Secretly Awesome Song Thread
I was in the supermarket and heard this song for the first time in twenty years, and then became obsessed with it.
Yet another song Michael McDonald sings back-up on. I might have mentioned this, but Michael McDonald is part of a lot of songs. For example, here's one you couldn't possibly know about, unless, like me, you endeavored one night to search Wikipedia to find out just how important Michael McDonald was to 70s/80s pop music:McDonald co-wrote Van Halen's Top 20 hit "I'll Wait", from their landmark 1984 album.There's no way you knew that.
Comments
Posted by: eureka! at November 30, 2012 05:01 PM (HPRku)
Posted by: rickl at November 30, 2012 05:02 PM (zoehZ)
weird
my parents were visiting over Thanksgiving and I played the Michael McDonald Motown cd very loud.
Great CD.
dance and sing
Posted by: beach & a kindle at November 30, 2012 05:02 PM (LpQbZ)
Posted by: Y-not at November 30, 2012 05:02 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: eureka! at November 30, 2012 05:02 PM (HPRku)
Posted by: Andy at November 30, 2012 05:02 PM (C/NnJ)
Posted by: Hopeless at November 30, 2012 05:03 PM (s+Cb9)
Posted by: The Q at November 30, 2012 05:03 PM (w4fEE)
Posted by: Lurking Canuck at November 30, 2012 05:03 PM (lMOZd)
what's wrong with it? It reminds me of that Henry Winkler/Michael Keaton movie, Night Something, whatever it was, where they have the prostitution ring in the morgue. It wasn't IN that movie, but it's from that exact time, when a lot of songs hand this sound.
Posted by: ace at November 30, 2012 05:04 PM (LCRYB)
Still, McDonald-era Doobies are disappointment
Posted by: The Q at November 30, 2012 05:05 PM (w4fEE)
Posted by: ace at November 30, 2012 05:05 PM (LCRYB)
Ace of Spades HQ: Come for the music trivia; stay for Longbows vs. Crossbows.
Posted by: Andy at November 30, 2012 05:05 PM (C/NnJ)
Posted by: Either Gene Kelly or Al Sleet, your hippy dippy weatherman ... at November 30, 2012 05:05 PM (gh+mp)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at November 30, 2012 05:05 PM (n5+zr)
Posted by: Andy at November 30, 2012 05:05 PM (C/NnJ)
Posted by: Witchfinder at November 30, 2012 05:05 PM (pLTLS)
Posted by: ace at November 30, 2012 05:06 PM (LCRYB)
Starring a young hawt Tawny Kitaen
Posted by: Anton at November 30, 2012 05:07 PM (7/zQY)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at November 30, 2012 05:08 PM (n5+zr)
Posted by: L, Elle at November 30, 2012 05:08 PM (3j24r)
Posted by: derit at November 30, 2012 05:08 PM (I88Jc)
Posted by: Anton at November 30, 2012 05:09 PM (7/zQY)
Posted by: Andy at November 30, 2012 05:09 PM (C/NnJ)
Posted by: so joeindc44 is full of all sorts of hindsight now, like JFK? at November 30, 2012 05:10 PM (QxSug)
Posted by: Andy at November 30, 2012 05:10 PM (C/NnJ)
Posted by: so joeindc44 is full of all sorts of hindsight now, like JFK? at November 30, 2012 05:10 PM (QxSug)
Every time there's a music thread or something sort of pop culture-ish, I'm reminded that you people have probably been through at least 4 iterations of skinny jeans.
OAF.
Posted by: MJ at November 30, 2012 05:10 PM (TR60b)
Posted by: jakeman at November 30, 2012 05:11 PM (96M6e)
If you were up to speed on your Yacht Rock you would know Michael MacDonald is behind all the hits from that era ...even Van Halen
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMTI8vg7A5U
Posted by: JR at November 30, 2012 05:11 PM (6uOZm)
Posted by: 17-Year-Old Dr. Varno at November 30, 2012 05:11 PM (6TveQ)
Michael McDonald is part of a lot of songs...
Why, yes -- yes he is:
http://tinyurl.com/dcj9gp
SCTV Gerry Todd and Michael McDonald
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at November 30, 2012 05:11 PM (kdS6q)
Apparently at some point Shannen Doherty is in it, playing "Bluebelle." Maybe she's a hooker at that nightclub/brothel at the end, because she's the last person credited.
Posted by: ace at November 30, 2012 05:12 PM (LCRYB)
Posted by: Truman North at November 30, 2012 05:12 PM (I2LwF)
'I'll Wait" is possibly the most synth-heavy VH song ever.
Posted by: Dan at November 30, 2012 05:12 PM (Iy5SM)
Hate that dude with a passion. I mean chicks want to bang him to fuck his voice. What's up with that?
Posted by: Schrödinger's cat at November 30, 2012 05:12 PM (feFL6)
Posted by: General Woundwort at November 30, 2012 05:12 PM (RrD4h)
Posted by: Witchfinder at November 30, 2012 05:12 PM (pLTLS)
There was, just not much. When they pull open one of the morgue's body-drawers, a scandanvian woman with great big fake boobies is in there.
