A bit late to the game on this one but here’s another weather-related LMS. I’m looking for songs that specifically mention hurricanes in them. I’ll start off with The Scorpions’ “Rock You Like a Hurricane.”
Aug 292011
Aug 182011
I don’t know what the weather’s like in your neck of the woods, but I’m really getting sick of August thunderstorms. Maybe if we engage in a Last Man Standing on songs featuring thunder and lightning (ie, lyrically/thematically and/or including sound effects) we’ll help usher the storm clouds away. I’ve got a Phillies game to attend tonight followed by an all-night drive to Maine, so let’s get this party started with Lou Christie‘s “Lightning Strikes,” or Klaus Nomi‘s wedgie-worthy version, if that floats your boat. Thanks!
Aug 092011
Nothing cures the summer time doldrums like hopping in the car for a road trip.
I’m looking for songs containing the sounds of a car/motorcycle revving up and/or pealing out. The automotive sounds may be real or artificially created.
I’ll start off with the number one Billy Joel song that I love to hate: “Moving Out.”
Aug 012011
I’m looking for songs in which a human makes animal noises. Real animal noises that have been dubbed in don’t count. I’ll start with David Bowie howling like a dog in “Diamond Dogs.” I think he also says “bow wow” at one point.
Jul 262011
In 1984, at the birth of my personal Too Cool for School Era, I must have avoided a movie called Electric Dreams, with a synth-pop soundtrack and a plot revolving around some icky new thing called “home computing,” like the plague. Or maybe the movie was a flop, with limited release and an early exit from theaters. Today, I don’t recall this film ever having existed. I also don’t recall this Jeff Lynne song and video from the soundtrack. We’re talking HVB’s Holy Trinity of Rock material! (Do you remember this, hrrundivbakshi?)
To celebrate this (at least, personal) discovery, today’s Last Man Standing seeks meta-rock video song videos, that is, songs about videos with accompanying rock videos. Songs about videos that do not have an accompanying video are not eligible. Songs about film (eg, Duran Duran‘s “Girls on Film”) are not eligible, even if accompanied by a rock video. This may be the shortest RTH LMS challenge ever—or most likely you will dazzle me with your collective knowledge!
Let the (fun and) games begin!
Jul 202011
Yesterday, I got a diagnosis from a qualified M.D. that made me smile for two reasons: one, because it wasn’t serious (fear not, RTH! All is well!)—and, two, because it was also the name of a song. I want you to guess what medical condition I was diagnosed with. I suspect that this exercise will have the same net effect as a Last Man Standing episode, so if you want to treat it accordingly, feel free. At some point in this LMS-like process, I feel certain you’ll correctly diagnose my Rock, pop, or soul condition.
I look forward to your responses.
HVB
Jul 152011
It was mentioned by a Townsperson earlier today that Jimi Hendrix supposedly left the master mixes for side 1 of Axis: Bold of Love in a cab, making it necessary to quickly remix that side in time for the album’s release. Similarly there’s the story about the master tapes for Graham Parker & The Rumour‘s master tapes for Stick to Me being left somewhere, necessitating a quick re-recording of the entire album and the need to bring up that story whenever someone remarks on that album’s clearly subpar quality among Parker and the band’s first 4 albums. Finally, at the risk of using up rock’s only 3 examples of “the dog ate my homework” tales, there’s the story of Bono‘s stolen briefcase of lyrics that he’d intened to sing on the U2‘s sophomore album, October. What I didn’t know until researching this subject was that the briefcase was returned to him in 2004. Do any U2 fans know if the band has or plans to re-record the vocal tracks using the original lyrics?
There must be other dog eats homework tales in rock ‘n roll that we could add to the record. As always, limit yourself to one entry per post, to avoid “bogarting” the topic. Thanks!
