10at10 Club

Main Discussion Area => KFOG's 10@10 => Topic started by: RGMike on March 29, 2005, 09:57:55 AM

Title: It's 1978 on Tue 3/29/05
Post by: RGMike on March 29, 2005, 09:57:55 AM
but FYI I'm getting lots of drop-outs on the KFOG player.
Title: It's 1978 on Tue 3/29/05
Post by: princessofcairo on March 29, 2005, 09:59:16 AM
ddt is playing "wondrous stories," so i won't be changing until it's over if the third number of the year is, say, the number 8.
Title: Genesis song, I almost like it
Post by: ggould on March 29, 2005, 09:59:43 AM
until Phil starts singing.
Title: Re: Genesis song, I almost like it
Post by: RGMike on March 29, 2005, 10:01:51 AM
Quote from: "ggould"
until Phil starts singing.


"Follow You..." -- I guess that means 1978...
Title: Re: Genesis song, I almost like it
Post by: urth on March 29, 2005, 10:03:12 AM
Quote from: "ggould"
until Phil starts singing.


At the time this came out, we thought Genesis had sunk as low as they could get.

Little did we know.
Title: It's 1978 on Tue 3/29/05
Post by: mshray on March 29, 2005, 10:04:15 AM
is this Tune #2 some bust out Bob Welch?   VHM for the novelty, but it's not a very moving song.
Title: BOS Bob Welch
Post by: ggould on March 29, 2005, 10:04:48 AM
not my favorite, but haven't heard this in ages.  As far from a Katrina as possible!
Title: Re: It's 1978 on Tue 3/29/05
Post by: urth on March 29, 2005, 10:04:53 AM
Quote from: "RGMike"
but FYI I'm getting lots of drop-outs on the KFOG player.


Mike, hope you don't mind--I took the liberty of adding the date to the subject.
Title: Re: Genesis song, I almost like it
Post by: princessofcairo on March 29, 2005, 10:05:03 AM
Quote from: "urth"


At the time this came out, we thought Genesis had sunk as low as they could get.

Little did we know.


how can you start a set with "follow you?" that song makes even diehard kfox listeners change the station.

in other news, who's playing bass on this second song???
Title: It's 1978 on Tue 3/29/05
Post by: RGMike on March 29, 2005, 10:05:34 AM
Quote from: "mshray"
is this Tune #2 some bust out Bob Welch?   VHM for the novelty, but it's not a very moving song.


Indeed, "Hot Love/Cold World".  New to 10@10 as far as I can tell.
Title: It's 1978 on Tue 3/29/05
Post by: urth on March 29, 2005, 10:06:31 AM
Quote from: "mshray"
is this Tune #2 some bust out Bob Welch?   VHM for the novelty, but it's not a very moving song.


Yeah, it's probably a bust-out, but I think it's typical of Welch's post-Sentimental Lady hits. Pretty bland, that is.

Now here's a possible BOS (but not a bust-out): There's No Way Out of Here, David Gilmour.
Title: BOS2 for David Gilmour
Post by: ggould on March 29, 2005, 10:06:36 AM
No Way Out
Title: Re: It's 1978 on Tue 3/29/05
Post by: RGMike on March 29, 2005, 10:06:39 AM
Quote from: "urth"
Quote from: "RGMike"
but FYI I'm getting lots of drop-outs on the KFOG player.


Mike, hope you don't mind--I took the liberty of adding the date to the subject.


Thanks -- glad somebody's awake this morning!
Title: It's 1978 on Tue 3/29/05
Post by: mshray on March 29, 2005, 10:07:06 AM
early BOS for David Gilmour.  Another song that suits my mood this rainy a.m.
Title: Re: It's 1978 on Tue 3/29/05
Post by: urth on March 29, 2005, 10:09:20 AM
Quote from: "RGMike"

Thanks -- glad somebody's awake this morning!


No guarantees there, I'm afraid.
Title: Re: Genesis song, I almost like it
Post by: RGMike on March 29, 2005, 10:09:46 AM
Quote from: "princessofcairo"
how can you start a set with "follow you?" that song makes even diehard kfox listeners change the station.



