Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Come on, man.

My right to basic bodily autonomy is not on the table. that’s the new deal.

With all due respect and assumptions of good faith, please fuck off into the sun.

Republicans are radicals, not conservatives.

Hell hath no fury like a farmer bankrupted.

Within six months Twitter will be fully self-driving.

Weird. Rome has an American Pope and America has a Russian President.

If you still can’t see these things even now, maybe politics isn’t your forte and you should stop writing about it.

There are a lot more evil idiots than evil geniuses.

They were going to turn on one another at some point. It was inevitable.

Michigan is a great lesson for Dems everywhere: when you have power…use it!

They are lying in pursuit of an agenda.

Giving in to doom is how authoritarians win.

A sufficient plurality of insane, greedy people can tank any democratic system ever devised, apparently.

“In the future, this lab will be a museum. do not touch it.”

Quote tweet friends, screenshot enemies.

Not all heroes wear capes.

You can’t attract Republican voters. You can only out organize them.

Sitting here in limbo waiting for the dice to roll

Stop using mental illness to avoid talking about armed white supremacy.

Narcissists are always shocked to discover other people have agency.

How stupid are these people?

If you are still in the gop, you are either an extremist yourself, or in bed with those who are.

Let the trolls come, and then ignore them. that’s the worst thing you can do to a troll.

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  4. 4.

    MikeJ

    Went to Mt Rainier today, hiked up to a glacier, stripped off nekkid and jumped in the river of runoff. I did not need to stay in it long to report my findings: melting glaciers are pretty fucking cold.

    On the way home I passed the Muckleshoot amphitheatre thingie where Def Leppard were playing and had no trouble with the horrible backed up traffic because I was going the opposite way.

  7. 7.

    Yutsano

    Meh, I’ll risk the “or else”. Lord knows it’s been long enough since I’ve been in a sin bin. I’m on for five more days after being on two (abrupt schedule change) but the crankiness over the change hasn’t sank in yet. That and my Marine’s been out of touch for two weeks now. Plus I’m still at work and can’t really Google around for the really good stuff anyway. Maybe I’ll make up for that when I get home (find some Roxette stuff of something). Okay, bitchfest done.

  10. 10.

    asiangrrlMN

    Why won’t the liebrul media report THE TRUTH about the 9/12 rallies??????

    In honor of the batshitcrazy nutters out there, I play their anthem from the ’80s:

    Lies Lies Lies!

    Also, Cole, it’s very sweet how worried you are about your baby.

  29. 29.

    Litlebritdifrnt

    What? Come on John is gone for the weekend, for gawds sake, we are obligated to trash his house, drink all his booze and eat all his snacks (oh and feed Tunch large amounts of cheese). Stop being minions, who is up for wearing the lampshade?

  31. 31.

    JK

    @asiangrrlMN:

    Besides Ellington and Coltrane, did you like anything else I posted in last nite’s thread like After Hours, I’ll Be Your Mirror from Velvet Underground, Awaiting on You All, Ballad of Frankie Crisp – George Harrison, Darkness, Omegaman – The Police, the classical stuff?

    Did you attend the Obama rally in Minneapolis?

    Steve Winwood – Arc Of A Diver
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIyX8jrd8jM

  33. 33.

    Yutsano

    @asiangrrlMN: Is that second choice inspired by today’s events perhaps? It’s a delicious mockery nonetheless. Of course they’d have some issues with a rap group infringing upon their lily-white protestations.

  43. 43.

    IndyLib

    OK, if it’s 80’s I’ll play. No one here likes the music I regularly listen to, but I can harken back to a decade of mostly suck with the best of ya.

    Rebel Yell.

  47. 47.

    asiangrrlMN

    @JK: I liked the Harrison stuff. Was meh on the Underground stuff. Haven’t listened to the rest yet. Will let you know! P.S. I am listening to Cat Stevens again, so you set your own bar pretty damn high.

    @Yutsano: Yes! Old white people fighting the power, yo! They can dig them some Public Enemy!

  49. 49.

    gbear

    @JGabriel: That ‘Mats recording came from a week at Seventh Street Entry where Twin Tone came in with a mobile unit and recorded three bands a night for the whole week. Replacements were the middle band and Husker Du headlined that saturday night. The band that I was in at the time headlined on wednesday night. The tapes sat around forever until about two years ago they were edited for a movie called 7 Nights In The Entry. I was going to go to the one and only showing of the movie but I got home from work that evening to find that someone had kicked in the back door and burglarized my house. The asshole who owns the rights to the stuff (Paul Stark) has said that he won’t put it out as a DVD.

  53. 53.

    Yutsano

    @asiangrrlMN: P.S. I am listening to Cat Stevens again, so you set your own bar pretty damn high.

    I REALLY REALLY need to get my paws on the Yusuf Islam stuff he released a few months ago. I might do some crawling around the Net when I get home from work tonight and see what’s out and about.

  55. 55.

    mai naem

    @JK:

    Arc of a Diver was the first record I ever bought. Makes me feel really old. Arc of a Diver was so much better than the commercial crap he put out after that. Saw him in concert. He was okay.

