From: owner-bomp-digest@xnet2.com (bomp-digest) To: bomp-digest@xnet2.com Subject: bomp-digest V2001 #13 Reply-To: bomp Sender: owner-bomp-digest@xnet2.com Errors-To: owner-bomp-digest@xnet2.com Precedence: bulk X-To-Unsubscribe: Send e-mail to majordomo@xnet2.com with "unsubscribe bomp-digest" in the body X-Bomp-web-site: http://www.bomp.com X-BompList-Administrator: efd@xnet2.com bomp-digest Friday, January 5 2001 Volume 2001 : Number 013 This the digest version of the Bomp list. ***HOW TO UNSUBSCRIBE:*** Send an e-mail with the words "unsubscribe bomp-digest" to majordomo@xnet2.com or go to . Here's what people are yacking about in this digest: Re: Super-hatred "Astroboy" Re: MopTop and Classic Rock Radio "Astroboy" Shadows of Not Rocky Serkowney Re: It's Them "Mike Markesich" Re: More thoughts on that Classic Rock Radio stuff.... "Blair" Re: MopTop and Classic Rock Radio Euphorik6@aol.com Re: The Suck List "Blair" RE: ATV @ Maxwell's "Blair" RE: bomp-digest V2001 #12 Alan Wright the sucko states "Jeffrey Lemlich" Re: MopTop and Classic Rock Radio "Blair" RE: bomp-digest V2001 #12 Alan Wright RE: bomp-digest V2001 #12 Alan Wright Re: classic shclock RE: bomp-digest V2001 #12 Alan Wright Re:supertramp RE: bomp-digest V2001 #12 Alan Wright RE: the Dead Alan Wright Re: Classic crock Re: MopTop and Classic Rock Radio Frank Uhle RE: bomp-digest V2001 #12 "tiemen kuipers" RE: bomp-digest V2001 #12 Alan Wright Re: Classic crock Euphorik6@aol.com re: The Suck List "lantu" Re: Super-hatred brian marshall Re: The Castaways - no, not Gilligan JeffSNYC@aol.com Re: One Hit wonders brian marshall Re: The Castaways - no, not Gilligan "tiemen kuipers" Re: WCPAEB HOODOO3005@aol.com Re: smash hits...and their soundalike followups HOODOO3005@aol.com Re: Shadows of Knight '72 HOODOO3005@aol.com Re: smash hits...and their soundalike followups Euphorik6@aol.com CD player "Michael Bennet" shopping in indie stores "John Trembly" Re: MopTop and Classic Rock Radio Euphorik6@aol.com New Montgomery Cliffs CD Out Now! Greg Colburn go nuts Andies Candies reo guy Andies Candies most hated Andies Candies Re: MopTop and Classic Rock Radio troggman@webtv.net (Todd Lucas) Re: MopTop and Classic Rock Radio "Lenny Smith" Re: most hated brian marshall ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2001 19:27:07 -0800 From: "Astroboy" Subject: Re: Super-hatred Styx STYNX!!! - ----- Original Message ----- From: To: Sent: Friday, January 05, 2001 2:16 PM Subject: Re: Super-hatred > > And how about their evil whiney twin Styx. Should that name be Stinx? Never > did a band symbolize the kind of wankish self importance of that outfit. If > there ever was a band that would inspire me to go on a gun toting, postal > style lock myself in the tower rampange, Styx fits the bill. The only good > Styx song was Cartman's version of "Sail Away" on South Park... > > one of these days a real rain's gonna come and wash away all the grammy > winners....Moparlary > > In a message dated Fri, 5 Jan 2001 4:55:17 PM Eastern Standard Time, Rocky > Serkowney writes: > > << > Garrett wrote: > > > >And re. this "most-hated" thread, I'm surprised noone's mentioned > >Supertramp! I'm a pretty mellow guy, but as soon as I hear that twerp's > >voice I wanna kill people... > > Well, I'm not into the killing thang, but you are absolutely right about > Supertramp. Worst group ever! > > Squirrely. > > > > > ===> To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe bomp" to majordomo@xnet2.com <=== > > >> > > > > ===> To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe bomp" to majordomo@xnet2.com <=== > ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2001 19:30:33 -0800 From: "Astroboy" Subject: Re: MopTop and Classic Rock Radio > & who did that "save my life i'm goin down for the last time, woman with > the sweet lovin better than a white line" song? god have mercy! a couple more > times and I'M going down for the last time. never mind the smelling salts - > just nuke the transmitter! > > rob GAAAAACCHHH!!!! THAT WAS HEAD EAST!!!! When I worked in a Record Store this one redneck chick used to insist on playing it 3 or 4 times a night!!!!!!!!!! Who needs brain surgery!!! > > ===> To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe bomp" to majordomo@xnet2.com <=== > ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 05 Jan 2001 19:39:12 From: Rocky Serkowney Subject: Shadows of Not Hey Alan, Don't go there. I unfortunately picked this up