tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3043167264059951487.post8461565698369091916..comments2024-03-26T20:35:39.291-07:00Comments on STMcC Presents 'BATTLE OF THE BANDS': 2018, SEPT. 15: BATTLE OF THE BANDS (Or, PART 3 OF 3: BROADWAY 'HAIR' VERSUS HOLLYWOOD 'HAIR' )Stephen T. McCarthyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00249125637725791567noreply@blogger.comBlogger45125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3043167264059951487.post-90195506621663056152018-09-21T15:10:47.038-07:002018-09-21T15:10:47.038-07:00ATTENTION PEOPLES!
If you are interested in seein...<br /><b>ATTENTION PEOPLES!</b><br /><br />If you are interested in seeing the final vote tally for this <b>'BATTLE OF THE BANDS'</b> installment and my closing thoughts on it, you can put the following URL into your browser:<br /><br />https://stmccpresentsbattleofthebands.blogspot.com/2018/09/psychedelic-botb-results-2018-sept-15.html<br /><br />~ D-FensDogG<br />'Loyal American Underground'Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3043167264059951487.post-32919215218466138922018-09-21T07:50:01.419-07:002018-09-21T07:50:01.419-07:00"I am LEO. Hear me ROAR!"
Ha! MICHELE, ...<b>"I am LEO. Hear me ROAR!"</b><br /><br />Ha! MICHELE, I've never really gotten into the whole Astrological sign thing (but I won't make any important decisions without first consulting my mood ring ;o)<br /><br />I DO fit the general description of a Leo, and I think the reason you liked Leos is because they are "real men". (I mean, as far as lions can be men goes.) <br /><br />Uh,... yeah, an Italian Leo -- that's like a double dose, I would imagine. That might be just TOO MUCH Testosterone. I'm a Leo mutt, leaning toward the Irish, some German, and even a pinch or two of American Indian. <br /><br />You know what I find interesting? That Jung / Briggs-Myers personality test. Some years ago, my buddy Sixgun McItchyfinger (aka Sheboyganboy) turned me onto it and I thought it nailed me pretty well. It said I'm an INTJ.<br /><br />If you're interested and you have time someday, take the test and tell me how you come out:<br /><br />https://similarminds.com/jung.html<br /><br />If you take the test and at the end it tells you, "You're a Virgo", then you definitely did it wrong.<br /><br />~ D-FensDogG<br /><b><a href="http://xtremelyun-pcandunrepentant.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Ferret-Faced Fascist Friends</a></b>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3043167264059951487.post-18941764859215773152018-09-21T06:41:48.706-07:002018-09-21T06:41:48.706-07:00Ah-ha! THAT'S why I like you so much! Now I ge...Ah-ha! THAT'S why I like you so much! Now I get it. You're a Leo. There was a time in my life that almost all the men I dated for some stupid reason ended up being in the Leo sign. What the heck was THAT about??! Considering that most of those ended in disaster, I swore off Leos...(and Italians, and, and, and...)<br />But you Leos are A TON of fun! ;)Michele at Angels Bark https://www.blogger.com/profile/15891713963440451090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3043167264059951487.post-70386400906784319072018-09-20T20:04:32.931-07:002018-09-20T20:04:32.931-07:00SIPPIN' SIG, TOO ~
>>... Serena William...SIPPIN' SIG, TOO ~<br /><br /><i>>>... Serena Williams vs. Naomi Osaka</i><br /><br />Ha! They shouldn't let the men play against the women because... they get so upset and throw a fit when they're losing.<br /><br /><i>>>... “Manly yes, but I like it too”.</i><br /><br />Ahhh... it's been so long since I've heard that. Irish Spring soap, was it? I'll have to Google that now, as soon as I hit "Publish" on this comment.<br /><br />The good thing about the Margaret Houlihan cups is that they're big and hold a lot.<br /><br />Thanks for stopping by with your two sips worth, Sigster!<br /><br /> ~ D-FensDogG<br /><b><a href="http://xtremelyun-pcandunrepentant.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Ferret-Faced Fascist Friends</a></b>Stephen T. McCarthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00249125637725791567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3043167264059951487.post-82458940871362382382018-09-20T18:32:16.269-07:002018-09-20T18:32:16.269-07:00Howdy, CW ~
