Big Al

I may change my username, though.

You disappoint me, Al. Seriously. Over a comic strip?

Yes. In fact, there is a reprise of the song at the end of the album which I don't believe is available anywhere else. It's quite nice, actually.

Damn, but that woman is SMOKIN' HOT!!!

I'm working on transferring a whole bunch of records to CD for a friend of mine to give to her husband for Christmas. Now, nobody likes a good "bad" record as much as yours truly, but I think I've found the worst, THE piece of vinyl that explains why damn-near EVERYTHING about the 70's was bad: The soundtrack to the movie FM. Now, I know there are a couple of good songs on there: the title track, of course, and I've always had a soft spot for the Eagles "Life in the Fast Lane" ever since I heard it when it first came out when I was 7. And, of course, Joe Walsh's "Life's Been Good" is always good for a laugh. But the rest? Steve Miller "Fly Like an Eagle." This guy thinks he's a genius. The sound of one hand clapping. Bob Seger "Night Moves." It must suck to live in Michigan knowing that everyone thinks that Seger is such a revered icon in Michigan. I know better. I've hung around people who actually LIVE there! Queen "We Will Rock You." Not bad per se, but without "Champions?" That's just wrong! Billy Joel "Just the Way You Are." Listening to Billy Joel is the aural equivalent of reading "Bloom County:" it has its moments, but you've seen it done so much better by others. It doesn't help his case when he tries to claim he's a rocker with dreck like this. Boston "More Than a Feelin." These guys have been annoying from day one. I don't know of any other band that has gotten more undeserved airtime than these guys. Foreigner "Cold as Ice." It's Foreigner fer chrissakes! Do I need to explain? Dan Fogelberg "There's a Place in the World for a Gambler." The damn song is as long as the title. The nadir of the whole singer-songwriter movement, quite an accomplishment in a world where Paul Simon is allowed to flourish. James Taylor "Your Smiling Face." Like I said..... Doobie Brothers "It Keeps You Running." Even corporate rockers started lowering the bar (but then I'm a sucker for "What a Fool Believes," which could double as the title of this thread). You'd think a song with this title wouldn't sound like a sputtering Edsel. Okay, those are all merely annoying compared to the tracks that put this completely over-the-top shoot-out-yer-eardrums oh-for-the-love-of-God-make-it-STOP atrocious. No, that honor goes to Linda Ronstadt. My GOD, what were record-buyers thinking when they put her at the top of the charts? There is absolutely nothing, NOTHING, remotely redeeming about any aspect of her career. EVERY DAMN SONG OF HERS SOUNDS THE SAME!!! It's like a female Grateful Dead! Buddy Holly's "It's So Easy" never sounded so lifeless than in her cover, and it doesn't sound any different than "When Will I Be Loved" or any of her other recordings. But none of those even hold a candle to the two tracks on this album. You don't even need to be familiar with the Stones "Tumbling Dice" to know that this is the most wretched cover to ever violate vinyl space. She doesn't even bother to change the words to suit her gender, much less put any feeling into the performance. The worst is at the end when she starts screaming "YOU GOT TO RO-OH-OH-OLL ME" with the kind of fake ruggedness that middle-aged guys try to emulate when they're trying to sing along to Springsteen in the car. Okay, I feel much better now. Thank you for letting me vent.

Yeah, that thing was bulky AND disturbing. It's as if they said "We DARE you to buy this."

Gotta love the sales pitch: That's right kids: these artists lived and breathed their art so that hip young "tastemakers" can equate this music with the likes of Amy Winehouse. UGH! I suppose the case could be made that the author of this pitch is too young to remember the first two times all of these titles came out. Probably weaned on the likes of Boney James and such, wanting to dig deeper into this art, lands himself a job at EMI and notices.... Oh My GOSH!!! Look at these titles! I need to get these out there NOW! Or the writer could just be a lying sack-o-shit who would make P.T. Barnum proud. And if you believe the CD is being remastered AGAIN, I have some beautiful beachfront property in Galveston you might be interested in.....

HA!!!

After listening to Paul Gonsalves wail on "Diminuendo & Crescendo in Blue" all these years, I finally realized he's been quoting "Hey Good Lookin'" in there. It takes a while, but I usually figure this stuff out long after it's passed.

Judging from this list, this oughta be an exciting BFT!

Froeliche weihnachten, mein freund! :party:

Yeah, same thing at the Arlington store. I wonder if I can get over to the Ft. Worth store tomorrow? Their selection was halfway decent last time I was there.

E-mail coming on the following:

40% off ALL CDs (including multi-disc sets and box sets! Woo hoo!), good thru 11/11.

Agree with all of the above. Glad I'm not the only one for whom those Gibbs/DeFranco records does nothing. Now Latin Connection.... that's a whole 'nuther WORLD of pleasure there! Was so tickled to find it on vinyl a few months back!

I can't help but think that a well placed comma toward the end of that title would make it a lot less...uh...creepy/felonious. My nomination for post of the year. Yikes! I think I'll go back and change that, if y'all don't mind.

That's a wonderful thing you're doing. There are a lot of animals whose last days were better because of you. My condolences along with everyone else's.

And now it gets even sillier. I received these Verve Originals from BMG today: Maynard Ferguson OCTET (jewel case) Oliver Nelson FANTABULOUS (digipak) Kenny Burrell A NIGHT AT THE VANGUARD (digipak) Quincy Jones QUINTESSENCE (digipak) Willie Bobo BOBO MOTION (jewel case) Stan Getz SWEET RAIN (jewel case) Milt Jackson LIVE AT THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART (jewel case) I guess the March 18, 2008 batch was the last ones BMG got in digipaks.

Sorry, I was just trying to embarrass Verve into reissuing them... Drat! Had me going there.... Noble shot, though; I'll definitely give you that...

PM sent on the following: Bummed I missed out on these:

Proabably agree with the first rating, haven't heard the second one (yet), and I think they COMPLETELY missed the mark on the third. Groovadelphia is a flat-out five-star record if I ever heard one.

I just checked CD Universe, Allmusic, and Rhapsody for these. Where did you find them?

Well, okay, maybe I was being a tad facetious. However, trying to get through it was a draining experience, so....

HEEEYYYY!!!! I thought you said we were gonna beat Conn's ass in here! Happy birthday, dude!!!! Raising a glass or eight for you tonight! :party:

I really really really REALLY hope so! After listening to FAVORITES last night, I coulda cried. Thankfully I'm coming to Austin around Thanksgiving, so hopefully I can find it at Waterloo or Cheap-O or the other vinyl shops around there. Maybe I should just save myself the trouble and just order the Mosaic instead. Gonna buy EVERY copy in this city before you get here! BASTARD!!!!