OT: The Music Thread Part Six

[Number8]

God, you two are as bad as my brother in law.

What is this absurd, irrational, cult-like obsession with The Dude?
I enjoyed that flick as much as the next guy,. Nonetheless, I am not a Deist.

 

[aguineapig]

God, you two are as bad as my brother in law.

What is this absurd, irrational, cult-like obsession with The Dude?
I enjoyed that flick as much as the next guy,. Nonetheless, I am not a Deist.

The Dude, The Eagles, Townes Van Zandt and how the rights to the Stones Dead Flowers were secured for the closing credits.

Inside the Dude's Stoner Soundtrack

What is Lebowski's musical legacy? A Bob Dylan rarity, some Creedence and an angry Glenn Frey

www.rollingstone.com

 

[JAD]

Steely Dan
Reelin' In The Years

 

[GordonHowe]

The Dude, The Eagles, Townes Van Zandt and how the rights to the Stones Dead Flowers were secured for the closing credits.

Inside the Dude's Stoner Soundtrack

What is Lebowski's musical legacy? A Bob Dylan rarity, some Creedence and an angry Glenn Frey

www.rollingstone.com

Well, again, you're both as nuts as me. And that's saying something. I didn't know Townes was on the soundtrack.

OT: Recall young Steve Earle,



his close friendship with Townes

ruptured when Van Zandt thought it amusing to play Russian roulet with a loaded pistol

Steve

repaired his relationship with his first born, singer-songwriter Justin Townes Earle

who died in 2020 of a fentanyl overdose

 

[Number8]

Okay, making good on a promise (or threat, depending on your POV).

Big, big Blondie and Deborah Harry fan for several reasons. I could fill three pages of this thread with the perfect, idiosyncratic pop that was Blondie, produced with a deft touch by Mike Chapman,

Blondie (band) - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

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Deaf, Dumb & Blonde (1989). A lot of (to me) filler on that one, which was produced by former boyfriend and forever friend Chris Stein,

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All of the ballads are lovely. The first single:



"Maybe For Sure,"



"Calmarie,"



"Brite Side,"



Some less than stellar lyrics, but an affecting glance back at the early days of the NY scene @ CBGB's, etc.,

Love love love Blondie. Such a great band and Deborah Harry was cool with a capital C. And pretty damn attractive too.

Pretty Baby was one of my all time favorites.

 

[GordonHowe]

I was extremely lucky once. A friend of mine and I were in lower Manhattan and just on a whim decided to go see a movie. We were in SoHo and I just looked on my phone. A little place called Angelika popped up as having Echo in the Canyon playing. Little did we know that Jacob Dylan would come on stage after the showing and do a Q&A. It was awesome.

I got to ask a question -- I asked him if in talking with Brian Wilson did he feel the man was aware of the fact that he was a musical genius and just extremely humble -- or was he kind of obtuse to that fact.

Dylan said that when he's talked to Wilson he thinks it just doesn't matter to him on any level. He's fascinated and driven to create music by something beyond any aspect of personal accomplishment or ego. In other words, at this stage in his life Brian Wilson doesn't care one bit how he's viewed. He did say that competition with other bands (Beatles) was a huge driver back in the day though and that then was then, vs now being now.

Probably not a great question but I was damned if I wasn't going to raise my hand and talk to the guy.

Great stuff, and good question.

Young Dylan knows his subject well.

Brian once famously said that "Music is the voice of God." And it is.

It's both touching and hilarious how jazzed Brian gets at the mere mention of Phil Spector's revolutionary writing and production on the Ronnettes instant classic, Be My Baby (1963),

Be My Baby - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[GordonHowe]

Love love love Blondie. Such a great band and Deborah Harry was cool with a capital C. And pretty damn attractive too.

Pretty Baby was one of my all time favorites.

That's in my top ten Blondie as well.

The Face. God damn she was/is one beautiful woman,

 

[Dennis Bonvie]

 

[Number8]

Loved JTE. Sad story…..

 

[aguineapig]

Blues lose again, let the trade talk continue. Boston could use another O'Reilly. Give Ryan #42 and we can nickname him Raz. Bobby Bortuzzo was born to be a Bruin, him and Pasta could hang out on Wednesday's with the Prince spaghetti kid Anthony in the North End. Ladyfan can pick 'em up at Logan.

 

[JAD]

Joe Walsh
Rocky Mountain Way

 

[Orr Fourever]

After last nights game...

 

[GordonHowe]

Joe Walsh
Rocky Mountain Way

Loved JTE. Sad story…..

Dense.

?

 

[GordonHowe]

After last nights game...

Yes, Mike Nesmith wrote this tune,

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[JAD]

Crosby Stills & Nash
Southern Cross

 

[Orr Fourever]

You don't mess around with Jim Montgomery...

 

[aguineapig]

Start of the season thought we'd be fighting for a playoff spot around the All Star break so to be on top of the standings is like floating on cloud nine. Beat the Leafs Weds. and the last three games mean this.

 

[Dennis Bonvie]

Yes, Mike Nesmith wrote this tune,

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Can't like this enough.

You don't mess around with Jim Montgomery...

My wedding song

 

[Number8]

Dense.

?

I meant Justin Townes Earle. Addiction took away a massive talent. Not a new story, but.....

 

[Number8]

Can't like this enough.



My wedding song

Jim Croce was super cool. And I mean super cool.

 

[Number8]

Can't like this enough.



My wedding song

Mrs. Number 8 and my wedding song......




It certainly wasn't a new song at the time we got married, but even so... a feeew years ago now.

I was punching way out of my weight class then.... and still am.

 

[ODAAT]

There is only one version of this tune I listen to and it`s by THE man himself

 

[smithformeragent]

Building the soundtrack to Baby Jake’s life, and I tell Alexa to play “Dirty Work” by Steely Dan every time he makes a poopy diaper.

 

[Dennis Bonvie]

There is only one version of this tune I listen to and it`s by THE man himself

My favorite line:

"She really worked me over good,
She was a credit to her gender."

 

[GordonHowe]

Start of the season thought we'd be fighting for a playoff spot around the All Star break so to be on top of the standings is like floating on cloud nine. Beat the Leafs Weds. and the last three games mean this.

I'll check. I've heard the name, but never heard a note.

Suspect the B's are in for a loss to TO.

Silver Silver: Plenty of time to regroup, recalibrate, reimagine.

If they blow the rest of the way, or it's one and done in the playoffs, you can come back to me and say "I told you so."

Not betting on a deep playoff run -- I'll believe they're the real deal when I see it late in season -- never mind Cup dreams.

The good thing: These B's knees have two who have been all the way, and back, in Patrice and Brad.

They aren't the 2018 TBL (who, incidentally, went on to win back to back Cups).

Absent Shawn Thorton, Mark Recchi and Z, this "group" may figure it out.