Ha! Do I detect a note of sarcasm in ...Howdy, CW ~<br /><br />Ha! Do I detect a note of sarcasm in that last sentence? <b>;oD</b><br /><br />I do appreciate the heads up, but actually, I had become aware of that around the same time that article was published. Get this!...<br /><br />The Short Little Rebel commented on one of my blog posts and threatened to sue me! What she was going to sue me over was not made clear. I guess just for telling the truth.<br /><br />If you're interested and have the time, check out the comment section [Link> <b><a href="http://xtremelyun-pcandunrepentant.blogspot.com/2013/03/from-sixty-to-zero-in-one-blog-bit-or_17.html" rel="nofollow">HERE</a></b>. I think that'll blow your mind!<br /><br />I was yakking with S.S. (what a combination of initials, eh?) and yakking with Colonel Riggins' wife all in the same comment section! Hokey-Smoke!! (Somehow, I was hoping my 15-minutes of fame would amount to more.)<br /><br />And, BTW, the stalker I mentioned in that comment section is STILL stalking me! What is it about me that draws psycho women like sh*t draws flies?! :o)<br /><br />~ D-FensDogG<br /><b><a href="http://stephentmccarthyreviews.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Stephen T. McCarthy Reviews...</a></b>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3043167264059951487.post-90341452574703351162018-09-20T16:34:47.055-07:002018-09-20T16:34:47.055-07:00>>Male versus female; 1968 versus 1979
Hmmm...>>Male versus female; 1968 versus 1979<br /><br />Hmmm...male vs. female<br />Bobby Riggs vs Billy Jean King<br />Ronnie vs Renn<br />Serena Williams vs. Naomi Osaka<br />Choosing between the sexes is always difficult in these venues.<br /><br />Renn’s Hollywood version has that Shaft/SuperFly/70’s porn-sounding backbeat…or front beat. Not that there’s anything wrong with that.<br /><br />Ronnie Dyson’s Broadway version? “Manly yes, but I like it too”. I’ll go with that one.<br /><br />(I forgot about that cognac glass. My Hotlips Hoolihan, Double-Handled, Sippy Cup Set is a poor substitute.)<br /><br />Sippin'Sig2<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3043167264059951487.post-6925337972600900382018-09-20T16:23:21.413-07:002018-09-20T16:23:21.413-07:00No need to publish, STMC, but, did you see this bl...No need to publish, STMC, but, did you see this blast from the past?<br /><br />https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/true-crime/wp/2017/08/11/jury-orders-blogger-to-pay-8-4-million-to-ex-army-colonel-she-accused-of-rape/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.6460eb1aca26<br /><br />I for one am stunned, I tell you...CWMartinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06798867734074134647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3043167264059951487.post-28880260947373536442018-09-20T12:24:16.734-07:002018-09-20T12:24:16.734-07:00McItchyfinger ~
SECOND RESPONSE FIRST:
FIRST R...<b>McItchyfinger ~</b><br /><br />SECOND RESPONSE FIRST:<br /><br /><br /><br />FIRST RESPONSE SECOND:<br />You may have gotten into that skateboarding video even more than I have. I'll have to check out some of those you've mentioned over my next few days off from work. And I want to try the song 'Space Truckin'', too.<br /><br />Hokey-Smoke! You're absolutely right -- that WAS a cop car at 6:54! I had not noticed that before. Good catch! <br /><br />It was probably the fact that the cop had just passed the last turnout for awhile that saved the skateboarder from the cop turning around and going after him. <br /><br />Oddly, I don't think I have EVER seen a cop car going up or down Geiger Grade like that. There are a couple of spots where I'm careful because they're ideal for cops with radar, but I've never seen a patrol car actually patrolling any stretch of that road. What were the odds he'd encounter one the one time he decides to descend the Grade on a skateboard?<br /><br />FUN FACT: In the Virginia City cemetery, I've found a gravesite for someone with the surname of Geiger. Now I gotta look that up and see if it might be the guy who established that road in the 1800s. That would be neat.<br /><br />~ D-FensDogG<br /><b><a href="http://xtremelyun-pcandunrepentant.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Ferret-Faced Fascist Friends</a></b>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3043167264059951487.post-34059451727585335322018-09-20T12:00:32.879-07:002018-09-20T12:00:32.879-07:00FAE ~
