Inspired by Bingo's reading thread.

Me, I am listening to a funk compilation disc right now, "Little Green Bag, Givin up Food for Funk" etc. My normal? soundtrack runs mostly big band, Glenn Miller- "The Popular Recordings 1938-1942" is my favorite.

Also seeing time on the player lately is "Dark Side of the Moon", "Gap Gold" by the Gap Band, "The Capitol Years"-Sinatra of course, and Patsy Cline's greatest hits.

-- Uncle Deedah (unkeed@yahoo.com), May 10, 2000

Answers

Also doing a trip down memory lane.....The Platters' Greatest Hits, Todd Rundgren and Utopia, Badfinger. New: Morphine. Trying to find a good 1970s funk collection. Any recommendations?

-- Patricia (PatriciaS@lasvegas.com), May 10, 2000.

Wish I could help you, the ones I have were burned by my young retro- funk cousin, who has just discovered the 70s.

-- Uncle Deedah (unkeed@yahoo.com), May 10, 2000.

Ben Folds Five, Third Eye Blind, Oasis, Oleander, No Doubt, and when I'm feeling sentimental, the Beatles.

-- kritter (kritter@adelphia.net), May 10, 2000.

UD:

I'm afraid that I have no normal!

Today was Sue Foley; Evangeline; Tom Rush; Billie Holiday; and Song of the Hills [appalachian music].

At other times it might be Bartok. Depends on the mood.

Best wishes,,,,

Z

-- Z1X4Y7 (Z1X4Y7@aol.com), May 10, 2000.

Barbara Streisand "my favorite" when I'm down....love her.

Righteous Brothers.....ahhh yesss

Bee Gees, I love the old disco daze....

Pink Floyd, Michael Stanley Band, Led Zepplin, Lynryd Skynrd, when I'm feeling rockish.

oh i could go on and on and on.......like um all..

Frankie Baby.....NEW YORK NEW YORK

Carlos Santana, the new one.,,,love it although cant think of the name right now....

-- consumer (shh@aol.com), May 10, 2000.

Patricia,

How 'bout 'Funk Classics' on Rebound Records

Vol. 2 has the originals of; Do It {til you're satisfied}; Jungle Boogie; The Cisco Kid{?}; Love Rollercoaster; Brick House; as well as others by Funkadelic; James Brown; Rick James; The Gap Band; & BT Express.

-- flora (***@__._), May 10, 2000.

Listening to CD Roy Orbison right now. Wrench your heart, right out. Next CD might be Santana, but Man, other than that one song, the rest sound like mix breed cats howling at the night. Next CD might be an Opera, etc.

-- Heinz 57 (mixture@howl.com), May 10, 2000.

Gap Band.....burn rubber on me.......

Hip Hop Hippy to Hippy to hip hop and ya dont stop? Ok, who is it?

Loved that toon....

Blondie...RAPTURE?

---still in the NEW YORK STATE OF MIND

-- consumer (shh@aol.com), May 10, 2000.

consumer,

Methinks that is "Good Times" by Chic. Well, what you were humming sounded like it anyway.

-- Uncle Deedah (unkeed@yahoo.com), May 10, 2000.

Spring time is always Grateful Dead time!

Also listening to the new Dixie Dregs live album. Just as likely to be listening to Miles Davis and Coltrane as Stravinsky, too.

I basically tend toward more instrumental music, having played myself for so many years. I do like the "jam" bands, just as I like the jazz- fusion groups-Mahivishna orchestra, Chick Corea, Jun Luc Ponty, early Genesis and Yes, and especially King Crimson.

-- FutureShock (gray@matter.think), May 10, 2000.

Hip Hop Hippy to Hippy to hip hop and ya dont stop? Ok, who is it?

Why, it's The Sugar Hill Gang with their rendition of "Rapper's Delight".

Wasn't that like the first 12" disco/rap record released or something like that? That's a classic!

Flora, sounds like a good one -- I'll look for it. Thanks. Lately I've been in the mood for the funk from the 1970s -- all the ones you mentioned and others that I'm sure we've all forgotton at this point.

FutureShock, *anytime* is Dead time ;-) (but summer's my favorite for that band)

-- Patricia (PatriciaS@lasvegas.com), May 10, 2000.

Patricia:

You're right. Any time is dead time. For me Spring is special because the boys would not tour on the east coast in the winter-Fall tour would always be over by the end of October. So when the buds started coming out of the trees, and the days started getting longer, and the crocuses were hurrying to the surface to retain their title of first plant out in the psring, I knew it would be time for Jerry to sing that sweet tune and play that solo that somehow, someway would transport me to places I could not get to alone.

Alas, Poor jerry, I knew him well, Horatio.

With Jerry gone, I can listen to old tapes and when he goes to that special place I both smile and cry at the same time. I sure do miss him.

-- FutureShock (gray@matter.think), May 10, 2000.

I listen to and enjoy just about every kind of music, including accordion, Cole Porter and Irish folk songs.

But my nostalgic favorites are the classic 1960's soul music: Otis Redding, Aretha Franklin, Temptations, James Brown, Four Tops, Wilson Pickett, Gladys Knight and the Pips, Martha Reeves and the Vandellas, Ike and Tina Turner, Sam and Dave, Marvin Gaye, Percy Sledge, and so on.

Simple lyrics, universal themes, superb delivery. I do not grow tired of it.

-- Brian McLaughlin (brianm@ims.com), May 10, 2000.

I'm chillin' out with the haunting melodies of Zamphire and his amazing pan flute. For romantic music, I like Robert Goulet or Megadeath, depending on the moment....

Seriously, I listen to Ina Gadda da Vida everyday, it's the only 8 track I have that still works...

-- FactFinder (FactFinder@bzn.com), May 10, 2000.

