Old Fashion Drugs-- Alcohol

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Posted By: Paul S

...I was in a very "proper" bank about a week ago, sitting in a plush chair talking to the a rep. There's a soft music radio station playing quietly in the background on their speaker system. All of a sudden I hear..."She's a very freaky gir-rl, dum da da dum..." Probably I was the only one who got the irony.

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Posted By: barrysloate

I don't know any of this music at all. Except for Sly and the Family Stone.

Anybody else but me know any Jefferson Airplane lyrics?

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Posted By: JimCrandell

Paul,

Another great song(Superfreak) as was MC Hammer's hit to the same beat--Can't touch this.

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Posted By: James Feagin

Jim,

Enough with this music talk

James

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Posted By: Jim VB

As usual, Jeff is correct. The actor who played Huggy Bear was Antonio Fargas. His son, Justin, is a tailback for the Oakland Raiders. (Formerly of both Michigan and USC.)

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Posted By: Paul S

Barry -- I still have my vinyl album of Surrealistic Pillow.

Jim -- "Superfreak" has made a minor comeback as a sampled part to a song by some current rap artist (not sure who but my 11-year-old knows!)

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Posted By: Al C.risafulli

These mushrooms are making me thirsty.

I don't even know what else to say.

-Al

EDIT: Except this:

Lather was 30 years old today.
They took away all of his toys.
His mother sent newspaper clippings to him
about old friends who'd stopped being boys.

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Posted By: Bob Pomilla

Well, Barry, I do remember what the doormouse said.

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Posted By: Jeff Lichtman

Jim, I have a recollection that Fargas played for MSU -- but I'm not certain. I just have a memory of him in green running down the field...

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Posted By: Paul S

If that doormouse was really smart he'd of said "Keep you Mantles"

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Posted By: pas

One pill makes you larger, and one pill makes you small. And the ones that mother gives you, don't do anything at all.

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Posted By: pas

Barry I am like you, I doubt I would recognize any song post-1980. MC Hammer indeed.

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Posted By: Bob

Jim- I can't always remember where I was two weeks ago but the lyrics to the song Shaft still bang around in my head after all these years.
Barry- "One pill makes you larger/And one pill makes you small/And the ones that mother gives you/Don't do anything at all/Go ask Alice, when she's 10 foot tall...."
Yup, there are 60's animals out there who still retain the lyrics to when rock was really rock
tbob

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Posted By: leon

Go ask Alice....when she was 10 ft tall.....I saw Jefferson Airplane introducing Grace Slick.....in about 1980 in Hollywood at an open paladium somewhere in the side of a mountain (Greek Theater?).....and we were seeing things 10 ft tall too...

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Posted By: Jim VB

Michigan, not MSU, but you did make me check.

http://usctrojans.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/fargas_justin00.html


Switch your memories from green to maize and blue. But his best year really came at USC.

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Posted By: Paul S

Man, this thread is like a public landfill.

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Posted By: peter chao

Paul S.,

This thread also resembles a Senate filibuster...it's worked the resistence has gone underground.

Peter C.

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Posted By: Al Simeone

Be careful Peter statements like that may bring the wrath of god back upon you!!!!! Jeff are you out there!!!

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Posted By: Rob Dewolf

Geez, Peter, can't you give the entire me-against-the-establishment thing a rest? It's relevant only in your mind. Really.

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Posted By: Rob Dewolf

Al,

Jeff's at dinner, so I guess I'm filling in for him.

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Posted By: Al Simeone

Rob,
Thanks I knew I would get back-up from somebody!! By the way to all the members I just went thru this thread and out of the 119 posts (at the time) and being objective only 21 have anything to do with what this thread started out to be that peter started. That has to be a record! The only shaft I see is how many more posts it will take before we can put this one to bed!

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Posted By: Marty

I just think that it is great that we are all different..... even though annoying at times........DOWN SHAFT!!!!!!!!!!!

