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[Lhoffman]

So, if there is anyone under 40 on this site can you tell me if Jimmy Eat World is a cheap version of Arcade Fire who would get their asses handed to them by modest mouse and built to spill.  They are terrible, but it seems a pathetic penumbra.

Jimmy Eat World is the older group...but I'd be interested to know what specific tunes you're comparing here.

Something in me really wants to hate self-aware lyrics, but I find I like the stories.   Reminds me of the folk songs I used to study as a kid.   The real killer here would be The Decemberists as seen in Picaresque.

[madupont]

My sister-in-law informs me that her brother says, "Hi!". (And that he will be here in a few days, appearing at the Strand Theater in York,Pennsylvania.)

re:#1483
'You still haven't explained why Will Smith should have interceded in the Marley case just because a character he played admired Marley. You seem to be confusing people with the roles they play."




I believe that in his occupation, he probably would have to be somewhat concerned about protecting the copyright interests of those with whom he is professionally involved.

What I am suggesting is what every actor knows: you have to know something about the character you play and not just say that you like Marley's music as a throwaway line. Which is the kind of thing you toss out; but I am not at all confused about who you are compared to the roles you play in forums, or on-line in general to rope people into your very hostile and nasty preoccupation with activities that you should never have been allowed to play out.  You are unaware that you are not as educated as you presume you are.   I'm not at all confused about just what you are.

You would be better off giving up stalking and interjecting your comments on other peoples' posts.  Then you would  be in no danger ever of having to show up in court.

[kam]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q96ylFiQK_I

Franklin Joseph "Frankie" Lymon (September 30, 1942 – February 27, 1968) was an American rock and roll/rhythm and blues singer and songwriter, best known as the boy soprano lead singer of a New York City-based early rock and roll group, The Teenagers.

The Teenagers' first single, 1956's "Why Do Fools Fall in Love", was also their biggest hit. After Lymon went solo in mid-1957, both his career and those of the Teenagers fell into decline. By age 25, he was found dead in his grandmother's bathroom from a heroin overdose.[1] His life inspired the 1998 film, Why Do Fools Fall In Love?.

[kam]

http://holykaw.alltop.com/justin-timberlake-and-jimmy-fallon-give-a-rap?tu2=1

[rantbo]

"You're my pride and joy, et cetera"  -- who did these deathless lyrics?  and what did they use as the rhyme for et cetera?

[harrie]

That's one of my favorite Turtles songs (Elenore) - the rhyme is "bettah"  ("Tell me that you love me better," to be technical.) Elenore was written badly on purpose as a sarcastic response to a record execs question about why they couldn't write more stuff like Happy Together.   And of course it sold like hotcakes, possibly because American teenagers at the time couldn't care less about irony.   Or it could have been plain old bad taste.

[harrie]

Or that Flo and Eddie just can't write a bad song.

[Lhoffman]

Dr. John has a new album out...Tribal...funky blues.

Here's a cut   

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2eU81sFsS0U&feature=related

[Lhoffman]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/eu_obit_solomon_burke

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNicOAn0EwI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEu8DrO9PbY&feature=related

[kam]

http://www.bing.com/videos/watch/video/fleet-foxes-tiger-mountain-peasant-song-cover/f97a40e544db0793fe85f97a40e544db0793fe85-281456345419?q=fleet%20foxes%20tiger%20mountain

[bodiddley]

I put together a Solomon Burke playlist, with the intent to burn it as a CD.
Not sure how familiar folks are with the great Sol Burke, and since I've included songs from his disco album and his blaxploitation soundtrack, I thought I'd share my list as a little Sol Burke tribute.

I might still re-order it and I need to lop off two songs (5 minutes) for it to fit on an 80 minute CD.  Here's the list with a few comments.

1. Home in Your Heart
2. Got to Get You off of My Mind
3. Cry to Me
4. Boo-Hoo-Hoo (Cry-Cry-Craya)
5. I Wish I Knew (How it Would Be To Be Free)
6. Goodbye Baby (Baby Goodbye)
7. Can't Nobody Love You
8. Send Me Some Loving
9. You're Good For Me
10. Hanging Up My Heart For You
11. Sidewalks, Fences and Walls
12. Looking for My Baby
13. Everybody Needs Somebody
14. Hold On!  I'm Comin'
15. Baby (I Wanna Be Loved)
16. Down in the Valley
17. Go On Back to Him
18. If You Need Me
19. Since I Met You Baby
20. Tonight's the Night
21. Sweeter than Sweetness
22. Baby Come on Home
23. PSR 1983
Proud Mary
In The Ghetto
A Change is Gonna Come
Get Out of My Life Woman
Ain't it Hard
I really like Home in your Heart as the leadoff, and Cry to Me sounded a little too similar right after, so Got Get You Off My Mind provided a nice break between them.  BooHooHoo goes immediately after Cry To Me, because it's a whole song based upon the Cry To Me ending of cry-cry-craya.

Send Me Some Loving and Since I Met You Baby are imo two of Sol Burke's best covers of old tunes.  Essential.

I'm not sure which two of the last 5 to leave off.
I like ending the Cd with either Ain't it Hard or Get Out of My Life Woman, which is in the mix because it has some of Sol's best rapping/adlibbing ("Get out and vote now baby/ I might run for President").
I think Proud Mary gets nixed.  

I've left off Just Out of Reach of My Two Empty Arms.
Which is near criminal.
Let me know if I've forgotten any other tunes which should be included.
I went by what I have on my computer and might be missing something.
I know I should d/l Detroit City and give that a listen.
Damn, I Stayed Away Too Long also probably needs to be in the mix.
Any comments or thoughts welcome.

[Lhoffman]

I put A Change is Gonna Come right up there at the top, and Ain't It Hard as well.   

Also like None of Us Are Free and Don't Give Up on Me...both on his 2002 album, Don't Give Up On Me.

Love the image of Burke on his golden throne.   

Here's a site you might enjoy...good photos and music.

http://www.thekingsolomonburke.com/

[rantbo]

http://orgs.usd.edu/nmm/Archives/Bates/Batespage.htm

Try to contain your excitement. 



What you said, Harrie, about Elenore -- they tried to write crap, but the music and instrumentals were just so darn good that it was irresistible.

[weezo]

Flipping about on youtube tonight, and noted that Supertramp songs are now by Roger Hodgsen(sp) and clicked on one called Another Rainy Day, which today was here ...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1x-hi_gHsqs&NR=1

More than halfway thru the video, the camera focuses on the player of an instrument I've never seen before. It was a rectanglar box, with keys toward the end of it and a long white tube comes from the bottom of the box to his lips ...

Can anyone enlighten me on what that instrument may be?

[Lhoffman]

It's a melodica.   Looks like he's extended the windpipe, probably so he can keep it around his neck and make a quick switch from his saxophone.