You have certainly made up for your recent a...FAE ~<br />You have certainly made up for your recent absences with this round of BOTB. Thanks for the A-list comments!<br /><br />I remember the late '60s pretty well, and I dressed like the member of some Hippie tribe, but I was not conscious of all the social ramifications of everything until later.<br /><br />And I agree that the full frontal nudity of Broadway's 'Hair' was probably more of a PUBIC-ity stunt than anything else. And it worked.<br /><br />The untold history of this era is pretty interesting when one starts looking at the financing of the "Hippie Peace Movement". One finds the usual capitalist "suits" behind it all. Namely, supposedly mainstream conservative financiers representing foundations established by banking families, etc. The same sorts of people who financed the Bullshitvik Revolution. Funny how nothing is ever as it appears to be, eh?<br /><br />I can still vividly recall being in junior high school and being afraid that in a few years I'd be out of school and drafted into the (illegal) Vietnam "Police Action". A little kid shouldn't have to grow up with that fear hanging over his head.<br /><br />Of course, knowing what I do now, I'd be the first person burning his draft notice on the steps of city hall. I'm almost sorry I didn't get a chance to do that in this lifetime. That scene in Hollywood's 'Hair' when George Berger leads them in the draft card burning ceremony -- it amuses me to find myself in full support of them, when back in, say, '75 or so, I'd have thought that jail for them would have been fitting. I've changed a lot [Link> <b><a href="http://xtremelyun-pcandunrepentant.blogspot.com/2018/09/book-recommendations-4-u-or-stuffing.html" rel="nofollow">through the many books I've read</a></b>.<br /><br />Believe me, I do not wish to revisit 'HAIR' in BOTB, but Sixgun McItchyfinger has made it unavoidable. You can thank HIM for that!<br /><br />~ D-FensDogG<br /><b><a href="http://xtremelyun-pcandunrepentant.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Ferret-Faced Fascist Friends</a></b>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3043167264059951487.post-71219170875971652382018-09-20T11:26:17.474-07:002018-09-20T11:26:17.474-07:00Thanks fer yer rulin', JUDGE AL! I figured you...Thanks fer yer rulin', JUDGE AL! I figured you'd vote for Hollyweird, unless you went down Broadway simply for "old time's sake". <br /><br />Hey, if not for Leftists, how would The Bible come true? You know that the fulfillment of prophecy requires that the Left do its part. So, every day... thank a Hippie!<br /><br />~ D-FensDogG<br /><b><a href="http://xtremelyun-pcandunrepentant.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Ferret-Faced Fascist Friends</a></b>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3043167264059951487.post-54720366584467577522018-09-19T23:15:45.405-07:002018-09-19T23:15:45.405-07:00First comment reply first:
You're right about ...First comment reply first:<br />You're right about the classic rock having "that" element that works well with the skateboarder. And IN THAT VEIN: I have watched many more music videos to match with him, and have hit with some success. Some of these are pretty darned good. Here are some to try (or at least close your eyes and imagine):<br />1) George Thorogood, "Who Do You Love" and "Bad To The Bone."<br />2) Bob Seger, "Hollywood Nights"<br />3) LOTS of ZZ Top: "La Grange," "Sharp Dressed Man," "Tush," "Gimmie All Your Lovin'"<br /><br />And two more things to note. I don't understand YouTube view counts. I myself have watched that skateboarder FIFTY times by now, and that counter isn't budging. What give, youtube???<br /><br />Something I noticed only after the LAST time I watched: at 6:54, did you notice that a cop car passes him on the way up the hill?!?!?! I think that's why he looks around and says something to the car following right after that, then they BOOK IT OUTTA THERE shortly thereafter.<br /><br />Second reply second: there is no second reply.Sixgun McItchyfingernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3043167264059951487.post-59570378155357575802018-09-19T14:29:39.039-07:002018-09-19T14:29:39.039-07:00Al Bondigas here. I remember us playing the crap ...Al Bondigas here. I remember us playing the crap out of that album. I never liked hippies, I always found them to be phony, full of shit followers. Man, I hate followers. I did dig a lot of the music from that era though. These freaks are running our government now and are the most corrupt in history. Anyway, rulin’ fer Hollywood, but you already knew that, right? That’s it!! That’s muh rulin’!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3043167264059951487.post-78629392202592657332018-09-19T14:26:53.714-07:002018-09-19T14:26:53.714-07:00OK, let;s talk about this for a little bit. Yeah, ...OK, let;s talk about this for a little bit. Yeah, yeah on the nudity bit. I never felt sure why that was a part of the Broadway production expect to make a big enough statement to get noticed. At the time the play was first produced it was shut down numerous times by the local authorities due to the nudity. It certainly did draw a lot of attention to the production and of course, made it very ‘popular’. I really think that was the whole point, because I couldn’t see any other.