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Title: On Tuesday May 10--it's 1975
Post by: urth on May 10, 2005, 09:57:52 AM
Wow, wasn't thinking we'd be this far back today...but yay!!
Title: On Tuesday May 10--it's 1975
Post by: urth on May 10, 2005, 09:59:13 AM
OK, which one of us axes our topic?

Rockford Files, not an auspicious start but at least it's out of the way early.
Title: On Tuesday May 10--it's 1975
Post by: RGMike on May 10, 2005, 10:01:24 AM
Quote from: "urth"
OK, which one of us axes our topic?

Rockford Files, not an auspicious start but at least it's out of the way early.


a fine TOTHC, IMHO, but then I'm a Post fan generally.  Cue the Ambrosia! Or the 10cc...
Title: On Tuesday May 10--it's 1975
Post by: Alicat on May 10, 2005, 10:02:34 AM
Quote from: "urth"
OK, which one of us axes our topic?

Rockford Files, not an auspicious start but at least it's out of the way early.

me, Molly Hatchett
Title: On Tuesday May 10--it's 1975
Post by: urth on May 10, 2005, 10:04:13 AM
Quote from: "RGMike"
Quote from: "urth"
OK, which one of us axes our topic?

Rockford Files, not an auspicious start but at least it's out of the way early.


a fine TOTHC, IMHO, but then I'm a Post fan generally.  Cue the Ambrosia! Or the 10cc...


Personally I'm hoping for Sweet's Little Willy, or maybe Third Rate Romance by Amazing Rhythm Aces.
Title: On Tuesday May 10--it's 1975
Post by: Gazoo on May 10, 2005, 10:04:58 AM
"My music bores me once again."  Not the ideal sentiment for your new single, sonny.  Who's the Mungo he's reading about in SoHo?  Mungo Jerry?  The guy from Blazing Saddles?
Title: On Tuesday May 10--it's 1975
Post by: urth on May 10, 2005, 10:05:47 AM
OK, what the hell is this? I swear I don't think I've EVER heard this, in 1975 or since. Kinda like it, even tho the singer kinda reminds me of Jack Johnson.
Title: On Tuesday May 10--it's 1975
Post by: RGMike on May 10, 2005, 10:06:00 AM
Quote from: "urth"
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Quote from: "urth"
OK, which one of us axes our topic?

Rockford Files, not an auspicious start but at least it's out of the way early.


a fine TOTHC, IMHO, but then I'm a Post fan generally.  Cue the Ambrosia! Or the 10cc...


Personally I'm hoping for Sweet's Little Willy, or maybe Third Rate Romance by Amazing Rhythm Aces.


well, "Little Willy" is '73 but the ARA's would be nice.

OMGWTFLOL!!! Brian Protheroe, "Pinball"  -- a breakout and a song I didn't think ANYONE remembered. A Brit hit that went nowhere over here.
Title: On Tuesday May 10--it's 1975
Post by: Beej on May 10, 2005, 10:06:49 AM
Mungo Jerry only pawn... in Game of Life....
Title: On Tuesday May 10--it's 1975
Post by: mshray on May 10, 2005, 10:07:09 AM
Well after this you won't hear from me much for a week.  Leaving in 2 hours for another whirlwind business trip, 4 days in Texas & Mexico, back for one day, and then a day & a half in Seattle.

Not a bad set for a send off though!
Title: On Tuesday May 10--it's 1975
Post by: Alicat on May 10, 2005, 10:07:54 AM
Quote from: "urth"
Quote from: "RGMike"
Quote from: "urth"
OK, which one of us axes our topic?

Rockford Files, not an auspicious start but at least it's out of the way early.


a fine TOTHC, IMHO, but then I'm a Post fan generally.  Cue the Ambrosia! Or the 10cc...


Personally I'm hoping for Sweet's Little Willy, or maybe Third Rate Romance by Amazing Rhythm Aces.

I was listening to Third Rate this morning. Just got a neat little power thingy for the car that plays the iPod thru the radio.
Title: On Tuesday May 10--it's 1975
Post by: Gazoo on May 10, 2005, 10:08:30 AM
That song did nothing for me, and I'm afraid neither does this "why should I care" tune.  A dangerously recurring theme.  I'm going to pathetically hope for something from Carole King's Really Rosie soundtrack, like "Avenue P" or "Alligators All Around" or "Pierre."
Title: On Tuesday May 10--it's 1975
Post by: urth on May 10, 2005, 10:10:48 AM
Quote from: "RGMike"

well, "Little Willy" is '73 but the ARA's would be nice.

