Next Week's Theme is COUNTRY...
Russell Watson
Should be good for Pickler, Bucky, and maybe even Paris and Mandisa,
who has already tackled country. So-so for Taylor and Katherine (who
had all the looks of someone who was NOT going to be a graceful loser
tonight before being told Lisa was the goner). Elliot and Ace will be
totally out of their respective elements. It will be interesting to
see if Chris tries to turn yet another country tune into an alt-rock
dirge or play it straight, and what the judges reaction will be either
way. Doesn't matter since a week after praising him for "refusing to
compromise" Simon got out the ol' "you have to show us something else"
brush to tar him with. He could have sailed through the entire run
without ever hearing that if he had just opened his trap about the "I
Walk the Line" arrangement. By letting it ride (and possibly because
some of what gets said in these usenet groups, forums, boards, etc,
gets to the top of th AI foodchain and is reacted to) he got a target
painted on him.
Anyway, if what happened to Katherine tonight isn't the best indicator
yet that what the judges say only means so much I don't know what is.
I wonder if her reaction to almost getting canned tonight will reflect
on her in a negative way later on? She was the one thing NOBODY should
ever be on that show, and that is shocked to be in the bottom group.
You could tell she wasn't crazy about Simon saying he wasn't surprised
by it, too. Of course Paula and Randy did the "you gotta vote fo' yo'
peeples up here" dodge, like her coming in where she did was simply
some oversight on the part of her "fans", which is getting to be a bit
tedious as a means of consoling the also-rans on there.
Iain Fraser
better than what I've heard out of the country world so far. There are far
better songs in that genre than the crap spewed from this god-awful season.
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Iain Fraser
I'm interested in seeing what Hicks picks.
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> Russell Watson <russell...@comcast.net> wrote in
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>> ...for those who inevitably post on Monday or Tuesday wanting to know.
>>
>> Should be good for Pickler, Bucky, and maybe even Paris and Mandisa,
>>
>
> Does anyone know a grunge country tune that Chris can bore and disgust us
> with?
refugegirl
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> Russell Watson <russell...@comcast.net> wrote in
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> >
> > Should be good for Pickler, Bucky, and maybe even Paris and Mandisa,
> >
>
> with?
He should probably try a rowdy country song - maybe something by Hank
Williams Jr. or how about Garth Brooks' "I've Got Friends in Low
Places"????????
Russell Watson
<stra...@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
>great - more fucking country this year. - All I got to say is it better be
>better than what I've heard out of the country world so far. There are far
>better songs in that genre than the crap spewed from this god-awful season.
The thing with country is that unless they specify a given time range
for them to stay within they got 60+ freakin' years of material to
work with. If they all get up there and do these people who all have
current videos on CMT and GAC I will be highly pissed. After "Walkin'
After Midnight" I could stand to hear Kellie do some more Patsy Cline.
Hell, I could stand Paris or Mandisa doing Patsy Cline as long as they
stick to ballads. Their tendency to want to do songs they can "belt
out" needs to be curbed. With his gravelly voice Chris could probably
do some Waylon Jennings if he wanted to go that route. If Elliot
wanted to make a mark on country night he could do something by
somebody like Jim Reeves, where smooth is the key. The possibilities
are damn near endless, but you can bet you'll get a big dose of
Gretchen Wilson, Kenny Chesney, and others of that "modern" stripe and
damn little of anything else.
Russell Watson
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Was it Bucky who already did "The Thunder Rolls"? Chris could probably
do that song. In fact it would be interesting to see him do a song
somone else had already done as a comparison, like the way Melissa did
the same Heart song as Mandisa had done a couple of weeks earlier.
Wilbur Post
> On Thu, 30 Mar 2006 03:46:13 GMT, "Iain Fraser"
> <stra...@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
>
>>great - more fucking country this year. - All I got to say is it
>>better be better than what I've heard out of the country world so far.
>> There are far better songs in that genre than the crap spewed from
>>this god-awful season.
>
> The thing with country is that unless they specify a given time range
> for them to stay within they got 60+ freakin' years of material to
> work with. If they all get up there and do these people who all have
>
How about pleasing the public and doing some country-pop a la Glen
Campbell (is there anything wrong with "Galveston" or "Gentle on My
Mind"?). How about some Shania or Martina McBride ("This One's For The
Girls") or Mary Chapin Carpenter (He Thinks He'll Keep Her")? How about
some Twitty in "It's Only Make Believe", or The Statler Brothers'
"Counting Flowers on The Wall"?
Pidge
>Russell Watson <russell...@comcast.net> wrote in
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>> ...for those who inevitably post on Monday or Tuesday wanting to know.
>>
>> Should be good for Pickler, Bucky, and maybe even Paris and Mandisa,
>>
>
>Does anyone know a grunge country tune that Chris can bore and disgust us
>with?
Ahahahaha.
No, but I'll keep thinking.
I bet someone has done a rock version of some country tunes, though, and that's
what he'll do. Act surprised.
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Pidge
There's quite a bit in the country-rock style, too.
I'd say Keith Urban, but the thought of someone butchering his songs almost
makes me cry.
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What would it take to get an actual rock show? Getting boring, it
already seems as if half the shows _have_ been country.
