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Title: 11 July 2008: VT 1975-1984
Post by: mshray on July 11, 2008, 08:53:08 AM
It just HAS to be 1968.

Not that I've heard any actual indication of it ahead of time, but we haven't been to the 60's since May 16 ('69) and we've had a '67 set and 2 '69 sets since our previous '68 set on 4/18.  Plus Dave has done theme sets the past 4 Fridays.

ETA: shows what I know.
Title: Re: 11 July 2008: 1968
Post by: RGMike on July 11, 2008, 09:01:14 AM
It just HAS to be.

Not that I've heard any actual indication of it ahead of time, but we haven't been to the 60's since May 16 ('69) and we've had a '67 set and 2 '69 sets since our previous '68 set on 4/18.  Plus Dave has done theme sets the past 4 Fridays.

It's also Dave's birthday, so barring his birth year (1950? 51?  LOL!), '68's a good bet.
Title: Re: 11 July 2008: 1968
Post by: mshray on July 11, 2008, 09:20:13 AM
It just HAS to be.

Not that I've heard any actual indication of it ahead of time, but we haven't been to the 60's since May 16 ('69) and we've had a '67 set and 2 '69 sets since our previous '68 set on 4/18.  Plus Dave has done theme sets the past 4 Fridays.

It's also Dave's birthday, so barring his birth year (1950? 51?  LOL!), '68's a good bet.

I know he graduated from HS in 1968, because he told me on the phone once years ago.  So this would be his 40th reunion.
Title: Re: 11 July 2008: 1968
Post by: RGMike on July 11, 2008, 09:59:23 AM
oops...it's a 75-84 VT. harrrumph!

But BOS TOTHK Pilot, anyway.
Title: Re: 11 July 2008: 1968
Post by: mshray on July 11, 2008, 10:03:55 AM
oops...it's a 75-84 VT. harrrumph!

But BOS TOTHK Pilot, anyway.

Dave's right about this being a near-perfect TotHK, but I would've preferred 1968.

I am preparing a suggestion for next Friday, a South Africa/Nelson Mandel/Anti-Apartheid set for Nelson's 90th birthday.
Title: Re: 11 July 2008: VT 1975-1984
Post by: RGMike on July 11, 2008, 10:03:59 AM
the brothas and their johnsons make their 2nd appearance of the week.
Title: Re: 11 July 2008: 1968
Post by: RGMike on July 11, 2008, 10:05:43 AM
oops...it's a 75-84 VT. harrrumph!

But BOS TOTHK Pilot, anyway.

Dave's right about this being a near-perfect TotHK, but I would've preferred 1968.

I am preparing a suggestion for next Friday, a South Africa/Nelson Mandel/Anti-Apartheid set for Nelson's 90th birthday.

That's excellent!  I made an anti-apartheid mixtape in the late '80s -- I'll dig it out tonite and post the song titles.
Title: Re: 11 July 2008: VT 1975-84
Post by: Wayback on July 11, 2008, 10:07:11 AM
Pilot, Bros. Johnson, Buffett sure bring back memories of those summers ;D
Title: Re: 11 July 2008: 1968
Post by: Davefish on July 11, 2008, 10:07:23 AM
It just HAS to be.

Not that I've heard any actual indication of it ahead of time, but we haven't been to the 60's since May 16 ('69) and we've had a '67 set and 2 '69 sets since our previous '68 set on 4/18.  Plus Dave has done theme sets the past 4 Fridays.

It's also Dave's birthday, so barring his birth year (1950? 51?  LOL!), '68's a good bet.


I know he graduated from HS in 1968, because he told me on the phone once years ago.  So this would be his 40th reunion.
Really?   What about "We're so cool, we're so fine, we're the class of '69!"  I remember him chanting it.
Title: Re: 11 July 2008: 1968
Post by: RGMike on July 11, 2008, 10:08:23 AM
It just HAS to be.

Not that I've heard any actual indication of it ahead of time, but we haven't been to the 60's since May 16 ('69) and we've had a '67 set and 2 '69 sets since our previous '68 set on 4/18.  Plus Dave has done theme sets the past 4 Fridays.

It's also Dave's birthday, so barring his birth year (1950? 51?  LOL!), '68's a good bet.


I know he graduated from HS in 1968, because he told me on the phone once years ago.  So this would be his 40th reunion.
Really?   What about "We're so cool, we're so fine, we're the class of '69!"  I remember him chanting it.

or "we're so cool, we're so great, we're the class of '68"?
Title: Re: 11 July 2008: VT 1975-1984
Post by: mshray on July 11, 2008, 10:08:32 AM
watching the sun bake all of those tourists covered in oil.