Posted by: ace at November 30, 2012 05:12 PM (LCRYB)
Posted by: forest at November 30, 2012 05:12 PM (L7wZc)
Posted by: General Woundwort at November 30, 2012 05:13 PM (RrD4h)
Posted by: L, Elle at November 30, 2012 05:08 PM (3j24r)
lol
Posted by: beach & a kindle at November 30, 2012 05:13 PM (LpQbZ)
Posted by: Witchfinder at November 30, 2012 05:13 PM (pLTLS)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at November 30, 2012 05:14 PM (6TveQ)
Posted by: Soona at November 30, 2012 05:14 PM (2mZZv)
Posted by: pep at November 30, 2012 05:15 PM (6TB1Z)
Michael McDonald, Sammy Hagar . . .
Posted by: The Q at November 30, 2012 05:15 PM (w4fEE)
okay, shannen doherty was too young to play a hooker in Night Shift.... she was apparently in this scene:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ci1w1jOz_ck
Posted by: ace at November 30, 2012 05:15 PM (LCRYB)
Apparently at some point Shannen Doherty is in it
You happen to watch the teletube ad where she's bragging about going back to college to get a degree?
Wanna guess what major she's attempting?
Posted by: Schrödinger's cat at November 30, 2012 05:15 PM (feFL6)
Posted by: concrete girl at November 30, 2012 05:15 PM (y2Ojs)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at November 30, 2012 05:15 PM (n5+zr)
Posted by: so joeindc44 is full of all sorts of hindsight now, like JFK? at November 30, 2012 05:15 PM (QxSug)
Posted by: Yip at November 30, 2012 05:15 PM (/jHWN)
Posted by: Christina Hendricks's Mighty Jugs are Really SMOD in Disguise at November 30, 2012 05:15 PM (Bk48m)
Posted by: Dr. Varno
Norm McDonald > Ronald McDonald > Michael McDonald
Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 30, 2012 05:16 PM (JEpGb)
Posted by: BignJames at November 30, 2012 05:16 PM (rlFQ+)
Posted by: Dan Patterson at November 30, 2012 05:16 PM (tWWc3)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at November 30, 2012 05:16 PM (6TveQ)
Posted by: me and charlie gibson at November 30, 2012 05:17 PM (LpQbZ)
Posted by: MJ at November 30, 2012 05:10 PM (TR60b)
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Uptwinkles.
Posted by: Soona at November 30, 2012 05:17 PM (2mZZv)
Posted by: pep at November 30, 2012 05:17 PM (6TB1Z)
Posted by: so joeindc44 is full of all sorts of hindsight now, like JFK? at November 30, 2012 05:17 PM (QxSug)
Posted by: Dr. Varno
Norm McDonald > Ronald McDonald > Michael McDonald
Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 30, 2012 05:16 PM (JEpGb)
Old McDonald > Norm McDonald > Ronald McDonald > Michael McDonald
Posted by: BCochran1981 at November 30, 2012 05:17 PM (n5+zr)
My favorite piece of '80s chick-rock trivia is this one: The "Booker T. Boffin" who was recruited into Def Leppard to make them sound famous (so they could get famous...and it worked) was a pseudonymous Thomas "She Blinded Me With" Dolby. He, as much as Mutt Lange, made their rock songs into pop songs. With Lange and without Dolby (on, e.g., "Hysteria"), I thought they sounded like a strangely Duran Duran-influenced country band. Ick.
Dolby's one hit is still a dumb novelty song, but the album it's on is pretty amazing. "The Golden Age of Wireless." Buy now. It's like a one-man-sythesizer-band XTC record (a band he wanted to join and got rebuffed).
Posted by: oblig. at November 30, 2012 05:17 PM (cePv8)
Posted by: dantesed at November 30, 2012 05:18 PM (nswid)
Posted by: Dr Spank at November 30, 2012 05:18 PM (b+jI9)
Posted by: Mikeyboss at November 30, 2012 05:18 PM (5V9yW)
Sooo... you like this 'song' because of a Fonzie was Hanging out with Hookers?
Was that before or after Jumpin the Shark?
Posted by: Spartacus at November 30, 2012 05:18 PM (lZBBB)
i like airhead and keys to her ferrari. Especially airhead. it's pretty rockin'.
Posted by: ace at November 30, 2012 05:19 PM (LCRYB)
Posted by: Luke Perry at November 30, 2012 05:19 PM (Bk48m)
Oh wait, I have hit it. I think? Been a while.
Posted by: Luke Perry at November 30, 2012 05:19 PM (Bk48m)
I hit better.
Posted by: Brian Austin Green at November 30, 2012 05:20 PM (n5+zr)
Posted by: Dr. Varno
Old McDonald > Norm McDonald > Ronald McDonald > Michael McDonald
Posted by: BCochran1981
McDonald v. Chicago > Old McDonald > Norm McDonald > Ronald McDonald > Michael McDonald
Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 30, 2012 05:21 PM (JEpGb)
Posted by: Soona at November 30, 2012 05:21 PM (2mZZv)
Posted by: ace at November 30, 2012 05:21 PM (LCRYB)
Posted by: so joeindc44 is full of all sorts of hindsight now, like JFK? at November 30, 2012 05:21 PM (QxSug)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at November 30, 2012 05:17 PM (n5+zr)
...did not have an Oyster Farm... no more, no more, no more, no more!