OMGWTFLOL!!! Brian Protheroe, "Pinball"  -- a breakout and a song I didn't think ANYONE remembered. A Brit hit that went nowhere over here.


Ack, I believe you're right. I think I was confusing it with Magic by Pilot, which was '75.

Hmmmm, My Little Town--is it a Katrina yet? Treading very close if it's not.
Title: On Tuesday May 10--it's 1975
Post by: Gazoo on May 10, 2005, 10:10:53 AM
BOS to S&G's "My Little Town," which I never thought to apply to Southeast Asia, but there you have it.
Title: On Tuesday May 10--it's 1975
Post by: Beej on May 10, 2005, 10:12:48 AM
Honorable Flashback to "In My Little Town".
Title: On Tuesday May 10--it's 1975
Post by: Alicat on May 10, 2005, 10:13:18 AM
BOS My Little Town
Title: On Tuesday May 10--it's 1975
Post by: Davefish on May 10, 2005, 10:13:25 AM
Quote from: "Gazoo"
BOS to S&G's "My Little Town," which I never thought to apply to Southeast Asia, but there you have it.

I second that.  This was a reunion tune, wasn't it?  S&G had already split up by 75, right?
Title: On Tuesday May 10--it's 1975
Post by: Beej on May 10, 2005, 10:13:50 AM
btw, Gaz: great avatar!
Title: On Tuesday May 10--it's 1975
Post by: Gazoo on May 10, 2005, 10:15:13 AM
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BOS to S&G's "My Little Town," which I never thought to apply to Southeast Asia, but there you have it.

I second that.  This was a reunion tune, wasn't it?  S&G had already split up by 75, right?

You're exactly right.  They'd split up by '72, but reconvened for this, which I think they performed on SNL as well (would have loved to have seen that).  It appeared on both of their solo albums released that year.
Title: On Tuesday May 10--it's 1975
Post by: RGMike on May 10, 2005, 10:16:07 AM
BOS2: Gloria Gaynor, "Do it Yourself" Go girl!

(BOS 1 was "Pinball", I'm alone in liking that one apparently)
Title: On Tuesday May 10--it's 1975
Post by: urth on May 10, 2005, 10:19:23 AM
Quote from: "RGMike"
BOS2: Gloria Gaynor, "Do it Yourself" Go girl!

(BOS 1 was "Pinball", I'm alone in liking that one apparently)


I liked it, but being as I have no history with it, not sure I could in good conscience pull the trigger on a BOS vote. I'm tempted to call it the ultimate Narada. A song almost no one remembers. (Good thing we've got you around Mike, otherwise we still wouldn't know who it was.)
Title: On Tuesday May 10--it's 1975
Post by: yessongs on May 10, 2005, 10:19:52 AM
Just my opinion, but I'm still waiting for the BOS ... haven't heard one yet.
Title: On Tuesday May 10--it's 1975
Post by: RGMike on May 10, 2005, 10:19:54 AM
BOS3:  "Katmandu". Dave's more than making up for yesterday's Katrinafest with obscurities and breakouts!
Title: On Tuesday May 10--it's 1975
Post by: mshray on May 10, 2005, 10:20:07 AM
Quote from: "RGMike"
BOS2: Gloria Gaynor, "Do it Yourself" Go girl!

(BOS 1 was "Pinball", I'm alone in liking that one apparently)


I liked Pinball well enough, but I had no idea what it was.
Title: On Tuesday May 10--it's 1975
Post by: Davefish on May 10, 2005, 10:20:57 AM
OK, true confessions time.  How many of you thought Bob Seger just made up the name Cat Man Doo?  I'd certainly never heard of the real place.
Title: On Tuesday May 10--it's 1975
Post by: RGMike on May 10, 2005, 10:22:43 AM
Quote from: "urth"
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BOS2: Gloria Gaynor, "Do it Yourself" Go girl!

