Guilty Pleasure Songs
HVS
to "Ghastly Songs".
I'll start: I have a weakness for "Unbreak my heart", even if (or
maybe because...) it's a song-writer's literary conceit. Works for
me.
--
Cheers,
Harvey
Opus the Penguin
I LIKE MEAT LOAF!!!
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A honeybee may have the behavior for the waggle dance imprinted in its
DNA, but you aren't going to learn the Watusi that way. - S. Checker
Blinky the Shark
> HVS (use...@REMOVETHISwhhvs.co.uk) wrote:
>
>> Yeah, yeah; undoubtedly done before, but a complementary counterpart to
>> "Ghastly Songs".
>>
>> I'll start: I have a weakness for "Unbreak my heart", even if (or
>> maybe because...) it's a song-writer's literary conceit. Works for me.
>>
>>
> I LIKE MEAT LOAF!!!
I like some of the Monkees' stuff. They actually had some pretty good
pop.
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Nasti J
> Yeah, yeah; undoubtedly done before, but a complementary counterpart
> to "Ghastly Songs".
"Don't Worry, Be Happy"
Pushmi-Pullyu
Off the top of my head:
Dizzy by Tommy Roe
Waterloo by Abba
The Show Must Go On by Three Dog Night
Little Willy by the Sweet
Paloma Blanca by the George Baker Selection
Beyond The Blue Horizon by Lou Christie
Note that I don't actually feel guilty about liking any of these,
being quite shameless in my musical tastes.
P
Dover Beach
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"Don't Forget Me (When I'm Gone)" by Glass Tiger.
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Peter Boulding
in <Xns9AA0F1DE...@news.albasani.net>:
Move Over Darling - Doris Day
"Our lips shouldn't touch, I like it too much..."
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Rick B.
but on a slightly higher plane.
"Lizzie and the Rainman" by Tanya Tucker--another record for 14-year-olds,
but on a slightly countrified plane.
"Waiting for a Star to Fall" by Boy Meets Girl--a pluperfect piece of ear
candy. Arif Mardin: best producer who never became a household word.
TedTheCat
Burning Bridges (the theme from Kelly's Heros) performed by the Mike
Curb Congregation
Bill Turlock
>
> "I Love You Always Forever" by Donna Lewis--another record for 14-year-olds,
> but on a slightly higher plane.
>
> "Lizzie and the Rainman" by Tanya Tucker--another record for 14-year-olds,
> but on a slightly countrified plane.
>
> "Waiting for a Star to Fall" by Boy Meets Girl--a pluperfect
I've never seen that used in other than the grammatical sense. TY
rhabdom...@ooltrasw.com
>Yeah, yeah; undoubtedly done before, but a complementary counterpart
>to "Ghastly Songs".
>
Couple of these fell into others' Ghastly category
"Brand New Key"/Melanie Safka I played this so often back in '71 or
so that my roommate threatened to break it over my head.
"Total Eclipse of the Heart"/??? This is one of the few songs the
video of which I enjoyed.
"Windy"/Beach Boys. This is the song I associate with the last days
of high school and graduation.
"Honey"/??? yes, the one with the tree
"Love is Blue"/Paul Mauriat
"Eleanor Rigby"/Beatles
"Dock of the Bay"/Otis Redding
and a whole lot more from that specific month of 1968. This was the
first time I got to travel out of state without a parent. These songs
played on the radio and were heard so many times on the trip that
every one reminds me of that time.
wallysevits
Hmm I set up a new newsreader and did not get the nym correct....
Wally Sevits
And of course, "Windy" came from The Association, and "Wendy" from The
Beach Boys. Windy > Wendy in my memory, both from June '67.
Mr C
> On Fri, 16 May 2008 19:01:35 -0700, Wally Sevits wrote:
Wendy is about a girl, Windy not so much.
Mr C
Greg Goss
>On Fri, 16 May 2008 18:53:59 -0700, rhabdom...@ooltrasw.com wrote:
(stuff)
>
>Hmm I set up a new newsreader and did not get the nym correct....
I kinda like rhabdomyolysys. Even though my Medico-latin isn't up to
decoding any of it beyond "breaking down muscles"
--
Tomorrow is today already.
Greg Goss, 1989-01-27
Bob Ward
>
>"Windy"/Beach Boys. This is the song I associate with the last days
>of high school and graduation.
I tend to associate it with the Association
Greg Goss
>Wendy is about a girl, Windy not so much.
I don't know the Beach Boys one, but I used to sing the Windy song to
my wife.
Bob Ward
wrote:
http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=1874
This was written by a woman named Ruthann Friedman, who was 22 years
old, not 19 as widely stated. She claimed it was about a man - a San
Francisco hippie who was her lover at the time. When The Association
recorded it, they turned "Windy" into a girl.
Originally, this was written in waltz time.
After "Windy"'s run at #1 on the Hot 100, "Never My Love" almost
matched the feat in late 1967, peaking at #2 on the singles chart (it
did hit #1 on "Cashbox"). "Never My Love" was composed by Don and Dick
Addrisi, The Addrisi Brothers of "We've Got to Get It On" and "Slow
Dancin' Don't Turn Me On" fame.
Paul L. Madarasz
<no....@box.invalid> wrote, perhaps among other things:
>Opus the Penguin wrote:
>
>> HVS (use...@REMOVETHISwhhvs.co.uk) wrote:
>>
>>> Yeah, yeah; undoubtedly done before, but a complementary counterpart to
>>> "Ghastly Songs".
>>>
>>> I'll start: I have a weakness for "Unbreak my heart", even if (or
>>> maybe because...) it's a song-writer's literary conceit. Works for me.
>>>
>>>
>> I LIKE MEAT LOAF!!!
>
>I like some of the Monkees' stuff. They actually had some pretty good
>pop.
What with Mike Nesmith, and... and... all.
--
"Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of the cancer cell."
-- Ed Abbey
Peter Ward
That should be number one in the Ghastly songs thread, I hadn't
brought it up becuase I've evidently supressed the memory. You owe me
therapy for even mentioning it.
--
Peter
I'm an alien
email: groups at asylum dot nildram dot co dot uk
There has to be a pun in this somewhere
- Mary
Curse Of Millhaven
Spice Girls "Holler" "Goodbye" and "Right Back At Ya"
These songs came out after they were already has-beens in the states.
Love these songs. Sometimes they spin around in my head for days at a
time.
Matt J. McCullar
remember it. It showed a screen full of animated cartoon hamsters dancing
around. The soundtrack was actually Roger Miller's instrumental tune
"Whistle Stop" taken from the opening scene in Disney's animated movie
_Robin Hood_, and sped up quite a bit. (You KNOW you've written a hit when
you can play it at 78 rpm and people still like it.) The story I got was
that a few teenage girls held a contest among themselves to see who could
create a website with the most "hits," and this was the winner.