Posted by: because Green = destroy lives at November 30, 2012 05:21 PM (LpQbZ)
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Hahahahahahha.
Posted by: MJ at November 30, 2012 05:22 PM (TR60b)
Friday and I've already had a few shots of Jameson's on top of the cold
medicine and a generally cold-weakened body, I'd like to point out that
despite my objections to Andrea Tantaros' overbite, she's got quite a
set of ta-tas going on. That is all."
I read this in a blur and only saw "shots of Jameson" and "Andrea Tantaros' ta-tas", and that was a wonderful thought
Posted by: The Q at November 30, 2012 05:22 PM (w4fEE)
Posted by: Soona at November 30, 2012 05:21 PM (2mZZv)
Waaaaiiittt a minute......Ace, where are you??
Posted by: BCochran1981 at November 30, 2012 05:22 PM (n5+zr)
i think he's something of a technologist too. In sound production, software, that sort of thing.
Posted by: ace at November 30, 2012 05:22 PM (LCRYB)
In 70s/80s, I was never a big "pop" fan. Loathed much of it. Was drawn to Noob Wave. Not the thread for that. Have a great weekend, Ace, and thanks for what you do and have made here.
Posted by: eureka! at November 30, 2012 05:22 PM (HPRku)
Posted by: Soona at November 30, 2012 05:21 PM (2mZZv)
Oh! Another Obama exhibit, I presume?
*golfclap
Posted by: more O'Pi$$ art please at November 30, 2012 05:22 PM (LpQbZ)
Posted by: EPA at November 30, 2012 05:23 PM (gh+mp)
http://www. youtube .com/watch?v=nb-8SHznFw0
Posted by: jakeman at November 30, 2012 05:23 PM (96M6e)
Posted by: Fonzie the Bear, Wooka-aye! at November 30, 2012 05:24 PM (I88Jc)
Posted by: Truman North at November 30, 2012 05:25 PM (I2LwF)
I have that video at home. The McDonald concert video. Bought it just for the geek factor. Might put it on when we have guests over for the holidays.
Posted by: Kevin in ABQ at November 30, 2012 05:25 PM (BvTwT)
Posted by: jakeman at November 30, 2012 05:25 PM (96M6e)
I may not know shit about Terrence Trent D'McDonald, but I can tell you that the stock market came roaring back today by 3 points.
Posted by: MJ at November 30, 2012 05:25 PM (TR60b)
Posted by: Typical moron hammering a meme at November 30, 2012 05:26 PM (lMOZd)
Posted by: AndrewR at November 30, 2012 05:26 PM (8bsRB)
Posted by: so joeindc44 is full of all sorts of hindsight now, like JFK? at November 30, 2012 05:26 PM (QxSug)
Posted by: exurbanDoug at November 30, 2012 05:26 PM (3YF17)
Posted by: AndrewR at November 30, 2012 05:26 PM (8bsRB)
Posted by: L, Elle at November 30, 2012 05:26 PM (3j24r)
...Broadway dutchess, darlin' if you only knew...
half as much as everybody thinks you do.
Now, name that tune...and artist.
Posted by: Gunslinger at November 30, 2012 05:27 PM (4S7hN)
Posted by: so joeindc44 is full of all sorts of hindsight now, like JFK? at November 30, 2012 05:27 PM (QxSug)
just have it stuck there, in loop.
Posted by: so joeindc44 is full of all sorts of hindsight now, like JFK? at November 30, 2012 05:28 PM (QxSug)
Posted by: Megan Fox at November 30, 2012 05:29 PM (Bk48m)
Posted by: derit at November 30, 2012 05:30 PM (I88Jc)
Posted by: Les Nesman, winner of last year's Buckeye News award at November 30, 2012 05:30 PM (xfWVe)
Posted by: Cheri at November 30, 2012 05:30 PM (G+Wff)
I've been on a Todd Rundgren kick lately. Apparently he's spent the past few years recreating some of his older material from the early '70's such as Todd, the very first Utopia album and A Wizard, a True Star live with a really good backup band including many surviving members of Utopia like drummer Kevin Ellman and bassist John Seigler. Seems he'd gotten them together for a fundraiser for keyboardist Moogy Klingman (who had replaced Barry Manilow as music director in Bette Midler's band), who had cancer.
Here's one to get y'all started. The original lineup of Utopia (sorta):http://tinyurl.com/chjhdlq
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit. at November 30, 2012 05:30 PM (lOmbq)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1047801/
Posted by: Rusty Nail at November 30, 2012 05:30 PM (WWuYG)
Posted by: Michael Bay, whose car is still unwashed at November 30, 2012 05:31 PM (Bk48m)
Posted by: Fritz at November 30, 2012 05:31 PM (d8K+M)
random o/t
marathoned the first season of this on netflix
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1832979/
really cute show. I was surprised as I do not watch regular tv anymore.
and for the women, hot men after hot men drip onto that show -- it's worth it
Posted by: beach & a kindle at November 30, 2012 05:31 PM (LpQbZ)
His father (or grandfather) is THAT Dolby.
Thomas Dolby played with Lene Lovich.
Posted by: fluffy at November 30, 2012 05:32 PM (3SvjA)
Posted by: beach & a kindle at November 30, 2012 05:32 PM (LpQbZ)
Posted by: Sticky Wicket at November 30, 2012 05:33 PM (L7hol)
Posted by: jakeman at November 30, 2012 05:33 PM (96M6e)
Posted by: Fritz at November 30, 2012 05:31 PM (d8K+M)
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Me too.
