Comments on: CHART ATTACK! #40: 7/12/80 http://jasonhare.com/2007/07/13/chart-attack-40/ The Music That Taste Forgot Wed, 19 Nov 2008 13:39:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Ivan http://jasonhare.com/2007/07/13/chart-attack-40/#comment-26123 Ivan Thu, 29 Nov 2007 05:36:47 +0000 http://jasonhare.com/2007/07/13/chart-attack-40/#comment-26123 Hi, my name is disman-kl, i like your site and i ll be back ;) Hi, my name is disman-kl, i like your site and i ll be back ;)

]]> By: Ray http://jasonhare.com/2007/07/13/chart-attack-40/#comment-24609 Ray Mon, 12 Nov 2007 10:33:51 +0000 http://jasonhare.com/2007/07/13/chart-attack-40/#comment-24609 I remember Lipps, Inc. quite well. Back in 1979 in Chicago we endured FM station WDAI that went from album rock to "Disco 'DAI" literally overnight. About six full months before Funkytown, WDAI played a pretty cool Lipps, Inc. track called "Rock It", which was quite a bit edgier than most disco tunes of the day. What was also pretty funny is that the folks at the station apparently didn't get the wordplay in the group's name and referred to them as "Lipps, Incorporated" (no lie!) I remember Lipps, Inc. quite well. Back in 1979 in Chicago we endured FM station WDAI that went from album rock to “Disco ‘DAI” literally overnight. About six full months before Funkytown, WDAI played a pretty cool Lipps, Inc. track called “Rock It”, which was quite a bit edgier than most disco tunes of the day. What was also pretty funny is that the folks at the station apparently didn’t get the wordplay in the group’s name and referred to them as “Lipps, Incorporated” (no lie!)

]]> By: JasonHare.com » Blog Archive » Stevie Gets Serious http://jasonhare.com/2007/07/13/chart-attack-40/#comment-20387 JasonHare.com » Blog Archive » Stevie Gets Serious Wed, 26 Sep 2007 11:43:32 +0000 http://jasonhare.com/2007/07/13/chart-attack-40/#comment-20387 [...] few months ago, in CHART ATTACK! #40, we covered Jermaine Jackson’s “Let’s Get Serious,” which was both written [...] […] few months ago, in CHART ATTACK! #40, we covered Jermaine Jackson’s “Let’s Get Serious,” which was both written […]

]]> By: Robert http://jasonhare.com/2007/07/13/chart-attack-40/#comment-19771 Robert Tue, 18 Sep 2007 00:08:49 +0000 http://jasonhare.com/2007/07/13/chart-attack-40/#comment-19771 I just heard the studio version of "Coming Up" for the first time.  I agree that the live version is better, but I like the studio version quite a bit.  It's quirky, but not in a cutesy way. I just heard the studio version of "Coming Up" for the first time.  I agree that the live version is better, but I like the studio version quite a bit.  It’s quirky, but not in a cutesy way.

]]> By: Robert http://jasonhare.com/2007/07/13/chart-attack-40/#comment-16004 Robert Wed, 01 Aug 2007 13:38:54 +0000 http://jasonhare.com/2007/07/13/chart-attack-40/#comment-16004 Jason, you'll be happy to know that on Disc Two of Time-Life's "Classic Soft Rock: Summer Breeze," "Steal Away" immediately follows "What a Fool Believes." Smart sequencing on Time-Life's part (but I'm going to give credit to a Rhino employee for that clever decision). I forgot to say over the weekend that "Mama Can't Buy You Love" is one of my favorite Elton John songs. I need to say it! Another good one from his 1977 "Thom Bell Sessions" is "Are You Ready for Love," which became a hit in the UK in 2003 (I'm not sure if it was a hit in the '70s there). Jason, you’ll be happy to know that on Disc Two of Time-Life’s “Classic Soft Rock: Summer Breeze,” “Steal Away” immediately follows “What a Fool Believes.” Smart sequencing on Time-Life’s part (but I’m going to give credit to a Rhino employee for that clever decision).

