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7508. anomie - 3/28/2004 9:41:31 AM "...I still have the taste of you in my mouth".
Zowie, talk about coming out iof the closet! Must be timed for the gay wedding set.
Really? I don't see why that couldn't work in a hetero way, too. ;-)
Judith: You're ruining my fantasy here!
But you're right, of course 7509. anomie - 3/28/2004 10:39:31 AM Arky, You're right and you're right. Janis Ian has been open for years. So much for my fantasy when i heard the lyrics.
And yes. The hypocracy is amusing. Stern and Limbaugh in the same club?
7510. rdbrewer - 4/4/2004 4:25:26 AM I saw Three Dog Night on a local public television special the other night. It was great. Those guys have incredible voices. Just amazing. They sounded as good or better live than on the albums, an unusual feat.
The last time I saw them, I was a kid, and I was watching something like Midnight Special. Back then, they looked like they were made up for Halloween. I remember big, freaky hair and, I think, brightly colored dusters.
They were backed this time by an orchestra, which has its good points and bad. Sometimes the orchestra filled in parts that used to be played by an old fashioned organ hooked up to a Leslie. I missed that warbling Leslie sound. At other times, the orchestra rounded out the sound very well. Ultimately, however, for this band, I think the orchestra was unnecessary. They didn't write for orchestra backup originally in the way the Moody Blues did, for example.
When I switched over to the channel, I didn't intend to watch the whole show. I was going to see what they looked like and then watch something else. I know all the songs anyway. But the pure singing talent grabbed me and kept me there. Watch it, if you get a chance. 7511. rdbrewer - 4/4/2004 4:34:16 AM I saw Three Dog Night on a local public television special the other night. It was great. Those guys have incredible voices. Just amazing. They sounded as good or better live than on the albums, an unusual feat.
The last time I saw them, I was a kid, and I was watching something like Midnight Special. Back then, they looked like they were made up for Halloween. I remember big, freaky hair and, I think, brightly colored dusters.
They were backed this time by an orchestra, which has its good points and bad. Sometimes the orchestra filled in parts that used to be played by an old fashioned organ hooked up to a Leslie. I missed that warbling Leslie sound. At other times, the orchestra rounded out the sound very well. Ultimately, however, for this band, I think the orchestra was unnecessary. They didn't write for orchestra backup originally in the way the Moody Blues did, for example.
When I switched over to the channel, I didn't intend to watch the whole show. I was going to see what they looked like and then watch something else. I know all the songs anyway. But the pure singing talent grabbed me and kept me there. Watch it, if you get a chance. 7512. KuligintheHooligan - 4/19/2004 11:39:44 AM Well, I don't feel so bad now. I can't stand this song, but always thought that for some odd reason it was a well liked one overall.
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"We Built This City is the single worst single ever constructed, according to Blender's ranking of reeking tunes.
The magazine's list of "The 50 Worst Songs Ever," which hits newsstands Tuesday in New York and Los Angeles and April 27 nationwide, distills the lamest popular rock-era records into one sonic landfill.
Starship's 1985 anthem, the runaway No. 1 stinker, "seems to inspire the most virulent feelings of outrage," editor Craig Marks says. "It purports to be anti-commercial but reeks of '80s corporate-rock commercialism. It's a real reflection of what practically killed rock music in the '80s."
Also sealing the song's fate were Starship's steep fall from grace as the admired Jefferson Airplane and "the sheer dumbness of the lyrics," Marks says." 7513. KuligintheHooligan - 4/19/2004 11:41:04 AM pelle, a very nice family photo there in #7495. Thanks for sharing it with us. 7514. arkymalarky - 4/20/2004 7:09:53 AM I don't like that song, but I can think of half a dozen off the bat that I detest a lot more. I don't like listing the worst songs. They invariably get stuck in my head for days. In fact, Bob used to like to entertain himself at my expense by humming a very few notes of the ones I most hated. "I've Been to Paradise (But I've Never Been to Me)" is the number one all time most revolting and annoying tune ever, imo.
And of course now I'll have it in my head for days.
