tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post4569570837187773349..comments2023-10-19T05:40:59.162-04:00Comments on Sippican Cottage: Another In The Long List Of Songs I Don't Like That I LikeSippicanCottagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14940797380578921776noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-6721158415329147902013-05-29T13:15:41.979-04:002013-05-29T13:15:41.979-04:00But I write flash fiction
When ya publishing the ...<i>But I write flash fiction</i><br /><br />When ya publishing the next book?BJMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04447134335568803085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-51504564886919954592013-05-27T21:26:54.848-04:002013-05-27T21:26:54.848-04:00I love this song for the line, "I need you mo...I love this song for the line, "I need you more than want you, and I want you for all time."Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09781711504345298784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-9694070547044951042013-05-26T21:33:42.147-04:002013-05-26T21:33:42.147-04:00And I need you more than want you.And I need you more than want you.Cletus Socratesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-7253166045143040542013-05-26T21:21:14.061-04:002013-05-26T21:21:14.061-04:00I guess I feel safe enough within the confines of ...I guess I feel safe enough within the confines of this blog to admit that Wichita Lineman was one of my guilty pleasures.Setecastronomyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15165645953671896729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-19702801616440256412013-05-26T11:47:38.943-04:002013-05-26T11:47:38.943-04:00I never admit to liking Glen Campbell. But, I do. ...I never admit to liking Glen Campbell. But, I do. We must be the same age.Lesliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02284936021406079076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-55071084204378609722013-05-26T10:22:48.640-04:002013-05-26T10:22:48.640-04:00I'll say this about your flash fiction: not f...I'll say this about your flash fiction: not flashy, but well done in an experienced workman's manner. Solid. Stands level. No hammer marks, unless they need to be there. Well finished--not glossy, but it shines.<br /><br />(Oh, stop blushing.)Sam L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00996809377798862214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-73616298995806689752013-05-26T03:31:36.513-04:002013-05-26T03:31:36.513-04:00I love it. I love it the way I love lilacs- 50 wee...I love it. I love it the way I love lilacs- 50 weeks out of the year they're ugly, they have a terrible growth habit, they spread and you can't get rid of them, they're overused and even their scientific name, Syringa vulgaris, speaks to their vulgarity. But man doesn't that smell take you back to somewhere in your past, some time you were in love, or when you were young. Don't you just want to take them in to your senses for those 2 weeks a year so you can remember what it was like to be a child in springtime. Ugly god damned things though for 50 weeks.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-69765693144530219202013-05-25T22:22:46.105-04:002013-05-25T22:22:46.105-04:00This is a bunny trail, but please go with me. Sinc...This is a bunny trail, but please go with me. Since you have an "ear" for the electric bass, can you tell me if the first 30 seconds of the Hollies' "Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress" is played on the electric bass?<br /><br />Here is a YouTube video, but I can't tell just by looking.<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lP94PlEtsEQ<br /><br />I maintain that the first 30 second of "Long Cool Woman ... " is the finest 30 seconds in all of Rockdom. I'm wondering if I like the sound so much because it is played on the electric bass.Deborahnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-10946059488364148432013-05-25T19:14:07.049-04:002013-05-25T19:14:07.049-04:00Oh man my musical youthhood tracks yours, just ten...Oh man my musical youthhood tracks yours, just ten or so years behind you, I guess. The A.M. purgatory you grew up with just got transmogrified into F.M. purgatory anyplace without a larger city nearby. <br /><br />Me, the closest big town was Augusta, Georgia*, which wasn't quite large enough. WBBQ Casey Kasem top-40 land. I knew every tune by heart for years including the ones I hated, which were many. When I found out there were bands like the Replacements, X, R.E.M. (all that early Alternative music), but WBBQ wouldn't play them, I was incensed, enraged. Because by then I was a teenager so I got angry about important stuff.<br /><br />Then, like you, I learned, not to love, but to not-hate a lot of that Top-40 garbage**, because some of it was well-wrought garbage.<br /><br />*Due to this I promise I have heard The Pina Colada Song ("Augusta Georgia is Just No Place To Be") 50% more times than anyone here.<br /><br />**One thing I do miss about Top-40 was that you did encounter pretty serious diversions in musical style, now and then. Segue from say Scorpions to The Commodores. <br />T.K. Tortchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00553301766027577975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-39529922192828941542013-05-25T16:24:25.602-04:002013-05-25T16:24:25.602-04:00I was in the Marines when this came out, and like ...I was in the Marines when this came out, and like Sip says, it was played ad-nauseam. It made being away from home even worse.<br /><br />....but now I kind of like to hear it.Artnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-81764398031138956682013-05-25T15:41:59.695-04:002013-05-25T15:41:59.695-04:00Gerard,
True dat on the hook - not to ignore the ...Gerard,<br /><br />True dat on the hook - not to ignore the telegraph key effect in the strings, which is what sold it.<br /><br />As to Glen's reaction, I think he signed in as "Anonymous," just above.Rob De Wittnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-66779682070589766892013-05-25T15:01:15.654-04:002013-05-25T15:01:15.654-04:00Hi Expat- It's hard to say. If he's lip-sy...Hi Expat- It's hard to say. If he's lip-synching, he's really good at it. He really is playing the guitar. I can see him fiddling with the volume knob, turning it up for his solo, and down while he's singing. It was somewhat common back then for singers to appear on variety shows and sing over the original recording with just the vocal track removed. Glen Campbell wouldn't have any problem singing that song live. He was a very accomplished session musician before he became famous in his own right. <br /><br />Hi Casey- Many thanks. I'm grateful for your friendship. <br /><br />Gerard! Glen's got alzheimers. He may or may not be doing all right, but he'd be the last to know either way. SippicanCottagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14940797380578921776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-3723172354584184602013-05-25T14:12:52.846-04:002013-05-25T14:12:52.846-04:00What's the magic spice in this blue plate spec...What's the magic spice in this blue plate special? The long sustain and fade of the world "line."vanderleunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10296245324443413545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-62930558052575896732013-05-25T14:11:39.634-04:002013-05-25T14:11:39.634-04:00Well I'd observe that even though Glenn didn&#...Well I'd observe that even though Glenn didn't have a daytime job he was doing all right.vanderleunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10296245324443413545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-79180342928508575422013-05-25T13:43:45.352-04:002013-05-25T13:43:45.352-04:00Glen was the consummate delivery man. Webb sucked...Glen was the consummate delivery man. Webb sucked at rendering it, but his part was no small potatoes, either.<br /><br />I've decided that your Flash Fiction is like touching off a line of gunpowder with a cigarette. Much more incendiary than short stories, and more like Heavy Metal than pop music. Maybe not Heavy Metal, but maybe it is like the more melodic few HM songs.<br /><br />Anyway, I am a fan.Casey Klahnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08020906666248399435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-83589619743696426242013-05-25T13:37:33.390-04:002013-05-25T13:37:33.390-04:00So, is he playing/singing or were they "fakin...So, is he playing/singing or were they "faking" it even back then?<br /><br />_XCExpat(ish)https://www.blogger.com/profile/14735123290866640101noreply@blogger.com