kopper
i tottally understand, and perscribe to that view. but you made realized what i was really talking about. there is a moment in life, specially when we are very young, and you haven't listened or seen so many stuff, and you can trully think somethings as amazing and the best ever. i still remember what i used to think was the best guitar player, or the best riff, the best five seconds in a song, etc because there is sort of a mythological feeling around those people and those sounds that makes you feel that those minutes were just untouchable.

You keep me hangin' on- Vanilla Fudge

I can't pick my favorite band, album, song, or even genre. I've never been able to do that. It's just too difficult and I don't view music in that way. Every day can be different, every mood can produce a different result. One song can be perfect for one situation or instance but terrible for another. It's like asking what your favorite food or movie is. If you can seriously narrow it down to just one, then you're not living life to the fullest. That's my two cents, anyway.

Yeah, true, of all time won't work for me, it changes too often. This weekend it definitely was "Mella Mella" by The Woggles.

I, too, find it impossible to pick one favorite, but most of the music I listen to would probably not exist if not for the Kinks' You Really Got Me, so I'll say that.

Just one?
It changes every month.
Today it is O.B.I.T by the Hex Dispensers.

Red Headed Woman - Panther Burns

yeah, it's hard
i've always flerted with the idea of "my favorite"
search for that feeling of "HOOOOOOOOOLLLLLLLLLLYYY SHIIIIIIIIIT"

Slade is awesome.

And I honestly can't pick just one all-time favorite, that's such a hard thing to do for me! :D

Mine is:

haven't seen it yet but that's bizarre!

after listening to the chorus now I recognize that commercial.

I was mindlessly watching TV last night (I think it was MSNBC) when I saw a Lenscrafters commercial come on that was using a Hunx & His Punx song. I thought I was dreaming, so I went back and watched it again (thank god for DVR) and yup, sure enough, Hunx & His Punx!

Pretty sure it was this song:



Can't find the commercial on the Web, though. Anyone else?

Grease? By the way, re: the subject of this discussion, get these comps: Land of 1000 Dances Vol. 1 Land of 1000 Dances Vol. 2 DammitDave said:

Schools banning lesbians and grinding!?! Have we learned nothing from Footloose? Actually I've never seen it. Maybe it's closer to Dirty Dancing? Flashdance? Fame...umm...Some Kind Of Wonderful? All not seen by me so I'm taking wild guesses here.

Schools banning lesbians and grinding!?! Have we learned nothing from Footloose? Actually I've never seen it. Maybe it's closer to Dirty Dancing? Flashdance? Fame...umm...Some Kind Of Wonderful? All not seen by me so I'm taking wild guesses here.

this is one trend that i would really love to see come back into popular culture! kids these days are too cool to dance, when it used to be that you were sooooo uncool if you didn't know how to dance! watching a group of people line up and dance to "the stroll" at a throwback doowop show was one of the best things i've ever SEEN!

Another thing that spawned this is my brother made me a comp with two tracks that may or may not have been titled: "Hully Gully Time" and "Let's Do the Hully Gully." These are both pretty damned cool instrumentals with the occasional vocal lines thrown in (titles). I feel these were thrown together in the studio and enhanced with genuine fake live crowd background noise (which was the style of the time).

Don't worry...my mom use to spell potato the same way. I don't understand why the plural adds an e which probably adds to the confusion. This is a great discussion by the way. I was reading in my local paper (for Vashon, WA) that they cancelled the high school prom due to low ticket sales. Why low ticket sales? Because the school banned grinding, which isn't even dancing as far as I'm concerened. I can't understand how it is that kids can't learn real dancing, even Washington DC go go styles. I'm starting to think that watching Shindig and Hullabaloo should be a school requirement. DammitDave said:

Kopper - That's either the British spelling or my s must have blown off. That usually happens after a night of draught ale and cauliflower cheese. I should have used spell cheque. Either way, colour me embarressed (rosy red with severe shame).

Supercharger, I second that. I skip that crap every time on lastfm kopper said:

I thought it was Supercharger....

The Raws said:

forget'bout everything,ThEraWs is the worst one!
the worst is the best,the best is the worst;!

I thought it was Supercharger.... The Raws said:

forget'bout everything,ThEraWs is the worst one!
the worst is the best,the best is the worst;!

forget'bout everything,ThEraWs is the worst one!
the worst is the best,the best is the worst;!

well before I saw this I would say Graffiti Island but this is more painful to listen to.

They'd probably say the same thing about a lot of garage punk bands. I'd have to say, however, that they are indeed the STUPIDEST band on the planet.

Well...I guess in my opinion, a DJ isn't going to get anyone to buy a ticket like a band would. DJ's and bands are kind of apples and oranges. I wouldn't take it personal, it's easier to just turn the offer down if it's not doable.

Seeing the Sonics in 2008, Larry didn't retune or switch guitars during the show but they might not have been playing in the same key as the old records either since Gerry can't really sing inthose high pitches anymore. But the Witch is in the key of G (almost all their songs are) but Larry was one of the first guys to use barre chords as opposed to more standard style (like those used by country and western guys or rockabilly). So he did get a deep sound, like on Louie Louie for example. The Music Machine did use a drop D for Talk Talk though. Be careful though if you learn garage songs straight off of sixties comps or singles. They didn't have electronic tuners to get correct pitch. A lot of the time they relied on a Keyboard player or sax to tune a guitar to. But a lot of groups that didn't have those instruments did a lot of guessing. I had to worry about my guitar strings snapping so I could learn Psychotic Reaction. Jamie said:

I read somewhere that Larry Parypa used drop-D for "The Witch" with a Jaguar or Jazzmaster. I have no idea if that's true.

I also have to remind myself not to care so much and just play. But then again why not put some work into the things you love to do.