Somebody out there then released a commercially produced CD called
_HampsterDance_, using pretty much this same format. They gave many of the
songs a techno beat but all of them had that same high-pitched "hampster"
voice, but it actually worked quite well. You wouldn't think you could do
that to "Thank God I'm a Country Boy" without hurting anybody, but they
actually pulled it off. Very catchy tunes.
I wanted a copy of that CD after hearing it on the radio, but wasn't sure
where I could get it. But we have a local music megastore that's basically
Wal-Mart with CDs and LPs. I walked in there and approached the manager, a
big, tough-looking biker fellow with a beard down to his waist. One could
easily assume that he eats kittens for lunch. ZZ Top without the guitars.
But when I asked if he might have a CD called _HampsterDance_, he grinned.
"Yeah, I've got that," he chuckled. "I even got a copy for my granddaughter
last week." He led the way through the maze that was his store and found it
for me instantly. I've been enjoying it ever since.
Dana
Riding With Private Malone: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0gX-bipodU
Traveling Soldier: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLBgmbXBOb8&feature=related
Bob Ward
<mccu...@flash.net> wrote:
>I wanted a copy of that CD after hearing it on the radio, but wasn't sure
>where I could get it. But we have a local music megastore that's basically
>Wal-Mart with CDs and LPs. I walked in there and approached the manager, a
>big, tough-looking biker fellow with a beard down to his waist. One could
>easily assume that he eats kittens for lunch. ZZ Top without the guitars.
>But when I asked if he might have a CD called _HampsterDance_, he grinned.
>"Yeah, I've got that," he chuckled. "I even got a copy for my granddaughter
>last week." He led the way through the maze that was his store and found it
>for me instantly. I've been enjoying it ever since.
Dancing laundry baskets - how bizarre!
HVS
> On Fri, 16 May 2008 23:46:36 +0100, HVS wrote:
>
>> Yeah, yeah; undoubtedly done before, but a complementary
>> counterpart to "Ghastly Songs".
>>
>> I'll start: I have a weakness for "Unbreak my heart", even if
>> (or maybe because...) it's a song-writer's literary conceit.
>> Works for me.
>
> That should be number one in the Ghastly songs thread, I hadn't
> brought it up becuase I've evidently supressed the memory. You
> owe me therapy for even mentioning it.
There's nothing to stop a song from heading both lists, is there?
--
Cheers,
Harvey
Curse Of Millhaven
One of my favorite songs of the last few years. Take a lot of shit
from my friends because I listen to a lot of music that's really meant
for the youngsters. Taking an elbow to the eye while crowd surfing and
wearing a shiner for a week sure didn't help either. Rock 'N' Roll is
meant to be a young man's game, that's for sure.
D.F. Manno
Opus the Penguin <opusthepen...@gmail.com> wrote:
> HVS (use...@REMOVETHISwhhvs.co.uk) wrote:
>
> > Yeah, yeah; undoubtedly done before, but a complementary counterpart
> > to "Ghastly Songs".
> >
> > I'll start: I have a weakness for "Unbreak my heart", even if (or
> > maybe because...) it's a song-writer's literary conceit. Works for
> > me.
>
> I LIKE MEAT LOAF!!!
So do I, but it's too high in calories and fat.
--
D.F. Manno | dfm...@mail.com
"As societies grow decadent, the language grows decadent, too. Words
are used to disguise, not to illuminate, action: you liberate a city by
destroying it. Words are to confuse, so that at election time people
will solemnly vote against their own interests." (Gore Vidal)
Opus the Penguin
Of course not. You mentioned "Piano Man" in the other thread, but for
me it goes in this one.
--
Opus the Penguin
A honeybee may have the behavior for the waggle dance imprinted in
its DNA, but you aren't going to learn the Watusi that way. - S.
Checker
HVS
> HVS (use...@REMOVETHISwhhvs.co.uk) wrote:
>> On 17 May 2008, Peter Ward wrote
>>> On Fri, 16 May 2008 23:46:36 +0100, HVS wrote:
>>>
>>>> Yeah, yeah; undoubtedly done before, but a complementary
>>>> counterpart to "Ghastly Songs".
>>>>
>>>> I'll start: I have a weakness for "Unbreak my heart", even
>>>> if (or maybe because...) it's a song-writer's literary
>>>> conceit. Works for me.
>>>
>>> That should be number one in the Ghastly songs thread, I
>>> hadn't brought it up becuase I've evidently supressed the
>>> memory. You owe me therapy for even mentioning it.
>>
>> There's nothing to stop a song from heading both lists, is
>> there?
>
> Of course not. You mentioned "Piano Man" in the other thread,
> but for me it goes in this one.
Yeah; that's the sort of thing I meant.
(You're not going to convince me someone likes "Green, Green Grass of
Home", though...)
--
Cheers,
Harvey
D.F. Manno
HVS <use...@REMOVETHISwhhvs.co.uk> wrote:
> Yeah, yeah; undoubtedly done before, but a complementary counterpart
> to "Ghastly Songs".
>
> I'll start: I have a weakness for "Unbreak my heart", even if (or
> maybe because...) it's a song-writer's literary conceit. Works for
> me.
"Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport" by Rolf Harris
"Hooked on a Feeling" by Blue Swede (the "ooga-chagga" version)
"The Kid's Last Fight" by Frankie Laine
"Maybe I Know" by Lesley Gore
"The Politics of Dancing" by Re-Flex
And "The Best of the Village People"
Opus the Penguin
Urggghhh. That song sounds like some of the dirgier gospel hymns we
used to sing. I went online and tried versions by Tom Jones, Elvis
Presley, and John Baez. Couldn't make it through any of them.
Pushmi-Pullyu
> Yeah; that's the sort of thing I meant.
> (You're not going to convince me someone likes "Green, Green Grass of
> Home", though...)
I do, I do!
Actually, most of Tom Jones falls into the guilty pleasure category
for me.
P
Veronique
Tennessee Ernie Ford for me. And Johnny Cash, before he was
rehabilitated into an Artist.
V.
--
Veronique Chez Sheep
Greg Goss
Compared to something from Mick? At least GGGoH doesn't bug me.
TedTheCat
> In article <Xns9AA0F1DEAEB1Fwhhv...@news.albasani.net>,
>
> �HVS <use...@REMOVETHISwhhvs.co.uk> wrote:
> > Yeah, yeah; undoubtedly done before, but a complementary counterpart
> > to "Ghastly Songs".
>
> > I'll start: �I have a weakness for "Unbreak my heart", even if (or
> > maybe because...) it's a song-writer's literary conceit. �Works for
> > me.