I forgot to say over the weekend that “Mama Can’t Buy You Love” is one of my favorite Elton John songs. I need to say it! Another good one from his 1977 “Thom Bell Sessions” is “Are You Ready for Love,” which became a hit in the UK in 2003 (I’m not sure if it was a hit in the ’70s there).

]]> By: Robert http://jasonhare.com/2007/07/13/chart-attack-40/#comment-15788 Robert Sat, 28 Jul 2007 20:22:47 +0000 http://jasonhare.com/2007/07/13/chart-attack-40/#comment-15788 I don't think I've ever heard the studio version of "Coming Up." I'll have to look that one up. I think I read that Elton John has a really kickass $20,000 toupee, not hair plugs. I, for one, am glad Billy Joel went bald gracefully. Yeah, his hair disappeared in what seemed like a day, so I still do a double take myself when I see him, but I do a double take when I look at my own lack of hair in the mirror. We don't like being reminded that our heroes are mortal just like us. As the blog that Dan linked to says, "Maybe We Ain't That Young Anymore." I like "Wonderful Christmas Time" much more than "Waterfalls," but I am interested in hearing Sloan's version of the latter now. De La Soul sampled the former for their song "Simply." I have a feeling Stevie Wonder didn't care too much about losing "Let's Get Serious." He probably said to Gordy, "You want this one? Take it. I got 600 more in my vault that are even better, asshole!" (Everybody knows Stevie Wonder is an angry, belligerent jerk. A genius, but soooooo angry.) Off the top of my head I know that Wonder wrote or cowrote "It's a Shame" for the Spinners, "Tears of a Clown" for the Miracles, and "Tell Me Something Good" for Rufus. Wasn't Jermaine's marriage to Gordy's daughter the reason he stayed with Motown when the other Jacksons departed for Epic? I like Pseudo Echo's cover of "Funkytown" more than the original, and I love disco. Maybe it's because the original's so robotic. I'm right with you on "Little Jeannie," Jason. I heard it too much growing up, so I don't want to like it anymore, but that refrain ... sigh ... it melts me. Like Homer with that giant subway sandwich that gave him food poisoning, all I can say to this song is "How can I stay mad at you?" I don’t think I’ve ever heard the studio version of “Coming Up.” I’ll have to look that one up.

I think I read that Elton John has a really kickass $20,000 toupee, not hair plugs. I, for one, am glad Billy Joel went bald gracefully. Yeah, his hair disappeared in what seemed like a day, so I still do a double take myself when I see him, but I do a double take when I look at my own lack of hair in the mirror. We don’t like being reminded that our heroes are mortal just like us. As the blog that Dan linked to says, “Maybe We Ain’t That Young Anymore.”

I like “Wonderful Christmas Time” much more than “Waterfalls,” but I am interested in hearing Sloan’s version of the latter now. De La Soul sampled the former for their song “Simply.”

I have a feeling Stevie Wonder didn’t care too much about losing “Let’s Get Serious.” He probably said to Gordy, “You want this one? Take it. I got 600 more in my vault that are even better, asshole!” (Everybody knows Stevie Wonder is an angry, belligerent jerk. A genius, but soooooo angry.) Off the top of my head I know that Wonder wrote or cowrote “It’s a Shame” for the Spinners, “Tears of a Clown” for the Miracles, and “Tell Me Something Good” for Rufus. Wasn’t Jermaine’s marriage to Gordy’s daughter the reason he stayed with Motown when the other Jacksons departed for Epic?

I like Pseudo Echo’s cover of “Funkytown” more than the original, and I love disco. Maybe it’s because the original’s so robotic.

I’m right with you on “Little Jeannie,” Jason. I heard it too much growing up, so I don’t want to like it anymore, but that refrain … sigh … it melts me. Like Homer with that giant subway sandwich that gave him food poisoning, all I can say to this song is “How can I stay mad at you?”

