17 June 2010: it's... 1978

[Tinka Cat]

Holy Funkenstein!   BOS to Funkadelic.

My first concert was seeing p_funk in '78, bitches!

[Alicat]

No memory of this game. Looks fun.

[Wayback]

Re: Howard Cosell - Ah, Battle Of The Network Stars.  I can't recall if I actually saw any of these when they first aired (I was 8, mind you), but the concept boggles the mind.  David Letterman in a relay race?  What?
Ah yes, Baker Street.  Absolutely one of my Katrinas as well.  It's indelibly linked to going ice skating at Southland ice rink in Hayward.  My grandma would take me and I'd just do endless laps.  When I heard those saxophones, I would kick it into overdrive.  Ahhh.

the Letterman mention surprised me, too.  I knew his morning show started airing later (1980) so I wikipeed him and in 78 he was a Carson favorite and one off his regular replacement hosts.  So he was sort of known, but wanted more exposure for sure.  Plus, you know he's a jock and would have jumped at the chance to get all athletic and show off in front off those tasty H'wood starlets.

[darryl]

Speaking of Disco...

Driving back to SJ from my folks' in Alameda Sunday night, we were listening to "Sunday Night Oldies w/ Tony Sandoval" on KISS-FM 98.1.  After listening to a fair amount of hits from the 70s, my six-year old states "My drum kit doesn't have a hi-hat."

(He's got a starter drum kit w/ a tom-tom, snare, and cymbal.)

Sharp one, that kid.  He learned about hi-hats from Sesame Street, when Murray and his Ovejita went to drum school, of course.

We then proceeded to point out the hi-hat in every single song until we got home.

[RGMike]

VHM Cheap Trick, as Cheech & Chong "Surrender" to the weed.

[Wayback]

Surrender, but don't give yourselves away

[darryl]

Holy Funkenstein!   BOS to Funkadelic.

My first concert was seeing p_funk in '78, bitches!

Where's that bowing emoticon?  Oh well, here:   

Didja catch the "Funk" episode of Glee?  I didn't think they were that funky...

[Tinka Cat]

oh yeah, Cheap Trick is one of my faves...    another enthusiastic BOS!

also, HM to Cheech and Chong's Up In Smoke, especially the scene of the woman snorting Ajax:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUmVd4RQZCo

efffin' hilarious.

[darryl]

I find the KISS records reference funny in this song.

[RGMike]

Speaking of Disco...

Driving back to SJ from my folks' in Alameda Sunday night, we were listening to "Sunday Night Oldies w/ Tony Sandoval" on KISS-FM 98.1.  After listening to a fair amount of hits from the 70s, my six-year old states "My drum kit doesn't have a hi-hat."

(He's got a starter drum kit w/ a tom-tom, snare, and cymbal.)

Sharp one, that kid.  He learned about hi-hats from Sesame Street, when Murray and his Ovejita went to drum school, of course.

We then proceeded to point out the hi-hat in every single song until we got home.

There's hope for these kids, I tells ya!  Didn't know they'd moved sandoval to Sunday nites -- he's always been the best thing on that station, IMHO

http://www.981kissfm.com/pages/jock_tony.html

[Wayback]

[darryl]

Is this the French Ramones?

"I am the king of the divan"?

Is he talking about furniture?

[RGMike]

VHM Soap.

uber-BOS5 Plastique Bertrand!!!

[Tinka Cat]

I find the KISS records reference funny in this song.

the band has humor, for sure.   In concert, Rick Nielsen usually chucks out a faux Kiss album at that point int the song.

[darryl]

Oh man, I heard that ringtone and was afraid she was going to somehow segue into Pink Floyd.