Great thread, Barry. I've always been mystified by the fact that my
musical taste was shaped, in large part, by a complete stranger via
45s. When I was very young, one of my Dad's good friends
distributed 45s to the jukeboxes around town. Before I can really
even remember, I, apparently, used
Ah yes:
A battered van careens westward bound; headaches abound, sleeping bag
over my head to escape the smoke and the insistent chatter from the
front seats, driver punching the radio tuner again and again as 90's
crap-rock, depressing, moronic and slack-jawed beats
relentlessly,overwhelming
'd want em?
Then again, maybe I'm getting old.
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From: BARNARD [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Saturday, April 17, 1999 7:25 PM
To: passenger side
Subject: Re: Era of Perfect Singles
CK archly suggests:
hope you're not suggesting that the list
don't know how this got me started thinking about literally life-changing
hooks. Probably that in spring cleaning I found my paperback deep blues
which I must've started reading a year ago and then lost track of so although
I have missed the entire thread, I'd like everyone to ponder a minute
actually, Mazor, I thought your subject line might indicate promising news
for the new millenium.
Linda
Barry Mazor wrote:
...but a Perfect Single has a sort of obvious definition:
It has to explode at you and grab your attention in low fidelity from
AM radio while wind is blowing past your convertible. It does it a lot of
times.
It has to open up a new world in 3 notes.
So the
...the first splash of "Like A Rolling Stone" comes on the radio
and I crank it up to speaker-cone shred volume, jam the car a gear
lower, stomp it up to 85 and hold it way up there close to the redline
and it feels like musical sex.
This is what music is supposed to do to you.
Joe Gracey
In a message dated 4/17/99 11:04:58 AM Central Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
...the first splash of "Like A Rolling Stone" comes on the radio
and I crank it up to speaker-cone shred volume, jam the car a gear
lower, stomp it up to 85 and hold it way up there close to the redline
Nice post, Joe! And yep, Barry, it requires a certain age bracket...
Several of these "perfect singles" I recall hearing for the first time *on
the radio* and sometimes on the car radio. Especialy Stones singles, for
me. I distinctly recall hearing "Honky Tonk Women" for the first time on
a
In a message dated 4/17/99 11:22:52 AM Central Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I distinctly recall hearing "Honky Tonk Women" for the first time on
a radio in a dorm room and going nuts And immediately putting down
everything and driving to a *wholesale* record distribution
At 09:08 AM 4/17/99 -0400, The Mazor wrote:
...but a Perfect Single has a sort of obvious definition:
It has to explode at you and grab your attention in low fidelity from
AM radio
As I've said elsewhere before, I feel really lucky to have gotten in on the
tail end of this era as it
Great thread, Barry!
So Gracey wrote,
One day I'm driving along in the Austin sunshine, top down, radio on
loud, and the first splash of "Like A Rolling Stone" comes on the radio
and I crank it up to speaker-cone shred volume, jam the car a gear
lower, stomp it up to 85 and hold it way up there
In a message dated 4/17/99 12:40:20 PM Central Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
But for great endings that END, you can't hardly beat James Brown's "I Feel
Good."
the little girls know. . .heh heh
YEEOOOWWW!
Linda
Like Linda, I wish barry's subject line was more prognostication than
historical desctription. --david cantwell
Well, hey--if they WANT to do that again, they will. And for all we know
right now, an oncoming era of download quality stereo singles from the Net
may do just that, given kids (and
Hey there,
Junior cheers...
Nice post, Joe! And yep, Barry, it requires a certain age bracket...
And to that 'age bracket' thing is say, "Feh!" and "Feh!" again. I surely
hope you're not suggesting that the list of 50's and 60's era singles are
somehow superior to the singles of the 70s, 80s,
CK archly suggests:
hope you're not suggesting that the list of 50's and 60's era singles are
somehow superior to the singles of the 70s, 80s, and 90s. Since that
would be wrong. g
No, but as several pointed out, the era in which the single ruled was
drawing to a close in the 70s and early
It would be nice if the perfect singles of this era--and there are more than
a few--were played on the radio, but unfortunately, they aren't. And since
MTV wouldn't know M if it fell onto its face and wiggled, what's a modern
single lover to do? It's as if the mass media outlets of today avoid
At 11:47 AM -0400 on 4/17/99, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
By the way, Miss Deanna Varagonna has some kinda stunning blues feel I must
say.
This wasn't at all there when she opened for Vic Chesnutt, although
she's got a really nice voice. She might have varied both her material
and her delivery
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