a while back and it's awful boogie-rock. And I'm sure the Cavestomp '97 crowd wasn't exaggerating when they unanimously declared it's re-creation an utter travesty. Stick with the Raw & Alive in the Cellar CD recorded in the 60's. Rocky. At 03:16 PM 1/5/01 -0800, you wrote: > > > >Speaking of the SoK, has anyone heard that live CD, the one with the Music >Machine style cover from a live '72 show? I saw a copy and was wondering if >it was any good. > >Alan > >===> To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe bomp" to majordomo@xnet2.com <=== > > > ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2001 19:47:25 -0500 From: "Mike Markesich" Subject: Re: It's Them >While spinnin' some discs this evening I came across 'Highs In The Mid Sixties vol.21' and noticed the original version of 'Baby I Still Need Your Loving' by It's Them, as later covered by the Lyres (call me slow, I own both records for something like a decade, but never noticed that I had both versions). Anyways what I'd like to know is if there is a better soundin' version of the It's Them tune around somewhere, 'cause this version on 'Highs' sounds as it was taped off some MW radio show back in the 60s, anybody knows ?, Mike ?. Thanks, Jeroen Hey J, Look for it on an upcoming "Teenage Shutdown"...I slotted that one for inclusion, and it won't sound like it was recorded via a pay phone. As soon as the Crypt empire settles their financial woes, Tim will start up with releases again. I know he sunk a lot of money into the new digs in jersey. He invited me over, but I'm waiting until they get heat! And the manager of current coolsters, the Greenhorns, was a member of It's Them. The Lyres also covered "A Girl like You" from the first It's Them record, when they were called "THEM" ("Don't Look Now" / "A Girl Like You" released on the King label in December, 1964). 'Them' were forced to change their name due to the "national act" from Ireland, but from what I've been told, the guys from the Cincy area kept playing locally as "Them", and the only time the "It's Them" moniker was invoked was on the 2nd 45, "Baby (I Still Want Your Loving)" released on the Toy Tiger label in late 1966. Mop Top Mike ------------------------------ Date: 5 Jan 2001 19:45:54 -0500 From: "Blair" Subject: Re: More thoughts on that Classic Rock Radio stuff.... >That's a great idea, but consider the mentality of the programmers you're >dealing with. They're scare to death that people will hear something >unfamilier and change the station. > Case in point: consider the size of the Who's and the Kinks catalog. Now >think of the same songs classic schlock radio plays of theirs by comparision. > The difference between them and us is we actually listen to and enjoy music. >They are people with no imagination who can't pick a song without checking >the "Friday Morning Quarterback" or a demographic spread sheet. I can't believe it's the DJ's on those stations that are to be blamed. (Not completely, tho' they'd be better served keeping their mouths shut most of the time.) It's gotta be the people making up the playlists... Some of the DJs sound like they've loved some of these bands for so long. No way they could be such big fans and only like a couple songs. Funny thing is, the people they're playing the same stupid songs for are probably *also* big fans of many of the groups, meaning *they* know the other tracks and probably have favorites there. Does the public want what the public gets? ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2001 19:47:10 EST From: Euphorik6@aol.com Subject: Re: MopTop and Classic Rock Radio ok, maybe this is too obvious, but has anyone mentioned the mighty REO speedwagon? REO suckwagon? SUK shit-wagon? whatever. holy dog shit, did those guys suck!! those guys were to 70s-midwestern-arena-rock-cliches what charles schultz was to "peanuts." i am not sure that i can adequately describe the sheer horror that was this band, that wussy guy with the big hair that sat at the piano singing those power ballads, and that stupid-looking dickhead that played lead guitar - i remember being about 8 and seeing them on TV and thinking "jeez that guy is REALLY ANNOYING. why does he make those stupid faces when he plays his guitar?" to me REO and styx were to shitty 70s music what the beatles and stones were to great 60s music - past fuckin MASTERS. all coiled up and hissin rob ------------------------------ Date: 5 Jan 2001 19:48:11 -0500 From: "Blair" Subject: Re: The Suck List >This far I've agreed with everything on this classic- rock- suck-list- >topic, >except for Free. I think they were great. Nobody has mentioned >the worst of them all: QUEEN. We're going to have to disagree. And I know there are people out there who'll think I'm nuts, but I *like* Queen. (Well, OK, not the "Hot Space" - or whatever it was called - era, but much of the earlier stuff.) Yeah, I know it can be overblown, etc., but I really like some of their melodies and the way everything came together. And I mean *really like* them. Diff'rent Strokes, Blair ------------------------------ Date: 5 Jan 2001 19:50:51 -0500 From: "Blair" Subject: RE: ATV @ Maxwell's ><Saturday, has lined up the re-united Alternative TV (!) and a couple of >other bands.>> I'm actually kinda glad The Mooney Suzuki aren't doing that Maxwells gig, 'cuz now I don't have to choose between them (w/The Gold Diggers - starring JT & Dave from the O. Sins) and The Real Kids / Waldos who're supposed to be at The Continental that night. But I'm really bummed about the Friday night thing at the Bowery Ballroom not happening. I think that would've been huge for them. But at least now I can go up to the 107th floor of the World Trade Center that evening (1/12) and see The Neanderthals. - - Blair ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2001 17:01:50 -0800 From: Alan Wright Subject: RE: bomp-digest V2001 #12 I wondered about that, all I've heard is the song on the Pebbles album..."Roller Coaster" I think it's called, but I heard mixed reviews of the Sundazed Cd, that a lot of it was really wimpy. Alan ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2001 20:01:14 -0500 From: "Jeffrey Lemlich" Subject: the sucko states MopTop Mike wrote: <<"Run Joey Run" by David Geddes - hey- he's from Michigan! So there WAS some dreck from that hallowed state..>> Michigan is in the 2001 Sucko top two thanks to Eminem, Kid Rock, and the like. Only my home state (Florida) can top that for suckitude. >From the home of the Limp Bizstreet Boys, Lemlich Please check out my web page at: http://www.limestonerecords.com ------------------------------ Date: 5 Jan 2001 20:01:48 -0500 From: "Blair" Subject: Re: MopTop and Classic Rock Radio > ok, maybe this is too obvious, but has anyone mentioned the mighty REO >speedwagon? REO suckwagon? Weren't they the ones who were on Saturday Night Live for what seemed like *years* before they actually had real hits? Or maybe it just seemed like it 'cuz they sucked so badly. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2001 17:06:22 -0800 From: Alan Wright Subject: RE: bomp-digest V2001 #12 Yes, yes!!! I have never been a Queen fan, aside from tolerating maybe a couple of they're less bombastic and rocking tunes and even people I know with outstanding taste, like my pal Art Fein, who generally likes mostly rockabilly and swing stuff, loves Queen!! I find Brian May's guitar solos kinda grating, and the psuedo-operetic sound of most of their stuff drives me bonkers! And don't get me started on stuff like "Another One Bites The Dust" and "Crazy Little Thing Called Love." Alan ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2001 17:09:20 -0800 From: Alan Wright Subject: RE: bomp-digest V2001 #12 Oh, Andrea....you drive me ape (you big gorilla)! Joking aside, I just got the Go Nuts newish disc on Lookout! Where they cover the Dickies' song and was wondering, who exactly are these guys...I know that Deke Dickerson is one of them, and is it Johnny Bartlett too? Alan ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 6 Jan 01 12:07:38 +1100 From: Subject: Re: classic shclock >It'd be great if there was some way to get the Classic Rock stations to >do a study and ask this very question. Maybe they could even ask what their >listeners would prefer to hear in place of these overplayed tracks. I think the people who listen to classic rock stations LIKE to hear the same 20 songs over and over again for decades on end. It must be somehow soothing to them is all I can imagine, like a tantric mantra. - -Peter M ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2001 17:12:49 -0800 From: Alan Wright Subject: RE: bomp-digest V2001 #12 Subject: Re:supertramp >Well, I'm not into the killing thang, but you are absolutely right about >Supertramp. Worst group ever! > >Squirrely. Equalled perhaps by REO Speedwagon... - -Peter M ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2001 17:15:22 -0800 From: Alan Wright Subject: RE: bomp-digest V2001 #12 Subject: RE: the Dead <>Garcia. Marred what would have been an otherwise pleasant enough work day >with about 150 minutes of squirm and headache inducing hell. They should be >SHOT for what they did to Wilson Pickett's "In the Midnight Hour" and Martha >and the Vandellas' "Dancing In the Street."