  56. 56.

    Wag

    Cyndi Lauper pre solo career fronting Blue Angel. One of my favorite records of ’81. A lot the of the songs are rockabilly (Maybe He’ll Know), and great power ballads too

    I’m posting from my iPhone, and am not sure if the link works

  70. 70.

    Wag

    Ok, so the link didn’t work. I hate to miss out on the fun for a second Saturday night when I’m out of town again.

    As I cannot figure out how to link YouTube through my iPhone, I would also strongly recommend searching “R.E.M. Passiac” and checking out any of the songs from their set in 1985. Amazing stuff

    And Micheal even had hair!

  73. 73.

    Ed in NJ

    As someone who hated almost all new wave music, I can’t explain why a quarter of a century later, I still regularly listen to, and love the album Planet P Project. It makes no sense. I should hate it, mostly for it’s cheesiness. But I find songs like Static, King for a Day, and especially Tranquility Base, haunting.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYlSzV4rODE

  74. 74.

    MikeJ

    (The Mats, Live ‘81, Remarkably good quality, sounding very Fleetwood Mac-y for a bunch of incompetent punks.)

    Those people are far, far more sober than I ever saw the Replacements.

    And since you can’t talk about the ‘Mats without thinking of Jim Dickinson, here’s Mojo Nixon with a video in which he (Dickinson) appears.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vn74LNt3V9E

  78. 78.

    IndyLib

    @jnfr:
    I grew up listening to it in Colorado, when I was a kid all we had was 2 very small local AM stations and all they played was country.

    BTW Welcome to the Future is a great song. Did you see the vid of Brad singing it at the White House?

  80. 80.

    gbear

    @asiangrrlMN: I wasn’t in a mood for all the craziness of going to the Target Center. Did you see that people had started getting in line for that on Friday evening? I rode my scooter up to that North Oaks restaruant I told you about a while back and then took a ride out thru Stillwater.

    That video was from the mid-60’s. I broke protocol.

  83. 83.

    JK

    @asiangrrlMN:

    That’s a first. I’ve never heard anyone respond to the Velvet Underground with Meh.

    I’m curious to get your reaction to Aquarium by Camille Saint Saens and Sentimental Walk by Vladimir Cosma because you seem to have a strong preference for laidback, somber music and these 2 pieces fit that description.

    I thought you said the other day you were going to try and see Obama in Minneapolis? Did your plans to see him fall through?

  84. 84.

    Gina

    @IndyLib: OMG. Saw them in a big concert at Liberty Bell Raceway. It was Oingo Boingo, The Specials, The Go-Gos and The Police. 1982 I think. Bought myself a “Rock Against Russia, Guns for the Afghan Rebels” t-shirt.

  90. 90.

    JGabriel

    Gina:

    First U2 song I ever heard

    Damn, U2 is lookin’ very Knack-like in that video. I know U2 comes along only 2 years after the Knack, but in my own personal memory there’s a HUGE gulf between 1979 and 1981. Maybe it’s because of my age — 14 in ’79, 16 in’81 — but I think it’s something more, a break maybe, between which New Wave became Post-Punk?

    .

  93. 93.

    asiangrrlMN

    @JK: I like The Police’s Darkness, and that saying a lot because I don’t like The Police in general.

    Love Rosalita. Waaaay back when I was depressed and asked for some cheer up music, that was a song that got suggested. I liked it before then, and that day, it really made me smile.

    Le carnaval des animaux (L’aquarium) was soothing and yet, subtly erotic at the same time.

    Fucking hate the Stones. Sorry, man.

  98. 98.

    JGabriel

    @cleek:

    aw, look at little kim.

    Damn, that’s a great song. I haven’t heard it in more than 20 years. Gotta find a copy of EVOL; I don’t think I appreciated properly when it first came out.

    .

  101. 101.

    West of the Cascades

    A friend of mine put me in the mood of “Going Underground” the other night — http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whSYTSXm8wo — “braying sheep on my TV screen” – some things never change … not to mention:

    “You choose your leaders and place your trust
    As their lies wash you down and their promises rust
    You’ll see kidney machines replaced by rockets and guns”

  110. 110.

    jl

    Futuristic Country reminds me of funk, hydraulic pump, in particular

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NARMzyfyus

    more than it reminds me of Junior Brown, which is futuristic punk-style old country about gittin’ it on and heartbreak seks, which I remember from my younger days in the… um… ‘Okie’ parts of California.

    You’re wanted by the police and my wife thinks your dead
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRMNeoaosQw

    Great steel guitar.

    Highway patrol came up too:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_wLVCLPx0M

  113. 113.

    asiangrrlMN

    @gbear:
    @JK: I didn’t see Obama for the reason gbear cited. It was just too wild crazy to even get anywhere near The Man.

    @JK: I really liked the first piece. The second (Sentimental Walk) just missed for me for some reason. As for my reaction to the Velvet Underground–yeah, I have odd reactions to things.

    Yutsano, this is the Cat Stevens’ song JK posted for me, and this is the Yusuf Islam version:

    Father and Son

  114. 114.