<br /><br />I would have to agree with you about the authors not having a sense of plots and story structures. I don’t believe they were seriously trying to produce a play, but rather tell a story based on the fear, dread and anxiety being expressed by a generation who didn’t want to go and die in somebody else’s war. There was so much anger at that time, but I believe in reality that anger was a cover-up for the fear being felt by a generation of people who wanted to live not die for their nation and beliefs. Of course, I concede that like all things idealistic it became taken over by a darker side that turned the motto of the time ‘hell no we won’t go’ into a more satanic anthem of ‘hell no we won’t go and if you try to make us we’ll kill you’. To which my brain simply said HUH, this is a ‘peace movement’...NOT.<br /><br />Anyway, enough of that nonsense. I don’t want to spend a lot of time justifying the antics of the “Hippie Movement’, but, the original Hair was, in my mind, move a cry for some sanity and rational thinking in a world seemingly gone mad. (Imagine that today).<br /><br />I also agree with you that the Hollywood version was a neat little package of a story, with plot and a whole lot of ethos and pathos and the like thrown in for balance, not to mention the music. The plot twist at the end only embodies the original message in the original. While George Berger wasn’t willing to go and fight and risk dying for a nation and arguement that wasn’t his, he more or less willing DID go and die for a friend.<br /><br />And that my friend is what all the silly songs are about. What all of the other goofing and political drama of the ‘Hippie Movement’ was about...WHAT IS WORTH DYING FOR. Now don’t think for a minute that I’m still naive enough to think that’s what the people who took it over were going for (think the imposters like Tom Hayden-one of Hanoi Jane’s husbands or Jerry Rubin a skank I met in the student union at the UofI or other to come after them,) but it was the embodiment of the real HIppie Movement however short lived it was.<br /><br />Maybe you’re right and I’m living in the past, but I think I have faced the harsh reality of a world truly gone mad and in the firm grasp of the Master of Mahem’s grip, but I also haven’t forgotten the idealistic moment that spurred a few onto ask the world to ‘give peace a chance’ and no that was not John Lennon, although he managed to plagiarize the statement in his usual manner of grabbing a fist full of dollars and promoting his own socialistic agenda.<br /><br />OK - stepping off the soap box. I know who I am, even if I don’t often say it out loud. I’m not a very trusting person and I also know what and who this world is and exactly where it is going. Every so often I like to look back on those few brief seconds when Camelot really did exist, and I don’t mean the era or administration of JFK,s who IMO was just another (and maybe one of the biggest) slight of hand candidates to come down the pike.<br /><br />OK, BUT SERIOUSLY...do we really have to come back to Hair again.farawayeyeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17578277501054242356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3043167264059951487.post-80776439530686918162018-09-19T12:21:04.992-07:002018-09-19T12:21:04.992-07:00FAE ~
Shocking to see you here!
OK, who are you ...FAE ~<br />Shocking to see you here! <br /><br />OK, who are you <i><b>really</b></i>, and what have you done with FAE?<br /><br />I know you only went to see 'Hair' on Broadway for the full frontal male nudity. Yeah, I know you.<br /><br />I never saw the play version of 'Hair' but I did read about it at Wackypedia, and if what Wacky sez is correct (which very often is NOT the case), then it sounded terrible. It seemed like it was written by a couple of druggies who had zero (not three-five-zero-zero, but just ZERO) understanding of plots and story structures. <br /><br />The movie, on the other hand, is really pretty terrific, with one of the all-time great plot twists at the end. (I know you've seen it, but I'm just sayin'.)<br /><br />Another vote for Broadway from a Hippie chick livin' in the past. (Not that there's anything wrong with that.)<br /><br />OK, but seriously, thanks for taking the time to come by, listen, and bote. You dun goot! Here's hoping I hear from you more often come BOTB time: <br /><i>*Clink!*</i> <b>"Cheers!"</b><br /><br />~ D-FensDogG<br /><b><a href="http://xtremelyun-pcandunrepentant.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Ferret-Faced Fascist Friends</a></b>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3043167264059951487.post-2517962239286640102018-09-19T12:11:35.201-07:002018-09-19T12:11:35.201-07:00...AND, POOH, THAT'S NOT ALL!...