> Not to mention the absolutely lamest version of "Louie Louie" And "Gloria" I've ever heard. I was at this party once, well it was an after-gig party that my friend insisted we go to, and it turned out to be a bunch of deadheads all stoned out listening to - what else- the Dead on a live boot tape, and I couldn't believe how they murdered both these songs. When I announced that these versions were blasphemous, one the Deadheads got all bummed out and said "You're s a bad trip man, stop harshing on our scene or we'll, um, huh, yeah....pass that bong over here man. What was I saying again?" Hey, they did have great pot there, but even great pot doesn't make me wanna listen to the Dead.... Alan ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 6 Jan 01 12:19:30 +1100 From: Subject: Re: Classic crock Moptop Mike writ: >Then, it was a process of >elimination, and the 5 aforementioned are the Remaining Few >Upchuckers. The Remaining Few Upchuckers?! Sounds like one wild combo!! - -Peter M ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2001 20:19:10 -0500 (EST) From: Frank Uhle Subject: Re: MopTop and Classic Rock Radio I absolutely loathe REO as well. Several years ago the lead shrieker Gary Richrath was supposed to play here in Ann Arbor at some fairly large venue (him being such a big star 'n all), and the ticket sales were so pathetic that the gig was cancelled. Old Gar', having nothing better to do, showed up in town anyway - my then brother-in-law was managing the local Red Lobster at the time, and got a photo of him and Gary together when he came in for supper! It was very gratifying to think of this as some sort of payback for all the pain he caused me with his awful music. Frank ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 06 Jan 2001 01:21:18 From: "tiemen kuipers" Subject: RE: bomp-digest V2001 #12 Amazing!!! I suscribe to this list 2 seconds ago...the first message i get is about La peste's "Better Off Dead"...and I'm listening to that song as I read it...Amazing!!! - -DV >From: Alan Wright >Reply-To: bomp@xnet2.com >To: "'bomp@screamer.xnet2.com'" >Subject: RE: bomp-digest V2001 #12 >Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2001 17:15:22 -0800 > > >Cool! La Peste were amazing. My old band, the Castros used to do that song, >as well.... > >Alan > >===> To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe bomp" to majordomo@xnet2.com <=== > _________________________________________________________________________ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2001 17:29:57 -0800 From: Alan Wright Subject: RE: bomp-digest V2001 #12 <>And re. this "most-hated" thread, I'm surprised noone's mentioned >Supertramp! I'm a pretty mellow guy, but as soon as I hear that twerp's >voice I wanna kill people...> Right, right, you're bloody well right! When I hear that voice, I wanna kill the singer! Other hated musical entities: Kenny G. almost anything by Elton John Pat Metheny or any Windhim Hill "jazz" any "new age" jazz Kansas Emerson, Lake and Palmer E.L.O. the Eagles anything by Pink Floyd after "More" - yes, I even hate "Dark Side of the Moon"!!!! Air Supply REO Speedwagon Doobie Brothers Foreigner Probably some more when I think of them.... Alan ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2001 20:26:15 EST From: Euphorik6@aol.com Subject: Re: Classic crock In a message dated 1/5/01 8:19:44 PM, sykadelik@one.net.au writes: << The Remaining Few Upchuckers?! Sounds like one wild combo!! >> maybe they could do a double-bill w/ the prozac shuffle (as in mike's description of the acky unplugged version of layla ) rob ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2001 17:41:52 -0800 From: "lantu" Subject: re: The Suck List It can get really bad. CSNY "Suite Judy Blue Eyes" da-da-da-da-da, da-da, da-da-da-daaah Yes "Roundabout" Paul McCartney "Uncle Albert" Grateful Dead "Playing in the Band" and "Casey Jones" Pullin' that train You've got no brain! Casey Jones, you'd better Kill yourself! Mouth full of piss! Butt full of come! And you know you've got No mind at all! ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2001 17:42:24 -0800 (PST) From: brian marshall Subject: Re: Super-hatred - --- Astroboy wrote: > > Styx STYNX!!! AMEN TO THAT! And now, according to VH1, some of the members are suing each other! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! Couldn't have happened to a nicer bunch o' wankers! Brian NFTG > ----- Original Message ----- > From: > To: > Sent: Friday, January 05, 2001 2:16 PM > Subject: Re: Super-hatred > > > > > > And how about their evil whiney twin Styx. Should > that name be Stinx? > Never > > did a band symbolize the kind of wankish self > importance of that outfit. > If > > there ever was a band that would inspire me to go > on a gun toting, postal > > style lock myself in the tower rampange, Styx fits > the bill. The only good > > Styx song was Cartman's version of "Sail Away" on > South Park... > > > > one of these days a real rain's gonna come and > wash away all the grammy > > winners....Moparlary > > > > In a message dated Fri, 5 Jan 2001 4:55:17 PM > Eastern Standard Time, > Rocky > > Serkowney writes: > > > > << > > Garrett wrote: > > > > > >And re. this "most-hated" thread, I'm surprised > noone's mentioned > > >Supertramp! I'm a pretty mellow guy, but as soon > as I hear that twerp's > > >voice I wanna kill people... > > > > Well, I'm not into the killing thang, but you are > absolutely right about > > Supertramp. Worst group ever! > > > > Squirrely. > > > > > > > > > > ===> To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe bomp" to > majordomo@xnet2.com <=== > > > > >> > > > > > > > > ===> To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe bomp" to > majordomo@xnet2.com <=== > > > > > ===> To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe bomp" to > majordomo@xnet2.com <=== > __________________________________________________ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2001 20:45:15 EST From: JeffSNYC@aol.com Subject: Re: The Castaways - no, not Gilligan In a message dated 1/5/2001 12:43:49 PM Eastern Standard Time, jamesbond@bond-partners.com writes: << have all the Count 5 stuff - but lordee be, I don't think I have even HEARD anything else by the Castaways. Has their stuff ever be re-issued? is any of it as good as 'Liar, Liar'? >> Yes, there stuff was reissued on CD last year. I don't remember who did it but it is pretty widely available. Jeff Shore ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2001 17:57:23 -0800 (PST) From: brian marshall Subject: Re: One Hit wonders - --- sykadelik@one.net.au wrote: > > >James B. > > Count V - 'Peace Of Mind' and Castaways 'A Man's > Gotta Be A Man' - I > think? Both bombed, rendering their perpetrators > forever as one hit > wonders (with lotsa great songs). You're right about "Peace of Mind," but "Man's Gotta Be A Man" was the B-side, not the A. "Goodbye Babe" was the A-side. Brian NFTG > -Peter M > > ===> To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe bomp" to > majordomo@xnet2.com <=== > > . > mo@xnet2.com <=== > > . > __________________________________________________ ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 06 Jan 2001 01:58:16 From: "tiemen kuipers" Subject: Re: The Castaways - no, not Gilligan I also have a Castaways LP with German Liner Notes from the early 90's ...even some of the song titles are in German! Sound quality is terrible too! but it was just too weird to pass up... - -DV >From: JeffSNYC@aol.com >Reply-To: bomp@xnet2.com >To: bomp@xnet2.com >Subject: Re: The Castaways - no, not Gilligan >Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2001 20:45:15 EST > >In a message dated 1/5/2001 12:43:49 PM Eastern Standard Time, >jamesbond@bond-partners.com writes: > ><< have all the Count 5 stuff - but lordee be, I don't think I have even > HEARD anything else by the Castaways. Has their stuff ever be re-issued? >is > any of it as good as 'Liar, Liar'? >> >Yes, there stuff was reissued on CD last year. I don't remember who did it >but it is pretty widely available. >Jeff Shore > >===> To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe bomp" to majordomo@xnet2.com <=== > _________________________________________________________________________ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2001 20:58:17 EST From: HOODOO3005@aol.com Subject: Re: WCPAEB In a message dated 1/5/01 6:52:52 PM Central Standard Time, owner-bomp-digest@xnet2.com writes: << I'm still trying to track down which 'zine last year had a looooong WCPAEB article/interview wherein either Lloyd or one of the Harrises claimed that Bob Markley does not even appear on the LPs. >> Michael Lloyd was interviewed by Bruce Ciero in Bad Trip back in '98...maybe that's the one? ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2001 21:20:34 EST From: HOODOO3005@aol.com Subject: Re: smash hits...and their soundalike followups In a message dated 1/5/01 6:52:52 PM Central Standard Time, owner-bomp-digest@xnet2.com writes: << "Goodbye Babe." It didn't chart either. Again, >"Liar, Liar" was (the Castaways) only charting song. >> What made performers back then THINK they could follow up a hit with a ripoff of the same song? "Goodbye Baby" is obviously "Liar, Liar" turned inside out. But I LOVE when artists (used to) do that, even if the followup was never a TENTH as big as the hit. Other notable examples: "These Boots Are Made For Walkin'" by Nancy Sinatra <> "Vehicle" by the Ides Of March (UNDISPUTED BOMPLIST FAVE!!!) (heh heh) <> "We're A Winner" by the Impressions <> "Land Of 1000 Dances," Cannibal & the Headhunters <<"Nau Ninny Nau">> "Let's Dance," Chris Montez <<"Some Kinda Fun">> "Wooly Bully," Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs <<"Ju Ju Hand">> "Get On Up," Esquires <<"And Get Away">> "Skinny Legs & All," Joe Tex <<"Men Are Gettin' Scarce">> "Simon Says," 1910 Fruitgum Co. <<"May I Take A Giant Step Into Your Heart">> "I'm Your Puppet," James & Bobby Purify <<"You Can't Keep A Good Man Down">> HONORABLE MENTION: The Turtles, who kept repeating themselves with different songs ("It Ain't Me Babe" = "Let Me Be," "Elenore" = "You Don't Have To Walk In The Rain," "Happy Together" = "She's My Girl," etc.) IF IT AIN'T BROKE DON'T FIX IT: the Newbeats churned out several songs that aped "Bread & Butter." Tony Joe White must have rewritten "Polk Salad Annie" numerous times. Jumpin' Gene Simmons' self-titled Hi album included his 1964 hit "Haunted House"...plus other songs that reworked the same basic riff. J. Porter ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2001 21:24:14 EST From: HOODOO3005@aol.com Subject: Re: Shadows of Knight '72 In a message dated 1/5/01 6:52:52 PM Central Standard Time, owner-bomp-digest@xnet2.com writes: << has anyone heard that live (Shadows of Knight) CD, the one with the Music Machine style cover from a live '72 show? I saw a copy and was wondering if it was any good. >> I've heard it, and apart from a version of "I Just Want To Make Love To You" based on Foghat's rendition, I think its' pretty good. Keep in mind that this is not exactly primal 1966 punk, but a few of these numbers wouldn't sound out of place in the repertoire of Brownsville Station or some other high-energy Detroit rock band of the period. J. Porter ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2001 21:25:40 EST From: Euphorik6@aol.com Subject: Re: smash hits...and their soundalike followups In a message dated 1/5/01 9:22:12 PM, HOODOO3005@aol.com writes: << What made performers back then THINK they could follow up a hit with a ripoff of the same song? >> my favorite example of this is the seeds' "pushin too hard" followed up by "a thousand shadows." rob ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2001 21:40:39 -0500 From: "Michael Bennet" Subject: CD player I recently lost a CD inside my CD player. It's one of those five disc players, and the disc must not have been slotted properly and slipped off the tray and into the mechanism. The CD player still works, and I don't really care about retrieving the CD (an "alternative" Xmas comp which I can certainly do without), but I'm wondering what kind of damage I might be causing by leaving a disc inside there. Can it cause an electrical fire? Is it worth attempting to open up or taking to a repair shop? Any thoughts or advice are quite welcome. Thanks, mb np: Pretty Things (Parachute) ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2001 21:47:24 -0500 From: "John Trembly" Subject: shopping in indie stores When I mentioned my friend/co-worker was afraid of shopping in an indie store, what I meant was he was afraid that he would buy a lot of items, finding things he has been looking for forever. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2001 22:05:31 EST From: Euphorik6@aol.com Subject: Re: MopTop and Classic Rock Radio In a message dated 1/5/01 8:02:23 PM, buscareno@earthlink.net writes: << Weren't they the ones who were on Saturday Night Live for what seemed like *years* before they actually had real hits? Or maybe it just seemed like it 'cuz they sucked so badly. >> blair - OK. IIRC, i don't remember seeing REO on SNL (it's "irritating acronym" night). anybody else remember them on there? that's practically a thread in itself, though - "crummy bands on SNL" - weren't wilson phillips on there on a couple of times? or what about foreigner ( thus far unfairly overlooked in the shitty classic rock band hall of horrors) i also have a horrible memory of the "janie's got a gun" era aerosmith on there. or what about bush? yuck. rob ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 06 Jan 2001 22:14:29 -0500 From: Greg Colburn Subject: New Montgomery Cliffs CD Out Now! The first great album of 2001 is available now! Simply titled "The Montgomery Cliffs", this third album by the Long Island trio is a revelation. It jangles...It rocks...It pops...It's got more hooks than Betty Page's lingerie. You'll need a crowbar to pry it from your CD player. It's that good. 12 songs. 37 minutes. No hidden tracks. No padded extras. Just one of the best albums you'll hear this year (or next) chockful of carbonated jangle pop, muscular power pop, and anthemic rock, with a side trip or two into Americana-land. This is the one your ears have been craving for. Order today! $10 US ppd $12 North America ppd $14 World ppd RPM USA PO BOX 10216 BALTIMORE MD 21234 link@netrax.net http://www.themontgomerycliffs.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2001 19:31:34 -0800 (PST) From: Andies Candies Subject: go nuts I don't know, but now is a good time to mention that Mabelline has a lipstick shade called GO NUTS. I love the Go Nuts! Andrea Alan Wright wrote: "Princess" gorilla. Okay, so it's not about music-but I think gorillas (and chimps and orangutans) are BOMP worthy! - - --Andrea> Oh, Andrea....you drive me ape (you big gorilla)! Joking aside, I just got the Go Nuts newish disc on Lookout! Where they cover the Dickies' song and was wondering, who exactly are these guys...I know that Deke Dickerson is one of them, and is it Johnny Bartlett too? Alan - --------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2001 19:34:00 -0800 (PST) From: Andies Candies Subject: reo guy Does he do the huge eye thing in the photo? I used to do an imitation of him playing piano and singing with his huge-eye thing that he did. Gawd, what a horrible band! heard a from a friend who, heard it from a friend who, heard it from another .... AWWW! THIS BAND SUCKS! - -Andrea Frank Uhle wrote: I absolutely loathe REO as well. Several years ago the lead shrieker Gary Richrath was supposed to play here in Ann Arbor at some fairly large venue (him being such a big star 'n all), and the ticket sales were so pathetic that the gig was cancelled. Old Gar', having nothing better to do, showed up in town anyway - my then brother-in-law was managing the local Red Lobster at the time, and got a photo of him and Gary together when he came in for supper! It was very gratifying to think of this as some sort of payback for all the pain he caused me with his awful music. Frank - --------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2001 19:45:17 -0800 (PST) From: Andies Candies Subject: most hated Journey and Michael Bolton can be added, methinks. Alan Wright wrote: Other hated musical entities: Kenny G. almost anything by Elton John Pat Metheny or any Windhim Hill "jazz" any "new age" jazz Kansas Emerson, Lake and Palmer E.L.O. the Eagles anything by Pink Floyd after "More" - yes, I even hate "Dark Side of the Moon"!!!! Air Supply REO Speedwagon Doobie Brothers Foreigner Probably some more when I think of them.... Alan - --------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2001 22:41:49 -0500 (EST) From: troggman@webtv.net (Todd Lucas) Subject: Re: MopTop and Classic Rock Radio >it's a real Q-95 classic, maybe brian, todd and >mark & other indy-area folks can volunteer >some other jimmy "mad-dog" matis show >classics i've neglected to mention Ha, the one Mad Dog "classic" that kills me is that awful REO Speedwagon song where the singer keeps going "doo doo doo da da doot" for what seems like an eternity. Can't remember the title but it seems like it had a street address in it or something. Dog used to play a record everyday at 5 pm that he'd then "blow-up". Usually it was some real stiff but occasionally (like the scmuck he is) he'd blow-up something better than his entire playlist