GO YARD

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Posted By: Greg Theberge

Did somebody mention "underground" in this music thread?



I think it's time we all go out for a beer and a dog and chill out a bit.

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Posted By: Eric Brehm

"Al, Jeff's at dinner, so I guess I'm filling in for him." Thanks, I want to know what meals Jeff is eating and who is covering for him on this unbelievably fascinating thread. Absolutely, monumentally stupid.

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Posted By: JimCrandell

Paul,

I used to have Superfreak as the ring tone on my cell but my daughter decided it was not hip enough and changed it to "In Da Club" by 50 cent.

Barry--"Somebody to Love" my only Jefferson Airplane song in the Top 1,000 unless you count Jefferson Starship with "We Built This City".

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Posted By: Rob Dewolf

Eric,

I forgot the smiley face. Had I remembered, you might have realized I was joking. As Al did. My bad.

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Posted By: Eric Brehm

Sorry Rob, I didn't mean to pick on you. I haven't even read the whole thread. But this is really bad. Regards, Eric

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Posted By: Rob Dewolf

Eric,

No problem at all. It was tough to tell that I was joking. And actually, I'm right there with you on this thread.

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Posted By: Ken W.

Hate to chime in here now, but I'm pretty sure that a recent poll among music critics had Starship's "We Built This City" as their #1 worst song of all-time!

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Posted By: pas

White Rabbit isn't in the top ONE THOUSAND? Seriously? For the Starship, Miracles blows We Built This City away!!!!

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Posted By: Al Simeone

Eric,
I totally agree its one of the worst threads ever. But to get you up to speed you have to go over to the memorabilia side and read "An offshoot of the first Amendment The freedom to post" and then you must read this whole post That will take about an hour for both! And then you may get the real jist of what all this thread is about!!!As I stated Rob took over for Jeff (Thank God) All I know is Im now in a great mood for winning the Oct Net 54 contest card!!! And am having a Drink !! Oh thats right that whay this thread started out as. LOL

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Posted By: Eric Brehm

Al, I'm having a drink too, though my doctors tell me I should lay off of it. Generally I have a pretty laissez faire attitude towards what people do in on-line communities, but sometimes I feel the need to spout off. Good luck with the contest.

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Posted By: JimCrandell

Ken,

You're absolutely right. It was VH1 100 worst songs of all time. What really ticked me off was that My Sharona by the Knaak which I love was in their Top 21 worst.

Peter,

I like White Rabbit too. Also like Volunteers.

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Posted By: Al C.risafulli

Oh my, Jim, "We Built This City" is a dismal, dismal song. It is a PSA 1.

For Starship I agree with "Miracles", and also "Jane" and "Black Widow."

The only reason I can think of that you wouldn't have "White Rabbit", along with "Volunteers", the aforementioned "Lather", "We Can Be Together", "Wooden Ships," and "Plastic Fantastic Lover" in a top ONE THOUSAND songs of all time would be that you are a conservative Republican and cannot stand to have much hippie music on the list.

At the same time I am pretty sure you grew up in the 60s and thus MUST have experienced how brilliant those songs are. "Lather" and "Wooden Ships" in particular.

-Al

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Posted By: Al Simeone

Eric,
No problem at all. Thats what most of us have been doing to Peter C the last 2 days!! Have one for me and maybe tomorrow this thread will just be a memory!!

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Posted By: JimCrandell

Al,

Weren't on Top 40--I don't know them.

Lot of hippie songs in my top 1000--no band other than Steely Dan has more than 5 in the Top 1000.

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Posted By: Jerry Hrechka

Country Joe & The Fish

'Cmon all you big strong men
Uncle Sam needs your help again
He got himself in a terrible jam
Way down yonder in Viet Nam

So put down your books and pick up a gun
We're gonna have a whole lot of fun

And it's One Two Three What are we fighting for?
Don't ask me, I don't give a damm.
Next stop is Viet Nam

And it's Five Six Seven open up the pearly gates
No need to wonder why
Whoopee we're all gonna die.