Hell throw Larry the Cable guy in wearing a Minnie Pearle hat and at
least we might get a few (intentional) laughs. Sheesh.
Russell Watson
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>Russell Watson <russell...@comcast.net> wrote in
I'm for all of the above. Major Glen Campbell fan fom the late '60s.
"Galveston" would be a slam-dunk for anyone who could pull it off,
what with there being a war on and all. Hell, with today's military
one of the girls could even cover it. I have tried to do that song
myself and dedicate it to vets and active military but I can't because
I always get a little choked up by it. I can't even sing it in the
shower without losing it on the 3rd verse"...I am so afraid of dying
before I dry the tears she's crying..." Absolute great song by one of
the best songwriters ever (Jimmy Webb, lest someone jump in to tell me
Glen didn't write the song).
wyzbang
You would think that Pickler and Bucky would be able to go big with a
country week.
However, Pickler just did a country this past week, and it was weak. So who
knows.
Bucky on the other hand could blow us all away with a shit-kicker tune.
Others who could do nice country songs:
Well, It's my opinion, Taylor can make anything sound good. There is a vast
catalogue of Ray Charles country songs. My Pick for him would be "Together
Again", orginally done by the late, great Buck Owens.
Mcpheever would do herself a favour by rehashing a Faith Hill song or a
Shania Twain favorite.
Mandisa could probably 'gospel' up an old country workhorse, like "Stand By
Your Man", or "Help Me Make It Through The Night".
Paris, Chris, Ace and Elliot will be hard pressed to do well with this
theme.
But you never know, A well chosen cover is always possible.
the rick
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wyzbang
the rick
Ryan Ryan
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all. I want him to stay in the show. He seems like as good, humble man.
Plus all the remaining women are boring as hell except Mandisa. Don't
dislike any of them, they simply bore me.
flkofcguls
do that song. In fact it would be interesting to see him do a song
somone else had already done as a comparison, like the way Melissa did
the same Heart song as Mandisa had done a couple of weeks earlier."
Melissa and Mandisa did different songs. Mandisa sang Never and
Melissa sang What About Love.
I would love to see Bucky do The Devil Went Down to Georgia
Mad Mike
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>Russell Watson <russell...@comcast.net> wrote in
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>> ...for those who inevitably post on Monday or Tuesday wanting to know.
>>
>> Should be good for Pickler, Bucky, and maybe even Paris and Mandisa,
>>
>
>Does anyone know a grunge country tune that Chris can bore and disgust us
>with?
Maybe an old Jim Stafford song called "I Got Stoned And I Missed it",
that seems to fit the bill of the alt/grunge genre.
swangdb
Hicks:
"I Can't Stop Loving You" - Ray Charles
"Walk Softly On This Heart Of Mine" - Kentucky Headhunters/Bill Monroe
Mandisa:
"Crazy" - Patsy Cline
Elliot:
"The Night Life" - Willie Nelson
Bucky:
"Working Man Blues" - Merle Haggard
Anything by Garth Brooks or Hank Junior
Kellie:
"Independence Day" - Martina McBride
Anything by Loretta Lynn
Katherine:
no idea
Paris:
"Delta Dawn"
Ace:
He's dead
Chris:
I heard a rocking version of Johnny Cash's "Ring of Fire" once, though
he's already done a Johnny Cash tune.
bubb...@hotnospammail.com
>Possibilities...
>
>Hicks:
>
>"I Can't Stop Loving You" - Ray Charles
>"Walk Softly On This Heart Of Mine" - Kentucky Headhunters/Bill Monroe
>
>Mandisa:
>
>"Crazy" - Patsy Cline
>
>Elliot:
>
>"The Night Life" - Willie Nelson
>
>Bucky:
>
>"Working Man Blues" - Merle Haggard
>Anything by Garth Brooks or Hank Junior
>
>Kellie:
>
>"Independence Day" - Martina McBride
>Anything by Loretta Lynn
>
>Katherine:
>
>no idea
>How about "I Would Have Loved You Anyway" by Trisha Yearwood.
callen...@yahoo.com
Russell Watson wrote:
> ...for those who inevitably post on Monday or Tuesday wanting to know.
Country music has become such a broad term that I think it will be easy
for any of them to pick out a song that suits their individual talents.
Of course Pickler and Bucky may have the upper hand, but I can see
Taylor or Elliott singing "Tear Stained Letter" (written by Richard
Thompson but the version done by Jo-El Sonnier), or anything by Rodney
Crowell, Chris can sing some overblown Garth Brooks extravaganza or
maybe even bring down the house with "Shameless", Katherine singing
"Blue Bayou" or something by Patti Loveless, Mandisa's already done
Faith Hill and I think Paris also twanged it up a bit. The only one I
see potentially having trouble is Ace, because he's a crap ass singer.
Could be interesting.
Callen in VA
KC
I'm so glad to see this recommendation. There are lots of older
country songs that would be much better choices than the more current
country crap that we hear every year.
"Galveston" is a great song and I also like "Wichita Lineman" another
great Jimmy Webb song. Both songs have quite a range and Campbell is
one of those singers that I think younger people might dismiss until
they trying singing one of those songs. He did them effortlessly.
