Fashionistas you have arrived 3-25-03 - 10-3-03

[Pretty Little Flower]

spooky: Tom Jones is sort of "kitschy-cool".

He was sort of kitschy-cool about eight years ago. Now he is back to just being Tom Jones, which is cool without all the hipster drama associated with it.

It looks like I am going to have to jump on the Seb bandwagon again - I respect Steely Dan as musicians, but cannot listen to their music. It is possible that, a-la-Slave, if I gave them a fresh listen, I would be converted. I might even buy the EvenOdds I-cannot-appreciate-their-music-only-because-it-has-been-coopted theory. Maybe. But it does nothing for me. I have tried to listen to the earnest arguments about how subversive they are musically and lyrically, how they are phenomenal musicians, etc., etc. Nothing. I suppose that, as with the Clash, I am a heretic here.

I think nobody de-bunked the early-70s-sucked myth as well as Ollie and his list of classics. I love you like a brother. Don't run from the Stones' greatness.

Coolest trend-of-the-moment childhood award goes to . . . Slave! I would be proud to have a resume like that.

[taxwonk]

Originally posted by evenodds
You know who is severely underrated from the 70s - - Little Feat.

That was a great band and I still love the old pre-77 albums and anything Lowell George ever did.

E/O

Their double live set with Tower of Power backing them on the horns is one of the all-time laminated top ten albums.

Tax(will you be my Dixie Chicken?)wonk

[SlaveNoMore]

carp
I am a long-time listen err reader and have enjoyed the back and forth regarding the varying musical tastes amongst the regulars. I find it odd, however, that NOBODY HAS SAID DIDDLEY ABOUT ZEPPLIN (and don't say they are overrated because that just won't fly).

You do mean Led Zeppelin, don't you?

As for that, "How the West was Won" - the new 3CD live, unreleased stuff comes out next month, as well as the DVD set of live performances.

not7y(all you got to give to me-eee, is all your lo-o-ve[Dadadada dadadada daDun daDun daDun daDun] ooh yeah ooh yeaaaahhh)S

[robustpuppy]

Originally posted by SlaveNoMore
You do mean Led Zeppelin, don't you?

As for that, "How the West was Won" - the new 3CD live, unreleased stuff comes out next month, as well as the DVD set of live performances.

not7y(all you got to give to me-eee, is all your lo-o-ve[Dadadada dadadada daDun daDun daDun daDun] ooh yeah ooh yeaaaahhh)S

What I really like about Led Zeppelin is their gift for understatement. I am fascinated by the oblique references to sex. You really have to parse the lyrics to figure out the sexual acts to which the songs refer.

[spookyfish]

Originally posted by Pretty Little Flower


Now he is back to just being Tom Jones, which is cool without all the hipster drama associated with it.

Sorry, dude, but a sixty-something who still wears leather pants and opened shirts while performing is nothing, if not kitschy.

spookyfish

[purse junkie]

I notice no-one has yet mentioned the timeless funk novelty classic "Kung-Fu Fighting" or the admit-it-you-sang-along-to-it "Car Wash." What the hell is wrong with you people?

[Anne Elk]

Originally posted by SlaveNoMore
You do mean Led Zeppelin, don't you?

I prefer Dread Zeppelin.

[evenodds]

Originally posted by taxwonk
Their double live set with Tower of Power backing them on the horns is one of the all-time laminated top ten albums.

Tower of Power!

I totally forgot that. I only encountered Tower of Power on their own through the OM's cd collection.

He never heard LF until I introduced him to it. He thought I was making up the words to Dixie Chicken, like he thinks I make up all the Prine lyrics ("It was Christmas in prison and the food was real good . . .")

Even(but we both listened to Steely Dan as kids)Odds

[Replaced_Texan]

Originally posted by spookyfish
Sorry, dude, but a sixty-something who still wears leather pants and opened shirts while performing is nothing, if not kitschy.

spookyfish

It's my understanding that Mr. Jones has recently asked his fans to no longer throw their underwear on the stage.

[robustpuppy]

Originally posted by paigowprincess
I had not heard that Ryan Phillipe was gay but he certainly is pretty enough to be. Is this what the "cheating " in the article refrs to? and why Reese could not get pregnant? But what gay man ends up in a shotgun wedding?

Who is your hair salon? Hopefully they didnt give you a mullet a la Reese

I never actually heard that he is gay, but I would not be surprised. He just doesn't seem interested in women.

As for the salon, I won't name it here but it's very highly regarded -- Washingtonian gushed over it -- and it's in a location that attracts a lot of lawyers.

[robustpuppy]

Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
It's my understanding that Mr. Jones has recently asked his fans to no longer throw their underwear on the stage.

Could that be because the so-called "underwear" is actually Depends?

[spookyfish]

Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
It's my understanding that Mr. Jones has recently asked his fans to no longer throw their underwear on the stage.

Damn! Why? Is he afraid he'll slip on a pair and break his hip?

spookyfish

or, just that the underwear of his fan base has grown so large, that they now cover the whole stage or present some other unknown hazard.

Tom Jones wiping his brow with granny panties! Now that would be a sight.

[robustpuppy]

Originally posted by spookyfish
Damn! Why? Is he afraid he'll slip on a pair and break his hip?

spookyfish

Shecky, you and I should team up and book a show in the Catskills.

r(beatcha to it, BTW)p

[SlaveNoMore]

Anne Elk
I prefer Dread Zeppelin.

All I can say is "kick-ass"



not7yS

[Jack Manfred]

I'm remembering the South Park movie where the Canadian ambassador explains that Canada has apologized for Bryan Adams on several occasions...

Margo Timmins from Cowboy Junkies is a Canadian singer (and part of a Canadian band) that doesn't suck.