The Sound (LA), 3/24/09: 1989

[Tinka Cat]

Tom Petty sez "My sister got lucky married a yuppie, took him for all he was worth."

oh 1989, Yer So Bad!

[RGMike]

Tom Petty sez "My sister got lucky married a yuppie, took him for all he was worth."

oh 1989, Yer So Bad!

yeesh, Larry falls victim to the '89 FYC curse.

[Gazoo]

Seriously: What did people like about "Sha Drahv Ma Crhzah"?  The lyric is minimal and insipid, the chorus even more so, the beat rudimentary and undanceable.  What made it a fricking #1?

[RGMike]

Seriously: What did people like about "Sha Drahv Ma Crhzah"?  The lyric is minimal and insipid, the chorus even more so, the beat rudimentary and undanceable.  What made it a fricking #1?

Seriously? its an incredibly catchy earworm, and there was much goodwill from the previous LP which sould've hit big but didn't. When did "minimal and insipid" lyrics ever stop a record from going to the top?  I loved it at the time; now it's just played-out but I'd never call it awful.

[Tinka Cat]

Seriously: What did people like about "Sha Drahv Ma Crhzah"?  The lyric is minimal and insipid, the chorus even more so, the beat rudimentary and undanceable.  What made it a fricking #1?

Seriously? its an incredibly catchy earworm, and there was much goodwill from the previous LP which sould've hit big but didn't. When did "minimal and insipid" lyrics ever stop a record from going to the top?  I loved it at the time; now it's just played-out but I'd never call it awful.

and Roland Gift was a hottie. Rent Sammie and Rosie Get Laid.

[RGMike]

OMFG -- Camper van Beethoven's cover of "Pictures of Matchstickmen" would get a BOS-of-the-Week if I were actually able to listen.

[Gazoo]

Set's redeemed a bit by Camper Van Beethoven's cover of "Pictures of Matchstick Men."

[RGMike]

Seriously: What did people like about "Sha Drahv Ma Crhzah"?  The lyric is minimal and insipid, the chorus even more so, the beat rudimentary and undanceable.  What made it a fricking #1?

Seriously? its an incredibly catchy earworm, and there was much goodwill from the previous LP which sould've hit big but didn't. When did "minimal and insipid" lyrics ever stop a record from going to the top?  I loved it at the time; now it's just played-out but I'd never call it awful.

and Roland Gift was a hottie. Rent Sammie and Rosie Get Laid.

hear hear. Great flick (but getting Gaz to rent a movie he's never seen is like asking AIG to give back bonuses).

[Gazoo]

"Wicked Game" is 20 years old?  My heart hurts.

[Tinka Cat]

BOS to Chris Isaak! 

[RGMike]

"Wicked Game" is 20 years old?  My heart hurts.

indeed, it was released in '89 but didn't hit until a year or 2 later, iirc.

[Tinka Cat]

WOS to Aerosmith. 

<snore>

[Gazoo]

HM to "Let Love Rule."  And while Aerosmith did a lot of tedious and interchangeable mid-tempo singles between '88 and '98, I kinda like "What It Takes."

[Tinka Cat]

HM to "Let Love Rule."  And while Aerosmith did a lot of tedious and interchangeable mid-tempo singles between '88 and '98, I kinda like "What It Takes."

hmm, maybe I shoulda listened for more than 30 seconds then...  I'll check it out and try to keep my mind open.

[Tinka Cat]

BOS to Replacements' I'll Be You