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Gazoo

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Re: Janie Jane Jane
« Reply #45 on: July 12, 2005, 10:34:52 AM »
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I'm somewhat of a Starship apologist, but this one isn't aging as gracefully (no pun intended) as the others.

The pun should have been intended.  But the Freedom at Point Zero album actually has some really solid stuff (followup single "Girl With the Hungry Eyes" not being among it).
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« Reply #46 on: July 12, 2005, 10:35:35 AM »
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so, has anyone found an MP3 yet of "Girl of My Dreams?"
I musta missed that convo, by whom?  Surely you're not into the All-American Rejects.

I bring this up everytime we hear this.  I don't know AAR

going into other room to soak up Bram


Aaahhh.  I wasn't putting the two together.  I have never heard this song before, but now I love it.


...and now I have the mp3.  I'll add it to your list Geoff.
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« Reply #47 on: July 12, 2005, 10:36:00 AM »
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I'm somewhat of a Starship apologist, but this one isn't aging as gracefully (no pun intended) as the others.


Well, there's your Starship (Red Octopus, Dragon Fly) and there's your Starship (Freedom at Point Zero, Knee Deep in the Hoopla). Once Marty  bailed and Craig Chaquico unpacked his fuzztone, things went into decline.

Anyone out there able to fill me in on this disco piece that's on now? There But For the Grace of God?


It's Machine... which is (I think) connected in some way to Dr Buzzard/August Darnell/Kid Creole.  Indeed, I think Kid Creole did a version of this too.
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« Reply #48 on: July 12, 2005, 10:37:25 AM »
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Anyone out there able to fill me in on this disco piece that's on now? There But For the Grace of God?

"There But For the Grace of God Go I," by Machine.  Their only hit; they disbanded after two years when they realized people don't like to listen to lyrics while they're shaking their rumps to the funk and doing rails off each other's tailbones.  I think they *might* have a connection to August Darnell, but I'm not sure.  This was a Hot 100 hit in America, fared better in England.
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« Reply #49 on: July 12, 2005, 10:38:10 AM »
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It's Machine... which is (I think) connected in some way to Dr Buzzard/August Darnell/Kid Creole.  Indeed, I think Kid Creole did a version of this too.

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« Reply #50 on: July 12, 2005, 10:39:48 AM »
who has the ipod in your avatar, gaz? jay from jamiroquai or aunt esther?
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Tues 7/12/05 -- it's 1979
« Reply #51 on: July 12, 2005, 10:40:19 AM »
The only thing missing from this set, now that we've covered so many genre bases?  Closing with the Buzzcocks' "Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone That You Shouldn't've)."
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« Reply #52 on: July 12, 2005, 10:40:29 AM »
and as predicted: the Knack, thankfully not "Sharona" for a change.

"and it HURTS!"

the harmonic a always reminds me of "Apple Scruffs"
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« Reply #53 on: July 12, 2005, 10:41:16 AM »
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who has the ipod in your avatar, gaz? jay from jamiroquai or aunt esther?

The Queen Mum -- but inspired guesses, both.

Meanwhile, what the HELL are you talking about with Bobby and Whitney's doodie-bubble?!?
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« Reply #54 on: July 12, 2005, 10:41:26 AM »
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It's Machine... which is (I think) connected in some way to Dr Buzzard/August Darnell/Kid Creole.  Indeed, I think Kid Creole did a version of this too.

AugustJINX


ETA:  written by August Darnell, this song Hit #77.  
Here's the AMG bio:

Best known for its 1979 cult classic "There but for the Grace of God Go I," Machine was a soul/disco/funk band that tackled social and political issues at a time when many of its colleagues were afraid to. Machine was formed in New York in 1977, when the disco-era was in full swing and most R&B, disco, and funk lyrics were escapist in nature. The members of Machine — who included lead singer Clare Bathé, lead singer/guitarist Jay Stovall, bassist Melvin Lee, keyboardist Kevin Nance, and drummer Lonnie Ferguson — were big fans of the R&B message songs of the early '70s, and they regretted the fact that after 1975, many R&B artists had gotten away from social and political commentary. Machine set out to change that when, in 1978, it signed with RCA and recorded the single "There but for the Grace of God Go I" — a brilliant piece of social commentary about Latino immigrants who move to the U.S. in search of a better life but quickly realize how dangerous the mean streets of the Bronx can be. Released in early 1979, the disco/soul masterpiece became a club hit and is considered a cult classic. Machine's self-titled debut album also came out in 1979, and in 1980, RCA released its sophomore effort, Moving On. Regrettably, Machine's second album was also its last. Moving On wasn't a big seller, and in 1981, Machine broke up.
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« Reply #55 on: July 12, 2005, 10:43:10 AM »
Surprising that they can't get away with the Isley Brothers singing "bullsh*t" in Fight the Power, but this fairly descriptive paean to teenage lust is okey dokey.
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« Reply #56 on: July 12, 2005, 10:43:10 AM »
The Knack rule, too
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« Reply #57 on: July 12, 2005, 10:45:15 AM »
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who has the ipod in your avatar, gaz? jay from jamiroquai or aunt esther?

The Queen Mum -- but inspired guesses, both.

Meanwhile, what the HELL are you talking about with Bobby and Whitney's doodie-bubble?!?


ah, yes. i remember the hat now.

one highlight i forgot to mention when reviewing "being bobby brown": after bobby broke into the wrong side of a minibar with a screwdriver, he and whitney had some crackhead discussion about him having to remove blockage from her rear end. then she mentioned something about dating someone who had a feces fetish (i think that's what she was saying). then bobby ran around the hotel room trying to figure out who it was. he decided it was eddie murphy, so he wrote eddie's name down on a notepad.

i was traumatized.
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« Reply #58 on: July 12, 2005, 10:45:40 AM »
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The only thing missing from this set, now that we've covered so many genre bases?  Closing with the Buzzcocks' "Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone That You Shouldn't've)."


Now THAT would rule. Has DM ever played that in a 10@10 before? Make a fine nugget, that would.
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« Reply #59 on: July 12, 2005, 10:46:33 AM »
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The Knack rule, too


BTW Beej I saw F4 last nite. Very bad. To call it "cheezy" is an insult to cheeze. It belongs on the Sci-Fi Channel. VERY late at nite.
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