And it's all your fault, Kuligin. 7515. wabbit - 4/20/2004 7:27:11 AM hahaha! I'm with Kuligan, We Built This City is nasty, but I think I'd have to put the song in the #2 position ahead of it for being pure sludge. Achy Breaky Heart induces heartburn. Horrible song. 7516. wabbit - 4/20/2004 7:29:10 AM Another fun list to have a look at:
Top five songs NOT to play while driving: - “Ride of the Valkyries”, Wagner
- “Dies Irae” from Giuseppe Verdi’s “Requiem”
- “Firestarter” by Prodigy
- “Red Alert” by Basement Jaxx
- “Insomnia” by Faithless
I prefer to have these kinds of songs on when I'm driving, especially if I'm driving any distance. Perhaps not when I'm driving in Boston, though...7517. judithathome - 4/20/2004 8:06:29 AM I like music like 1 and 2 while I'm driving, too. I'd add Carmina Burana to my own personal list. 7518. wonkers2 - 4/20/2004 8:09:10 AM Cap'n Dirty sez, "I ain't no opry fan, but CArmina Burana's right up my alley. I sing that one in the shower! Oh! Oh! Totus floreo, totus ardeo, etc." 7519. KuligintheHooligan - 4/20/2004 12:20:52 PM Adding to wabbit's list in #7516:
Tchaikovski's 1812 Overture 7520. arkymalarky - 4/20/2004 6:06:24 PM I think Disturbed is my favorite when I drive. I like the thought of squirrels sitting on the side of the road holding their paws over their ears. I'm generally just a station-flipper, though. Bob hates the flipping and the stations I stop on. I hate talk radio. The year we commuted together this was a very serious marital issue. 7521. Macnas - 4/20/2004 6:53:35 PM Ha! Did you have the "My car, my radio!" fight, or the "I'm driving, I chose the station!" fight?
I'm half deaf in any case, and I like the volume up. My missus does not, indeed she keeps it at a level where it could be mistaken for the radio noise from another car 100 yards behind us.
"Why listen to the radio when you can't hear it?"
I can hear it fine
"Well I can't, turn it up a bit at least"
....There, ok?
"you didn't turn it up at all, you just pretended to"
...No I didn't
"....which? turn it up or just pretend to?"
Just drive the car you deaf fool. 7522. arkymalarky - 4/20/2004 10:37:03 PM We had the "touch it again and I'll cut your arm off" fight. 7523. arkymalarky - 4/20/2004 10:38:51 PM But we've had that exchange, too. Bob would be the role of your wife, but he's the one who claims to be deaf. I'm just trying to be. I'm the one who likes it loud. 7524. Macnas - 4/20/2004 10:42:53 PM How's he getting on with the diabetes? 7525. arkymalarky - 4/20/2004 10:47:43 PM Beautifully, thanks for asking. Lost over 30 pounds and his blood sugar has been normal/low--mostly 80s. He read somewhere that "stressors" can cause an onset of diabetes and one of those is an abscessed (sp?) tooth, which he found out he had, and had part of a root canal and antibiotics a few weeks ago, and since a few days after he started the penicillin his blood sugar hasn't been elevated, so we're hopeful that may have caused it. He has the other part of the root canal and a doctor's appointment May 3, so hopefully he'll find out something then.
I'm going to repost in Health, now that I'm on the subject. Since that bit of info was helpful to us, who knows who else might need it one day. 7526. Macnas - 4/21/2004 12:34:00 AM I do think a quiz is long overdue.
A . What have “the Great Gatsby”, “Romeo and Juliet”, and “Oliver Twist” have in common? (other than the fact that they are all books/plays and have been filmed..)
B . Where do these lines come from?
“Riches more than mind can picture,
Wheat and barley, oats and hay,
Clover, beans, and mangel-wurzels
Shall be ours upon that day.
Bright will shine the fields of England,
Purer shall its waters be,
Sweeter yet shall blow its breezes
On the day that sets us free.”
C . With regard to “Barry Lyndon” :
Who wrote the book?
Who directed the film?
Who had the title lead role?
D . In Conrads “Heart Of Darkness”, what was the name of the man who went up the river and found Kurtz?
7527. PelleNilsson - 4/21/2004 2:36:05 AM D. Marlow (half cheating, I have the book)
B. Animals speaking of liberation? I have no clue.
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