tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3043167264059951487.post3703682184961848367..comments2024-03-26T20:35:39.291-07:00Comments on STMcC Presents 'BATTLE OF THE BANDS': 2015, AUG. 15: BATTLE OF THE BANDS (Or, THE SKYLINERS VERSUS BRIAN SETZER)Stephen T. McCarthyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00249125637725791567noreply@blogger.comBlogger75125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3043167264059951487.post-16372200705893714082015-08-29T14:30:08.724-07:002015-08-29T14:30:08.724-07:00That's sweet:)That's sweet:)Birgithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09439720285857050428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3043167264059951487.post-74351435918687387222015-08-25T15:10:39.583-07:002015-08-25T15:10:39.583-07:00FAE ~
Yeah, I think both recordings are pretty out...FAE ~<br />Yeah, I think both recordings are pretty outstanding. But I figured the 'Big Band' sound of Setzer's updated version would win. BOTB can be full of surprises.<br /><br />~ D-FensDogGStephen T. McCarthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00249125637725791567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3043167264059951487.post-54919687348044772022015-08-25T11:24:12.044-07:002015-08-25T11:24:12.044-07:00Not terribly surprised by your vote. I did pick up...Not terribly surprised by your vote. I did pick up on the fact that this was not the first Setzer tune you played for your Ma, so, I was figuring that it was not your favorite on that album. Both were good for sure, I just like the Setzer version a wee bit better.farawayeyeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17578277501054242356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3043167264059951487.post-7079086279549699382015-08-24T21:15:56.522-07:002015-08-24T21:15:56.522-07:00ANNE O' ~
"I've been sweating out Th...ANNE O' ~<br /><br /><b><i>"I've been sweating out The Eagles thing for awhile now. I was afraid that if I waited until they showed up on a BOTB and I waxed poetic about them, you'd eat me alive."</i></b><br /><br />HA!-HA! Not sure if I otter be taking youz seriously or not.<br /><br />But, for one thing, the "EAGLES" bit already came up, long ago, before your BOTB time:<br /><br />In my 20th BOTB installment, I put The Eagles cover of 'OL' '55' up against the Tom Waits original.<br /><br />I LOVE The Eagles cover... a shade less than I do the Tom Waits original:<br /><br /><b>http://xtremelyun-pcandunrepentant.blogspot.com/2014/05/battle-of-bands-20-or-tom-waits-vs.html</b><br /><br /><b><i>>>... "The only song I don't really like is Hotel California."</i></b><br /><br />Really? I'm curious to know why.<br />Not to debate, but just to get another (valued) perspective on it.<br /><br />Because I think it's a pretty great Rock song, even though it came at the point in The Eagles' career when I was becoming less interested in their music.<br /><br />The lyrics are damned good, utilizing several nice metaphors to describe the ugly underbelly of the "High-Life" of the rich and famous in Los Angeles. I think it has a really good melody. And the Rock guitar solo, alone, is clearly one of the best ever; it's so melodic that a person could actually hum or whistle it.<br /><br />So, I am very - HONESTLY - curious to know what it is you don't like about the song 'HOTEL CALIFORNIA'.<br /><br />The ONLY thing I can think of to criticize about it is that The Eagles seemed to be dumping on a high-living lifestyle that THEY, THEMSELVES, were living at the time. In other words: The song could be considered "hypocritical".