Right there with ya Brian. Been re-diggin a lot of Motown lately (Supremes!), Rythm and Blues, and just for kicks, even Disco (I know). :-)

-- Hawk (flyin@high.again), May 10, 2000.

Kick on back and spark up a spliff,

Get yourself ready for the ultimate riff.

Hes the man of the hour,

Givin raw organ power,

The incomparable one, Jimmy Smith!

-- Ra (tion@l.1), May 11, 2000.

I have a very wide selection of music and love nearly all. But some absolute favorites...Massive Attack, Enigma, Portishead (have to be in a mood for portishead), Natalie Merchant, Cranberries, Beethoven, Peter Gabriel, John Couger Mellencamp, jeez there are too many, so I'll stop now. =oP

Not a huge country fan, though I do like some Garth Brooks and Chris Isaak stuff.

-- cin (cin@cin.cin), May 11, 2000.

The hell with all that rock-disco-funk stuff. Bob Marley is my man. Reminds of being on the beach in Grenada drinking painkillers. Ahhhh.....:^)

-- Jim Cooke (JJCooke@yahoo.com), May 11, 2000.

I won't argue with ya on that one Jim. I have a Bob Marley and the Wailers "Legend" CD sitting in front of me right now. Reminds me of chuggin' rot-gut rum on a little island off the coast of Belize.

-- CD (costavike@hotmail.com), May 11, 2000.

CD:

"Legend" is the one I'm listening to also. If a few plays of "Jammin" won't get you out of whatever funk you're in then nothing will. Way better than Prozac :^)

-- Jim Cooke (JJCooke@yahoo.com), May 11, 2000.

Every Jimmy Buffett song on the planet intermingled with,Sheryl Crow,VanMorrison,Mellencamp,Celtic,RayCharles,MerleHaggard,Springsteen, Buddy Guy,Fiona Apple etc,etc......

PLus the stuff I write myself.

-- capnfun (capnfun1@excite.com), May 11, 2000.

Cd & Jim, you two are exceptionally bright, talented & good-looking individuals. Obviously from very good bloodlines. How do I know this? You listen to brudda Bob!

Robert Nesta Marley took music to the next level - uplifts the body, mind & soul. Tonic for the spirit. He was a prophet. He was a world leader. He is sorely missed. God Bless you Tuff Gong.

Recreationally, I listen to the incomparable Frank Zappa. He also left us too early. Want nasty guitar solos, you got it. Want orchestral masterpieces, Frank did it. Reggae? C & W? Big band? Chamber? FZ did it & did it well. Want to laugh till your ribs ache? FZ wrote the lyrics that'll slay you.

Unk, "Dark Side of the Moon" is in my top five all-time. Can't listen to it anymore - drives me right into the bottle. Ooooh, flashbacks are a bitch!

-- Bingo1 (howe9@shentel.net), May 11, 2000.

LEON RUSSELL....Back to the 'ISLAND' used to go into bosses office when doing claims adjusting, sit on floor and 'mellow' love DA MAN.

Bob Marley, just down-load off napster (good thing i did, they have taken away as has mp-2 downloading THANKS METALLICA, YOU SUCK)

Zappa "watch out where the huskies go and dont you eat that yellow snow" and MAN In THE JAR.....Yesssssssssssssss

Rappers Delight, YOU ARE CORRECT.....Learned to dance w/that one.

Unc, for a ol dude, you sure are up on the music....me thinks you be lying bout your age!!!!!!!!!!!!

4-tops, temptations, ahh yes, my brothers 50th b-day party, dancing fools and SMOKEY ROBINSON,,,,da bomb.

thanks for the trip down music memory lane, Unc....

-- consumer (shh@aol.com), May 11, 2000.

Bingo:

Right there with you on the Zappa. Incomparable. Many hours of challenging listening.

-- FutureShock (gray@matter.think), May 11, 2000.

I like most everything mentioned here.

Don't see any mention of The Rolling Stones though. Always one of the first CDs I play while choosing another.

Also like Eric Clapton. Saw a live unplugged concert by him once. It was awesome!

Like George Thorogood and lately been trying to go back to the roots of his music. Got some Bo Diddley, and another artist in that genre whose name escapes me right now.

-- Buddy (buddydc@go.com), May 11, 2000.

George Thorogood. There's another guy who's music sends me back into the bottle. Notice a trend...

-- Bingo1 (howe9@shentel.net), May 11, 2000.

I went to a Dead Concert once in the summer of 86, 87? It was at Giants Stadium, outdoors..huge arena. When we got there, a couple parked next to us, and we hung out with them in the lot for like two hours. Then, we said "have a good show" and went inside. LIke I said, this arena is huge, holds 100,000 people it seems. And who was sitting right next to us? Same couple! I always thought that was weird.

Anyhow, I have a old friend, we called him "The Vandel" and he was convinced that Jerry had written "my brother Esau" about him. He felt Jerry knew him and wrote it for him. I said "Vandel, how do you think the band knows you?" and he said, very mysteriously "How do they know anything?" He was one of my favorite people, The Vandel.

-- kritter (kritter@adelphia.net), May 11, 2000.

Bingo:

Yep...One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer? love it.

-- consumer (shh@aol.com), May 11, 2000.

There's also - "I Drink Alone". That one hit too close to home. Flashbacks again.

-- Bingo1 (howe9@shentel.net), May 11, 2000.

Of course, there's no way I listened to all these lately, but they're my all-time favorites...