"Wichita Lineman" also has one of the best lyrics ever: "And I need
you more than want you, and I want you for all time" Chokes me up
every time. I'd like to hear Chris sing it.
KC
Suzanne D.
"swangdb" <swa...@auburn.edu> wrote in message
> Katherine:
>
> no idea
Katharine should tackle some Juice Newton. "Angel of the Morning" or "Break
it to Me Gently" or something like that.
--S.
Nancy1
If Bucky and Kellie don't hit this one out of the park, they should
both leave ASAP.
ZZ Top is not considered country, at least where I come from.
N.
Thanx-...@webtv.net
get rid of Bucky(sheesh is everyone in Tenn voting for that guy or
what)America put down the Budweiser and see Bucky for the no talent he
is.
Sandi
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learned it was country week. :)
I can't see Ace doing a country song to save his pretty
blemished-only-by-a-single-scar skin.
Sandi
Sandi
Locutus
> Possibilities...
>
> Chris:
>
> I heard a rocking version of Johnny Cash's "Ring of Fire" once, though
> he's already done a Johnny Cash tune.
>
Social Distortion, though I think that would be a good version for Bucky to
do.
callen...@yahoo.com
Hey! Here's an idea (apologies of someone's already thought of it) -
Chris can do a 9 Inch Nails version of the Johnny Cash hit, "Hurt"!
I can't believe I wrote that. I am bored, and I'm going home now.
Callen in VA
freddo411
Sandi wrote:
>
> I can't see Ace doing a country song to save his pretty
> blemished-only-by-a-single-scar skin.
>
> Sandi
Ace could do some John Denver ... "Rocky Mountain High"
I'm really tired of his weak, high pitched voice, but he could make it
work for some songs.
eb...@aol.com
Sandi
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I think Johnny did Nine Inch Nail's song, and not the other way around, so I
don't think Chris could get away with calling it a country song.
Sandi
Suzanne D.
"Dick Nixon's Sweet Hand Meat" <dicknixonss...@mail.mail> wrote in
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> not even attempt one of Martina's songs. Martina is one of the best pure
> voices out there. Kellie could never even come close to her.
Plus, that's Carrie's pet song from last year. Too soon after a much better
singer.
--S.
fmomoon
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> ...for those who inevitably post on Monday or Tuesday wanting to know.
>
Oh this is getting deadly. First "songs from the 21st century" and now
country? I think I have some laundry to do...
--
Moni (fmomoon)
elvis...@yahoo.com
One of my people! Let me give you a hug. ;-) I'm a hug Glen fan, and
Galveston has to be one of the best.....think I'll put on his CD right
now.
Peach
elvis...@yahoo.com
wyzbang wrote:
> You would think that Pickler and Bucky would be able to go big with a
> country week.
> However, Pickler just did a country this past week, and it was weak. So who
> knows.
> Bucky on the other hand could blow us all away with a shit-kicker tune.
>
> Others who could do nice country songs:
>
> Well, It's my opinion, Taylor can make anything sound good. There is a vast
> catalogue of Ray Charles country songs. My Pick for him would be "Together
> Again", orginally done by the late, great Buck Owens.
A few other choices for Taylor....
"Always on My Mind" (but more in Elvis' style)
"My Maria" (either a'la B.W. Stevenson or Brooks and Dunn style)
Actually...I think he would do really well doing anything by Brooks and
Dunn--Ronnie has that same soulful sound.
Peach
KC
wrote:
Personally, I like "Sunshine on My Shoulder" better and I think Ace
could pull that off, as much as can pull anything off.
KC
rcoc...@lanset.com
> How about some Twitty in "It's Only Make
> Believe", or The Statler Brothers' "Counting
> Flowers on The Wall"?
Statler Brothers! I'd love to see Chris try and pull off ANYTHING by
them. Can you imagine a grunge rock "Class of '57", or "Whatever
Happened to Randolph Scott?". Or perhaps the Oak Ridge Boys' "American
Made?" or "Bobbie Sue?".
I doubt it would be any good, but it would no doubt be entertaining.
And if he DID manage to pull it off, he'd get my vote.
Pidge
Kellie probably will do a Martina song. No one should attempt a Martina song.
Oh well.
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Pidge
I would hate to help Taylor, but I'm feeling charitable.
"Believe" by Brooks & Dunn.
Would bring the house down.
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>I know what Ace can do since he has irritating high voice............................Slim Whitman songs.
Russell Watson
I will take that hug and give you one back. Girl who lived across the
street from me in '69 (I was 10 and she was 7) and I ran up on each
other in Wal-mart a while back. She was introducing me to her kids and
her way of explaining to them who I was was to tell them, "You
remember the boy you've heard me mention that I lived across the
street from us who used to sing me Glen Campbell songs on the porch
swing? This is him..." back then my folks kept "Wichita Lineman" and
"Galveston" cued up on the console stereo and I knew every song on
them by heart (their other fave of the time was Englebert Humperdink,
and of course we had some Tom Jones stuff, too). Ah, those were the
days...
Sandi
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people's attention. :)
Sandi
Russell Watson
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Is it the same song Ronnie McDowell did as a "tribute" to Elvis back
when he first died?
