Doc, I offer this from Rush as a Tune of the Day. Not the group's most iconic song but I think it goes along perfectly with your thoughts on MLB's newest committee... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnC88xBPkkc
I get the parallel with MLB. The only thing that song and video is missing is an 18-inch maple tree being lowered to the stage like Spinal Tap’s Stone Henge performance.
Also…Geddy Lee does look a bit like a Druid…so there’s that.
omg that's so soporific as to induce comatosis and I love trees ... in fact you've made me have to counter it by offering up one of the alleged worst songs of all time... made all the more poignant by numerous persons having brought it to my attention for the uncanny resemblance between myself and the artist
Very cool music tangent yesterday, Doc. I had to give the dog a bath this morning so I had Siri play Little River Band’s greatest hits. Yeah…if you want mellow…it’s pretty good.
I agree with your song picks. Very entertaining. I would posit that the Beatles and Beach Boys don’t have just one song. I mean, how you disqualify Hey Jude, Something, etc., etc. ad finitum. Same for Beach Boys...I Get Around, Abigail Beecher, or Surfin Safari. What Fun!
True story July 5th, 1984. I woke groggy from holiday festivities, made some coffee, grabbed the sports page (yes, the paper) and stepped into the bathroom for my morning routine. On cue, the phone rang and I figured it was my girlfriend so I waddled out to the hall, grabbed the phone (yes, a corded dial phone), carried it back into the bathroom and resumed my position. It was Jan, she was calling from work, a downtown hotel where she helped run workouts in the fitness facility. "You'll never guess who I'm leading through workouts ..." "No, you're right, I probably won't ..." "Hold on a sec ..." The next thing I hear is a man's vaguely familiar croaky voice, "Hey man, how you doin?" "Uh, good, how 'bout you?" "I'm great! Jan is killin' me, but it's good! So what are you up to?" It clicks, she just put The Boss on the phone and, well, that's pretty insane. I decide to be honest, "Uh, well I'm sitting on the shitter, smoking a cigarette and reading the sports page." Maniacal laughter erupts through the phone, I don't think he was expecting that. "Ahhhhhh, man, that's great, so who won the Yankees game?" So I look and tell him the Yankees lost, again, and we talk sports for a bit before he says, "So you two wanna come to the show tonite?" Well hell yeah, it's the first tour I hadn't bought tix for, not being as hot on the Born In The USA stuff as I'd been on everything earlier, had seen them three times before this .... "You serious? I mean hell yeah, that'd be great." "Alright, man, I got ya - and I'll see you there!" Jan's back on the phone now, excitedly says "I gotta go, call ya in awhile." And that's how I ended up in the 2nd row courtesy of Springsteen himself on the very cusp of his world domination / coronation.
Forget about baseball ,suits in NYC murdering ,,stacked deck by amazing rythym aces
Beatles - I'll see your Sgt. Peppers and raise with "Hey Jude"
Some of mine...
Creedence - "Proud Mary"
Boston - "More Than a Feeling"
Journey - "Don't Stop Believing"
Heart - "Barracuda"
Doobies - "Listen to the Music"
Van Halen - "Jump"
Doc, I offer this from Rush as a Tune of the Day. Not the group's most iconic song but I think it goes along perfectly with your thoughts on MLB's newest committee... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnC88xBPkkc
I get the parallel with MLB. The only thing that song and video is missing is an 18-inch maple tree being lowered to the stage like Spinal Tap’s Stone Henge performance.
Also…Geddy Lee does look a bit like a Druid…so there’s that.
omg that's so soporific as to induce comatosis and I love trees ... in fact you've made me have to counter it by offering up one of the alleged worst songs of all time... made all the more poignant by numerous persons having brought it to my attention for the uncanny resemblance between myself and the artist
https://youtu.be/EQiSgWGAc24
oops, Lost In Love.
Great song. Love it.
Very cool music tangent yesterday, Doc. I had to give the dog a bath this morning so I had Siri play Little River Band’s greatest hits. Yeah…if you want mellow…it’s pretty good.
Van rules. Check out his latest. He calls it as he sees it. Met the Big O a few times. He seems to be the same on and off camera.
Al Sleet - Mexican High
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1uaw3WIOlc
Some of you will fondly remember Al Sleet…
The Hippy Dippy Weather Man
Indeed. Carlin was a smart guy. I still enjoy listening to his political rants and, in hindsight, he was almost always on the correct side of history.
Beethoven - Symphony #5
And the 1976 disco re-issue. Put on your best threads and LET’S GET DOWN…or as low as most of us OG’s can go.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VimNTQ6cU7s
lol maybe get down in the elevator ... ELO channeling Chuck Berry if you wanna boogie woogie
https://youtu.be/HgcKhqlFz4Q
Agree on Bruce.
Smithereens?
Like 'em a lot. Saw them at Ludlow Garage a few months ago
The Who- Won’t Get Fooled Again.
Kinda follows the sports idol admiration gig. Dee N.
Agree with youn on Jungleland. A very under rated tune on a great album.
I agree with your song picks. Very entertaining. I would posit that the Beatles and Beach Boys don’t have just one song. I mean, how you disqualify Hey Jude, Something, etc., etc. ad finitum. Same for Beach Boys...I Get Around, Abigail Beecher, or Surfin Safari. What Fun!
Agree with all your band songs EXCEPT
Beatles--tie between Let It Be and Yesterday
Bruce Springsteen--Born to Run
Lost if Love would be my number one. It's haunting. They are all good.
“Search the parks in all your cities
You'll find no statues of committees.”
Coin flip on Jungleland or Thunder Road for me.
True story July 5th, 1984. I woke groggy from holiday festivities, made some coffee, grabbed the sports page (yes, the paper) and stepped into the bathroom for my morning routine. On cue, the phone rang and I figured it was my girlfriend so I waddled out to the hall, grabbed the phone (yes, a corded dial phone), carried it back into the bathroom and resumed my position. It was Jan, she was calling from work, a downtown hotel where she helped run workouts in the fitness facility. "You'll never guess who I'm leading through workouts ..." "No, you're right, I probably won't ..." "Hold on a sec ..." The next thing I hear is a man's vaguely familiar croaky voice, "Hey man, how you doin?" "Uh, good, how 'bout you?" "I'm great! Jan is killin' me, but it's good! So what are you up to?" It clicks, she just put The Boss on the phone and, well, that's pretty insane. I decide to be honest, "Uh, well I'm sitting on the shitter, smoking a cigarette and reading the sports page." Maniacal laughter erupts through the phone, I don't think he was expecting that. "Ahhhhhh, man, that's great, so who won the Yankees game?" So I look and tell him the Yankees lost, again, and we talk sports for a bit before he says, "So you two wanna come to the show tonite?" Well hell yeah, it's the first tour I hadn't bought tix for, not being as hot on the Born In The USA stuff as I'd been on everything earlier, had seen them three times before this .... "You serious? I mean hell yeah, that'd be great." "Alright, man, I got ya - and I'll see you there!" Jan's back on the phone now, excitedly says "I gotta go, call ya in awhile." And that's how I ended up in the 2nd row courtesy of Springsteen himself on the very cusp of his world domination / coronation.
Pure Prairie League: Amy
Poco: In The Heart Of The Night
Incredible!