<br /><br />If THAT'S why you dislike the song, I totally agree with you about that. But if you dislike it for some musical reasons, I'm surprised, and would LOVE to learn what those reasons are.<br /><br />Again, no debate. I'm just HONESTLY curious. Because I think 'HOTEL CALIFORNIA' is a pretty great Rock song. The guitar solo, the line <b>"You Can Check Out Any Time You Like, But You Can Never Leave"</b>... the reference to Steely Dan ("...they stabbed it with their Steely knives..."), all makes it a true Rock classic in my mind. And I'd really be interested to know why you don't think the same.<br /><br />~ D-FensDogG<br /><br />POSTSCRIPT:<br />I have a unique BOTB installment coming up (likely on Oct. 15th) that will explore the (urban Los Angeles) ideas behind the song 'HOTEL CALIFORNIA', but neither song in the BOTB will be 'Hotel California'. <br /><br />You might want to make a point of being here for that one. It's going to be a One-Of-A-Kind BOTB installment.<br /><br />~ D-FensDogGStephen T. McCarthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00249125637725791567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3043167264059951487.post-68690218725912697582015-08-24T20:28:39.730-07:002015-08-24T20:28:39.730-07:00ANNE O' ~
Sorry I'm late but... if you liv...ANNE O' ~<br />Sorry I'm late but... if you lived in "The Biggest Little Hellhole In The World", you'd understand.<br /><br />Yeah, I know a good amount about Peter Grant.<br /><br />I think... <i>think</i>... he may have actually borrowed his managerial strategy from Albert Grossman - the manager for Dylan and several other early '60s bands like 'Peter, Paul & Mary'.<br /><br />FUN FACT: There's a line in the booklet for Dylan's album 'BRINGING IT ALL BACK HOME' where Bob wrote: <b>"...experience teaches that silence terrifies people the most..."</b><br /><br />I'm pretty sure that's a reference to the fact that Grossman used to sit in negotiation meetings and refused to speak. After several minutes of silence, the record company executives would start talking out of nervousness, to fill the silence.<br /><br />Next thing anyone knew, Grossman had been given what he'd been seeking for his clients.<br /><br />But he was also known to be a big bad-ass/jerk, who would threaten people and throw his (prodigious) weight around.<br /><br />I think Peter Grant borrowed those pages from Albert Grossman.<br /><br />~ D-FensDogGStephen T. McCarthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00249125637725791567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3043167264059951487.post-40547500353369191902015-08-24T19:56:40.241-07:002015-08-24T19:56:40.241-07:00Glad you dug it, JEFFREY.
~ D-FensDogGGlad you dug it, JEFFREY.<br /><br />~ D-FensDogGStephen T. McCarthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00249125637725791567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3043167264059951487.post-68052927734037252232015-08-24T06:55:42.176-07:002015-08-24T06:55:42.176-07:00Nice battle this week. Great memories.Nice battle this week. Great memories.Jeffrey Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06973104877310669196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3043167264059951487.post-43670705221052867742015-08-24T01:55:26.490-07:002015-08-24T01:55:26.490-07:00Comment Received.
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~ D-FensDogG...Comment Received.<br />Reply coming ASAP.<br /><br />~ D-FensDogGStephen T. McCarthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00249125637725791567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3043167264059951487.post-39274363374361001052015-08-24T01:46:03.875-07:002015-08-24T01:46:03.875-07:00Comment Received.