>
> "Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport" by Rolf Harris
>
> "Hooked on a Feeling" by Blue Swede (the "ooga-chagga" version)
>
> "The Kid's Last Fight" by Frankie Laine
>
> "Maybe I Know" by Lesley Gore
>
> "The Politics of Dancing" by Re-Flex
>
> And "The Best of the Village People"
Leroy on "Maybe I Know" by Lesley Gore. By any chance do you like "I
Only Want to Be With You" by Dusty Springfield?
QueBarbara
Add in Roger Miller and Johnny Horton for me, probably because I grew
up listening to that music.
--
QueBarbara
Opus the Penguin
I would just like to take this moment to say, Curse you, Harvey Van
Sickle!
Dover Beach
news:ad6a3de9-6c65-42ca...@25g2000hsx.googlegroups.com:
>
>
> Leroy on "Maybe I Know" by Lesley Gore. By any chance do you like "I
> Only Want to Be With You" by Dusty Springfield?
I can beat that. I like the Bay City Rollers version of I Only Want to
Be With You.
--
Dover
Reunite Gondwanaland (Mary Shafer)
> "Windy"/Beach Boys. This is the song I associate with the last days
> of high school and graduation.
The Association, not the Beach Boys.
Mary "We had an Association concert in Pauley Pavilion"
--
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We didn't just do weird stuff at Dryden, we wrote reports about it.
reunite....@gmail.com or mil...@qnet.com
Visit my blog at http://thedigitalknitter.blogspot.com/
QueBarbara
<opusthepen...@gmail.com> wrote:
>HVS (use...@REMOVETHISwhhvs.co.uk) wrote:
>
>> Yeah, yeah; undoubtedly done before, but a complementary counterpart
>> to "Ghastly Songs".
>>
>> I'll start: I have a weakness for "Unbreak my heart", even if (or
>> maybe because...) it's a song-writer's literary conceit. Works for
>> me.
>>
>
>I LIKE MEAT LOAF!!!
I Like Candy - Bow Wow Wow
I Know What Boys Like - The Waitresses (which, BTW, is fun to play
with different harmonicas tuned to different keys)
I Don't Like Mondays - Boomtown Rats
Don't You Want Me Baby - Human League
Suddenly, Last Summer - The Motels
Goodbye to You - Scandal
--
QueBarbara
Curse Of Millhaven
> On 16 May 2008 23:16:36 GMT, Opus the Penguin
>
> >HVS (use...@REMOVETHISwhhvs.co.uk) wrote:
>
> >> Yeah, yeah; undoubtedly done before, but a complementary counterpart
> >> to "Ghastly Songs".
>
> >> I'll start: I have a weakness for "Unbreak my heart", even if (or
> >> maybe because...) it's a song-writer's literary conceit. Works for
> >> me.
>
> >I LIKE MEAT LOAF!!!
>
> I Like Candy - Bow Wow Wow
Another one of my favorite bands. I've seen them a few times.
Annabella Lwin is so amazing. C30, C60, C90, Go! is my favorite.
"C30 C60 C90 Go
off the radio I get a constant flow
hit it, pause it, record it and play
turn it, rewind, and rub it away"
Bill Turlock
We Like Short-Shorts!
Dana
> In article <Xns9AA0B9BBE6F2Dopusthepenguinnet...@127.0.0.1>,
> Opus the Penguin <opusthepenguin+use...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > HVS (use...@REMOVETHISwhhvs.co.uk) wrote:
>
> > > Yeah, yeah; undoubtedly done before, but a complementary counterpart
> > > to "Ghastly Songs".
>
> > > I'll start: I have a weakness for "Unbreak my heart", even if (or
> > > maybe because...) it's a song-writer's literary conceit. Works for
> > > me.
>
> > I LIKE MEAT LOAF!!!
>
> So do I, but it's too high in calories and fat.
>
And carbs, if you add the traditional crushed cereal or bread crumbs.
Let me know if you'd like a good recipe for a ground turkey loaf.
Dana
No guilt necessary. Here's ample evidence of why he became a hit:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOArsNMVqGg
Dana
Oh -- and here's Tom singing "Green, Green Grass of Home."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsGm-DqbmSA&feature=related
Dana
Roger Miller was one of the best song writers of his day.
Bob Ward
wrote:
And then there's... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7kRO6Iov_k
Estron
>"Total Eclipse of the Heart"/???
The song was written by the King of Bombast, Jim Steinman, but was
performed by Bonnie Tyler.
>"Windy"/Beach Boys. This is the song I associate with the last days
>of high school and graduation.
The Beach Boys' song was "Wendy." The song titled "Windy" was performed by
The Association.
>"Honey"/???
That one was done by Bobby Goldsboro.
--
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Pax vobiscum.
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http://www.myspace.com/johnrmitchell
Pushmi-Pullyu
> Add in Roger Miller and Johnny Horton for me, probably because I grew
> up listening to that music.
Roger Miller!
Definitely.
I even bought his best of CD.
There are too few artists singing about how you can't rollerskate in a
buffalo herd.
P
HVS
> QueBarbara (que.barb...@gmail.com) wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 17 May 2008 15:48:11 -0700 (PDT), Veronique
>> <veroniq...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On May 17, 3:35 pm, Pushmi-Pullyu <PullmiPus...@gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>> On May 17, 2:21 pm, HVS <use...@REMOVETHISwhhvs.co.uk> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Yeah; that's the sort of thing I meant.
>>>>> (You're not going to convince me someone likes "Green, Green
>>>>> Grass of Home", though...)
>>>>
>>>> I do, I do!
>>>>
>>>> Actually, most of Tom Jones falls into the guilty pleasure
>>>> category for me.
>>>
>>>
>>> Tennessee Ernie Ford for me. And Johnny Cash, before he was
>>> rehabilitated into an Artist.
>>>
>>>
>> Add in Roger Miller and Johnny Horton for me, probably because
>> I grew up listening to that music.
>>
>
> I would just like to take this moment to say, Curse you, Harvey
> Van Sickle!
[twirls moustache] Aha! My nefarious scheme worked! BWHAHAHAHAHA.
--
Cheers,
Harvey
HVS
I like that one a lot -- not even a guilty pleasure.
Here's a bit of trivia -- that was the first song performed/played
on the BBC television show, Top of the Pops.
--
Cheers,
Harvey
Peter Ward
Tom Jones is, to my mind, an annoying case. He's got a superb voice
and recently made an album with Jools Holland, singing rock'n'roll and
R&B stuff, and he's wonderful on it. His version of Kiss shows up
Prince as the wimp he is. Yet, most of the stuff he's released has
been such crap that even his marvellous voice can't rescue it. Even
on the album with Jools, there's one track I find execrable, and I can
find reason to suspect it was Jones' choice rather than Jools'.
