Aug 072009
Word has it that a few of the girls in the audience wore pink.
Feb 282007
We’ll give you $5.99 worth if you give us something.
8 Responses to “All-Star Jam”
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I’m blowing the Too-Cool-For-School whistle!
Firstly- Mavericks is an awesomely beautiful album. I didn’t even notice it had a 128-string guitar (btw- “128” is a fine number Matt, you see, this one goes to 11) as I was too busy enjoying the awesomely beautiful album.
Secondly- Has anyone heard anything from the new Stooges album? Sure I’m concerned and sure I’m pessimistic. But how can anyone be “bumming out”? YOU HAVEN’T HEARD IT! By-god-man I’m going to listen to it with an open mind and maybe, just maybe, I might be half as delighted as I was with Smile, another thing of beauty that apparently does not grow in some gardens in these parts.
I can’t defend The Stooges new album as I haven’t heard it. I could though defend Mavericks but rather than picking the corn from my feces so early in the morning- I’ll just say that these two issues, brought up in the same 24 hours as “Boston was an awesome band” is, Too-Cool-For-School.
Get real people.
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Well said, Sammy. Mavericks is indeed fine album with previous few 128-string guitars.
And while I have heard the new Stooges album and am mostly underwhelmed, it does not “bum me out.” Then again, I’m only a fair-weather Stooges/Iggy fan.
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Has anyone heard anything from the new Stooges album?
I’ve heard two songs that sounded absolutely terrible. If Iggy was going for “stupid” as he says, he’s got it.
Embarrassingly bad.
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“We’ll discuss it further”!
I never knew he said that. Usually that’s where the DJ or the “available at Strawberries” guy would talk over the end of the song.
Awesome.
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I, for one, had trouble deciding what choice to make on today’s poll until I came to the Adam Sandler question. This new Stooges album is gonna suck, and 60-year-old men trying to be stoopid when they’re no longer stoopid or stoned is embarrassing. Unfortunately, for his art, the worst thing that ever happened to Iggy was having Bowie “discover” him and bring him into society. Ever since it’s been like Frankenstein tap-dancing to “Puttin’ on the Ritz”.
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What’s up with today’s poll? Few seem bummed by Adam Sandler in a Syd Barrett wig let alone the release of this Stooges album. Come on, Rock Town Hall, take a stand!
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Firstly- Mavericks is an awesomely beautiful album. I didn’t even notice it had a 128-string guitar (btw- “128” is a fine number Matt, you see, this one goes to 11)
Nice try Sammy but 128 isn’t divisible by 11, either. 🙂
I’ve heard two songs that sounded absolutely terrible. If Iggy was going for “stupid” as he says, he’s got it.
Embarrassingly bad.
I’ve only heard one song (“My Idea of Fun”) and while it’s not as bad as some of you say, it certainly isn’t that good or memorable, either. And yeah, he’s definitely trying too hard to be “stupid”. I’ll still be there when they play here in April regardless. Oh and the album leaked last night. I downloaded it but haven’t had a chance to put it on the ole iPod and test drive it yet.
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Sammy Maudlin, thanks for keepin’ it real, RTH-stylee. YOu’re right on all counts about Mavericks, new Stooges, and the too-cool-for-school problem. Bravo!
I never noticed before but the vocals are so Johnny Rotten.
What a coincidence. You did hear this sad news:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090806/ap_en_mo/us_obit_hughes
Anyway, I would like to take this opportunity to add one more to the list of appearances of rock bands on TV shows that we wished would have happened:
Dragnet 1968
Episode: The Donut Shop Robberies
Officers Friday & Gannon, working out of the Robbery Division, are investigating a series of robberies of donut shops in the greater LA area. Several clues left at the scenes of the crime, including guitar picks, lead them to a local rock band called Love. Friday & Gannon go to the Gold Star studios where they observe the band record some tracks for their upcoming album Forever Changes. While they perform the following dialogue is heard:
Gannon: So what do you think, Joe?
Friday: I don’t know. It sounds like bullfighting music to me. It’s not a patch on Bobby Troup.
Gannon: I agree, Joe. I don’t know the taste of kids these days.
Afterwards, they interview members of the band, with Friday & band leader Arthur Lee getting into a frank debate about their respective worldviews. It turns out that two of the band members are the Donut Shop Bandits to support their smack habits & their sullen mugs are displayed at the end of the episode as the announcer states their conviction & sentencing.
It’s funny you never noticed the Rotten vocal style before, BigSteve. I liked those first two albums and parts of the third one, but I can’t get myself anywhere near the mindset I once got into to like them – and I’m not referring to any lifestyle changes since then:)
QUESTION FOR 2000MAN:
Hey, 2K: I’m watching a Skynyrd rockumentary as I catalog my recent thrifty vinyl finds. There’s a bunch of footage from the 1976 Knebworth Festival, and I just heard drummer Artimus Pyle say with conviction “we blew the Stones off the stage.” This is a bit of rock lore I’ve heard elsewhere. I must say, the Skynyrd I’m watching here sounds and looks pretty formidable. What’s the Stones fans’ take on this?
Thanks —
HVB
Still waiting to hear from 2K Man on the oft-told rock lore saying that Skynyrd blew the Stones off the stage at Knebworth in 1976. In the meantime:
E. PLURIBUS GERGLEY, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU:
What do you think of Buddy Knox? I found his “Hula Love” single in a thrift store recently, and decided it was pretty good, in a Buddy Holly kind of way. The question is: what is it about Buddy Knox that makes him *not* as good as Holly? They both wrote catchy tunes in the early days of rock and roll, and they were both produced by Norman Petty. Importantly, they were also both pretty dang goofy, when you get right down to iy. Any thoughts?
Sorry, HVB I’ve been kinda busy and stuff has been kinda drive by for me lately. Anyways, Stones fans generally find Lynyrd Skynyrd fans as credible as every other band’s fans that supposedly “blew the Stones off the stage.” That quote of theirs has always come from the Skynyrd camp directly, and it’s generally slagged off.
Not so much because The Stones were so great, but their setlist was amazing. They usually play essentially the same show every night, but for some reason Knebworth got this great setlist, which included things like Stray Cat Blues, Around and Around, Dead Flowers and Route 66. Jagger wore some freaky sailor suit lingerie thing that’s kind of distrubing for part of the show (Midnight Rambler if I recall correctly). It’s a little rough in spots, but I’d have been blown away to see those songs, kind of like I was when I got to see them play No Expectations, even with Lenny Kravitz doing something.
But in all honesty, I’ve never seen the Skynyrd set. The Stones’ set is filmed and it’s available on bootlegs pretty easily. The sound is okay, but it’s not perfect. This show and the Nicaraguan Benefit from 73 are pretty well liked because they played so many oddball songs that they rarely play.