Sandi
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Oh, Lord, no. Here are some lyrics (complete with chords!):
Last night I broke the seal on a Jim Beam decanter
That looks like (D) Elvis
I (C) soaked the label (Am) off (D7) a Flintstone Jelly Bean (G) jar
I cleared us off a place on that one little table
that you (D) left us
And (C) pulled me up a (D7) big ole piece of (G) floor
I (C) pulled the head off (Am) Elvis
Filled (C) Fred up to his (Am) pelvis
Yabba Dabba (G) Doo, the (C) King is (G) gone
And (D) so are (G) you
Sandi
WiNK
Good times! And I did put that CD on last night--and it certainly
sounded good. (Tom Jones, too, eh? Again--my kinda people!!)
Peach
soon to choose
Shoving large spikes into my eyeballs would be interesting too. Also
preferable to ever hearing this song again.
callen...@yahoo.com
I know Johnny did the NIN song. I was kidding! Sigh, I knew my humor
would never work. I'm gonna crawl back in my hole now.
Callen in VA
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Word, soon. <shudder>
Callen in VA
Sandi
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Sorry, I thought it was actually a pretty good suggestion if he could have
gotten away with it!
Sandi
swangdb
# Shoving large spikes into my eyeballs would be interesting too. Also
# preferable to ever hearing this song again.
R&B singer Little Milton did a version of this tune that was pretty
cool. Taylor might sound better doing it like Little Milton instead
of like Charlie Rich. Maybe he could land somewhere between
the two.
I think there are better country tunes for Taylor than this.
gregw...@hotmail.com
Suzanne D. wrote:
>
> Katharine should tackle some Juice Newton. "Angel of the Morning" or "Break
> it to Me Gently" or something like that.
Exactly what I've been thinking -- one of Juice Newton's songs which
have been interpreted by a lot of famous singers and bands. All she had
to do is give a different rendition and try to make it her own just
like Dione and Air Suppy with Power of Love.
salad
How about "You Never Even Called Me by My Name" by David Allen Coe and
get the whole audience singing along with him?
If any males are good singers, try some George Strait.
> KC
Pidge
I got the joke.
Kittyn
I would presume that Taylor's best bet would be to do a Ray Charles
from his country album.
Bob Rudd
says...
> On Thu, 30 Mar 2006 11:35:15 -0700, "Suzanne D." <sdal...@yahoo.com>> |> Katherine:
> |>
> |> no idea
> |
> |
> |Katharine should tackle some Juice Newton. "Angel of the Morning" or "Break
> |it to Me Gently" or something like that.
> |
>
> There's an absolutely perfect country song fro McPhee: "No One's
> Gonna Love You Like Me" by Mary McBride. It's one of the original
> songs on (don't laugh) the Brokeback Mountain soundtrack, and it was
> made for Katharine's voice!
>
Zob, you nailed it!
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I hope we can all be good neighbors online!
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You guys must really hate Katharine!
karenftx
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My favorite Glen song was always "Gentle On My Mind" and "Try A Little
Kindness".
I also like "Southern Nights", but for a more personal reason.
Russell Watson
wrote:
Great GC songs. I got personal reasons for liking "Southern Nights" as
well. Her name was Sheri and the place was the front seat of my old
man's 1969 Fairlane 500 parked in the back of a rest area on US90 just
west of Tallahassee, listening to 15LAC out of Chicago on the AM radio
(we used to pull it in really well down here late at night), the time
was 1977 and I was due to report for USAF basic in San Antonio in a
few days and making the best of the time I had left. Other songs
burning up the airways at the time were The Eagles' "Hotel
California", Marshall Tucker Band's " Heard it in a Love Song", and a
surprisingly tender ballad by Alice Cooper called "You and Me", while
songs from the previous year such as Starland Vocal Band's "Afternoon
Delight" and the version of "I Love Your Way" from "Frampton Comes
Alive" were still radio standards as well. It was so warm, tender and
romantic. I commented on how smoothly her khaki-colored pants hugged
the contours of her derriere and she told me that she had told her
sister (who was her legal guardian) that she was wearing Underalls so
that she wouldn't have panty lines, but that she really wasn't because
she didn't want any more impediment to what she had planned for the
night than was necessary. My heart hammered a little harder, and I
knew that I was stone in love. After all, "She was a black-haired
beauty with big dark eyes...", to quote another popular tune of the
era, and we were about to make some night moves just like in the song.
It was nothing less than magical, I tell you.
Couple of days later, the night before I was due to catch the Big Dog
to Jax for induction, I dropped by her sister's house to give her
something (else) to remember me by: my copy of the 45rpm single of
Skynyrd's "Freebird" (ain't teenagers SO melodramatic?!) and caught
her getting it on with one of my classmates named Randall, who wasn't
even going into the military but was staying here to start working on
an accounting... ACCOUNTING, dammit!..degree at community college in
the fall! Funny how something so belittling at the time can make me
sit here and smile 28 years and 10 minths later. Time to cue up some
nostalgia music. Ah, sweet bird of youth...
