tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post115893485465475548..comments2023-10-19T05:40:59.162-04:00Comments on Sippican Cottage: Slow And Steady Wins The RaceSippicanCottagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14940797380578921776noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-30594652528679544142006-09-27T15:46:00.000-04:002006-09-27T15:46:00.000-04:00Well, I was wrong. There are two songs titled "Br...Well, I was wrong. There are two songs titled "Broken Arrow". Stewart sang Robbie Robertson's version. Neil Young also wrote a song called "Broken Arrow" in his Buffalo Springfield days, but it was a different tune.cakreizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16325209344753683958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-58889499005419676112006-09-27T15:38:00.000-04:002006-09-27T15:38:00.000-04:00Amba. I know of a song titled "Broken Arrow" from...Amba. I know of a song titled "Broken Arrow" from Neil Young's Buffalo Springfield days. But I didn't know if Stewart remade it or if it's another song. I'll have to research it. (After all, how many songs called "Broken Arrow" can there be!)<br /><br />Frankly, when I read this: <i>we know that the greatest piece of pop ever is either Ringo singing "It Don't Come Easy", or Badfinger singing "No Matter What"</i>, it made perfect sense. <i>No Matter What </i> is an outstanding Beatle-esque piece, and is still one of my favorites. It brings back memories from the recesses of my reptilian soul.<br /><br />And I love "I Can Dream About You".... great song.cakreizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16325209344753683958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-21517630608066480012006-09-27T13:05:00.000-04:002006-09-27T13:05:00.000-04:00I like XTC well enough (even saw them live in subu...I like XTC well enough (even saw them live in suburban Chicago on a rare US tour), but Dan Hartman ain't my cup of meat. Ditto Howard Jones, though I can't off the top of my head even name his Hit Single. It's probably on that "Totally Eighties" double disc I got at Half Price Books some years ago.<br /><br />These folks seem to be sort of on your page with Hartman:<br />http://www.lossless.net/sounds/<br />(Located with random serendipity.)<br /><br />So, what do you think of "Video Killed The Radio Star"?Hazy Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15205671948883857573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-1159219237358307852006-09-25T17:20:00.000-04:002006-09-25T17:20:00.000-04:00hazy dave-heh. Most of my 45s were purchased from ...hazy dave-heh. Most of my 45s were purchased from a business that filled juke boxes. I was seven years old in 1966. <BR/><BR/>Ann's drubbing me, of course, except the Wham! single. That's a dreadful record. Not dreadful enough to be camp, either, like so many dreadful records I sorta like. In a way, "Do you think I'm sexy" works as a goof in that way. Both of them drive me right up the wall. <BR/><BR/>The mid eighties had plenty of good pop. How about Dan Hartman singing "I can dream about you." That's 1984. How about xtc? Hell, Howard Jones.<BR/><BR/>She really put the hammer down with the Them record. I can't compete with that. <BR/><BR/>I love the Royal Guardsman record, BTW.SippicanCottagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14940797380578921776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-1159212198724559352006-09-25T15:23:00.000-04:002006-09-25T15:23:00.000-04:00Well, your records appear to be playable, and it l...Well, your records appear to be <I>playable</I>, and it looks to me like at least 3 out of 4 are <I>reissues</I> so far, so you're going to have to do more than outpace Ann's <I>quantity</I> to make a showing in this competition you perceive.<BR/><BR/>If you want to make a case that "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy" is a better song than "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go", I'll listen to it. (The argument, not the song!) The instrumental b-side of the latter is actually a lot of fun.<BR/><BR/>I, too, was an adult when I bought it (you want I should post the picture sleeve?), but mine's still in good shape cuz I put songs for the kids on cassettes for them. (Some Disney and Raffi, but also the Royal Guardsmen's "Snoopy" songs, Harry Nilsson's <I>The Point</I>, and eventually Beach Boys and Beatles and other things they showed interest in.)<BR/><BR/>"It's just supposed to be fun, and ephemeral, and that's it," or to quote professional music journalist Stephen Thomas Erlewine, "'Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go' is absolute silliness whose very stupidity is its strength." I wouldn't walk across the street to piss on George Michael (or Michael Jackson or Madonna) if he was on fire, but I don't let his hobbies or the remainder of his crap music impair my enjoyment of this one song.<BR/><BR/>"One of the best pop singles ever" may be hyperbole, but I'd have a hard time naming a better one from 1984.Hazy Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15205671948883857573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-1159206276067188332006-09-25T13:44:00.000-04:002006-09-25T13:44:00.000-04:00I still go crazy when they play "Maggie May" on th...I still go crazy when they play "Maggie May" on the car radio. Thanks for the mp3!<BR/><BR/>There was a song of Rod Stewart's that I liked that came and went and never really caught on: "Broken Arrow." Maybe because of the weird, overproduced video.ambahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12042450225428891273noreply@blogger.com