28 January 2009--1987

[urth]

BOS to the George Harrison (Cloud 9) and WOS to the Starship. Normally I'd offer a proxy for Gaz on anything Starship related but I can't do that in good conscience on this one. And I suspect he might agree.

[princessofcairo]

wow, I now know two songs called Rosa Lee (or Rosalie) that I like.

Is the other one by The Pretenders?

not that I know of.  Don't know their version.

Here's a hint:  yesterday's set from '77 '76 featured both the orig artist of "Rosalie" AND a band that covered it pretty well:

Hmmmm.  Nope, not gettin' it.  The Pretenders song is off their new album.  It's pretty good, but nothing thrilling.  And of course, there's Rosalita...

Me neither. I'd say Warren Zevon is involved somewhere in there, but that's just a guess.

Thin Lizzy, but I don't know if they did the original or the cover. My bet would be the cover.

[Davefish]

Warren's got "Carmelita", but that's not quite it.

[urth]

Is Grace singing, "Let 'em say we're crazy, I don't care about that"? I've always mumbled along with something like "I feel the pact".

Yep, think so. Was this her last gasp with the Starship?

[Davefish]

Is Grace singing, "Let 'em say we're crazy, I don't care about that"? I've always mumbled along with something like "I feel the pact".

Yep, think so. Was this her last gasp with the Starship?

Man, what a crappy way to wrap it up. 

[princessofcairo]

Is Grace singing, "Let 'em say we're crazy, I don't care about that"? I've always mumbled along with something like "I feel the pact".

Yep, think so. Was this her last gasp with the Starship?

But by the Grace of God.

[Davefish]

wow, I now know two songs called Rosa Lee (or Rosalie) that I like.

Is the other one by The Pretenders?

not that I know of.  Don't know their version.

Here's a hint:  yesterday's set from '77 '76 featured both the orig artist of "Rosalie" AND a band that covered it pretty well:

Hmmmm.  Nope, not gettin' it.  The Pretenders song is off their new album.  It's pretty good, but nothing thrilling.  And of course, there's Rosalita...

Me neither. I'd say Warren Zevon is involved somewhere in there, but that's just a guess.

Thin Lizzy, but I don't know if they did the original or the cover. My bet would be the cover.

'Twould appear to be written by Bob Seger.  I'll have to give it a listen.

ETA: I listened to the Thin Lizzy version; sounds an awful lot like Elton's "The Bitch is Back", which probably came out around the same time.

ETAA: The Bitch is Back was on Caribou which came out in 1974, and Bob Seger's version came out in 1973 on "Back in 72".  Now we know.

[Tinka Cat]

wow, I now know two songs called Rosa Lee (or Rosalie) that I like.

Is the other one by The Pretenders?

not that I know of.  Don't know their version.

Here's a hint:  yesterday's set from '77 '76 featured both the orig artist of "Rosalie" AND a band that covered it pretty well:

Hmmmm.  Nope, not gettin' it.  The Pretenders song is off their new album.  It's pretty good, but nothing thrilling.  And of course, there's Rosalita...

Me neither. I'd say Warren Zevon is involved somewhere in there, but that's just a guess.

Thin Lizzy, but I don't know if they did the original or the cover. My bet would be the cover.

ding ding!  Bob Seger wrote it, and TL covered it on their Fighting album.  It's also on LZ's Live And Dangerous, but they should put live in quotes, b/c there's tons of studio touching-up on that double LP, which is still a great record, btw.

[RGMike]

yeesh, '89 and '87 in the same week? Glad I missed (and my meeting was VERY boring, but still better than the Worst Year on the Wheel).

[mshray]

yeesh, '89 and '87 in the same week? Glad I missed (and my meeting was VERY boring, but still better than the Worst Year on the Wheel).

I heard some of it in the car, but as soon as Don announced the year & I heard the first 2 notes of Robbie N. I flipped the dial.  Came back in time for the R.E.M., then had to get out of the car & missed U2, then got back in and heard the rest.  Woulda BOS'd Steve Miller (with a then unknown Kenny G. doing the sax solo) & Los Lobos.  Maybe a 3rd BOS for New Order, but I'd've also WOS'd tunes 1, 5, 7 & 10.   I just think "The Damage You Done" is so nasal that Petty sounds like he's doing an SNL impersonation of himself.

Mike would've also WOS'd the bonus track, if I'm not mistaken.


1/28/09 - Midweek Wednesday!  A quick visit to...1987!!!

   1.  Robbie Nevil - C'Est LaVie
   2.  Steve Miller Band - I Want to Make the World Turn Around (BEST OF SET!!)
   3.  Los Lobos - Set Me Free (Rosalee)
   4.  REM - End of the World (As We Know it)
   5.  Tom Petty - The Damage You've Done
   6.  U2 - One Tree Hill
   7.  Crowded House - World Where You Live
   8.  New Order - True Faith
   9.  George Harrison - Cloud Nine
 10.  Starship - Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now

BONUS TRACK:  Grateful Dead - Hell in a Bucket

[ggould]

this next song sounds like Steve Miller?

One of my totally favorite Miller tunes!

[Gazoo]

Is Grace singing, "Let 'em say we're crazy, I don't care about that"? I've always mumbled along with something like "I feel the pact".

Yep, think so. Was this her last gasp with the Starship?

Her last #1 with them.  Her last Top 40 hit with the band was "It's Not Over Til It's Over"; her last chart hit with the band was "Beat Patrol"; and the band's last chart record was, I believe, "It's Not Enough" in 1989.

Thank you for the absence of proxy; I wouldn't WOS it, but it is feather light.  And produced by Narada Michael Walden!