I'm sure Buffett had no idea that this song would be worth like a billion dollars to him when he wrote it.
Title: Re: 11 July 2008: 1968
Post by: Gazoo on July 11, 2008, 10:08:50 AM
oops...it's a 75-84 VT. harrrumph!

But BOS TOTHK Pilot, anyway.

Dave's right about this being a near-perfect TotHK, but I would've preferred 1968.

I am preparing a suggestion for next Friday, a South Africa/Nelson Mandel/Anti-Apartheid set for Nelson's 90th birthday.

That's excellent!  I made an anti-apartheid mixtape in the late '80s -- I'll dig it out tonite and post the song titles.

Obviously Specials AKA, "Free Nelson Mandela"; also, I imagine 3DN, "Black and White" (unless you want to try for the original?); "People Got to Be Free" ...
Title: Re: 11 July 2008: VT 1975-1984
Post by: RGMike on July 11, 2008, 10:10:13 AM
I really did love "Margaritaville" in '77. Who knew it would spawn an empire!
Title: Re: 11 July 2008: VT 1975-1984
Post by: Wayback on July 11, 2008, 10:12:05 AM
Baker Street: the BIG HIT of summer 78
Title: Re: 11 July 2008: 1968
Post by: RGMike on July 11, 2008, 10:12:32 AM
oops...it's a 75-84 VT. harrrumph!

But BOS TOTHK Pilot, anyway.

Dave's right about this being a near-perfect TotHK, but I would've preferred 1968.

I am preparing a suggestion for next Friday, a South Africa/Nelson Mandel/Anti-Apartheid set for Nelson's 90th birthday.

That's excellent!  I made an anti-apartheid mixtape in the late '80s -- I'll dig it out tonite and post the song titles.

Obviously Specials AKA, "Free Nelson Mandela"; also, I imagine 3DN, "Black and White" (unless you want to try for the original?); "People Got to Be Free" ...

The songs on the tape were mostly Africa-specific, actually. But I like those too.

I declare a moratorium on "Baker Street"... but the "suits" will be pleased with today's set.
Title: Re: 11 July 2008: VT 1975-1984
Post by: Lightnin' Rod on July 11, 2008, 10:13:21 AM
I really did love "Margaritaville" in '77. Who knew it would spawn an empire!

Parrothead trivia:  What unusual distinction does Buffet share with Ernest Hemingway, John Steinbeck, William Styron, Irving Wallace, Dr. Seuss and Mitch Albom?


Title: Re: 11 July 2008: 1968
Post by: Lightnin' Rod on July 11, 2008, 10:15:50 AM

I declare a moratorium on "Baker Street"... but the "suits" will be pleased with today's set.

Quickly scanning this, I thought you wrote the 'sluts' were pleased today.  Which is quite a chore, let me tell you.   :D
Title: Re: 11 July 2008: VT 1975-1984
Post by: RGMike on July 11, 2008, 10:18:08 AM
BOS2 ELO -- their most disco-y hit, and one Dave actually rarely plays (in fact iirc this is only its 2nd appearance ever)
Title: Re: 11 July 2008: VT 1975-1984
Post by: Gazoo on July 11, 2008, 10:20:36 AM
BOS to ELO.  Distracted by an obnoxious hack editor but trying to enjoy this set.
Title: Re: 11 July 2008: VT 1975-1984
Post by: Wayback on July 11, 2008, 10:20:54 AM
I really did love "Margaritaville" in '77. Who knew it would spawn an empire!
Parrothead trivia:  What unusual distinction does Buffet share with Ernest Hemingway, John Steinbeck, William Styron, Irving Wallace, Dr. Seuss and Mitch Albom?
They all 'blew out a flip-flop'??
Title: Re: 11 July 2008: VT 1975-1984
Post by: RGMike on July 11, 2008, 10:21:37 AM
BJ cruises the Miracle Mile looking for, well, a BJ.
Title: Re: 11 July 2008: 1968
Post by: mshray on July 11, 2008, 10:22:40 AM
oops...it's a 75-84 VT. harrrumph!

But BOS TOTHK Pilot, anyway.

Dave's right about this being a near-perfect TotHK, but I would've preferred 1968.

I am preparing a suggestion for next Friday, a South Africa/Nelson Mandel/Anti-Apartheid set for Nelson's 90th birthday.