Posted by: Boy George at November 30, 2012 05:33 PM (2mZZv)
Posted by: @PurpAv at November 30, 2012 05:33 PM (eZgIK)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEn6amCRQfIfeature=related
The choreography is this video is amazing.
Posted by: AndrewR at November 30, 2012 05:34 PM (8bsRB)
His Motown cd is really quite good. You cannot stop moving, and you simply cannot stop singing.
http://www.amazon.com/Motown-Michael-Mcdonald/dp/B00009PJQX
Posted by: beach & a kindle at November 30, 2012 05:34 PM (LpQbZ)
I done got trolled.
THAT Dolby has a son named Thomas. No relation.
Posted by: fluffy at November 30, 2012 05:35 PM (3SvjA)
Posted by: soothsayerwing plover at November 30, 2012 05:35 PM (W2CkS)
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Is this the one with the leggy 15 year old looking trampy slutwhore heart doctor *lolz* who moves down south and sleeps with every dude in town including the gay guy?
Yeah, not really my thing.
Posted by: Christina Hendricks's Mighty Jugs are Really SMOD in Disguise at November 30, 2012 05:35 PM (Bk48m)
Posted by: sTevo at November 30, 2012 05:36 PM (VMcEw)
Posted by: It WILL Burn at November 30, 2012 05:37 PM (wIYL2)
Posted by: fluffy at November 30, 2012 05:37 PM (3SvjA)
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at November 30, 2012 05:37 PM (PFvlM)
Posted by: @PurpAv at November 30, 2012 05:37 PM (eZgIK)
Posted by: General Woundwort at November 30, 2012 05:37 PM (RrD4h)
Dolby founded a company that did ringtones and crap for a while (beatnik) - his new album is pretty good and comes close - (but no cigar) to his first 4. He recorded it in his studio which is a converted boat or something.
Before his first album, he was with Bruce Wooley along with Downes and Horn - who did the (superior IMO) version of Video Killed the Radio Star, before Buggles (Downes and Horn) did their own version with the actual video that got all the airplay. Seek out the Bruce Wooley album English Garden, it rocks.
Dolby also had a crush on Lene Lovich, and gave her "New Toy" which was one of her hits.
Talk to me about new wave anything.
Next trivia: David Foster.
Posted by: Clutch Cargo at November 30, 2012 05:37 PM (Qxdfp)
Posted by: Christina Hendricks's Mighty Jugs are Really SMOD in Disguise at November 30, 2012 05:35 PM (Bk48m)
lol, you are misinformed. hugely.
Posted by: beach & a kindle at November 30, 2012 05:37 PM (LpQbZ)
It was a very good year for porn magazines that didn't show hair.
Posted by: WalrusRex at November 30, 2012 05:38 PM (hyB08)
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at November 30, 2012 05:38 PM (PFvlM)
Posted by: Truman North at November 30, 2012 05:38 PM (I2LwF)
Posted by: John Stark Dark at November 30, 2012 05:39 PM (PALjS)
Posted by: Truman North at November 30, 2012 05:39 PM (I2LwF)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at November 30, 2012 05:39 PM (6TveQ)
Posted by: Clutch Cargo at November 30, 2012 05:39 PM (Qxdfp)
Posted by: ace at November 30, 2012 05:40 PM (LCRYB)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at November 30, 2012 05:40 PM (ovJRN)
The only song that I obsess over.
Posted by: sTevo at November 30, 2012 05:36 PM (VMcEw)
Ok....I don't get out enough.
Posted by: BignJames at November 30, 2012 05:40 PM (rlFQ+)
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Meh, my queue is starting to dwindle a bit so maybe I'll toss it in for a laugh, or just to prove I'm like all sensitive and shit.
Posted by: Christina Hendricks's Mighty Jugs are Really SMOD in Disguise at November 30, 2012 05:41 PM (tEkQA)
Posted by: WalrusRex at November 30, 2012 05:41 PM (hyB08)
Posted by: Clutch Cargo at November 30, 2012 05:41 PM (Qxdfp)
I just remembered TERRIERS.
It was canceled after 13 episodes. But everyone says it was great. I watched the first episode and thought it was okay.
The guy from Terriers is in a couple of eps of Sons of Anarchy.
Posted by: soothsayer at November 30, 2012 05:41 PM (W2CkS)
MM is a fabulous backup singer but I don't care for him singing lead. His voice becomes tiresome quickly to me.
But then, I'm an asshole about a lot of musical things.
Posted by: Meremortal, pass the dynamite cause the fuse is lit at November 30, 2012 05:42 PM (jTKU5)
If that was the only music in the world, I would be perfectly happy.
Jesus, what a fucking gay I am
Posted by: Truman North at November 30, 2012 05:42 PM (I2LwF)
Jeez I am old and that music is too old for me
move on man
a lot of country music is better than that
Posted by: Thunderb at November 30, 2012 05:42 PM (Dnbau)
Posted by: Christina Hendricks's Mighty Jugs are Really SMOD in Disguise at November 30, 2012 05:41 PM (tEkQA)
even my dad got hooked, although he wouldn't admit it
it's a pretty clean show
Posted by: beach & a kindle at November 30, 2012 05:42 PM (LpQbZ)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at November 30, 2012 05:42 PM (6TveQ)
The only song that I obsess over.
