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cassandrova
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Added: Dec 31, 2007 5:09 pm
Wading in here before I get too drunk to think straight!

1) Tiny Dancer - Elton John. And the movie was... Almost Famous.

2) While My Guitar Gently Weeps - The Beatles. George Harrison wrote the song, but his old mucker Eric Clapton was (allegedly) playing lead guitar.

I shall leave the rest for the other musos in the forum. Very Happy

And a Happy New Year to one and all!
sir_darkstar
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Added: Dec 31, 2007 11:42 pm
placing this on the new page so you dont have to go back,
nice work cassandrova

1 - Hold me closer tiny dancer, Count the headlights on the highway, Lay me down in sheets of linen, you had a busy day today.

AND - what 2000 movie featured the song with sweetwater singing it on the bus after the band almost broke up.

2 - I don't know how you were diverted, you were perverted too, I don't know how you were inverted, no one alerted you.

AND - Who was the NON band member that played the lead break.


3 - Temperatures rising, Fever is high, Cant see no future, Cant see no sky

AND - Who were the band members for the 1969 toronto concert?

4 - And the Christmas bells that ring there, Are the clanging chimes of doom, Well tonight thank God it's them instead of you.

AND - who were the cast, yes ALL of them please, AND who is brave enough to say they saw the clip and remember it from 1984?

5 - The California air, Your nightgown on the stair, I remember every night, Scenes from home in the Quiet Room.

AND - Did he really bite the head off a chook AND what 1992 movie did he make a guest appearance in?

that should be enough to have some of you thinking.

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL

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For those interested here is the music vid from Number one featureing Sweetwater from the movie..........................

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ramblin'man
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Added: Jan 01, 2008 6:39 pm
Hey SD -- Happy 2008, you old Bushranger you. Very Happy Very Happy

I'm going to take a shot. #3 scares me because I thought it was a Beatles song but since #2 is a Beatles song I'm not so sure.

Since its the giving be-altruistic season, and since I'll never forget being at the Live-Aid concert in Phila in 1985 (just me and 120K other drunk and/or high white kiids sweating on a hot and humid day), I think I'll go for the Brass Ring and see how many I get correct for #4. Cool

#4. Do They Know Its Christmas - I'm not sure if this was something Bob Geldof wrote while in the Boomtown Rats or (more likely) if was something Bobby G especially for the occasion, which was the Ethiopian famine I reckon.

Who was on the recording? Shocked Holy Crap, wasn't there like 20 or 30 people in that "Band Aid" group, counting all of the "unknown" names from various bands? Okay, okay, I'll stick with the more famous names ... lemmee see ... errrr ... mmmph ...

KNOW: Boy George, Sting, Bono, George Michael, David Bowie, Phil Collins, Paul McCartney, Paul Young, Simon "Something" (that schlong from Duran Duran. last name escapes me), Midge Ure. Cool

THINK: Jody Watley (always liked her voice), the 2 buttholes from Tears for Fears, Robert "Kool" Bell and probably his brother too from KatG, 30 or so other people?

Bands were U2, Spandau Ballet, Culture Club, Duran Duran, Wham!, Banananananananarama, Ultravox, Boomtown Rats, Kool and the Gang (I think), and more more more. Shocked

Whoa. That hurt. Hopefully I got some right though probably forgot a few and mebbe got a few wrong too. Confused

Awful tired now boss. Dog tired.

RM
agnomenamedgrimblekrumble
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Added: Jan 01, 2008 7:32 pm
Happy New Year, Gents!

#3 - verrry close, RM! Cold Turkey, John Lennon & the Plastic Ono band. Gonna guess John, Yoko, doubt if it was Alan White on drums...dunno anybody else at that show, S_D, but I get some credit, right?

OH, yes, RM - Simon (rhymes with schlong) LeBon is the last name you were looking for. Wink Believe it or not, I actually dig them I learned how to do triplets on the bass foot from the song Save A Prayer.
crazy_chicken
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Added: Jan 01, 2008 8:00 pm
Did you think of me, when you came up with this one?sir_darkstar wrote:
AND - Did he really bite the head off a chook
Laughing

5. Alice Cooper - The quiet room.

sir_darkstar wrote:
AND - Did he really bite the head off a chook
. Nope, he threw one into the crowd and they killed it Shocked

sir_darkstar wrote:
AND what 1992 movie did he make a guest appearance in?
Freddy's father in one of the "A nightmare on Elm street" movies called Freddy's dead

Happy new year all
sir_darkstar
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Added: Jan 01, 2008 8:57 pm
Some nice work there guys.

