Beatle or solo songs that annoy.

stormy · Post by **stormy** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 10:31 am

I actually heard a Muzak version of 'The Ballad of John and Yoko' in an Albertsons a few years ago

Dennis

wayang · Post by **wayang** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 10:33 am

I once heard a string orchestra version of "The Times They Are A'Changin'" in a supermarket once...

Are not...

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 11:22 am

It ain't the meat, it's the motion...

winston · Post by **winston** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 1:59 pm

Anything and everything that Ringo sings. I dislike his voice immensely

brammy · Post by **brammy** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 5:52 pm

Dane... a musak version of "The Times They Are A'Changin'" would freek me out too. See?... we agree on SOME things!

wayang · Post by **wayang** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 7:04 am

Yet another reason why I avoid mescaline before trips to the supermarket...

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 8:19 am

Kent, he's just trying to wind you up again.

wayang · Post by **wayang** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 8:31 am

Hey, I was just being forthright; I'm sure Kent and I are in agreement about most things. For instance, I'm sure it's been years since he did mescaline and went food shopping, too...the muzak is just too unpredictable for that heavy a drug...not to mention the packaging art in the cereal aisle...

revolver323 · Post by **revolver323** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 12:29 pm

Don't you just HATE it when the Kellogg's rooster jumps out at you??

wolfgang · Post by **wolfgang** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 6:39 am

ha, good morning, good morning
one of Lennon's best songs!

brammy · Post by **brammy** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 2:24 pm

>>>I'm sure it's been years since he did mescaline and went food shopping, too

Not mescaline... but I do vaguely remember some strange store outings after a particularly successful batch of brownies. Yes, a supermarket can be a very wonderous place if you're in a certain frame of mind.

But that was way back in prehistoric times. These days my drug habit is nothing more exciting than a Gin'n'Tonic and some ibuprophen.

But I still say that a musak version of "The Times They Are A'Changin'" freeks me out no matter what chemicals are running around my bloodstream.

wayang · Post by **wayang** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 6:28 am

Muzak in general freaks me out...the biggest international purveyor of 'muzak' is a wholly-owned subsidiary of ITT, that little multinational entity started by a Dutchman and headquartered in the Bahamas (they got their big start supplying Hitler with electronic components). Think about their contributions to civilization the next time you have to stand in the checkout line trying not to listen to "Muskrat Love"...

Gee, Kent...it seems like we have more in common than either of us might have guessed initially. Maybe we'll run into each other some time in the Tonic'n'Ibuprophen aisle, trying not to listen to some Captain'n'Tenille...

brammy · Post by **brammy** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 7:50 am

Perhaps, ya never know .... you mentioned NYC.... is that where you live? I just came from a visit there. Interestingly, my mother is giving up the apartment she's maintained for many years (I lived there as a teenager.... east village) and will now live fulltime upstate. I only mention this because from now on I wont have an automatic place to stay in NYC. I grew up there and still know the place so well, but in some respects now its just another big city to avoid. Thats ok, I wont miss it.

I went to 47th street to look at guitars, but the better place is Guitar Center on 14th (between 5th and 6th) which had a great selection (although I didn't buy a guitar). I bought a pack of blank CD's and wound up in a small argument with the clerk who was insisting that I give him my name and address in order to complete the purchase..... (I guess the just want to beef up their mailing list). I told him that I just wanted to pay cash and that he wouldn't expect questions like that when he buys a simple carton of milk, would he? Then he asked me "what my problem was" and thats when I got a little hot under the collar. Oh well.

wayang · Post by **wayang** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 8:08 am

Everbody's a little hot under the collar in NYC in July, as I recall...as well as the socks, the waistband, etc...but I'm on your side in the 'let's have your address' controversy. Guys like that clerk won't get it until the day they do demand his address for a carton of milk.

I live in Denver, another medium-sized city that's hellbent on becoming a big city to be avoided. It seems to be modelling itself more on Orange County than the Big Apple these days...what a choice!

I haven't been to NYC since playing the CMJ festival in '99, but I spent a lot of time there in the '80s. I miss it in many ways, but I realize that going there at this point wouldn't be like the times I remember. For one thing, I can't run as fast as I used to...

brammy · Post by **brammy** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 3:45 pm

What is the CMJ festival ?

As for Orange County, I avoid it like the plague.

I'm told that winters in CO are not as bad as the long cold wet dreary nightmares that is experienced in New England.... true?