| Author | Message | ||
     Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 1546 Registered: 03-2005 |
It can be a good one or a bad one, but what just keeps playing in the background no matter what? For me yesterday it was the Triffids' "Being Driven." | ||
| Ewan Talisker McEwan Member Username: Ewan_mcewan Post Number: 11 Registered: 02-2008 |
Jungle Boogie - Kool & the Gang | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 1048 Registered: 01-2005 |
Everybody Dies Famous In A Small Town - Miranda Lambert | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 2171 Registered: 05-2005 |
Whenever I hum a tune, usually when I'm cleaning windows, taking the kids for a walk, waiting for my eye prescription results, mowing the lawn, cussing a crap driver, eating a crusty loaf and possibly a few olives, when I'm stumped of creativity, when I pause for thought whilst writing a letter, when I am in the queue for petrol, when I fail to get back to sleep at 4am, looking through photos of my kids on my Apple Mac, leafing through a copy of The Word, rifling through tons of black shirts with armpit stains intact, waiting on the line to talk to someone about 4,000 miles away about my bank account that is just up the road from me, peeling a banana, or looking dumbfounded at the Myspace error messages when I have uploaded a JPEG for the 20th time, measuring my waist prior to heading for the clothes store to buy a knackered pair of jeans, the kind my Papa in Scotland used to wear, trimming my nails, patting my wife's head, pruning the fir tree, trying to jam the shed door closed, supping a pint of German beer, or whilst awaiting for the largest JPEG (of Robert Forster's new album cover) known to man, trying to open up on my MAC, that incidentally has 8gb of RAM... its usually, more often than not, Stranger's in the night. Sinatra, NOT Saxon. Night night all. | ||
| Wilson Davey Member Username: Wilson Post Number: 168 Registered: 05-2005 |
As it has always been since I was about 4 years old...Dedicated to the one I love by the Mamas & Papas. Why ?, something to do with my Ma ironing clothes in the Kitchen listening to the "wireless" and me playing on the floor with matchbox cars I think. Penny Lane recalls the same image, feeling and smell. Both tunes have rarely been out of my head since I can remember. | ||
| Stuart Wilson Member Username: Stuart Post Number: 156 Registered: 10-2006 |
My roots start to show when my musical subconscious eases into sunlight, so it's all traditional stuff like the Earl o'Moray, Ae fond kiss and the Water is wide, with occasional odd eruptions from David Gates' If and For all we know, with the words horribly garbled..."Loooooooove, loooooook at the twooooo of uuuuuuuus....etc etc" | ||
| Ewan Talisker McEwan Member Username: Ewan_mcewan Post Number: 13 Registered: 02-2008 |
Kiss You All Over - Exile | ||
| fsh Member Username: Fsh Post Number: 138 Registered: 05-2005 |
"I just can't get you out of my head" by Kylie Minogue. | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 936 Registered: 09-2006 |
Two have been continually tagteaming in my head for a couple of days now: Just a Few Things That I Ain't - Beautiful South Bay City Rollers We Love You - Nick Lowe | ||
| Ewan Talisker McEwan Member Username: Ewan_mcewan Post Number: 35 Registered: 02-2008 |
I think it's called "Nobody else but you" by the Mouldy Peaches. That song is a sick and diseased weasel that has corkscrewed it's fool self into my brain and wont go awaayy.Its either great genius or complete merde and I strgonly suspect the ladder. I dont' care if they were on the View! Babs Walters can kiss-a my tuchus! | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 1043 Registered: 10-2004 |
Hold the Line - Toto | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 941 Registered: 09-2006 |
Kimya Dawson was on The View?? Sorry I missed it. Haven't seen her since I moved away from Olympia WA, her current stomping grounds. I miss her... | ||
| Rob Brookman Member Username: Rob_b Post Number: 1105 Registered: 08-2006 |
She was on The View, Allen. Weird, eh? And how 'bout that "Juno" soundtrack tearing up the charts. "Kimya Dawson"and "chart-topper" are definitely antithetic terms. | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 943 Registered: 09-2006 |
