Monday, sad sad Monday: It's 1980 again!, 3.28.05

[princessofcairo]

best segue of week: reagan reaffirming his opp to gun control into "driven to tears"

[RGMike]

26 reds & a bottle of wine.

A one-time Katrina, but in my book Jim Carroll has lately been de-Katrina-fied.

true, but that doesn't make me dislike it any less.

[princessofcairo]

hey - what's going on? i hope this counts as one song.

[mshray]

best segue of week: reagan reaffirming his opp to gun control into "driven to tears"

especially when the opening line is "How can you say that you're not responsible?"

[urth]

And it's a Police Twin-spin! As it should be.

Turn on my VCR. Same one I've had for years.

[RGMike]

hey - what's going on? i hope this counts as one song.

it probably will be two, Dave threw the 2-count-as-1 rule out the window a while back.

[urth]

hey - what's going on? i hope this counts as one song.

Me too, but Dave's played that rule both ways at different times.

Still holding out for the Kings.

[princessofcairo]

it probably will be two, Dave threw the 2-count-as-1 rule out the window a while back.

darn. we could have heard robert john.

[Alicat]

Nope, it's a wrap.

[mshray]

hey - what's going on? i hope this counts as one song.

I never got a ruling on this from y'all before, how do you interpret this song: "When the world is running down, you make the best of what's still around"

is it an admonition to all: When the world is running down, you (should)make the best of what's still around.

or is it a thank you to the one who makes these hard times livable: When the world is running down, you make the best of what's still around (and I thank you for it).

[RGMike]

"Michael Jackson right behind him".

Tee Hee.

[urth]

hey - what's going on? i hope this counts as one song.

I never got a ruling on this from y'all before, how do you interpret this song: "When the world is running down, you make the best of what's still around"

is it an admonition to all: When the world is running down, you (should)make the best of what's still around.

or is it a thank you to the one who makes these hard times livable: When the world is running down, you make the best of what's still around (and I thank you for it).

I think it's an intentionally ambiguous line, part of what makes the song work so well. I have heard it both ways at different times.

How's that for a non-answer?

If you insist, I lean more toward your former interpretation, the admonition.

[princessofcairo]

"Michael Jackson right behind him".

Tee Hee.

if michael jackson is right behind robert palmer, our planet may soon be short a ghost.

[urth]

Hey, anyone have an opinion of this Jet song that they're playing post-set? I'm thinking I like it, obvious Beatles homage that it is, with mushy Ringo-esque snare sound and all. If somehow these guys end up playing Ka-Boom, I am SO there.

[RGMike]

Hey, anyone have an opinion of this Jet song that they're playing post-set? I'm thinking I like it, obvious Beatles homage that it is, with mushy Ringo-esque snare sound and all. If somehow these guys end up playing Ka-Boom, I am SO there.

I like their harder stuff better, but I'm with you on the Beatles-homage angle. First time I heard it I thought -- "damn! they're ripping off 'Sexy Sadie'."  A few days later, someone called the moring show to make the same observation and Dave pooh-poohed the notion, which really surprised me.