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~ D-FensDogG...Comment Received.<br />Reply coming ASAP.<br /><br />~ D-FensDogGStephen T. McCarthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00249125637725791567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3043167264059951487.post-32404618094048201792015-08-23T19:47:23.981-07:002015-08-23T19:47:23.981-07:00I've been sweating out The Eagles thing for aw...I've been sweating out The Eagles thing for awhile now. I was afraid that if I waited until they showed up on a BOTB and I waxed poetic about them, you'd eat me alive. The only song I don't really like is Hotel California. It's the one time I don't think they were being honest with themselves about their own music. And I like them with Joe Walsh in the line-up. He's one strange dude and quirky as all get out, but I like him. I don't think there's any way to objectively analyze the bulk of their catalog and say with a broad stroke "they suck". That's just plain ignorant. <br /><br />Yeah, there had to be a lot of closet Carpenter fans out there in the day. What kills me is why a person would want to define themselves by only one type of music. It's limiting and it's boring. I took a lot of crap over listening to Janice Ian and for covering some of her songs. But I liked the music, it meant something to me and I stood up for it. <br /><br />It's better to listen broadly and go back in music history to explore the roots. That's the only real way learn and to be able to speak intelligently about music. I thought some people in our generation were bad, but the kids today make us look like geniuses. <br /><br />I've really enjoyed this conversation as there's no one here to talk to about music and it's something I miss doing.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01681799401614263953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3043167264059951487.post-81383108340898101062015-08-23T19:05:05.589-07:002015-08-23T19:05:05.589-07:00It will take me some time to figure out when you&#...It will take me some time to figure out when you're joking and when you're serious. Anyway, it was a good conversation and one I enjoy having with people.<br /><br />I agree with you on Zep not giving proper credit and that was wrong. The one thing they did do for all musicians was to force the record labels to stop robbing the bands. Peter Grant was a real SOB, but he knew how to negotiate and other managers learned from him. <br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01681799401614263953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3043167264059951487.post-54972597361665743412015-08-23T13:00:38.336-07:002015-08-23T13:00:38.336-07:00ANNE O' ~
No problem at all, my friend. I alwa...ANNE O' ~<br />No problem at all, my friend. I always encourage various views. And as you know, when those views don't coincide with what I know, I have no qualms about straightening out the other person - very gently if they're a friend; more likely with a taught rope if they're a liberal.<br /><br />And of course, I always want to learn a new fact if someone possesses one that I don't. For me, it's never, ever been an ego thing but a "Truth" thing.<br /><br />And in this case, you and I have ZERO disagreement. Everything you wrote was spot-on. I was already aware of all that. In fact, it even extended beyond the Blues artists, into Jazz and even Gospel...<br /><br />Some of the Jazz groups who had been ignored in the U.S. were embraced like gods in Europe, much to their surprise. That's why they spent a good amount of their touring time overseas. And they were also surprised to find how many musicians were playing their songs overseas - songs that not 1 in 100,000 Americans could identify.<br /><br />Mahalia Jackson was treated more like "The Queen Of Gospel" she truly was in Europe than she ever was here. And that inspired her often. She performed a date in Sweden that I think might possibly have been the very apex of her career.<br /><br />So, I don't disagree with you at all concerning this matter. I was just being my snarky, funny self (well, I would say "funny" but others wouldn't necessarily agree).<br /><br />I actually appreciate what the "British Invasion" bands did for mostly forgotten Black American musicians. (And, no, I did not think it was revenge for The American Revolution. I did, however, think that was a gem of a line I came up with on the spot. One must remember that a good amount of the time, I've got my tongue in my cheek like a corkscrew in a bottle of cheap wine - cheap, but still having a cork rather than a screw-on metal cap.)<br /><br />The ONLY British Invasion band that I really do feel kind of ripped off some old American Bluesmen was Led Zeppelin. They generously "borrowed" some things from the Black greats but never gave credit - passing it off as if it were purely conceived by Led Zeppelin. That irks me a bit.