This song peaked at #51 on the Billboard 100 in 1986.
The two Davids were David Baerwald and David Ricketts. They broke up after their only studio album which really disappointed me because I was really looking forward to their next album. As I’ve said before there is hope…in 2016 it was reported that they are working on their second album…I have checked since then and have found nothing.
Ain’t So Easy
We can stay Or we can move along Either way don’t leave me all alone I’m sorry about your eye
I’ll find a way to make amends It’s only that sometimes I’ve got to break Before I bend
Come on, darling There’s a show downtown tonight Let’s go out dancing We can drink until the light
I know I’ve haven’t been everything A man should be But I promise I will change You just leave that up to me
And I’ll kiss your face, attend to your aches I swear that I can make you happy And you’ll rub my back, forget the past And baby, I know that that ain’t so easy
It ain’t too late To salvage all of this It ain’t too late we could Fix it with a kiss
All I want this one more chance So that we could have a home ‘Cause I would not stand a change If I had to make it on my own
Oh, let me kiss your face, attend to your aches I swear that I could make you happy And you’ll rub my back, forget the past And baby I know that that ain’t so easy
Maybe someday You will remember what I said to you today Maybe someday And where would you go anyway
Put that suitcase down Leave it for another day Stop this fooling around I could never let you get away
Let me kiss your face, attend to your aches I swear that I can make you happy And you’ll rub my back, forget the past And baby, I know that that ain’t so easy, please
I did Part 1 over a year ago and it was a fun post. I’ve been meaning to do this again. I remembered some of the lyrics suggested by my friends hanspostcard and allthingsthriller on the last post…I have added those to list. Thanks to both of you.
I saw her from the corner when she turned and doubled back, And started walkin toward a coffee colored Cadillac… Chuck Berry
Freedom’s just another word for nothin’ left to lose, And nothin’ ain’t worth nothin’ but it’s free… Janis Joplin/Kris Kristofferson
And I need you more than want you, And I want you for all time… Jimmy Webb
Doesn’t have a point of view / Knows not where he’s going to / Isn’t he a bit like you and me…The Beatles
Met myself a coming county welfare line,I was feeling strung out, Hung out on the line…Creedence Clearwater Revival
And you’ve got to learn to live with what you can’t rise above…Bruce Springsteen
He’d end up blowing all his wages for the week / All for a cuddle and a peck on the cheek…Kinks
Well it’s too late, tonight, To drag the past out into the light, We’re one, but we’re not the same, We get to carry each other, Carry each other…U2
You can blow out a candle but you can’t blow out a fire…Peter Gabriel
Living is easy with eyes closed,misunderstanding all you see…The Beatles
Where you drink champagne and it tastes just like cherry cola, C-O-L-A Cola…Kinks
It was gravity which pulled us down and destiny which broke us apart…Bob Dylan
A drunkard’s dream if I ever did see one… The Band
And the sign said, The words of the prophets, are written on the subway walls, and tenement halls… Simon and Garfunkel
I lit up from Reno, I was trailed by twenty hounds, Didn’t get to sleep that night Till the morning came around…Grateful Dead
When I said that I was lying, I might have been lying…Elvis Costello
Though nothing will keep us together/We can be heroes/Just for one day…David Bowie
Lose your dreams and you. Will lose your mind…Rolling Stones
It’s a town full of losers, I’m pulling out of here to win…Bruce Springsteen
The motor cooled down, the heat went down, and that’s when I heard that highway sound…Chuck Berry
We were the first band to vomit at the bar, and find the distance to the stage too far…The Who
I remember this song as a teenager and have never grown tired of it. It’s a salute to the unheralded songwriters. This song means a lot me because I have talked to a few songwriters that this song was about. Back in the 1980s, Nashville wasn’t the clean tourist spot that it has turned into now. I saw many songwriters trying to hawk their songs to anyone that would listen. Many did live out of their car (and still do) or with anyone who would take them. Many gambled their lives to achieve their dreams. Some made it but most had to find their way back home.
A songwriter by the name of Thom Schuyler wrote the song the same year he moved to Nashville. He knew a lot of the songwriters that were around and the song rang true to many of them.