    JK

    @JGabriel:

    I didn’t see you had already posted I Will Follow by U2. That song sounds as hot and fresh as when I first heard it. Great minds think alike.

  116. 116.

    IndyLib

    Cheesy hair band.

    And yes, I saw them in concert. Took my roommate, a very naive, former sorority girl from Texas. She wore a matching pink and baby blue guess short set and had her hair in pigtails. We lost her at one point and worried for her safety/sanity.

  119. 119.

    asiangrrlMN

    First part of post:

    @gbear: @JK: I didn’t see Obama for the reason gbear cited. It was just too wild crazy to even get anywhere near The Man.
    @JK: I really liked the first piece. The second (Sentimental Walk) just missed for me for some reason. As for my reaction to the Velvet Underground—yeah, I have odd reactions to things.

  122. 122.

    IndyLib

    @Gina:
    I love that song, I played on the 80’s thread last week.
    My senior year in high school I was on the knowledge bowl team and we wore Defenders of the Faith t-shirts to state finals. We were headbanger geeks who drank a lot.

  123. 123.

    JK

    @Wag:

    I never get tired of that REM clip from Letteramn. Letterman has had some great musicians on his show over the years. I’d like to see a dvd of musical clips from the Letterman show ( either from his NBC years or his CBS years)

  129. 129.

    General Winfield Stuck

    Something interesting senor Cole, I cannot see any of you you tube postings. I don’t know what’s wrong but have been having trouble even playing you tube the last week or so. Everything else works fine. Flummoxed.

    If any one has a clue what’s the problem, It would be appreciated.

    There is a blank space where they should be and the cursor doesn’t pick up anything when moved over it.

  137. 137.

    JGabriel

    You can’t have the 80’s without a little New Order. Everyone better be the Age Of Consent.

    (That’s actually the first song I ever head by New Order — sometime around April or May 1983 I’d guess.)

    .

  142. 142.

    Polish the Guillotines

    @Gravenstone: Oh, man. That reminds me of a Day On the Green at the Oakland Coliseum around the same time frame: Gamma, UFO, Kansas, and the headliner — wait for it — REO Speedwagon.

    Good times.

  148. 148.

    JK

    @asiangrrlMN:

    Darkness is one of my favorite Police songs. I think it’s one of their most underrated, underappreciated, and overlooked songs. I’d love to find a live version of that song, but something tells me the Police probably never performed it in concert because it would be too obscure for most concertgoers.

    The Aquarium by Saint Saens is one of the most moving, etheral pieces of classical music I’ve ever read. It’s played during the opening credits of Days of Heaven starring Richard Gere and it’s also played in the opening and closing credits of Visions of Light, an incredible documentary on the history of cinematography.

    Rosalita is a great song. I guess you’re not a fan of Incident on 57th Street which leads into Rosalita since you didn’t mention it. I think those songs back to back make an incredible segue.

    It sounds like nothing I’ve found thus far has hit a home run like Father and Son, but I guess singles, doubles, and triples aren’t the worst thing.

  160. 160.

    asiangrrlMN

    @JK: I dug the instrumental part of Incident on 57th Street–just not his vocals. Reminded me too much of Dylan.

    Hey, you hit enough singles, doubles, and triples, and you will eventually score!

  194. 194.

    JGabriel

    You know sometimes, I dont know why, but this whole town just seems so hopeless. I aint really sure, but it seems I remember the good times were just a little bit more than hopeless.

    But when she puts her arms around me, I can somehow rise above it. Yeah man, when I got that little girl standing right by my side, you know I can tell the whole wide world SHOVE IT:

    Hey, here comes my girl.

    .

  199. 199.

    Yutsano

    @asiangrrlMN: Oh. I thought I had fake-married you, too, and just didn’t remember it. Thanks!

    Wouldn’t be the first time, prolly won’t be the last, but having to explain to my brothers why I get all the chicks with zero usage for them (well sexually anyway) gets a wee bit old. Oh and no apologies for NKOTB. It had to happen at some point!

  215. 215.

    asiangrrlMN

    @General Winfield Stuck: Aw, crap. That fucking sucks. I can’t even click on the link because I’m so down about the whole healthcare ‘debate’. Interesting. I typed whore for whole at first. I must have been thinking about the insurance companies.

    @Gina: That’s one of my fave Duran Duran songs, too. Plus, they always have weird-ass videos.

  222. 222.

    Polish the Guillotines

    @Gina: You are one great mom. I hope they appreciate what you did for them. Kinda reminds me how my dad took me to see Animal House.

  231. 231.

    Polish the Guillotines

    @JK:

    RIP Larry Gelbart

    Wow. That’s sad. MASH became unwatchable, but Gelbart is in the pantheon of comedy writers.

  234. 234.

    Alan

    @Trinity:

    Funny thing, I had only heard that song about three times back in the 80s–and never from beginning to end. I didn’t know who did it or its name. But I remembered it well, it was mesmerizing.

    Last night I saw a show called Vampire Diaries and a song was playing in the background. I instantly realized the lyrics were from THAT song. That’s when I began my google search. And that’s how I found the video I remembered. :)

  235. 235.

    drc

    Guadalcanal Diary- Litany (Life Goes On) can’t find a link.