(in random order, except for The Band, which is my all-time favorite):

The Band, "Kind of Blue" album with Miles Davis and John Coltrane, Bach, most baroque, Weather Report, especially "Birdland", Andres Segovia playing baroque, Carole King, Otis Redding, Eric Burdon and the Animals, Steve Winwood/Spencer Davis Group, Glenn Gould's 1955 recording of Bach's Goldberg Variations, Rory Block, Procol Harum, Cream, Aretha Franklin, Eric Clapton, B.B. King, Jeff Beck (the older stuff), The Yardbirds, The Police, Brahms' "Violin Concerto in D", Sting's "Fortress Around Your Heart" (probably my favorite song ever), Gershwin, especially Rhapsody in Blue, Billy Joel, the soundtrack from Manhattan, the soundtrack from West Side Story, James Taylor, Carly Simon, John Mayall's Bluesbreakers with Eric Clapton (IMHO the best work Clapton has ever done), Beethoven's 6th (the Pastorale), Rod Stewart (the early stuff), "Tin Soldier" by the Small Faces, one of the greatest rock songs that few people have ever heard -- play this one loud (this is not the song from the movie Billy Jack, btw), The Beatles, Paul McCartney, John Lennon...

But lately? The Band, James Taylor, Billy Joel.

-- eve (eve_rebekah@yahoo.com), May 11, 2000.

eve:

Tin soldier, is that the song referring to the Kent State Killings?

4 Dead in Ohio?

Go ask alice is another oldie but goodie.

My boss plays in a band, EVERYTHING and ex was a DJ.

-- consumer (shh@aol.com), May 11, 2000.

consumer,

No -- I think the one you're referring to was by Neil Young. The one I'm talking about was by the Small Faces, a British group (late sixties) that had Peter Frampton in it (hold on while I daydream a moment...mmmm....that guy was a looker!).

Okay, I'm better now. Anyway, when they broke up, I think some went with Rod Stewart and they called themselves Rod Stewart and the Faces. But "Tin Soldier" is -- I think -- on an album of theirs from about 1968 (?). I forget the title, though. But the song is worth the price of the whole album and more, IMHO.

-- eve (eve_rebekah@yahoo.com), May 11, 2000.

consumer, a big hit that the Small Faces had in 1967 or '68 was "Itchycoo Park." Does that help at all?

-- eve (eve_rebekah@yahoo.com), May 11, 2000.

yep, helps alot.

Now you going wayyyyy back..???

Neil YOung, correct again, my error, did you see the 70's movie a few weeks ago? Showed the Kent State all the way to "the hustle".

Great Movie.

-- consumer (shh@aol.com), May 11, 2000.

Geez, are you folks all stuck in the 60's? I'm listening to the new Paul Weller(Heliocentric) and the new Lambchop (Nixon) as well as the Replacements Greatest Hits, a Tammy Wynette c-d I bouught in pawn shop and the best record of last year: Moby (Play)

-- Y2K Pro (y2kpro1@hotmail.com), May 11, 2000.

Yeah, consumer...I'm 48, so I go back pretty far. Btw, I didn't see the movie (or was it a documentary?) -- sounds like a winner, though. Maybe it'll be on again -- what was the title?

Pro,

Yep -- I've got a special thing for the '60s. In fact when you said "Moby" it reminded me of..."Moby Grape!" Now this band (IMHO yet once again), had a fantastic album for its debut -- came out in '67, I believe. They were folk-rock (like the Byrds...another I loved), except more acoustic -- yet they really rocked. I think they had four or five guitars!

Btw, another fantastic rock song that few have heard: "Victoria" (early '70's?) by the Kinks, another favorite group of mine that I forgot to list. And have a couple more: "Substitute" and "Pictures of Lily" by the Who.

And finally, a slow beauty: Jeff Beck's rendition of "Greensleeves" from his first album, "Truth."

-- eve (eve_rebekah@yahoo.com), May 11, 2000.

oops how could I forget...Pink Floyd and The Who (old stuff AND newer).

Sorry to say, I can't stomach reggae. It bugs.

Eve, Frampton did our county fair last summer. It was a good show but have you seen him lately? (smirk) =)

-- cin (cin@cin.cin), May 11, 2000.

cin,

No I haven't seen Frampton lately...I mean I don't think I've even seen a post '70s (or early '80s) picture of him. I'm almost afraid to ask...but...those curly blonde locks are probably gone -- right? :)

-- eve (eve_rebekah@yahoo.com), May 11, 2000.

Kritter:

That is such a classic Dead story. I had an acquaintence who was sure that our mutual friend, Gary, was being groomed in secret to take over after Jerry died. Well, he didn't, but these kind of people in my life made it interesting.

Regarding having seats right next to the folks you partied with, I have a few strange ones myself. The dead were playing in washinton state the day Mt St Helens Erupted. Anecdotal evidence has suggested that the volcano began erupting at the same time the dead started playing their song "Fire on the Mountain".

I was present, however at two shows where the same song had stragne coincidences attached to it. Buffalo, 1986, not a cloud in the sky, and the sixth song in the set is Fire on the Mountain-1 minute into the song clouds roll in, and before the song is over it is pouring. The song jammed out for ten minutes, and when it ended the rain ended, not to be seen for the rest of the day.

Similar story, 1982, Rutgers College. Band starts playing Fire on the mountain-there is a glass ceiling in the rutgers athletic center-As the song starts a wicked lightening storm hits-flashed all over-and again, song ends and the rain does not appear again.

Mickey Hart, the drummer for the Dead, is very into world rhythms-I speculate he knew some kind of ran dance beats from native americans : )

Who knows. Very weird though.

-- FutureShock (gray@matter.think), May 11, 2000.

Hey FS -- I just read that you like Davis and Coltrane too -- cool. I thought "Kind of Blue" was a great album -- especially the cut "So What."

And Majavishnu and fusion: -- Did you hear the John McLaughlin/Jeff Beck collaboration from a few years back? It was a tribute song -- I think to Elmore James -- great ! I thought two really good jazz fusion albums were Blow by Blow and Wired by Jeff Beck.