Lacy J. Dalton was born in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania and had several country hits in the 1980s. She’s one of the most instantly recognizable voices in country…People Magazine called Lacy “Country’s Bonnie Raitt.” In 1979 when she was awarded the Academy of Country Music’s Top New Female Vocalist of the Year. 16th Avenue became the Anthem for Nashville songwriters and was voted one of Country’s Top 100 Songs ever by Billboard Magazine. Lacy also appeared on shows with the likes of Neil Young, The Grateful Dead, Grace Slick, and the Jefferson Airplane.
The song peaked at #7 in the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks and #13 in the Canadian RPM Country Tracks in 1983.
When asked about her influences…these impressed me… Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Kris Kristofferson, Guy Clark, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Dolly Parton, Janis Joplin, Robert Johnson, Karen Dalton, Fred Koller, Big Mama Thornton, Billie Holiday, Hank Williams, Tammy Wynette and J.J. Cale.
Thom talking about what lead up to the song:
I was hired as a carpenter to remodel an old house on 16th Avenue that was purchased to house a music publishing owned by Eddie Rabbitt, Even Stevens and Jim and David Malloy. I was also to construct a recording studio within the remains of an old garage behind the property. Several weeks into the job I had made an appointment over my lunch hour to visit another publisher to play some of my songs. My reel-to-reel tape was laying on the kitchen table next to my lunch and the secretary/office manager–a young woman named Keni Wehrman–took it upon herself to listen to it. Unbeknownst to me she was impressed to the point of sharing it with Even and Jim that same day. Later that afternoon, while putting some shingles on the studio, Jim came out and said, “Thom, when you finish up there come and see me in my office.” He offered me a deal that afternoon. I stayed there for 5 years and it was my most fruitful deal.
As a songwriter, Thom Schuyler composed tunes recorded by over 200 different artists.
16th Avenue
From the corners of the country From the cities and the farms With years and years of living Tucked up underneath their arms
They walk away from everything Just to see a dream come true So God bless the boys who make the noise On 16th Avenue
With a million dollar spirit And an old flattop guitar They drive to town with all they own In a hundred dollar car
‘Cause one time someone told them About a friend of a friend they knew Who owns, you know, a studio On 16th Avenue
Now some were born to money They’ve never had to say “Survive” And others swing a 9 pound hammer Just to stay alive
There’s cowboys drunks and Christians Mostly white and black and blue They’ve all dialed the phone collect to home From 16th Avenue
Ah, but then one night in some empty room Where no curtains ever hung Like a miracle some golden words Rolled off of someone’s tongue
And after years of being nothing They’re all looking right at you And for a while they’ll go in style On 16th Avenue
It looked so uneventful So quiet and discreet But a lot of lives where changed Down on that little one way street
‘Cause they walk away from everything Just to see a dream come true So God bless the boys who make the noise On 16th Avenue
Arthur –I race cars, play tennis, and fondle women, BUT! I have weekends off, and I am my own boss.
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The Empire Strikes Back –Try not, Do or Do Not, There is no Try
Cool Hand Luke –Calling it your job don’t make it right boss.
Airplane –There’s no reason to become alarmed, and we hope you’ll enjoy the rest of your flight. By the way, is there anyone on board who knows how to fly a plane?
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Anchorman –He had a voice that could make a wolverine purr and suits so fine they made Sinatra look like a hobo
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Office Space – The thing is, Bob, it’s not that I’m lazy, it’s that I just don’t care
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Caddyshack –Judge, give someone else a chance! You lucky devil! Come here, honey! And loosen up! You’re a lot of woman, you know? You wanna make 14 dollars the hard way?
The Breakfast Club – Does Barry Manilow know that you raid his wardrobe?
Full Metal Jacket –I am Gunnery Sgt. Hartman, your senior drill instructor. From now on you will speak only when spoken to, and the first and last words out of your filthy sewers will be ‘Sir.’ Do you maggots understand that?
