9 Sept 2010: it's... California Songs

[Tinka Cat]

love the inclusion of Annie Hall quips making fun of the LA ('Don't tell me we have to walk from the house from here.  My feet haven't touched pavement since I got to LA' and '..All the good meetings are taken.')  nyuk nyuk

another great 'let's make fun of LA' movie scene is the one in LA Story where Steve Martin drives down the street for a very short distance, keeping the car door open and his left legging hanging out  b/c it's just not worth getting completely in the car!  love that..

[sundaygal]

There it is, folks...Going Back To Cali - LL Cool J (with his washboard abs...)

[Tinka Cat]

There it is, folks...Going Back To Cali - LL Cool J (with his washboard abs...)

I have washboard flabs, too.

[urth]

another great 'let's make fun of LA' movie scene is the one in LA Story where Steve Martin drives down the street for a very short distance, keeping the car door open and his left legging hanging out  b/c it's just not worth getting completely in the car!  love that..

That whole film is one big sendup of LA life. There are loads of subtle and not so subtle pokes at their lifestyle. There's a scene where he's working out in a park, and in the background you can see several people collapsing and being loaded into ambulances.

[Tinka Cat]

another great 'let's make fun of LA' movie scene is the one in LA Story where Steve Martin drives down the street for a very short distance, keeping the car door open and his left legging hanging out  b/c it's just not worth getting completely in the car!  love that..

That whole film is one big sendup of LA life. There are loads of subtle and not so subtle pokes at their lifestyle. There's a scene where he's working out in a park, and in the background you can see several people collapsing and being loaded into ambulances.

tee hee, yeah, it's great.  I love the anticipation which builds when everyone wants to goto the newest and hottest restaurant, and then we finally find out they it's spelled L'Idiot.

[RGMike]

Starting with a Beach Boys twin spin, the second half of which is new to me.  Nice bomp-a-dee-dah groove to this one.  "Salinas Way"?

I'm glad to hear she played that. They did a "suite" about Cali on that LP (Holland?); not sure how much of it she did, but the "on my way to sunny cal-a-for-ny-ay" piece was a flop single at the time, sadly.

[Wayback]

9/9/10-Thursday!! Happy 160th Birthday to Californ-I-A! 10 Great Songs for our Great Golden State!
 1.  Beach Boys - California Girls/ California Saga (On My Way To Californ-I-A)
 2.  The Mamas & The Papas - California Dreamin'
(TV: I Love Lucy: California, Here I Come)
 3.  The Rivieras - California Sun
 4.  Cheap Trick - California Man
(Movie: Caddyshack- Bill Murray)
 5.  Grateful Dead - Estimated Prophet
 6.  Wilco w/Billy Bragg - California Stars
 7.  Led Zeppelin - Going To California
 8.  Joni Mitchell - California (BOS!!)
(Movie: Annie Hall: Woody in L.A.)
 9.  Albert Hammond - It Never Rains In Southern California
(Movie: Annie Hall-Woody back in L.A.)
10.  LL Cool J - Going Back To Cali

[Lightnin' Rod]

who's this?  Wilco?

Roger that.

Well played, sir.

[Lightnin' Rod]

BOS, LZ.

[RGMike]

Love the guy on FB who voted for "the Rivieras doing a Ramones song". I hope he was kidding.

[Big Fingers McGee]

"It Never Rains In Southern California":

The name of two distinct top 40 hits by Albert Hammond and Tony! Toni! Tone!

And I think the winner of the "most unlikely title to be hits with two different songs" award.

[Gazoo]

"It Never Rains In Southern California":

The name of two distinct top 40 hits by Albert Hammond and Tony! Toni! Tone!

And I think the winner of the "most unlikely title to be hits with two different songs" award.

Believe it or not, I've given thought to that very subject.  Best competitor I've come up with is "Stairway to Heaven" (a hit for Neil Sedaka a decade before Zep).

[Big Fingers McGee]

"It Never Rains In Southern California":

The name of two distinct top 40 hits by Albert Hammond and Tony! Toni! Tone!

And I think the winner of the "most unlikely title to be hits with two different songs" award.

Believe it or not, I've given thought to that very subject.  Best competitor I've come up with is "Stairway to Heaven" (a hit for Neil Sedaka a decade before Zep).

When I saw a few years ago that Jewel had a minor Hot AC hit entitled "2 Become 1", I thought "Jewel covering the Spice Girls, how quaint". Of course, it wasn't actually the same song.

[Gazoo]

"It Never Rains In Southern California":

The name of two distinct top 40 hits by Albert Hammond and Tony! Toni! Tone!

And I think the winner of the "most unlikely title to be hits with two different songs" award.

Believe it or not, I've given thought to that very subject.  Best competitor I've come up with is "Stairway to Heaven" (a hit for Neil Sedaka a decade before Zep).

When I saw a few years ago that Jewel had a minor Hot AC hit entitled "2 Become 1", I thought "Jewel covering the Spice Girls, how quaint". Of course, it wasn't actually the same song.

There are also two hits titled "Never Had a Dream Come True": Stevie's in the  '60s was followed by an unrelated song by a teen-pop outfit called S Club 7 a decade or so ago.  I believe  Cathy Dennis wrote it, for those who remember her.

[Big Fingers McGee]

"It Never Rains In Southern California":

The name of two distinct top 40 hits by Albert Hammond and Tony! Toni! Tone!

And I think the winner of the "most unlikely title to be hits with two different songs" award.

Believe it or not, I've given thought to that very subject.  Best competitor I've come up with is "Stairway to Heaven" (a hit for Neil Sedaka a decade before Zep).

When I saw a few years ago that Jewel had a minor Hot AC hit entitled "2 Become 1", I thought "Jewel covering the Spice Girls, how quaint". Of course, it wasn't actually the same song.

There are also two hits titled "Never Had a Dream Come True": Stevie's in the  '60s was followed by an unrelated song by a teen-pop outfit called S Club 7 a decade or so ago.  I believe  Cathy Dennis wrote it, for those who remember her.

Currently we have Bruno Mars and a climbing hit, "Just The Way You Are", which is not a Billy Joel cover.