblanks, Thursday, 17 July 2014 15:33 (nine years ago) link
love that record, of course, made my side ballot of top 5 classic rock records. And not "new wavy" in the same way the Cars or Outfield are. But I don't think it emphatically contradicts my point.
― intheblanks, Thursday, 17 July 2014 15:36 (nine years ago) link
ah yes, roots rock. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/8f/Allentown_Billy_Joel.jpg
― campreverb, Thursday, 17 July 2014 15:55 (nine years ago) link
van halen also secretly carrying the boogie banner
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Thursday, 17 July 2014 15:59 (nine years ago) link
Yeah, boogie rock didn't totally disappear in 1980, you still saw it in hybrid with new wave and hair metal.
― intheblanks, Thursday, 17 July 2014 16:06 (nine years ago) link
Unalloyed boogie of the 70s variety no longer a cultural force, though. Even, like, "Hold On Loosely" kind of sounds like the Cars.
― intheblanks, Thursday, 17 July 2014 16:08 (nine years ago) link
The Stray Cats were pretty popular for about one year, right?
― voodoo chili, Thursday, 17 July 2014 16:34 (nine years ago) link