WORST HITS EVER RECORDED
We Russians are very lucky to have a guy named Vitas or something. He's usually called 'Fire alarm'. He had a hit a coupla years ago and it went just like this. At the very beginning, he sings in a kind of falsetto, and then he starts like "Wa-a-ah-ah-ah-ow-ow" in a voice so high i'm afraid old dogs wouldn't be able to hear. A true fire alarm.
Jeff: i love "Basketcase", too. Now. But ten years ago... wwelll... anyway, boys are freakin' handsome.
Jeff: i love "Basketcase", too. Now. But ten years ago... wwelll... anyway, boys are freakin' handsome.
Nothing will get you dead quicker than being deadly serious about yourself.
- scoobster28
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No way Dean, I must respectfully disagree. It is there first #1 and a great song. I think it IS very commercialized and overplayed, but a great song from my favorite rock band that still tours (after Beatles and Beach Boys.. and not, the later DOES NOT tour!)
"Here he is, come to pay homage to the Rickenbacker display!" (Said to me by owner Bruce at the "Great House of Guitars" in Rochester, NY)
"Put dee lime in dee coconut."
I love that friggin song! The only reason I let the credits roll after watching "Reservior Dogs". I love that movie too. I laugh incredibly hard when that song is on. Gotta love the parody on "The Simpsons"
Homer: You put da beer in da coconut and drink it all up
You put da beer in da coconut and throw da can away ...
[throws a beer can at Ned]
Ned: Homer!
Homer: You throw da can away ...
[throws another beer can]
Ned: I said, Homer!
Homer: You throw da can away.
[he runs out of beer cans]
I love that friggin song! The only reason I let the credits roll after watching "Reservior Dogs". I love that movie too. I laugh incredibly hard when that song is on. Gotta love the parody on "The Simpsons"
Homer: You put da beer in da coconut and drink it all up
You put da beer in da coconut and throw da can away ...
[throws a beer can at Ned]
Ned: Homer!
Homer: You throw da can away ...
[throws another beer can]
Ned: I said, Homer!
Homer: You throw da can away.
[he runs out of beer cans]
1976 Rickenbacker 4001
2011/05 Fender Standard Fretless Jazz Bass
2005/11 Fender Standard Jazz Bass
2011/05 Fender Standard Fretless Jazz Bass
2005/11 Fender Standard Jazz Bass
One person's 'Favorite Song' is another's 'Worst Hit Ever Recorded'...it's all about context and connotation.
I was playing drums in a cheezy trio in July 1976...two weeks at 'The Pomp Room' (I couldn't put it better myself) in Souix Falls, S.D. Every time we took a break (four sets a night, six nights a week) the bar owner would kick the jukebox on, and the first song was always 'Dreamweaver'...you do the math...whenever I hear that song now (which thankfully is not often) I can still smell the beer-soaked carpet and swamp coolers...it invariably makes me want to step outside.
I was playing drums in a cheezy trio in July 1976...two weeks at 'The Pomp Room' (I couldn't put it better myself) in Souix Falls, S.D. Every time we took a break (four sets a night, six nights a week) the bar owner would kick the jukebox on, and the first song was always 'Dreamweaver'...you do the math...whenever I hear that song now (which thankfully is not often) I can still smell the beer-soaked carpet and swamp coolers...it invariably makes me want to step outside.
I didn't get where I am today by being on time...
"The Pomp Room"! haha!
I played two or three nights a week for 6 months in a place called 'The Belmar' around the time 'Feelings' was a hit. I heard it constantly in this place, now this was the biggest dive I have ever seen or been in in my life. We used to watch the people walk into the wall when they turned on the lights at last call. Luckily I very rarely hear that song, but when I do I still get the heebee jeebees.
I played two or three nights a week for 6 months in a place called 'The Belmar' around the time 'Feelings' was a hit. I heard it constantly in this place, now this was the biggest dive I have ever seen or been in in my life. We used to watch the people walk into the wall when they turned on the lights at last call. Luckily I very rarely hear that song, but when I do I still get the heebee jeebees.
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rorybonk
Dane, if it's any comfort, the Pomp Room was torn down about 5 or 7 years ago and replaced with a lovely parking ramp. I live in Sioux Falls and have played several times at the Pomp Room. Beer soaked carpet I can remember, Dream Weaver not so much. I can't imagine playing there for a two week run - Ouch! It was the last real music club left in town, but I think the parking ramp serves the community better.
Welcome to the Forum Richard and thanks for bringing us up to date.
Life, as with music, often requires one to let go of the melody and listen to the rhythm
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Richard..it's no comfort, believe me...for better or worse, our childhood's gettin' bulldozed away. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I seem to remember parking above the bar and having to walk around from the back to get to the entrance...it sounds kind of like they took the bar out from under the parking ramp. (I could be confusing it with one of many venues from my past...it all runs together a bit.)
I liked Sioux Falls...a lovely town, but hot in July. I went to the Zoo a couple of times...ate a lot of 3 AM dinner/breakfasts at The Country Kitchen...and put the after-market air-conditioner in my '68 Rambler station wagon through some rigorous field testing. Two months later I was working on the Alaska pipeline...from The Pomp Room to the Pumping Station...
I just got a great idea for a new Donald Trump Reality show..."Please Pomp My Ride"...
I liked Sioux Falls...a lovely town, but hot in July. I went to the Zoo a couple of times...ate a lot of 3 AM dinner/breakfasts at The Country Kitchen...and put the after-market air-conditioner in my '68 Rambler station wagon through some rigorous field testing. Two months later I was working on the Alaska pipeline...from The Pomp Room to the Pumping Station...
I just got a great idea for a new Donald Trump Reality show..."Please Pomp My Ride"...
I didn't get where I am today by being on time...
