"Ol' 55"
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http://youtu.be/Fcqfcw3kmoI
― scott seward, Tuesday, 17 September 2013 12:41 (eleven years ago) link
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― scott seward, Tuesday, 17 September 2013 12:42 (eleven years ago) link
oh man i am feeling lou on the zach & cody theme song. ugh. i will find myself just repeating a phrase from it at home like a lunatic and i can't stop myself.
― scott seward, Tuesday, 17 September 2013 12:54 (eleven years ago) link
Lickety Splitly sounds like a fkin Sid and Marty Krofft character
― i believe we can c.h.u.d. all night (Jon Lewis), Tuesday, 17 September 2013 13:15 (eleven years ago) link
brutal lyrics throughout on this one
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 17 September 2013 13:17 (eleven years ago) link
this totally sucks all the soul and feeling from the original. But i'm still glad the Eagles recorded it, because as a result I heard the song when I was very young and liked it enough to make me (and undoubtedly countless others) seek out more from this Tom Waits guy early on.
― Lee626, Tuesday, 17 September 2013 13:29 (eleven years ago) link
The harmonies kill when they kick in on the chorus, but yeah, thanks Glenn for sucking the marrow out for us.
Like the "cars are all passing me / trucks are all flashing me" part. That was actually a good line before Glenn Stiller got a hold of it.
http://youtu.be/ZXunos4IXDU
― pplains, Tuesday, 17 September 2013 13:52 (eleven years ago) link
And holy shit, I just realized the Eagles changed that line!
― pplains, Tuesday, 17 September 2013 13:55 (eleven years ago) link
"What does he mean the trucks were flashing him? Like a guy in a trenchcoat? Ha, ha, you hear that, Bernie? No, let's make it where 'the lights are flashing', that will make more sense to the listener."
― pplains, Tuesday, 17 September 2013 13:56 (eleven years ago) link
AVC: It’s a little ridiculous that this song has electric drums on it when Don Henley is a famous drummer.
Don Henley may be a famous drummer, but he is not, nor should he be, famous for his drumming.
― punt cased (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 17 September 2013 13:58 (eleven years ago) link
plodding drum-kit owner
― scott seward, Tuesday, 17 September 2013 14:00 (eleven years ago) link
The last two days have been grim.
― first I think it's time I kick a little verse! (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 17 September 2013 14:05 (eleven years ago) link
Usually I like pedal steel, but somehow it increases the suckage here ... the Waits version is by no means top-grade Waits, but it sure sounds good compared to the vacuum-sealed Eagles version. Waits' 55 is rusted out and barely rolling, the Eagles' was rented for a photo shoot.
― Brad C., Tuesday, 17 September 2013 14:13 (eleven years ago) link
this song is just zzzzzzzzz to me and it kinda just makes me wish i was listening to johnny rivers slow dancin' and swayin' to the music.
― scott seward, Tuesday, 17 September 2013 14:19 (eleven years ago) link
yeah, pretty ghastly. Hate the way Frey sings "freeway CARS and TRUCKS" and then Henley comes in as if he's been wheeled over to the microphone. Seems to go on for like 10 minutes, too. It probably was Waits' biggest source of royalties until Rod Stewart came along, though
― col, Tuesday, 17 September 2013 14:21 (eleven years ago) link
lots of people covered his songs back then. he must have been doing okay. i know this isn't the only cover of this song from the 70's.
― scott seward, Tuesday, 17 September 2013 14:26 (eleven years ago) link
or at least i THINK i've head other covers of it? i might be wrong. seem to recall some folkies that did it.
― scott seward, Tuesday, 17 September 2013 14:29 (eleven years ago) link
best information i've ever read on the internet:
"Big in Japan," from the Tom Waits album "Mule Variations" , was covered on the Alphaville album "Forever Young."
― scott seward, Tuesday, 17 September 2013 14:30 (eleven years ago) link
wiki says tim buckley was the first person to cover a waits song. in 1973.