--
Peter
I'm an alien
email: groups at asylum dot nildram dot co dot uk
Been there, done that, the T-shirt is apparently in storage in Illinois.
- Lisa Ann
Lisa Ann
wrote:
>In general? Sentimental country "story songs." A couple of examples:
>
>Riding With Private Malone: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0gX-bipodU
>Traveling Soldier: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLBgmbXBOb8&feature=related
Oh, that's one of my favorite Dixie Chicks songs.
Lisa Ann
Boron Elgar
wrote:
>On May 17, 7:45 pm, QueBarbara <que.barbara.l...@gmail.com> wrote:
I'll Leroy that. "Big River," for which he wrote both music and
lyrics, and was based on Huck Finn, is a great favorite of mine, too.
Multi-talented man.
Boron
art...@yahoo.com
> Yeah, yeah; undoubtedly done before, but a complementary counterpart
> to "Ghastly Songs".
>
> I'll start: I have a weakness for "Unbreak my heart", even if (or
> maybe because...) it's a song-writer's literary conceit. Works for
> me.
Careless Whisper Wham
Dana
And too few people writing country songs in waltz time. "Husbands and
Wives" is a really beautiful song.
Bill Turlock
"Oh-oh say can you see..."
D.F. Manno
HVS <use...@REMOVETHISwhhvs.co.uk> wrote:
> TedTheCat wrote
>
> > D.F. Manno wrote:
> >
> >> "Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport" by Rolf Harris
> >>
> >> "Hooked on a Feeling" by Blue Swede (the "ooga-chagga" version)
> >>
> >> "The Kid's Last Fight" by Frankie Laine
> >>
> >> "Maybe I Know" by Lesley Gore
> >>
> >> "The Politics of Dancing" by Re-Flex
> >>
> >> And "The Best of the Village People"
> >
> > Leroy on "Maybe I Know" by Lesley Gore. By any chance do you
> > like "I Only Want to Be With You" by Dusty Springfield?
>
> I like that one a lot -- not even a guilty pleasure.
Leroy on both parts of that sentence.
> Here's a bit of trivia -- that was the first song performed/played
> on the BBC television show, Top of the Pops.
I didn't know that.
For a while BBC America was rebroadcasting "Top of the Pops." I heard
and really liked a couple of songs that I have never heard played on
U.S. radio.
--
D.F. Manno | dfm...@mail.com
"As societies grow decadent, the language grows decadent, too. Words
are used to disguise, not to illuminate, action: you liberate a city by
destroying it. Words are to confuse, so that at election time people
will solemnly vote against their own interests." (Gore Vidal)
Peter Boulding
<Pullmi...@gmail.com> wrote in
<04b3a54f-8672-4644...@t12g2000prg.googlegroups.com>:
>Roger Miller!
>Definitely.
>I even bought his best of CD.
>
>There are too few artists singing about how you can't rollerskate in a
>buffalo herd.
There *cannot* be too few artists singing about how Ingalund swings lahk a
pendalum doo.
--
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Curse Of Millhaven
> In article <Xns9AA2637F8C31Awhhv...@news.albasani.net>,
>
>
>
>
>
> HVS <use...@REMOVETHISwhhvs.co.uk> wrote:
> > TedTheCat wrote
>
> > > D.F. Manno wrote:
>
> > >> "Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport" by Rolf Harris
>
> > >> "Hooked on a Feeling" by Blue Swede (the "ooga-chagga" version)
>
> > >> "The Kid's Last Fight" by Frankie Laine
>
> > >> "Maybe I Know" by Lesley Gore
>
> > >> "The Politics of Dancing" by Re-Flex
>
> > >> And "The Best of the Village People"
>
> > > Leroy on "Maybe I Know" by Lesley Gore. By any chance do you
> > > like "I Only Want to Be With You" by Dusty Springfield?
>
> > I like that one a lot -- not even a guilty pleasure.
>
> Leroy on both parts of that sentence.
>
> > Here's a bit of trivia -- that was the first song performed/played
> > on the BBC television show, Top of the Pops.
>
> I didn't know that.
>
> For a while BBC America was rebroadcasting "Top of the Pops." I heard
> and really liked a couple of songs that I have never heard played on
> U.S. radio.
>
U.S. radio is near useless. Europe has always had better music related
programs on radio and TV from BBC In Session to Rockpalast to Top Of
The Pops with a greater variety of music. I actually spend a bit of
money buying stuff from Europe that is never even made available in
the U.S.
Dana
> On Sun, 18 May 2008 00:33:26 -0700 (PDT), Pushmi-Pullyu
> <04b3a54f-8672-4644-83d1-8134b2235...@t12g2000prg.googlegroups.com>:
>
> >Roger Miller!
> >Definitely.
> >I even bought his best of CD.
>
> >There are too few artists singing about how you can't rollerskate in a
> >buffalo herd.
>
> There *cannot* be too few artists singing about how Ingalund swings lahk a
> pendalum doo.
>
>
Would you rather he sang about rotten teeth and soccer hooligans?
Dover Beach
news:572d6884-64eb-4f14...@t12g2000prg.googlegroups.com:
>
> U.S. radio is near useless. Europe has always had better music related
> programs on radio and TV from BBC In Session to Rockpalast to Top Of
> The Pops with a greater variety of music. I actually spend a bit of
> money buying stuff from Europe that is never even made available in
> the U.S.
What's your favorite satellite radio station?
--
Dover
Curse Of Millhaven
> Curse Of Millhaven <millha...@intergate.com> wrote innews:572d6884-64eb-4f14...@t12g2000prg.googlegroups.com:
>
>
>
> > U.S. radio is near useless. Europe has always had better music related
> > programs on radio and TV from BBC In Session to Rockpalast to Top Of
> > The Pops with a greater variety of music. I actually spend a bit of
> > money buying stuff from Europe that is never even made available in
> > the U.S.
>
> What's your favorite satellite radio station?
>
"The Boneyard" XM 41. But I mostly listen to CDs and downloads then
listen to talk radio in bed, POTUS 130, CSPAN 132 and Coast To Coast
on 165.
Curse Of Millhaven
I heard a really awesome song about Black Lung Disease once.
Dover Beach
> On May 18, 1:45 pm, Dover Beach <moon.blanc...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Curse Of Millhaven <millha...@intergate.com> wrote
>> innews:572d6884-64eb-4f
> 14-96b2-0d...@t12g2000prg.googlegroups.com:
>>
>>
>>
>> > U.S. radio is near useless. Europe has always had better music
>> > related programs on radio and TV from BBC In Session to Rockpalast
>> > to Top Of The Pops with a greater variety of music. I actually
>> > spend a bit of money buying stuff from Europe that is never even
>> > made available in the U.S.