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Animal Crackers –One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got in my pajamas, I don’t know
I remember back in 1981 when the Stones were touring across America. This song was released from the tour with a great version of Twenty Flight Rock. I bought the singles Going to a Go-Go and this one, the live album (Still Life) and then I saw the video Let’s Spend The Night Together. It was going to be the LAST tour of the Stones…uh yeah
The song was written by Jerry Ragovoy (using the pseudonym “Norman Meade”). The song was originally released by the Stones in 1964 and it peaked at #6 in the Billboard 100. This is one of the very few songs that I prefer the live version to the studio version in 1964.
Keith Richards said of this song: “In America we were basically known for heavy, slowish kind of ballads. ‘Time Is On My Side,’ ‘Tell Me,’ ‘Heart of Stone,’ that was what we were known for. Strangely enough that was our thing. Every single was a slow song. Who would believe it? You’d think they’d be clamoring for out-and-out rock and roll, but no, it was the soul ballads that happened for us in America.”
From Songfacts
This song was originally recorded by the jazz trombonist Kai Winding and his Orchestra on the Verve Records label in October 1963. His version was mostly instrumental with just the lyric “time is on my side” sung by the background trio of Cissy Houston, Dionne Warwick and Dee Dee Warwick.
The first fully vocal version was recorded by the New Orleans soul singer Irma Thomas; her version was released as the B-side of “Anyone Who Knows What Love Is (Will Understand)” in June 1964. The Rolling Stones released their version of the song in the US on September 26, 1964, and it became their first Top 10 hit in America. Thomas’ version contains a spoken part in the middle that the Stones left out.
The lyrics were most likely written by Jimmy Norman, who was a member of The Coasters. The songwriting credit is unclear, and usually lists Jerry Ragovoy, who wrote “Piece Of My Heart” and “Try” for Janis Joplin, as the only writer, sometimes as “Norman Meade,” which he used as a pseudonym. Thomas’ original single lists the credit as “J. Norman – N. Meade.” Ragovoy, who also produced the song for Thomas, died in 2011 at age 80.
In this song, Mick Jagger has lost his girl, but he knows it’s just a matter of time until he returns. After all, he’s got “the real love, the kind that you need.”
This was one of two songs The Stones performed on their first Ed Sullivan Show appearance, October 25, 1964. The other was “Around And Around,” a Chuck Berry cover.
That February, The Beatles made their historic debut on Sullivan to crowd hysteria. The Stones hadn’t yet developed a fan base in America, but the teenage girls in the audience still went crazy. The appearance earned them lots of attention and helped send “Time Is On My Side” up the chart – it reached #6 on December 5.
The Stones returned to the show five more times, always earning a wildly enthusiastic greeting from the crowd. On their fifth appearance, they capitulated to Sullivan by changing “Let’s Spend The Night Together” to “Let’s Spend Some Time Together.”
The Rolling Stones released two versions of this song. The US single was recorded in England and is slower, with a gospel organ. The British version was recorded at Chess studios in Chicago.
This song played a key role in the suspense thriller Fallen with Denzel Washington and John Goodman.
Time Is On My Side
Time is on my side, yes it is. Time is on my side, yes it is. Now you all were saying that you want to be free But you’ll come runnin’ back (I said you would baby), You’ll come runnin’ back (like I told you so many times before), You’ll come runnin’ back to me.
Time is on my side, yes it is. Time is on my side, yes it is. You’re searching for good times but just wait and see, You’ll come runnin’ back (I said you would darling), You’ll come runnin back (Spent the rest of life with ya baby), You’ll come runnin’ back to me.
Go ahead baby, go ahead, go ahead and light up the town! And baby, do anything your heart desires Remember, I’ll always be around. And I know, I know like I told you so many times before You’re gonna come back, Yeah you’re going to come back baby Knockin’, knockin’ right on my door.
Time is on my side, yes it is. Time is on my side, yes it is. ‘Cause I got the real love, the kind that you need. You’ll come runnin’ back (I knew you would one day), You’ll come runnin’ back (Baby I told you before), You’ll come runnin’ back to me.
Time, time, time is on my side, yes it is. Time, time, time is on my side, yes it is. Time, time, time is on my side
I was a teenager through the eighties and this movie brought it all back, good and bad. I liked this movie. Adam Sandler is not overboard crazy in this film and Drew Barrymore is perfect in her part. The movie was released in 1998.