Posted by: sTevo at November 30, 2012 05:36 PM (VMcEw)
hehe, forgot about that song, hehe
Posted by: beach & a kindle at November 30, 2012 05:43 PM (LpQbZ)
127
When I was seventeen it was a very good year.
It was a very good year for porn magazines that didn't show hair.
Posted by: WalrusRex at November 30, 2012 05:38 PM (hyB0
When did the war on Bushes start, exactly? Nineties porn was mostly hairless, except for the filthy Scandi stuff, as I recall.
Posted by: tubal at November 30, 2012 05:43 PM (BoE3Z)
Pizz 5, Shonen Knife, Butter 08, the 5-6-7-8s. Etc.
Posted by: Truman North at November 30, 2012 05:44 PM (I2LwF)
>> There's no way you knew that.
I did know already know that for exactly one reason: this bit of trivia was posted on the AoS front page in the recent past--most likely as a "mystery click" sidebar entry.
But, then, I actually *read* this blog...
Posted by: Sandra Fluke's solid gold diaphragm at November 30, 2012 05:44 PM (9SwFX)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgWxDPObVm0
Piano in the Dark
Posted by: DomesticGoddess at November 30, 2012 05:44 PM (WnU/w)
Michael McDonald can kiss my left nut.
Oh, and my secret song (that I hesitate to admit to liking) is Badfinger!'s "Baby Blue."
Posted by: Wodeshed at November 30, 2012 05:44 PM (a9L+B)
Posted by: tubal at November 30, 2012 05:45 PM (BoE3Z)
Posted by: Thunderb at November 30, 2012 05:45 PM (Dnbau)
I nomimate this for Time's Sock Puppet of the Year Award
Posted by: Christina Hendricks's Mighty Jugs are Really SMOD in Disguise at November 30, 2012 05:45 PM (tEkQA)
Posted by: soothsayer at November 30, 2012 05:46 PM (W2CkS)
My only beef with Michael McDonald is that it's very hard to sing along with him. You don't realize how high he goes until you try. I can sing high, but not THAT high.
Posted by: Kensington at November 30, 2012 05:46 PM (H84UO)
Posted by: SFGoth at November 30, 2012 05:46 PM (dZ756)
http://www. youtube .com/watch?v=K-j5GOsRtlk
Posted by: jakeman at November 30, 2012 05:33
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Oh...i remember her alright, she was the 1987 version of Kristina Hendricks. One of my buddies had a Samantha Fox poster...I was usually mesmerized for a few minutes upon walking into his room.
Posted by: John Stark Dark at November 30, 2012 05:48 PM (PALjS)
Posted by: little miss spellcheck at November 30, 2012 05:48 PM (a5ljo)
It started when we watched Michael Douglas hack his way through the Colombian jungle in Romancing The Stone and we said, "Hey! You know what ELSE you have to hack your way through to get anywhere? The average dame's public region."
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at November 30, 2012 05:48 PM (PFvlM)
Posted by: beach & a kindle at November 30, 2012 05:42 PM (LpQbZ)
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Yeah, it's not one of those TV shows men can publicly admit to liking without having their man cards revoked.
Posted by: Christina Hendricks's Mighty Jugs are Really SMOD in Disguise at November 30, 2012 05:48 PM (tEkQA)
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I've never heard anyone say this about Thomas Dolby before, and now I'm intrigued!
Posted by: Kensington at November 30, 2012 05:48 PM (H84UO)
'I'll Wait" is possibly the most synth-heavy VH song ever.
Posted by: Dan at November 30, 2012 05:12 PM (Iy5SM)
Naw, that would be track 1 from 1984 entitled, "1984." /pedantic
Posted by: Sandra Fluke's solid gold diaphragm at November 30, 2012 05:48 PM (9SwFX)
I remember paying 5.00 at the door mid eighties at some club in San Francisco ( started with an "I" but can't remember the name) to see Chris Issac before ANYONE was opening for him and he was becoming a local phenom.
Skinny jeans just never look good. Wish I could convince my son of this true fact.
Posted by: small town girl at November 30, 2012 05:49 PM (ymWVT)
I can't even remember how I got into Shonen Knife
Ramones themed Japanese girl band? What's not to like? Its like Goober N' Grape - the whole package all in one.
Posted by: @PurpAv at November 30, 2012 05:49 PM (eZgIK)
Posted by: beach & a kindle at November 30, 2012 05:49 PM (LpQbZ)
It was canceled after 13 episodes. But everyone says it was great. I watched the first episode and thought it was okay.
The guy from Terriers is in a couple of eps of Sons of Anarchy."
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I LOVED "Terriers." It's almost perfect, episode per episode.
The guy with the douchebag goatee was on "Once Upon A Time" a few weeks ago.
Posted by: Kensington at November 30, 2012 05:50 PM (H84UO)
Posted by: Soona at November 30, 2012 05:50 PM (2mZZv)
Posted by: alexthechick at November 30, 2012 05:50 PM (Gk3SS)
Still, McDonald-era Doobies are disappointment
IIRC, they were pretty good. Wait. You meant doobies with a capital D. Never mind.