(BOS 1 was "Pinball", I'm alone in liking that one apparently)


I liked it, but being as I have no history with it, not sure I could in good conscience pull the trigger on a BOS vote. I'm tempted to call it the ultimate Narada. A song almost no one remembers. (Good thing we've got you around Mike, otherwise we still wouldn't know who it was.)


One of my fondest memories of NYC "Prog" FM was the late great Scott Muni's "English Hour" -- Friday afternoons at 5 he'd play imports from that week's British charts. "Pinball" became a turntable hit as a result (and it only reached #22 in the UK) and I've always thought it was a great song. I've heard it on CG once or twice.
Title: On Tuesday May 10--it's 1975
Post by: RGMike on May 10, 2005, 10:24:17 AM
Quote from: "Davefish"
OK, true confessions time.  How many of you thought Bob Seger just made up the name Cat Man Doo?  I'd certainly never heard of the real place.


you're in deep Cat Man Doo Doo, my friend.
Title: On Tuesday May 10--it's 1975
Post by: Alicat on May 10, 2005, 10:25:34 AM
BOS the mighty ZEP!!!!!! This is better than S&G.
Title: On Tuesday May 10--it's 1975
Post by: Gazoo on May 10, 2005, 10:25:47 AM
BOS2, "Trampled Underfoot," easily my favorite Led Zep song.  I'm sure I heard this in 1976 when I was 3.
Title: On Tuesday May 10--it's 1975
Post by: yessongs on May 10, 2005, 10:25:49 AM
Quote from: "Davefish"
OK, true confessions time.  How many of you thought Bob Seger just made up the name Cat Man Doo?  I'd certainly never heard of the real place.

Dave, you must have been absent that day in Geography...   :)
Title: On Tuesday May 10--it's 1975
Post by: RGMike on May 10, 2005, 10:26:32 AM
Quote from: "Alicat"
BOS the mighty ZEP!!!!!! This is better than S&G.


indeed, and a proxy for Rod.

One of the best '75 sets I've heard in ages.
Title: On Tuesday May 10--it's 1975
Post by: RGMike on May 10, 2005, 10:27:29 AM
Quote from: "Gazoo"
BOS2, "Trampled Underfoot," easily my favorite Led Zep song.  I'm sure I heard this in 1976 when I was 3.


has anyone tried a dance version of this? It would totally work.
Title: On Tuesday May 10--it's 1975
Post by: Lightnin' Rod on May 10, 2005, 10:29:49 AM
Quote from: "RGMike"
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BOS the mighty ZEP!!!!!! This is better than S&G.


indeed, and a proxy for Rod.

One of the best '75 sets I've heard in ages.


Thanks.
Title: On Tuesday May 10--it's 1975
Post by: yessongs on May 10, 2005, 10:32:26 AM
OK, now I'm not sure...
The ABBA song is either BOS or WOS in my opinion...
Title: On Tuesday May 10--it's 1975
Post by: Alicat on May 10, 2005, 10:32:44 AM
Another BOS SOS
Title: On Tuesday May 10--it's 1975
Post by: urth on May 10, 2005, 10:33:48 AM
Wow, between the Zep tune, Kathmandu, and SOS, methinks it's gonna be a close race for the popular BOS vote.

My money's on ABBA.
Title: On Tuesday May 10--it's 1975
Post by: Alicat on May 10, 2005, 10:33:56 AM
Quote from: "yessongs"
OK, now I'm not sure...
The ABBA song is either BOS or WOS in my opinion...

You can do it! Pick one. No judgements made about your choice.
Title: On Tuesday May 10--it's 1975
Post by: RGMike on May 10, 2005, 10:34:30 AM
Quote from: "Alicat"
Another BOS SOS


really astounding that this only got to #15.  palindromes rule!
Title: On Tuesday May 10--it's 1975
Post by: Gazoo on May 10, 2005, 10:36:09 AM
HM to the "Can't Get Enough of Your Love" rewrite, "What Am I Gonna Do With You" (which, oddly, was his shortest song title of all his hits of the period).
Title: On Tuesday May 10--it's 1975
Post by: yessongs on May 10, 2005, 10:36:26 AM
Quote from: "urth"
Wow, between the Zep tune, Kathmandu, and SOS, methinks it's gonna be a close race for the popular BOS vote.

