1 Feb 2007: 1987

[RGMike]

BOS2 Prince -- it's becoming a semi-regular since Dave discovered we actually like it.

[princessofcairo]

 for colored girls... who have considered Michael Stipe... when the End of the World is... ENUF!

I wish dave would play Cher (the singer) half as often as he plays Cher (the Oscar clip).

not for nothin', someone asked me the other day if mr. stipe was "sickly." i admitted i'd thought he was positive since the early nineties, but i couldn't figure out why i thought so...still can't. maybe it was just a sign 'o the time.

[princessofcairo]

OK, this Still in Hollywood song--4 Non-Blondes or Concrete Blond? I always get those mixed up. Might be a BOS contender, either way--even with the clip job on "fcku".

4 non-blondes did not, to the best of my knowledge, exist in 1987.

[Davefish]

OK, this Still in Hollywood song--4 Non-Blondes or Concrete Blond? I always get those mixed up. Might be a BOS contender, either way--even with the clip job on "fcku".

4 non-blondes did not, to the best of my knowledge, exist in 1987.

And, just as fortunately, they don't exist today.

ETA:  There appears to be a Concrete Blonde song called "Still in Hollywood".  Dat's probably it.

[princessofcairo]

did they mention LiBerace?

Leonid Breszhnev is not their style
And even Lee Berace's smile
Is something Stipe can't see...

Lord Byron can't hold a tune
And even Laura Brannigan's croon
Is something Mike can't be

[RGMike]

not for nothin', someone asked me the other day if mr. stipe was "sickly." i admitted i'd thought he was positive since the early nineties, but i couldn't figure out why i thought so...still can't. maybe it was just a sign 'o the time.

It's a long-standing rumor, since "Losing My Religion" was widely seen as a song about (metaphorically) sero-converting.

[urth]

not for nothin', someone asked me the other day if mr. stipe was "sickly." i admitted i'd thought he was positive since the early nineties, but i couldn't figure out why i thought so...still can't. maybe it was just a sign 'o the time.

That question's been floating around for a number of years--he's looked rather drawn for awhile now. But he seems to be carrying on, although I haven't heard of any REM activity for a couple years, and Pete Buck seems content playing bass with Scott McCaughey and the Minus 5 (or the Venus 3, if you're into Robyn Hitchcock).

[princessofcairo]

4 non-blondes did not, to the best of my knowledge, exist in 1987.

And, just as fortunately, they don't exist today.
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ah-ha, but if they did exist today, perchance we would not have been subjected to the second coming of gwen stefani!

[RGMike]

BOS3 Raising Arizona. Just a brilliant comedy.

"Git me a toddler!"

[urth]

I'm tempted to BOS the Coen Brothers for the Raising Arizona clip. Holly Hunter when she was young and cute.

[princessofcairo]

... and Pete Buck seems content playing bass with Scott McCaughey and the Minus 5 (or the Venus 3, if you're into Robyn Hitchcock).

ha! nice one.

hm to holly hunter.

and i think this is only the second time i've heard (what i'm assuming to be) the original version of "thing called love." nice!

[darryl]

Oooh, original version of Thing Called Love.  BOS to John Hiatt?

OTOH, might have to give BOS to Raising Arizona -- my wife's favorite movie.  Back for her 30th bday we rented a screen at our local art house theater and invited a bunch of our friends to watch it.

--Darryl

[Davefish]

I'm tempted to BOS the Coen Brothers for the Raising Arizona clip. Holly Hunter when she was young and cute.

Me too.  A great scene.  Did I tell you that the Coen brothers are my third cousins?  Probably not.  Hasn't netted me anything useful yet.

[Davefish]

Sounds like a non-standard version of TCL.  I've heard the Hiatt version before, and this is different.

WTG Darryl!  Hitting the (C) Note!

And now, ladies and gentlemen, Crowded House.

[princessofcairo]

shit! crowded house!