And King Crimson: I remember them when they had Greg Lake -- before he went to Emerson, Lake & Palmer...I loved "In the Court of the Crimson King." I lost track of them after that, though.

And of course, Yes. You know, as much airplay as it's gotten over the decades, I've never tired of hearing "Roundabout," but I'm not too familiar with their other stuff, except for their hits.

-- eve (eve_rebekah@yahoo.com), May 11, 2000.

Eve:

Kind of blue gets a lot of play in my house. I have a live album from the 70's, but I cannot remember the name. I will post it later. Loved those two Jeff Beck albums. I did not here the collaboration you wrote of but will check into it.

I have followed King Crimson for a long time-last saw them in Red Bank NJ in 1995-they were awesome-still had Bill Bruford on drums and Tony Levin on bass, along with Adrian Belew and Robert Fripp(of course)-it was not a reunion tour; they continue to make viable music today.

As for yes, I suggest YesSongs as the one album to get-it was recorded live in their hey day and it really sums up their work. As for Genesis-definately pick up The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway(A concept album back when concepts were important in rock : ))-also check out Seconds out-A live album of almost incomparable quality.

-- FutureShock (gray@matter.think), May 11, 2000.

One Tin Soldier Rides Away? It was the theme from the Movie Billy Jack.

Peace on earth, was all it said.

Go ahead and hate your neighbor, go ahead and cheat a friend,

Do it in the name of heaven, you can justify it in the end.

There won't be any trumpets blowing come the judgment day...

In the bloody morning after -- One tin soldier rides away.

I've been diggin' Tower of Power, and Cougar Mellencamp.

-- (Grovvin' @ on a Sunny .Afternoon), May 11, 2000.

It's kinda funny, Unk, I have the same Glenn Miller music...it's on 3 CD's. And I also have Patsy Cline's 12 greatest hits on a gold CD.

One of my favorite Glen Miller tunes..."in the mood" and having a little fun here.

-- Peg (not@really.necessary), May 11, 2000.

Well that didn't work...back to the HTML playground for me.

-- Peg (not@really.necessary), May 11, 2000.

Groovin,

No, it's not the one from Billy Jack. The "Tin Soldier" I'm speaking of is by the Small Faces, and it was a higher energy rock song with an infectious melody (that practically pulls me out of my seat whenever I happen to be lucky enough to hear it) put out in about '68. Btw, your handle/addy reminds me of...The Rascals! How could I forget...I loved them! Whatta voice that Felix Cavaliere had...

FS,

Thanks for the recommendations...I'll check 'em out.

-- eve (eve_rebekah@yahoo.com), May 11, 2000.

Got it to work at the HTML playground..

In the Mood

-- Peg (not@really.necessary), May 11, 2000.

eve,

My favorite Small Faces album is probably one their actual worst. I think It's called 'A Nod is as good as a wink to a blind horse', anywho - the one I'm thinking of went immediately into the cutout bins it was so bad, it was a live album...they were drunk out of their skulls...absolute musical mayhem...it really makes you laugh & shake your head...don't know any other band who could've pulled it off so endearingly {for the youngsters - Stones guitarist Ron Woods was a Face}.

Groovin',

Thought I was the only one on a ToP jag.

Deedah,

I had you pegged as a Little Feat man.

Anyone heard of The Meters lately?

-- flora (***@__._), May 11, 2000.

Peter Gabrial, The Dead, Lyle Lovett, Zappa, early Bob Dylan

Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Thelonius Monk, Dexter Gordon and the soundtrack to "'Round Midnight" featuring Dexter Gordon (if any of you Jazz fans out there have not yet seen it, please do, I guarantee you will not be disappointed)

Everything by Dianna Krall, but "Love Scenes" in particular. If you can't get lucky while that CD is playing, it ain't gonna happen!

Sinatra, Nat King Cole

A local artist named Michael Kelsey who is about the most spectacular guitar player that I've ever seen.

Michael Kelsey.

-- fwiw (a@b.c), May 11, 2000.

flora, Unk likes Little Feat for sure, best IMHO is "Waiting for Columbus". Unk is a 'best of hits' kinda guy.

Oh, and Marley's "Legend" cannot be beat for one after another after another classic tunes. Buffet is cool too, but it is Mrs D who is the true Parrothead of this household.

Bingo, Listening to Floyd makes me reach for my long-gone bong, the two foot tall plastic one that went from blue at the top to yellow at the waterline, er, make that dark grungy brown at the waterline.

Peg, the Glenn Miller Orchestra has a CD out called "In The Digital Mood", check out the rendition of "St. Louis Blues March" on that one.

-- Uncle Deedah (unkeed@yahoo.com), May 11, 2000.

Well Unk, somebody had to say it. A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away (NJ), I had a six-shooter attachment for the tall-boy bong I had. Great for makin' the good stuff go a long way. Jah Rastafari!

Then there was the ceramic skull with the tubes coming out the eyes. If we start listing paraphenalia, I'd quickly jump up to the top of the stats page.

Yikes!! Good thing this is an anonymous board.

-- Bingo1 (howe9@shentel.net), May 11, 2000.

Uncl,....I KNEW it...you are NOT that old!!! or I am?

Big bong, I had little one also made from the lil bitty bottles they give you on da airplanes..

BTW, ever smoke out of an apple? or was i the only one? no brown stuff in the apple. LOL

-- consumer (shh@aol.com), May 11, 2000.

flora,

I don't think I ever heard that Faces album, but I think it was from the time when Rod Stewart was singing for them -- the group that made "Maggie May," "Gasoline Alley," and my personal favorites of theirs, "Cut Across Shorty" and "Handbags and Gladrags." That was a few years after the original Small Faces broke up -- the ones who made "Tin Soldier." And, yeah, I remember Ron Wood being in it.

