22 Sept 2008: 1974!

[Wayback]

Here's backstory on Reunion's "Life Is A Rock" listing all names mentioned in lyrics:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_Is_a_Rock_(But_the_Radio_Rolled_Me)

[Davefish]

Here's the right version of "Musta Got Lost".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lcwkULYeiI

[RGMike]

Andy "Neil Diamond" Kim

indeed, he not only sounded like him, he looked like him:



Did Gaz bail before Mr Kim? It's one of his faves. Looking forward to the replay -- and as to Bowie, I always thought it was "savage shore" but I could be wrong.

[Davefish]

Andy "Neil Diamond" Kim

indeed, he not only sounded like him, he looked like him:



Did Gaz bail before Mr Kim? It's one of his faves. Looking forward to the replay -- and as to Bowie, I always thought it was "savage shore" but I could be wrong.

At least one source says "savage jaw".  Could be...

[Wayback]

Andy "Neil Diamond" Kim

indeed, he not only sounded like him, he looked like him:

That's funny, had no idea what he looked like, guess I imagined Bobby Sherman

[RGMike]

Andy "Neil Diamond" Kim

indeed, he not only sounded like him, he looked like him:



Did Gaz bail before Mr Kim? It's one of his faves. Looking forward to the replay -- and as to Bowie, I always thought it was "savage shore" but I could be wrong.

At least one source says "savage jaw".  Could be...

"Jaw" makes more sense -- guess "Savage shore" is my "county pear"

[mshray]

Here's backstory on Reunion's "Life Is A Rock" listing all names mentioned in lyrics:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_Is_a_Rock_(But_the_Radio_Rolled_Me)

Until today I had never focused on how many artists are name dropped in this song whose careers were just getting started in 1974:  Poco, Randy Newman, Steely Dan, ZZ Top, David Bowie.

Trivia pop quiz:

Here are the lyrics to Life Is A Rock

Tell me who gets a callout in this list before they call out a band he was a member of?

[RGMike]

Andy "Neil Diamond" Kim

indeed, he not only sounded like him, he looked like him:

That's funny, had no idea what he looked like, guess I imagined Bobby Sherman

Jonathan Silverman *IS* Andy Kim! Rock Me Gently: The Andy Kim Story, Sunday on VH-1!

9/22/08 – Monday!  Doin’ time in…1974!!

1.  Lou Reed – Intro/Sweet Jane (BEST OF SET!!)
2.  Al Green – Sha La La (Make Me Happy)
3.  J. Geils Band – Must of Got Lost
4.  Steely Dan – Rikki Don’t Lose That Number
5.  David Bowie – 1984
6.  Andy Kim – Rock Me Gently
7.  Joni Mitchell – Trouble Child/Twisted
8.  Roxy Music – Out of the Blue
9.  Rick Derringer – Rock & Roll Hootchie Koo
10. Reunion – Life is a Rock (But the Radio Rolled Me)

BONUS TRACK:  Wet Willie - Keep on Smilin’

[urth]

Andy "Neil Diamond" Kim

indeed, he not only sounded like him, he looked like him:

That's funny, had no idea what he looked like, guess I imagined Bobby Sherman

Jonathan Silverman *IS* Andy Kim! Rock Me Gently: The Andy Kim Story, Sunday on VH-1!

9/22/08 – Monday!  Doin’ time in…1974!!

1.  Lou Reed – Intro/Sweet Jane (BEST OF SET!!)
2.  Al Green – Sha La La (Make Me Happy)
3.  J. Geils Band – Must of Got Lost
4.  Steely Dan – Rikki Don’t Lose That Number
5.  David Bowie – 1984
6.  Andy Kim – Rock Me Gently
7.  Joni Mitchell – Trouble Child/Twisted
8.  Roxy Music – Out of the Blue
9.  Rick Derringer – Rock & Roll Hootchie Koo
10. Reunion – Life is a Rock (But the Radio Rolled Me)

BONUS TRACK:  Wet Willie - Keep on Smilin’

Wow, indeed a great set. My gut says nary a bustout, but with songs that good who cares? I figured it was gonna be a good one. Mom's up for a visit and I had to leave for the airport before the set started, so missed the initial play. Have to try to catch the replay in a bit.

[urth]

Tell me who gets a callout in this list before they call out a band he was a member of?

I confess I read thru the lyrics to figure it out, but it's right there: Donny Osmond, then a couple lines later the Osmond Bros.

[mshray]

Tell me who gets a callout in this list before they call out a band he was a member of?

I confess I read thru the lyrics to figure it out, but it's right there: Donny Osmond, then a couple lines later the Osmond Bros.

I actually missed that, there's another one, less obvious.  Obscure even.

[urth]

Tell me who gets a callout in this list before they call out a band he was a member of?

I confess I read thru the lyrics to figure it out, but it's right there: Donny Osmond, then a couple lines later the Osmond Bros.

I actually missed that, there's another one, less obvious.  Obscure even.

OK, this time I had to consult AMG, so I suppose I should disqualify myself. So I'll e-mail you my answer.

(Btw, is there an artist in today's set who was also a member of this band?)

[Gazoo]

Tell me who gets a callout in this list before they call out a band he was a member of?

I confess I read thru the lyrics to figure it out, but it's right there: Donny Osmond, then a couple lines later the Osmond Bros.

I actually missed that, there's another one, less obvious.  Obscure even.

Egg-gar Winter and Mushroom Omelet?

[Gazoo]

Beware the savage...what?   yore?  yawl?

I *LOVE* "1984" - it was my BOS, though I was getting ready for work and couldn't post - but hate the "savage jaw" line.  It's too abstract and random a metaphor to get away with off-rhyming "four" like that.  But he gets away with it in my book because those disco strings are so freaking FIERCE.

And Almost-BOS to "Out of the Blue," a delightful production (was Eno with them at this point? that might help explain the Bowie comparison) whose arrangement I've long wanted to kinda-steal for one of my own songwriting efforts.  (I gave up songwriting when I realized that everything I wrote had to be set to the tune of something already extant.)

But agreeing with Dave on this verging on set-for-the-ages territory.

[urth]

And Almost-BOS to "Out of the Blue," a delightful production (was Eno with them at this point? that might help explain the Bowie comparison) whose arrangement I've long wanted to kinda-steal for one of my own songwriting efforts.  (I gave up songwriting when I realized that everything I wrote had to be set to the tune of something already extant.)

But agreeing with Dave on this verging on set-for-the-ages territory.

Nope, Eno split from Roxy after For Your Pleasure in '72 (check out In Every Dream Home a Heartache); Out of the Blue was two albums later, on Country Life. But otherwise the comparison is apt.