WiNK
Great reminiscing..... all songs I definitely remember from 1977, and
would add Heart's "Barracuda" and Elvis' "Way Down" to the list. ;-) I
was a big younger than you (I was 10 in 1977) but I have such strong
memories of that year. (Although I wasn't doing any heavy pettin' heh
in a Ford during that time. And I realize I'm being gentle with the
heavy pettin' assumption.) ;-) The 70s were a great time in many
people's lives... some of my favorite music, too.
Peach
Russell Watson
>
>Great reminiscing..... all songs I definitely remember from 1977, and
>would add Heart's "Barracuda" and Elvis' "Way Down" to the list. ;-) I
>was a big younger than you (I was 10 in 1977) but I have such strong
>memories of that year. (Although I wasn't doing any heavy pettin' heh
>in a Ford during that time. And I realize I'm being gentle with the
>heavy pettin' assumption.) ;-) The 70s were a great time in many
>people's lives... some of my favorite music, too.
>
>Peach
Heart was definitely full throttle at the time. I finish basic and got
to come home only to learn they had played here the week before. That
was back when both Ann and Nancy were still gorgeous and Ann hadn't
gone from eating ham to the whole hog yet.
Elvis's death 3 months after the humorous incident I related would
cause so much of his music to get dumped back on the market overnight
as to obscure just how good the "Moody Blue" album really was, his
best studio album in several years. The final "Live" album that came
out around the time he died was great also, if you could get past how
bad he looked in the jacket photo. Ranks with "Aloha From Hawaii" for
great live stuff from The King. I ha almost forgotten that during that
time there was one other inescapable thing on the radio, either
"Margaritaville" or the title track from it's album, "Changes in
Latitude, Changes in Attitude" by Jimmy Buffet. One of those was every
5th song on Top 40 radio at the time.
So, you're 8 years younger than me, be looking at the big four-oh here
sometime in the next year! My 40s so far have been one of my best
decades, did the kid thing early so they're all grownup and out of the
house, got a couple of adorable grandkids I can play with with I'm up
for it and send home when I'm not, been at my job for 23 years so I
get paid reasonably well, well enough to own a Harley, which I wanted
since I was about 10 and first saw Captain America and Billy take off
across America to the strains of Steppenwolf's "Born to be Wild". Got
ot see the current version of that band at one of the first bike
rallies I attended a few years back. Life is good...
WiNK
Russell Watson wrote:
> On 2 Apr 2006 07:34:15 -0700, "WiNK" <elvis...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> >
>
> Heart was definitely full throttle at the time. I finish basic and got
> to come home only to learn they had played here the week before. That
> was back when both Ann and Nancy were still gorgeous and Ann hadn't
> gone from eating ham to the whole hog yet.
U R a mean one. ;-)
> Elvis's death 3 months after the humorous incident I related would
> cause so much of his music to get dumped back on the market overnight
> as to obscure just how good the "Moody Blue" album really was, his
> best studio album in several years. The final "Live" album that came
> out around the time he died was great also, if you could get past how
> bad he looked in the jacket photo. Ranks with "Aloha From Hawaii" for
> great live stuff from The King.
I still remember what I was doing when I found out.... I've been an
Elvis fan for many, many years.... which surprises everyone who knows
me.
I ha almost forgotten that during that
> time there was one other inescapable thing on the radio, either
> "Margaritaville" or the title track from it's album, "Changes in
> Latitude, Changes in Attitude" by Jimmy Buffet. One of those was every
> 5th song on Top 40 radio at the time.
> So, you're 8 years younger than me, be looking at the big four-oh here
> sometime in the next year!
Will be the big 4-0 in 2007. Yippeeeee..... Actually, I feel better the
older I get. More secure in who I am and more happy with life in
general.
My 40s so far have been one of my best
> decades, did the kid thing early so they're all grownup and out of the
> house, got a couple of adorable grandkids I can play with with I'm up
> for it and send home when I'm not, been at my job for 23 years so I
> get paid reasonably well, well enough to own a Harley, which I wanted
> since I was about 10 and first saw Captain America and Billy take off
> across America to the strains of Steppenwolf's "Born to be Wild". Got
> ot see the current version of that band at one of the first bike
> rallies I attended a few years back. Life is good...
It sounds like it! My little girl won't be all grown-up til I'm 46,
but I have visions of being one of those "world travelers" once she's
gone. Nothing tying me to Colorado and my job is "mobile," so I'm
thinking it may be a good thing.
Peach
karenftx
>
> Russell Watson wrote:
>> On 2 Apr 2006 07:34:15 -0700, "WiNK" <elvis...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>> >
>>
>> Heart was definitely full throttle at the time. I finish basic and got
>> to come home only to learn they had played here the week before. That
>> was back when both Ann and Nancy were still gorgeous and Ann hadn't
>> gone from eating ham to the whole hog yet.
>
> U R a mean one. ;-)
>
>> Elvis's death 3 months after the humorous incident I related would
>> cause so much of his music to get dumped back on the market overnight
>> as to obscure just how good the "Moody Blue" album really was, his
>> best studio album in several years. The final "Live" album that came
>> out around the time he died was great also, if you could get past how
>> bad he looked in the jacket photo. Ranks with "Aloha From Hawaii" for
>> great live stuff from The King.