Indeed, but there you go...sort of like when I saw the Clash in the Billboard Top 10 way back when. When Juno first broke the Olympia paper had her on the front page with a big photo...my cynical side said that of course they would never have done that if she wasn't connected to something that had some mainstream buzz around it (which is true), but my other side just grinned with pure pleasure...and it's also because of something GOOD which has some mainstream buzz around it, a rarity... | ||
| Ewan Talisker McEwan Member Username: Ewan_mcewan Post Number: 36 Registered: 02-2008 |
Juno actually is a good flick tho my special lady thinks its pro-life propaganda since she has the baby. Um, Juno has the baby not my woman. But I told her if little Juno had an aborition it woulda been a much shorter movie! The actreess who plays little Juno was responsible for the Peeches music being used in the movie - she suggested it to the director. I reckon Kinya owes her a beer, or at least a lattay! I also heard that John McCain, trying not to look like hes old as the dirt in an old lady's toes, said he was the one that knocked up little Juno! | ||
| andreas Member Username: Andreas Post Number: 584 Registered: 04-2006 |
since reading the set list of neil young's vienna concert his cinammon girl does an infinite loop in my head. | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 944 Registered: 09-2006 |
A particular rotten one today: "Turn Me Loose" by Loverboy. "I gotta do it MY waaaaaaaaay...or no way at allllll." Shut up shut up SHUT UUUUUUP! | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 1046 Registered: 10-2004 |
Sergio Mendes/Brasil '66 - Roda | ||
| Rob Brookman Member Username: Rob_b Post Number: 1106 Registered: 08-2006 |
Whoa, Allen, that hurts. My sympathies. | ||
| Ewan Talisker McEwan Member Username: Ewan_mcewan Post Number: 39 Registered: 02-2008 |
Mine, too. That conjurs up memories of that orrible cover with the crossed fingers and the red naugahyde britches. And white sweatbands. The least missed band since Leonard Skeonard. | ||
| Catherine Vaughan Member Username: Catherine Post Number: 418 Registered: 05-2005 |
Some awful piece of crap Britney song. Normally it takes just a verse or two of The Knack's My Sharona to shift even the worst song, but today, it took a solid hour!! | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 1047 Registered: 10-2004 |
Stuck in my head tonight is Lee Scratch Perry's Stratch The Dub Organizer alternating with Stratch Walking. Two of my favs. | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 945 Registered: 09-2006 |
Thanks for all the kind words and support...I actually dealt with the problem by spending the day at a pneumatic drill testing site, which took care of things quite nicely...that, and entertaining visions of Mike Reno being carted off to a forced labor camp: "Sorry Mikey, but it's no way at all..." | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 1048 Registered: 10-2004 |
I'm not sure I know that Loverboy song. I recall Hot Girls in Love and Workin' for the Weekend getting stuck in my head as a kid in the early 80s when their videos were in heavy rotation on MTV. I can certainly think of worse, but yeah, I don't envy you, Allen. | ||
| Andreas Severins Member Username: Andreas_severins Post Number: 8 Registered: 11-2007 |
Simone White - The beep beep song Wonderful simple but magic song - enjoy THIS!! | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 1057 Registered: 01-2005 |
With Starship, Huey Lewis and The News, and too much Michael Jackson, the mid 80's on MTV were even worse than the early 80's. | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 1049 Registered: 10-2004 |
It's true, Michael, by '85 MTV had taken a drastic turn for the worse. But as you suggest, top 40 pop took a nosedive at that time, which made MTV a lot less watchable. Let's see how many people get "We Built This City" stuck in their heads now. That's a hard one to shake without resorting to hypnosis. | ||
| Dr Girlfriend Member Username: Doctor_girlfriend Post Number: 38 Registered: 10-2007 |
Lou Reed: Metal Machine Music (side 3, the "pop" side) John Cage: 4'33" (thanks Ewan, for emaiing me the latter one!) | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2074 Registered: 05-2005 |
