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Title: 18 December 2015: it's 1977?
Post by: urth on December 17, 2015, 05:30:35 PM
One would assume, that's the only Star Wars release year left to us.
Title: Re: 18 December 2015: it's 1977?
Post by: Lightnin' Rod on December 17, 2015, 05:53:43 PM
One would assume, that's the only Star Wars release year left to us.

Would think so, other than 2005, which would be bad.  Very bad.

Anyway, I've been researching possible suggestions, and trying to tie them to a seque.  One I came up with:

Luke: "I have a very bad feeling about this."

into ...

Peter Frampton, "I'm in You"

But that's just mean.
Title: Re: 18 December 2015: it's 1977?
Post by: CapnJack on December 17, 2015, 06:07:02 PM
Vader: "I find your lack of faith disturbing."

into...

Elvis Costello "Waiting For The End Of The World"
Title: Re: 18 December 2015: it's 1977?
Post by: Lightnin' Rod on December 18, 2015, 08:43:54 AM
Vader: "I find your lack of faith disturbing."

into...

Elvis Costello "Waiting For The End Of The World"

Or the TH, "Psycho Killer".  Though for Psycho Killer I was thinking this:


Quote
Princess Leia Organa: No! Alderaan is peaceful! We have no weapons, you can't possibly...

Governor Tarkin: [impatiently] You would prefer another target, a military target? Then name the system! I grow tired of asking this so it will be the last time: *Where* is the rebel base?

Princess Leia Organa: ...Dantooine. They're on Dantooine.

Governor Tarkin: There. You see, Lord Vader, she can be reasonable. Continue with the operation; you may fire when ready.

Princess Leia Organa: WHAT?

Governor Tarkin: You're far too trusting. Dantooine is too remote to make an effective demonstration - but don't worry; we will deal with your rebel friends soon enough.
Title: Re: 18 December 2015: it's 1977?
Post by: RGMike on December 18, 2015, 10:04:44 AM
Getting Meco out of the way first. Good idea.
Title: Re: 18 December 2015: it's 1977?
Post by: RGMike on December 18, 2015, 10:09:20 AM
Bill Murray (of course) --> "You Don't Have to be a Star (Wars) to Be in My Show".
Title: Re: 18 December 2015: it's 1977?
Post by: urth on December 18, 2015, 10:10:16 AM
Getting Meco out of the way first. Good idea.

Yep, sets the tone so we can move on to (hopefully) better things.

(1977 is not my fave year; as Wayback Dischead pointed out, there's a lot to not like in that year.)
Title: Re: 18 December 2015: it's 1977?
Post by: urth on December 18, 2015, 10:11:48 AM
Bill Murray (of course) --> "You Don't Have to be a Star (Wars) to Be in My Show".

Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis? An acceptable level of cheeze in this one.

Title: Re: 18 December 2015: it's 1977?
Post by: RGMike on December 18, 2015, 10:13:58 AM
VHM Thin Lizzy in the moonlight.
Title: Re: 18 December 2015: it's 1977?
Post by: Lightnin' Rod on December 18, 2015, 10:15:31 AM
BOS1, Thin Lizzy
Title: Re: 18 December 2015: it's 1977?
Post by: Lightnin' Rod on December 18, 2015, 10:20:41 AM
um, The Records , "Starry Eyes"?  Best guess from Google, but they also say it's from '78.

ETA:  Guess not, see Mike's post below.  NTM.
Title: Re: 18 December 2015: it's 1977?
Post by: urth on December 18, 2015, 10:21:08 AM
Well, well, well...

The celestial theme continues with Roky Erickson's Starry Eyes. Possible Bustout, BOS1.
Title: Re: 18 December 2015: it's 1977?
Post by: urth on December 18, 2015, 10:23:13 AM
Obi Wan confronts Darth Vader > CSN, Dark Star.

Makes sense.

Title: Re: 18 December 2015: it's 1977?
Post by: RGMike on December 18, 2015, 10:24:35 AM
"Dark Star" was inevitable.
Title: Re: 18 December 2015: it's 1977?
Post by: RGMike on December 18, 2015, 10:26:26 AM
Princess Leia --> "Little Queen". heh.
Title: Re: 18 December 2015: it's 1977?
Post by: Lightnin' Rod on December 18, 2015, 10:29:06 AM
Princess Leia --> "Little Queen". heh.

