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Re: Music on TV
« Reply #540 on: January 23, 2010, 12:51:48 AM »
FYI: Tonite is Conan's last Tonight, and the musical guest will be Neil Young.

How was that episode?
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« Reply #541 on: January 23, 2010, 01:13:35 AM »
FYI: Tonite is Conan's last Tonight, and the musical guest will be Neil Young.

How was that episode?

Not bad, really. He took a few shots at NBC while he still could, but also said a few heartfelt things about his time with the network, and about his fans. Neil was good (but when did he get so old?), and the finale (Freebird) with Will Ferrell decked out as Ronnie Van Zant ca. 1977, and Beck, Billy Gibbons, Ben Harper, and Conan all on guitar was rather silly.
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Re: Music on TV
« Reply #542 on: January 25, 2010, 08:28:32 AM »
Finally saw the Elvis Costello episode with Brooooce (part 1 of 2) last nite. Just terrific. I'd forgottten that he wrote "Hungry Heart" for the Ramones, then decided to keep it for himself when Jon Landau said "don't you *dare* give that song away!"
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Re: Music on TV
« Reply #543 on: February 01, 2010, 07:51:30 AM »
Neil Young wins his *first* Grammy! And it's for Best Art Direction on his boxed set. WTF?

http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/01/31/neil-young-wins-first-ever-grammy-award/
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Re: Music on TV
« Reply #544 on: February 07, 2010, 11:24:25 AM »
Since The Who are playing Super Bowl half-time, you might wanna take a peek at their website: www.thewho.com

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Re: Music on TV
« Reply #545 on: February 07, 2010, 03:21:48 PM »
Super Bowl Music: Queen Latifah doing a wobbly version of "America The Beautiful".  And here's the amthem by... Carrie Underwood  Now that she's engaged to a hockey player, she better learn "Oh Canada".
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Re: Music on TV
« Reply #546 on: February 07, 2010, 04:57:31 PM »
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Re: Music on TV
« Reply #547 on: February 07, 2010, 05:05:11 PM »
Standing by for the 'oo!

er, this is pretty bad, folks. Easily the geezer-y-est of all the post-"wardrobe malfunction" SBHT acts.  Kinda sad. "Who Are You?" indeed.
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Re: Music on TV
« Reply #548 on: February 07, 2010, 05:15:29 PM »
The songlist, FWIW:

"Pinball Wizard"
"Baba O'Riley"
"Who Are You?"
a snippet of "See Me Feel Me"
"Won't Get Fooled Again"

I predict the NFL will go in a new (non-geezerish) direction next year.
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« Reply #549 on: February 07, 2010, 05:47:25 PM »
Standing by for the 'oo!
Easily the geezer-y-est of all the post-"wardrobe malfunction" SBHT acts.
Note that when "My Generation" came out in '65, people the same age as the Who are now were born in 1900.

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Re: Music on TV
« Reply #550 on: February 07, 2010, 09:53:16 PM »
Standing by for the 'oo!

er, this is pretty bad, folks. Easily the geezer-y-est of all the post-"wardrobe malfunction" SBHT acts.  Kinda sad. "Who Are You?" indeed.
I didn't know this, but some friends said they were CSI theme songs, which are on CBS!
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Re: Music on TV
« Reply #551 on: February 08, 2010, 06:21:40 AM »

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Re: Music on TV
« Reply #552 on: February 08, 2010, 07:58:00 AM »
Reviews of The Who's Super Bowl halftime show.  NY Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/08/sports/football/08who.html
and from LA Times:
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2010/02/the-who-at-the-super-bowl-playing-their-younger-selves.html


wow, those reviews are overly kind, IMHO.  And geoff, I'd forgotten about the CBS connection -- that probably played a part in selecting the Who this year. I'm sure it made the "suits" happy.  I think we've seen the last of "geezer rock" at the SB. For one thing, there's nobody left of that stature who hasn't done it yet (except maybe the Police). Next year the game is in Dallas; i predict something countrified. Whether they go for one big name (Kenny Chesney?) or do some sort of Carrie Underwear/Rascal Flatts/Sugarland combo platter remains to be seen.  OTOH, there's always Coldplay. ::)
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Re: Music on TV
« Reply #553 on: February 08, 2010, 09:02:29 AM »
"Who Are You?" indeed.

I just wish they would have finished with "My Generation", and then had all the lights and sound go offf on the line "Hope I die before I get old". 

The end.

Speaking of lights, very nice light show.  Actually, as I was at a party of old old friends, the whole show kind of worked for me.  We made fun of Daltrey's wig (which probably wasn't a wig) and Townshend's hat (stolen from J. Mraz).  But everyone knew the words to all the songs.   

Had forgotten about the CSI connection.  I've just recently watched a few episodes of the Miami version, which, somehow, were my first CSI experiences.

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« Reply #554 on: February 08, 2010, 09:03:23 AM »
Reviews of The Who's Super Bowl halftime show.  NY Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/08/sports/football/08who.html
and from LA Times:
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2010/02/the-who-at-the-super-bowl-playing-their-younger-selves.html


wow, those reviews are overly kind, IMHO.  And geoff, I'd forgotten about the CBS connection -- that probably played a part in selecting the Who this year. I'm sure it made the "suits" happy.  I think we've seen the last of "geezer rock" at the SB. For one thing, there's nobody left of that stature who hasn't done it yet (except maybe the Police). Next year the game is in Dallas; i predict something countrified. Whether they go for one big name (Kenny Chesney?) or do some sort of Carrie Underwear/Rascal Flatts/Sugarland combo platter remains to be seen.  OTOH, there's always Coldplay. ::)

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