Am I really defending Phil here?  It was a big AOR hit, which makes it TOTHC fodder (at least in Dave's mind).  And things got much MUCH worse in the '80s, so this seems quite nice in comparison.
Title: Re: Genesis song, I almost like it
Post by: Gazoo on March 29, 2005, 10:10:22 AM
Quote from: "urth"
Quote from: "ggould"
until Phil starts singing.


At the time this came out, we thought Genesis had sunk as low as they could get.

Little did we know.

Did people really think this was a pop sellout?  I think it's a touch snoozy but hardly offensive.

As opposed to the Floyd, whom I find *really* snoozy.
Title: It's 1978 on Tue 3/29/05
Post by: mshray on March 29, 2005, 10:10:26 AM
Quote from: "mshray"
early BOS for David Gilmour.  Another song that suits my mood this rainy a.m.


there was no promise made
the part you played
the chance
.
.
you took
Title: Re: Genesis song, I almost like it
Post by: Gazoo on March 29, 2005, 10:10:56 AM
Quote from: "RGMike"
Quote from: "princessofcairo"
how can you start a set with "follow you?" that song makes even diehard kfox listeners change the station.



Am I really defending Phil here?  It was a big AOR hit, which makes it TOTHC fodder (at least in Dave's mind).  And things got much MUCH worse in the '80s, so this seems quite nice in comparison.

Semi-jinx on the semi-defense of Sui Genesis!
Title: It's 1978 on Tue 3/29/05
Post by: mshray on March 29, 2005, 10:11:37 AM
BHIOS = EWF!

(Best Harpsichord Intro of Set)
Title: It's 1978 on Tue 3/29/05
Post by: princessofcairo on March 29, 2005, 10:11:51 AM
Quote from: "mshray"
early BOS for David Gilmour.  Another song that suits my mood this rainy a.m.


yes, certainly a rainy day voice.

nice shift from gilmour to ewf.
Title: Re: Genesis song, I almost like it
Post by: mshray on March 29, 2005, 10:12:49 AM
Quote from: "Gazoo"

As opposed to the Floyd, whom I find *really* snoozy.


solo Gilmour, not Floyd as such.
Title: It's 1978 on Tue 3/29/05
Post by: Gazoo on March 29, 2005, 10:13:35 AM
Ahhh ... BOS to the mighty Philip Bailey and EWF's "Fantasy."  The only falsetto to overpower that of Phillippe Wynne's.  And an uplifting lyric, to boot.

Anyone else ever hear the Black Box cover of this with Martha Wash on lead vocals?  It's fine in its own right.
Title: Re: Genesis song, I almost like it
Post by: princessofcairo on March 29, 2005, 10:13:48 AM
Quote from: "RGMike"
Quote from: "princessofcairo"
how can you start a set with "follow you?" that song makes even diehard kfox listeners change the station.



Am I really defending Phil here?  It was a big AOR hit, which makes it TOTHC fodder (at least in Dave's mind).  And things got much MUCH worse in the '80s, so this seems quite nice in comparison.


it's such a sleepy song. i like my genesis gabriel, and my collins solo, got it? :) actually i don't mind the upbeat collins genesis vocals.
Title: It's 1978 on Tue 3/29/05
Post by: RGMike on March 29, 2005, 10:14:37 AM
Quote from: "mshray"
BHIOS = EWF!

(Best Harpsichord Intro of Set)


"Take a ride in the sky
On a ship, Fantasii"

Is "fantasii" the plural of "fantasus"?
Title: Re: Genesis song, I almost like it
Post by: Gazoo on March 29, 2005, 10:14:51 AM
Quote from: "mshray"
Quote from: "Gazoo"

As opposed to the Floyd, whom I find *really* snoozy.


solo Gilmour, not Floyd as such.

*rolls eyes*  Why bother with a solo album if it sounds *exactly like* your group's projects?  (Steve Perry is welcome to answer this, too.)
Title: It's 1978 on Tue 3/29/05
Post by: princessofcairo on March 29, 2005, 10:14:58 AM
Quote from: "Gazoo"

Anyone else ever hear the Black Box cover of this with Martha Wash on lead vocals?  It's fine in its own right.


do you have it? if so, cue it up!!! i'd love to hear it.
Title: It's 1978 on Tue 3/29/05
Post by: Gazoo on March 29, 2005, 10:15:30 AM
Quote from: "RGMike"
Quote from: "mshray"
BHIOS = EWF!