>
> I still remember what I was doing when I found out.... I've been an
> Elvis fan for many, many years.... which surprises everyone who knows
> me.
>
York Daily News (I was living in Bayside at the time) came out with "Elvis
Lives On Jelly Donuts". Then a few days later, he died.
I also remember the "Moody Blue" album. My mom still has hers--in blue.
> I ha almost forgotten that during that
>> time there was one other inescapable thing on the radio, either
>> "Margaritaville" or the title track from it's album, "Changes in
>> Latitude, Changes in Attitude" by Jimmy Buffet. One of those was every
>> 5th song on Top 40 radio at the time.
>> So, you're 8 years younger than me, be looking at the big four-oh here
>> sometime in the next year!
>
> Will be the big 4-0 in 2007. Yippeeeee..... Actually, I feel better the
> older I get. More secure in who I am and more happy with life in
> general.
>
> My 40s so far have been one of my best
>> decades, did the kid thing early so they're all grownup and out of the
>> house, got a couple of adorable grandkids I can play with with I'm up
>> for it and send home when I'm not, been at my job for 23 years so I
>> get paid reasonably well, well enough to own a Harley, which I wanted
>> since I was about 10 and first saw Captain America and Billy take off
>> across America to the strains of Steppenwolf's "Born to be Wild". Got
>> ot see the current version of that band at one of the first bike
>> rallies I attended a few years back. Life is good...
>
> It sounds like it! My little girl won't be all grown-up til I'm 46,
> but I have visions of being one of those "world travelers" once she's
> gone. Nothing tying me to Colorado and my job is "mobile," so I'm
> thinking it may be a good thing.
>
> Peach
>
The 40's club. To get back, "Southern Nights" came out just about the time
my mom was finalizing her divorce from my dad and was dating this guy from
NC named Dennis. He was really cool and that year took all the neighborhood
kids (he had an old woody wagon that sat like 50 people) to Far Rockaway to
Rye Playland and I got a 2nd degree sunburn.
Soon after that, Mom met my future stepdad Jerry, who was also from NC.
So memories of that time and that year.
WiNK
I love this! A whole group of nostalgia junkies! :-) I used to think
I had way too many "song tie-in's" and memories....and just overdosed
on this stuff, but I'm glad to see I'm in good company. :-)
Peach
Giggles
"zob" <zob@_cox.net> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 01 Apr 2006 19:13:11 GMT, "Giggles" <laug...@you.com> wrote:
>
> |
> |"Bob Rudd" <bob...@verizon.net> wrote in message
> |news:9jyXf.1528$Py4.544@trnddc06...
> |> In article <cd4s22tbm0sb7ru0r...@4ax.com>, zob@_cox.net
> |> says...
> |>> On Thu, 30 Mar 2006 11:35:15 -0700, "Suzanne D." <sdal...@yahoo.com>
> |>> wrote:
> |>>
> |>> |
> |>> |"swangdb" <swa...@auburn.edu> wrote in message
> |>> |> Katherine:
> |>> |>
> |>> |> no idea
> |>> |
> |>> |
> |>> |Katharine should tackle some Juice Newton. "Angel of the Morning" or
> |>> "Break
> |>> |it to Me Gently" or something like that.
> |>> |--S.
> |>> |
> |>>
> |>> There's an absolutely perfect country song fro McPhee: "No One's
> |>> Gonna Love You Like Me" by Mary McBride. It's one of the original
> |>> songs on (don't laugh) the Brokeback Mountain soundtrack, and it was
> |>> made for Katharine's voice!
> |>>
> |>
> |>
> |> Zob, you nailed it!
> |> --
> |
> |
>
> |
> |
>
>
>
> "No One's Gonna Love You Like Me" is a wonderfully new but retro
> Country song., and the range and melody are perfectly suited for
> Katharine's voice. I instantly loved the song the first time I heard
> it, and I'm sure many others felt the same way. It has all the
> elements that most of today's totally forgettable country songs lack:
> a catchy melody that leaves you humming it; a variation of the old
> standard C-E-A-D-G-C chord progressions that helped ingrain so many
> songs forever into the American music psyche (e.g., "Crazy."); it also
> has a surprisingly intricate structure with some difficult intervals
> to sing. Mary McBride makes it sound deceptively simple.
>
> Yilkes, I'm starting to sound like Mickey! Somebody shoot me!
>
> I think Katharine could do a lot worse than to sing "No One's Gonna
> Love You Like Me" and nail it.
>
> Several people have mentioned Juice Newton as a song choice for her
> and I had considered that also (Juice Newton grew up just a few blocks
> from where I used to live in Virginia Beach, so I was a fan when she
> was popular). But when you picture Katharine singing "Break It To Me
> Gently" or any of the other Newton covers, she just doesn't have the
> husky "break" in her voice that Newton -- and Brenda Lee -- have
> that's necessary to nail that type of song. "No One's Gonna Love You
> Like Me" would show off her particular vocals a whole lot better IMO.
>
>
> :-D
I downloaded the song to see if it would be good and it did what Tylenol PM
hasn't been able to do.....put me to sleep. If you love Katherine, don't
wish that song on her. Yes it's perfect for her voice but it is BORING.