That's excellent!  I made an anti-apartheid mixtape in the late '80s -- I'll dig it out tonite and post the song titles.

cool. 

aside from the obvious: Special AKA, "Biko", "Sun City", one or another from Graceland...

I want to suggest UB40 "Sing Our Own Song", Simple Minds "Mandela Day", Johnny Clegg's "Asimbonanga", and a song by a very obscure (in the U.S. anyway) group called Latin Quarter titled "No Rope As Long As Time" that is perhaps the best anti-apartheid song ever, unless it's the Clegg tune.
Title: Re: 11 July 2008: VT 1975-1984
Post by: Lightnin' Rod on July 11, 2008, 10:23:31 AM
I really did love "Margaritaville" in '77. Who knew it would spawn an empire!
Parrothead trivia:  What unusual distinction does Buffet share with Ernest Hemingway, John Steinbeck, William Styron, Irving Wallace, Dr. Seuss and Mitch Albom?
They all 'blew out a flip-flop'??

Good guess.  ;D
Title: Re: 11 July 2008: VT 1975-1984
Post by: RGMike on July 11, 2008, 10:23:42 AM
I really did love "Margaritaville" in '77. Who knew it would spawn an empire!
Parrothead trivia:  What unusual distinction does Buffet share with Ernest Hemingway, John Steinbeck, William Styron, Irving Wallace, Dr. Seuss and Mitch Albom?
They all 'blew out a flip-flop'??

and stepped on a pop-top!

I'm thinking they're all published authors  -- is it that simple?
Title: Re: 11 July 2008: VT 1975-1984
Post by: RGMike on July 11, 2008, 10:24:58 AM
BOS3 H&O.  This has gotten better in the last half.
Title: Re: 11 July 2008: VT 1975-1984
Post by: Lightnin' Rod on July 11, 2008, 10:26:29 AM
I really did love "Margaritaville" in '77. Who knew it would spawn an empire!
Parrothead trivia:  What unusual distinction does Buffet share with Ernest Hemingway, John Steinbeck, William Styron, Irving Wallace, Dr. Seuss and Mitch Albom?
They all 'blew out a flip-flop'??

and stepped on a pop-top!

I'm thinking they're all published authors  -- is it that simple?

It's on the right track.  But it's something they all accomplished in the works they published.
Title: Re: 11 July 2008: VT 1975-1984
Post by: RGMike on July 11, 2008, 10:27:42 AM
wow the loooooooooooooooooong "Tainted Love/Where Did Our Love Go?" -- VHM.
Title: Re: 11 July 2008: VT 1975-1984
Post by: Lightnin' Rod on July 11, 2008, 10:28:21 AM
BOS, Tainted Love. 
Title: Re: 11 July 2008: VT 1975-1984
Post by: Wayback on July 11, 2008, 10:29:33 AM
Parrothead trivia:  What unusual distinction does Buffet share with Ernest Hemingway, John Steinbeck, William Styron, Irving Wallace, Dr. Seuss and Mitch Albom?
I'm thinking they're all published authors  -- is it that simple?
It's on the right track.  But it's something they all accomplished in the works they published.
They were all #1 on NY Times Bestseller List?? 
Title: Re: 11 July 2008: VT 1975-1984
Post by: Lightnin' Rod on July 11, 2008, 10:31:16 AM
I really did love "Margaritaville" in '77. Who knew it would spawn an empire!
Parrothead trivia:  What unusual distinction does Buffet share with Ernest Hemingway, John Steinbeck, William Styron, Irving Wallace, Dr. Seuss and Mitch Albom?
I'm thinking they're all published authors  -- is it that simple?
It's on the right track.  But it's something they all accomplished in the works they published.
They were all #1 on NY Times Bestseller List??  

Getting very warm....
Title: Re: 11 July 2008: VT 1975-1984
Post by: Lightnin' Rod on July 11, 2008, 10:32:48 AM
I really did love "Margaritaville" in '77. Who knew it would spawn an empire!
Parrothead trivia:  What unusual distinction does Buffet share with Ernest Hemingway, John Steinbeck, William Styron, Irving Wallace, Dr. Seuss and Mitch Albom?
I'm thinking they're all published authors  -- is it that simple?
It's on the right track.  But it's something they all accomplished in the works they published.
They were all #1 on NY Times Bestseller List??  

