KBCO, 7/9/07: 1984

[RGMike]

Chrissie fights Time; Ginger channels Dave with a Message to My Girl.

[mshray]

Ginger channels Dave with a Message to My Girl.

Not quite, Dave always plays it in an '83 set, like last week for example.

[RGMike]

Ginger channels Dave with a Message to My Girl.

Not quite, Dave always plays it in an '83 set, like last week for example.

I thought that was odd.

BOS Nena, auf Deutsch!

[mshray]

Denkst du vielleicht grad' an mich
Dann singe ich ein Lied fur dich

BOS Nena!

[RGMike]

Denkst du vielleicht grad' an mich
Dann singe ich ein Lied fur dich

BOS Nena!

ja wohl, Herr Commandant!

This too is technically an '83 tune.  Guess New Wave was a year late getting to Boulder.

BOS2 Mr. Dolby's fine cover of "I Scare Myself"

[mshray]

BOS Nena, auf Deutsch!

I watched Gross Pointe Blank last night & this song (Deutsch version) was among the many featured.  So I looked at the lyrics again & it is surprising how different the English version is from the original.  The gist of it, that 99 balloons in the sky lead to WWIII, is the same, but entire verses are completely rewritten.

And now another Dave Fave - TD scaring himself.

[RGMike]

BOS Nena, auf Deutsch!

I watched Gross Pointe Blank last night & this song (Deutsch version) was among the many featured.  So I looked at the lyrics again & it is surprising how different the English version is from the original.  The gist of it, that 99 balloons in the sky lead to WWIII, is the same, but entire verses are completely rewritten.

And now another Dave Fave - TD scaring himself.

Great movie. Saw Cusack the other day in 1408, which is moderately entertaining -- that it works at all is due to Cusack being the good actor that he is.

[Gazoo]

BOS Nena, auf Deutsch!

I watched Gross Pointe Blank last night & this song (Deutsch version) was among the many featured.  So I looked at the lyrics again & it is surprising how different the English version is from the original.  The gist of it, that 99 balloons in the sky lead to WWIII, is the same, but entire verses are completely rewritten.

And now another Dave Fave - TD scaring himself.

I was always impressed with the "99" rewrite -- though until now, I always assumed it was a direct translation and was stunned at how smoothly they enacted a few rhymes.  Still a great tune in either language.

But my BOS goes to "Who's That Girl," Annie in an uncharacteristically vulnerable mood.

[mshray]

BOS Nena, auf Deutsch!

I watched Gross Pointe Blank last night & this song (Deutsch version) was among the many featured.  So I looked at the lyrics again & it is surprising how different the English version is from the original.  The gist of it, that 99 balloons in the sky lead to WWIII, is the same, but entire verses are completely rewritten.

And now another Dave Fave - TD scaring himself.

Great movie. Saw Cusack the other day in 1408, which is moderately entertaining -- that it works at all is due to Cusack being the good actor that he is.

saw it too, felt the same.  Been on a Cusack kick of late. At one point there was a bin of his movies at Costco & I picked up Grifters, Hi-Fidelity & Gross Pointe Blank, all of which I had seen previously but knew Christina hadn't.  So after she said she liked him in 1408 I said, well, here's a few more of his movies that are even better, 2 of which he co-wrote & co-produced.

[Gazoo]

Go, Ginger!  Some Fixx I'd all but forgotten, "Are We Ourselves?"  She needs to follow this up with the final Naked Eyes hit, "What (In the Name of Love)."

[Gazoo]

But I'll settle for "If I Had a Rocket Launcher."  (I hope y'alls watched the YouTube clip I sent a month or two ago of Marty Balin singing this song.)

[RGMike]

BOS Nena, auf Deutsch!

I watched Gross Pointe Blank last night & this song (Deutsch version) was among the many featured.  So I looked at the lyrics again & it is surprising how different the English version is from the original.  The gist of it, that 99 balloons in the sky lead to WWIII, is the same, but entire verses are completely rewritten.

And now another Dave Fave - TD scaring himself.

Great movie. Saw Cusack the other day in 1408, which is moderately entertaining -- that it works at all is due to Cusack being the good actor that he is.

saw it too, felt the same.  Been on a Cusack kick of late. At one point there was a bin of his movies at Costco & I picked up Grifters, Hi-Fidelity & Gross Pointe Blank, all of which I had seen previously but knew Christina hadn't.  So after she said she liked him in 1408 I said, well, here's a few more of his movies that are even better, 2 of which he co-wrote & co-produced.

Love Hi-Fidelity; having read the book, I was apprehensive about Americanizing it, but they did a fine job. Too bad the musical version flopped; I'd've gone to see that in NY in a heartbeat had it still been running.

[mshray]

I've said this on the KFOG thread many times, as good as this song & "Lovers in a Dangerous Time" are, I still think the last track on this album, "Dust & Diesel" is BC's best song ever.

Ginger, if you read this, maybe next time?

[RGMike]

BOS2 Sweet Lou!  Now he's back to let'cha's know that he Lurves You Suzanne!

[urth]

"but now I'm back to let'chas know, I can really make romance..."

BOS Sweet Lou, I Love You Suzanne. Would really love to hear My Red Joystick one of these days, but this was the hit.