Ladies and gentlemen, it’s that time again: the RTH speed round known as Dugout Chatter. All we ask is that you provide gut answers to the following would-be burning questions. If you’re new to these parts, this is a great time to jump in and get your feet wet. If you’ve been around forever, your voice must be heard. Who knows, maybe one of our old friends like Happiness Stan or tonyola will resurface?
Have you ever been at a show and realized, as you let out a hoot, that you might be the only person in the audience who has identified the cover song the band on stage just launched into?
Have you ever yelled an insult at an artist from the audience? Be honest.
While we’re being honest, be honest: how often do you illegally download music these days, not downloading an occasional track from a blog, but scouring the Web for bit torrents, .rar files, and the like? Once a week? Once a month? A couple of times a year? For those of you whose answers you wish to keep anonymous, you may answer in the handy-dandy RTH poll.
Loading ...I love thinking about arrangements; a great arrangement can save a turd of a song, as I believe is the case with The Beatles’ “I Want You (She’s So Heavy).” Is it possible the band pulled on their goofy arrangement for the B-side “You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)” as a template for their Abbey Road song, or is that a common arrangement device, in which a theme is run through numerous permutations?
I often regret that no new band has satisfied my jonesin’ for an actual Talking Heads reunion and continued productive career. Everyone tells me I need to pick up some LCD Soundsystem, but I don’t know…I just don’t hear the songs and distinctive point of view whenever I try them. The only song that ever stands out to me is “North American Scum” (I think that’s the name), and why shouldn’t it? The music is an excellent rip-off of Pete Shelley’s “Homosapien.” Long question short: What void left by a long-gone artist do you most wish a new artist would step up and fill?
You probably know by now how much Philadelphia Pride I possess. I make all sorts of allowances for Philadelphia culture short of taking the time to watch that OSCAR-nominated movie from last year in which Bradley Cooper wears a Hefty bag and enters a dance contest, but I can’t get my head around the music of The Roots. They seem like great guys, etc, but I’ve yet to hear one song by them that I fully enjoy. Which killer Roots song have I not come across yet?
I look forward to your responses.