VHM
Title: Re: 18 December 2015: it's 1977?
Post by: urth on December 18, 2015, 10:32:43 AM
"Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi, you're my only hope! > Television, Venus

Another bustout? BOS2!

ETA: Nope, not a bustout -- two previous plays, the second of which was an encore of the original set.
Title: Re: 18 December 2015: it's 1977?
Post by: RGMike on December 18, 2015, 10:35:57 AM
I'm trying to be lenient re: LNs that fit into a segue, but Iggy's "Passenger" is the biggest FF we've heard so far.
Title: Re: 18 December 2015: it's 1977?
Post by: urth on December 18, 2015, 10:38:14 AM
I'm trying to be lenient re: LNs that fit into a segue, but Iggy's "Passenger" is the biggest FF we've heard so far.

I'd have picked the CSN tune for that title, but they've both made fairly regular appearances.
Title: Re: 18 December 2015: it's 1977?
Post by: RGMike on December 18, 2015, 10:41:20 AM
droids --> APP from I Robot. Clever.
Title: Re: 18 December 2015: it's 1977?
Post by: Davefish on December 18, 2015, 10:42:54 AM
droids --> APP from I Robot. Clever.
Nice headphone candy.
Title: Re: 18 December 2015: it's 1977?
Post by: urth on December 18, 2015, 10:43:13 AM
More Star Wars "We don't serve your kind here" > Alan Parsons Project - I Robot

VHM, maybe even BOS.
Title: Re: 18 December 2015: it's 1977?
Post by: RGMike on December 18, 2015, 10:46:13 AM
another FF: Bowie, "Hee-woes"
Title: Re: 18 December 2015: it's 1977?
Post by: urth on December 18, 2015, 10:46:53 AM
"May the Force be with you" > Bowie, Heroes

Natch. Great song, oft heard, you get a VHM.
Title: Re: 18 December 2015: it's 1977?
Post by: dischead on December 18, 2015, 11:05:09 AM

12/18/15 - Friday!  It's 1977

    (Movie:  Star Wars)
1. Meco - Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band
    (TV:  Saturday Night Live:  Bill Murray:  "Star Wars... nothing but Star Wars!")
2. Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis Jr. - You Don't Have To Be a Star (To Be in My Show)
    (Movie:  Star Wars)
3. Thin Lizzy - Dancing in the Moonlight (It's Caught Me in Its Spotlight)
    (Movie:  Star Wars)
4. Roky Erickson - Starry Eyes
    (Movie:  Star Wars)
5. Crosby, Stills, and Nash - Dark Star
    (Movie:  Star Wars)
6. Heart - Little Queen
    (Movie:  Star Wars)
7. Television - Venus
    (Movie:  Star Wars)
8. Iggy Pop - The Passenger
    (Movie:  Star Wars)
9. Alan Parsons Project - I Robot
    (Movie:  Star Wars)
10.David Bowie - Heroes
    (Meco - Star Wars Theme)

Title: Re: 18 December 2015: it's 1977?
Post by: RGMike on December 18, 2015, 11:57:16 AM
I must say AL acquitted herself admirably (and cleverly) this week. And now let us never hear of Star Wars again. :)
Title: Re: 18 December 2015: it's 1977?
Post by: urth on December 18, 2015, 12:03:58 PM
I must say AL acquitted herself admirably (and cleverly) this week. And now let us never hear of Star Wars again. :)

Not bloody likely. SW Episode VIII is scheduled for a Memorial Day release in 2017. I expect more of the same.
Title: Re: 18 December 2015: it's 1977?
Post by: dischead on December 18, 2015, 01:56:36 PM
I must say AL acquitted herself admirably (and cleverly) this week. And now let us never hear of Star Wars again. :)
Not bloody likely. SW Episode VIII is scheduled for a Memorial Day release in 2017. I expect more of the same.

I've been wondering about the SW blitz this week on 10@10.  I can understand why KGO-TV would devote so many
minutes on their "news" programs to flog the movie, but why KFOG?  A little poking around reveals that the owner
of KFOG, Cumulus Media, appears to be part of ABC Radio Network, which is in turned owned by Disney, who is
distributing the film.  There are actually a couple of other links in that corporate chain, but that's the gist of it.