(Best Harpsichord Intro of Set)


"Take a ride in the sky
On a ship, Fantasii"

Is "fantasii" the plural of "fantasus"?

I hear the line as, "On a trip, fantasize."
Title: Re: Genesis song, I almost like it
Post by: princessofcairo on March 29, 2005, 10:15:59 AM
Quote from: "Gazoo"


*rolls eyes*  Why bother with a solo album if it sounds *exactly like* your group's projects?  (Steve Perry is welcome to answer this, too.)


what if the group was using *your* sound, not the other way around?
Title: It's 1978 on Tue 3/29/05
Post by: Gazoo on March 29, 2005, 10:16:06 AM
Quote from: "princessofcairo"
Quote from: "Gazoo"

Anyone else ever hear the Black Box cover of this with Martha Wash on lead vocals?  It's fine in its own right.


do you have it? if so, cue it up!!! i'd love to hear it.

You'll hear it when you get to NYC, assuming I can be chuffed to unbox my cassettes that have been in storage since I moved here.
Title: It's 1978 on Tue 3/29/05
Post by: princessofcairo on March 29, 2005, 10:16:58 AM
Quote from: "Gazoo"


do you have it? if so, cue it up!!! i'd love to hear it.

You'll hear it when you get to NYC, assuming I can be chuffed to unbox my cassettes that have been in storage since I moved here.[/quote]

just swell, thanks!
Title: Re: Genesis song, I almost like it
Post by: Gazoo on March 29, 2005, 10:17:11 AM
Quote from: "princessofcairo"
Quote from: "Gazoo"


*rolls eyes*  Why bother with a solo album if it sounds *exactly like* your group's projects?  (Steve Perry is welcome to answer this, too.)


what if the group was using *your* sound, not the other way around?

Good point.  Arnold Laine wasn't in their ears or in their eyes.
Title: It's 1978 on Tue 3/29/05
Post by: mshray on March 29, 2005, 10:17:38 AM
Quote from: "Gazoo"
Ahhh ... BOS to the mighty Philip Bailey and EWF's "Fantasy."  The only falsetto to overpower that of Phillippe Wynne's.  And an uplifting lyric, to boot.

Anyone else ever hear the Black Box cover of this with Martha Wash on lead vocals?  It's fine in its own right.


Anyone have Bailey's solo album, the one produced by Phil?  The hit was the forgetable "Easy Lover" with the totally stupid video involving helicopters for no reason.  But, elsewhere on that album are two (imho) aawesome cuts, "Walking On The CHiese Wall" & "Children Of The Ghetto" each of which showcase Bailey's vocals more than anything EWF ever did (again, imho).

I used to have this but someone stole it.   :evil:  :evil:  :evil:
Title: Re: Genesis song, I almost like it
Post by: urth on March 29, 2005, 10:18:33 AM
Quote from: "Gazoo"
Quote from: "urth"
Quote from: "ggould"
until Phil starts singing.


At the time this came out, we thought Genesis had sunk as low as they could get.

Little did we know.

Did people really think this was a pop sellout?  I think it's a touch snoozy but hardly offensive.

As opposed to the Floyd, whom I find *really* snoozy.


Folks who were big Genesis fans thought it was travesty. In the space of three years, they went from The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway to this, and lost two major contributors along the way (Gabriel and Steve Hackett.) While Hackett was primarily an instrumentalist, only occasionally a writer and never a vocalist, his guitar gave serious guts to the Genesis sound, and this record, recorded as a three-piece with Mike Rutherford having to fill in all the lead parts, just didn't measure up, even to the preceding record, Wind and Wuthering.
Title: It's 1978 on Tue 3/29/05
Post by: RGMike on March 29, 2005, 10:18:54 AM
Quote from: "Gazoo"
chuffed