>>
>> What's your favorite satellite radio station?
>>
>
>
> "The Boneyard" XM 41. But I mostly listen to CDs and downloads then
> listen to talk radio in bed, POTUS 130, CSPAN 132 and Coast To Coast
> on 165.
>
I can't keep Deep Tracks, Big Tracks, and Top Tracks straight, so
they're all on my favorites list. Also High Standards, Real Jazz, the
60s, 70s and 80s. Oh, and On Broadway, Chrome, and XM Pops. For talk I
like CSPAN, POTUS, and the BBC. Sometimes Bloomberg if something weird
is happening in the financial markets. And then Sonic Theater and Reach
MD (the channel for medical professionals ONLY. Regular people, stop
listening AT ONCE.)
--
Dover
D.F. Manno
<7c639625-2d24-4e97...@w7g2000hsa.googlegroups.com>,
Dana <dcar...@kiva.net> wrote:
> D.F. Manno <dfma...@mail.com> wrote:
> > Opus the Penguin <opusthepenguin+use...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > HVS (use...@REMOVETHISwhhvs.co.uk) wrote:
> >
> > > > Yeah, yeah; undoubtedly done before, but a complementary counterpart
> > > > to "Ghastly Songs".
> >
> > > > I'll start: I have a weakness for "Unbreak my heart", even if (or
> > > > maybe because...) it's a song-writer's literary conceit. Works for
> > > > me.
> >
> > > I LIKE MEAT LOAF!!!
> >
> > So do I, but it's too high in calories and fat.
>
> And carbs, if you add the traditional crushed cereal or bread crumbs.
Cereal? Who the hell puts cereal in meatloaf?
> Let me know if you'd like a good recipe for a ground turkey loaf.
I'd appreciate it, thanks.
Curse Of Millhaven
> Curse Of Millhaven <millha...@intergate.com> wrote innews:e1f31581-9fc4-40b4...@f24g2000prh.googlegroups.com:
>
>
>
>
>
> > On May 18, 1:45 pm, Dover Beach <moon.blanc...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> Curse Of Millhaven <millha...@intergate.com> wrote
> >> innews:572d6884-64eb-4f
>
> >> > U.S. radio is near useless. Europe has always had better music
> >> > related programs on radio and TV from BBC In Session to Rockpalast
> >> > to Top Of The Pops with a greater variety of music. I actually
> >> > spend a bit of money buying stuff from Europe that is never even
> >> > made available in the U.S.
>
> >> What's your favorite satellite radio station?
>
> > "The Boneyard" XM 41. But I mostly listen to CDs and downloads then
> > listen to talk radio in bed, POTUS 130, CSPAN 132 and Coast To Coast
> > on 165.
>
> I can't keep Deep Tracks, Big Tracks, and Top Tracks straight, so
> they're all on my favorites list. Also High Standards, Real Jazz, the
> 60s, 70s and 80s. Oh, and On Broadway, Chrome, and XM Pops. For talk I
> like CSPAN, POTUS, and the BBC. Sometimes Bloomberg if something weird
> is happening in the financial markets. And then Sonic Theater and Reach
> MD (the channel for medical professionals ONLY. Regular people, stop
> listening AT ONCE.)
>
I listened to This American Life in bed this morning trying to fall
back asleep. It was too engaging for me to go to sleep but at least I
slept real deep last night. Then I got out of bed and went where I
said I wouldn't hang out anymore.
Boron Elgar
wrote:
>In article
><7c639625-2d24-4e97...@w7g2000hsa.googlegroups.com>,
> Dana <dcar...@kiva.net> wrote:
>
>> D.F. Manno <dfma...@mail.com> wrote:
>> > Opus the Penguin <opusthepenguin+use...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > > HVS (use...@REMOVETHISwhhvs.co.uk) wrote:
>> >
>> > > > Yeah, yeah; undoubtedly done before, but a complementary counterpart
>> > > > to "Ghastly Songs".
>> >
>> > > > I'll start: I have a weakness for "Unbreak my heart", even if (or
>> > > > maybe because...) it's a song-writer's literary conceit. Works for
>> > > > me.
>> >
>> > > I LIKE MEAT LOAF!!!
>> >
>> > So do I, but it's too high in calories and fat.
>>
>> And carbs, if you add the traditional crushed cereal or bread crumbs.
>
>Cereal? Who the hell puts cereal in meatloaf?
There are a lot of recipes out there that call for crushed corn
flakes.
Boron
Curse Of Millhaven
> On Sun, 18 May 2008 17:43:15 -0400, "D.F. Manno" <dfma...@mail.com>
> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> >In article
> ><7c639625-2d24-4e97-9fcb-03e3a130b...@w7g2000hsa.googlegroups.com>,
> > Dana <dcarp...@kiva.net> wrote:
>
> >> D.F. Manno <dfma...@mail.com> wrote:
> >> > Opus the Penguin <opusthepenguin+use...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> > > HVS (use...@REMOVETHISwhhvs.co.uk) wrote:
>
> >> > > > Yeah, yeah; undoubtedly done before, but a complementary counterpart
> >> > > > to "Ghastly Songs".
>
> >> > > > I'll start: I have a weakness for "Unbreak my heart", even if (or
> >> > > > maybe because...) it's a song-writer's literary conceit. Works for
> >> > > > me.
>
> >> > > I LIKE MEAT LOAF!!!
>
> >> > So do I, but it's too high in calories and fat.
>
> >> And carbs, if you add the traditional crushed cereal or bread crumbs.
>
> >Cereal? Who the hell puts cereal in meatloaf?
>
> There are a lot of recipes out there that call for crushed corn
> flakes.
>
> Boron
My aunt once made it with a hardboiled egg in the middle. I nearly
puked.
Dana
> On Sun, 18 May 2008 17:43:15 -0400, "D.F. Manno" <dfma...@mail.com>
> wrote:
>
>
>
> >In article
> ><7c639625-2d24-4e97-9fcb-03e3a130b...@w7g2000hsa.googlegroups.com>,
>
> >> D.F. Manno <dfma...@mail.com> wrote:
> >> > Opus the Penguin <opusthepenguin+use...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> > > HVS (use...@REMOVETHISwhhvs.co.uk) wrote:
>
> >> > > > Yeah, yeah; undoubtedly done before, but a complementary counterpart
> >> > > > to "Ghastly Songs".
>
> >> > > > I'll start: I have a weakness for "Unbreak my heart", even if (or
> >> > > > maybe because...) it's a song-writer's literary conceit. Works for
> >> > > > me.
>
> >> > > I LIKE MEAT LOAF!!!
>
> >> > So do I, but it's too high in calories and fat.
>
> >> And carbs, if you add the traditional crushed cereal or bread crumbs.