She will get slammed by the judges and lose votes. She needs to step it up
not down. Everyone has to do a WOW song every week from now on.
Rhina
never measure up to your set of preconceived standards simply because
you don't like her. It's easy to throw in terms like, "she sucks",
which to any normal person with any semblance of objectivity is
impossible to believe considering the fact that these remaining
contestants were the result of several-months-long auditions
participated in by thousands of people all over the states. She may
have sucked last week, but that's about it. Otherwise, she would have
gone a long time ago.
And as for Katherine, you'd think that possessing a formal training in
singing with a vocal coach for a mother, passing the auditions would
not produce any visible surprised reactions. Yet there she was sweating
it out just like the rest, laughing and crying with joy whenever she
passes every stage of the auditions. Talk about lacking in humility.
Bottom line is, you simply don't like her. Just look back for a moment
your indiscreet jumping in on some people's conversation in which
Chromallly is responding to this statement of one poster that says, "On
the other hand, it's been my observation that people frequently
discover a vibe or over analyze a sneeze to justify a prejudice."
Chromally responds by saying, "I have to agree. We're not voting for
Miss America here, we're voting for AI. Do we even have to evaluate
how they think on the inside? We're already making judgements of her as
a person in that little 5 minute clip we saw of her. Let's just all go
back and talk about how they suck in singing."
You, on the other hand, apparently delighted by the Kat bashing
indiscretely jumped in the conversation and said, "Okay. Her singing
sucks. When her screeching doesn't make the dogs howl, I'm asleep from
her boring performance. But at least two nights in a row she didn't
wear maternity clothes!"
Huh? Maternity clothes has to do with singing?
Russell Watson
They don't call it "the soundtrack of your life" for nuthin'! There's
hardly a song from the mid-'80s back to stuff from the late-'50s (I
was born in '59, but in the pre-Beatles era of the early '60s when
most restuarants looked something like a Steak'n'Shake does today,
except every table had an ashtray on it and there was a perpetual blue
haze in the air, the stuff from the '50s was still standard jukebox
fare down here my neck of the woods) that doesn't evoke a memory, some
really, really good and some that suck. There are a few tunes going up
through the '90s that do that, but they are few and far between as I
got older and life became more "serious" for a while there. There are
some songs from the mid-'70s when I had that heightened awareness that
seems to come in your mid-teens that I can put on late at night and
it's like I'm right back there again, pining for some girl or other or
whatever. We used to have a swimming hole called Indian Springs that
had a big ol' roller rink and game room with a jukebox in it. We used
to go down there and feed the jukebox dimes all afternoon and stand in
the "window" (it really didn't have windows, the whole side of the
building from about waist up was hinged at the top and swung up and
was held up by props kinda like a car hood) and watch the girls in
their bathing suits frolic in the water while the tunes spun. It was
great times.
Giggles
"Rhina" <rhina_...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1144099701.0...@z34g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...
> Believe me, no matter what she sings and however she performs she will
> never measure up to your set of preconceived standards simply because
> you don't like her. It's easy to throw in terms like, "she sucks",
> which to any normal person with any semblance of objectivity is
> impossible to believe considering the fact that these remaining
> contestants were the result of several-months-long auditions
> participated in by thousands of people all over the states. She may
> have sucked last week, but that's about it. Otherwise, she would have
> gone a long time ago.
>
So you agree with me that she sucked that week. You just said it yourself
that she sucked. Are you the only one allowed to say that she sucks? What
is your problem?
> And as for Katherine, you'd think that possessing a formal training in
> singing with a vocal coach for a mother, passing the auditions would
> not produce any visible surprised reactions. Yet there she was sweating
> it out just like the rest, laughing and crying with joy whenever she
> passes every stage of the auditions. Talk about lacking in humility.
>
What does that have to do with the price of tea in China?
> Bottom line is, you simply don't like her. Just look back for a moment
> your indiscreet jumping in on some people's conversation in which
> Chromallly is responding to this statement of one poster that says, "On
> the other hand, it's been my observation that people frequently
> discover a vibe or over analyze a sneeze to justify a prejudice."
>
Jumping in the middle of conversations is what EVERYONE does on this
newsgroup.
> Chromally responds by saying, "I have to agree. We're not voting for
> Miss America here, we're voting for AI. Do we even have to evaluate
> how they think on the inside? We're already making judgements of her as
> a person in that little 5 minute clip we saw of her. Let's just all go
> back and talk about how they suck in singing."
>
Chromally wanted to talk about how they sucked so I said okay. The thread
was about Katharine so that was the appropriate one to discuss in the
thread. Had the thread been about one of the other contestants that sucked
that night, I would have discussed them. It was the worst performance night
in AI history. The only one that stepped up their game was Bucky.
> You, on the other hand, apparently delighted by the Kat bashing
> indiscretely jumped in the conversation and said, "Okay. Her singing
> sucks. When her screeching doesn't make the dogs howl, I'm asleep from
> her boring performance. But at least two nights in a row she didn't
> wear maternity clothes!"
>
> Huh? Maternity clothes has to do with singing?
>
It was a compliment. The only one I could give her for that night.