The first time I watched this movie I started to get nostalgic over the 80s…something I don’t do a lot.
Adam Sandler can go overboard in a lot of his movies…more than I personally like but like I said, in the beginning, he acts more like a regular person in this. Drew Barrymore…is just Drew Barrymore and a higher compliment cannot be given by me. Adam and Drew work well together in this movie and they do have chemistry.
Adam plays Robbie Hart, a down and out Wedding singer who only wanted to be married. His fiance just left him and Drew plays Julia Sullivan who is herself engaged and wants the depressed Robbie to help her plan her wedding.
This movie is not great…it’s no classic film but if you want a fun romp through the 80s this will bring a lot back for you…if you remember that decade. It’s a great movie to watch on a rainy afternoon.
The Soundtrack to this film has the 80s covered quite well.
Do You Really Want To Hurt Me
Culture Club
Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic
The Police
How Soon Is Now?
The Smiths
Love My Way
The Psychedelic Furs
Hold Me Now
The Thompson Twins
Everyday I Write The Book
Elvis Costello
White Wedding
Billy Idol
China Girl
David Bowie
Blue Monday
New Order
Pass The Dutchie
Musical Youth
Somebody Kill Me [Explicit]
Adam Sandler
Rappers Delight
Sugarhill Gang With Ellen Dow
Video Killed The Radio Star
The Presidents of the United States of America
Back before Elvis, before Vietnam war came along, Before the Beatles and Yesterday
I’m wrapping up the songs that reference the Beatles today…I thought Merle Haggard and Frank Zappa would be a good stopping point. Hope you enjoyed the posts.
This song has staying power because every generation longs for the culture of the ones before it. One could easily insert 21st-century phrasing into his classic hit, interchanging microwaves with iPhones, etc. Every single generation looks for a Golden Age, a time where they could pinpoint that everything was right in the world.
This song peaked at #2 in the Billboard Hot Country Song Charts and #1 in Canada in 1982.
Merle had 38 number one hits, 71 top ten hits, and 101 songs in the top 100 in the country charts. It’s hard to wrap my head around 38 number one songs on any chart.
Are The Good Times Really Over (I Wish a Buck Was Still Silver)
I wish a buck was still silver It was back when the country was strong Back before Elvis, before Vietnam war came along Before the Beatles and yesterday When a man could still work and still would Is the best of the free life behind us now And are the good times really over for good?And are we rolling downhill like a snowball headed for hell With no kinda chance for the flag or the liberty bell? Wish a Ford and a Chevy Would still last ten years like they should Is the best of the free life behind us now And are the good times really over for good?
I wish coke was still cola And a joint was a bad place to be It was back before Nixon lied to us all on T.V Before microwave ovens when a girl could still cook, and still would Is the best of the free life behind us now Are the good times really over for good?Are we rolling downhill like a snowball headed for hell With no kinda chance for the flag or the liberty bell Wish a Ford and a Chevy Would still last ten years like they should Is the best of the free life behind us now And are the good times really over for good?Stop rolling downhill like a snowball headed for hell Stand up for the flag and let’s all ring the liberty bell Let’s make a Ford and a Chevy That would still last ten years like they should ‘Cause the best of the free life is still yet to come And the good times ain’t over for good
Someone in 1987 hijacked the airwaves in Chicago and to this day no one has been identified.
On Sunday, Nov. 22, 1987, Chicago sportscaster Dan Roan was covering the sports highlights of the day like normal. This night would be different. At 9:14, Dan Roan disappeared from the screen. In fact, everything disappeared from the screen as it flickered into darkness. Then, 15 seconds later, a new figure appeared.
Someone with a rubber Max Headroom mask with just static…started bobbing his or her head on the screen. It only lasted around 20 seconds and Dan laughed and blamed it on the computer. The employees of the station thought it was an inside job but it wasn’t…they searched everywhere in the building but it did not come from inside the station. It was creepy but harmless…but whoever did it wasn’t finished yet.