>
> >Cereal? Who the hell puts cereal in meatloaf?
>
> There are a lot of recipes out there that call for crushed corn
> flakes.
>
My grandmother's recipe called for Wheaties.
I use low carb whole grain bread or oat bran. Or, if I'm keeping
carbs really dirt low, crushed pork rinds.
Dana
wrote:
What you got against hard boiled eggs?
Curse Of Millhaven
Nothing. It's having to chow through some disgusting meatloaf to get
to it that I don't like.
Dana
What you got against meatloaf? Or is your aunt just a sad excuse for
a cook? 'Cause I make some fine meatloaf. Loaves; I have a bunch of
recipes.
Peter Boulding
<d9ba511f-17bb-48a2...@25g2000hsx.googlegroups.com>:
>>>Roger Miller!
>>>Definitely.
>>>I even bought his best of CD.
>>>There are too few artists singing about how you can't rollerskate in a
>>>buffalo herd.
>> There *cannot* be too few artists singing about how Ingalund swings lahk a
>> pendalum doo.
>Would you rather he sang about rotten teeth and soccer hooligans?
Damn right I would.
Dana
> In article
> <7c639625-2d24-4e97-9fcb-03e3a130b...@w7g2000hsa.googlegroups.com>,
>
>
>
> > D.F. Manno <dfma...@mail.com> wrote:
> > > Opus the Penguin <opusthepenguin+use...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > HVS (use...@REMOVETHISwhhvs.co.uk) wrote:
>
> > > > > Yeah, yeah; undoubtedly done before, but a complementary counterpart
> > > > > to "Ghastly Songs".
>
> > > > > I'll start: I have a weakness for "Unbreak my heart", even if (or
> > > > > maybe because...) it's a song-writer's literary conceit. Works for
> > > > > me.
>
> > > > I LIKE MEAT LOAF!!!
>
> > > So do I, but it's too high in calories and fat.
>
> > And carbs, if you add the traditional crushed cereal or bread crumbs.
>
> Cereal? Who the hell puts cereal in meatloaf?
>
> > Let me know if you'd like a good recipe for a ground turkey loaf.
>
> I'd appreciate it, thanks.
I tried, but apparently the address I have for you is old. Want to
post me privately?
Curse Of Millhaven
She's a sad excuse for a human being.
And I don't eat meat, except for occassional seafood and perhaps if
something really odd comes along.
Reunite Gondwanaland (Mary Shafer)
My recipe uses rolled oats. Crushed corn flakes sound odd as a
meatloaf ingredient because that wasn't the recipe I grew up with.
Everyone whose meatloaf I ate used rolled oats. Bread crumbs are for
meatballs, incidentally, not oats.
I also grew up with tuna noodle casserole topped with crushed potato
chips and creamed green beans topped with Durkee's French fried onion
rings. These were the canonical versions in that time and place and
everyone made them that way.
Mary "Never had Tater Tot casserole"
--
Mary Shafer Retired aerospace research engineer
We didn't just do weird stuff at Dryden, we wrote reports about it.
reunite....@gmail.com or mil...@qnet.com
Visit my blog at http://thedigitalknitter.blogspot.com/
Greg Goss
wrote:
>On Fri, 16 May 2008 18:53:59 -0700, rhabdom...@ooltrasw.com wrote:
>
>> "Windy"/Beach Boys. This is the song I associate with the last days
>> of high school and graduation.
>
>The Association, not the Beach Boys.
>
>Mary "We had an Association concert in Pauley Pavilion"
Or, Rhabdo might have had the name of the SONG wrong. I've never
heard of the Beach Boys* song, but ...
Wally Sevits <rhabdom...@ooltrasw.com> wrote:
>And of course, "Windy" came from The Association, and "Wendy" from The
>Beach Boys. Windy > Wendy in my memory, both from June '67.
*OK, it's vaguely familiar when I play it off youtube, but then half
of their songs sound pretty similar.
--
Tomorrow is today already.
Greg Goss, 1989-01-27
bill van
HVS <use...@REMOVETHISwhhvs.co.uk> wrote:
> On 18 May 2008, Opus the Penguin wrote
>
> > QueBarbara (que.barb...@gmail.com) wrote:
> >
> >> On Sat, 17 May 2008 15:48:11 -0700 (PDT), Veronique
> >> <veroniq...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>> On May 17, 3:35 pm, Pushmi-Pullyu <PullmiPus...@gmail.com>
> >>> wrote:
> >>>> Actually, most of Tom Jones falls into the guilty pleasure
> >>>> category for me.
> >>>
> >>> Tennessee Ernie Ford for me. And Johnny Cash, before he was
> >>> rehabilitated into an Artist.
> >>>
> >> Add in Roger Miller and Johnny Horton for me, probably because
> >> I grew up listening to that music.
> >
> > I would just like to take this moment to say, Curse you, Harvey
> > Van Sickle!
>
> [twirls moustache] Aha! My nefarious scheme worked! BWHAHAHAHAHA.
Anyone for a Johnny Cash-Joni Mitchell duet?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pALSKcWcVEk
--
bill
remove my country for e-mail
Bill Kinkaid
<que.barb...@gmail.com> wrote:
>On Sat, 17 May 2008 15:48:11 -0700 (PDT), Veronique
><veroniq...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>On May 17, 3:35 pm, Pushmi-Pullyu <PullmiPus...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On May 17, 2:21 pm, HVS <use...@REMOVETHISwhhvs.co.uk> wrote:
>>>
>>> > Yeah; that's the sort of thing I meant.
>>> > (You're not going to convince me someone likes "Green, Green Grass of
>>> > Home", though...)
>>>
>>> I do, I do!
>>>
>>> Actually, most of Tom Jones falls into the guilty pleasure category
>>> for me.
>>
>>
>>Tennessee Ernie Ford for me. And Johnny Cash, before he was
>>rehabilitated into an Artist.
>>
>>
>Add in Roger Miller and Johnny Horton for me, probably because I grew
>up listening to that music.
Argh. Our digital cable 60s music station plays a Roger Miller song
called "Kansas City Star", and I didn't think I could loathe Roger
Miller any more (apart from "King of the Road") than I did until I
heard that song. And until yesterday I never knew that he'd recorded
"Me and Bobbie McGee". It wasn't as bad as I thought it could be, and
might have been tolerable if I'd never heard it sung by Gordon
Lightfoot or Janis Joplin.
--
Bill in Vancouver
Bill Kinkaid
<opusthepen...@gmail.com> wrote:
>HVS (use...@REMOVETHISwhhvs.co.uk) wrote:
>> On 17 May 2008, Opus the Penguin wrote
>>> HVS (use...@REMOVETHISwhhvs.co.uk) wrote:
>>>> On 17 May 2008, Peter Ward wrote
>>>>> On Fri, 16 May 2008 23:46:36 +0100, HVS wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Yeah, yeah; undoubtedly done before, but a complementary
>>>>>> counterpart to "Ghastly Songs".