Geez...I can't believe I remember all this stuff...

-- eve (eve_rebekah@yahoo.com), May 11, 2000.

consumer, yes to the apple. And the toilet paper roll appropriately accessorized.....

Unk, used to have access to a long one like that, 'cept it was about 4 feet tall and the guys set up a "platform" for me to stand on (at 5 feet tall, which is a contradiction in terms, I'm considered Vertically Challenged). As you can imagine, this scene got funnier as the night went on.....:-)

It's kinda cool seeing what you all listen to -- you've listed many of my all-time favorites. This thread brings back many happy memories. Thanks guys.

-- Patricia (PatriciaS@lasvegas.com), May 11, 2000.

OMG!!! another apple/tp huffer...LOL...

Thanks for the post, keep coming back....AND again,

FONDEST THANKS TO UNC.....

-- consumer (shh@aol.com), May 11, 2000.

Deedah,

Mine was 6' long and someone else had to light it for you...

I have been listening to the "new" rock as of late:

Metallica live with the symphony, Godsmack, Creed, Monster Magnets, Bush, STP, and, the Wallflowers.

My favorites:

Joe Satriani, Collective Soul, Rush, ZZ Top, Judas Priest, Triumph, Saga, Styx, Boston, Kansas, anything with Ritchie Blackmore, etc...

Also:

Beethoven, JS Bach, Vivaldi, Ravel, and Mozart.

Specifically:

Also Spach Zarathustra and William Tell Overture...

The only "music" I cannot stand is rap.

"Come on in boy, we play both kinds of music here... country AND western..."

loungin' by the porch...

The Dog

-- The Dog (dogdesert@hotmail.com), May 11, 2000.

Yes to the apple.

But has anyone rolled one in a tampon wrapper? Definately worked, BTW.

-- FutureShock (gray@matter.think), May 11, 2000.

Paper towel roll here..lol

Never did fruit...musta been sweet.

And there was always the beer can...if ya was in a pinch.

Geez..talk about skipping (not tripping..never touched da stuff...Big Chicken) down memory lane...this is GREAT!!!

-- Peg (not@really.necessary), May 11, 2000.

FS,

Paper or plastic...ROTFLMAO!!!!

-- Peg (not@really.necessary), May 11, 2000.

Tin foil wrapped around a pencil? Remove and bend it, but doan bend too much.

How about exhaling into a toilet roll tube stuffed with Downey fabric sheets to kill the smell?

Anyone remember the papers that came with a wire glued in them? Insta- roach or something I think was the name.

Bingo, perhaps you may remember a head shop called Mr Tickle? Depending on how close to Philly you were.

Oh golly, what days they were, youth is wasted on the young.

-- Uncle Deedah (unkeed@yahoo.com), May 11, 2000.

Unc...yep I remember those...

One time we were all smoking w/out roach clip, friend was down to last toke, put it by his nose to inhale and BAM, right up his nose went the flaming roach!!! Funny as hell.

Locker room? Gave me a headache.

Tampon, LMAO.... we can be creative in a 'pinch' cant we?

My friend and I one time went out selling body lotion my mom had door to door to get money for the ounce....

REMEMBER when........an ounce was 20.00 but i cant remember what a 'lid' went for...

Friend sent sis some from Hawaii, i stole it, smoked it and slept for 2 dayz...LOL yep back when Pot was POT

-- consumer (shh@aol.com), May 11, 2000.

FutureShock..ready for another coincedence?? I saw the Dead at Rutgers in 1982..LOL. Could we have been in the same place at the same time?? Did I party with you?? :-)

PS..The Lamb is one of my all time favorite albums!! :-)

-- kritter (kritter@adelphia.net), May 12, 2000.

nazareth, no mean city, also, hair of the dog! love it after all these years!. metalica also very good!

-- ed (edrider007@aol.com), May 12, 2000.

Dog,

I see you like Vivaldi. They used a great piece by him in the movie "Runaway Train" with Jon Voight. Have you seen the movie, and if so, do you know what the piece was?

And I used to like Also Sprach Zarathustra (used in "2001: A Space Odyssey") very much. But when Elvis started using it, it somehow didn't seem quite the same...:)

Hi Patricia,

Are you familiar with Rundgren's early work with "The Nazz?" I thought they were a great group. And I liked Badfinger, too -- especially "Day After Day."

-- eve (eve_rebekah@yahoo.com), May 12, 2000.

trying to expand my classical taste, Vaughn Williams, Berlioz, Rachmaninov, Albinez and others

still revisit Corea, Zawinul, Hancock, Scofield, Mclaughlin Metheny and co occasionally

newish Diana Krall (wish she'd get a new group though, recordings technically brilliant)

oldish Brian Wilson

dare I say it some 60s stuff: Byrds Love Pet Sounds Fab 4

Sinatra/Basie etc Bossa Nova Brubeck Bill Evans Tatum

-- richard (richard.dale@onion.com), May 12, 2000.

Insta- roach  you bet I remember! Insta-roach was truly a GREAT invention.

Used to hop onto a bus into NYC to do my shopping, Unk. Wrong side of NJ.

Anyone own a Dugout, also known as a Pinch-hitter? It was a wooden box similar in size to a cigarette pack. A little taller & not quite as wide. Two compartments were bored out. One held your stash, a good < oz. if I remember correctly. The other compartment held the bat. Literally shaped like a bat, made from brass. It was drilled through. The tip was bored out so it could hold a bit of the good stuff. Youd grind the bat into the stash, filling the tip with just enough for a good, long toke. Take it from one who was born thrifty (right honey?), the Dugout was the single best piece of paraphernalia I owned.

Solved the bogart problem too.