Posted by: rickb223 Let. It. Burn. at November 30, 2012 05:50 PM (5w3CR)
Posted by: Bill D. Cat at November 30, 2012 05:51 PM (M2+F0)
Posted by: grease monkey at November 30, 2012 05:51 PM (VSWPU)
Which is a metric fuck-ton better than that song you posted.
Posted by: Courtesy Flush at November 30, 2012 05:52 PM (8lB0x)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at November 30, 2012 05:40 PM (ovJRN)
Right now your smartphone is hacking your brain. Using your cognitive skills to complement its superior processing power. You think you operate it, it will operate you. It will be a cute toy, then an useful tool, then an indispensable resource. Soon you will be turning your car around to go back and get it when you left it at home because you are useless without ot....that's when you know it's succeeded in hacking into and taking over your mind.
Posted by: MikeTheMoose is Shrugging at November 30, 2012 05:52 PM (0q2P7)
Skinny jeans just never look good.
Not practical when fleeing FSA zombies either. You need something looser.
Posted by: @PurpAv at November 30, 2012 05:52 PM (eZgIK)
Posted by: small town girl at November 30, 2012 05:49 PM (ymWVT)
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It's probably half the reason to wear them......to watch you cringe.
Posted by: Soona at November 30, 2012 05:52 PM (2mZZv)
111 Megan Fox? How 'bout SAMANTHA Fox, circa '87?
If memory (that treacherous bitch) serves me, I recall Samantha Fox as being rather "pointed". Or am I confusing her with Traci Lords, PBUH?
Posted by: tubal at November 30, 2012 05:53 PM (BoE3Z)
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"fear" is one of my favorite albums.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZpUUrEWnWQ
Posted by: Kensington at November 30, 2012 05:53 PM (H84UO)
The Ironic symmetry with the entitlement crowd is touching.
Posted by: Clemenza at November 30, 2012 05:54 PM (Q8Pu5)
Y'all have fun and try not to trash the place, 'k?
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit. at November 30, 2012 05:54 PM (lOmbq)
Posted by: Meremortal, pass the dynamite cause the fuse is lit at November 30, 2012 05:54 PM (jTKU5)
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at November 30, 2012 05:55 PM (PFvlM)
Look for Golden Age of Wireless. It's a bit of a cheat, actually. That was the American release of what was on 2 albums of stuff originally. It's like a bunch of singles all compiled on one disk - and is fantastic. The ones that didn't make the cut are good too. IMO, the American version has some better mixes than the Brit version - which last I saw is what made it to CD.
Problem with Dolby is he was always high concept - and that sort of killed him too. He got into American culture by disk 3 Aliens Ate My Buick.
Check out some of his latest:
http://youtu.be/5SuZMwe-XRc
Still tongue in cheek, but not up to his earlier standards.
Posted by: Clutch Cargo at November 30, 2012 05:55 PM (Qxdfp)
Posted by: Bill D. Cat at November 30, 2012 05:51 PM (M2+F0)
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So I take it you just got back from Madamede Sade's House of Pain?
Posted by: Soona at November 30, 2012 05:55 PM (2mZZv)
Posted by: alexthechick at November 30, 2012 05:55 PM (Gk3SS)
Posted by: concrete girl at November 30, 2012 05:55 PM (y2Ojs)
Posted by: SFGoth at November 30, 2012 05:56 PM (dZ756)
Posted by: sTevo at November 30, 2012 05:56 PM (VMcEw)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at November 30, 2012 05:57 PM (6TveQ)
Posted by: Bill D. Cat at November 30, 2012 05:57 PM (M2+F0)
Posted by: soothsayer at November 30, 2012 05:58 PM (W2CkS)
Posted by: Bill D. Cat at November 30, 2012 05:51 PM (M2+F0)
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So I take it you just got back from Madamede Sade's House of Pain?
Posted by: Soona at November 30, 2012 05:55 PM (2mZZv)
didi you hear that Harvard's latest student club is "the Kinky Sex Club"? What a fine institution.
Of course, ROTC is below their high standards
Posted by: Thunderb at November 30, 2012 05:58 PM (Dnbau)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at November 30, 2012 05:58 PM (6TveQ)
Nope, this trivia wasn't originally from the sidebar...
http://ace.mu.nu/headlines/archives/329792.html
Posted by: Sandra Fluke's solid gold diaphragm at November 30, 2012 05:58 PM (9SwFX)
Skinny jeans.
Saw the Romantics at a casino in Colorado a while back and the bass player, who is up to about 260, was wearing them. Not good. Yep, they are a casino band now, poor bastards.
Posted by: Meremortal, pass the dynamite cause the fuse is lit at November 30, 2012 05:58 PM (jTKU5)
Posted by: soothsayer at November 30, 2012 05:58 PM (W2CkS)
Reptiles and Samurai.
Things were so much better with Reagan waiting to put his boney old finger on the red button of nuclear annihilation.
What went wrong?
Posted by: Clutch Cargo at November 30, 2012 05:58 PM (Qxdfp)
Posted by: Soona at November 30, 2012 05:58 PM (2mZZv)
182Anyone seen the commercial for Ballroom jeans?
Yup.
I had already bought three pair for my hubby before they started advertising them...he loves them.
