Random Shuffle Coinkydinks

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Feb 122010
 

The People have (not) spoken!

Minor news – and the kind of personal report I would surely mock if one of you posted this first – but my iPod, which I’m running on shuffle, just spat out a segue of “All You Need Is Love,” with the “She loves you…” coda, right into “She Loves You” itself. All Beatles on my iPod is burned from vinyl, so there can’t be some “Genius” software at work.

I know some of you have long taken great pride in your mp3 player’s random shuffle powers. Let this space be the place where you commemorate your player’s most historic shuffles.

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Mystery Date

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Feb 102010
 


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. Makes me no never mind. 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 that there are a lot who 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 The Back Office at thebackoffice[at]rocktownhall.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

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This Is Your Rock Town Hall!

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Feb 092010
 


Townspeople,

This is your Rock Town Hall!

If you’ve already got Back Office privileges and can initiate threads, by all means use your privileges! If you’d like to acquire such privileges, let us know. If you’ve got a comment that needs to be made, what are you waiting for? If you’re just dropping in and find yourself feeling the need to make your voice heard, don’t hesitate to register and post your thoughts. The world of intelligent rock discussion benefits from your participation. If nothing else, your own Mr. Moderator gets a day off from himself. It’s a good thing for you as well as me!

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The Most Disappointing Sibling in Rock

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Feb 082010
 


Is there any rock sibling more disappointing than 38 Special‘s Donnie Van Zandt? Has any rock sibling brought more shame to his or her family – not to mention an entire region of the United States – than the brother of Southern Rock’s leading light, Ronnie Van Zandt? Think about the pride and identity Ronnie brought to his people, and then think about Donnie’s role as leader of a band that the members of REO Speedwagon thought were wimpy. I doubt Donnie got to sit anywhere near Papa Van Zandt at family gatherings.

All these years I thought Donnie was the same younger Van Zandt who’s filled in on tours by the surviving members of Lynyrd Skynyrd, but he’s not! I just learned that that’s another kid brother, Johnny. So Donnie doesn’t even have that redeeming quality.

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Last Man Standing: Songs About Buffalo (The Animal, Not the City)

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Feb 062010
 

I am proposing possibly the shortest Last Man Standing competition in the history of Rock Town Hall…but how many times have you heard that before?

I was listening to a song today that mentioned the animal the buffalo. My mind quickly raced to two other rock songs that involve the animal the buffalo. Just now, a few hours later, a fourth song came to mind, maybe the most obvious. Can you name the four songs that I have in mind? Can you name any more than four rock songs involving the animal the buffalo?

Rock songs involving the city of Buffalo do not count. Sorry “Buffalo Rocks,” or whatever.

Because pickings are so slim, I will sit this contest out. Hopefully I will still remember the four songs I presently have in mind. Go to it!
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