Random Music Talk LII: No Cobbler, No Cry

[Danny Boy]

I got to see Herman's Hermits open for The Monkees when I saw them at the Wisconsin State Fair. The show also had Gary Puckett and the Union Gap, Paul Revere and the Raiders ... and maybe the Grass Roots, too?

...and then the dinosaurs came, but they all got too big and fat, so they died and turned into oil. And then the Arabs came and they all started driving Mercedes Benzes...

 

[LemonMelon]

This Perfume Genius guy reminds me of Sufjan, but with dark, Antlers-style production. The songs are too short IMO to really build the way I would like for them to, but they sound great while they're on.

Hood is the best track, and it's a great one.

 

[cobl04]

I wrote an article about chess and referenced the Wu-Tang Clan, and it got published.

Nothing’s black and white in this ancient board game - Local News - News - General - Melbourne Weekly

I should probably just quit now, because my career isn't going to ever surpass this.

 

[Moonlit_Angel]

I bet that would've been a fun lineup, Cori. I'd have gone to see that.

My mom and her sister went to see Herman's Hermits a couple years ago. She said they put on a great show, Peter Noone knew how to entertain the crowd and told some fantastic stories. And she said he seemed like a really nice guy as well.

Herman's Hermits do have some good stuff. I think I mentioned it somewhere once before, but I love their song "There's a Kind of Hush". It's so pretty.

'60s pop music .

 

[Jive Turkey]

My Dad loves Herman's Hermits, so there's that too

 

[IWasBored]

I always forget how much "I'm Henry VIII, I Am" makes me smile until I hear it once every three years.

heh, same.

 

[IWasBored]

I have the benefit of living near a real live drive-in movie theater (I've mentioned this before, I'm sure. Also, I just moved even closer to it, like, 10 minutes away vs. 30 minutes), and before each night's film features, they play that song over the intercoms and every one honks the horns on their cars in time. It's one of those moments in life where I can experience it a hundred times, and each time I'm going to be like, "This is my favorite thing in the world right now."

i would be in prison right now if i ever had to experience that. but that probably surprises no one.

 

[The Sad Punk]

I wrote an article about chess and referenced the Wu-Tang Clan, and it got published.

Nothing’s black and white in this ancient board game - Local News - News - General - Melbourne Weekly

I should probably just quit now, because my career isn't going to ever surpass this.

I was really hoping you'd go on a tangent and only talk about Wu-Tang for the rest of the article after that, but still, nice job.

 

[Moonlit_Angel]

Agreed. Nice article .

And I kind of want to watch members of Wu-Tang play chess now.

 

[cobl04]

Haha thanks guys!

I don't know how The Room is viewed over yonder, but here it's a cult classic and I just returned from one of the best cinema experiences of my life. Having never seen the film I was so excited, and it was a hoot from start to finish. The movie is, of course, horrendous, but being a room full of people screaming at the characters, chanting, throwing spoons at the screen whenever a spoon in a piece of artwork is shown, was absolutely hilarious.

Definitely in the so bad it's good category.

 

[Imperor]

What makes you say that, Cobbler?

 

[joyfulgirl]

Sounds like this Rundgren discussion worked itself out the way I figured it would if I didn't contribute. He's a great artist, one of the best guitarists I know of and has written a handful of my favorite songs of the 70s. I would take I Saw The Light, Hello It's Me and Couldn't I Just Tell You over 99.999999% of songs. And they're all on the same album: Something/Anything is stone-cold top 50 material.

Bang The Drum is a flaming piece of shit. Horrible. One of those sellout songs that is especially hideous because it's too stupid to have been made for anyone, though it claims to be for everyone.

I bought a cheap ticket.

 

[martha]

I got to see Herman's Hermits open for The Monkees when I saw them at the Wisconsin State Fair. The show also had Gary Puckett and the Union Gap, Paul Revere and the Raiders ... and maybe the Grass Roots, too?

That would have been fun. Now I want to go buy a bunch of Grass Roots songs on itunes.

 

[bollox]

Haha thanks guys!

I don't know how The Room is viewed over yonder, but here it's a cult classic and I just returned from one of the best cinema experiences of my life. Having never seen the film I was so excited, and it was a hoot from start to finish. The movie is, of course, horrendous, but being a room full of people screaming at the characters, chanting, throwing spoons at the screen whenever a spoon in a piece of artwork is shown, was absolutely hilarious.

Definitely in the so bad it's good category.

Oh hai, Cobbler!

The flower shop scene in The Room may be the most amazing 19 seconds in screen history

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7S9Ew3TIeVQ

 

[bono_212]

Jesus Christ, we are never allowed to talk about goofy 60s bands ever again. I hate to be the one to say it, but fucking Davy Jones died...

 

[elevated_u2_fan]

Like, just now?!

 

[bono_212]

This morning of a heart attack.

 

[elevated_u2_fan]

Bummer

 

[bono_212]

I'm really sad about this. I had such a crush on him when I was little and the show aired on TV Land (Oh who am I kidding, I still have a crush on him)

 

[elevated_u2_fan]

I remember watching the monkeys when I was a little kid but I have no recollection of the plot of a single episode... I remember liking it and I remember the theme song but thats about it.

 

[Jive Turkey]

I wonder if it's like when someone mentions a certain food, say tacos, and you're all like "ya, I wasn't even thinking about that, but tacos would be great right now" and then you immediately go out to get tacos... But instead, it's carek and it's killing celebrities

 

[elevated_u2_fan]

Thanks JT, I just loled at work

 

[corianderstem]

...and then the dinosaurs came, but they all got too big and fat, so they died and turned into oil. And then the Arabs came and they all started driving Mercedes Benzes...

It was the 80s!

That would have been fun. Now I want to go buy a bunch of Grass Roots songs on itunes.

I love Midnight Confessions. I need to get that off iTunes.

Jesus Christ, we are never allowed to talk about goofy 60s bands ever again.

I know. I'm so sorry I brought up Gonna Buy Me a Dog.

I remember watching the monkeys

It's MONKEES. Harumph.

 

[Danny Boy]

It was the 80s!

Just kidding, of course.

Have you heard the new Cranberries? I'm thinking about ordering the deluxe version.

 

[corianderstem]

I haven't, but am not really interested. I liked them with the rest of the planet back in the early 90s, but over time, my tolerance for Dolores' voice waned.

 

[bono_212]

Tomorrow is a great lead single, but since I've never heard one of their albums, I doubt I'll start now. We'll see.

 

[corianderstem]

It was that "Ode To My Family" song with that "do do-do doo" bit that finally drove me up the wall. Blerg.

But I'll go check out the single, just to see.

 

[bono_212]

I hate hearing this as much as anyone else, but their new song REALLY sounds like U2.

 

[lazarus]

I wonder if it's like when someone mentions a certain food, say tacos, and you're all like "ya, I wasn't even thinking about that, but tacos would be great right now" and then you immediately go out to get tacos... But instead, it's carek and it's killing celebrities

Bravo, sir.

 

[elevated_u2_fan]

It's MONKEES. Harumph.

potatoe, pottatoe