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Post by pippsheadache on Mar 21, 2023 18:43:52 GMT -5
Newly discovered songs. First one is a trip hop classic that hits you in the feels:
Second is from a band called Kasabian (my band right?  ):
Pretty different songs but which one did you like better?
Definitely the second one for me, although I am not familiar with either group. I don't know when it was made, but it sounds like 90s Grunge to me. The first one took too long to get to the point, and I'm not even sure what the point is. Oh you kids today. Why don't you listen to real music like Napoleon XIV and The Trashmen? |
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Post by rizzuto on Mar 21, 2023 18:49:23 GMT -5
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Post by rizzuto on Mar 21, 2023 19:03:59 GMT -5
Newly discovered songs. First one is a trip hop classic that hits you in the feels:
Second is from a band called Kasabian (my band right? ):
Pretty different songs but which one did you like better?
Definitely the second one for me, although I am not familiar with either group. I don't know when it was made, but it sounds like 90s Grunge to me. The first one took too long to get to the point, and I'm not even sure what the point is. Oh you kids today. Why don't you listen to real music like Napoleon XIV and The Trashmen? My brother told me a story from before I was born. My father, brothers Michael and Bobby, my Uncle John, and his daughters Phyliss and Susan went to a Houston Astros game (actually Colt 45s), when my family visited my aunt and uncle in Texas. In a game they thought was no longer in doubt, the adults decided to leave early to beat the traffic with the Astros down by six runs. As they listened to the game on the car radio, the Astros mounted a spectacular ninth inning comeback. My uncle and father then decided to try to return to the game. Too late. They ended up being stuck in traffic and missed a wonderful ninth-inning miracle: The worst of both worlds. When the game was over, my cousin Susan turned the dial to a rock and roll station, where Surfing' Bird was playing. As my uncle was now in a bad humor and fighting Houston traffic, the song grated on his nerves. When it was over, my cousin found it again playing on another station! My uncle then yelled at his daughter, "Turn off that G-D Sh*$!"  |
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Post by pippsheadache on Mar 21, 2023 19:11:44 GMT -5
The bird is the word!!
But it's easy to sympathize with your Uncle. The Trashmen even had a second chart hit "Bird Dance Beat." As you might expect, it was not much different from "Surfin' Bird."
Napoleon XIV was a visionary.
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Post by kaybli on Mar 21, 2023 19:26:20 GMT -5
Newly discovered songs. First one is a trip hop classic that hits you in the feels:
Second is from a band called Kasabian (my band right? ):
Pretty different songs but which one did you like better?
Definitely the second one for me, although I am not familiar with either group. I don't know when it was made, but it sounds like 90s Grunge to me. The first one took too long to get to the point, and I'm not even sure what the point is. Oh you kids today. Why don't you listen to real music like Napoleon XIV and The Trashmen? Lol, just found this British rockband called Kasabian. I like a bunch of their songs but they stole my name! 😂 I will have to listen to some napoleon xiv and Trashmen later. |
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Post by kaybli on Mar 21, 2023 19:53:13 GMT -5
Here are two more songs from the band that stole my name that I like:
Both songs really pick up around 1 minute 15 seconds in so listen at least that long.
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Post by kaybli on Mar 21, 2023 19:55:48 GMT -5
Definitely the second one for me, although I am not familiar with either group. I don't know when it was made, but it sounds like 90s Grunge to me. The first one took too long to get to the point, and I'm not even sure what the point is. Oh you kids today. Why don't you listen to real music like Napoleon XIV and The Trashmen? My brother told me a story from before I was born. My father, brothers Michael and Bobby, my Uncle John, and his daughters Phyliss and Susan went to a Houston Astros game (actually Colt 45s), when my family visited my aunt and uncle in Texas. In a game they thought was no longer in doubt, the adults decided to leave early to beat the traffic with the Astros down by six runs. As they listened to the game on the car radio, the Astros mounted a spectacular ninth inning comeback. My uncle and father then decided to try to return to the game. Too late. They ended up being stuck in traffic and missed a wonderful ninth-inning miracle: The worst of both worlds. When the game was over, my cousin Susan turned the dial to a rock and roll station, where Surfing' Bird was playing. As my uncle was now in a bad humor and fighting Houston traffic, the song grated on his nerves. When it was over, my cousin found it again playing on another station! My uncle then yelled at his daughter, "Turn off that G-D Sh*$!" lol at that story rizz. That's a classic song but I can see where it would be irritating sitting in traffic after missing a 9th inning comeback.