Gaz really has been reading "Boost Your Word Power" this week :wink:
Title: It's 1978 on Tue 3/29/05
Post by: Gazoo on March 29, 2005, 10:18:54 AM
There were helicopters in that video?  All I remember are Phil and Phil in the recording studio pretending to laugh at each other's mis-takes.  (Cocaine's a hell of a drug.)  I think the album was actually called Chinese Wall.
Title: It's 1978 on Tue 3/29/05
Post by: princessofcairo on March 29, 2005, 10:19:20 AM
Quote from: "mshray"
The hit was the forgetable "Easy Lover" with the totally stupid video involving helicopters for no reason.


you forget the song, but remember the helicopters?
Title: It's 1978 on Tue 3/29/05
Post by: mshray on March 29, 2005, 10:19:22 AM
Quote from: "Gazoo"
Quote from: "princessofcairo"
Quote from: "Gazoo"

Anyone else ever hear the Black Box cover of this with Martha Wash on lead vocals?  It's fine in its own right.


do you have it? if so, cue it up!!! i'd love to hear it.

You'll hear it when you get to NYC, assuming I can be chuffed to unbox my cassettes that have been in storage since I moved here.


Please POC, will you chuff Gaz, just once?  For us all?  Chuff him good.
Title: It's 1978 on Tue 3/29/05
Post by: Gazoo on March 29, 2005, 10:20:02 AM
Quote from: "RGMike"
Quote from: "Gazoo"
chuffed


Gaz really has been reading "Boost Your Word Power" this week :wink:

I'm just picking words that would sound better if Bobby Wo were saying them.

Chuffed!
Title: It's 1978 on Tue 3/29/05
Post by: princessofcairo on March 29, 2005, 10:20:21 AM
Quote from: "mshray"

Please POC, will you chuff Gaz, just once?  For us all?  Chuff him good.


i'll be sure to wear gloves.
Title: It's 1978 on Tue 3/29/05
Post by: Lightnin' Rod on March 29, 2005, 10:20:26 AM
VHM, Tom Petty.  I don't care what you guys think, TP rocks.
Title: It's 1978 on Tue 3/29/05
Post by: RGMike on March 29, 2005, 10:20:36 AM
"Ladies and Gentlemen... the LOOOOOOOOONG Katrina!"
Title: It's 1978 on Tue 3/29/05
Post by: princessofcairo on March 29, 2005, 10:21:37 AM
Quote from: "Gazoo"

I'm just picking words that would sound better if Bobby Wo were saying them.



i can understand it.
Title: The l-o-o-o-o-ng version!
Post by: urth on March 29, 2005, 10:22:03 AM
BOS (and personal fave) Love Is Like Oxygen.
Title: It's 1978 on Tue 3/29/05
Post by: princessofcairo on March 29, 2005, 10:22:44 AM
Quote from: "Rod"
VHM, Tom Petty.  I don't care what you guys think, TP rocks.


i was rocking out with you, rod. i loves me some petty. durned good live show.
Title: It's 1978 on Tue 3/29/05
Post by: mshray on March 29, 2005, 10:24:09 AM
Quote from: "Gazoo"
There were helicopters in that video?  All I remember are Phil and Phil in the recording studio pretending to laugh at each other's mis-takes.  (Cocaine's a hell of a drug.)  I think the album was actually called Chinese Wall.


Yeah, towards the end they left the studio & flew around somewhere in a Huey.

POC, the reason this has stuck in my mind over the years is that I have spent way too much time in Taiwanese & Chinese karaoke clubs, and for some dreadful reason every director of karaoke videos falls back on this motif.  You cannot possibly imagine how many such videos have been made of Asian supermodels flitting around on helicopters to beach photoshoots, said videos having NOTHING to do with the song of course.

