Fun Stuff...Off Topic(O/T)

[thebign1]

How about The Dave Clarke 5 ???

[billyjoe]

big,
I think you are correct although it wasn't the answer I was looking for.
Mike Smith , lead singer for the DC5 was seriously injured and remains paralyzed from a 2003 accident but is still alive. There may be multiple winners , keep guessing.

-------------billyjoe

[ParkTwain]

How about the Kinks?

[billyjoe]

Park,
You are the man!! The KINKS , characterized by the quirky lyrics and vocals of Ray Davies still survive , but don't perform together anymore. Davies and his brother Dave Davies , who has a long history of mental and physical problems , were banned from the U.S. for a four year period in the late 60's due to fighting on stage. The real truth may be that they were banned to placate certain American record producers who were being hurt by the British music invasion. The Stones and Beatles were too big to mess with. Because of the ban many of their best songs remain obscure in the U.S. Although most people are aware of "Lola" , I urge you to listen to " Waterloo Sunset" on youtube.com , especially the 3:11 version . If you find a copy of "Picture Book" or "When I Turn out the Living Room Light" they are well worth listening to and have a unique sound. "Picture Book" and "I'm Not Like Everybody Else" have been featured in prominent commercials nearly 40 years after being written. An example of Ray Davies lyrics from "Living Room Light" :

Your nose may be bulbous
Your face may be spotty
Your skin may be wrinkled and tight
But I don't want to see you
The way that you are
So I turn off the living room light
We don't feel so ugly
We don't feel so draggy
We don't feel so twisted uptight
And we don't feel so ugly as we really are
When we turn off the living room light

-----------billyjoe

[Lyehopper]

Park,
You are the man!! The KINKS , characterized by the quirky lyrics and vocals of Ray Davies still survive , but don't perform together anymore. Davies and his brother Dave Davies , who has a long history of mental and physical problems , were banned from the U.S. for a four year period in the late 60's due to fighting on stage. The real truth may be that they were banned to placate certain American record producers who were being hurt by the British music invasion. The Stones and Beatles were too big to mess with. Because of the ban many of their best songs remain obscure in the U.S. Although most people are aware of "Lola" , I urge you to listen to " Waterloo Sunset" on youtube.com , especially the 3:11 version . If you find a copy of "Picture Book" or "When I Turn out the Living Room Light" they are well worth listening to and have a unique sound. "Picture Book" and "I'm Not Like Everybody Else" have been featured in prominent commercials nearly 40 years after being written. An example of Ray Davies lyrics from "Living Room Light" :

Your nose may be bulbous
Your face may be spotty
Your skin may be wrinkled and tight
But I don't want to see you
The way that you are
So I turn off the living room light
We don't feel so ugly
We don't feel so draggy
We don't feel so twisted uptight
And we don't feel so ugly as we really are
When we turn off the living room light

-----------billyjoe

groovy!..............................

[ParkTwain]

Trader's lyrics to "Wish You Were Here"

Seen today at Vic Neiderhoffer's quite highbrow blog:

http://www.dailyspeculations.com/

//
To the Tune of Pink Floyd's Wish You Were Here, by Craig Maccagno

So, So you think you can tell, a buy from a sell, good buys from pain.
Can you tell a good deal from a cold pure sell? A smile from a veil?
So you think you can tell?

And did they get you trade, your Euros for gold?
Live Cattle for trees? Nat gas for a cool breeze?
Cold comfort for change? And did you exchange a walk on job in the pit, for a lead role in a cage?