    Jane Child- Don’t Want to Fall in Love

    Anything by the SOS Band produced by Flyte Time

  237. 237.

    Polish the Guillotines

    @canuckistani:

    Repo Man is one of my top 5 movies of all time

    That and Big Lebowski are easily two of the most quotable movies I’ve ever seen. I consider them both perfect.

  238. 238.

    JGabriel

    I’m looking at some of these old Maria McKee / Lone Justice videos, and I gotta say I’m absolutely puzzled as to why McKee never hit it bigger. Girl’s a fuckin’ dervish on stage, with good songs and an unbelievably good voice.

    .

  241. 241.

    JK

    @asiangrrlMN:

    Many thanks for Free Fallin. Great song. You definitely have eclectic tastes.

    @Polish the Guillotines:

    A few months ago, I saw Gelbart in the PBS documentary Make Em Laugh (worth watching if you haven’t seen it). He had some great insight on the Sid Caesar Show and the early days of comedy on tv. I was very sorry to read of his passing.

  243. 243.

    Jay in Oregon

    Holy crap does fluoxetine make a difference. I’ve gone through most of the day feeling like a normally-functioning human being again.

    I may actually get a good night’s sleep (if I can get off of this damn computer, that is).

    @calipygian:

    Stone Roses is good stuff. I was listening to a little of them earlier tonight. In honor of my current straits, let’s have:

    Stone Roses — “I Wanna Be Adored”
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cme2q0N7nM&feature=related

    Bruce Cockburn — “Lovers In A Dangerous Time”
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dGNDUdtNh8

    Cowboy Junkies — “Misguided Angel”
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zufpr8BwY9U

    Joy Division — “Love Will Tear Us Apart”
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yTIpcwBTTs

    Sugar — “If I Can’t Change Your Mind”
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHnFIaLp_ys

    The Cure — “Pictures of You”
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EG0Q3kR7_9c

    but I can’t leave it on a downer note, so:

    Deee-Lite — “Groove is in the Heart”
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-nHNR_dVsw

    Len — “Steal My Sunshine”
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOCRPrEAVxU

    Death Cab For Cutie — “I Will Follow You Into the Dark”
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CSVpdphFGA

  244. 244.

    Gravenstone

    @IndyLib: /bows

    My pleasure, madam.

    And now, because I’m an oddball mood – time to resurrect portions of my mixtape devoted to nuclear annihilation (yah, I was that weird).

    Nuclear Attack – Greg Lake

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSbsa4e-OoI&feature=PlayList&p=7FC74E0A3DA85139&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=12

    Strike Zone – Loverboy

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvB6DZtVEp4&feature=PlayList&p=4F536327472FF807&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=35

  254. 254.

    Polish the Guillotines

    @JK: Yeah, I saw that too. Your Show Of Shows was the breeding ground for some of the greatest comedy writers of all time, Gelbart included.

  257. 257.

    Jay in Oregon

    Blah, my YouTube playlist is stuck in moderation hell ATM.

    I was going to publish my playlist as an iMix in iTunes, but the damn store only has 4 of the 9 tracks I put in — even though I bought them all from the iTS.

  266. 266.

    Polish the Guillotines

    River Cats! Sorry SeaTac-area Balloon Juicers, but Sacramento just beat the crap out of the Tacoma Rainiers. It’s off to Memphis to take on the Redbirds for the PCL championship. The Guillotine family will be at Raley field for game three.

    /minor league baseball

  268. 268.

    asiangrrlMN

    @Trinity: Substitute Asian for black, and you got me. I love me some Def Leppard, too.

    @JK: I love that song (Marvin Gaye). He’s smooove.

    Yes, I have very eclectic taste. One of my favorite groups is an Irish band called The Saw Doctors.

    Bless Me Father

    Gravenstone, tasty. Still, I prefer me some Barry.

  270. 270.

    Alan

    Trinity, I have one in moderation that accidentally is addressed to you. It’s not.

    I was going to say yeah, Photograph is a great Def Leopard song. :)

  278. 278.

    Yutsano

    @Polish the Guillotines: Oh boy, not a good idea to mention Seattle area sports here, at least around me. I hate to admit it but I’m still not over Super Bowl XL. At the risk of permanent banning, I’m gonna get this off my chest now.

    :: deep breath ::

    BIG BEN NEVER BROKE THE PLANE!!!

    That is all.

  285. 285.

    JGabriel

    @gbear:

    That ‘Mats recording came from a week at Seventh Street Entry where Twin Tone came in with a mobile unit and recorded three bands a night for the whole week. … The band that I was in at the time headlined on wednesday night.

    Gbear, somehow missed this post until just now. Anyway, thanks for the info.

    What band were you in? If you recorded an album on Twin Tone in the early 80’s, I probably played it on my radio show. We might even have some acquaintances in common.

    .

  286. 286.

    Gravenstone

    @Gina: @JK: Now we’re talking some good shit, Maynard! Somewhere I think I still have the Spinner’s greatest hits album at my folks’ farm.

  294. 294.

