Missing the Paigow (et al.) [sniff]

[dtb]

Originally posted by ironweed

I can't decide whether my offspring is a genius or a sociopath (not that those are necessarily mutually exclusive options, I suppose.)

When he saw the above picture over my shoulder as I was scrolling through, he made the following commentary:

• Santa Claus is dead? Oh. I can't believe Santa Claus is dead. [Brief pause.] I'm glad.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by dtb
I can't decide whether my offspring is a genius or a sociopath (not that those are necessarily mutually exclusive options, I suppose.)

When he saw the above picture over my shoulder as I was scrolling through, he made the following commentary:

• Santa Claus is dead? Oh. I can't believe Santa Claus is dead. [Brief pause.] I'm glad.

Didn't you say your son told the little Christian boys at school Santa is a fake? Or do you mean your younger guy still believed in Santa?

[Gattigap]

Originally posted by dtb
I can't decide whether my offspring is a genius or a sociopath (not that those are necessarily mutually exclusive options, I suppose.)

When he saw the above picture over my shoulder as I was scrolling through, he made the following commentary:

• Santa Claus is dead? Oh. I can't believe Santa Claus is dead. [Brief pause.] I'm glad.

What did he say about the Fist?

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by Gattigap
What did he say about the Fist?

"Look mommy! that's what I saw you getting from Daddy last year?"

[Diane_Keaton]

Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
But of course the man is insanely talented.

Well, he must be talented if he was able to get droves of teens to scream his lyrics incessantly, and for grown women to use his music as a reference point for the most poignant times in their lives. Alas, I can hardly suffer through one of his songs (any song) and many others agree but he must be talented to have his following. And, he is apparently quite generous, down to earth and nice (besides dumping his wife who had the most adorable french-braided, low slung ponytail, complete with wispies and all). Too bad he sucks.

As for Johnny Cash -- WTF? Everybody's all of a sudden Johnny Cash afficianados when the movie comes out. Two months ago, nobody on the East Coast knew him, except for a vague image of him being "The Man in Black". (Just like Rwanda was on nobody's map until after Hotel Rwanda came out. Yeah, I'm a cynic, baby.) I'm gonna clear up the Cash versus Foghat (thanks, NotBobHat) versus Bruce for blue collar folks. Most blue collars I know on the East Coast (and I do know a lot) in the 70's and 80's listened to whatever music happened to be playing on the popular radio stations while in their cars and on their radios at home and didn't obsess about music as much as the Upper Middle Class kids.

Bring it on.

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally posted by Oliver_Wendell_Ramone
Yep, not much quality rawknroll back in '73. Oh, wait:

Aerosmith's debut
Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
Aladdin Sane
Houses of the Holy
New York Dolls
The Harder They Come soundtrack
Berlin
Raw Power
Quadrophenia
An obscure number titled "Dark Side of the Moon"
Brothers and Sisters

Etc., etc.

1. I love Sweet Emotion, but Aerosmith??? Come onnnnn.
2. Agreed. A damn fine record.
3. See # 2 above.
4. You mean "That record with Over the Hills and The Ocean on it"?
5. Don't dig the Dolls.
6. Eh.
7. See # 2 and 3 above.
8. Bloated mess. Three thumbs down. Shoulda quit that shit after Tommy. But props to the Ox for some killer basslines on that album.
9. Touche.
10. No Eat a Peach, but Jessica and Wasted Words are great tunes.

Now, with the exception of Aerosmith, none of those reocrds would cross into the Boss' genre. I'll add a qualifier to address your retort - no good "average bar rock was coming out in 1973." The Boss filled in the vacuum.

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally posted by Diane_Keaton
Well, he must be talented if he was able to get droves of teens to scream his lyrics incessantly, and for grown women to use his music as a reference point for the most poignant times in their lives. Alas, I can hardly suffer through one of his songs (any song) and many others agree but he must be talented to have his following. And, he is apparently quite generous, down to earth and nice (besides dumping his wife who had the most adorable french-braided, low slung ponytail, complete with wispies and all). Too bad he sucks.

As for Johnny Cash -- WTF? Everybody's all of a sudden Johnny Cash afficianados when the movie comes out. Two months ago, nobody on the East Coast knew him, except for a vague image of him being "The Man in Black". (Just like Rwanda was on nobody's map until after Hotel Rwanda came out. Yeah, I'm a cynic, baby.) I'm gonna clear up the Cash versus Foghat (thanks, NotBobHat) versus Bruce for blue collar folks. Most blue collars I know on the East Coast (and I do know a lot) in the 70's and 80's listened to whatever music happened to be playing on the popular radio stations while in their cars and on their radios at home and didn't obsess about music as much as the Upper Middle Class kids.

Bring it on.

