17 April 2008--it's 1978

[RGMike]

BOS-and-proxy-of-Gaz, Andy Gibb, dancing in the shadows.

Shadow Dancing and death from a broken heart (literally) thanks to Victoria Principal (or so goes the story).

Well... Victoria P and lots of coke, certainly.

[RGMike]

Was just wondering if we'd hear anything from SNF in this set. Well, this doesn't exactly qualify, but it's a pretty short line from Saturday Night Fever to Shadow Dancin'. The Brothers Gibb could do no wrong in '78--'til Sgt. Peppers came out anyway.

and speaking of bad movies:  FM!

[mshray]

How hungry is your reggae?


BOS #3, The Steely Ones

[urth]

BOS, the Dan, in their swansong playing anything resembling rock. After this they'd fully succumbed to their jazz tendencies--not that that's bad.

[Wayback]

You'll recall (now Congresswoman) Jackie Spier survived several bullets in the Jim Jones jungle while visiting Camp Kool-Aid with Congressman Leo Ryan in 78.  BOS4 "FM" (do you recall the instrumental version?)

[RGMike]

How hungry is your reggae?

and how funked-up is your Muzak?   (funked-up Muzak is not far from fake-jazz)

[mshray]

BOS, the Dan, in their swansong playing anything resembling rock. After this they'd fully succumbed to their jazz tendencies--not that that's bad.

Interesting comment, I always thought this was a straight line through "Deacon Blues" to "Babylon Sisters".  Very jazzy to my ears and not least because of the extended sax solo.

[urth]

You'll recall (now Congresswoman) Jackie Spier survived several bullets in the Jim Jones jungle while visiting Camp Kool-Aid with Congressman Leo Ryan in 78.  BOS4 "FM" (do you recall the instrumental version?)

Saw a PBS documentary the other night on KTEH that looked quite closely at Peoples' Temple and Jonestown, and talked with several survivors including our new congresswoman. Extremely chilling.

[RGMike]

WOS Journey  -- for a sec I thought it was LRB's "Cool Change".

[ggould]

BOS, the Dan, in their swansong playing anything resembling rock. After this they'd fully succumbed to their jazz tendencies--not that that's bad.

Interesting comment, I always thought this was a straight line through "Deacon Blues" to "Babylon Sisters".  Very jazzy to my ears and not least because of the extended sax solo.

The Royal Scam was the end of SD rock for me.

[RGMike]

You'll recall (now Congresswoman) Jackie Spier survived several bullets in the Jim Jones jungle while visiting Camp Kool-Aid with Congressman Leo Ryan in 78.  BOS4 "FM" (do you recall the instrumental version?)

Saw a PBS documentary the other night on KTEH that looked quite closely at Peoples' Temple and Jonestown, and talked with several survivors including our new congresswoman. Extremely chilling.

if it's the same one I saw at the Red Vic about a year ago (and I think it is), it was a VERY good docu.

[mshray]

You'll recall (now Congresswoman) Jackie Spier survived several bullets in the Jim Jones jungle while visiting Camp Kool-Aid with Congressman Leo Ryan in 78.  BOS4 "FM" (do you recall the instrumental version?)

I did not, so thanks for the reminder.  An aunt by marriage lost one of her nieces there (in other words, my cousins' cousin).  She was a social worker in SF & had gone down to 'rescue' some folks, on the plane in before Rep. Ryan.

And I have to give a BOS to Journey, to me this is the pinnacle of there Steve Perry output.  Gets me every time.

ETA: On a closer listen...my comment above really only applies to "Feelin' That Way", not so much to "Anytime".

[urth]

BOS, the Dan, in their swansong playing anything resembling rock. After this they'd fully succumbed to their jazz tendencies--not that that's bad.

Interesting comment, I always thought this was a straight line through "Deacon Blues" to "Babylon Sisters".  Very jazzy to my ears and not least because of the extended sax solo.

Yes, can't argue that. FM certainly has its jazzier elements, but the bass and guitar parts on this are heavier than they'd ever be again, harkening back to Royal Scam.

[ggould]

You'll recall (now Congresswoman) Jackie Spier survived several bullets in the Jim Jones jungle while visiting Camp Kool-Aid with Congressman Leo Ryan in 78.  BOS4 "FM" (do you recall the instrumental version?)

Saw a PBS documentary the other night on KTEH that looked quite closely at Peoples' Temple and Jonestown, and talked with several survivors including our new congresswoman. Extremely chilling.

I know a woman from my old church who ended up being responsible for keeping track of bringing all those poor dead people back home to be buried.  So sad.

[ggould]

BOS ABBA!