I even had to sing "Amazing Grace" over such a video once.
Title: Re: The l-o-o-o-o-ng version!
Post by: mshray on March 29, 2005, 10:25:30 AM
Quote from: "urth"
BOS (and personal fave) Love Is Like Oxygen.


me too, and Dave has eschewed this long enough to de-Katrina-ize it.  It's been several months methinks.
Title: It's 1978 on Tue 3/29/05
Post by: Gazoo on March 29, 2005, 10:26:44 AM
Ooh!  Love me the gritty vocals on "Shame!"
Title: It's 1978 on Tue 3/29/05
Post by: princessofcairo on March 29, 2005, 10:26:59 AM
it's songs like "love is like..." and same-era kinks and stones that make me wonder why people bother listening to bands like franz ferdinand. last week, i would have said "franz ferdinand and the scissor sisters," but ss are growing on me. i think it's attitude. they have attitude. and fine arrangements.
Title: Re: The l-o-o-o-o-ng version!
Post by: RGMike on March 29, 2005, 10:27:03 AM
Quote from: "mshray"
Quote from: "urth"
BOS (and personal fave) Love Is Like Oxygen.


me too, and Dave has eschewed this long enough to de-Katrina-ize it.  It's been several months methinks.


Once a Katrina...
Title: It's 1978 on Tue 3/29/05
Post by: RGMike on March 29, 2005, 10:27:48 AM
VHM Evelyn "Champagne" King.

(Her friends call her "Bubbles".)
Title: It's 1978 on Tue 3/29/05
Post by: princessofcairo on March 29, 2005, 10:29:21 AM
Quote from: "mshray"

I even had to sing "Amazing Grace" over such a video once.


well there's your problem right there...

i suppose "easy lover" is forgettable enough. i remember loving it as a kid, but i wouldn't think of it these days unless someone mentioned it. so thanks. :) that song has some rockin' guitar.
Title: It's 1978 on Tue 3/29/05
Post by: mshray on March 29, 2005, 10:31:42 AM
this is a mighty short set for 1978.
Title: It's 1978 on Tue 3/29/05
Post by: princessofcairo on March 29, 2005, 10:31:47 AM
aside: yesterday was international dianne wiest day. 57! such a pup. :)
Title: It's 1978 on Tue 3/29/05
Post by: RGMike on March 29, 2005, 10:33:26 AM
Quote from: "mshray"
this is a mighty short set for 1978.


"Ladies and Gentlemen... the SHOOOOORT set".  Indeed, considering we got the lengthy Sweet suite.
Title: Re: The l-o-o-o-o-ng version!
Post by: urth on March 29, 2005, 10:33:55 AM
Quote from: "RGMike"
Quote from: "mshray"
Quote from: "urth"
BOS (and personal fave) Love Is Like Oxygen.


me too, and Dave has eschewed this long enough to de-Katrina-ize it.  It's been several months methinks.


Once a Katrina...


I'm with Mark--LILO has only popped up once or twice in the last year, so I think it's been redeemed for the time being.

BOS2 to Rockaway Beach, although it'd be nice to hear "Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue" or "Pinhead" once in awhile.
Title: It's 1978 on Tue 3/29/05
Post by: RGMike on March 29, 2005, 10:34:21 AM
Quote from: "princessofcairo"
aside: yesterday was international dianne wiest day. 57! such a pup. :)


"I can't be a grandmother! I was at Woodstock, for chrisssakes!"
Title: It's 1978 on Tue 3/29/05
Post by: mshray on March 29, 2005, 10:34:25 AM
Hey POC, 2 questions: when's your last day in Mtn View?  (so we can maybe get one more lunch in)

and which version of "On Broadway" are you channeling for your quote, your main squeeze George Benson?
Title: It's 1978 on Tue 3/29/05
Post by: princessofcairo on March 29, 2005, 10:36:31 AM
Quote from: "RGMike"
Quote from: "princessofcairo"
aside: yesterday was international dianne wiest day. 57! such a pup. :)


"I can't be a grandmother! I was at Woodstock, for chrisssakes!"


ooh, you're good.
Title: It's 1978 on Tue 3/29/05
Post by: mshray on March 29, 2005, 10:37:47 AM
Quote from: "RGMike"
Quote from: "princessofcairo"
aside: yesterday was international dianne wiest day. 57! such a pup. :)


"I can't be a grandmother! I was at Woodstock, for chrisssakes!"


That was a great (& underrated) movie.  Even Keanu Reeves was quite good.  


Oooooh, ARS is sounding mighty fine on (as I believe I have mentioned) this rainy day.