<br /><br />But The Stones, The Beatles, The Animals, and many others did a good service for those American musicians who'd inspired them. (One time, The Stones even refused to appear on a British music TV show unless the show agreed to fly in Howlin' Wolf and let him appear on the show, too. I LOUDLY APPLAUD THAT! I'm not much of a Stones fan, but they get massive STMcC kudos for that demand they made, which the studio eventually caved in on.<br /><br />So, we're not in disagreement on this. You just didn't realize the degree to which I was being facetiously snarky.<br /><br />~ D-FensDogGStephen T. McCarthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00249125637725791567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3043167264059951487.post-19644424585185320942015-08-23T12:25:09.253-07:002015-08-23T12:25:09.253-07:00ANNE O' ~
I'm relieved to find you're...ANNE O' ~ <br />I'm relieved to find you're not an "Eagles hater". I was afraid that might be your position, since you're not originally from this country, and I worried that the (completely illogical, unexplainable, musically unsound) "popular trend to hate The Eagles" might have affected you somehow. And had it... we were gonna have to step into the 'ring of reason' and lace up the gloves. Ha!-Ha!-Ha! Glad we're in the same corner!<br /><br />I think I did see that documentary you mentioned - or some of it, anyway. And The "Eagles hate" thing is just a trend that won't last forever - or even much longer, I'd guess. It may have been started by Low I.Q. fans of Death Metal garbage, by fans of Metallica, Guns 'N' Roses, Insane Clown Posse Jerkoffs and the like. I'm not really sure how and who started it, but it's musically illogical.<br /><br />But like I said, when I was in high school, it was popular for teenagers in this country to loudly state their hatred of The Carpenters. Somehow that was supposed to be the credential you needed to prove your "Hard Rock" status or something.<br /><br />Well, back then, I LOVED Hard Rock! But I also loved the singular voice of Karen Carpenter, who had a quality that no other singer I'd heard before (or since) possessed. So, I never played the "Ignoramus Card" by bashing The Carpenters to make my peers accept me as a Hard Rock enthusiast. <br /><br />Funny that today I don't like much Hard Rock, but I sill own more Carpenters recordings than I own recordings of just about any other musical artists. Only Dylan, The Beach Boys, Waylon Jennings, Bocephus, Tom Petty and several Jazz groups are in the running in that category.<br /><br />Basically, the "Hate The Carpenters / Hate The Eagles" bit is an example of "The Herd Mentality" - a bunch of people who can't objectively think for themselves following a leader or leaders who are dumb as stumps and can't reason anything out either. It's a fad, a trend, begun and followed my musically illiterate people more concerned about appearances and artificial personas than they are about learning what music is good and WHY it's good.<br /><br />I don't pay any more attention to those dumbasses today than I did back in my day. And if you asked them to explain their hatred of The Eagles, they couldn't put together two intelligent sentences to justify their position.<br /><br />I used to laugh in the mid-1970s when most people were complaining about The Carpenters. I'd think to myself: Well, if everyone HATES The Carpenters, who the hell is buying these millions of records they sell every year? I mean, I myself only accounted for a few record sales per year. So, who was picking up the slack? Clearly, a lot of "Carpenters haters" were buying their records and then yakking about how much they hated the group the next day in school. Ha!-Ha!<br /><br />~ D-FensDogGStephen T. McCarthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00249125637725791567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3043167264059951487.post-19253436236943479422015-08-23T09:58:28.907-07:002015-08-23T09:58:28.907-07:00I hope you don't mind if I jump in on this con...I hope you don't mind if I jump in on this conversation, but it's one that I have had with other people and I do enjoy it.<br /><br />I am puzzled by your reaction to "The British Invasion" Stephen. You seem deeply offended by it. What I can tell you is where these guys were coming from and it wasn't from a place of "we want to rip off American blues". It came from a deep appreciation for the music. Those guys knew more about blues than most Americans and they knew it because they bought those albums, loved them and listened to them until they wore the grooves off them. They were loving the American blues artists that you guys were unwilling to support financially. Heck, in America the blues players were treated like crap, whilst in Europe they were treated like kings. Just ask B.B. King about the difference in the audiences and the money earned in London versus America. He was