1 - Tiny Dancer - Elton John. And the movie was... Almost Famous. (cassandrova)

2) While My Guitar Gently Weeps - The Beatles. Lead guitar was Eric Clapton (cassandrova)

3 - Cold Turkey - John Lennon & the Plastic Ono band. Eric Clapton on guitar (fresh from the breakup of Blind Faith), Klaus Voormann on bass and future Yes drummer Alan White (who a few months later would provide the drums on the percussion-driven Plastic Ono Band single, "Instant Karma!") on drums, the line-up is filled out by Lennon on lead vocals and rhythm guitar and Ono on vocals. (agnomenamedgrimblekrumble)

4 - Do They Know Its Christmas - Band Aid (1984) . Band Aid were Participants (in sleeve order):

Adam Clayton (U2)
Phil Collins (Genesis, solo)
Bob Geldof (Boomtown Rats)
Steve Norman (Spandau Ballet)
Chris Cross (Ultravox)
John Taylor (Duran Duran)
Paul Young
Tony Hadley (Spandau Ballet)
Glenn Gregory (Heaven 17)
Simon Le Bon (Duran Duran)
Simon Crowe (Boomtown Rats)
Marilyn
Keren Woodward (Bananarama)
Martin Kemp (Spandau Ballet)
Jody Watley (Shalamar)
Bono (U2)
Paul Weller (The Style Council)
James "J.T." Taylor (Kool & The Gang)
George Michael (Wham!)
Midge Ure (Ultravox)
Martyn Ware (Heaven 17)
John Keeble (Spandau Ballet)
Gary Kemp (Spandau Ballet)
Roger Taylor (Duran Duran)
Sarah Dallin (Bananarama)
Siobhan Fahey (Bananarama)
Pete Briquette (Boomtown Rats)
Francis Rossi (Status Quo)
Robert 'Kool' Bell (Kool & The Gang)
Dennis J. T. Thomas (Kool & The Gang)
Andy Taylor (Duran Duran)
Jon Moss (Culture Club)
Sting (The Police)
Rick Parfitt (Status Quo)
Nick Rhodes (Duran Duran)
Johnny Fingers (Boomtown Rats)
David Bowie
Boy George (Culture Club)
Holly Johnson (Frankie Goes to Hollywood)
Paul McCartney (Former member of The Beatles)
Stuart Adamson (Big Country)
Bruce Watson (Big Country)
Tony Butler (Big Country)
Mark Brzezicki (Big Country)
Nice one Rambling Man

5 - The Quiet Room - Alice Cooper, and the incident happened just like Crazy_Chicken described it but they didnt just kill it they tore it to shreads. The 1992 movie was Waynes World

well done everyone.
ramblin'man
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Added: Jan 01, 2008 10:48 pm
sir_darkstar wrote:
4 - Do They Know Its Christmas - Band Aid (1984) . Band Aid were Participants (in sleeve order):

blah blah blah
Tony Butler (Big Country)
Mark Brzezicki (Big Country)

Oh, gosh. Silly me, forgetting Tony Butler and Mark Brzezicki of Big Country. Laughing Laughing SHEESH!!! Rolling Eyes

Alice Cooper (real name "Vincent Furnier", which always made me laugh)(Vincent, hah) throwing a chicken (he thought it could fly) into the audience doesn't come close to Ozzy O. and some of his antics. I think Ozzy has it won in the "animal abuse" department ... not only did he bite the head off of a bat onstage as everyone knows, but he also bit the heads off of 2 doves in front of some record executives, AND killed his 17 cats with a shotgun and knife one lazy afternoon. My boy did some serious drugs and booze now, didn't he. Shocked

Gnomus Incredibulus, no worries about liking Duran Duran. They had talent, to be sure. I just disliked most of the music from that '83-'88 era. And that Hungry Like a Wolf song makes me hurl. Evil or Very Mad

Crazy Chicken, I checked IMDb, and you are correct -- except for the fact that that Freddy movie was dated 1991. Wow, I had no clue. I liked him better as one of the street people who was controlled by the devil in John Carpenter's "Prince of Darkness", an underrated lil' horror gem from the mid-80's. Smile

Then again I liked everything featuring Victor Wong, who was probably best known as Egg Shen in Big Trouble in Little China, Walter Chang in Tremors (2 damn good movies), or the grandfather in the 3 ninjas movies. He had quite an amazing life, incidentally, if anyone is interested, and I'm not just saying that because he was a San Francisco guy like me. Anyone who hung out with Jack Kerouac and Langston Hughes is alright in my book. Here's a Wikipedia and IMDb bio link:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Wong
http://www.us.imdb.com/name/nm0939378/bio

RIP Egg. He died late at night on September 12, 2001. His health was already bad after multiple strokes, and then he was so worried about his sons who lived in New York City during the previous day (September 11), that he stayed up watching the News non-stop, didnt' rest, was stressed out, and died of heart failure.