Title: Re: 18 December 2015: it's 1977?
Post by: Big Fingers McGee on December 18, 2015, 03:40:03 PM
I've been wondering about the SW blitz this week on 10@10

I'd use the word 'shilling' instead of 'blitz', but yeah, KFOG's behavior over the release has been at best embarrassing.

I think the Star War franchise has many positive characteristics, but like The Simpsons, its sponsors will evidently stop at nothing when it comes to promotion.
Title: Re: 18 December 2015: it's 1977?
Post by: urth on December 18, 2015, 03:48:24 PM
I think the Star War franchise has many positive characteristics, but like The Simpsons, its sponsors will evidently stop at nothing when it comes to promotion.

That pretty much describes Disney to a T.
Title: Re: 18 December 2015: it's 1977?
Post by: RGMike on December 18, 2015, 07:52:37 PM
I must say AL acquitted herself admirably (and cleverly) this week. And now let us never hear of Star Wars again. :)
Not bloody likely. SW Episode VIII is scheduled for a Memorial Day release in 2017. I expect more of the same.

I've been wondering about the SW blitz this week on 10@10.  I can understand why KGO-TV would devote so many
minutes on their "news" programs to flog the movie, but why KFOG?  A little poking around reveals that the owner
of KFOG, Cumulus Media, appears to be part of ABC Radio Network, which is in turned owned by Disney, who is
distributing the film.  There are actually a couple of other links in that corporate chain, but that's the gist of it.

I honestly don't see evil corporate synergy here. Cumulus *used* to partner with ABC Radio Networks (they are owned by Disney) but that ended last year, so there's no direct or indirect link. I think this was a "cute" idea that someone came up with at a weekly programming meeting and they just kinda ran with it -- AL had fun and seemed to have pretty free rein. Like it or not, it is a genuine pop-cultural phenom. I certainly found it far less annoying than the Outside Lands, Live From the Archives or Bottle Rock promotional sets.  Dave and AL have both done James Bond sets in the past when those movies opened.
Title: Re: 18 December 2015: it's 1977?
Post by: dischead on December 18, 2015, 10:43:21 PM
I must say AL acquitted herself admirably (and cleverly) this week. And now let us never hear of Star Wars again. :)
Not bloody likely. SW Episode VIII is scheduled for a Memorial Day release in 2017. I expect more of the same.
I've been wondering about the SW blitz this week on 10@10.  I can understand why KGO-TV would devote so many
minutes on their "news" programs to flog the movie, but why KFOG?  A little poking around reveals that the owner
of KFOG, Cumulus Media, appears to be part of ABC Radio Network, which is in turned owned by Disney, who is
distributing the film.  There are actually a couple of other links in that corporate chain, but that's the gist of it.
I honestly don't see evil corporate synergy here. Cumulus *used* to partner with ABC Radio Networks (they are owned by Disney) but that ended last year, so there's no direct or indirect link. I think this was a "cute" idea that someone came up with at a weekly programming meeting and they just kinda ran with it -- AL had fun and seemed to have pretty free rein. Like it or not, it is a genuine pop-cultural phenom. I certainly found it far less annoying than the Outside Lands, Live From the Archives or Bottle Rock promotional sets.  Dave and AL have both done James Bond sets in the past when those movies opened.

While I think it's still an open question, I do agree that, clips aside, we've gotten two or three
good sets out of it this week.
Title: Re: 18 December 2015: it's 1977?
Post by: Lightnin' Rod on December 21, 2015, 09:34:21 AM
I can understand why KGO-TV would devote so many
minutes on their "news" programs to flog the movie

KTVU news (not owned by Disney, I'm pretty sure) was flogging the hell out of the movie too (leading to some awkward segues like "Hey Sal, have you been using the force to get people through the backup on 24?").  So I really think that the marketing blitz/cultural phenomenon just hit critical mass, and if you weren't talking about SW, then there was a perceived risk of losing viewers to people who were.
Title: Re: 18 December 2015: it's 1977?
Post by: Tinka Cat on December 21, 2015, 12:16:50 PM
I can understand why KGO-TV would devote so many
minutes on their "news" programs to flog the movie

KTVU news (not owned by Disney, I'm pretty sure) was flogging the hell out of the movie too (leading to some awkward segues like "Hey Sal, have you been using the force to get people through the backup on 24?").  So I really think that the marketing blitz/cultural phenomenon just hit critical mass, and if you weren't talking about SW, then there was a perceived risk of losing viewers to people who were.

Good insight there, LR.