They're like the 'karate jeans' that have a diamon-shapedgusset in the crotch, which allows for extra movement.
Posted by: wheatie at November 30, 2012 05:58 PM (CM59X)
Confession #1: Soothsayer likes Leonard Cohen.
Posted by: soothsayer at November 30, 2012 05:58 PM (W2CkS)
Hallelujah
Posted by: BignJames at November 30, 2012 05:59 PM (rlFQ+)
Posted by: Bill D. Cat at November 30, 2012 05:59 PM (M2+F0)
Posted by: Sammy Hagar at November 30, 2012 06:00 PM (3SvjA)
Posted by: soothsayer at November 30, 2012 06:00 PM (W2CkS)
Update:
Update to update: I need to remember that "AoS Headlines" IS the flippin' sidebar. Also, I need to drink more.
Posted by: Sandra Fluke's solid gold diaphragm at November 30, 2012 06:00 PM (9SwFX)
Posted by: sTevo at November 30, 2012 06:01 PM (VMcEw)
Eddie's not really that great of a keyboard player. "Jump" is in C fcking major, for cryin out loud.
Posted by: Dr. Varno
Dude, consider his audience. Like they want to hear Brahms? And it's A minor :-P
Posted by: SFGoth at November 30, 2012 06:01 PM (dZ756)
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at November 30, 2012 06:01 PM (PFvlM)
Posted by: soothsayer at November 30, 2012 06:02 PM (W2CkS)
Posted by: small town girl at November 30, 2012 06:02 PM (Td5Ie)
Posted by: Clutch Cargo
They grew up and Danny saw that movie scoring is more profitable than playing halloween concerts.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 30, 2012 06:03 PM (JEpGb)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26Zsp8jJ40M
George Harrison is also why (along with Roy Orbinson's vocals) I liked The Traveling Wilburys.
Posted by: Reno_Dave at November 30, 2012 06:03 PM (OL4L4)
Confession #2: Soothsayer owns a ENYA cd.
;;;;
And I'M a fag for my English major. Not cool.
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at November 30, 2012 06:04 PM (PFvlM)
Posted by: soothsayer at November 30, 2012 06:04 PM (W2CkS)
Posted by: km at November 30, 2012 06:04 PM (iFQkz)
Posted by: soothsayer at November 30, 2012 06:00 PM (W2CkS)
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Damn! Please don't tell us your next confession will be that you think Justin Bieber is cute.
Posted by: Soona at November 30, 2012 06:04 PM (2mZZv)
Well Goddamn, Bill. I'm texting while driving. In the snow. Can you pick up your end just a little bit?
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at November 30, 2012 06:01 PM (PFvlM)
No chance this thread will "veer off' into 80's boobies and naughty shit is there? (Ignore the Veer Off comment, in light of what you're up to).
Posted by: tubal at November 30, 2012 06:04 PM (BoE3Z)
Bill D Cat
Go with alittle Green Onionsto start.
Follow it up with Sleepwalk by the Ventures - the one with jeff Baxter on slide guitar. After that, follow your mood and keep going. A little something on the rocks may help too...
Posted by: Gunslinger at November 30, 2012 06:05 PM (4S7hN)
Posted by: Eddie Willers at November 30, 2012 06:06 PM (bRdb3)
Posted by: sTevo at November 30, 2012 06:06 PM (VMcEw)
Posted by: Bill D. Cat at November 30, 2012 06:06 PM (M2+F0)
Posted by: wankette at November 30, 2012 06:06 PM (qNhTJ)
Posted by: Grey Fox at November 30, 2012 06:07 PM (iK4hL)
Posted by: snowcrash at November 30, 2012 06:07 PM (I30qo)
Posted by: fluffy's sentient iPod at November 30, 2012 06:07 PM (3SvjA)
Posted by: Grey Fox at November 30, 2012 06:07 PM (iK4hL)
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at November 30, 2012 06:08 PM (PFvlM)
Posted by: weirdflunky i before e at November 30, 2012 06:09 PM (tlhtD)
Posted by: Kensington at November 30, 2012 06:09 PM (H84UO)
Posted by: Quiz1 at November 30, 2012 06:09 PM (vA3os)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBxjQPlbVNI
Posted by: Reno_Dave at November 30, 2012 06:10 PM (OL4L4)
Posted by: small town girl at November 30, 2012 06:12 PM (+H/dq)
Posted by: Bill D. Cat at November 30, 2012 06:12 PM (M2+F0)
Posted by: museisluse at November 30, 2012 06:14 PM (SsWgR)
Posted by: art garfunkels ugly kid at November 30, 2012 06:17 PM (ZRoGl)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXfc7VMyj94
Posted by: Damn Sockpuppet at November 30, 2012 06:17 PM (YmPwQ)
Ace, you admittedly like the music, films, television of the 80s. Do you find women with big hair and the clothes styles of Miami Vice attractive?
Posted by: Walkers! at November 30, 2012 06:19 PM (lus8g)
Posted by: Kensington at November 30, 2012 06:23 PM (H84UO)
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I do! Tight dresses, big hair, hairspray everywhere. What's not to love? Not to mention it was the Age of Reagan. The 80's were wonderful.