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(chinese-pinyin characters for "Death is only the beginning")

Digressin'Man
crazy_chicken
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Added: Jan 02, 2008 11:00 am
ramblin'man wrote:
Crazy Chicken, I checked IMDb, and you are correct -- except for the fact that that Freddy movie was dated 1991.
Damn, I screwed up... Embarassed

I didn't mind listening to Duran Duran. Not my cup of tea, but most girls seemed to like it and I discovered that some girls don't have 'cooties' during the mid 80's. I also remember watching that "Prince of darkness" movie. Must have been at least 15 years ago, could be 20.

Here's some lyrics RM might like Laughing ramblin'man wrote:

Gnomus Incredibulus, no worries about liking Duran Duran. They had talent, to be sure. I just disliked most of the music from that '83-'88 era.


1. You were working as a waitress in a cocktail bar
When I met you
I picked you out, I shook you up and turned you around
Turned you into someone new

2. Looking out a dirty old window
Down below the cars in the
City go rushing by
I sit here alone
And I wonder why

3. I Stay, I Pray
See You In Heaven Far Away
I Stay, I Pray
I See You In Heaven One Day

4. so shut , shut your mouth
cause I'm not listening anyhow
I've had enough, enough of you
enough to last a life time through

5. Hot on the run from the grip of the power game,
The man who leads the way, the man who leads the way.

6. Living on free food tickets,
Water in the milk from a hole in the roof
Where the rain came through.
What can you do?

7. But I couldn't find a way
So I'll settle for one day to believe in you
Tell me, tell me, tell me lies

8. Sleep delays my life (get up, get up)
Where does time go? (get up, get up, get up)
I don't know

9. Every time just like the last
On her ship tied to the mast
To distant lands
Takes both my hands

10. We're talking away
I don't know what
I'm to say I'll say it anyway
Today's another day to find you
cassandrova
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Added: Jan 02, 2008 8:18 pm
Interesting and eclectic selection, CC.

I spy with my little eye...

1) Don't You Want Me – The Human League

3) Moonlight Shadow - Mike Oldfield

9) Golden Brown – The Stranglers
agnomenamedgrimblekrumble
Respected Poster
Added: Jan 03, 2008 1:49 am
8. Rapid Eye Movement: Get Up. I was at the unplugged show, right behind the stage, and maaaan, what a disappointment! They played this song as the encore, and everybody just sat there as Stipe sang `get up!' The bastard asked us what songs we wanted to hear so I said Hairshirt and You Are Everything - good songs, and obvious choices being an acoustic set, and he looks at me and says that it wasn't the right situation. Evil or Very Mad And Bill Berry and the bassist were making fun of me because the gnome had some crazy art school hair back then. Confused Bastards! All bastards! Laughing
cassandrova
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Added: Jan 03, 2008 2:45 am
Just to digress for a moment... agnomenamedgrimblekrumble's story reminded me of a surreal unplugged moment I had a few years ago...

When the New Zealand band Crowded House split up, the band's leader Neil Finn joined up with his brother Tim to record an album together. They promoted the album in London with an acoustic gig at a venue called the Union Chapel, which is exactly what it sounds like: a tiny de-consecrated place of worship with stained glass windows. It's REALLY tiny – only seats a couple of hundred people – and you sit in old church pews while the band performs on what used to be the altar.

Anyway, so the Finn brothers perform two sets - the first is songs from their new album, then there's a break and they come back for a 'greatest hits' set comprising classics by both Crowded House and Split Enz (anyone unfamiliar with the Finn brothers lengthy musical history will probably be scratching their heads at this point LOL).

But when they come back for an encore at what we all assumed was the end of the evening, they admit that they've run out of rehearsed material. So they suggest that anyone in the audience just shout out the title of anything they haven't played but which they'd like to hear and the brothers will just busk it. So we all start to shout out old Split Enz and Crowded House titles and the guys gamely hammer them out on their acoustic guitars, often just dissolving into helpless laughter when one or the other of them loses the plot and begins forgetting lyrics or playing bum notes. This impromptu singalong kinda turns into an entire third set as they just keep playing and we keep shouting out requests. It is one of the single most enjoyable and memorable concerts I've ever attended.

Except...

There's this fucking asshole behind me who keeps bellowing for them to play I See Red. Now anyone who knows the Finn brothers repertoire knows that I See Red is probably the one song that is COMPLETELY unsuited to an unplugged environment. It's this melody-free, one-chord punk thrash that really needs to be churned out at maximum decibel level by multiple electric guitars.

