Can anyone explain why Susan Dey is on the cover of this album?
http://www.amazon.com/Take-Five-Live/dp/B0012KUXC2/ref=sr_1_2?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1329861858&sr=1-2
Photo Essay: 70’s Rock Stars With Their Parents
21 Feb 2012 2 Comments
Some great photos from Life magazine, circa 1971.
A few of the captions are out of order. I like the one about Frank Zappa’s mom being jealous of his hair. And I would not want to spill Kool-Aid on Joe Jackson’s shag carpet. And OMG! Just noticed the plastic chair covering at Ritchie Havens’ folks’ place.
The grandmother of God
25 Extremely Upsetting Reactions To Chris Brown At The Grammys
20 Feb 2012 4 Comments
25 Extremely Upsetting Reactions To Chris Brown At The Grammys:
http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/horrible-reactions-to-chris-brown-at-the-grammys
Also:
Chris Brown Using ‘I Promise Not to Beat You’ as a Pickup Line:
Songs You May Have Missed #17
20 Feb 2012 2 Comments
in Best of the Blog, Songs You May Have Missed Tags: a new shore, steven page
Steven Page: “A New Shore” (2010)
Former Barenaked Ladie Steven Page can write pure pop the way Whitney Houston could sing. Which is to say, really well when he isn’t busy tooting the blow. I don’t know if there’s a good time for a highly-publicized arrest for cocaine possession, but just before the release of your band’s children’s album would seem to be worse than most. Shortly after Page was booked the band began a new chapter without him. (See what I did there?)
One thing that remains barenaked on his solo album is the songwriting. Page has always mixed the catchiest, earwormingest melodies with lyrics that were dark at times, borderline psychotic at others–but never clichéd. Sick enough to feel real, if you will. ‘Cause dark is real. That’s why “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin'” is a classic and “You Light Up My Life” is not.
The cool thing about this song, other than the fact that it’s the closest thing to sticking peanut butter cups into your ears, is that Page very clearly wrote it about leaving the band, and (since meshing catchiness and dark subject matter aren’t enough of a challenge for the true greats) he gave it a maritime/pirate theme–like, with the whistling and accordion and everything!
With an economy of language that would make Roger Miller proud, he spells out the whole situation in the first few lines: “As captain of this band of merry sailors I’m a black mark, I’m a failure but before you watch me drown/I’m relinquishing command for something I don’t understand this man’s about to turn his whole life upside down”. Then a chorus kicks in that is more dead-on Barenaked Ladies-sounding than anything on that band’s last album.
I don’t know if he jumped ship or was made to walk the plank. I do know Barenaked Ladies are listing badly without him. And Page seems to have made it safely to his new shore. Land Ho!
See also: https://edcyphers.com/2013/03/01/songs-you-may-have-missed-346/
See also: https://edcyphers.com/2016/04/07/songs-you-may-have-missed-581/
Pop Quiz: Shortened Band Names, revisited
20 Feb 2012 10 Comments
The question again was: What bands can you name who at some point shortened their band name?
Denise named Chicago, who of course were called Chicago Transit Authority, till legal action was threatened I believe. Great answer and one that I hadn’t thought of.
Mike got Small Faces (Faces) which was one of the ones I had in mind.
Dave chimes in with The Pink Floyd Sound. That guy’s an overachiever.
Karen contributed Jefferson Starship (Starship) which crossed another off my list.
There are also the Young Rascals (Rascals)…
I still think there must be more out there…
Songs You May Have Missed #16
20 Feb 2012 Leave a comment
in Songs You May Have Missed Tags: Byrds, Have You Seen Her Face
The Byrds: “Have You Seen Her Face” (1967)
If you’re a Byrds fan, you probably haven’t missed it. But if you’re “younger than yesterday” and your knowledge of 60’s pop has been mostly been radio-dependent, there’s a good chance you haven’t come across this one.
Fact is, as important and influential as the Byrds were and are, they weren’t a huge singles act, scoring only three top 20 hits total. And when you consider that “Mr. Tambourine Man” was a Dylan song and “Turn! Turn! Turn!” was co-written by Pete Seeger and God, “Have You Seen Her Face” was the second-highest-charting of their own compositions (after “Eight Miles High”). Still, it deserved a better fate than its #74 placing.
Every Moment Has A Song 