Just playing The Panics' version of Lazyitis. I reckon that will be on automatic replay in my brain most of the day. | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 946 Registered: 09-2006 |
Dr. G, I believe it's one of the central tenets of Buddhism that when you have 4'33" stuck in your head you've achieved enlightenment... | ||
| Mark Leydon Member Username: Mark_leydon Post Number: 157 Registered: 05-2005 |
Two 'plastic soul' classics from the late 60s - cheesy as hell - but hard to get out of your head (both about getting off your head - I think!): Grazing in the Grass - The Friends of Distinction: http://youtube.com/watch?v=N_iw_wz5vNs Stone Soul Picnic - The Fifth Dimension: http://youtube.com/watch?v=BZbbj5fVigU&f eature=related | ||
| Geoff Holmes Member Username: Geoff Post Number: 342 Registered: 05-2005 |
"Two turntables and a microphone" | ||
| fsh Member Username: Fsh Post Number: 148 Registered: 05-2005 |
I do not understand "Two turntables and a microphone". What is this? | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 1557 Registered: 03-2005 |
Mark, your youtube link sent me off looking for Flirtations videos. Of course . . . there's one for "Nothing But a Heartache" filmed with a blasted abbey behind them. It looks like an outtake from one of the versions of "Dracula." http://youtube.com/watch?v=-JDHuvlbxiQ&f eature=related There's nothing like that stomping Wigan beat! | ||
| fsh Member Username: Fsh Post Number: 155 Registered: 05-2005 |
got it - it's Northern Soul! | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 1059 Registered: 01-2005 |
Jeff, I thought 1985 was the turning point at well for MTV. I had to watch too much crap to see a decent REM video (Diver 8 or Can't Get There From Here). On the other hand, 1985 was the year I got hooked on Robyn Hitchcock after buying Fegmania! on vinyl. I also got my first cd and vhs players that year, so MTV going down the tubes didn't bother me that much. | ||
| Geoff Holmes Member Username: Geoff Post Number: 344 Registered: 05-2005 |
Fsh said, "I do not understand "Two turntables and a microphone". What is this?" Geoff says, that is the chorus to "Where it's at" by Beck off "Odelay" - a delightfully annoying piece that has Beck sounding like he's after the same wall of sound as Public Enemy...only white. | ||
| Geoff Holmes Member Username: Geoff Post Number: 345 Registered: 05-2005 |
When I first scrolled down, Randy, I thought you had "(Nothing but a)Heartache" by Bonny Tylor in your head!! Now that would be hell!!! At school, it was always sung as "It's and EARACHE, nothing but an EARACHE...!". Bloody terrible! All of those late 60's/early 70's Motown group songs are GREAT. Thanks for the links to the clips! | ||
| Charles Coy Member Username: Coy Post Number: 49 Registered: 10-2006 |
...Robert Smith ...'Catch' from KKK album.. Rockin' Rod has received a fair bit of flack here for covering Bonnie Tyler, Cat Stevens, Creedence etc..at recent concerts in OZ, I would like to have heard Every Picture Tells A Story, Stay with me...Always loved Stay with me.. | ||
| Stuart Wilson Member Username: Stuart Post Number: 164 Registered: 10-2006 |
Flies from Plunkett's second cd, Folk Songs - best thing to come out of Norwich since, er, Alan Partridge, I s'pose, and a madly hummable and crunchy piece of pop rock indeed. | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 958 Registered: 09-2006 |
While I'd agree with you on "Heartache," Geoff, I'd say it'd be absolute heaven to hear that one if my only other choice was "Total Eclipse of the Heart." | ||
| Ewan Talisker McEwan Member Username: Ewan_mcewan Post Number: 45 Registered: 02-2008 |
Hog of the Forsaken - Michael Hurley | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2088 Registered: 05-2005 |
New Order's Regret. I don't regret it though. If you're in Ireland and interested in Australian Football League scandals, buy today's Irish Times and read my article! I also have an Australian wine region travel piece in this aturday's IT. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2089 Registered: 05-2005 |
That should read Saturday of course. | ||
| Charles Coy Member Username: Coy Post Number: 50 Registered: 10-2006 |
..Padraig..I am a Collingwood supporter and this is my 50th entry, AFL scandal...??I hope the wine article feature Clare SA and Skillagalee...Pykes.. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2091 Registered: 05-2005 |