-- Bingo1 (howe9@shentel.net), May 12, 2000.

Kritter:

That was the only Dead show ever held at the Rutgers Athletic center, so we were both there! I was a Rutgers College student, class of 1983- Were you a student there? If so, were you involved with R.U.M.P. or Ramblin Rose Productions? I saw so many great shows in those years- Peter Gabriel at the Livingston Gym, The Dixie Dregs several times- Ponty, Renaissance on Busch Campus..........

Let me know.

Bingo:

Had one of those. We called it a "One-hitter". I traveled with Drum and Bugle COrps competing across the nation, and that was a cool thing to have on the old bus!!

-- FutureShock (gray@matter.think), May 12, 2000.

Allways did love the dug-outs,so efficient!

What was the name of the big plastic things that allowed you to blow yourself a shotgun?

-- capnfun (capnfun1@excite.com), May 12, 2000.

Cap, I had one of those. Can't remember for the life of me what we called it (there's a surprise!). I rate it a 9 out of a possible 10. Great for major brain cell fry-ups. Not for the faint of heart! Guaranteed to clean out the lungs. Just toss it across the room. No hassle trying to pass da bone to the stoner on the...left-hand side.

Only problem was re-lights. Really moist weed had a tendency to go out in it.

Unk, sorry this thread turned into a stoner-fest.

-- Bingo1 (howe9@shentel.net), May 12, 2000.

Bingo:

Have you ever thought of changin' your handle to Bongo?

-- flora (***@__._), May 12, 2000.

It was a Powerhitter....i remember, had a red one, what color was yours CAPN???????

-- consumer (shh@aol.com), May 12, 2000.

LOL, flora. I don't use smoke anymore. Stopped more than a decade ago. It served its purpose. I found a cleaner high. One I can tap any ol' time. It's free & I won't be arrested for using it (at least in the U.S.A.).

My handle comes from one of my dogs. Guess what her name is? I've used that name ever since I first got wired for President Gore's information thoroughfare back about 1995 or 1996.

I know, that's more information than you needed. :^)

-- Bingo1 (howe9@shentel.net), May 12, 2000.

Hi eve; no I can't recall that band off the top of my head (but if you hum a few bars...LOL). "Day After Day" has been and still is one of my all-time favorite songs.

Yep, used to have a Dugout (great for walking down the street and being, um, "inconspicuous") and a Power Hitter (did someone say something about fizzling brain cells???).

Used to be a HUGE Stones fan, but that faded as of the end of the 1970s/early 1980s. Also used to like David Sanborn alot, but he seems to stick to the smaller NYC clubs these days. Just went to see Blue Oyster Cult (?!?!) and had a blast. A somewhat different line-up, but the guys were having so much fun on stage; it was kind of infectious to the audience (small, intimate setting -- great for seeing a band). Going to see Robin Trower in a couple of weeks (from the **SECOND ROW** -- thank you AmEx, membership DOES have its priviledges [g]). That should be a good one. Seems I'm in a good town for seeing the old favorites (though I'll be damned if I pay $150 to see Jimmy Buffett at the MGM Grand). Lots of good "nostalgia" shows coming up here (War is playing tonight at one of the local casinos -- yeah, you all remember them: "Low Rider", "Cisco Kid", and the ever-popular "Why Can't We Be Friends?" -- LOL).

-- Patricia (PatriciaS@lasvegas.com), May 12, 2000.

Patricia, I saw Robin Trower in Detroit at the Grande Ballroom in 1968 when he was with Procol Harum ("A Whiter Shade of Pale" etc.) A great guitarist; the group was one of my favorites. I didn't even know he was still around. Geez, am I out of it now or what!

-- eve (eve_rebekah@yahoo.com), May 12, 2000.

eve, I didn't know he was still around either. I was checking out what's coming up in LV and couldn't believe my eyes -- he's going to be at the Hard Rock. When I called for tix, they told me AmEx held the first two rows for platinum cardholders so I got the second row seats.

It's amazing who's still around and still playing (Blue Oyster Cult??? but it was fun). I'd love to go see Buffett, but sorry, he is just not worth $150.

I just took a look at some upcoming shows here; you wouldn't believe some of the names: Tower of Power, Average White Band, Joan Jett & The Blackhearts, James Brown, Kool $ The Gang, BTO, Doobies, Steely Dan, Bob Dylan and Phil Lesh, and the list goes on. Simply amazing. (And David Sanborn's going to be here -- and I'm going to be there.)

I swear I didn't realize half these people were still alive. I must be getting ol........uh, maturing. Yeah, that's it -- I'm Maturing (LOL).

-- Patricia (PatriciaS@lasvegas.com), May 12, 2000.

Patricia, you jumpstarted a fistful of brain cells with that line about walking down the street & being inconspicuous. I owned a bat for the Dugout that was painted to look like a cigarette. Very effective. No arrests while 'pinch-hitting'. Well, there was that time at the community college when the rent-a-cop got a bit uppity...

Keep talking folks, I may just remember more of what transpired 1976- 1988. Of course, this may not be a good thing.

Thanks for mentioning Steely Dan, Patricia. 'Aja' provided me with a near-orgasmic experience when listened to on a fine sound system. Those days are past. The fine sound system I mean.

-- Bingo1 (howe9@shentel.net), May 12, 2000.

Bingo:

Friend of Bill?

-- FutureShock (gray@matter.think), May 12, 2000.

Hey FS. Let's say I've visited with Bill. Anymore would be better said privately.

-- Bingo1 (howe9@shentel.net), May 12, 2000.

Robin Trower, golly, my brain hurts. Anyone remember Gentle Giant? I know Bok would, he reminded me of them. Any other folks here who liked Leon Redbone? What a whack, old old stuff with a DEEP voiced update.