Yet every time they offer to play another request, dickhead starts shrieking for I See Red, even though you can see both of the Finn brothers looking over at him with that "Why the fuck are you asking for THAT song?" look on their faces.

Finally the Finns have had enough. They look at each other and give a quick nod and just blast into I See Red, shrieking out the lyrics and hammering at their acoustic guitars until you're sure the strings are all gonna snap at once. They just shred their way through the entire song in about 90 seconds. And everyone in the audience is just pissing themselves laughing and, when they're done, there is just this huge roar of applause and everyone is on their feet and going apeshit.

And as the applause and laughter dies down, from behind me comes the voice of the clueless dickhead, saying "Come on, play I See Red!"

And for the first time in the whole evening, there's this dumbfounded silence and it's like "Errrrr... excuse me, but - duh! – they just played it." Laughing
ramblin'man
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Added: Jan 03, 2008 6:05 am
Yeah Chicken, that set is right up my "I hate the 1980s" alley. Laughing

That said ... A-HA! A ... HA! I can identify some of this stuff:

2. Kim Wildebeest - Kiids in America

6. Paul Young - Love of the Common People

7. Fleetwood Mac -- Little Lies (sung by CM, the female in the band who DIDN'T sound like a goat). Twisted Evil

10. Take on Me, by you know who. Rolling Eyes

Am glad someone in Europe got Mike Oldfield, and the Stranglers ... I've never heard of either, they must have been UK biggies and didn't do much in the Estados Unidos.

Great story Cass. Not familiar with that "I see red" song, but I get yer drift. What a knob.

Sorry GK that you had that bad experience with R.E.M. I was never a huge fan of theirs, but they do play a big honkin' role in the music of the '80s and '90s ... seems to me that they helped take that post-punk sheidt of the early 80s and transitioned it into garage or alternative rock. I love their 2 albums from the early 90s, Automatic for the People (featuring music arranged by John Paul Jones from LZ) and Out of Time. Before and after that was hit and miss for ol' RM for REM. But yeah, they are the 2nd best musical act to come out of Athens, Georgia. Quick, does anyone know the best, in RM's opinion???? And if you think its the B-52's, then by Gawd you don't know me 'tall! Evil or Very Mad

And before I forget, Gnome, ya got a picture of that hair you had? Laughing Laughing Laughing Laughing Laughing Edit out your face, let's just see the hair!

RMDon'tCallMeREM'Man
crazy_chicken
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Added: Jan 03, 2008 3:50 pm
1. Don't You Want Me – The Human League cassandrova
2. Kim Wildebeest - Kiids in America RM
3. Moonlight Shadow - Mike Oldfield cassandrova
6. Paul Young - Love of the Common People RM
7. Fleetwood Mac - Little Lies RM
8. Rapid Eye Movement - Get Up Mr. Gnome
9. Golden Brown – The Stranglers cassandrova
10. A-HA Take on Me RM

Not bad gentlemen. Eight down, two to go. Smile

ramblin'man wrote:
Am glad someone in Europe got Mike Oldfield, and the Stranglers ... I've never heard of either, they must have been UK biggies and didn't do much in the Estados Unidos.


You must have heard Tubular bells by Mike Oldfield a couple of times. It's that instrumental tune in "The Exorcist". He received a Grammy for "best instrumental composition" for that one. Mike - Oldfield - Tubular bells --->size = 6.87 MB
ramblin'man
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Added: Jan 04, 2008 6:03 am
crazy_chicken wrote:
ramblin'man wrote:
Am glad someone in Europe got Mike Oldfield, and the Stranglers ... I've never heard of either, they must have been UK biggies and didn't do much in the Estados Unidos.


You must have heard Tubular bells by Mike Oldfield a couple of times. It's that instrumental tune in "The Exorcist". He received a Grammy for "best instrumental composition" for that one. Mike - Oldfield - Tubular bells --->size = 6.87 MB

Oh. Yep. Gotcha. Yep, know that song. snicker snicker ....... you said "tubular" ...... DUDE! Totally tubular.

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Sorry, I was PUI. Embarassed

TubesteakBoogiein'Man
Rottenlemur
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Added: Jan 05, 2008 5:43 pm
"4. so shut , shut your mouth
cause I'm not listening anyhow
I've had enough, enough of you
enough to last a life time through"

That sounds like Crash by the Primitives. The one that goes "nah nah-nah nah-nah, nah nah-nah nah-nah naaah you're gonna cra-a-aash" on the chorus. It was in Dumb and Dumber.

From what I remember the Primitives were a late-80s Brit indie group that was hyped up in the press, and everybody expected them to be very successful, but they went nowhere. Unlike e.g. Transvision Vamp.