The "how to behave yourself with women" DVD the players are being shown. I've quoted Eddie in the article! Yes to Clare (the Irish connection), no to the other two. | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 1066 Registered: 10-2004 |
Go-Betweens - Poison in the Walls | ||
| Ewan Talisker McEwan Member Username: Ewan_mcewan Post Number: 67 Registered: 02-2008 |
You dropped a bomb on me - the Gap Band | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 986 Registered: 09-2006 |
Jimmy Carter Says "Yes" - Gene Marshall | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 1115 Registered: 10-2004 |
Burnin' For You - Blue Oyster Cult | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 1097 Registered: 01-2005 |
The Beauty Of Earl's Court - Robyn Hitchcock. A unreleased bonus cut that just appeared last year on the latest cd version of Eye from last years I Wanna Go Backwards box. The latest version of Eye can also be bought as a single cd. | ||
| andreas Member Username: Andreas Post Number: 615 Registered: 04-2006 |
while shaving: the osmonds - crazy horses | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 2249 Registered: 05-2005 |
The High llamas - Old Spring Town. | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 1122 Registered: 10-2004 |
Awesome song, Spence. Going through my head today is the Associates' "Waiting for the Love Boat" alternating with the Beach Boys' "Let Him Run Wild." | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 1102 Registered: 01-2005 |
China, My China - Eno | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 990 Registered: 09-2006 |
Funny you should mention that, Michael...right now for me it's Mother Whale Eyeless. | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 1580 Registered: 03-2005 |
I woke up this morning in a fancy hotel with bad food near the Iguazu Falls. And what did I have running through my head and refusing to leave? Leaking Machine--Please Let My Heart be Your Friend Thanks, Spence. I think. | ||
| Stuart Wilson Member Username: Stuart Post Number: 180 Registered: 10-2006 |
I woke up this morning humming the oh - oh - oh bit from Falling Star... this year, April should be the coolest month... | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 991 Registered: 09-2006 |
Something Good - Utah Saints | ||
| joe Member Username: Dogmansuede Post Number: 406 Registered: 07-2006 |
nice one allen! | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 992 Registered: 09-2006 |
Agreed...not only a great dance number, but it makes Kate sound even more fetching than she already is. | ||
| joe Member Username: Dogmansuede Post Number: 407 Registered: 07-2006 |
i really dig their cover of new gold dream as well =D | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 1582 Registered: 03-2005 |
This morning, my last in Buenos Aires, it's Leaking Machine again: Go Out in the Garden. | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 1130 Registered: 10-2004 |
Randy, good to hear from ya. I trust the awesomeness of your trip hasn't waned? | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 2258 Registered: 05-2005 |
Yeah Randy nice to hear from ye! I love the fancy hotel with bad food line, that's the type of hotel i always fall for too! Nice to see the Leaking mMachinery is well oiled and keeping the cogs cranking into gear! | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 1139 Registered: 10-2004 |
Debarge - Who's Johnny? | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 1683 Registered: 03-2005 |
Thanks to Jeff's mere mention of Visage on the board earlier today, I've had a small chunk of "Mind of a Toy" stuck in my head with no relief. "When a child throws down a toy, spiteful girl, hateful boy . . . ." So now I'm listening to it (on vinyl!). It's a very silly song but I always loved it. | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 1298 Registered: 10-2004 |
Randy, sorry about that!! I love that album (and that song) - totally over-the-top and silly, but catchy as hell. And of course it's got Dave Formula all over it. If it's any consolation, I've had their song "Visage" running through my head all afternoon. | ||
| Charles Coy Member Username: Coy Post Number: 80 Registered: 10-2006 |
..'That Way' BH has overtaken me again...breathtaking song.... |