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Tues 8/30/05 -- it's 1986
« on: August 30, 2005, 10:04:07 AM »
for the second time in less than 3 weeks, may I add...
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« Reply #1 on: August 30, 2005, 10:06:53 AM »
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for the second time in less than 3 weeks, may I add...


What was that first song -- I liked it.
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« Reply #2 on: August 30, 2005, 10:07:45 AM »
Could be worse. Could be 1985 and can I just say that hearing Katrina and the Waves today would be WAY tacky on several levels.
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« Reply #3 on: August 30, 2005, 10:14:09 AM »
Just wouldn't be 1986 without John Cougar Boyscoutcamp. (Or had he dropped the "cougar" by 86?)

Btw, they just played Jack and Diane on the morning show around 8:30 or so. Is JCM another of those artists that's testing strongly in the wake of JACK?
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« Reply #4 on: August 30, 2005, 10:14:09 AM »
"Rain on the Scarecrow" feels borderline tacky.  Nevertheless BOS to JCM's best distillation of his populist rage.
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« Reply #5 on: August 30, 2005, 10:16:08 AM »
BOS JCM, an '85 holdover.  This album holds up very well IMHO -- for a guy who was considered kinda lightweight, he really went all-out to out-Springsteen Springsteen and make an Important-With-A-Capital-"I" album.  Better than Born in the USA in some ways, actually.
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« Reply #6 on: August 30, 2005, 10:18:11 AM »
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"Rain on the Scarecrow" feels borderline tacky.  Nevertheless BOS to JCM's best distillation of his populist rage.


Rain on the Superdome
Blood on the Bayou...
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« Reply #7 on: August 30, 2005, 10:19:39 AM »
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Just wouldn't be 1986 without John Cougar Boyscoutcamp. (Or had he dropped the "cougar" by 86?)

Btw, they just played Jack and Diane on the morning show around 8:30 or so. Is JCM another of those artists that's testing strongly in the wake of JACK?


We used to acll him JC Melonhead, after the candy. just about anything that sold big in the '80s is a JACK staple, apparently.
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« Reply #8 on: August 30, 2005, 10:20:44 AM »
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"Rain on the Scarecrow" feels borderline tacky.  Nevertheless BOS to JCM's best distillation of his populist rage.


And gave the world Farm Aid, which is now up to what, number XIX or so?

Dish alert: A few years ago, some friends of ours played a Farm Aid show (in Indianapolis I think, but I could be wrong). At one point during the day, they had occasion to ride in an elevator with JCM, who spent the entire time ranting about "these goddamn, motherfucking farmers...." So perhaps he's not so thrilled about having his career so closely linked with what's become something of an institution.
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« Reply #9 on: August 30, 2005, 10:29:01 AM »
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"Rain on the Scarecrow" feels borderline tacky.  Nevertheless BOS to JCM's best distillation of his populist rage.


And gave the world Farm Aid, which is now up to what, number XIX or so?

Dish alert: A few years ago, some friends of ours played a Farm Aid show (in Indianapolis I think, but I could be wrong). At one point during the day, they had occasion to ride in an elevator with JCM, who spent the entire time ranting about "these goddamn, motherfucking farmers...." So perhaps he's not so thrilled about having his career so closely linked with what's become something of an institution.


Well, if he wanted a more across-the-board superstardom, perhaps he shouldn't have followed with the smug "Pop Singer" as his lead single in '88 ...
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« Reply #10 on: August 30, 2005, 10:32:44 AM »
BOS2 Chrissie & gang, one of their most delightfully pop confections.
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« Reply #11 on: August 30, 2005, 10:33:58 AM »
Yeah, The Pretenders are getting a BOS from me.
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« Reply #12 on: August 30, 2005, 10:36:12 AM »
uh-oh... Jackson Browne, trying to beat JCM at the populist rage game.
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« Reply #13 on: August 30, 2005, 10:37:26 AM »
bos: the pretenders. wos: jackson browne.
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« Reply #14 on: August 30, 2005, 10:38:00 AM »
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uh-oh... Jackson Browne, trying to beat JCM at the populist rage game.


If this is the best we get in the "nugget" category today, I think I gotta vote with the Chrissie contingent.
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