BruceH

I don't remember ever seeing this show. ...And judging by that clip, I can see why the affiliates didn't cycle through reruns endlessly. (Yikes.)

As far as vinyl goes, I've got the MCA "Best of" double album, which has highlights of the Decca stuff, and two Charley's---one a single and the other a double album. There's overlap between the Charley's and the MCA/Decca, but I've never considered parting with any of them.

So that's, what, like 1,000 dollars or more these days?

One of the top five jazz albums of the 50's.

I discovered Louis Jordan in my early 20's and have been a big fan ever since. I'd say he practically invented "jump blues." A sometimes inspired lyricist, too.

I also found that sampler quite cheap at a local store a few years ago. I really like it. I've slowly found more of the WCC albums over time, but there are still a few I don't have... but then, I like it just to play as an anthology once in a while.

One o'those Neils. Speaking of Neils, Neil Diamond is responsible for some pretty repellant lyrics. TELL me about it... He's also an amazingly terrible singer. I wonder if he kicks dogs too.

Congratulations to all of you!

I must say, the tape edits in Tijuana Moods long ago became a part of the music for me.

Indeed; good point. Especially between classical and jazz.

Hell, yeah... I know I'm coming to this thread mighty late, but you the man, Allen.

OTOH, let's not forget that the Ramones, especially on their first 3 or 4 albums, had some of the most sublimely dumb lyrics of all time. And that's a compliment. And 50's rock and dumb lyrics go together like beer and pretzels.

One o'those Neils.

Blue Note's website shows them: BN's Three Sounds page Let me say again, just one more time, how much I hate the redesigned Blue Note site... Sux...big time. Isn't it some kind of internet law that 9 times out of 10 when they redesign a site it's for the worse? Seems like it.

Too much counting.

It's somehow comforting to find that someone else in the world finds those lyrics as objectionable as I always did; though I must note that it's also the particular way they are SUNG that flips them over from trite to truly obnoxious. I can't remember the name of that song but I recall that it used to be on radio stations all the goddamn fucking time. Who DID that tune? Neil Diamond?

I've always found the lyrics to that song "A Very Good Year" that was a big hit for Sinatra to be utterly repellent, creepy, vile, and vomit-inducing.

Precisely. I was going to point that out but you beat me to it!

Yep, they kinda go together. "Almost, cut my hair...." Some are - some aren't. "Where do you go to, my lovely" isn't - it's straightforward satire. So are "Taxman" and "Alice's restaurant". The stoned ones don't get through to me MG I think that those of us posting the stoned ones are doing it with an air of bemusement. I know that I am. With me it's just amusement. "Taxman" a 'hippie' song? I never saw it that way, though it's certainly satire. But you don't have to be a hippie to write satire.

Your birthday is the same day of the year as Kalo's... Scary!! Have a good one! :party:

I saw that when it first came out on the big screen. Hell of an interesting film.

I read this just yesterday. An interesting article.

I notice "Hippie" lyrics are apparently defined as the same as "stoner" lyrics... Not that I'm one to argue, mind you.

My God, it's here again, ALREADY?? How frightening. But have a good one, man.

"Oh the snot has caked against my pants It has turned into crystal..." ---Love