flabbergasted that white people knew his music, loved it and respected him. And he cried on stage the first night he played in London because he was so moved by the obvious adoration from the crowd. <br /><br />So the British took your music, which they loved and respected and reintroduced it to you. To have people from another country love what you're doing isn't an insult, it's a high compliment. There are many an American musician who had their first introduction to the blues via those British bands. And that breathed new life into blues, which ended up putting money in the pockets of starving blues players. Because after the Brits came over, you guys finally reached into your wallets and bought some of those American Blues albums. Blues musicians will tell you this is so. Buddy Guy will tell you how much this improved his finances. <br /><br />And as for it being their revenge for the Revolution-that's not the case at all. The British don't think about that ever and they don't want America back in the Commonwealth. The British and American musicians of that period got along quite well and there was a lot of mutual admiration. They fed off each other, inspired each other and that sort of atmosphere produced better music and more proficient musicians. <br /><br />I'm not writing this in an angry way, I'm just giving you my perspective. Heck, I've no reason to love the British and lots of reason to hate them. But I don't. The music they made enriched my life and I love them for it.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01681799401614263953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3043167264059951487.post-70226326838696356362015-08-23T09:13:50.008-07:002015-08-23T09:13:50.008-07:00I'm in total agreement with you regarding John...I'm in total agreement with you regarding John Lennon. I absolutely despise the man. He created his own mythology and then he was ignorant enough to believe it. Also I think he should have been run out of your country. First off it wasn't his country and setting himself as a spokesperson was ludicrous. Everything those free love, hippy dippy freaks were into has contributed to the downfall you see today. Imagine makes me ill as well. As does that "So This is Christmas" song. "War is over if you want it.." Jesus, how naive do you have to be?<br /><br />I like a lot of the Eagles work as well and I thought they were popular. Then I came here and people seem to hate them, which has me confused. To admit one likes them today is to invite ridicule. I really can't find anything wrong with their work. They could write, they could play and they could sing. Everything you want in a band. I recently watched a two hour documentary on them on Netflix and it was fantastic. I think you'd love it. So I wanted to get what has become "The Eagles Issue" out of the way before it came up on a BOTB. <br /><br />I've always been a huge Carpenter fan and don't care what people think about that. I've always owned their albums and will always have them in my collection. Timeless, beautiful, perfection.<br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01681799401614263953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3043167264059951487.post-21497536707607822222015-08-22T11:19:24.494-07:002015-08-22T11:19:24.494-07:00Believe it or not, I never saw the movie MASH. I&#...Believe it or not, I never saw the movie MASH. I've seen parts of it here and there, but never the whole thing from start to finish.<br /><br />'HAPPY DAYS' was better, I suppose, earlier on. I think it really started getting silly when the "Fonzie" character began to dominate.<br /><br />But, hey, at least The Fonz gave us the expression "Jumped the shark", right? Gotta be grateful to him for that, anyway.<br /><br />~ D-FensDogGStephen T. McCarthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00249125637725791567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3043167264059951487.post-63082185465138343642015-08-22T11:14:39.303-07:002015-08-22T11:14:39.303-07:00Thanks, DEBBIE! That was a nice thing to say.
My ...Thanks, DEBBIE! That was a nice thing to say.<br /><br />My next BOTB installment won't really have much of a personal story to go with it, but I think it's going to be a really good one that a lot of people will enjoy. <br /><br />It's gonna be Rockin' Out next time, and I'm not sure yet which performer will get my own vote. It's THAT close for me.<br /><br />~ D-FensDogGStephen T. McCarthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00249125637725791567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3043167264059951487.post-1923996508920043452015-08-22T11:07:31.905-07:002015-08-22T11:07:31.905-07:00Part 2 Of 2
