A lyrics game

[cosine]

I'll post a line from the lyrics of a song of my choice. The first member to guess the name of the song correctly (I'll confirm when the song has been guessed correctly) then gets to post a line from the lyrics of a song of his choice. Whoever then guesses the name of that song correctly gets to continue the game. No Googling allowed!

Let's see how it goes.

My contribution:

I was born, with a ragin' thirst, a hunger to be free...

What song?

[Perd Hapley]

Jumpin' Jack Flash?

[cosine]

Jumpin' Jack Flash?

Nope.

[Peter Ratner]

EC - Lonely Stranger

Here's one:
"I got on my cowboy boots, jeans,
And Hawaiian shirt, mirrored sunglasses and a mobile phone"

[cosine]

EC - Lonely Stranger

We have a winner!

I'm stumped on your selection, though.

[Perd Hapley]

What's an EC?

[cosine]

What's an EC?

Eric Clapton.

[280plus]

"I was born in a crossfire hurricane..."

[Monkeyleg]

crossfire hurricane is "Jumpin' Jack Flash."

How about this one: "She walks like Bo Diddley..."

[280plus]

I know, I was just being a wise guy... 

[cosine]

I know, I was just being a wise guy... 

Huh. I had no idea what you were talking about. Maybe I'm over my head at my own game.

[Monkeyleg]

No, it's just a generational problem. We don't know your music, Cosine, and you never knew most of ours.

Here's another line (Googling is a violation of the rules, BTW): "She put her hands in her back pocket, Bette Davis Style."

[cosine]

No, it's just a generational problem. We don't know your music, Cosine, and you never knew most of ours.

The Rolling Stones? Who are they?

[Monkeyleg]

"The Rolling Stones? Who are they?"

Um, they're a rock n' roll band that got started in the early 1960's. They were more popular than the Beatles.

Here's the kicker: the total dollar amount of record sales, concert tickets, and Stones paraphenalia since they debuted in the early 1960's is over $30 billion.

Not bad for a bunch of old, ugly farts.

Tell Bono to stick that dollar amount up his, um, sunglasses.

Oh, and by the way, which artist wrote "Gimme back my wig?"

[cosine]

"The Rolling Stones? Who are they?"

Um, they're a rock n' roll band that got started in the early 1960's. They were more popular than the Beatles.

Here's the kicker: the total dollar amount of record sales, concert tickets, and Stones paraphenalia since they debuted in the early 1960's is over $30 billion.

I was pulling your leg. I knew that. The smiley was supposed to indicate that. Too bad sarcasm doesn't always get transmitted well through text.

Not bad for a bunch of old, ugly farts.

I once read something where someone called them the "Strolling Bones."

Tell Bono to stick that dollar amount up his, um, sunglasses.

I, um, could tell Bono to stick a lot of things up his sunglasses. 

Oh, and by the way, which artist wrote "Gimme back my wig?"

You got me there. Without searching I have no idea.

[Monkeyleg]

I know you were pulling my, uh, Monkeyleg, Cosine.

The thing with the Stones is that they went from being the best rock n' roll band to being mediocre, as they tried to copy all of the pyrotechnics and theatrics of groups like "Kiss" and others during the 70's.

It just didn't suit them well.

I've seen the Stones on just about every tour they've done since 1972, and have never been disappointed. But the last three or four tours have been phenomenal: no balloons, no fireworks. Just a band rooted in the blues, and the best I've ever seen.

One aspect of my part-time job is to interact with young people, which can be enjoyable or painful.

However, I'm amazed at how quickly rock groups come and go. When I mention the guitar work of  Mark Knopfler from Dire Straits, I get this look, and then the inevitable question, "Dire who?"

His riffs are so fluid and seamless that I'm always amazed.

But I guess he just ain't the flavor of the day.

Beyonce', anyone?

[cosine]

I love Dire Straits! I haven't listened to much of their music, but whenever it comes up on Yahoo Radio I really enjoy it. I've got Sultans of Swing rated five stars on Yahoo Radio. I really enjoy Mark Knopfler's playing. Great guitarist. It's probably because I've always been partial to fingerstyle guitar.

I am proud to say that I've never listened to any of Beyonce's work.

[Perd Hapley]

The Dire Straits?  They ain't what some people call rock-n-roll.     But I've used that joke before. 

[cosine]

The Dire Straits?  They ain't what some people call rock-n-roll.     But I've used that joke before. 

I don't get it.  'Nother generational problem? 




BTW, I did start this thread, and am mostly to blame for this:

[Monkeyleg]

"Great guitarist?"

A year or so ago, I was watching a documentary, with all sorts of blues artists talking about who they thought were the great ones.

Knopfler got some great comments. Not surprising. Listen to his guitar work on "Sultans of Swing." Smooth as silk.

I was surprised that Keith Richards was mentioned. But maybe not. He went from a "three-chord-wonder" in the early 1960's to help write and produce some fabulous music.

Eric Clapton? A shoe-in.

But the real kick to the stomach was this: people saying that Tom Jones was one of the best R&B singers of all time.

Tom Jones? He is to blues what Velveetta is to cheese.

Ooooh, my head hurts just thinking about that.

[cosine]

Tom Jones? He is to blues what Velveetta is to cheese.

I'm going to remember that for future use. 

[Perd Hapley]

But the real kick to the stomach was this: people saying that Tom Jones was one of the best R&B singers of all time.

Tom Jones? He is to blues what Velveetta is to cheese.

It seems like you're equating rhythm and blues with straight blues.  I've never seen much similarity.  But then I also class a lot of so-called blues as jazz.  The blues stuff that I don't like, in other words.    But maybe this is a generational thing.  When I hear the words R&B, I think of the stuff they play on the R&B stations today.  I don't know what would have been called R&B in Tom Jones's day.

I think blues went downhill when it lost its rural roots.  I like older stuff like John Lee Hooker and Howlin' Wolf.  The more urban, jazz-sounding "blues" just makes me sick.  I think country music went through the same process, which is why I have no use for mainstream country after about 1965 or 1970.  I suspect R&B is the same way, and I would probably like the earlier stuff.  Monkeyleg, can you straighten me out on this? 

[280plus]

It's called "commercialisation", formulas, statistics, there's a word,,,demographics. What sells what doesn't. It's not about music at all. That was always my problem with the industry. This is why today the Stones and other's like them still enjoy so much airplay. There's nothing original being released out there for fear it won't sell and the investment will go down the tubes. Same with the movie industry too if you ask me. Batman, Superman, Rocky, Spiderman, Bond. (though I've already admitted I liked the last Bond movie) There's no new Superheroes, only hashed out old ones, some from the 40's IRRC.

And then, TOM JONES!?!? (runs from room screaming and flailing arms wildly)

 

Oh, cosine,that "crossfire hurricane" stuff is the first line of "Jumping Jack Flash". 

[Monkeyleg]

Fistful, R&B is one of those made-up terms like "heavy metal rock."

I can't define R&B or blues. For me, it's one of those "I'll know it when I see it" things.

You're right about the original urban blues. That's the pure stuff. The blues done by contemporary white singers is something else entirely. Much of it is good, but it's not the same.

One of the funniest things I ever saw was a show with the Rolling Stones and Howlin Wolf. Howlin' Wolf and Jagger did a back-and-forth duet of "I'm a Man." When Jagger tries to sound black, it's really an embarassment.

At least it's not Tom Jones, though.

[Perd Hapley]

You're right about the original urban blues.

I hope you mean rural blues.  That's where I thought it came from.  To me, blues and country are just white and black sides of the same music.  Hank Williams, anyone?