Greg Bird should have used that as his walkup music.
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Post by Renfield on Mar 22, 2023 9:06:56 GMT -5
The bird is the word!! But it's easy to sympathize with your Uncle. The Trashmen even had a second chart hit "Bird Dance Beat." As you might expect, it was not much different from "Surfin' Bird." Napoleon XIV was a visionary. Sadly, Napoleon XIV passed away about 10 days ago. I guess he's finally off to his happy home. |
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Post by pippsheadache on Mar 22, 2023 10:09:12 GMT -5
The bird is the word!! But it's easy to sympathize with your Uncle. The Trashmen even had a second chart hit "Bird Dance Beat." As you might expect, it was not much different from "Surfin' Bird." Napoleon XIV was a visionary. Sadly, Napoleon XIV passed away about 10 days ago. I guess he's finally off to his happy home. Oh no! First I've heard this. And he was living only 20 miles away from me. That song was everywhere in the summer of 1966. The flip side was "They're Coming To Take Me Away Ha-Ha" spelled (and played) backwards. I liked it enough to buy his album, which had such favorites as "Split Level Head," "Schizophrenic Photogenic You" and "The Place Where The Nuts Chase The Squirrels." A less sensitive, more fun era. "The funny farm, where life is beautiful all the time." Still makes me laugh. |
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Post by inger on Mar 22, 2023 10:49:39 GMT -5
Sad to hear of his death up in Phoenixville. He also wrote music for, of all people, Sammy Davis, Jr….
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Post by rizzuto on Mar 22, 2023 15:01:21 GMT -5
Okay, boys. It's time to break out the big guns...
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Post by pippsheadache on Mar 22, 2023 15:20:30 GMT -5
Okay, boys. It's time to break out the big guns... One of the all-time great spoken intros --"because of my obligations" -- another hit they had around that time was "You Are My Shining Star." Love The Manhattans -- they had wonderful songs going back to the mid-60s that didn't get as much mainstream airplay, like "I Wanna Be Your Lover And Your Friend." Another great spoken word soul soliloquy was the Chi-Lites sad recitation in "Have You Seen Her." "We laugh, tell a few jokes. But inside I'm a lonely man." Poor guy just breaks your heart. |
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Post by kaybli on Mar 22, 2023 15:42:00 GMT -5
Okay, boys. It's time to break out the big guns... One of the all-time great spoken intros --"because of my obligations" -- another hit they had around that time was "You Are My Shining Star." Love The Manhattans -- they had wonderful songs going back to the mid-60s that didn't get as much mainstream airplay, like "I Wanna Be Your Lover And Your Friend." Another great spoken word soul soliloquy was the Chi-Lites sad recitation in "Have You Seen Her." "We laugh, tell a few jokes. But inside I'm a lonely man." Poor guy just breaks your heart. Hey we have Chi regular ( chiyankee ) on the board here, no need for the Chi-Lites.  |
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Post by rizzuto on Mar 22, 2023 16:00:57 GMT -5
Here one for the background music, Pipps!
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Post by pippsheadache on Mar 22, 2023 16:10:36 GMT -5
On the subject of spoken lyrics, the acknowledged champion of old school R&B is the rather raw 1954 offering "The Letter" by Vernon Green and The Medallions. Not the same as the Box Tops "give me a ticket for an aeroplane" song of the same name. The whole speech sounds like something you make up as you go along after being awakened in the middle of the night, and includes a few words not seen in any dictionary, including "puppetus" which I believe Steve Miller stole for use in his song "The Joker" about twenty years later. Probably not worth two and a half minutes of your life, but I have the record and haul it out maybe once a year. www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQNGHMf15I4 |
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