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'll start: I have a weakness for "Unbreak my heart", even
>>>>>> if (or maybe because...) it's a song-writer's literary
>>>>>> conceit. Works for me.
>>>>>
>>>>> hadn't brought it up becuase I've evidently supressed the
>>>>> memory. You owe me therapy for even mentioning it.
>>>>
>>>> There's nothing to stop a song from heading both lists, is
>>>> there?
>>>
>>> Of course not. You mentioned "Piano Man" in the other thread,
>>> but for me it goes in this one.
>>
>> Yeah; that's the sort of thing I meant.
>>
>> (You're not going to convince me someone likes "Green, Green Grass
>> of Home", though...)
>>
>
>used to sing. I went online and tried versions by Tom Jones, Elvis
>Presley, and John Baez. Couldn't make it through any of them.
What about Porter Wagoner?
--
Bill in Vancouver
Opus the Penguin
I refuse to listen to the song anymore. It got stuck in my head for
a while.
--
Opus the Penguin
I've just learned to smile and nod my head, usually with my mouth
full. - Lisa Ann
Charles Bishop
<mccu...@flash.net> wrote:
>A few years ago there was a popular website called "HampsterDance." You may
>remember it. It showed a screen full of animated cartoon hamsters dancing
>around. The soundtrack was actually Roger Miller's instrumental tune
>"Whistle Stop" taken from the opening scene in Disney's animated movie
>_Robin Hood_, and sped up quite a bit. (You KNOW you've written a hit when
>you can play it at 78 rpm and people still like it.) The story I got was
>that a few teenage girls held a contest among themselves to see who could
>create a website with the most "hits," and this was the winner.
>
>Somebody out there then released a commercially produced CD called
>_HampsterDance_, using pretty much this same format. They gave many of the
>songs a techno beat but all of them had that same high-pitched "hampster"
>voice, but it actually worked quite well. You wouldn't think you could do
>that to "Thank God I'm a Country Boy" without hurting anybody, but they
>actually pulled it off. Very catchy tunes.
>
>I wanted a copy of that CD after hearing it on the radio, but wasn't sure
>where I could get it. But we have a local music megastore that's basically
>Wal-Mart with CDs and LPs. I walked in there and approached the manager, a
>big, tough-looking biker fellow with a beard down to his waist. One could
>easily assume that he eats kittens for lunch. ZZ Top without the guitars.
>But when I asked if he might have a CD called _HampsterDance_, he grinned.
>"Yeah, I've got that," he chuckled. "I even got a copy for my granddaughter
>last week." He led the way through the maze that was his store and found it
>for me instantly. I've been enjoying it ever since.
ISBN?
As I recall there was a version, then a Disney Version, that I didn't like
as much. Which of the two do you have?
--
charles
Charles Bishop
>On 18 May 2008, Opus the Penguin wrote
>
>> QueBarbara (que.barb...@gmail.com) wrote:
>>
>>> On Sat, 17 May 2008 15:48:11 -0700 (PDT), Veronique
>>> <veroniq...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On May 17, 3:35 pm, Pushmi-Pullyu <PullmiPus...@gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>> On May 17, 2:21 pm, HVS <use...@REMOVETHISwhhvs.co.uk> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Yeah; that's the sort of thing I meant.
>>>>>> (You're not going to convince me someone likes "Green, Green
>>>>>> Grass of Home", though...)
>>>>>
>>>>> I do, I do!
>>>>>
>>>>> Actually, most of Tom Jones falls into the guilty pleasure
>>>>> category for me.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Tennessee Ernie Ford for me. And Johnny Cash, before he was
>>>> rehabilitated into an Artist.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Add in Roger Miller and Johnny Horton for me, probably because
>>> I grew up listening to that music.
>>>
>>
>> I would just like to take this moment to say, Curse you, Harvey
>> Van Sickle!
>
>[twirls moustache] Aha! My nefarious scheme worked! BWHAHAHAHAHA.
Also, you need not concern yourself unduly. His curses, I've learned have
no more force than the lightest zephyr. Apparently, there's a loophole in
his curse contract because of previous commitments.
--
cahrles
Richard R. Hershberger
> > On Sun, 18 May 2008 17:43:15 -0400, "D.F. Manno" <dfma...@mail.com>
> > wrote:
>
> > >In article
> > ><7c639625-2d24-4e97-9fcb-03e3a130b...@w7g2000hsa.googlegroups.com>,
> > >> And carbs, if you add the traditional crushed cereal or bread crumbs.
>
> > >Cereal? Who the hell puts cereal in meatloaf?
>
> > There are a lot of recipes out there that call for crushed corn
> > flakes.
>
> My recipe uses rolled oats. Crushed corn flakes sound odd as a
> meatloaf ingredient because that wasn't the recipe I grew up with.
> Everyone whose meatloaf I ate used rolled oats. Bread crumbs are for
> meatballs, incidentally, not oats.
My meatloaf recipe uses bread crumbs. I have substituted rolled oats
occasionally.
Then there is the great ketchup or no ketchup on top debate. I do not
put ketchup on top, and I condemn to perdition all who do.
> I also grew up with tuna noodle casserole topped with crushed potato
> chips and creamed green beans topped with Durkee's French fried onion
> rings. These were the canonical versions in that time and place and
> everyone made them that way.
Let us not forget the tollhouse cookie recipe on the Nestle package.
The difference between this and the casseroles you describe is that
the Nestle recipe is actually good.
Richard R. Hershberger
Dover Beach
news:3915a615-59f5-4497...@r66g2000hsg.googlegroups.com:
> Then there is the great ketchup or no ketchup on top debate. I do not
> put ketchup on top, and I condemn to perdition all who do.
>
Well, I'll be down in perdition eating excellent meatloaf with lovely,
slightly-browned ketchup on top. I'll fix garlic mashed potatoes, too,
and apple pie with a lattice crust and vanilla ice cream if anyone wants
to join me. You gotta eat the pie fast before the ice cream melts in
the flames.
--
Dover
Richard R. Hershberger
> "Richard R. Hershberger" <rrhe...@acme.com> wrote innews:3915a615-59f5-4497...@r66g2000hsg.googlegroups.com:
>
> > Then there is the great ketchup or no ketchup on top debate. I do not
> > put ketchup on top, and I condemn to perdition all who do.
>
> Well, I'll be down in perdition eating excellent meatloaf with lovely,
> slightly-browned ketchup on top. I'll fix garlic mashed potatoes, too,
> and apple pie with a lattice crust and vanilla ice cream if anyone wants
> to join me. You gotta eat the pie fast before the ice cream melts in
> the flames.