My money's on ABBA.


Me too...  BOS#1 ABBA      BOS #2 Barry White
Title: On Tuesday May 10--it's 1975
Post by: Gazoo on May 10, 2005, 10:36:51 AM
Quote from: "RGMike"
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BOS2, "Trampled Underfoot," easily my favorite Led Zep song.  I'm sure I heard this in 1976 when I was 3.


has anyone tried a dance version of this? It would totally work.

I hear it instead as a mega-medley with "I'm a Man" and "Long Train Runnin'."
Title: On Tuesday May 10--it's 1975
Post by: Alicat on May 10, 2005, 10:37:34 AM
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Another BOS SOS


really astounding that this only got to #15.  palindromes rule!

for more palindromes than you ever wanted, http://www.palindromelist.com/
Title: On Tuesday May 10--it's 1975
Post by: Alicat on May 10, 2005, 10:38:49 AM
YAY ZEP BOS
Title: On Tuesday May 10--it's 1975
Post by: yessongs on May 10, 2005, 10:39:25 AM
Good set this time...  nothing was really great IMO, but it all sounded good.
Title: On Tuesday May 10--it's 1975
Post by: Gazoo on May 10, 2005, 10:40:46 AM
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btw, Gaz: great avatar!

Thanks, Beej!  I think she's shimply shmashing.

And according to AMG, Brian Protheroe's "Pinball" peaked at #60 in the US.
Title: On Tuesday May 10--it's 1975
Post by: Lightnin' Rod on May 10, 2005, 10:43:31 AM
Quote from: "yessongs"
OK, now I'm not sure...
The ABBA song is either BOS or WOS in my opinion...


I'm sure.

Zep is still bos.
Title: On Tuesday May 10--it's 1975
Post by: RGMike on May 10, 2005, 10:46:17 AM
Quote from: "Gazoo"
Quote from: "RGMike"
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BOS2, "Trampled Underfoot," easily my favorite Led Zep song.  I'm sure I heard this in 1976 when I was 3.


has anyone tried a dance version of this? It would totally work.

I hear it instead as a mega-medley with "I'm a Man" and "Long Train Runnin'."


smash-up that mash-up, my man!

I have a disco-diva version of "Long Train Runnin" from the early '90s (totally works), can't remember the woman's name.  And of course "I'm a Man" was disco-fied in the '70s if memory serves. BoysTown Gang, maybe?
Title: On Tuesday May 10--it's 1975
Post by: mshray on May 10, 2005, 10:46:21 AM
Quote from: "Rod"
Quote from: "yessongs"
OK, now I'm not sure...
The ABBA song is either BOS or WOS in my opinion...


I'm sure.

Zep is still bos.


Me too.

Hasta la vista y'all.  See you in about a week (though I may pop in at odd hours if I'm online & have time to kill).
Title: On Tuesday May 10--it's 1975
Post by: Lightnin' Rod on May 10, 2005, 10:46:35 AM
Post set set:  1973 on cd.  Yay.
Title: On Tuesday May 10--it's 1975
Post by: RGMike on May 10, 2005, 10:50:45 AM
Quote from: "mshray"
Quote from: "Rod"
Quote from: "yessongs"
OK, now I'm not sure...
The ABBA song is either BOS or WOS in my opinion...


I'm sure.

Zep is still bos.


Me too.

Hasta la vista y'all.  See you in about a week (though I may pop in at odd hours if I'm online & have time to kill).


safe trip, dude!
Title: On Tuesday May 10--it's 1975
Post by: urth on May 10, 2005, 10:54:49 AM
Quote from: "mshray"
Quote from: "Rod"
Quote from: "yessongs"
OK, now I'm not sure...
The ABBA song is either BOS or WOS in my opinion...


I'm sure.

Zep is still bos.


Me too.

Hasta la vista y'all.  See you in about a week (though I may pop in at odd hours if I'm online & have time to kill).