Well come on fathers through out the land
Pack your boys off to Viet Nam
'Cmon mothers don't hesitate
Send them off before it's too late

Be the first one on the block
To have your boy come home in a box.

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Posted By: Al C.risafulli

Jim:

"Wooden Ships" is better known as a Crosby Stills Nash & Young song.

"Lather" is just a beautiful, beautiful piece of music.

What Steely Dan songs?

-Al

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Posted By: JimCrandell

Good song--one of the real memorable songs at Woodstock.

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Posted By: Paul S

Jim - "memorable" songs? They say if you remember Woodstock then you really weren't there!

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Posted By: barrysloate

The Airplane had many other great songs on their first two albums "Surrealistic Pillow" and "After Bathing at Baxter's." They never quite had the same magic after that.

And Country Joe's best was "Electric Music for the Body and Mind." That's the stuff they were playing in 1967 when they appeared on "Monterey Pop", the best movie ever made that captured the spirit of 60's rock.

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Posted By: Joann

If this double posts I'll apologize in advance. I already sent it once, and it disappeared into nowhere. About right for this thread.

Both on current topic, and also appropriate for this thread:

"Tell him a hooka smoking caterpillar has given you the call ... to call Alice."

And maybe predictive for this thread, but mostly for Jim:

"California ... tumbles into the sea. That'll be the day I go back to Annandale."

J

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Posted By: JimCrandell

Paul,

I wasn't there but I have seen the documentary several times. Loved the announcement-"Hey man, we got a report there is some bad acid here man so like only take half a tab man"

Al,

My all-time favorite band.

Songs in my Top 1000 are Reelin in the Years, My Old School, Doctor Wu, Kid Charlemagne, Hey Nineteen, Deacon Blues, Gaslighting Abbie

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Posted By: Al C.risafulli

What an untraditional group of Steely Dan songs! I like.

How many Ramones songs made the list?

-Al

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Posted By: Jeff Lichtman

Al, Teenage Labotomy would be especially fitting for this thread.

For the record, Jeff had a steak at Morton's.

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Posted By: JimCrandell

Joann,

One of the great lines in My Old School--my favorite Steely Dan song.

Fagan sang it as an encore at a concert I saw them at last summer--in my opinion--nobody has as creative lyrics as Steely Dan.

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Posted By: JimCrandell

Al,

No Ramones songs--not a big punk rock guy--Rock the Casbah on--a few "New Wave" songs. Big fan of the Talking Heads--I think David Byrne is a musical Genius.

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Posted By: Joann

I knew you'd know and like that one, Jim.

When I was in grad school, I went through the last year writing my thesis with "Monkey in Your Soul" playing over and over, as loud as I could get it - the line was "I'll pack my things and run so far from here - goodbye dear." I still crank it up at work sometimes.

J

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Posted By: Al Simeone

Jeff,
I totally agree! Rob and I tried to hold down the fort but this thread just went out of control!!! I do believe all the board members went on ACID tonight just to make PETER C. happy!!! Mortons ah that sounds great!! Well leon just emailed me about the contest card I won!! Wow I cant see it to clearly looks like a wagner to me !! OOPS to much Alcohol I guess!!

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Posted By: JimCrandell

Joann,

Steely Dan was one of the most popular recording acts while I was in college but as you know they never toured. I am glad that they have toured more in their later years and I have seen them three times.

While the music played you walked my candlelight
Those San Franciscan nights--they were the best around
Just by chance you crossed the diamond with the pearl
You turned it one the world. Thats when you turned the world around

Did you feel like Jesus?
Did you realize, you were a champion in their eyes?

On the hill the stuff was laced with kerosene
But yours was kitchen clean
Everyone stopped and stared
At your technicolor motorhome
Every head man had your number on the wall
You must have had it all
You'd go to LA on a dare and you'd go it alone.