Later on, viewers watching “Doctor Who” on WTTW-TV in Chicago got a big surprise. A 90-second hijacking of the airwaves, featuring the same person dressed as Max Headroom. This time it was a little more action. Headroom bobbed his head again and said a few things. The audio was hard to make out on one viewing. He held up a can of Pepsi while reciting the Coca-Cola slogan “catch the wave.” Max Headroom was, at the time, being used as a spokesperson for Coke. Near the end, he turned around and was spanked by a woman…There was more to it and both videos are below in the post.
Most of Chicago found this hilarious but…The FCC did NOT see the humor at all. They used all of their resources to see who hijacked the airwaves. They offered a reward for anyone knowing the people responsible. They released this message:
“I would like to inform anybody involved in this kinda thing, that there’s a maximum penalty of $100,000, one year in jail, or both,” Phil Bradford, an FCC spokesman, told a reporter the following day.
“All in all, there are some who may view this as comical,” WTTW spokesman Anders Yocom said. “But it is a very serious matter because illegal interference of a broadcast signal is a violation of federal law. ”
The hijacker was never found and to this day people still wonder who it was and why they did it. The FCC worked out how it could have been accomplished without expensive equipment…by placing his or her own dish antenna between the transmitter tower, the hacker could have effectively interrupted the original signal by good timing and positioning.
Will you remember Jerry Lee, John Lennon, T. Rex and old Moulty? It’s the end, the end of the seventies, It’s the end, the end of the century
Phil Spector produced the End of the Century album. This track was fitting, as Spector worked on a lot of the music that influenced The Ramones. Spector changed their sound to a more radio-friendly pop/rock record.
The voice that opens this song with the words, “Come on, let’s rock and roll with the Ramones” is Sean Donahue, a disc jockey who worked at radio stations in San Francisco (KSAN) and San Jose (KOME, KSJP).
The album peaked at #44 in the Billboard 100 in 1980. Different band members had problems with Spector. The Ramones worked fast live and in the studio but Spector was methodical about his work.
Dee Dee Ramone on Phil Spector:
He levelled his gun at my heart and then motioned for me and the rest of the band to get back in the piano room … He only holstered his pistol when he felt secure that his bodyguards could take over. Then he sat down at his black concert piano and made us listen to him play and sing “Baby, I Love You” until well after 4:30 in the morning.
Marky Ramone denied this…
From Songfacts
This song is a tribute to the music of the ’50s and ’60 that influenced The Ramones. Here’s a breakdown of the lyrical references:
“Hullabaloo” – A UK TV show featuring music and dancing that aired 1965-1966.
“Upbeat” – The Upbeat Show, which was a Cleveland TV show (also with music and dancing) that aired 1964-1971.
“Shindig” – The first prime time Rock music show, many top acts performed on the program. It aired 1964-1966.
“Ed Sullivan” – Host of The Ed Sullivan Show, a popular variety show that lasted more than 20 years. Many famous musicians appeared on the show, including The Beatles, The Doors and The Rolling Stones.
“Murray The K” – Murray “The K” Kaufman, a legendary disc jockey who helped promote rock n’ roll in the States on his radio show and through concerts he helped organize. He championed The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and Bob Dylan.
“Alan Freed” – Another very influential disc jockey, Freed is credited with coining the term “Rock And Roll.”
“Jerry Lee” – Jerry Lee Lewis was a rock originator known for his electrifying performances.
“John Lennon” – Most punk bands wouldn’t claim Lennon and The Beatles as an influence, but The Ramones were a nuanced group that shared an appreciation of his work.
“T. Rex” – Glam Rock originators known for their outrageous costumes and stage presence.
“Ol’ Moulty” – Victor Moulton, who was the drummer in a group called The Barbarians.
Under Spector’s control, he took The Ramones in a new direction, giving the songs on the album a pop sheen and radio-friendly sound. There is a prominent saxophone on the track, which was played by Steve Douglas, who was a member of Spector’s “Wrecking Crew” and played on many of his famous productions.