Act now and ......AND, POOH, THAT'S NOT ALL!...<br /><br />Act now and you will also receive - absolutely free - the Ginsu Gin collection! These ultra-potent flavored Gins will cut through sobriety like a... well... like a Ginsu knife!<br /><br />Pooh, I'll meet ya in "The Back Room". The drinks are on... your Da.<br /><br />~ D-FensDogG<br /><b><a href="http://xtremelyun-pcandunrepentant.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Ferret-Faced Fascist Friends</a></b>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3043167264059951487.post-56910486453340285122018-09-19T12:02:56.235-07:002018-09-19T12:02:56.235-07:00Howdy, CATHY ~
Thanks for stopping by with your $0...Howdy, CATHY ~<br />Thanks for stopping by with your $0.02 for the kitty.<br /><br />I'm guessing that the version of this song you best remember is the legitimate hit version (and a monster of a hit it was!) by The 5th Dimension. I'm going to include a video for that one in my Results post, so stop by and check it out, if you can.<br /><br />In my 20s and 30s, I had enough of a challenge dealing with Jack, Jim, and Jose. I didn't need to add to my troubles with any other mind-altering chemicals.<br /><br />I looked like a little Hippie in the early 1970s. Few would believe that a kid who looked as psychedelic as I did could turn out to be as conservative as I am. (But don't confuse "conservative" with "boring" and "humorless"!)<br /><br />~ D-FensDogG<br /><b><a href="http://xtremelyun-pcandunrepentant.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Ferret-Faced Fascist Friends</a></b>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3043167264059951487.post-2172700770334581702018-09-19T11:51:11.926-07:002018-09-19T11:51:11.926-07:00McITCHYFINGER ~
FIRST COMMENT FIRST:
Yeah, 'C...McITCHYFINGER ~<br /><br />FIRST COMMENT FIRST:<br />Yeah, 'Castle On A Hill' wasn't bad at all. Pretty good, in fact. And so was the 'Ride Of The Valkyries' (I tried that one, too, as you'd suggested.) But there's just something about that driving, rhythmic pounding of those Classic Rock tunes. I can almost even feel the gravel-shake of the skateboard as I listen to those while watching that bloke go down Geiger Grade sans breaks. (On Sunday, when I drove up Geiger Grade, I found the exact spot where the skateboarder started from. It was five miles to the North of Virginia City.)<br /><br />SECOND REPLY LAST:<br />Actually, Sixwell is ahead of The Magic 8-Ball, and methinks you don't give him enough respect. 8-3 is an impressive record, and he's going to be 9-3 when THIS Battle closes in a couple days.<br /><br />An NFL team with an 8-3 record would be well on its way to a high seed position in the Playoffs and probably a Super Bowl contender. (Of course, no one watches the NFL anymore - at least true American patriots don't - so maybe it's time to put all NFL analogies to rest.)<br /><br />Indeed, you are NOT a number; you are a free man. But even if you were a number, it would surely be a number bigger than six. At least eleventy, I would guess. <br /><br />I assure you that there is abbalouly an Amazing Sixwell, and no, he isn't me. I don't think I could guess these BOTB outcomes as well as Sixwell does.<br /><br />And you'd better not let G Dogg catch you bad-mouthing The Amazing Sixwell. Thems be fightin' woids.<br /><br />~ D-FensDogG<br /><b><a href="http://xtremelyun-pcandunrepentant.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Ferret-Faced Fascist Friends</a></b>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3043167264059951487.post-88731743422133546612018-09-19T11:28:47.782-07:002018-09-19T11:28:47.782-07:00BROTHER McG DOGG ~
I stand with you! Indeed, there...BROTHER McG DOGG ~<br />I stand with you! Indeed, there were no good songs released between December 31, 1969 and January 1, 1970. <br /><br />It's a common misperception that the great underground hit 'My Baby Busted My Heart But I'm Cryin' 'Cause I Sliced An Onion' by Yoey O'Dogherty And His Corn Liquor Boys was released in the Post-Sixties Pre-Seventies era but, in fact, that song was released on January 1, 1970 at 1:01 in the morning. So, regardless of what so many think, that recording does not qualify.<br /><br />And the same goes for Mildred Rogers' hit 'You Can't Do The Foxtrot In A Roller-Skating Rink'. That song was actually released even earlier (December 31, 1969 at 11:57 PM).<br /><br />You, sir, definitely know your Pop music history like few others do. Kudos to ya!<br /><br />~ Stephen T.<br /><b><a href="http://stephentmccarthyreviews.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Stephen T. McCarthy Reviews...