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Post by mga707 on Dec 31, 2020 13:27:35 GMT -5
One could add both "Pillow Talk" (in this week's '73 show) and "Love To Love You Baby" to the 'orgasmic' list, which "Jungle Fever" certainly tops. "I'll have what she's having..." There's another song like that today that's bubbling under AT40 called "Body" by Megan Thee Stallion. ...what's weird is that I have ZERO recollection of posting this reply 3 1/2 years ago...
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Post by SFGuy on Jan 2, 2021 21:25:11 GMT -5
There's another song like that today that's bubbling under AT40 called "Body" by Megan Thee Stallion. ...what's weird is that I have ZERO recollection of posting this reply 3 1/2 years ago...
And I have zero recollection of the post I did that you replied to.
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Post by johnnywest on Jan 28, 2022 18:40:08 GMT -5
When Joe Cocker screams "ahhh" in "When The Night Comes."
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Post by woolebull on Jan 28, 2022 19:49:31 GMT -5
When Joe Cocker screams "ahhh" in "When The Night Comes." That's funny. For me, being 16 at the time, Cocker doing that was about the most authentic thing on the radio in late 89/ early 90. To each their own 😀
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Post by dth1971 on Jan 29, 2022 9:34:35 GMT -5
Do you think "The White Knight" by Cledus M. is embarrising because of CB jargon? I also nomintate from 1/31/1976 Elton John's "Grow Some Funk Of Your Own" as embarerising.
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Post by mga707 on Jan 29, 2022 10:44:36 GMT -5
Do you think "The White Knight" by Cledus M. is embarrising because of CB jargon? Not really. It's no "Convoy", but then again it's not "CB Savage" either! Again, not to me. It's basically Elton (actually Bernie Taupin) lifting the "Come a Little Bit Closer" (Jay and the Americans, 1964) storyline, minus the final verse where the protagonist runs from the cantina to escape the wrath of 'Jose'. And both are thematically descended from Marty Robbins' 1959-60 #1 hit "El Paso".
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Post by woolebull on Jan 29, 2022 11:24:47 GMT -5
I love Rupert Holmes. Love his music, his songs, his books, his musicals, his television shows. I think the man is a genius. Which is why I can't stand listening to "Answering Machine". It's not the concept of the song, but rather just one line in it that makes me roll my eyes every single time I hear it, "So I stepped out to buy some dog food for the cat". I don't know why that has always bugged me. Maybe I just expect Rupert to come up with something better!
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Post by chrislc on Jan 29, 2022 14:19:35 GMT -5
>I love Rupert Holmes. Love his music, his songs, his books, his musicals, his television shows. I think the man is a genius.< Bill Needle would like a word with you when you have a moment. www.youtube.com/watch?v=dx8hSdvrHX4
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Post by woolebull on Jan 29, 2022 15:28:11 GMT -5
>I love Rupert Holmes. Love his music, his songs, his books, his musicals, his television shows. I think the man is a genius.< Bill Needle would like a word with you when you have a moment. www.youtube.com/watch?v=dx8hSdvrHX4
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Post by slf on Jan 29, 2022 15:36:23 GMT -5
I love Rupert Holmes. Love his music, his songs, his books, his musicals, his television shows. I think the man is a genius. Which is why I can't stand listening to "Answering Machine". It's not the concept of the song, but rather just one line in it that makes me roll my eyes every single time I hear it, "So I stepped out to buy some dog food for the cat". I don't know why that has always bugged me. Maybe I just expect Rupert to come up with something better! I'm actually quite amused by that line. It's obviously nonsensical, but it's so quirky that it adds to the song's charm.
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Post by mga707 on Jan 29, 2022 15:52:36 GMT -5
I love Rupert Holmes. Love his music, his songs, his books, his musicals, his television shows. I think the man is a genius. Which is why I can't stand listening to "Answering Machine". It's not the concept of the song, but rather just one line in it that makes me roll my eyes every single time I hear it, "So I stepped out to buy some dog food for the cat". I don't know why that has always bugged me. Maybe I just expect Rupert to come up with something better! I'm actually quite amused by that line. It's obviously nonsensical, but it's so quirky that it adds to the song's charm. "Walkin' my Cat Named Dog", the late Norma Tanega, #22, 1966: youtu.be/SPZVrmJ2HH8
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Post by woolebull on Jan 29, 2022 19:51:26 GMT -5
I'm actually quite amused by that line. It's obviously nonsensical, but it's so quirky that it adds to the song's charm. "Walkin' my Cat Named Dog", the late Norma Tanega, #22, 1966: youtu.be/SPZVrmJ2HH8I had never heard that...you know what, I kinda dig it! Thanks for posting that.
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Post by woolebull on Jan 29, 2022 19:53:20 GMT -5
I love Rupert Holmes. Love his music, his songs, his books, his musicals, his television shows. I think the man is a genius. Which is why I can't stand listening to "Answering Machine". It's not the concept of the song, but rather just one line in it that makes me roll my eyes every single time I hear it, "So I stepped out to buy some dog food for the cat". I don't know why that has always bugged me. Maybe I just expect Rupert to come up with something better! I'm actually quite amused by that line. It's obviously nonsensical, but it's so quirky that it adds to the song's charm. Yeah, that's why I prefaced my answer with my appreciation for Holmes. I love how for all the songs (or sounds, like Joe Cocker) each of us know, a line here or there can sound so different to us all. One of the reasons I appreciate this board!
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Post by mga707 on Jan 29, 2022 20:10:05 GMT -5
I had never heard that...you know what, I kinda dig it! Thanks for posting that. I like it too--'quirky' is a good description. I vaguely remember it from 2nd grade! Ms. Tanega was a well-respected folk singer-songwriter, and later in life a music professor, and that song was her sole chart single.
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Post by johnnywest on Jan 30, 2022 23:16:31 GMT -5
One of the most embarrassing Top 40 titles of all time: “License To Chill” by Billy Ocean.
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