"the rats keep winning the rat race,
...but I'm not gonna let it bother me tonight"
Title: It's 1978 on Tue 3/29/05
Post by: princessofcairo on March 29, 2005, 10:37:57 AM
Quote from: "mshray"
Hey POC, 2 questions: when's your last day in Mtn View?  (so we can maybe get one more lunch in)

and which version of "On Broadway" are you channeling for your quote, your main squeeze George Benson?


last day is thursday. lunch is out...i'm spending the next two days doing dmv- and post office-type things.

which version? the live one. i think there are two, but i can't tell the difference. maybe one is just an edit.

eta: main squeeze. that's just gross. he sure is pretty, though.
Title: It's 1978 on Tue 3/29/05
Post by: RGMike on March 29, 2005, 10:39:19 AM
Quote from: "princessofcairo"
Quote from: "RGMike"
Quote from: "princessofcairo"
aside: yesterday was international dianne wiest day. 57! such a pup. :)


"I can't be a grandmother! I was at Woodstock, for chrisssakes!"


ooh, you're good.


Lowell Ganz and "Babaloo" Mandel can write them some snappy one-liners, they can.
Title: It's 1978 on Tue 3/29/05
Post by: mshray on March 29, 2005, 10:40:09 AM
Quote from: "princessofcairo"
Quote from: "mshray"
Hey POC, 2 questions: when's your last day in Mtn View?  (so we can maybe get one more lunch in)

and which version of "On Broadway" are you channeling for your quote, your main squeeze George Benson?


last day is thursday. lunch is out...i'm spending the next two days doing dmv- and post office-type things.

which version? the live one. i think there are two, but i can't tell the difference. maybe one is just an edit.

eta: main squeeze. that's just gross. he sure is pretty, though.


did you ever tell the others that story?  As I recall I heard at last year's Beejmas party, but he wasn't within earshot.
Title: It's 1978 on Tue 3/29/05
Post by: princessofcairo on March 29, 2005, 10:40:52 AM
Quote from: "mshray"

Oooooh, ARS is sounding mighty fine on (as I believe I have mentioned) this rainy day.

"the rats keep winning the rat race,
...but I'm not gonna let it bother me tonight"


yeah, i'm with you. i feel like driving around in the back of a pick-up, drinking beer, and throwing rocks at mailboxes. such a hedonist line: i'm not gonna let it bother me tonight...
Title: It's 1978 on Tue 3/29/05
Post by: RGMike on March 29, 2005, 10:41:13 AM
Quote from: "princessofcairo"
eta: main squeeze. that's just gross. he sure is pretty, though.


speaking of squeezes, didja see Ving as Kojak? I completely forgot to watch.
Title: It's 1978 on Tue 3/29/05
Post by: princessofcairo on March 29, 2005, 10:42:01 AM
Quote from: "mshray"


did you ever tell the others that story?  As I recall I heard at last year's Beejmas party, but he wasn't within earshot.


dunno. i'll tell it at the next gathering to anyone listening...
Title: It's 1978 on Tue 3/29/05
Post by: princessofcairo on March 29, 2005, 10:43:13 AM
Quote from: "RGMike"
Quote from: "princessofcairo"
eta: main squeeze. that's just gross. he sure is pretty, though.


speaking of squeezes, didja see Ving as Kojak? I completely forgot to watch.


no! well, i don't have a telly, so that' no surprise, but still! i wanted to see him sucking on a lollipop, standing at the busstop, once he gets going, it's hard to make the cueball stop!

he's so dreamy...
Title: Re: Genesis song, I almost like it
Post by: mshray on March 29, 2005, 10:45:37 AM
Quote from: "princessofcairo"

in other news, who's playing bass on this second song???


I checked Allmusic & they don't credit a bassist on this album, so choose between Bob or Lindsey, both credited on guitars.
Title: It's 1978 on Tue 3/29/05
Post by: RGMike on March 29, 2005, 10:48:39 AM
Quote from: "princessofcairo"
Quote from: "RGMike"
Quote from: "princessofcairo"
eta: main squeeze. that's just gross. he sure is pretty, though.


speaking of squeezes, didja see Ving as Kojak? I completely forgot to watch.


no! well, i don't have a telly, so that' no surprise, but still! i wanted to see him sucking on a lollipop, standing at the busstop, once he gets going, it's hard to make the cueball stop!

he's so dreamy...