And for Philly folks here, the Tower theater in Upper Darby, is it still there? Unk saw a lot of good shows there in days of old, would hate to think it is gone.

-- Uncle Deedah (unkeed@yahoo.com), May 12, 2000.

sting. morrison. pearl jam. rock on.

-- scorekeeper (Ur@dufus.com), May 12, 2000.

Patricia, wow -- and seems like James Brown and Dylan should be in their nineties by now! And, yeah -- with any of those guys...can you imagine the comments from the audience? "He's cute -- looks just like Matlock!" Or, "Look! They're smashing their walkers!"

And about your description of yourself as...what was that..."maturing?" You know, I kinda like that -- has a nice ring to it. May I use it? (Cheshire cat grin)

Uncle Deedah,

Leon Redbone was one-of-a-kind; really nice to listen to. But when he started showing up on all these commercials, I got kinda turned off...

-- eve (eve_rebekah@yahoo.com), May 12, 2000.

eve, I have a better one for you. A very dear friend and I had a habit of "sugar-coating" certain things in life; i.e., they aren't "age spots", they will forever be "freckles". Our favorite? "It has ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to do with our age; we just work too hard."

Feel free to use that one ;-)

Bingo, I hope to be able to see Steely Dan. "Aja" had the same effect on me.

I don't know what it is (maturity? LOL!) but lately I've taken to listening to a lot of 1960s and 1970s stuff -- Motown, funk, one-hit wonders (talk about guilty pleasures! and you know that we all know all the words to those stupid songs -- groan), yes even disco. It's a blast. Wonder if I'll experience 1980s Metal Madness soon? rotfl.....

-- Patricia (PatriciaS@lasvegas.com), May 12, 2000.

Beethoven "Ode to Joy" and Barber "Adagio for Strings" move me beyond what words can say.

-- cin (cin@cin.cin), May 12, 2000.

Unk-

Yep to Gentle Giant-Freehand was a staple in my college rotation-I too saw my share of shows at the Tower.

Cin

Love the whole 9th symphony-that last movement NEVER fails to make me cry.

-- FutureShock (gray@matter.think), May 13, 2000.

Sumer,

To tell ya the truth I never owned one,a buddy of mine had one,I liked it sooooo well I rigged up a contraption from an old aquarium that was an electric shotgun giver,talk about rollin' yer eyes back in yer head!

Anybody ever roll a hog leg out of the mega papers that came with the Cheech and Chong album? As I recall it held approx.a QP: )

And I'm damn dissapointed in all of you!!! NO ONE has even mentioned BROWNIES!!! Thats why God made vacation,or at least part of the reason.

FS, allways refused to smoke from a tampon paper,wierd mental thang I guess.

Yes,Iv'e done the apple pipe but the pear pipe is better,ripe gourds do work well in a bind,green peppers with tin foil or a section of beer can inserted in thimble shape.I would like to think that all of that impromptu thinking on the fly helped to mold my McGyver kinda mind.

How many of ya ever stole the screens from the sink to make a bowl?LOL!

Just to kinda keep on topic,I haven't heard anyone mention Jim Croce,damn I was depressed the day he died,even at his young age he was still one of the best songwriters of all time,IMHO.

-- capnfun (capnfun1@excite.com), May 13, 2000.

Listening to Dixie Chicks, Stephen Curtis Chapman, Rage Against The Machine, P.O.D., Barenaked Ladies, the Dave Mathews Band, DC Talk, Rebecca St. James, and Audio Adrenaline, partly because my teenagers dominate the "family sound system" and partly because I like the music as well.

My son shares my appreciation for "classics" like Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix, and Eric Clapton, and my whole family was cheering when Carlos Santana was the big winner at the recent Grammys.

-- DeeEmBee (macbeth1@pacbell.net), May 13, 2000.

Dee, have you ever been to a Rage Against the Machine concert? I went back in 1996. Was just getting over pneumonia (Mistake #1), but didn't want to miss the show. Was drinking water (Mistake #2) and had to, um, hit the ladies' just before the show started (Mistake #3). Came back and they had just started; tried to find my friend (Mistake #4 -- The Big One) and got caught in the mosh pit. Gotta say, at that age, I had never had so much fun in my life. Bopping around with (off?) people half my age; was a blast.

Oh yeah, the show was pretty good, too :-)

-- Patricia (PatriciaS@lasvegas.com), May 13, 2000.

Les see- traffic, blues project (the Kooper/Kalb/Katz version), Joplin (janis not Scott), tull, santana, manheim steamroller

enough for one day....

-- Chuck, a night driver (rienzoo@en.com), May 14, 2000.

The first time I saw Eric Sardinas in concert, I was completely floored. He plays blues/slide guitar. His music is sexy and the ladies will get all hot and bothered (hint hint guys, take your wives). Here is a link to his tour dates. If there isn't one in your area, check back in a week or so. He is always on the road to somewhere.

http://www.ericsardinas.com/dates.htm

-- cin (cin@cin.cin), May 14, 2000.

jeez I am SO blonde =)

link

-- cin (cin@cin.cin), May 14, 2000.

Chuck, I was a big fan of Traffic. Mainly because of Steve Winwood, who I always thought had one of the greatest blues/soul voices...You know, just before he was discovered by the Spencer Davis Group, people in England had heard about "the boy (he was probably only 15 or 16 at the time) who sang like Ray Charles..." I think my favorite of theirs was "Paper Sun."

I'm not familiar with the Blues Project's stuff, but I really liked the group they morphed into...Blood, Sweat & Tears -- but mostly the first incarnation, with Al Kooper.

Janis Joplin...but of course! Especially "Summertime." Now, that one was a classic.

capnfun, yes, Jim Croce was a good songwriter; and I really liked that kinda low, gritty voice of his. I remember that he once said that he wouldn't write a song unless he had a story to tell...or something like that.

