tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2587309093892894426.post8751624093734002515..comments2023-11-15T02:18:34.344-08:00Comments on DiscConnected: BACK TO THE BEEHIVEDiscConnectedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07013919800637508392noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2587309093892894426.post-18998467395982796142013-11-03T06:30:59.563-08:002013-11-03T06:30:59.563-08:00I realize you're only doing Rugrat songs here ...I realize you're only doing Rugrat songs here for 'BOTB', but putting The Ronettes against The Beach Boys on 'DON'T WORRY, BABY' would have been a very interesting match-up. Maybe I'll do that one someda-- er,... some year.<br /><br />'DON'T WORRY, BABY' is probably one of my 'Top Ten' Beach Boys songs (or pretty close to making that list, anyway), so you already know which way I would be voting. <br /><br />But I'd like to see how others voted. Black Female Vocal Group Vs. White Male Vocal Group. That's the sort of intriguing match-up that makes 'BOTB' so much fun for me. (Not that it's really about race or gender, but just pronounced differences.)<br /><br />~ D-FensDogg<br />'Loyal American Underground'Stephen T. McCarthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00249125637725791567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2587309093892894426.post-19815420510211420492013-10-31T22:27:59.295-07:002013-10-31T22:27:59.295-07:00Hmmm... Very interesting, LC.
I really liked tha...Hmmm... Very interesting, LC. <br /><br />I really liked that song she did with Eddie Money, and I owned a couple of Ronettes records back in the day, including their Christmas album.<br /><br />Can't say that I was a huge fan, but I did understand their place in Rock 'N' Roll history. I feel it's important to really research anything a person is interested in and to learn about the history that led up to this or that. And that's the reason I know a fair amount about music and musicians who were way before my own time.<br /><br />Sites like YouTube make it very easy for people to explore the work of artists they aren't familiar with. But back when we were young, the only way to hear some obscure musician was to either know someone who owned a record by him/her, or to shell out the money to buy - ears unheard - a record album (or 45) by the artist.<br /><br />I spent THOUSANDS of dollars just to hear performers I'd read about and seen referenced, but who didn't get any radio airplay. Sometimes the blind purchase paid off big time (e.g., Pat Metheny's 'Travels') and sometimes it just cost you five hard-earned dollars to learn that some newly touted "brilliant, cutting-edge, genius" artist was completely overrated and a waste of your five hard-earned dollars (i.e., Television's 'Marquee Moon'). <br /><br />It was Eric Clapton who led me to Robert Johnson; it was The Doors who led me to Howlin' Wolf, and I thank them for that.<br /><br />How ironic that I now like Robert Johnson's and Howlin' Wolf's music better than I do the music by Clapton and The Doors! <br /><br />Of the shows you've seen so far at the Musical Instrument Museum, which one stands out for you as the best? (I'm assuming you've not seen Todd Rugrat there, and if you have, discount his show because I know how biased you are toward him.) <br /><br />I know you're not going to say (the depressing) Rickie Lee Jones show. <br /><br />~ D-FensDogg<br />'Loyal American Underground'<br /><br />POSTSCRIPT: Well, I'm off now to compose my 'Battle Of The Bands' post for tomorrow, where I will show off some of my knowledge about music history and the importance of certain performers in that history.Stephen T. McCarthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00249125637725791567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2587309093892894426.post-35600068529359720852013-10-31T16:07:13.150-07:002013-10-31T16:07:13.150-07:00Oh, and don't put Don't Worry Baby in a ba...Oh, and don't put Don't Worry Baby in a battle of the bands. I'll have to call a tie. I was a bit surprised she didn't modify the words a bit like BJ Thomas did, especially since BJ's changes would work better for a girl singer. Am I being sexist?CWMartinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06798867734074134647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2587309093892894426.post-56126682521803756812013-10-31T16:03:56.536-07:002013-10-31T16:03:56.536-07:00Excellent post. I wonder if Phil in his warped mi...Excellent post. I wonder if Phil in his warped mind appreciated how totally the worm turned for him.CWMartinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06798867734074134647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2587309093892894426.post-35836893110805603252013-10-31T12:18:48.064-07:002013-10-31T12:18:48.064-07:00She really did look great, Bryan. I'd not real...She really did look great, Bryan. I'd not realized the extent of Phil's control <i>or</i> his psychosis.<br /><br />Dick Clark had gotten her a gig in Vegas in the late seventies, and Phil called and told her he'd hired five hit men to kill her if she went onstage, with the one delivering the bullet to get a $50K bonus.<br /><br />She, of course, was too terrified to go on.<br /><br />You could see the emotion as she recounted some of this stuff-what a freak he is! <br /><br />She was lucky enough to get out-the actress (Lana Clarkson, I think) was less fortunate, although at least his psycho ass is in the stir.<br /><br />Tragic story, but at least she's had a happy second marriage, and still gets to do what she loves. DiscConnectedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07013919800637508392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2587309093892894426.post-70216872864121151712013-10-31T11:44:09.247-07:002013-10-31T11:44:09.247-07:00Wow, I had no idea that Phil Spector had such cont...Wow, I had no idea that Phil Spector had such control over her life, even now by not letting her perform some of those songs. Glad to see that she's broken free, though, and is doing well. According to that top picture, she looks pretty good for her age.A Beer for the Showerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17029139745335325356noreply@blogger.com