If by any chance this Hans Keller shithead is still alive and is visiting the Halls of Rock I hope he registers and joins in on our daily conversations. We need more self-righteous assholes like him. I’ll grant him immediate Back Office privileges if he registers. Don’t delay, Hans!
(But if you want to order it, go thru the amazon link on the sidebar!)
I understand the Kinks are using the nuclear option and issuing a 500,000 CD version of VGPS in retaliation. Reasoning is it only has to sell one copy to go platinum…
As much as I love the VGPS, a 500,000 CD version would be too much for me, at least pocketbook wise.
Speaking of the Kinks, here’s a tidbit from Ray Davies’ website:
“Ray recently flew out to the States and recorded the Kinks “Better Things” with Bruce Springsteen and “Celluloid Heroes” with Bon Jovi for his new collaborations album. Last year Ray recorded tracks with Alex Chilton (Big Star) and Lucinda Williams at Konk and will be finishing these off in the coming months. We’ve got a long list of established and new artists from both sides of the Atlantic for the project which Ray will be recording with over the next three to five months. Universal hopes to get the album out the end of this year or beginning of next.”
I don’t know about this. The only glimmer of hope is seeing Alex Chilton’s name.
I guess Ray is a) realizing that his new solo material isn’t really gaining traction, and is just gonna recycle from now on; b) biding time until Dave agrees to work with him again (which, to be fair, may be partially to do with Dave’s health; c) all of the above.
I watched The Big Lebowski (like for the 10th time) with my 15 year old last night. I finally got motivated enough to look up who did that Just Dropped In song. I was fully expecting it to be like The Strawberry Alarm Clock or something. Nope, it was Kenny Rogers and The First Edition. Song written by Mickey Newbury. So I look all these guys up and it appears that none of them ever did a song like that before or after. (as far as my ten minutes of research can tell.) Anyone know anymore about this anomaly?
I have no issues with Ray recycling his past, but I sure do have issues with recycling his past with Jon Bin Jovi. That is just plain sad. Gosh, I hope he updates it the lyrics, too, maybe he can work in Heath Ledger and River Phoenix or something.
KR & 1st Edition’s “My Condition”–a staple of the WGIR Rock 101 (Manchester, NH) Sunday morning Oldies Show back in the day. A classic of its kind. (“Its kind” meaning “weird quasi-psychedelia from future king of lite-schlock country”.)
That Billboard article is one of the greatest things I have ever read. “The groups of the 70s that will make it and sustain must be professional entertainers. A group like Led Zeppelin may get $25,000 a night and sell out for a while, but people will soon tire of of guys with guitars just twanging about on stage.”
Clearly a lot of time is about to get wasted looking through this, if only for the ads. Sweathog!
Note that the 1st Edition drummer is Mickey Jones, session man and immortal for his work as tenure drumming for the 1966 Dylan tour with the Hawks.
Wow that article was an amazing peek into the inner workings of the early 70s music biz. It even mentions drummer Mickey Jones’ previous tenure backing Bob Dylan as a (temporary) member of The Band. I have no recollection of a prime time First Edition TV show.
My favorite part of the article: “A group like Led Zeppelin may get $25,000 a night and sell out for a while, but people will soon tire of guys with guitars just twanging about onstage.” People have been saying that for years, I guess. Hell I’ve been saying it for years.
And btw Hans Keller was really rocking that mustache. That should be the Look of the Week.
I like the two page ad that says “In 1971, one Canadian group got more immediate airplay, received more sensational reviews, stole more shows, and created more excitement than any musical force to come out of that country since the Band, Neil Young, the Guess Who, Gordon Lightfoot and Joni Mitchell.”
Glad you’re enjoyed that Billboard thingie.
Here’s another blast from the past, the February 27, 1976 issue of Jet Magazine. Sammy & those who purchased the latest Nixon’s Head CD may want to scroll to the second page right after the Aretha Franklin cover:
diskojoe, I’m just catching up after a busy day away from my computer. That Billboard magazine is excellent. I had trouble ripping my gaze away from a long-haired Neil Sedaka. If I was seeing right, it looked like that photo documented the day he first sprouted some adolescent fuzz over his top lip – at the age of 30-something.
How soon till Ray re-writes “Celluoid Heroes” with more recent celebrities so the kids can relate? I can hear it now: “If you covered him in garbage/George Clooney would still have style.”
I got 19 in that quiz, even though the Nats are dissed as usual by not being listed amongst I-Rod’s teams. When in doubt, guess the A’s. Didn’t work so well this time.
Thanks, Mr. Mod. Google Books has a more or less complete set of Billboards from 1940-2008. I like going through the ones from the mid-1960s. Pretty interesting stuff like old ads & what songs came out back in the day. I keep seeing ads for Redd Foxx albums.
Also, I did post the link to that Jet Magazine thingie I sent you offline.
How soon till Ray re-writes “Celluoid Heroes” with more recent celebrities so the kids can relate? I can hear it now: “If you covered him in garbage/George Clooney would still have style.”