Now why are you so obsessed with me? Someone posts something like this:
"Dale Bowman" <centa...@webtv.net> wrote in message
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> Katherine is a self absorbed "Bitch Goddess".
> She would have Simon's balls for breakfast if it were possible.
And you say nothing. Why is that? Why do I scare you so much? Are you
afraid because of what I think about Katharine that others will follow my
lead and actually speak the truth about her? Do you really think these
people don't have a mind of their own? Everyone is allowed to have their
own opinions about the contestants and if you'd stop stalking me and
actually read other posts, you'd see I'm pretty tame with my criticisms
compared to others. I don't blow smoke up people's butts like the judges on
AI. I tell them the truth. If you don't like my truth, don't read it!
karenftx
"Russell Watson" <russell...@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:bs73321coolmnt58h...@4ax.com...(snipped because it's getting way too long to post it all.)
It's funny how music can bring you back to any moment of your life. And the
strangest songs too. "Swearing To God" by Frankie Vallie just brings back
good memories of my childhood because of when it came out and what I was
doing.
"Barbara Ann" and "Teenager In Love" bring back summer camp. So does
"Someone Saved My Life Tonight".
Any early 80's song brings up the happiest times of my life. I hear Duran
Duran and I am transported back into that crazy Duranie (55214--still
remember my fan club number), especially "Is There Something I Should Know".
Likewise songs like "I Made It Through The Rain" have helped me through some
tough times.
Rhina
> Now why are you so obsessed with me?
You seemed curable. That's a compliment.
> Someone posts something like this:
>
> "Dale Bowman" <centa...@webtv.net> wrote in message
> news:15198-443...@storefull-3134.bay.webtv.net...
> > Katherine is a self absorbed "Bitch Goddess".
> > She would have Simon's balls for breakfast if it were possible.
>
> And you say nothing. Why is that? Why do I scare you so much? Are you
One rehab at a time.
> afraid because of what I think about Katharine that others will
follow my
> lead and actually speak the truth about her? Do you really think these
> people don't have a mind of their own? Everyone is allowed to have their
> own opinions about the contestants and if you'd stop stalking me and
> actually read other posts, you'd see I'm pretty tame with my criticisms
> compared to others. I don't blow smoke up people's butts like the judges on
> AI. I tell them the truth. If you don't like my truth, don't read it!
Same thing. If you don't like my replies, don't read them! Simple as
that. I don't like the fact that you jump all over the place just to
trash Kat. How many times do you have to say the same thing? Can't you
at least be creative?
Giggles
> suggesting a song that's suited for her voice and range, and still
> maintain that it's perfect. Youcompletely ignored everything I said
> because you listened to the song once and didn't like it. I love it
> and think it's anything but boring, it's catchy and I haven't been
> able to stop humming it.
>
> You know as well as I do that trying to sing a song that they're not
> suited for is sure to get a chorus of "poor song choice" from the
> panel and get them one step closer to getting booted. They all need
> to stick with what works for their style, and do their very best at
> it. In my opinion, of course.
>
> My favorites are Elliott and Mandisa, so no skin off my nose one way
> or the other if Kat flops. But I'd like to see them all do a song
> beautifully.
>
You missed everything I said. It doesn't matter if they can sing a song
beautifully. They also have to "show off". That song doesn't allow you to
"show off". It is a beautiful song by the way.
Take for instance "Love Me Tender" by Elvis. It is one of the most
beautiful songs ever written and I'm sure a few contestants could do a great
job with it. But it's not a "WOW" type song. The judges keep telling them
the songs don't WOW them. So why do a song you know isn't going to do that?
The judges and the voters don't want quiet, reserved, sweet songs. They
want power ballads or songs that make you get up and dance for joy. But
don't pick songs like a Christina song when you can't top her.
I think the judges and the voters are expecting more from this group because
they should know from the past what they need to do. I know if I wanted to
be on AI this season, I would have studied all the other seasons to see what
is expected and learned what songs from each possible theme night I could
blow the roof off with. Last week almost all of the contestants showed they
didn't do their homework.
Giggles
sure she is happy about that!
"Rhina" <rhina_...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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fmomoon
"karenftx" <kayla...@satx.rr.com> wrote in message
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>
> "Russell Watson" <russell...@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:bs73321coolmnt58h...@4ax.com...
>> On 3 Apr 2006 05:43:09 -0700, "WiNK" <elvis...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
> (snipped because it's getting way too long to post it all.)
>
> It's funny how music can bring you back to any moment of your life. And
> the strangest songs too. "Swearing To God" by Frankie Vallie just brings
> back good memories of my childhood because of when it came out and what I
> was doing.
For various reasons, "Sunny" by Bill Withers will always make me get feeling
nostalgic. "Spinning Wheel" will get me dancing. "God Bless The Child,"
sung by either Holiday or BS&T will get me quiet. "What Kind of Fool Am I?"
always makes me think of my dad at the piano and me singing, which is tough
memories these days. "The Man I Love," as sung by Judy Garland makes me
think of a very nice date. ;) "Happy Together" makes me think of an old
boyfriend. "Strange Fruit" just makes me think. "Move On" (from SUNDAY IN
THE PARK WITH GEORGE) makes me cry.
--
Moni (fmomoon)