27 January 2009: a "classic" from 1976

[mshray]

BOS rare ELO, but the stream is crapping out on me.

I hear that too.  Is it the stream or at the source?  It's like the tape heads are sticky.

Sounded fine here. But that Laverne and Shirley promo sounded like someone recorded it with a Realistic cassette player and a single-point mic.

VHM Lady Cliff.

And BOS to the ELO, before I forget.

I had the same experience as Urth, ELO was okay but the L&S clip sounded horrible.

[RGMike]

that Laverne and Shirley promo sounded like someone recorded it with a Realistic cassette player and a single-point mic.

LOL! Something I would've done when I was 9 or 10, but in '76 Dave was twentysomething -- surely he could've bought the 45 of "Happy Days".

[urth]

BOS rare ELO, but the stream is crapping out on me.

I hear that too.  Is it the stream or at the source?  It's like the tape heads are sticky.

Sounded fine here. But that Laverne and Shirley promo sounded like someone recorded it with a Realistic cassette player and a single-point mic.

VHM Lady Cliff.

And BOS to the ELO, before I forget.

I had the same experience as Urth, ELO was okay but the L&S clip sounded horrible.

Now the Trammps tune sounds pretty midrange-y.

[RGMike]

LAWD! BOS2 Trammps, "Where the Happy People Go"  -- Fab. Yoo. LUSS!

[mshray]

So where do the happy people go these days, now that Disco is dead?

[Tinka Cat]

that Laverne and Shirley promo sounded like someone recorded it with a Realistic cassette player and a single-point mic.

LOL! Something I would've done when I was 9 or 10, but in '76 Dave was twentysomething -- surely he could've bought the 45 of "Happy Days".

heehee, I used to put my cassette recorder (I think it was from Realistic, btw) up next to the TV and record Sat Night Live shows.  these "Lo-Noise Cassettes" are long gone, unfortunately.

[RGMike]

So where do the happy people go these days, now that Disco is dead?

they stay home and watch internet porn.

[urth]

Proxy of Rod to Bill King and the Raiders clip. Back when they were good.

[RGMike]

BOS3 "Dreamboat Annie".

[urth]

Major sledgehammer from the Seger tune, not to any specific event but just to the state of being 16.

[RGMike]

Seger in the back seat for the 2nd time this morning.

"she had points all her own, settin' way up high."

[Davefish]

Major sledgehammer from the Seger tune, not to any specific event but just to the state of being 16.

I was gonna say nearly the same thing, though I was only 12.  I still don't get the first verse, though.  One line in particular...

I was a little too tall
Couldve used a few pounds
Tight pants points hardly renown
She was a black-haired beauty with big dark eyes
And points all her own sitting way up high
Way up firm and high

Tight pants points hardly renown?  Huh?

[mshray]

Major sledgehammer from the Seger tune, not to any specific event but just to the state of being 16.

"I started humming a song rom 1962, ain't it funny how the night moves."

[urth]

And an overall BOS to WZ, feelin' sorry for himself. Break out the Waring Blender...

[RGMike]

Major sledgehammer from the Seger tune, not to any specific event but just to the state of being 16.

I was gonna say nearly the same thing, though I was only 12.  I still don't get the first verse, though.  One line in particular...

I was a little too tall
Couldve used a few pounds
Tight pants points hardly renown
She was a black-haired beauty with big dark eyes
And points all her own sitting way up high
Way up firm and high

Tight pants points hardly renown?  Huh?

from the website segerfiles.com:

One reference in "Night Moves" is widely misunderstood. I'm fairly certain that everyone under 40 thinks that in "tight pants points hardly renowned," Seger is referring to his crotch. (After all, "points all her own" clearly refers to the woman's nipples, or at least breasts.)

But the first "points" reference isn't anatomical. He's singing "Tight pants, points, hardly renowned" -- meaning, his tight pants are hardly renowned, and his points are hardly renowned. What are points? Little metal things worn on your shoes by high school rebels in the late 50s and early 60s.