    PanAmerican

    Night Ranger sucks w/o a coked up Alfred Molina in a silk night gown. My Awesome Mix Tape #6

    Eddy Grant wrote Police on my Back.

  315. 315.

    drillfork

    @asiangrrlMN:

    I was just sayin, there are almost no black artists on this thread.

    I’ve never been a big Prince fan, but through the years “Kiss” has grown to amuse me…

  328. 328.

    Gravenstone

    @Gina: Actually, they listed Stomp as one of the “related” videos from your original Strawberry Letter 23 vid. That was truly a kickass piece of work.

  331. 331.

    Jay in Oregon

    (sacrified YouTube links to the moderation spirits…)

    In honor of my current straits, let’s have:

    Stone Roses—“I Wanna Be Adored”
    Bruce Cockburn—“Lovers In A Dangerous Time”
    Cowboy Junkies—“Misguided Angel”
    Joy Division—“Love Will Tear Us Apart”
    Sugar—“If I Can’t Change Your Mind”
    The Cure—“Pictures of You”

    but I can’t leave it on a downer note, so:

    Deee-Lite—“Groove is in the Heart”
    Len—“Steal My Sunshine”
    Death Cab For Cutie—“I Will Follow You Into the Dark”

  336. 336.

    shoutingattherain

    @Linkmeister:

    Back in the early 70’s I did a bit of bartending at a small dinner theater outside of Baltimore, and they used to book some great talent. The 5th D, The Spinners, Stanley Clarke, and even Count Basie once. I got free concerts and free booze to boot. Life was good. Once.

  337. 337.

    JGabriel

    @Jay in Oregon:

    sacrified YouTube links to the moderation spirits…

    Gotta limit the links in a comment to three. I wish Cole would raise it to 5, but presumably it’s a spam filter.

    .

  348. 348.

    jl

    jimi Hendrix and Johnny Winter jamming (that’s what it says, though I read someplace it might not be Winter), which is close to the 80s, sort of, if you round off.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqvBXqfOZiM

    I think the Coleman and Garcia piece is good old 80s music as requested.

    I posted some 80s George Clinton above, but it didn’t ‘take’ for some reason.

  351. 351.

    asiangrrlMN

    @JGabriel: Fucking love that song, man. Life in a noooooorthern town! I can relate.

    And, as I am going to bed, I thought this song apropos–though it was released in 1991.

    The Divinyls:

    I Touch Myself

    Night, all. See ya in four hours. I expect you to be going strong.

  366. 366.

    Yutsano

    @IndyLib: Oops! GMTA! Even if they are (and John did say 80’s, he said nothing about genre) that version totally does that song justice. The original made me want to be an English horn player though, so that song inspired my life. But what Sugarland et al do is VERY difficult, especially live, so it’s just great music!

  374. 374.

    Yutsano

    @IndyLib: She reminds me of a girl I went to college with. Beautiful, amazingly talented, made every other girl jealous like mad. Or as I described Val once, she looks like she should be a total bitch but she isn’t. I bet Jennifer’s voice live is fantastic!

  376. 376.

    Gravenstone

    @asiangrrlMN: It’s off their album before their “breakthrough”.

    And with that, I think it’s time to be Heading Out to the Highway (Judas Priest).

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MoDbAd4fYBA

    I’ll check the carnage when I wake up.

    @Alan: I’ll always have a soft spot for that song. I sang it as a duet with this girl I was hitting on in college. Sadly that’s as far as anything went, but the moment was there.

  378. 378.

    jl

    KRS One, Jah Rulez

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YBXOxmvlSA

    I guess I was never into standard 80s rock, ‘cept for the boingo, of course. And the Chili Peppers were good too, thanks.

    What was that electronic voice thing Frampton did way back in my grandpappy’s time? I thought after Frampton it would die and go to hell. But I still hear it.

  379. 379.

    Gina

    @Gravenstone: Right behind you on the highway. My rotten children still are awake, I have to wrangle them into bed, then see what I can wrangle from my husband who went to bed early ;-)

  382. 382.

    Yutsano

    @asiangrrlMN: You’ll have to talk that out with the Marine I’m afraid. Of course if his ass don’t show up soon he’s gonna get chewed out! (If anyone is curious he’s stateside, just going through some advanced training right now.)

  384. 384.

    asiangrrlMN

    @Yutsano: That would be nice. I don’t sleep well. How about making me a hot toddy? I hope you hear from your Marine pretty soon!

    @Alan: Yeah, they sold it to her, so they never got to release it as a single. Sucky.

    OK, OK, really going now. Scout’s honor. (And yes, I was a Brownie for a hot second back when I was a wee lass).

  387. 387.

    IndyLib

    @Yutsano:
    The song is done with another band, Little Big Town. They do some gorgeous 4-part harmony. This example is very country and a little twangy, but I love the harmony. Boondocks.

  400. 400.

    IndyLib

    @Yutsano:
    Wow, I’m amazed, usually I can’t get anybody here to admit they like country. I usually don’t participate in the music threads, because everyone who plays usually has…well, let’s just say, not nice things to say about it.

