17 June 2014: it's... 1978

[urth]

Post set question: That solar energy ad that plays on the stream pretty regularly--is that Will Durst doing the voiceover there?

[Tinka Cat]

Post set question: That solar energy ad that plays on the stream pretty regularly--is that Will Durst doing the voiceover there?

I think so.  He does VOs for labor unions, too.  "hey guys, Will durst here, Infrastructure is really important.  We need new roads... etc.."  The ads are like general awareness ads paid for by unions and don't target a specific issue beyond how it's critical that things get built.

[Tinka Cat]

unidentifiable clip --> LN2 McDoobs, "What A Fool Believes"

Oy, that has been on my "never need to hear again" list since the first time I heard it.

Yes, very overplayed.  But I have always loved this song.

Joe Walsh on guitar....!  (if you love it, is it REALLY overplayed???)

[RGMike]

unidentifiable clip --> LN2 McDoobs, "What A Fool Believes"

Oy, that has been on my "never need to hear again" list since the first time I heard it.

Yes, very overplayed.  But I have always loved this song.

Joe Walsh on guitar....!  (if you love it, is it REALLY overplayed???)

Walsh is on McDoobs hit? He *is* on "Thunder Island"...

[Davefish]

unidentifiable clip --> LN2 McDoobs, "What A Fool Believes"

Oy, that has been on my "never need to hear again" list since the first time I heard it.

Yes, very overplayed.  But I have always loved this song.

Joe Walsh on guitar....!  (if you love it, is it REALLY overplayed???)

Walsh is on McDoobs hit? He *is* on "Thunder Island"...

He musta meant Thunder Island. I can certainly imagine him doing that slide guitar. There's no guitar to speak of on Fool.

[Tinka Cat]

unidentifiable clip --> LN2 McDoobs, "What A Fool Believes"

Oy, that has been on my "never need to hear again" list since the first time I heard it.

Yes, very overplayed.  But I have always loved this song.

Joe Walsh on guitar....!  (if you love it, is it REALLY overplayed???)

Walsh is on McDoobs hit? He *is* on "Thunder Island"...

He musta meant Thunder Island. I can certainly imagine him doing that slide guitar. There's no guitar to speak of on Fool.

oh yeah, oops. my mistake.  Joe Walsh is on Thunder Island. The guitar player on the Doobs hit (heh) must be Jeff "Skunk" Baxter. 

btw, you know the story of Skunk Baxter?  he brought Michael McDonald over to the Doobies when Tom Johnston, the first main singer, got ill and had to leave the group. Skunk had worked w McDonald as session musicians for Steely Dan and told the other Doobies "I know a dude who can sing pretty well.."

Bonus: Skunk is now some sort of missile defense expert, self-taught, and I think has testified for some congressional subcommittees or some such.

[RGMike]

Bonus: Skunk is now some sort of missile defense expert, self-taught, and I think has testified for some congressional subcommittees or some such.

He's actually a bit of a right-wing crank, and has run for Congress as a Republican, iirc.

[CapnJack]

Tuesday  June 17, 2014: A Taste of the Top 40 & more in...1978!

   1.  Gerry Rafferty- Home and Dry
   2.  Electric Light Orchestra- Sweet Talkin' Woman
(Movie: Grease "Look at Me, I'm Sandra Dee)
   3.  Doobie Brothers- What a Fool Believes
   4.  Hall and Oates- It's a Laugh
(TV: Soap)
   5.  Warren Zevon- When Johnny Strikes Up the Band
(Ad: Bruce Jenner for Wheaties)
   6.  Elvis Costello- Pump It Up
   7.  Blondie- Hanging On the Telephone
   8.  The Ramones- Needles and Pins
(Radio: Casey Kasem introduces #40 on America's Top 40...Heatwave!)
   9.  Heatwave- Always and Forever (B.O.S!)
(TV: Fantasy Island)
  10. Jay Ferguson- Thunder Island
(Outro: Happy Birthday, Barry Manilow- Copacabana/Casey Kasem sign off)
Rest in Peace: Casey Kasem