“Feel free to walk right past Robert Wuhl/You may have seen him in Arli$$ and Cobb/And step repeatedly on Mickey Rooney/Maybe you’ll finish the job.”
You have no idea how much music of this caliber is recorded in the studios of our fair nation. I am constantly surprised by the number of deluded people who truly believe they are good musicians, who spend good money to record themselves doing awful stuff like this. Every studio owner has a reel of his or her worst, most astonishingly bad clients. We listen to these reels, laugh, get drunk, then cry ourselves to sleep on the studio couch. It’s sad at so many levels.
Oh I know, been there myself and could tell you stories. When I hear something awful, I always imagine at least one person in the studio saying, “this is awesome, best song ever! It’s a hit!” And everyone else endures…
Those kids look like they’re 17 years old, trying to play some kind of new music that’s hot and happening. The results are pretty bad, but at least they’re unified in and committed to their badness. That’s saying something for probably first-band efforts. cher’s Shaggs comparison has merit.
An apparently terrible flick directed by Patrick McGoohan with Richie Havens and Tony Joe White, which is described as a “rock and country musical version of Othello.”
T-Bone Wolk?!?! Wow, that’s a shame. Do you want to write it, cher? I’m pretty sure you’ve got Back Office privileges. Otherwise I’ll put something together. Thanks.
If by any chance this Hans Keller shithead is still alive and is visiting the Halls of Rock I hope he registers and joins in on our daily conversations. We need more self-righteous assholes like him. I’ll grant him immediate Back Office privileges if he registers. Don’t delay, Hans!
He died in ’85 but I still try to live by his creed:
Is anyone aware that there is a 5 CD/1 DVD box set limited edition of In The Court Of The Crimson King available?
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B002M3GPOI/ref=pe_26581_18857181_pe_vfe_d1
(But if you want to order it, go thru the amazon link on the sidebar!)
I understand the Kinks are using the nuclear option and issuing a 500,000 CD version of VGPS in retaliation. Reasoning is it only has to sell one copy to go platinum…
As much as I love the VGPS, a 500,000 CD version would be too much for me, at least pocketbook wise.
Speaking of the Kinks, here’s a tidbit from Ray Davies’ website:
“Ray recently flew out to the States and recorded the Kinks “Better Things” with Bruce Springsteen and “Celluloid Heroes” with Bon Jovi for his new collaborations album. Last year Ray recorded tracks with Alex Chilton (Big Star) and Lucinda Williams at Konk and will be finishing these off in the coming months. We’ve got a long list of established and new artists from both sides of the Atlantic for the project which Ray will be recording with over the next three to five months. Universal hopes to get the album out the end of this year or beginning of next.”
I don’t know about this. The only glimmer of hope is seeing Alex Chilton’s name.
So, last year Ray released an album of his old songs cut with a choral group. This year is an album of his old songs sung as duets.
Can the album “Ray Sings The Cole Porter Songbook” be far behind?
Sounds like Ray is moving into Rod territory. Great American Songbook, Vol XLIII anyone?
The idea of Ray davies performing “Celluloid Heroes” with Jon Bon Jovi is both perfect and horrible. Which I guess makes it perfectly horrible.
I guess Ray is a) realizing that his new solo material isn’t really gaining traction, and is just gonna recycle from now on; b) biding time until Dave agrees to work with him again (which, to be fair, may be partially to do with Dave’s health; c) all of the above.
I watched The Big Lebowski (like for the 10th time) with my 15 year old last night. I finally got motivated enough to look up who did that Just Dropped In song. I was fully expecting it to be like The Strawberry Alarm Clock or something. Nope, it was Kenny Rogers and The First Edition. Song written by Mickey Newbury. So I look all these guys up and it appears that none of them ever did a song like that before or after. (as far as my ten minutes of research can tell.) Anyone know anymore about this anomaly?
Sammy, here’s the February 5, 1972 edition of Billboard, which has a special section on Kenny Rogers and The First Edition “A Group For The 70s”:
http://books.google.com/books?id=_ycEAAAAMBAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_v2_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q=&f=false
I have no issues with Ray recycling his past, but I sure do have issues with recycling his past with Jon Bin Jovi. That is just plain sad. Gosh, I hope he updates it the lyrics, too, maybe he can work in Heath Ledger and River Phoenix or something.
KR & 1st Edition’s “My Condition”–a staple of the WGIR Rock 101 (Manchester, NH) Sunday morning Oldies Show back in the day. A classic of its kind. (“Its kind” meaning “weird quasi-psychedelia from future king of lite-schlock country”.)
Thanks disko. that’ awesome. “The First Edition is the best group musically since the Beatles and the Association.”
I really like Kenny and the First Edition’s “Ruby, Don’t Take Your Love To Town.”
That Billboard article is one of the greatest things I have ever read. “The groups of the 70s that will make it and sustain must be professional entertainers. A group like Led Zeppelin may get $25,000 a night and sell out for a while, but people will soon tire of of guys with guitars just twanging about on stage.”
Clearly a lot of time is about to get wasted looking through this, if only for the ads. Sweathog!