Also, on a less musical level, I desp...Part 2 Of 2<br /><br />Also, on a less musical level, I despised John Lennon, one of the greatest hypocrites to ever walk the earth. I won't go into it all again, as I've written about his (typical Communistic) hypocrisy a number of times. The song 'IMAGINE' should be put in front of Stalin's best gunmen and riddled to death. By the way, where ARE his best gunmen? Ha!<br /><br />In chapter eleven of her autobiography, Brenda Lee mentioned that... <b>"John Lennon used to pee out of the hotel window onto pedestrians."</b><br /><br />Oh, yeah, there's a man who really loves the common people! Had he gotten me, or my Ma, or my Sister, I would have gotten HIM before anyone else did. What a lousy, hypocritical person.<br /><br />THE EAGLES: In general, I like The Eagles - primarily their earlier stuffs. They created some really nice, memorable melodies and did some very pleasing harmonizing while pioneering that Southern Californian Countrified-Rock sound.<br /><br />They had a lot of big hits for good reasons, and wrote some lyrically wonderful songs. <br /><br /><b>"I'm standing on a corner in Winslow, Arizona, and such a fine sight to see. It's a girl, my Lord, in a flatbed Ford slowin' down to take a look at me."</b> That line paints a picture, and it practically "swings". <br /><br />The song 'DESPERADO' contains some of the finest lyrics ever composed. Those words (with some stellar metaphors) can be analyzed and placed right alongside some of the best lyrics written by Dylan, Paul Simon, Bob Seger, and early Bruce Springsteen.<br /><br />Most people don't automatically think of lyrics when The Eagles or Rickie Lee Jones gets mentioned. But 'DESPERADO' by The Eagles, and 'LAST CHANCE TEXACO' by RLJ are just about as good as any songs ever written, and far better'n most.<br /><br />I grew away from The Eagles quite a bit when they moved into their more "urban" Rock sound (e.g., 'Life In The Fast Lane', etc.) But the song 'HOTEL CALIFORNIA' has one of the best Rock guitar solos ever recorded.<br /><br />Over the last couple decades it seems that it's become fashionable or "in" for people to mock and criticize The Eagles, and I don't understand that at all. Too "commercial"? Too "slick"? They were huge, they were good, and their music will be remembered long after Green Day, Poison, and a million other flash-in-the-pans have departed our collective memory. <br /><br />When I was in high school, it was considered really cool to dump on The Carpenters, too, because they were mellow. I never "joined" that boneheaded trend. And while The Eagles were never one of my very, very favorite groups, I did own about 4 or so of their LPs back in the day.<br /><br />And although I thought essentially their pre-'Hotel California' work was their best, my all-time favorite Eagles song actually came later: 'I CAN'T TELL YOU WHY'. That song is beautiful, haunting, and it gets stuck in my mind like peanut butter on the roof of a dog's mouth!<br /><br />So, there's my assessment of The Eagles. I'm mystified by how it became so "in" to hate on what was a talented band. But just as it's no longer "in" to hate The Carpenters, I suspect a time will come when people will realize that hating The Eagles really didn't make any sense either.<br /><br />And now... your thoughts on the matter?<br /><br />~ D-FensDogG<br />Stephen T. McCarthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00249125637725791567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3043167264059951487.post-54238031675605053782015-08-22T11:06:57.622-07:002015-08-22T11:06:57.622-07:00Part 1 Of 2:
Howdy, ANNE O' ~
Nope, as you ca...Part 1 Of 2:<br /><br />Howdy, ANNE O' ~<br />Nope, as you can see, yer comment didn't get eaten. I wouldn't allow that! It's just that I hadn't checked my Dashboard for awhile, so it had to sit there patiently and wait for me to sober up enough to locate my computer keyboard.<br /><br />I really liked the process you used to help you decide your vote: <b>"I listened to them both in the morning then went to the grocers. My test was "which version will play repeatedly in my head until I come back to vote?"</b><br /><br />I have noticed that far more often than not, your votes and mine are in agreement. It's usually the reverse with Sheboyganboy's, Arlee Bird's, and mine.<br /><br />No, The Beatles don't get on my tits. I don't have any. I don't even have any "moobs". An old guy like me has to be careful to not overeat and to get enough exercise so as not to develop things that only females oughta have. <b>[;-)]</b><br /><br />I can respect the early phase of The Beatles' career when they really were original and influential. And strangely, their albums that I think were the best came late in their career, when they were actually experiencing a good amount of personal friction. Somehow, I think the friction fueled them creatively to compete with one another. Or something like that. <br /><br />Also, they started to get away from the heavy influence of hallucinogenic drugs and toned down the artificial "weirdness" that I find so pretentious. I have so little use for pretentiousness - it really annoys me - and The Beatles were major offenders with the lyrics of 'Come Together', most of the Sgt. Pepper's and Magical Mystery Tour albums, et al.