    I love A Little More You. This is my favorite.

  409. 409.

    Steeplejack

    Late to the thread, as usual. “Promises, Promises” is a great song. Good guitar, good beat. What more can you ask?

    After the marathon ’80s throwdown of the other night, I am more convinced than ever that there was a lot of great music in the ’80s, but it was sort of “distributed”–lots of songs from one- or two-hit wonders, rather than monolithic bodies of work from a small core of supergroups. (There some of those, of course.)

    Will start reading the thread now. Here’s my bookend to “Promises, Promises”–the Motels, “Only the Lonely Can Play.”

  411. 411.

    Linkmeister

    @IndyLib: I used to drink and play with a country band in Japan (while in the Navy). They used to sing the old stuff, like Kaw-Liga.

    I’m more partial to the Waylon, Willie, and later eras like the Dixie Chicks and the Johnny Cash American series.

  417. 417.

    IndyLib

    @Linkmeister:
    I think I’ve asked you this before, but damned if I remember the answer. When were you stationed in Yokosuka? My husband was on the Indy the last 2 years it was there, and on the Kitty the first year it was there – so that would be 97-2000.

  425. 425.

    RedKitten

    Man, oh man, this thread is giving me so many flashbacks, it’s not even funny. The sad thing is that I’ve forgotten much of what I learned in school during the 1980’s, yet I remember the lyrics to almost every damn song mentioned here.

    They should have set our math classes to synthesizer music — maybe I would have retained something.

  426. 426.

    Steeplejack

    @Steeplejack:

    Okay, that’s weird. I got moderated with virtually no content in the message. Could it be something in the link? WTF. Or maybe Yahweh just doesn’t want me to post this song.

  427. 427.

    IndyLib

    @Linkmeister:
    My first response is lingering in moderation hell for some weird reason.
    I grew up listening to everything from Hank Williams Sr. to Kenny Rogers. I love the old Marty Robbins stuff, Glen Campbell, Charlie Pride. The outlaw country is OK, I love Willie and Kris, but just not that big a fan of Waylon or Johnny Cash ( I know, sacrilege). I love the Dixie Chicks and Garth. The newer stuff I like is Dierks Bentley, Gary Allen, Cross Canadian Ragweed, and Nickle Creek (blue grass).
    I don’t like being preached at in my country music however, which makes listening to country on the radio almost impossible these days.

  428. 428.

    JGabriel

    @TheFountainHead:

    Cat Lady has you beat @ #8, but it’s such a good song, why not listen to it twice?

    Damn. I did a search for “beat”, but not on the song title.

    Ah well, as you say, worth hearing twice. And it is later, which, frankly, it should have been saved for.

    .

  432. 432.

    IndyLib

    @RedKitten:
    You up with the babykit?

    I know it’s sad isn’t it. I’ve often wondered what I would remember if my memory paths weren’t clogged up by music lyrics?

  434. 434.

    Linkmeister

    @IndyLib: I like blue grass like Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. Don’t like the jingoistic crap (take THAT, Marshall Tucker and Toby Keith!). Don’t like the preachy stuff either. I admire Glen Campbell’s guitar work and his way with Jimmy Webb’s songs.

    Really really like Emmylou Harris and Roseanne Cash. I love everything Ronstadt has ever sung, even her early country albums. For example.

  438. 438.

    JGabriel

    arguingwithsignposts:

    I know nobody has posted this: The Reivers (formerly Zeitgeist)

    I thought of looking for something by Zeitgeist – loved their first album before the name change – but then I thought, god, what are the odds? Of either finding anything by them, or anyone here remembering them. Should have known better.

    .

  439. 439.

    IndyLib

    @Linkmeister:
    That’s a really good song. I like Emmylou, also. There aren’t very many women in country that I’m that fond of. Most of the ones out now with the exception of Trisha Yearwood make me want to yack.

    I like this, though.

    I wonder how much Yokosuka changed in the years between when you and I were there?

  443. 443.

    IndyLib

    Well, hell. It’s after 3:00 AM here so I guess I better call it a night.
    This was funner than a box of wet cats in a closet.

    g’night all.

  444. 444.

    JGabriel

    arguingwithsignposts:

    REM’s first TV appearance: So. Central Rain.

    Had a friend who saw REM in a Long Island skating rink during the Murmur tour. Not ran into them, saw them playing there, in a fucking skating rink. Jefferson apparently wasn’t the most competent of managers…

    .

  450. 450.

    Bill E Pilgrim

    Good god, 438 comments.

    Is it possible that when John leaves it for the weekend like this, the blog could get so bloated with comments that it starts expanding, bursting the hard drive and finally glorping over the sides of the computer onto the floor into a green sludge that takes on a life of its own, adriven by a DNA of snark and arguments and links to god knows what that finally overcomes the pets and walls and furniture, so when he returns its like those directors-cut-only scenes from “Alien” where Captain Dallas and the others are sort of glued to the wall half-covered in some sort of slime that’s living off their vital organs as they murmer “Kill me…. please”?

    Er, you know, sort of thing?