― scott seward, Tuesday, 17 September 2013 14:31 (eleven years ago) link
oh man the pumpkins. at least fester doesn't sing it. though the guitar dude is horrible enough. this is good motivation for people who can't sing to get up on stage anyway.
http://youtu.be/Sfk5qhWmnr0
― scott seward, Tuesday, 17 September 2013 14:38 (eleven years ago) link
"Ol' 55" is horrendous. Even worse than the filliest filler on Desperfiller.
― punt cased (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 17 September 2013 14:39 (eleven years ago) link
Desperfiller! hahaha!
― scott seward, Tuesday, 17 September 2013 14:56 (eleven years ago) link
iain matthews does a good cover of ol'55, released just a month before the eagles
― buzza, Tuesday, 17 September 2013 15:03 (eleven years ago) link
"Ol' 55" is like "Hallelujah." There are very few people, especially singer/songwriter types, who haven't covered it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRLAkIicG84
― Marlo Poco (Phil D.), Tuesday, 17 September 2013 15:04 (eleven years ago) link
"iain matthews does a good cover of ol'55"
right! duh, that's the one i was thinking of.
― scott seward, Tuesday, 17 September 2013 16:07 (eleven years ago) link
I heard about 10 seconds of "life in the fast lane" on the radio before changing the station in disgust.
― no fomo (La Lechera), Tuesday, 17 September 2013 16:10 (eleven years ago) link
This morning, that is.
so hard-headed.
― pplains, Tuesday, 17 September 2013 16:32 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.postandcourier.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20130917/PC16/130919390/1177/north-charleston-woman-accused-of-stabbing-roommate-in-dispute-over-rock-music
― balls, Tuesday, 17 September 2013 17:03 (eleven years ago) link
― scott seward, Tuesday, September 17, 2013 10:19 AM (35 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Is the Funky Kings album (which includes that Jack Tempchin-penned song) any good? Jules Shear, who i really like, was in that band too.
― Lee626, Tuesday, 17 September 2013 17:04 (eleven years ago) link
i never really got into the funky kings record. i guess i was hoping that it was funky when i first played it.
― scott seward, Tuesday, 17 September 2013 17:17 (eleven years ago) link
This is '73
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSx2H10WJec
― Tommy McTommy (Tom D.), Tuesday, 17 September 2013 17:19 (eleven years ago) link
a no-embedded-videos thread has been requested, folks. that's why scott is using youtu.be just a few posts up.
― zvookster, Tuesday, 17 September 2013 17:39 (eleven years ago) link
Oops
― Tommy McTommy (Tom D.), Tuesday, 17 September 2013 17:41 (eleven years ago) link
Police said Bader admitted that she stabbed her roommate, but alleged that she did so out of self-defense because he was choking her making her listen to the Eagles
― Brad C., Tuesday, 17 September 2013 17:46 (eleven years ago) link
the Waits version is by no means top-grade Waits, but it sure sounds good compared to the vacuum-sealed Eagles version. Waits' 55 is rusted out and barely rolling, the Eagles' was rented for a photo shoot.
Brad C. pretty much otm. I actually heard the Waits version first ('cause that's how I roll) and pretty much every thing that's great about it is missing from the Eagles' cover. What once was lived-in and kinda sad is now air-brushed & bushy-tailed. And again with the lame coda that feels longer than it is!
BTW, has Waits ever said what make was the '55 in the song? Taking a hint from his next album, I'd guess it was an Oldsmobile
http://www.adclassix.com/images55olds98sedan.jpg
― A Made Man In The Mellow Mafia (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 17 September 2013 18:09 (eleven years ago) link
From the Crowe...
OL’ 55GLENN: David Geffen played me a tape of Tom Waits in his office. “Ol’ 55″ was the first song on a demo that had maybe three songs on it. I loved the song, got Tom Waits’ version, and took it to the band. I played it for Don and said, “I think we should do this. We can split the vocals, it could be really cool, and we could do oooohs in this section here.” I really liked the song. Still do. It’s such a car thing. Your first car is like your first apartment. You had a mobile studio apartment! “Ol’ 55″ was so Southern California, and yet there was some Detroit in it as well. It was that car thing, and I loved the idea of driving home at sunrise, thinking about what had happened the night before.