Getting very warm....
Hmm, the quote parser is screwy.
Title: Re: 11 July 2008: VT 1975-1984
Post by: RGMike on July 11, 2008, 10:34:18 AM
damn, this isn't just loooong... it's endless!
Title: Re: 11 July 2008: VT 1975-1984
Post by: Wayback on July 11, 2008, 10:36:46 AM
I really did love "Margaritaville" in '77. Who knew it would spawn an empire!
Parrothead trivia:  What unusual distinction does Buffet share with Ernest Hemingway, John Steinbeck, William Styron, Irving Wallace, Dr. Seuss and Mitch Albom?
I'm thinking they're all published authors  -- is it that simple?
It's on the right track.  But it's something they all accomplished in the works they published.
They were all #1 on NY Times Bestseller List??  
Getting very warm....
They all hung out in South Florida while recording their books on tape??
Title: Re: 11 July 2008: VT 1975-1984
Post by: Lightnin' Rod on July 11, 2008, 10:46:40 AM
I really did love "Margaritaville" in '77. Who knew it would spawn an empire!
Parrothead trivia:  What unusual distinction does Buffet share with Ernest Hemingway, John Steinbeck, William Styron, Irving Wallace, Dr. Seuss and Mitch Albom?
I'm thinking they're all published authors  -- is it that simple?
It's on the right track.  But it's something they all accomplished in the works they published.
They were all #1 on NY Times Bestseller List??  
Getting very warm....
They all hung out in South Florida while recording their books on tape??

They all reached #1 on both the fiction and non-fiction NY Times Bestseller Lists.
Title: Re: 11 July 2008: VT 1975-1984
Post by: RGMike on July 11, 2008, 10:47:35 AM
TANC: phone call made me miss Eddy Grant, who was the guest on CG's retro-chart show this week. And his "Gimme Hope Jo'anna" is another great anti-apartheid song that, while a Top 10 UK hit, is unknown in the US.
Title: Re: 11 July 2008: VT 1975-1984
Post by: Wayback on July 11, 2008, 10:48:07 AM
I really did love "Margaritaville" in '77. Who knew it would spawn an empire!
Parrothead trivia:  What unusual distinction does Buffet share with Ernest Hemingway, John Steinbeck, William Styron, Irving Wallace, Dr. Seuss and Mitch Albom?
I'm thinking they're all published authors  -- is it that simple?
It's on the right track.  But it's something they all accomplished in the works they published.
They were all #1 on NY Times Bestseller List??  
Getting very warm....
They all hung out in South Florida while recording their books on tape??
They all reached #1 on both the fiction and non-fiction NY Times Bestseller Lists.
Well, we got darn close!
Title: Re: 11 July 2008: VT 1975-1984
Post by: Davefish on July 11, 2008, 10:49:21 AM


They all reached #1 on both the fiction and non-fiction NY Times Bestseller Lists.
The surprising part is that Dr. Seuss' non-fiction winner was "If I Ran the Circus".
Title: Re: 11 July 2008: VT 1975-1984
Post by: RGMike on July 11, 2008, 12:13:24 PM


They all reached #1 on both the fiction and non-fiction NY Times Bestseller Lists.
The surprising part is that Dr. Seuss' non-fiction winner was "If I Ran the Circus".

I do not like non-fiction ham!
Title: Re: 11 July 2008: VT 1975-1984
Post by: ggould on July 12, 2008, 09:21:24 PM
greetings from Kauai!:

07/11/2008 - FRIDAY!!! Today is...a "Vertical Tasting" (1975 - 1984)!!
 
1.   1975 - Pilot - Magic      
2.   1976 - Brothers Johnson - I'll Be Good to You      
3.   1977 - Jimmy Buffett - Margaritaville      
4.   1978 - Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street      
5.   1979 - ELO - Shine a Little Light      
6.   1980 - Billy Joel - It's Still Rock & Roll to Me      
7.   1981 - Hall & Oates - You Make My Dreams      
8.   1982 - Soft Cell - Tainted Love/Where Did Our Love Go      
9.   1983 - Eddie Grant - Electric Avenue      
10.   1984 - ZZ Top - Legs      
 
BONUS TRACK:  1985 - Eurythmics - Would I Lie to You?

Title: Re: 11 July 2008: VT 1975-1984
Post by: RGMike on July 12, 2008, 10:48:32 PM
      
9.   1983 - Eddie Grant - Electric Avenue      
10.   1984 - ZZ Top - Leggs      
 

Note to the KFOG intern: it's "Eddy" Grant. And while "Legs" eventually became a commercial for Leggs, the song itself only has one G. ::)