-- eve (eve_rebekah@yahoo.com), May 14, 2000.

I wore out two copies of "John Barleycorn Must Die". Great 'head' music. Winwood is a really underrated artist.

-- Bingo1 (howe9@shentel.net), May 14, 2000.

Mornin', Bingo1...Isn't that John Barleycorn album the one with "Glad" and "Low Spark..."? Those were great ones.

Did you know that in 1983 Winwood did a gig with...ready for this? Clapton, Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page...all of them on stage at the same time! I think it was a concert to raise funds for Ronnie Lane, one of the former Small Faces, who was ill. And I found out it was out on video! A.R.M.S. concert, or something like that (not sure what A.R.M.S. means, though).

-- eve (eve_rebekah@yahoo.com), May 14, 2000.

Today I'm listening to "Total Eclipse of the Heart," by Bonnie Tyler.

Tomorrow it will be "The Window," by The Steve Miller Band.

Haven't done the smoke in quite a while but being called to the "big think" lately.

-- Debra (...@....), May 14, 2000.

John Barleycorn Must Die

Side One: Glad Freedom Rider Empty Pages Side Two: Stranger to Himself John Barleycorn Every Mothers Son

-- Bingo1 (howe9@shentel.net), May 14, 2000.

For those who have enough bandwith to run the real player, I recently discovered a VERY cool 24 hour non-stop music station. Pull down the "stations" menu and select NETRADIO "vintage" rock. Then you have choices for links to everything from 50's to new wave to psychedelic. With the exception of two 30-second spots every hour, it is commercial free. I'm really getting into "Industrial" right now (great for house-cleaning). Enjoy! :-)

-- Hawk (flyin@hi.again), May 14, 2000.

PS: if you don't have your computer hooked to up to some "real" speakers (besides the toys they give you when you buy it), go to Radio Shack or Target and for about $4 you can get the cable that goes out from the single computer jack into the double "RCA" jacks, then plug into any auxiliary input on your stereo system.

-- Hawk (flyin@hi.again), May 14, 2000.

Hawk, you cleaning the house? No Wayyyyyyyyyyy? If you are, Happy moms day, you'd make a sweet hubby.

BTW, hey can you tell me how to get there on the music thingy?

Can you do a link, or just give website? Help, they took down napster and mp3.

Thanks.

---consumer who has cleaned, done laundry and baked pie the big payoff for the nice lobster tail dinner hubby bought me last nite

-- consumer (shh@aol.com), May 14, 2000.

Consumer- http://netradio.com/

Click "Listen Up" and follow the trail to whichever chanell you prefer. You can use either Media Player or RealPlayer. I always found "netradio" had too many "dropouts/rebuffers due to heavy traffic, so I rarely listen to them.

I'm a big fan of RealPlayer and have had it for years. Usually listen to a radio station out of Australia while on the 'puter. It's also handy for us football fans who live in areas that not broadcasting your game on tv or radio. Get online, find a site that's broadcasting via the net and plug in.

-- CD (costavike@hotmail.com), May 14, 2000.

PS- a good station guide...

http://realguide.real.com/s tations/

-- CD (costavike@hotmail.com), May 14, 2000.

Happy Mom's day consumer!

If you don't already have the Real Player installed, go here:

Real

Underneath picture you will see a link for the FREE one, the basic player. After you install it, pull down the "stations" menu and under "rock" look for NetRadio.com Vintage. LOTS of good stuff. The reason I like it is I am usually in the mood to listen by "genre" rather than artist, and they have great variety. After an entire day of listening I haven't heard the same song twice. Let me know if ya get stuck.

-- Hawk (flyin@hi.again), May 14, 2000.

WOW!!! ---learning NEW stuff is soo cooolll...only takes a little to excite me. Thanks guys/gals for the linky's. Listening to the 80's rock stuff now.

Hawk, thank you (u r kind today) I have Real Player already, hubby got the new puter....and it is da BMW model....

Happy Moms day hawk...

-- consumer (shh@aol.com), May 14, 2000.

I'd thought someone might find this list interesting. It's the 100 most important American musical works of the 20th century according to NPR listeners. This list has everything from "Alexander's Ragtime Band," "Rhapsody In Blue" and Robert Johnson on it to the Ramones, "Rapper's Delight" and Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit."

http://npr.org/programs/specials/vote/list100.html

-- (Long@time.lurker), June 17, 2000.

currently: indigo girls, Joe Satriani (Engines of Creation), Liquid Tension Experiment (offshoot of Dream Theater + Tony Levin), Joe Ely

some favorites: Adrian Belew, Peter Rowan, It's Immaterial, The Doors, Talking Heads, Orchestral Maneuvers in the Dark, Ali Akbar Khan

dandelion

-- dandelion (golden@pleurisy.plant), June 18, 2000.

There's typically so much music flowing through this house that I don't even think about putting on my own. However, I found myself on a long road trip over the weekend, and brought a bunch of tapes. Bob Marley sustained me on most of the drive down. I switched to "An American in Paris." It just didn't do it. I switched to Tracy Chapman. Dang...that woman can sing. She was in the player when I arrived, and she helped me through getting SERIOUSLY lost on the way home.

Today I went on a quick trip to the store and she was still in the player. By the time I got home, I found myself sitting in the driveway, waiting for one of my favorites to end when I realized I had a cassette player in the office. D'oh! I can't seem to get enough. I went through an Al Green phase when I was married. I thought my ex-husband would ultimately break all my tunes, as I listened to them OVER and OVER. He said, "Everything he sings sounds just like the next." I said, "And if you like ONE, you like them ALL."

It's an ADDICTION, it is.

-- Anita (Anita_S3@hotmail.com), June 19, 2000.