Spector developed a reputation as being a bit of a maniac, which in part can be attributed to statements Dee Dee Ramone made about working with him. Dee Dee claimed the Spector pulled a gun on him at one point, and was a tyrant in the studio. Spector did some work with Yoko Ono the following year, but became very reclusive until the ’00s, when he produced an album for the English band Starsailor that was released in 2003. In February 2003, Spector was accused of shooting and killing a nightclub hostess at his home.
The closing lyrics, “It’s the end of the ’70s, it’s the end of the century” imply that the musical century was essentially over. The line provided the album title.
In our interview with drummer Marky Ramone, he said that one the band put down their tracks, Phil Spector threw the works (horns, strings, percussion) at the songs on End of the Century, especially this one. “It’s mountainous the way that song is,” he said. “He had a lot of great studio musicians playing on that album just to create a wall of sound, which he was known for. That song took a while. There’s a lot of parts in it.”
Marky adds that the story about Spector pulling a gun in the studio is overblown. He says that while Spector did carry a gun and would sometimes take it off to work, he never threatened anyone with it.
The Ramones made a music video for this song that was directed by Mark Robinson, who also did their clip for “Rock ‘N’ Roll High School.” It was one of the few videos available to MTV when the network launched in 1981, but they gave it very little airplay. MTV tried to program a rock format at the time, and were desperate for videos by American bands in that genre. The Ramones fit the bill, but their videos didn’t have the production value to match what was coming out of Europe.
The intro is meant to elicit the sound of a DJ enthusiastically talking up the song at a radio station.
Do You Remember Rock and Roll Radio?
(This is Rock ‘n’ roll radio, come on, let’s rock ‘n’ roll with the Ramones)
Rock’n, rock ‘n’ roll radio, let’s go Rock’n, rock ‘n’ roll radio, let’s go Rock’n, rock ‘n’ roll radio, let’s go Rock’n, rock ‘n’ roll radio, let’s go
Do you remember Hullabaloo Upbeat, Shindig and Ed Sullivan, too? Do you remember rock ‘n’ roll radio? Do you remember rock ‘n’ roll radio?
Do you remember Murray the K Alan Freed, and High Energy? It’s the end, the end of the seventies It’s the end, the end of the century
Do you remember lying in bed With the covers pulled up over your head Radio playin’ so no one can see? We need change, and we need it fast Before rock’s just part of the past ‘Cause lately, it all sounds the same to me Whoah-whoah, oh
Rock’n, rock ‘n’ roll radio, let’s go Rock’n, rock ‘n’ roll radio, let’s go Rock’n, rock ‘n’ roll radio, let’s go Rock’n, rock ‘n’ roll radio, let’s go
Will you remember Jerry Lee John Lennon, T. Rex and old Moulty? It’s the end, the end of the seventies It’s the end, the end of the century
Do you remember lying in bed With the covers pulled up over your head Radio playin’ so no one can see? We need change, and we need it fast Before Rock’s just part of the past ‘Cause lately, it all sounds the same to me Whoah-whoah, oh
Rock’n, rock ‘n’ roll radio, let’s go Rock’n, rock ‘n’ roll radio, let’s go Rock’n, rock ‘n’ roll radio, let’s go Rock’n, rock ‘n’ roll radio, let’s go
(This is rock ‘N’ roll radio, stay tuned for more rock ‘n’ roll)
I was living in London, With the girl from the summer before, It was the year of the Beatles, It was the year of the Stones
On a cold December evening, I was walking through the Christmas tide, When a stranger came up and asked me If I’d heard John Lennon had died
This song referenced both Johnny Ace the R&B Artist who supposedly have shot himself in a game of Russian roulette in 1954, JFK and John Lennon who was killed on December 8, 1980.
I remember the song on the Simon & Garfunkel reunion concert in Central Park video. When Paul started the part about Lennon a man rushed the stage, shocking Paul especially since it was under a year since Lennon’s murder.
“The Late Great Johnny Ace” is a song by Paul Simon, which is on the 1983 Hearts and Bones album.