― A Made Man In The Mellow Mafia (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 17 September 2013 18:12 (eleven years ago) link
Caddy: http://youtu.be/Z6CDa-z1MUY
― pplains, Tuesday, 17 September 2013 18:16 (eleven years ago) link
Thanks!
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― A Made Man In The Mellow Mafia (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 17 September 2013 18:21 (eleven years ago) link
"Your first car is like your first apartment. You had a mobile studio apartment!" you can just imagine the epiphanic tone in Frey's voice here
― col, Tuesday, 17 September 2013 18:26 (eleven years ago) link
To be fair, the guy was from Detroit.
― One Way Ticket on the 1277 Express (Bill Magill), Tuesday, 17 September 2013 18:27 (eleven years ago) link
"I really liked the song. Still do. It’s such a car thing. Your first car is like your first apartment. You had a mobile studio apartment! “Ol’ 55″ was so Southern California, and yet there was some Detroit in it as well. It was that car thing, and I loved the idea of driving home at sunrise, thinking about what had happened the night before."
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― first I think it's time I kick a little verse! (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 17 September 2013 18:29 (eleven years ago) link
xpost...and the interior of a '55 GM product is as big as a small studio apartment.
― A Made Man In The Mellow Mafia (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 17 September 2013 18:29 (eleven years ago) link
I like to think of the '55 as being some long-gone marque, like this:
http://www.adclassix.com/images/55packard400fourhundredcoup.jpg
― Lee626, Tuesday, 17 September 2013 19:19 (eleven years ago) link
“Ol’ 55″ was so Southern California, and yet there was some Detroit in it as well. It was that car thing
In other words, any part of the United States where people drive cars on a regular basis.
― pplains, Tuesday, 17 September 2013 19:23 (eleven years ago) link
FACT: Don Henley's dad ran an auto parts store.
― A Made Man In The Mellow Mafia (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 17 September 2013 19:39 (eleven years ago) link
This is boring. I like steel pedal but this is the first time I've thought the guitars sound bad.
xp I love that the band think they're providing subtext, but there's no subtext. They're all surface.
― Ismael Klata, Tuesday, 17 September 2013 19:48 (eleven years ago) link
I just want you all to know I was not involved.http://dangerousminds.net/comments/drunk_woman_attacks_roommate_with_knife_for_listening_to_the_eagles
― I'll take the jangle-jangle over the throb-throb (brg30), Tuesday, 17 September 2013 20:22 (eleven years ago) link
When police talked to the victim, he said he had been listening to The Eagles when Bader told him that she did not want to hear the classic rock band's songs. So the man told her to shut up, the report states.Bader responded by allegedly getting a 14-inch serrated bread knife and swung it at the man repeatedly, the report states. The victim wrestled the knife away from Bader, but she came back with another knife before the victim could run and lock himself in the bathroom.The victim said he and Bader used to date, but said while the relationship had ended they still lived together, the report states. According to Bader, the victim was choking her which led to her getting a knife. However, officers did not see any hand prints on Bader and the neighbor corroborated the victim's story. Officers noted in the report that everyone was intoxicated at the time of the assault.The report did not details which Eagles songs were being played.
Bader responded by allegedly getting a 14-inch serrated bread knife and swung it at the man repeatedly, the report states. The victim wrestled the knife away from Bader, but she came back with another knife before the victim could run and lock himself in the bathroom.
The victim said he and Bader used to date, but said while the relationship had ended they still lived together, the report states.
According to Bader, the victim was choking her which led to her getting a knife. However, officers did not see any hand prints on Bader and the neighbor corroborated the victim's story. Officers noted in the report that everyone was intoxicated at the time of the assault.
The report did not details which Eagles songs were being played.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 17 September 2013 21:43 (eleven years ago) link
It was "Chug All Night".
― A Made Man In The Mellow Mafia (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 17 September 2013 21:45 (eleven years ago) link