  453. 453.

    mclaren

    Obscure but classic 80s songs:

    “Germany Calling” by Tone Band

    “Walking In the Air” by Aled Jones

    “Down In the Park” live by Gary Numan from the film “Urgh! A Music War” (1981)

    “Pacific State” by 808 State from 1988

    “Algebra Of Darkness” by Harold Budd from 1988. YouTube doesn’t have it, alas.

    “Glass Candle Grenades” by the Cocteau Twins

    “Atomic” by Blondie

    “Walking Away” by Information Society live from 1989

    “Sunset Grill” by Don Henley.

    “He’s a Liquid” by John Foxx.
    Actually done in 1979. The 80s started a year or two before 1980 and lasted a couple of years beyond 1990.

  454. 454.

    daryljfontaine

    @JGabriel: They want what they’re not, and I wish they would stop saying “soc1alist death panels teabag stalin hitler, soc1alist death panels teabag stalin hitler.”

    What do you mean that’s not the original lyric?

    D

  455. 455.

    RedKitten

    @IndyLib: Yeah, I was up with the tiny weasel. I was just letting him get a bit settled in after eating, and so came downstairs to check my Facebook and see what the BJ gang was up to.

    BTW, speaking of 80’s music, at the end of October, I’m going to see Blondie, and I have seats in the centre of the third row! Yay!

  456. 456.

    Laura W Darling

    @RedKitten: That’s funny, Krista. I have been regretting not posting this one for a week so here’s my very belated chance. Love walking to it when it comes on the iPod:

    Rip Her to Shreds:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-P_MDXq_oY

    Stuck: I had the same problem with John’s videos last week and this morn but just emptying the Firefox cache and refreshing cured it.

  468. 468.

    Jay in Oregon

    Morning all.

    I see my playlist made it out of the moderation spirits’ hands; good. Hope people enjoyed it.

    I’m off to church in about 2 hours, then it’s back to cleaning. We’ll see how the rest of it goes for the day.

  473. 473.

    Gravenstone

    Damnation! Nearly 100 posts since I retired. You folks remain impressive as always. Now, where’d asiangrrlMN wander off to?

  475. 475.

    Laura W Darling

    @Steeplejack: This is freaky. I was just thinking about The End of the Innocence while putting on the hiking ensemble.
    I missed your post this morning when I was scanning the thread and was thinking back to memorable times in the 80s. I moved to Monterey, CA, (the first time) in 84. I lived smack on the sand on the Bay in an amazing townhouse.

    Boys of Summer forever evokes those wonderful times. I LOVE THIS SONG:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oR-VGMuiAI

    But even more maudlin and fitting for the heartbreak theme some have goin’ on here, I found this last week. Omigod.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLgUuHl2xJo

  476. 476.

    asiangrrlMN

    @Gravenstone: Here I am! Damn, you guys are hell for a grrl with a touch of CDO (OCD in proper alphabetical order). I am valiantly trying to listen to every. damn. link.

    arguing, go out with some friends! Get out of the house. I know when I’m really depressed, being alone only exacerbates it.

    And, for all the lovers in the crowd, I give to you, Chicago.

    Will You Still Love Me?

    Steeplejack, I like the Rain song you posted. Glad you saw the shout-out.

  478. 478.

    Steeplejack

    Must achieve closure.

    I could not think of the name of this group or the song last night, although I could remember almost all of the lyrics. Couldn’t find it by searching the Google with the lyrics. Damn.

    Then this morning the title came to me: “Tenderness.” Blessed relief. Must be because I’m making biscuits for the first time in ages.

  479. 479.

    Steeplejack

    @Cat Lady:

    Damn! My receiving manager was punkin’ me all the time. “Uh, we can’t accept this delivery, because there’s no fee waybill.”

    I stil like “Sushi Girl.” Used it in the Labor Day massacre with Cole. Can’t find the link I used now, although I did find the one where the Tubes were on The Fishin’ Musician on SCTV. They went fishing for large-mouth bass with Gil Fisher and did “Sushi Girl” after. (Execrable clip quality.)

    My second favorite Fishin’ Musician, after the one where Gil Fisher took the reggae group Third World antiquing. Good times.

  486. 486.

    Steeplejack

    @Laura W Darling:

    Well, that takes me back to my angsty teenage days. Reminds me again of how Paul Simon is a great songwriter but no one seems to do his songs. Sort of the reverse Dylan effect.

    I always though “Hazy Shade of Winter” would make a great full-on rocker, but then the Bangles sort of tried to prove me wrong. I dunno; I’m ambivalent. Maybe it was just the movie (Less Than Zero) that was bad.

    When are we gonna get a ’60s thread, anyway?

    I’m not sure that yoot Cole properly appreciates his musical heritage. Although, come to think of it, he does like James Brown, so the boy’s got taste.

  492. 492.

    Steeplejack

    @asiangrrlMN:

    That’s the song.

    Um, interesting.

    You know rock songs don’t have to make sense, right?

    And bonus points if the video makers have never listened to the song.

  496. 496.

    Laura W Darling

    @Steeplejack: Also, Valley Road is my favorite Hornsby ever but youtube never has a good version. Months ago there was a really freaky church service scene set to it I never understood, but even that is gone.