Note that the 1st Edition drummer is Mickey Jones, session man and immortal for his work as tenure drumming for the 1966 Dylan tour with the Hawks.
Wow that article was an amazing peek into the inner workings of the early 70s music biz. It even mentions drummer Mickey Jones’ previous tenure backing Bob Dylan as a (temporary) member of The Band. I have no recollection of a prime time First Edition TV show.
My favorite part of the article: “A group like Led Zeppelin may get $25,000 a night and sell out for a while, but people will soon tire of guys with guitars just twanging about onstage.” People have been saying that for years, I guess. Hell I’ve been saying it for years.
And btw Hans Keller was really rocking that mustache. That should be the Look of the Week.
Psych!
I like the two page ad that says “In 1971, one Canadian group got more immediate airplay, received more sensational reviews, stole more shows, and created more excitement than any musical force to come out of that country since the Band, Neil Young, the Guess Who, Gordon Lightfoot and Joni Mitchell.”
That band? Why Chilliwack, of course.
Glad you’re enjoyed that Billboard thingie.
Here’s another blast from the past, the February 27, 1976 issue of Jet Magazine. Sammy & those who purchased the latest Nixon’s Head CD may want to scroll to the second page right after the Aretha Franklin cover:
http://books.google.com/books?id=VsADAAAAMBAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_v2_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q=&f=false
Chilliwack. They helped make Canadian rock what it is today.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yahBtp_1jWE
diskojoe, I’m just catching up after a busy day away from my computer. That Billboard magazine is excellent. I had trouble ripping my gaze away from a long-haired Neil Sedaka. If I was seeing right, it looked like that photo documented the day he first sprouted some adolescent fuzz over his top lip – at the age of 30-something.
A really challenging baseball quiz can be found here:
http://www.sporcle.com/games/jakajaka/missingteam
I only got 15 of the missing teams.
We’ve finally reached the point where Ray is doing “Celluloid Heroes” backed by Bon Jovi…and Mickey friggin’ Rooney still isn’t dead yet.
How soon till Ray re-writes “Celluoid Heroes” with more recent celebrities so the kids can relate? I can hear it now: “If you covered him in garbage/George Clooney would still have style.”
Some of you might appreciate an Yngwie Malmsteen humidor:
http://www.musicradar.com/news/guitars/crazy-item-of-the-day-the-yngwie-malmsteen-cigar-humidor-237967
I got 19 in that quiz, even though the Nats are dissed as usual by not being listed amongst I-Rod’s teams. When in doubt, guess the A’s. Didn’t work so well this time.
Nobody fades away anymore, they just show up on rehab shows.
Thanks, Mr. Mod. Google Books has a more or less complete set of Billboards from 1940-2008. I like going through the ones from the mid-1960s. Pretty interesting stuff like old ads & what songs came out back in the day. I keep seeing ads for Redd Foxx albums.
Also, I did post the link to that Jet Magazine thingie I sent you offline.
He means it, maaannnnn!
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/dec/16/public-image-ltd-review
No Levine or Wobble, however.
“Feel free to walk right past Robert Wuhl/You may have seen him in Arli$$ and Cobb/And step repeatedly on Mickey Rooney/Maybe you’ll finish the job.”
Ryan Howard and Jimmy Rollins perform “Take Me Out to the Ballgame (remix)”:
http://www.thefightins.com/meechone/ryan-howard-j-roll-take-me-out-to-the-ballgame-remix/
Wow, cher. That’s quite the collector’s item. I think I’d like a Dio cigar cutter to go with it. I wonder if they’d make me one?
I’ve been watching this video repeatedly, because
a) I’m a sucker for punishment
b) I love absurd things
c) It reminds me of the Shaggs
http://vimeo.com/9625670
You have no idea how much music of this caliber is recorded in the studios of our fair nation. I am constantly surprised by the number of deluded people who truly believe they are good musicians, who spend good money to record themselves doing awful stuff like this. Every studio owner has a reel of his or her worst, most astonishingly bad clients. We listen to these reels, laugh, get drunk, then cry ourselves to sleep on the studio couch. It’s sad at so many levels.
Oh I know, been there myself and could tell you stories. When I hear something awful, I always imagine at least one person in the studio saying, “this is awesome, best song ever! It’s a hit!” And everyone else endures…
Those kids look like they’re 17 years old, trying to play some kind of new music that’s hot and happening. The results are pretty bad, but at least they’re unified in and committed to their badness. That’s saying something for probably first-band efforts. cher’s Shaggs comparison has merit.
Next thing, anybody ever seen this flick, “Catch My Soul?”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catch_My_Soul
An apparently terrible flick directed by Patrick McGoohan with Richie Havens and Tony Joe White, which is described as a “rock and country musical version of Othello.”
Hey, I just found out that T-Bone Wolk died. Where’s the RTH eulogy?
T-Bone Wolk?!?! Wow, that’s a shame. Do you want to write it, cher? I’m pretty sure you’ve got Back Office privileges. Otherwise I’ll put something together. Thanks.