The Late Great Johnny Ace
I was reading a magazine And thinking of a rock and roll song The year was 1954 And I hadn’t been playing that long When a man came on the radio And this is what he said He said I hate to break it To his fans But Johnny Ace is dead Well, I really wasn’t Such a Johnny Ace fan But I felt bad all the same So I sent away for his photograph And I waited till it came It came all the way from Texas With a sad and simple face And they signed it on the bottom From the Late Great Johnny Ace It was the year of the Beatles It was the year of the Stones It was 1964 I was living in London With the girl from the summer before It was the year of the Beatles It was the year of the Stones A year after J.F.K. We were staying up all night And giving the days away And the music was flowing Amazing And blowing my way On a cold December evening I was walking through the Christmas tide When a stranger came up and asked me If I’d heard John Lennon had died And the two of us Went to this bar And we stayed to close the place And every song we played Was for the Late Great Johnny Ace
A few days ago I had a Movie Quotes post and received suggestions from people and have included some. Thanks to you all including msjadeli, hanspostcard, and The Hinoeuma.
Monty Python and the Holy Grail – Just a flesh wound.
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Cool Hand Luke – “What we’ve got here is a failure to communicate.”
Tombstone – I’m your Huckleberry, why Johnny Ringo looks like somebody just walked over your grave.
Pulp Fiction (deleted scene) “There are only two kinds of people in the world, Beatles people and Elvis people. Now Beatles people can like Elvis and Elvis people can like the Beatles, but nobody likes them both equally. Somewhere you have to make a choice. And that choice, tells you who you are.”
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Dirty Harry – You’ve got to ask yourself a question: ‘do I feel lucky?’ Well, do ya, punk?
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Spinal Tap – “But these go to 11”
A League of Their Own – “There’s no crying in baseball!”
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Ferris Bueller’s Day Off – ‘Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it’
Planet of the Apes – “Get your stinking paws off me, you damned dirty ape!”
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Good Morning Vietnam – No, Phil, he’s not all right. A man does not refer to Pat Boone as a beautiful genius if things are all right.
I remember seeing this movie in the 80s. My girlfriend was working so Paul… a friend of mine and I went to see it. We saw a lot of bad and good movies during this time because we had time to kill and he knew the owner or the manager of the movie theater and we would get in free. We bought popcorn and coke so I didn’t feel so bad.
This is the first movie I remember leaving afterward and us not saying a word to each other for a good 30 minutes. Not the usual laughter and carrying on. This was one of those movies that really affected me. The village scene was brutal and it took a while to process it all. I just saw it again a couple of nights ago and it still works.
I’ve seen Vietnam Vets interviewed who have said this film brought a lot of it back…good and mostly bad. This is not a feel-good film but its a superb movie.
You see Tom Berenger as Sergeant Bob Barnes as he snaps and Charlie Sheen’s character Chris Taylor tries to hold it together at the end.
Oliver Stone put these actors through hell. Two weeks of intense basic training in the jungle with a Marine trainer. They dug their own holes and lived off of rations over the shoot.
That simple bass guitar riff hooks me when it comes in during the drum intro.
A good pop song from Paul McCartney in the 1980s. This was on an album called Tug of War which peaked at #1 in the Billboard album charts. The highlight to me is another McCartney bass line. The song peaked at #10 in the Billboard 100 in 1982.
Paul played bass, Ringo played drums, and George Martin played electric piano. Eric Stewart from 10cc influenced the layered backup vocals.
Paul McCartney:
“Well, there were a couple of songs that we ended up recording which Ringo asked me to write at a certain period. I was writing some songs for Ringo and “Take It Away” was in amongst those songs. I thought it would suit me better the way it went into the chorus and stuff; I didn’t think it was very Ringo.”
“I mean, the chorus I think, was Ringo, the other bits… but that’s how that comes to be that kind of track I think, I was right in that sort of direction with Ringo in mind actually.”
Take It Away
Take it away Want to hear you play Till the lights go down Take it away Don’t you want to stay Till there’s no one else around?
Take it away Want to hear you play Till the lights go down Take it away Don’t you want to stay Till there’s no one else around?
Lonely driver Out on the road With a hundred miles to go Sole survivor Carrying the load Switches on his radio
Take it away Want to hear you play Till the lights go down (down down) Take it away Don’t you want to stay Till there’s no one else around?