</a></b>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3043167264059951487.post-88597372244318578832018-09-19T08:54:58.311-07:002018-09-19T08:54:58.311-07:00From the beginning I was pretty sure I would be vo...From the beginning I was pretty sure I would be voting for the Broadway version, but I admit to having to listen to both more than once to be sure.<br /><br />I’ve seen Hair on Broadway, but that was a long time ago. The movie is somewhat easier to relate to because I’ve seen in numerous times and as recently as within the last year, but you know it’s supposed to be a pretty gritty story, a coming of age and loss of innocence tale. There is really a lot more to it than the overall protest saga it has come to be known as. To my ears the Broadway version conveys that, while the Hollywood version is just another slick production that gives everyone peace of mind and a confirmation that the whole Hippie thing was just a passing fad. While history has convinced the world that the whole Hippie thing WAS just a passing fad, that time period is still pretty real to the friends and families of all those lives lost in Southeast Asia. You can count me as one of them.<br /><br />So, after all of that my vote goes to the Original Broadway version. A darker story by far, but closer to the intent at the time.farawayeyeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17578277501054242356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3043167264059951487.post-9596769782898661702018-09-18T20:35:47.061-07:002018-09-18T20:35:47.061-07:00And Stephen,
That's not all....another good ...And Stephen, <br /><br />That's not all....another good battle PA! I do remember the song from the summer of love....by myself! At first I thought I would go for the original but the movie version had a bit more life to it. So I'm gonna vote for that version. <br />There, now do somethin!<br />JW, <br />PoohPooh Lynthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12105973977534065414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3043167264059951487.post-8483754191255919292018-09-18T19:11:30.885-07:002018-09-18T19:11:30.885-07:00"I don't like any music between the late ..."I don't like any music between the late 60's and early 70's.."<br /><br />I stand by that statement, McBro. I'll even go so far to state it's an undebatable fact. Between December 31, 1969 and January 1, 1970 at exactly midnight no good songs were released. If there were songs released, Simon and Garfunkel may have some good ones. The Beatles, during their rascal era, some chaff with the wheat, have some good ones. One hit wonders Large Mouth Bass And The Easily Catchable Sunfish may have released a top 20 then. As best as I recollect, however, no good songs were released at midnight 12/31/69 - 1/1/70. <br /><br />Anybody who says different doesn't remember what house they were at New Year's Eve 1970, doesn't remember how they got there or how they left, doesn't remember what day or month it was - and their word is wholly unreliable. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09117229416864032647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3043167264059951487.post-30024603161117079862018-09-18T04:03:39.957-07:002018-09-18T04:03:39.957-07:00Stephen,
I have never been a fan of Broadway mews...Stephen,<br /><br />I have never been a fan of Broadway mewsicals but I think I recall more vividly the Hollyweird version of "Aquarius" so naturally my ears gravitate toward it. Give my vote to <b>Hair Mewvie version</b>. Now, I'm get a psychedelic vibe minus the drugs. Heck, I've never been high unless you count the time I was in the hospital when they gave me a mega strong (10x powerful than Morphine) drug that made the floor move beneath my bed and my blood pressure dipped dramatically all within a minutes of getting it. I looked at the nurse the best I could because my eyes kept crossing and I point blankly said, "Do NOT give me anything like that ever again!" I didn't want any more to do what that crazy sensation. I'd rather have the pain instead of being out of my sense. Good battle!Cathy Kennedyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01056276734145310231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3043167264059951487.post-21898853153147324312018-09-17T22:42:42.752-07:002018-09-17T22:42:42.752-07:00Second reply first:
