tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5359358707716642068.post5768300908227864404..comments2024-03-11T14:29:20.224-05:00Comments on Notes and Musings: Yeti and OxAmJoe Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10504262446405758375noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5359358707716642068.post-65313213769090591982010-01-12T13:23:15.716-06:002010-01-12T13:23:15.716-06:001. First song I truly loved - "She's Not ...1. First song I truly loved - "She's Not There" by the Zombies. Wikipedia tells me it was 1964. God, I'm old. Then the Beatles came and wiped everything else off the map.<br /><br />2. Most awful song - There are too many to name just one.<br /><br />3. Favorite line - "Papa saw a chicken standing in the yard, picked up a rock and threw it hard, threw it hard, killed him dead, now the chicken's in the gravy and the gravy's on the bread" Papa's On The Housetop by Leroy Carr & Scrapper Blackwell (1930)<br /><br />4. Favorite music themed book - It's not really a completely music-themed book, but a couple of years ago our in-laws gave us 'All the Words' by Monty Python, and it's amazing how funny those skits and songs are in written form.<br /><br />5. Favorite music-themed movie - The Man With the Golden Arm.<br /><br />6. Most underrated album - Fleet Foxes' 1st album. Yeah, I know it's too new to be called 'underrated,' but the thing is amazing.<br /><br />7. Most interesting music encounter - backstage meeting with Roger Daltrey at Who concert in 198?<br /><br />8. Annoying music cliche - 'baby baby baby baby baby baby baby...'<br /><br />9. Most embarrassing concert moment - I am proud to say that I have never done anything embarrassing at a concert. That I can remember.<br /><br />Thanks, Joe Nick!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5359358707716642068.post-227587037633194912010-01-01T00:58:37.274-06:002010-01-01T00:58:37.274-06:00First song I loved: "Billy Bayou" by Ji...<b>First song I loved:</b> "Billy Bayou" by Jim Reeves. Jim has always been my favorite singer, bar none.<br /><br /><b>Song I can't stand:</b> "Little Rosa" by Red Sovine. Stupid, syrupy, smarmy garbage. Thankfully, Ferlin Husky (as Simon Crum) gave that song the skewering it deserved as "Little Red Webb."<br /><br /><b>Favorite line from a song:</b> "They say love conquers all, you can't start it like a car, you can't stop it with a gun" from "Searching for a Heart" by Warren Zevon.<br /><br /><b>Favorite music book:</b> "Country Music USA" by Dr. Bill Malone. I'm writing a book, and his scholarly work on hillbilly music made it possible for me and everyone else to write serious works on music other than classical.<br /><br /><b>Favorite music movie:</b> <i>This is Spinal Tap</i>.<br /><br /><b>Underrated album:</b> <i>Love & Hope & Sex & Dreams</i>, the debut album by the BoDeans. Dang, that's a great album.<br /><br /><b>Interesting encounter:</b> I was in Nashville to see the BoDeans at a fair on the grounds of the Starwood Amphitheater. Crosby, Stills and Nash were playing at the Amphitheater. I was walking through the grounds and saw Joe Vitale, drummer for CSN (as well as a solo artist and co-writer of Joe Walsh's "Rocky Mountain Way"). I called out "Joe Vitale!" and talked to him for a good two minutes -- <b>completely</b> ignoring Graham Nash, who was at his side.<br /><br /><b>Annoying cliche:</b> the used of the term "underrated" for people who've sold 80 million albums.<br /><br /><b>Embarrassing thing</b>: see the story about ignoring Graham Nash. I'm sure Vitale hasn't let Graham live that down, though.Raizor's Edgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15040455310627815122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5359358707716642068.post-34303741994103711122009-12-28T14:19:37.091-06:002009-12-28T14:19:37.091-06:00Joe Nick, here's my contribution -
Stanley
1...Joe Nick, here's my contribution - <br />Stanley<br /><br />1. First songs I truly loved - "How much is that Doggie in the Window?" by Patti Page. I was 4 and I loved the puppy dog barks. My taste improved by the time I hit 7, when I saw Jerry Lee Lewis singing "Great Balls of Fire" on the Ed Sullivan show. Loved the Killer ever since!<br /><br />2. I can't stand "Honey" by Bobby Goldsboro. It's a maudlin piece of crap. However, Doug Sahm took the tune and morphed it into "Dallas Alice" which is a pretty funny song.<br /><br />3. "My girlfriend Angel is a roadhouse queen/Makes Texas Ruby look like Sandra Dee" - Rodney Crowell "Ain't Livin' Long Like This" - I'm a fan of Curly Fox too.<br /> "Je suis une gran Zombie" - - Dr. John "Walk on Guilded Splinters"<br /><br />4. Favorite music themed book - "Willie Nelson" by Joe Nick Patoski - gotta support the home team!<br /><br />5. Favorite music-themed movie - "Harder They Come"<br /><br />6. Most underrated album - "A Period of Transition" Van Morrison with Dr. John. There wasn't one hit on the album and I don't think it ever made it to CD format. Luckily, I still have the vinyl.<br /><br />7. Shared a joint with Joni Mitchell at JazzFest 1998 while watching Irma Thomas perform. Joni kept singing harmony in my ear. I should have been annoyed except it was Joni Mitchell.<br /> Also, talked to Johnny Adams about one of his early albums while we were filling the urinals at the Satellite Lounge, Houston, 1996.<br /><br />8. Annoying music cliche - Any time a DJ uses the phrase, "The late, great ...". Based on the music I listen to, that covers about 90% of the intros.<br /><br />9. Drank too much at a Blood, Sweat and Tears concert and threw up on in front of my date.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com