Take it away Want to hear you play Till the lights go down (down down) Take it away Don’t you want to stay Till there’s no one else around?
In the audience Watching the show With a paper in his hand (In his hand, in his hand) Some important impresario Has a message for the band
Oh Take it away Want to hear you play Till the lights go down (down down) Take it away Don’t you want to stay Till there’s no one else around?
You never know who may be Listening to you Never know who may be Listening to you You never know who may be Listening to you Take it away, take it away
After hours Late in the bar By a darkened corner seat Faded flowers wait in the jar Till the evening is complete
This was on the album Coda it was released two years after John Bonham’s death and features outtakes from sessions throughout their career. I heard this one more than the others on the album.
Recorded in 1978 at a studio in Sweden owned by Abba, this song was intended for the Led Zeppelin album In Through the Out Door, but it didn’t make the cut. Ozone Baby peaked at #14 in the Mainstream Rock Songs Charts in 1982. Coda was released in 1982 and peaked at #6 in the Billboard Album Charts in 1983.
Coda is by no means a great album but it does have some enjoyable tracks like Wearing and Tearing and Darlene. It’s not like they set out to record an album… it was released to honor contractual commitments to Atlantic Records.
From Songfacts
The entire band’s instrumentals come in right at the opening with Robert Plant’s vocals starting in soon after. This was Zeppelin’s typical style, a straightforward “get it done” 12-bar-blues attitude without very much pretension. It shows something of their character that they were consistent in doing this on one of the last songs done by the classic lineup.
Another telling sign of Zeppelin’s character: How many drummers do most bands go through? Next to the bass, the drummer is usually the most-rotated spot. Not Zeppelin! Lose the drummer, and that’s it, the band calls it quits – but to be fair, growing tensions within the band could have broken them up anyway.
A bit of rock history trivia: Led Zeppelin today is remembered as practically having walked on water. One easily forgets that back when these albums were coming out, while they had a huge fan base, rock critics panned them almost unanimously. Rolling Stone raspberried every single Zep album.
Ozone Baby
I hear ya knock on my door I ain’t been saving this scene for ya honey Don’t wantcha ringin’ my bell It’s too late for you to be my honey
Oh, it’s my love Oh, it’s my own true love
Oh, it’s my love Oh, it’s my own true love
Don’t want you wasting my time Tired of ya doing the things that you do It’s no use standing in line Follow the line, you better follow queue
I say, oh, it’s my love Oh, it’s my own true love
Oh, it’s my love Oh, it’s my own true love, my my own
I could sail a river run dead, but I know it’s dead I could I wish for a million, yeah but I know it’s dead I could cry within the darkness, I sail away I save a lifetime forever? But you know, you know, you know what I say
And I say oh, it’s my love Oh, it’s my own true love
Oh, it’s my love Oh, it’s my own true love, my my own
Oh, it’s my love Oh, it’s my own true love
Oh, it’s my love Oh, it’s my own true love, my own true love My own true love, my own true love My own true love I said Oh, it’s my love Oh, it’s my own true love Oh, it’s my love Oh, it’s my own true love, my own
This list will be different for every baseball fan. Many times it’s your team’s announcer and other times it’s a network announcer you grew up with. I tend to like announcers who are not complete homers although some I like… like Harry Caray. He made it fun even though he openly rooted for the Cubs…and Budweiser.
There are many more that could be on this list.
5:Harry Caray – He injected fun into the game. It was like a fan announcing the game. He wasn’t technically the best baseball announcer but he was enjoyable.
4:Mel Allen – I remember Mel when I was a kid on “This Week in Baseball.” That voice was a part of my childhood.
3:Bob Uecker – “Just a bit outside” the more I listen to him the more I appreciate him.
2:Jack Buck – NOT Joe… You could hear his excitement for the game in his voice. For me, the best is between Jack and…
1: Vin Scully – Being a Dodgers fan I was spoiled by Vin Scully… my number 1 favorite. If you tuned into a Dodger game you would not know who employed Mr. Scully. He would not root for the Dodgers and he knew when not to say anything and let the action speak for itself.
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