I agree that Ed Sheeran's ...Second reply first:<br />I agree that Ed Sheeran's song is not as good as those you had already come up with to accompany the skateboarder. But I spent a couple of hours watching that video and pairing it with a bunch more songs to see how they went, and I thought "Castle on the Hill" was the best of the "runners-up" that I tried. You definitely already hit the goodies. And I'll agree that Ed's name is pretty generic, like maybe the guy that installed my dad's carpet in 1978, or delivered milk to our door when I was four years old in 1959. And besides all this stuffs... I was just teasing you over at Doc Cherdo's blog!<br /><br />First reply second:<br />I am totally insulted that you'd compare me to "The Amazing Sixwell." The only thing amazing about that guy is the prodigious number of clinker predictions he makes. I mean, the damned 8-Ball is beating him, isn't it? A fluid-filled orb that randomly selects stuff is AHEAD, or at least almost? His cluster of predictions has more lemons in it than a citrus tree. Sixwell is a chump and I'm ashamed to have the word "Six" in my name too. In fact, I SHOULD remove it since, as you know, "I am not a number, I am a free man!"<br /><br />In fact, I don't think there really IS an "Amazing Sixwell." I think it is just your imaginary friend, like Harvey... or perhaps an alter-ego... a manifestation of your multiple personality disorder.<br /><br />And finally: Curses! Hoist with my own petard yet again!McItchyfingernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3043167264059951487.post-68753505595098281602018-09-17T21:54:06.611-07:002018-09-17T21:54:06.611-07:00POSTSCRIPT:
BRUHTHUH 6GUN ~
I saw your comment at...<b>POSTSCRIPT:</b><br /><br />BRUHTHUH 6GUN ~<br />I saw your comment at Doc Cherdo's Battle regarding your surprise that I didn't seem to recognize Ed Sheeran despite your having recommended I listen to one of his songs as background for that Geiger Grade skateboarding video.<br /><br />Actually, I HAD watched that video while listening to the song you'd recommended. (I think it was called 'Castle On A Hill', or something like that.)<br /><br />I felt the song worked pretty well with the skateboarder. Not as well as those three I'd posted (Petty, Steppenwolf, Deep Purple), but pretty well regardless.<br /><br />I believe my problem is with the name "Ed Sheeran". That is just SUCH a generic sounding name. Ed Sheeran sounds like he should have been a stand-up comedian in the late '70s or early '80s who was on Johnny Carson's 'Tonight Show' one time and then did some dumb ('Roseanne'-like) sitcom series on TV for two and a half years before it got canceled. <br /><br />"Ed Sheeran" is just NOT a name that is ever going to stick with me. It's only three-quarters of a notch above "John Doe" or "Sam Smith". <br /><br />But know that I HAD listened to that song while watching that sidewalk surfer do his thang down Geiger Grade. (A highway that I myself drove down just about seven hours ago.)<br /><br />~ D-FensDogG<br /><b><a href="http://xtremelyun-pcandunrepentant.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Ferret-Faced Fascist Friends</a></b>Stephen T. McCarthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00249125637725791567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3043167264059951487.post-17862967129022280632018-09-17T21:42:23.576-07:002018-09-17T21:42:23.576-07:00HiYa, MICHELE ~
Thank you! I spent most of Monday ...HiYa, MICHELE ~<br />Thank you! I spent most of Monday in Virginia City, so indeed it was a good start to my week.<br /><br />3 Dog Night definitely seems like it SHOULD be a group you would like, what with the dogs an' all.<br /><br />I don't think there are a lot of people who wouldn't agree that The 5th Dimension "owns" this song. And that, of course, is the reason it couldn't be used in BOTB against another version. That would literally be begging for a shutout. Heck, as it is -- putting Broadway against Hollywood -- I KNEW without a doubt that this would end in a blowout. And I was hoping it wouldn't be even worse than that (i.e., Shoutoutville). Looks like I got away with another one.<br /><br />I don't know how ANY OF YOU manage to do those 4M posts. I mean, those aren't just two Battles per month, like BOTB is, but are every single week! Me, I would burn out on that so fast. As much as I love music, committing to a music post every Monday would probably start to feel like a "job" to me. I really don't know how y'all keep your enthusiasm up for it, but ya do. Heck, I remember when I even got burned out for several months just doing two Battles in four weeks.<br /><br />Thanks for taking your vote so seriously and listening multiple times to the songs.<br /><br />I thought I had visited the Dogs Vs. Cats Tournament Results post, but maybe not. I know I saw the results show up in my Dashboard and knew that Chapin's Cats won. I'll try to get over there tomorrow - my last day off before the grueling work grind starts up again.<br /><br />Signed, your King Of The Jungle pal. (Yep... Leo.)<br /><br />~ D-FensDogG<br /><b><a href="http://xtremelyun-pcandunrepentant.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Ferret-Faced Fascist Friends</a></b>Stephen T. McCarthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00249125637725791567noreply@blogger.com