Posted by: Kensington at November 30, 2012 06:24 PM (H84UO)
Posted by: TexasJew at November 30, 2012 06:32 PM (lD8ju)
Ace, you admittedly like the music, films, television of the 80s.
Do you find women with big hair and the clothes styles of Miami Vice
attractive?
Posted by: Walkers! at November 30, 2012 06:19 PM (lus8g)
She wasn't in Miami Vice, but Night Court-era Markie Post was my favorite large-haired babe.
Posted by: Sandra Fluke's solid gold diaphragm at November 30, 2012 06:34 PM (9SwFX)
227Someone mentioned it earlier, wth is Ya Mo Be There supposed to mean anyway?
A contraction for..."Yeah, I'm going to be there"?
If not that, then, no idea.
Posted by: wheatie at November 30, 2012 06:35 PM (CM59X)
Posted by: TexasJew at November 30, 2012 06:41 PM (lD8ju)
But I drive my wife nuts with stuff from the 70s, 80s and early 90s. I can tell you album, side, and track # (and year it was released; number of albums prior to, etc.) of an enormous number of songs.
I'm stupid that way.
Posted by: NukemHill at November 30, 2012 07:00 PM (7WLzC)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at November 30, 2012 07:06 PM (DuH+r)
Posted by: jakeman at November 30, 2012 07:14 PM (96M6e)
I can.
My name is Captain Whitebread...and I'm a Hall and Oates fan.
(Hello, Captain!)
Posted by: Captain Whitebread at November 30, 2012 07:23 PM (5J54Q)
A contraction for..."Yeah, I'm going to be there"?
If not that, then, no idea.
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It's "Yah", short for "Yahweh". The phrase is supposed to mean "God Will Be There". Just one of the many millions of trivial facts I've picked up in the radio career.
And now...on with the countdown.
Posted by: Captain Whitebread at November 30, 2012 07:24 PM (5J54Q)
My timing bites tonight.
TWSS, too.
Posted by: Captain Whitebread at November 30, 2012 07:25 PM (5J54Q)
Posted by: Minuteman at November 30, 2012 07:29 PM (qs9G3)
I'll play along, Capt. I've seen them twice. It was interesting, because the first time Hall was sick as hell, so there was a lot of Oates solo while he was backstage. A year later, it was a totally different concert, which was cool.
Posted by: jakeman at November 30, 2012 07:44 PM (96M6e)
Posted by: Browndog at November 30, 2012 07:54 PM (ccfl2)
****
Has anyone yet mentioned that this brings into question the sexual preferences of the furry one?
I can't be the first.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at November 30, 2012 07:59 PM (piMMO)
****
Right there with ya.
Sara Smile is my favorite song of all time.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at November 30, 2012 08:00 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: Jayne Cobb's Cap at November 30, 2012 08:10 PM (afOrA)
Posted by: Jix at November 30, 2012 08:24 PM (VDKgR)
And I adored Nightshift, probably seen a hundred times myself. the 80s were awesome., I was just thinking about the heart to heart song this week...seems like we are all looking for some, any distraction from the shitshow in dc..I almost can't handle the news rights now and the fiscal clif Kabuki theater
So I will focus on Hall and Oates, and Kenny Loggins and Van Halen....sniff.....this is why this blog just rules. We'll get through this.
Posted by: Goldilocks at November 30, 2012 08:29 PM (OETVg)
The first? Thompson Twins, with Berlin as opening act.
God almighty.
Posted by: Goldilocks at November 30, 2012 08:31 PM (OETVg)
Where is Air Supply when you need them?
Ugh
Posted by: hazchic at November 30, 2012 11:57 PM (wWlBr)
Posted by: hazchic at December 01, 2012 12:03 AM (wWlBr)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SykNSv-1Dks
Posted by: On topic AND topical, for once in my life at December 01, 2012 01:15 AM (909/3)
No one will ever see this post, because it is sooo long after the fact.
That said, I like that Kenny Loggins song, now that I think about it -- which I haven't in at least two decades.
Speaking of secretly awesome old songs, I submit the work of Paul Carrack. He sang lead vocals on Ace's "How long?" (as in how loooonnnnng, has this been going on?).
He went to Squeeze and sang lead on "Tempted". Healso sang "Silent Running" for Mike the Mechanics.
Oh, and how 'bout this to tie it all together (just saw this on wikipedia):
Carrack's songs have been recorded by artists such as the Eagles, Diana Ross, Tom Jones, Michael McDonald and Jools Holland,[3] and he has served as a session and/or touring musician for the likes of Elton John, Ringo Starr, B.B. King, the Pretenders and The Smiths.
Posted by: BethinPA at December 01, 2012 01:49 AM (LWdPB)
I fell for that. You sounded so sincere.
114 More 80s fun: Paul Young doing Come Back and Stay.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEn6amCRQfIfeature=related
The choreography is this video is amazing.
Posted by: m at December 01, 2012 02:26 AM (k38Fn)
Example:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6tPnK39DuU
On a side note, is that Matthew McConaughey hitting on her?
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler (@ProthonotaryW) at December 01, 2012 03:20 AM (RLZvP)
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler (@ProthonotaryW) at December 01, 2012 03:26 AM (RLZvP)
Ha! So true! Thanks to ACE spent last nite listening to McDonald live w/Loggins. *swoon*.*Heart goes pitter patter*
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