LOL! I've got a pic at home of a guy who makes Ving look like a toothpick. I'll send it tonite.
Title: It's 1978 on Tue 3/29/05
Post by: mshray on March 29, 2005, 10:50:02 AM
Quote from: "RGMike"
Quote from: "princessofcairo"
Quote from: "RGMike"
Quote from: "princessofcairo"
aside: yesterday was international dianne wiest day. 57! such a pup. :)


"I can't be a grandmother! I was at Woodstock, for chrisssakes!"


ooh, you're good.


Lowell Ganz and "Babaloo" Mandel can write them some snappy one-liners, they can.


just 'cuz you mentioned it:

Memorable Quotes from
Parenthood (1989)
(note,  Diane Wiest is Helen, Steve Martin is Gil)


[after finding her 15-year-old son's bag full of porno tapes]
Helen: I guess you're interested in sex. Or filmmaking.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Julie: I wouldn't live with you if the world were flooded with piss and you lived in a tree!

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Tod: You know, Mrs. Buchman, you need a license to buy a dog, to drive a car - hell, you even need a license to catch a fish. But they'll let any butt-reaming asshole be a father.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Gil: We'll throw away the TV. We'll perform Shakespeare in front of him.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Gil: Women have choices, and men have responsibilities.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Karen: He likes to butt things... with his head.
Nathan: How proud you must be.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Karen: Do you really have to go?
Gil: My whole life is "have to."

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[Gil has been complaining about his complicated life; Grandma wanders into the room]
Grandma: You know, when I was nineteen, Grandpa took me on a roller coaster.
Gil: Oh?
Grandma: Up, down, up, down. Oh, what a ride!
Gil: What a great story.
Grandma: I always wanted to go again. You know, it was just so interesting to me that a ride could make me so frightened, so scared, so sick, so excited, and so thrilled all together! Some didn't like it. They went on the merry-go-round. That just goes around. Nothing. I like the roller coaster. You get more out of it.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Karen: I happen to LIKE the roller coaster, okay? As far as I'm concerned, your grandmother is brilliant.
Gil: Yeah if she's so brilliant why is she sitting in our NEIGHBOR'S CAR?

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Julie: He said that he loved me.
Helen: Men say that. They all say that. Then they cum.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Frank: [on parenting] It's like your Aunt Edna's ass. It goes on forever and it's just as frightening.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Gil: Keep Patty away from Larry - suck the intelligence right out of her.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Gil: What's the matter, honey? you don't feel so good?
Taylor: Yeah.
Gil: You feel like you wanna throw up?
Taylor: Ok
[barfs all over Gil, and starts crying]
Karen: Oh Taylor, baby... Gil, why are you standing there?
Gil: Waiting for her head to spin around.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Garry: What is it with all the women in this family, that makes all the men in this family wanna leave?

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Justin: Who's that?
Gil: It's my kid brother, Larry, your uncle. Don't give him any money.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Usher: You don't talk like a kid.
Gil: Yeah, well I'm not really a kid.
Usher: You're not a doc.
Gil: This is a memory of when I was a kid. I'm 35 now. I have kids of my own. You don't even really exist. You're an amalgam.
Usher: A what?
Gil: A combination of several ushers my dad left me with over the years. I combined them into one memory.
Usher: Why?
Gil: This was a great symbolic moment of my life. My father dumping me with you... it's why I swore things would be different with my kids. It's my dream. Strong, happy, confident kids.
Usher: That's great, that's great. You know, you - you got a lovely family, and I'm a god-damn amalgam!

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Taylor: Mommy what was that?
Karen: That was an electrical ear cleaner.
Taylor: It was kinda big.
Grandma: It sure was.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[Gil sees Justin wearing nothing but a gunbelt]
Gil: That's what you're wearing to bed? You'll catch a cold!
[Justin puts on a cowboy hat]
Gil: Perfect!
[Karen enters]
Gil: Karen, how about after the kids are asleep... (referring to Justin.) I wear this outfit?