like the Go-Go's "Head Over Heels". About the only cool thing I ever heard him play was "Friday On My Mind" every so often on a (what else?) Friday afternnon. In fact, I remember him playing it about a dozen years ago, before I knew the song and being so impressed with it that I immediately went out and found it on CD. Todd ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2001 20:56:53 -0500 From: "Lenny Smith" Subject: Re: MopTop and Classic Rock Radio rob wrote: ><< >out this mighty troika of truly unlistenable shit-rock FM crud is "i >wouldn't >>wanna be like you" by supertramp. i don't know if this gets played as much > >Isn't that the Alan Parsons Project? >> > > doh! i think you're right! maybe i blocked it out.... Hey, that's ok, rob... Thoroughly dispicable no matter WHO'S responsible. And as for , they're TOTALLY deserving of your unbridled loathing!!! Remember "The Logical Song"??? Ughhhhhhh. Lenny ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2001 20:12:31 -0800 (PST) From: brian marshall Subject: Re: most hated - --- > > Alan Wright wrote: > Other hated musical entities: > Kenny G. > almost anything by Elton John > Pat Metheny or any Windhim Hill "jazz" > any "new age" jazz > Kansas > Emerson, Lake and Palmer > E.L.O. > the Eagles > anything by Pink Floyd after "More" - yes, I even > hate "Dark Side of > the Moon"!!!! (DITTO! "Dark Side of the Moon" is right down there with Led Zeppelin IV as the most incredibly overrated album of all time!) > Air Supply > REO Shitdumper > Doobie Brothers > Foreigner > Probably some more when I think of them.... All of those are definitely on the Noise Junkie's Extermination List of Horrible Music. Here are a few more (in no order of "preference" (hahahahaha)). 1. Journey (Need I say more?) 2. Styx (Ditto). 3. Michael Bolton (The dunderhead DJ at my younger brother's wedding played Bolton's version of "When A Man Loves A Woman," instead of Percy Sledge's. It's really sad that people only know these songs by rip-off Bolton's versions. Die, Michael Bolton, Die!!!) 4. Crosbutt, Stilted and Numbnuts, ooops, I mean Crosby Stills and Nash...no wait, I was right the first time. 5. Jethro Dull 6. John Cougar Menstrual Cramp (A BIG reason to hate being from Indiana) 7. Rolling Stones "Steel Wheels" era and beyond (At this point, they always sound like they're gonna keel over and die. Let's hope it's soon.) 8. Richard Harris' "MacArthur Park" (7.5 minutes of true self-pitying torture) 9. Barry Manilow 10. Almost all prog-rock bands, especially Emerson, Lake and Palmer and Yes) 11. Starshit's "We Built This City" ("We sold out and we're glad we did!")and "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" (woefully deserving to be the theme song of the dreadful film "Mannequin") 12. Pat Boone (Hearing his version of "Ain't That A Shame" has left a permanent imprint on my mind, and not in a good way.) 13. Santana's latest, Grammy Award-winning pile o' steaming crap. 14. Toto (Another in the "blandest of the bland" sweepstakes) 15. Rush (Shows you anyone can have a career warbling pseudo-philosophical songs in a bad Alvin Chipmunk voice) 16. Gwen Stefani and No Doubt (This woman and this band make me physically ill.) 17. Ricky Martin, Shitney Queers, Christina Aguillera, Jennifer Lopez, Celine Dion, NSUCK, Backstreet Boys, and all the rest of those pre-fab plastic pre-teen pop acts. (Really makes you glad you're not a teenager now, if this swill is all you get.) 18. Motley Crue (self-explanatory) 19. Jackson Browne (Dullest of the dullest of the dull. How anyone can register the slightest emotion for this musical dullard is beyond me.) 20. Eiminem and Kid Rock (further examples of the massive dumbing down of America's youth. Defend 'em all you want, but I will not bow down at their altars.). Full of hate (as usual), Brian NFTG > > Alan > > > > > ===> To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe bomp" to > majordomo@xnet2.com <=== > > > > --------------------------------- > > ===> To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe bomp" to > majordomo@xnet2.com <=== > __________________________________________________ ------------------------------ End of bomp-digest V2001 #13 **************************** ===================================================================== You've been reading bomp-digest, the digest version of the Bomp list. To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe bomp-digest" to majordomo@xnet2.com