You bite your lip, woman. I've liked Cash since I was a kid. My old man went thru a country phase in the late 70s and I heard Cash's early shit and liked it. Then I heard Rubin's great first album with Cash and thought "Damn. That's scary good." Cash to me is rock music. I like Dylan. I like the Dead. I love Neil. All great storytellers. Why wouldn't I dig Cash?

People who like music obssess about music. It has nothing to do with class.

[bold_n_brazen]

Notwithstanding the oh-so-shitty season my Eagles are having, and also notwithstanding my desire not to be cremated upon my death, should the Brazenette decide to dispose of her mom's remains this way, I wouldn't disapprove.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2239860


"I know that the last handful of ashes I had are laying on the field, and will never be taken away. She'll always be part of Lincoln Financial Field and of the Eagles," he said.

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally posted by bilmore
Ummm . . . when you started speaking about him in terms of classicism in rock?

I guess this is deserved. A victim of someone else's nearly-impossible-to-believe glaring lack of reading comprehension.

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally posted by bold_n_brazen
Notwithstanding the oh-so-shitty season my Eagles are having, and also notwithstanding my desire not to be cremated upon my death, should the Brazenette decide to dispose of her mom's remains this way, I wouldn't disapprove.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2239860


"I know that the last handful of ashes I had are laying on the field, and will never be taken away. She'll always be part of Lincoln Financial Field and of the Eagles," he said.

Get with the program... We're all Penn St fans now.

You can always become a Florida State fa... err, uh, scratch that.

[bold_n_brazen]

Originally posted by Diane_Keaton
Well, he must be talented if he was able to get droves of teens to scream his lyrics incessantly, and for grown women to use his music as a reference point for the most poignant times in their lives. Alas, I can hardly suffer through one of his songs (any song) and many others agree but he must be talented to have his following. And, he is apparently quite generous, down to earth and nice (besides dumping his wife who had the most adorable french-braided, low slung ponytail, complete with wispies and all). Too bad he sucks.

As for Johnny Cash -- WTF? Everybody's all of a sudden Johnny Cash afficianados when the movie comes out. Two months ago, nobody on the East Coast knew him, except for a vague image of him being "The Man in Black". (Just like Rwanda was on nobody's map until after Hotel Rwanda came out. Yeah, I'm a cynic, baby.) I'm gonna clear up the Cash versus Foghat (thanks, NotBobHat) versus Bruce for blue collar folks. Most blue collars I know on the East Coast (and I do know a lot) in the 70's and 80's listened to whatever music happened to be playing on the popular radio stations while in their cars and on their radios at home and didn't obsess about music as much as the Upper Middle Class kids.

Bring it on.

I'm pretty sure that I listened to a lot of disco in the late 70's. I remember going to record hops and Bar Mitzvahs and doing the hustle.

I know in the early 80's, I listened almost exclusively to "New Wave". Well, when I wasn't listening to The Who. I cringe to admit this now.

I didn't start to obsess about music until I was in college. But I agree with Sebby. People who like music get obsessive about it, no matter their socio-economic background.

[bold_n_brazen]

Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
Get with the program... We're all Penn St fans now.

You can always become a Florida State fa... err, uh, scratch that.

I cannot be a Penn State fan. Although I remember fondly a road trip to Happy Valley to paint the lion orange.

[Ty@50]

Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
I'll add a qualifier to address your retort - no good "average bar rock was coming out in 1973." The Boss filled in the vacuum.

Depends what kind of bars you were going to (I wasn't and you weren't, but you get what I mean).

[Diane_Keaton]

Originally posted by bold_n_brazen
I find it hard to see how a song written from the point of view of a firefighter in the World Trade Center on 9/11 (The Rising) or one written from the point of view of a soldier in today's Iraq (Devils and Dust) can be based on "characters ... stuck in Central to Southern Jersey in the 70s".

See, the firefighter (like several others) probably lived across the Hudson in Jersey despite the rule about them having to live in NY. And the irony is that the firefighter probably thought BRUCE SUCKS and preferred Foghat and then Bruce goes ahead and writes a song from the firefighter's viewpoint after the fucker's dead, no shit! And the soldier from Iraq was born, raised and recruited from NJ. Ever heard of the New Jersey Devils? I thought so. Now look at the title of the song. Who's HE tryin to fool; damn!

[str8outavannuys]

Originally posted by Shape Shifter
And speaking of rock poets, they'er comin' to your town, they'll help you party down:

"We're An American Band" - Grand Funk (8/18/73; #1)

Since the date cited is very close to my birthday, I decided to look up what was #1 on the day I was born.

In the US -- Let's Get It On, Marvin Gaye.
In the UK -- Young Love, Donny Osmond.

http://www.thisdayinmusic.com/member/birthdayno1.php