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Yeh, I thought so, too. Maybe I don't grasp the point of Behind The Music, but it doesn't seem to be much about music, as it is glorifying drug abuse. Hell, after watching the Motley Crue one, I found myself envying their rock n roll lifestyles. Sounds like fun. Yeh, every one's clean and sober now, able to look back and say" woo, those were wild times, man. Even my son partied." But not everyone made it: did the Iggy Pop one mention that Dave Alexander died from an overdose? Anyway, I find them pretty disappointing, mostly. Tho I was shocked at James Williamson's look today. Isn't he the one everyone hated in "Please Kill Me"? He looks like my college professor neighbor. -Original Message- From: Thomas W. Mohr [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] VH1 is repeating "Iggy Pop: Behind the Music" tomorrow (Tuesday ) at 10 p.m. (Central). Cool show, but they spent a bit too much time on the story of Iggy Jr. -- Tom Mohr at the office: [EMAIL PROTECTED] at the home: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Funny Iggy story that I may have told out here before. A former acquaintance was a former high class restaurant manager turned cheesy marketing guy (cheesy as in combining Pat Riley's look with a disco-suave personality). He sees Spin or some such with Iggy on the cover and says, "Hey, that's my friend Jim!" Turns out that Iggy used to date a girl from Cincinnati, and would fly down to spent the weekends with her. Chuck would run into Iggy at after- hours restaurant/bar employee parties. Iggy always introduced himself as "Jim" and Chuck had no clue that he was a famous musician. Said he was very cool, very polite. Dave *** Dave Purcell, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Northern Ky Roots Music: http://w3.one.net/~newport Twangfest: http://www.twangfest.com
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Well, that's what I figured out, eventually. I guess I'm not as interested in drug use and wife beatings as I am in music, tho. M I do believe the show is called "BEHIND the music" which would suggest that they would talk about something other than "the music"...eh? I just can't wait for the new series "Behind the Rap/Hip Hop"...ooohhh that should be chalked full of goodies! g Paul
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: In a message dated 3/15/99 10:01:18 PM EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Search Destroy - Red Hot Chili Peppers (didn't EMF do this too?) don't know about emf, but the dictators did/do a great version of this on "bloodbrothers". "Manifest Destiny," actually. Speaking of the 'Taters, though, the group has just reissued "Bloodbrothers" and the early '80s live album "Fuck 'Em If They Can't Take a Joke" on CD for the first time; "F.E.I.T.C.T.a.J." with three bonus tracks. No word on a reissue of "Manifest Destiny" yet, but a new album is due during the summer and Bostonians can cheer the group on at the Middle East on May 7th. Goin' to B.O.C. Thursday night! Woo!!! --Jon Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wollaston, Massachusetts
mo' 70s rock (was Re: iggy pop)
Moving the thread from Iggy Pop and the Dictators, [EMAIL PROTECTED] exclaimed: Goin' to B.O.C. Thursday night! Woo!!! Who exactly is in Blue Oyster Cult these days aside from Eric Bloom Buck Dharma? Anybody named Bouchard? Carl Z.
B.O.C Re: mo' 70s rock (was Re: iggy pop)
Carl Zimring asked: Moving the thread from Iggy Pop and the Dictators, [EMAIL PROTECTED] exclaimed: Goin' to B.O.C. Thursday night! Woo!!! Who exactly is in Blue Oyster Cult these days aside from Eric Bloom Buck Dharma? Anybody named Bouchard? Aw man, make it stop! g Now the opening notes from "Cities On Flame" are stuck in my head and won't leave.Saw B.O.C. twice back in the day, (opened for the Dolls in 1974, headlined in 1977) and my hearing's never fully recovered. Quality metal, yeah boy. yours in tyranny and mutation, b.s. racing for a twang palliative...
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Carl Abraham Zimring writes: Who exactly is in Blue Oyster Cult these days aside from Eric Bloom Buck Dharma? Anybody named Bouchard? Nope, last I'd heard Joe B. had gotten a music degree from Julliard (not sure what he's doing with it) and Al B. was still playing with his wife Deborah Frost in the Brain Surgeons. B.O.C. at the moment includes Bloom, Buck, original keyboardist Al Lanier, Bobby Rondinelli on drums (ex-Rainbow/Heart/Black Sabbath), and bassist Danny Miranda, whose history I'm not aware of. What the hell. Don's gone and when the cat's away Who's up for another epic discussion of '70s hard rock bands? ;-) --Jon Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wollaston, Massachusetts
RE: B.O.C Re: mo' 70s rock (was Re: iggy pop)
Reply to: RE: B.O.C Re: mo' 70s rock (was Re: iggy pop) One of the best concerts I ever experienced: New Years Eve, 1973-74, Academy of Music, NYC. Kiss (major league debut, with the neon Kiss sign and everything) Iggy and the Stooges (including the great James Williamson) and Blue Oyster Cult. It was far out. (Trying out new words for awesome.) William F. Silvers wrote: Saw B.O.C. twice back in the day, (opened for the Dolls in 1974, headlined in 1977) and my hearing's never fully recovered. Quality metal, yeah boy.