Happy trails, pard. See ya in a couple o' weeks.
Title: On Tuesday May 10--it's 1975
Post by: Beej on May 10, 2005, 11:10:28 AM
Later, Mshray!
Title: ipod for car
Post by: ggould on May 10, 2005, 11:25:49 AM
Quote from: "Alicat"
I was listening to Third Rate this morning. Just got a neat little power thingy for the car that plays the iPod thru the radio.
Please dish model, and if you're please with it.
Title: Have you ever heard of Nepalese Temple Balls?
Post by: ggould on May 10, 2005, 11:28:18 AM
Quote from: "Davefish"
OK, true confessions time.  How many of you thought Bob Seger just made up the name Cat Man Doo?  I'd certainly never heard of the real place.
Title: I hang out here way too much
Post by: ggould on May 10, 2005, 11:32:24 AM
Quote from: "Beej"
Gimme a red-hot mama and an ice cold beer/And I can sorta get along Smiley Maxedon
I woke up the other morning with the name "Smiley Maxedon" on my lips, went to Google, and indeed it already existed.  I didn't put two and two together until today, when I read Beej's sig.

too weird for me!  The stress is piling up.
Title: On Tuesday May 10--it's 1975
Post by: Beej on May 10, 2005, 11:41:55 AM
Quote
too weird for me! The stress is piling up.

I wish I could send you the mp3 right now- but you'll have to wait until tomorrow morn! The song will make you smile. And want a beer. And a red hot mama. But, most importantly- it'll make you smile.

(I have an old computer. It runs on Windows 98SE. For some reason- I can't use any mp3-ripping software now that I've installed a CD burner. The software for my early-model mp3 player won't work anymore, either. So, I have to do all my mp3 ripping & player-loading here at work).
Title: Re: ipod for car
Post by: Alicat on May 10, 2005, 10:18:22 PM
Quote from: "ggould"
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I was listening to Third Rate this morning. Just got a neat little power thingy for the car that plays the iPod thru the radio.
Please dish model, and if you're please with it.

Belkin TuneBase FM for iPod mini
Got it at Best Buy. Works well. I can show you at Mshrays if you want to check it out. Plugs into power outlet/cig lighter. Flex steel neck for easy positioning. Wireless FM transmitter; http://playlistmag.com/reviews/2004/12/tunebaserev/index.php
Title: Post-Show Pensees
Post by: Gazoo on May 10, 2005, 10:42:24 PM
A few observations upon the replay:

Title: Re: Post-Show Pensees
Post by: RGMike on May 11, 2005, 07:35:09 AM
Quote from: "Gazoo"
A few observations upon the replay:

    WOS = "Kathmandu."  The beginning of the end for Seger, as far as I'm concerned ("Still the Same" being a lovely aberration).

    That "Pinball" song sounded a lot better tonight, perhaps because I'm in a better mood and so went in with different expectations.

    And I find myself suddenly uncomfortable with how much I like "My Little Town."  I abruptly realized this evening that the song's theme, when you get right down to it, is "Mom and Dad, you fucked up, why didn't I have nice things?" and that kind of bothers me.  On the other hand, the opening notes are almost exactly the same as the opening of "Don't Go Breaking My Heart," so it's not all bad.

    Lastly, kudos to Dave for at least two breakouts; I was doing something while Gloria G played the first time so I'm only now reacting to it.


I knew you'd like "Pinball" if you gave it a chance :wink:

I think "Little Town" is a bit broader than that; it's an indictment of small-town small-mindedness ("It's just imagination they lacked") and as such it's in the same vein as "Pleasant Valley Sunday" IMHO.
Title: On Tuesday May 10--it's 1975
Post by: RGMike on May 11, 2005, 07:41:32 AM
Quote from: "Gazoo"
"My music bores me once again."  Not the ideal sentiment for your new single, sonny.  Who's the Mungo he's reading about in SoHo?  Mungo Jerry?  The guy from Blazing Saddles?


As you may have figured out last nite when you were listening more closely, it's "Monroe" (as in Marilyn, presumably), not "Mungo".
Title: On Tuesday May 10--it's 1975
Post by: Gazoo on May 11, 2005, 07:46:51 AM
Quote from: "RGMike"
Quote from: "Gazoo"
"My music bores me once again."  Not the ideal sentiment for your new single, sonny.  Who's the Mungo he's reading about in SoHo?  Mungo Jerry?  The guy from Blazing Saddles?


As you may have figured out last nite when you were listening more closely, it's "Monroe" (as in Marilyn, presumably), not "Mungo".


Quite the mondegreen, though, wunnit?