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[referring to the porno tape on the TV]
Grandma: What channel is this?
Diane: No, grandma, this is a tape.
Grandma: She really needs a man.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[after inhaling helium]
Grandma: When I was a girl, Grover Cleveland was president. Hehe!

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Marilyn Buckman: Cool is adorable. Adorable! Why didn't you write us when you had a son?
Larry Buckman: I didn't know myself until a couple of months ago. You see a few years ago, I was living in Vegas with this girl. Show girl. She was in that show Elvis On Ice. Anywho, we drifted apart as people do in these complicated times and then a couple of months ago, she shows up with Cool and tells me "You watch him. I shot someone. I have to leave the country."... That's parent?

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Kevin Buckman Age 21: Thank you. When I was 9 years old, I had kind of a rough time. A lot of people thought I was pretty mixed up. But there was one person who got me through it. He did everything right. And thanks to him today, well I'm the happiest, most confident and most well adjusted person in this world. Dad, I love you. You're the greatest

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Girl at College: Someone's gone to the roof of the bell tower with a rifle!
Dean at College: It's Kevin Buckman! His father totally screwed him up!
Boy At College: What's he yelling?
Kevin Buckman Age 21: YOU MADE ME PLAY SECOND BASE!
Gil: [Yelling through a megaphone] Son I'm sorry. I did all the best I could.
[Kevin shoots the megaphone from his hands]
Gil: Nice shot son! It's important to be supportive. Come on lets sing one of the old tunes. "When you're sliding into home and you're pants are full of foam, Diarerra - "

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Larry Buckman: Is that Grandma? Grandma, you got short.
Grandma: I'm shrinking.
Larry Buckman: Bummer.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Julie: I can't do this! This is too intense!
Helen: This is marriage!

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Helen: I swear, Julie, if you walk out that door, don't you dare come back!
Julie: Don't worry about it!
[Garry enters]
Julie: Hey Garry.
Garry: Hi.
Julie: I'm moving out.
Garry: Bye.
Helen: See? Now you've upset your brother!

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Tod: Has anyone seen my wife?
Helen: She's still at school. She has cheerleading practice.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Grandma: [after glimpsing porn tape on TV] One of those men reminded me of your grandfather.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Susan Buckman Merrick: [as her husband surprises her by serenading her in the middle of her lesson] Nathan, we're trying so hard to keep these kids off drugs.
Title: bass on Bob Welch song
Post by: ggould on March 29, 2005, 10:56:27 AM
Quote from: "mshray"
Quote from: "princessofcairo"

in other news, who's playing bass on this second song???


I checked Allmusic & they don't credit a bassist on this album, so choose between Bob or Lindsey, both credited on guitars.
OK, so you made the old man go upstairs and get the vinyl.  Bob Welch plays bass on the whole album.
Title: I'm amazed
Post by: urth on March 29, 2005, 11:00:13 AM
There was a Cars song in that set, and not once of us even blinked an eye. Times are changing.
Title: Re: I'm amazed
Post by: RGMike on March 29, 2005, 11:03:38 AM
Quote from: "urth"
There was a Cars song in that set, and not once of us even blinked an eye. Times are changing.


Cars song? What Cars song? :wink:
Title: It's 1978 on Tue 3/29/05
Post by: princessofcairo on March 29, 2005, 11:23:46 AM
Quote from: "RGMike"

LOL! I've got a pic at home of a guy who makes Ving look like a toothpick. I'll send it tonite.


yeah - i have to see that.
Title: Re: bass on Bob Welch song
Post by: princessofcairo on March 29, 2005, 11:30:35 AM
Quote from: "ggould"
Quote from: "mshray"
Quote from: "princessofcairo"

in other news, who's playing bass on this second song???


I checked Allmusic & they don't credit a bassist on this album, so choose between Bob or Lindsey, both credited on guitars.
OK, so you made the old man go upstairs and get the vinyl.  Bob Welch plays bass on the whole album.


thank you!!
Title: Re: I'm amazed
Post by: princessofcairo on March 29, 2005, 11:31:15 AM
Quote from: "urth"
There was a Cars song in that set, and not once of us even blinked an eye. Times are changing.


we've learned to expect them. just like jackson browne. and the moody blues. stalkers, all. :)