    I challenge you to procure a good clip of Valley Road. Take your time.
    You can drive this thread to 500 if you want to, you know.

  498. 498.

    Steeplejack

    @asiangrrlMN:

    “Last Worthless Evening” is good. Damn, I might have to reconsider that one Henley album that has all those songs on it.

    “Girls with Guns”–I kept waiting for the big chorus with that phrase, but apparently I missed it. Good song, though.

  499. 499.

    Laura W Darling

    @Steeplejack: I love Last Worthless Evening but way too overlaid with sad memories at this point.
    You just got lucky…I was gonna link the demo tape of Stevie Nicks and Don H doing “Leather and Lace” but it wouldn’t load. I like it. You’d hate it, no doubt.

    I’m sure you’ll probably not be overly fond of this one, but I played the shit out of this album in college:

    Buckingham Nicks: Frozen Love

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Ho56wSdbpc

    This one you might be OK with. Heard the original the other day but couldn’t find a good clip. This one is decent: Fleetwood Mac Hypnotized:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yOFh2DAP-g

    C’mon Steep! Toss out the lucky 500th post!

  500. 500.

    Steeplejack

    @Laura W Darling:

    A little Stevie goes a long way for me. Although “Gypsy” always hits me hard in the gut, because that was the song that I remember playing on the radio when I went to have one of my cats put down. Oof.

    I heard/saw a clip of her doing “Leather and Lace” with someone just in the last few days. I don’t think it was Henley. It couldn’t have been Tom Petty. Could it?

    Now, “Hypnotized” is possibly my all-time favorite Fleetwood Mac song. I’ve got it on several of my mix CDs.

    Oddly enough, it fits perfectly with this little gem:
    Pieces of a Dream, “Fo-Fi-Fo.”

  504. 504.

    Steeplejack

    @asiangrrlMN:

    OCDCDO is a terrible thing, isn’t it?

    Well, I’m off to the grocery store to buy one lousy potato.

    I’m having my long-delayed steak and potato dinner tonight, and I made the mistake of inviting my cranky older neighbor, whose wife is away visiting relatives for a week or two. I mainly just wanted to check to make sure he’s still alive, but I got carried away in the conversation. I didn’t think he’d take me up on the invitation, but damned if he didn’t.

    I have a two-pack of rib-eye steaks but only one potato, which is infuriatingly just that much too small to stretch for two people. Damn. So I will have to think of something good to buy at the store that will partially redeem the trip. I hate going out at all on Sunday, which is the first day of my weekend and which follows (usually) a particularly grueling evening shift at the part-time gig (and late-night blog-wallowing here, of course).

    Damn, damn, damn. Maybe I’ll get a bottle of champagne.

  508. 508.

    Steeplejack

    @Laura W Darling:

    And, hey, I like “Frozen Love” and most of the Buckingham Nicks stuff. It’s unadulterated Stevie that I have a bit of a problem with. Like I said, a little goes a long way.

  509. 509.

    Steeplejack

    @Linkmeister:

    Well, hopefully I’m storing up chits for when I’m the crabby older guy next door.

    And the champagne is not for him. It’s for me to recuperate with after dinner with him.

    And, yes, I’m procrastinating on going to the store. Oh, look, the Chiefs just tied the Ravens with a field goal. How interesting . . .

  512. 512.

    Steeplejack

    @Laura W Darling:

    I forgot “Stand Back.” That’s a damn good song.

    And that clip reminds me what a great singer–and quite the fox–Marilyn McCoo is.

    Must go to store before I start cross-referencing Fifth Dimension/Laura Nyro clips.

    Too late.

  514. 514.

    Jay in Oregon

    That playlist I made up last night has been playing very well for me on my iPod.

    “If I Can’t Change Your Mind” is a perfect description of what I am feeling right now:

    Tears fill up my eyes
    I’m washed away with sorrow
    And somewhere in my mind
    I know there’s no tomorrow
    I see you’re leaving soon
    I guess you’ve had your fill
    But if I can’t change your mind
    Then no one will

    And all throughout the years
    I’ve never strayed from you my dear
    But you suspect I’m somewhere else
    You’re feeling sorry for yourself
    Leaving with a broken heart
    I love you even still
    But if I can’t change your mind
    Then no one will

    Even though my heart keeps breaking
    Don’t you know that I’ll be waiting
    Here for you
    Then when you return
    When will you return
    I hope you see I’m dedicated
    Look how long that I have waited
    If you come back then you will find
    A different person
    If you change your mind

    How can I explain away
    Something that I haven’t done
    And if you can’t trust me now
    You’ll never trust in anyone
    With all the crazy doubts you’ve got
    I love you even still
    But if I can’t change your mind
    Then no one will

    Someday you’ll see I’ve been true
    I’ll stay that way until
    But if I can’t change your mind
    Then no one will

  517. 517.

    Keith G

    When i got home from work (right now), read John’s post and saw it had 500+, i had a good laugh. Good god, you guys. Sorry i missed it. I’ll tag it and enjoy the music later.

    Guess i need to get my work sched changed.

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