Dana Carvey's is still better.
more evidence that Nesmith was an untapped force in The Monkees
Indeed.
But he wasn’t completely untapped and in fact wrote many of my favorite Monkees tunes. Including:
Mary, Mary
The Girl I Knew Somewhere
You Told Me
Sunny Girlfriend
And of course the excellent:
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Nobody does it better!As some of you know, baseball runs neck-and-neck with your moderator’s interests to rock ‘n roll. Unlike the good old days, when baseball started on a regular schedule, with the first official game of the season played in the U.S. of A. in Cincinnati, now some teams get to start a few days early across the globe – or they play a 1-game homestand in their new stadium. It’s a mess! Regardless, feel free to use this space to share your thoughts on the following baseball subjects – and whatever else captures your fancy! Questions follow the jump. If you don’t give a hoot, don’t bother whining! Concentrate on the Nesmith thread and all the other musical goodies here for discussion.
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Courtesy of 2000 Man…
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Admittedly this is one of the most out of touch things I’ll ever share, but Stephen Malkmus‘ show at the Philadelphia’s TGIF of “legendary” rock clubs, the Fillmore at the TLA, furthered my appreciation of Yes frontman Jon Anderson. After a grandiose musical introduction, Anderson’s vocals would set up some 9-minute cosmic musiical excursion by the rest of the band. While Steve Howe, Rick Wakeman, Chris Squire, et al noodled away, Anderson would shake a tambourine, walk about the stage, cheer on his bandmates, but never turn his back on the audience. When things settled down long enough for Anderson to rattle off a few more spacey couplets, he was one more Boss. He was always the anchor for the audience.
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1. Kirk Douglas or Burt Lancaster
2. Matthew Sweet or Elliott Smith
3. James Honeyman-Scott or Elliott Easton
4. “Cat Scratch Fever” or “Walk This Way”
5. “Cat Scratch Fever” or “Janie’s Got a Gun”
6. “Cat Scratch Fever” or “Free for All”
7. Rufus Thomas or Junior Walker
8. Isaac Hayes: pre- or post-1969?
9. RTH Chess or RTH Mercury?
10. “Night Moves” or “Down on Main Street”?
I look forward to your responses.
HVB
For those of you of a certain age, think of all the great songs from an earlier era in rock ‘n roll that you first heard through the hit cover versions by Linda Rondstadt. Take Betty Everett‘s “You’re No Good”. I know you, loyal Townsperson, are about as cool and knowledgeable as rock ‘n roll fans get, but if you’re of that certain age range, I doubt you’d ever heard of Betty Everett and her version of “You’re No Good” until years after you’d dug then completely denied the wonders of Linda Rondstadt’s string of ’70s hits. Excluding those of you younger than 38 years old, raise your hand if you honestly heard Everett’s excellent original before this major hit song. In fact, I’d bet that most of us didn’t know if was a cover until a good 5 years after the song’s release.
Linda’s version isn’t as cool as the original, but you’ve got to give her credit for looking good in a Plain Jane way.
Let’s pause for a second to reflect on just how cool the original version of “You’re No Good” is…and let’s give thanks to Linda for turning most of us onto this definitive version!