RE: B.O.C Re: mo' 70s rock (was Re: iggy pop)
William F. Silvers wrote: Saw B.O.C. twice back in the day, (opened for the Dolls in 1974, headlined in 1977) and my hearing's never fully recovered. Quality metal, yeah boy. Saw a dream show on Long Island in the mid-70's Foghat opened, the original Black Sabbath in the middle and BOC (honetown boys) as headliner. One of the loudest night ever. Also knew someone who lived across the street from Buck Dharma for a while. We used to get a kick out of his wife henpecking him. "OH, Donnn!" Jim, smilin'
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Steve Gardner wrote: The Iggy Pop documentary on VH-1 last night was awesome. It really made me want to see him live. I'm sure he's not as crazy as he once was...but some of the footage showed him as still being pretty damn wild on stage. I saw Iggy open for the Pretenders back in '85 or so. Way after his primo wild years, obviously, but he was still an unbelievable frontman. Great show all around, made even cooler by Chrissie Hynde getting down on her knees after the first couple of songs to say, "I just want to kiss the ground that Iggy Pop walks on." Purr. Is Dennis McGuire still out here? I was ragging on him one night for being old and he verbablly bitchslapped me by telling me about seeing Iggy seven nights in a row in Detroit, back in the early 70s, in a club the size of a hall closet. Bastard. Plus he has his Dad's leather biker jacket from the 50s. AND he saw the original Pretenders. He's my idol. Dave *** Dave Purcell, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Northern Ky Roots Music: http://w3.one.net/~newport Twangfest: http://www.twangfest.com
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Steve Gardner writes: The Iggy Pop documentary on VH-1 last night was awesome. It really made me want to see him live. I'm sure he's not as crazy as he once was...but some of the footage showed him as still being pretty damn wild on stage. I saw him on the "American Caesar" tour a few years back. Great show. It's not like he's cutting himself up onstage with broken glass anymore, but he's still pretty damn energetic for a guy his age. His band was basically Stoogesmania; not the Stooges but an incredible simulation. --Jon Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wollaston, Massachusetts
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Dave Purcell wrote: AND he saw the original Pretenders. He's my idol. Well, I saw the original Pretenders, anyway. They opened for the Who (who disappointed, as you'd expectg) at Kemper Arena in 1980. They were great, though there weren't 1,000 of 15,000 there who had much idea who they were. The way things played out, I was glad to say I saw the original band. b.s. npimh "Talk Of The Town"
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VH1 is repeating "Iggy Pop: Behind the Music" tomorrow (Tuesday ) at 10 p.m. (Central). Cool show, but they spent a bit too much time on the story of Iggy Jr. -- Tom Mohr at the office: [EMAIL PROTECTED] at the home: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Steve Gardner writes: The Iggy Pop documentary on VH-1 last night was awesome. It really made me want to see him live. I'm sure he's not as crazy as he once was...but some of the footage showed him as still being pretty damn wild on stage. I recall reading the review in the paper of the Pearl Jam show in Pgh last summer. Iggy was the opener. The basis of the review was to say IGGY BLEW PEARL JAM OFF THE STAGE! It raved about Iggy's performance and said that Pearl Jam would have a hard time beating him...to which they failed miserably. Iggy/Stooges covers npimh (in no particular order): 1970 - Mission of Burma 1969- Sisters of Mercy Loose - Blake Babies The Passenger - Siouxsie the Banshees Search Destroy - Red Hot Chili Peppers (didn't EMF do this too?) Funtime - R.E.M. Loose - Buick McKaine Paul
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I catch the Iggy Pop VH-1 doc on sunday too. what a fascinating story...I mean, life. He must be a "double freak." A freak for his on and off stage behavior and a freak for surviving. but I'm glad that he has. AND he saw the original Pretenders. I saw the Pretenders on their first tour with the English Beat opening. must have been around 1980. it was a terrific show but what I remember was a drunk woman flirting with my younger brother who was around 13. He reallly remembers that show. MichaelBerick