Flames? That's your problem. You need to commit worse sins, so you
end up in a lower, cold circle of hell.
D.F. Manno
<3915a615-59f5-4497...@r66g2000hsg.googlegroups.com>,
"Richard R. Hershberger" <rrh...@acme.com> wrote:
> Then there is the great ketchup or no ketchup on top debate. I do not
> put ketchup on top, and I condemn to perdition all who do.
How do you feel about tomato sauce on top?
D.F. Manno
> I also grew up with tuna noodle casserole topped with crushed potato
> chips and creamed green beans topped with Durkee's French fried onion
> rings.
My mother never made either of these, though one Thanksgiving I made the
latter. Not bad.
Richard R. Hershberger
> "Richard R. Hershberger" <rrhe...@acme.com> wrote:
>
> > Then there is the great ketchup or no ketchup on top debate. I do not
> > put ketchup on top, and I condemn to perdition all who do.
>
> How do you feel about tomato sauce on top?
Don't ask, don't tell.
groo
> On May 16, 10:08 pm, Wally Sevits <rhabdomyoly...@ooltrasw.com> wrote:
>> On Fri, 16 May 2008 19:01:35 -0700, Wally Sevits wrote:
>> >On Fri, 16 May 2008 18:53:59 -0700, rhabdomyoly...@ooltrasw.com
>> >wrote:
>>
>> >>On Fri, 16 May 2008 23:46:36 +0100, HVS
>> >><use...@REMOVETHISwhhvs.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>> >>>Yeah, yeah; undoubtedly done before, but a complementary
>> >>>counterpart to "Ghastly Songs".
>>
>> >>Couple of these fell into others' Ghastly category
>>
>> >>"Brand New Key"/Melanie Safka I played this so often back in '71
>> >>or so that my roommate threatened to break it over my head.
>>
>> >>"Total Eclipse of the Heart"/??? This is one of the few songs the
>> >>video of which I enjoyed.
>>
>> >>"Windy"/Beach Boys. This is the song I associate with the last
>> >>days of high school and graduation.
>>
>> >>"Honey"/??? yes, the one with the tree
>> >>"Love is Blue"/Paul Mauriat
>> >>"Eleanor Rigby"/Beatles
>> >>"Dock of the Bay"/Otis Redding
>> >>and a whole lot more from that specific month of 1968. This was
>> >>the first time I got to travel out of state without a parent.
>> >> These songs
>
>> >>played on the radio and were heard so many times on the trip that
>> >>every one reminds me of that time.
>>
>> >Hmm I set up a new newsreader and did not get the nym correct....
>>
>> And of course, "Windy" came from The Association, and "Wendy" from
>> The Beach Boys. Windy > Wendy in my memory, both from June '67.
>
> Wendy is about a girl, Windy not so much.
You might want to re-think that thought:
Who's peekin' out from under a stairway
Calling a name that's lighter than air
Who's bending down to give me a rainbow
Everyone knows it's Windy
Who's tripping down the streets of the city
Smilin' at everybody she sees
Who's reachin' out to capture a moment
Everyone knows it's Windy
And Windy has stor-my eyes
That flash at the sound of lies
And Windy has wings to fly
Above the clouds (above the clouds)
Above the clouds (above the clouds)
--
"Don't take off robot pants." - from Frisky Dingo
groo
> On Fri, 16 May 2008 16:55:13 -0700, Blinky the Shark
> <no....@box.invalid> wrote, perhaps among other things:
>
>>Opus the Penguin wrote:
>>
>>> HVS (use...@REMOVETHISwhhvs.co.uk) wrote:
>>>
>>>> Yeah, yeah; undoubtedly done before, but a complementary counterpart
> to
>>>> "Ghastly Songs".
>>>>
>>>> I'll start: I have a weakness for "Unbreak my heart", even if (or
>>>> maybe because...) it's a song-writer's literary conceit. Works for
> me.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> I LIKE MEAT LOAF!!!
>>
>>I like some of the Monkees' stuff. They actually had some pretty good
>>pop.
>
> What with Mike Nesmith, and... and... all.
And Tommy Roe and Bobby Hart writing songs for them.
Dover Beach
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Boyce. Boyce and Hart.
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Dover
Jen
And Mike Nesmith's mum.
>
Charles Wm. Dimmick
> Yeah, yeah; undoubtedly done before, but a complementary counterpart
> to "Ghastly Songs".
>
> I'll start: I have a weakness for "Unbreak my heart", even if (or
> maybe because...) it's a song-writer's literary conceit. Works for
> me.
>
For some reason I get the shivers every time I hear it sung well.
Charles Wm. Dimmick
> Beyond The Blue Horizon by Lou Christie
I prefer the version sung by Vaughn Monroe
Boron Elgar
<cdim...@snet.net> wrote:
>HVS wrote:
>> Yeah, yeah; undoubtedly done before, but a complementary counterpart
>> to "Ghastly Songs".
>>
>> I'll start: I have a weakness for "Unbreak my heart", even if (or
>> maybe because...) it's a song-writer's literary conceit. Works for
>> me.
Oh, I like that one, too.
>>
>Shenandoah.
>For some reason I get the shivers every time I hear it sung well.
One of my all time favorites. I love to sing it and I love to hear a
great big chorus sing it.
Boron
Pushmi-Pullyu
Yes, well, where's the guilt in liking anything by Vaughn Monroe?
(Actually, the only song I'm aware of hearing sung by him is Ghost
Riders in the Sky...)
P
Jim Beaver
"Charles Wm. Dimmick" <cdim...@snet.net> wrote in message
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> Pushmi-Pullyu wrote:
>
>
>> Beyond The Blue Horizon by Lou Christie
>
> I prefer the version sung by Vaughn Monroe
Michael Nesmith's.
Jim Beaver
Charles Wm. Dimmick
> On May 17, 3:35 pm, Pushmi-Pullyu <PullmiPus...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On May 17, 2:21 pm, HVS <use...@REMOVETHISwhhvs.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>>> Yeah; that's the sort of thing I meant.
>>> (You're not going to convince me someone likes "Green, Green Grass of
>>> Home", though...)
>> I do, I do!
>>
>> Actually, most of Tom Jones falls into the guilty pleasure category
>> for me.
>
>
> Tennessee Ernie Ford for me. And Johnny Cash, before he was
> rehabilitated into an Artist.
Both are enjoyable, but not quite in the "guilty pleasure"
category. That reminds me though that I dearly love the "Orange
Blossom Special" when done live with me in the audience,
especially if it is a relatively small space. However, that's
not a "song", so it probably doesn't count for this thread.
Charles