How I wish, how I wish you were here.
We're just two lost bulls, buying with the old fools year after year, running over, the same old ground. What have we found?
The same old fears,
wish you were here.
//

[IIC]

One Hit Wonders:

A Junior Brainiac Award goes to the first one who matches all the artists to the songs:

Artists:

A. Buffalo Springfield
B. Richie Havens
C. Daddy Dewdrop
D. Norman Greenbaum
E. White Plains
F. Rosie and the Originals
G. Tom Clay
H. Mungo Jerry
I. T. Rex
J. Jean Knight
K. The Neon Philharmonic
L. Bobby Bloom
M. Brownsville Station
N. First Class
O. Starland Vocal Band

Songs:

1. Spirit in the Sky
2. My Baby Loves Lovin'....(One of my all time FAVES)
3. Smokin' in the Boys Room
4. Bang A Gong (Get It On)
5. Chick-A-Boom
6. In The Summertime
7. Montego Bay
8. Mr. Big Stuff
9. What The World Needs Now Is Love
10. For What It's Worth...(I stll have the LP)
11. Beach Baby...(Love that song)
12. Afternoon Delight
13. Angel Baby
14. Here Comes the Sun
15. Morning Girl...(Another Fave of mine)

[Rob]

Okay, I'll take a crack at it. And I promise I'm doing this without consulting the Internet (hey, anybody can look it up--that's no fun); I'm doing it off the top of my head, so I'll probably get some wrong, but some of 'em I know for sure:

• Buffalo Springfield: For What It's Worth (Great song, and I know the story behind that one.)
• Richie Havens: Here Comes the Sun (I know he did a version of it. Sang it at Woodstock, didn't he?)
• Daddy Dewdrop: Chick-A-Boom (I remember the song well, but not sure if this is the right artist.)
• Norman Greenbaum: Spirit In the Sky (I remember it well. Circa 1970?)
• White Plains: Morning Girl
• Rosie and the Originals: Mr. Big Stuff
• Tom Clay: My Baby Loves Lovin'
• Mungo Jerry: In the Summertime (Reminds me of eating pizza at a Shakey's Pizza Parlor with one of the prettiest girls in my Junior High School, 'cause she played it on the jukebox.)
• T. Rex: Bang A Gong (Later covered by Power Station.)
• Jean Knight: Angel Baby
• The Neon Philharmonic: What the World Needs Now Is Love
• Bobby Bloom: Montego Bay
• Brownsville Station: Smokin' In the Boys Room
• First Class: Beach Baby
• Starland Vocal Band: Afternoon Delight

How'd I do?

[skiracer]

Peanuts,
And I was being groovie and makin' the scene.

---------------billyjoe

Billyjoe,
I was being groovie and making the scene myself, although interupted for a couple of years. We were kings back then.
The Kinks or the Dave Clark Five.

[billyjoe]

Rob,

White Plains-------My Baby Loves Lovin'
Neon Philharmonic---Morning Girl


T.Rex---Wasn't that Tommy Bolan? I think both he and Marc Bolan died very young. Car crash and drugs maybe.


-----------billyjoe

[Rob]

Billyjoe, that was one of those I had to guess at. I'd have been shocked if I got 'em all right.

I remember the song but obviously didn't know who sang it. It has a "bubble-gum" sort of sound to it.

Edit: Oh, now you're adding to the list? What are you doing? Lookin' 'em up?

[billyjoe]

Billyjoe, that was one of those I had to guess at. I'd have been shocked if I got 'em all right.

I remember the song but obviously didn't know who sang it. It has a "bubble-gum" sort of sound to it.

Edit: Oh, now you're adding to the list? What are you doing? Lookin' 'em up?

Rob,
No I didn't look them up. I'm stumped by Tom Clay , Jean Knight although I think she did Mr.Big Stuff, and First Class.

-------------billyjoe

[billyjoe]

Doug,
I don't consider Buffalo Springfield a "one hit wonder". They were one of the greatest groups of all time. Great song writing with Stills and Young and Crosby had a classic mustache. Maybe sales wise "For What It's Worth" was their only hit but they had unique songs.

---------------- billyjoe

[Rob]

I always get T-Rex and Badfinger confused, although I don't know why, except that they both became popular at about the same time.

I don't consider Buffalo Springfield a "one hit wonder".

I thought that too.

[billyjoe]

Rob,
Badfinger was awesome. Remember lots of people thought they were the Beatles ? They had a similar sound. Unfortunately I think both Tommy and Joel Badfinger hung themselves.

--------------billyjoe