<br /><br />I own 'The White Album', and I think 'Abbey Road' was excellent. To me, those were really the creative peaks of their career. That middle period (when they were trying to be like Dylan and Brian) makes me roll my eyes and seek another radio station.<br /><br />Continued Below...Stephen T. McCarthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00249125637725791567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3043167264059951487.post-66715423835867902172015-08-22T07:59:23.935-07:002015-08-22T07:59:23.935-07:00This outcome surprised me! I thought it would have...This outcome surprised me! I thought it would have been closer, but it is hard to beat an original. <br />You always have such interesting battles, Stephen and the stories that go with them are fascinating. Debbie D. https://www.blogger.com/profile/13153118405565035071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3043167264059951487.post-11786351312789089482015-08-22T07:07:30.974-07:002015-08-22T07:07:30.974-07:00Looks like my comment got eaten. Well it doesn'...Looks like my comment got eaten. Well it doesn't bear repeating. Perhaps I'll see you next time round. Perhaps not.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01681799401614263953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3043167264059951487.post-10400709189990333772015-08-22T07:05:17.774-07:002015-08-22T07:05:17.774-07:00I like the theme music to that as well and I loved...I like the theme music to that as well and I loved the movie. I've not seen a whole lot of the television series and have no feelings about it one way or another. Now Happy Days I saw and I liked that because it was about classic 50's America. A period I find fascinating. <br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01681799401614263953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3043167264059951487.post-77924695317584524062015-08-21T18:28:37.093-07:002015-08-21T18:28:37.093-07:00This was a close one for me as both songs had elem...This was a close one for me as both songs had elements in music that are critical for me. In the end I had to ask myself "If Setzer's version had been the original, would it have held a significant place in my memory?" The honest answer was "No". I would have remembered it as a good song, but it wouldn't be one that carried any "emotional weight" for me. <br /><br />I prefer a battle where I have to stop and think about my vote. And sometimes I surprise myself after I've given each piece a real listen as I'll pick up on subtle things I didn't notice before in a recording, or have forgotten about. <br /><br />You and I agree on what is good about music, but we do differ on some of our core favourites. The Beatles get on your tits and I love them to bits. How do you feel about The Eagles? I'm not going to tell you how I feel until you tell me how you feel. I'll be honest though, I promise!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01681799401614263953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3043167264059951487.post-72422706863251708372015-08-21T18:13:25.953-07:002015-08-21T18:13:25.953-07:00POST-POSTSCRIPT:
Whoops! Big Boo-Boo on my part! A...<b>POST-POSTSCRIPT:</b><br />Whoops! Big Boo-Boo on my part! Actually, <b>Brian Setzer</b> scored <b>8 votes</b>, not 7.<br /><br />I forgot to include my Ma's vote (the first vote of this BOTB installment) in the tally, because it occurred in the blog bit text, rather than in the comment section.<br /><br /><b>THE SKYLINERS: 14<br />BRIAN SETZER: 8</b><br /><br />A wee bit closer now.<br /><br />~ D-FensDogG<br />'Loyal American Underpants'Stephen T. McCarthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00249125637725791567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3043167264059951487.post-28124241330689367132015-08-21T17:35:28.200-07:002015-08-21T17:35:28.200-07:00LEE ~
>>... "Mine will be... maybe a bi...LEE ~<br /><i><b>>>... "Mine will be... maybe a bit odd"</b></i><br /><br />Well, there's a "first time" for everything.<br /><br />I just now decided on the two recordings of the song I'm using on Sept. 1st. I knew of a cover version that I figured couldn't possibly get beaten by anyone (not even by the original hit). I listened to others and thought, "Nah, it'll get killed"... "Nah, it'll get killed"... "Nah, it'll get killed"... "Nah, it'll get killed"... <br /><br />Then I heard one and thought: Hey! That's pretty damned good!<br /><br />I listened to it a second time and thought: Shit! I don't know which one I'LL be voting for!<br /><br />Man, I love BOTB!<br /><br />~ D-FensDogG<br />'Loyal American Underground'Stephen T. McCarthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00249125637725791567noreply@blogger.com