Who ARE they?
This is an early photo of a very successful band. But who ARE they?
This photo and quiz were passed along by Townsman cherguevarra.
Jan 282012
Mr. Moderator
Jan 272012
No joke, I don’t recall ever seeing a kinder, gentler, more melodic Lou Reed in concert. His interplay with bandmates is warm and at an all-time high. Even his dancing (see 7:25 mark) isn’t horrendous. Enjoy!
Jan 272012
Today’s super-deluxe double-date comes courtesy of two different Townspeople. Can we manage the riches, pay proper attention to both contestants? I think so. Must we then choose between these two potential beauties? Of course! Rock Town Hall does not support swinging. Enjoy!
Let’s review the ground rules here. The Mystery Date song is not necessarily something I believe to be good. So feel free to rip it or praise it. Rather the song is something of interest due to the artist, influences, time period… Your job is to decipher as much as you can about the artist without research. Who do you think it is? Or, Who do you think it sounds like? When do you think it was recorded? Etc…
If you know who it is, don’t spoil it for the rest. Anyone who knows it can play the “mockcarr option.” (And I’ve got a hunch at least one of you know this one.) This option is for those of you who just can’t hold your tongue and must let everyone know just how in-the-know you are by calling it. So if you know who it is and want everyone else to know that you know, email Mr. Moderator at mrmoderator [at] rocktownhall [dot] com. If correct we will post how brilliant you are in the Comments section.
The real test of strength though is to guess as close as possible without knowing. Ready, steady, go!
Mystery Date #1
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Wow, here’s an oldie-but-goodie, first posted almost 5 years to the day, that many of our current daily participants have not had a crack at. This thread is so old that Wilco has had time to change its chemistry at least one more time. Enjoy.
This post initially appeared 1/28/07.
Changes in band chemistry need not ruin a band’s sound, but they will alter it greatly – sometimes for better, sometimes for worse, sometimes for something just as good and interesting as the orginal but…different. Today, I’m most concerned with the first and last categories. We need not spend much time on the “for worse” category. Remember, this is a site to which fans on Ron Wood-era Stones need not apply.
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Jan 262012
When you have this many people hamming it up and scatting on stage at once, there’s only one question: Who wins?
Is it the Woman Who Twirls across the stage incessantly? (Good god, did that woman ever need more attention from her parents while growing up.)
Is it George Benson, who proves he doesn’t need his guitar to find the melody?
Is it Bill Cosby, who pulls out every move in his book: the happy feet shuffle; the old man, slo-mo extended butt squat dance; the devilishly delighted Jello Pudding face; a bass solo…thankfully stopping just short of pulling out his member when Twirling Woman bends over and places her rump in front of him?
Is it a hard-rockin’ Rosa Parks, I believe, around the 1:15 mark?
Is it the hands-down favorite going into this “ham-off,” Al Jarreau?
Is it Diana Krall, who does everything in her power to resist elbowing Twirling Woman?
Is it Al and Tipper Gore, during the credits, for taking their handclaps to a new level?
I’m sure you’ll find other moments worth reliving. One thing I’d love to know is just how pissed Al Jarreau was when “The Cos” stole the camera’s focus with a comedy ham-jam just as Jarreau was sharpening his white man’s overbite for his turn in the spotlight?
Jan 262012
Isn’t it time you do your thing? Here’s the place to share trivial observations, links, the death of artists not on your Moderator’s radar, and whatnot. And you may do so sans shirt and while wearing leather chaps.
Jan 252012
It’s become commonplace for film and television critics to offset a key piece of plot twist information in a review with a SPOILER ALERT! warning. Imagine, if you can, a world in which more than a few thousand rock nerds like us really cared about the twists and turns of a song, those parts people like us find unexpected and exhilarating, like the—SPOILER ALERT!—buzz-heightening typewriter/Phil Manzanera guitar solo that pops up out of the blue in Brian Eno‘s “China My China” or the—SPOILER ALERT!—gravitas-deepening appearance of The Boss, Bruce Springsteen, in Lou Reed‘s “Street Hassle.”
If rock critics found it helpful to add a SPOILER ALERT! to their review of records, what records might call for such a disclaimer?