]]> By: reader http://jasonhare.com/2007/07/13/chart-attack-40/#comment-15763 reader Sat, 28 Jul 2007 13:40:29 +0000 http://jasonhare.com/2007/07/13/chart-attack-40/#comment-15763 More on the Lennon/Coming Up connection. Not only did John really like the song, he apparently believed that in the lyrics Paul was talking directly to him. Maybe that's why it also encouaged him to get writing again. Also, John preferred what he called the 'freaky' version, meaning the studio version. There's a video on YouTube where he discussed this. He says that if he had still been with Paul, he would have told him to ignore the record company and release that version. I've always thought the lyrics of With a Little Luck sound like they were written to John as well.   More on the Lennon/Coming Up connection. Not only did John really like the song, he apparently believed that in the lyrics Paul was talking directly to him. Maybe that’s why it also encouaged him to get writing again. Also, John preferred what he called the ‘freaky’ version, meaning the studio version. There’s a video on YouTube where he discussed this. He says that if he had still been with Paul, he would have told him to ignore the record company and release that version.
I’ve always thought the lyrics of With a Little Luck sound like they were written to John as well.
 

]]> By: Dan http://jasonhare.com/2007/07/13/chart-attack-40/#comment-15145 Dan Thu, 19 Jul 2007 14:12:03 +0000 http://jasonhare.com/2007/07/13/chart-attack-40/#comment-15145 I too am from the Island of Long. I'm a bit older that Jason. There was a time when I was a huge fan of Billy Joel, but that time probably ended in the mid-80s. Around 1980 a college buddy had let me copy his crummy cassette copy of a live Billy Joel show he had taped off the radio.  Billy Joel was the shit then and this show proved it. Really rocked. I must have listened to that crappy copy of a crummy tape 500 times. I still have it. Imagine my glee when I found that exact show posted here: <a href="http://notthatyoung.blogspot.com/2007/06/bottle-of-red.html" rel="nofollow">http://notthatyoung.blogspot.com/2007/06/bottle-of-red.html</a>. The links are still good. Go get this.  You'll see what all the fuss was about. Drummer Liberty Devito was a madman.  This is about a year after Born to Run came out and there is a lot of sax in this show. Billy Joel could write some great songs. P.S. For people that don't know, the LEAST expensive stores on the Miracle Mile are probably the Coach store, Crate and Barrel and Williams Sonoma. This is not a place where kids hang out and spend their allowance.   I too am from the Island of Long. I’m a bit older that Jason. There was a time when I was a huge fan of Billy Joel, but that time probably ended in the mid-80s. Around 1980 a college buddy had let me copy his crummy cassette copy of a live Billy Joel show he had taped off the radio.  Billy Joel was the shit then and this show proved it. Really rocked. I must have listened to that crappy copy of a crummy tape 500 times. I still have it.
Imagine my glee when I found that exact show posted here: http://notthatyoung.blogspot.com/2007/06/bottle-of-red.html. The links are still good. Go get this.  You’ll see what all the fuss was about. Drummer Liberty Devito was a madman.  This is about a year after Born to Run came out and there is a lot of sax in this show. Billy Joel could write some great songs.
P.S. For people that don’t know, the LEAST expensive stores on the Miracle Mile are probably the Coach store, Crate and Barrel and Williams Sonoma. This is not a place where kids hang out and spend their allowance.
 

]]> By: Rebecca http://jasonhare.com/2007/07/13/chart-attack-40/#comment-14850 Rebecca Sat, 14 Jul 2007 20:16:30 +0000 http://jasonhare.com/2007/07/13/chart-attack-40/#comment-14850 I can understand the Lennon connection on "Coming Up" since it's one of the only McCartney songs I like. The song is just plain fun and the verse is very Lennon-esque in production and phrasing so I can see why he liked it. In the video, my favorite is Paul McYoder on drums. I don't know who he's supposed to be, but he sure looks Amish to me. Oh, and I was forced to sing "The Rose" at my aunt's wedding as their recessional. She put everyone in Civil War garb too. No wonder why no one in the family talks to her any more. I can understand the Lennon connection on “Coming Up” since it’s one of the only McCartney songs I like. The song is just plain fun and the verse is very Lennon-esque in production and phrasing so I can see why he liked it. In the video, my favorite is Paul McYoder on drums. I don’t know who he’s supposed to be, but he sure looks Amish to me.

Oh, and I was forced to sing “The Rose” at my aunt’s wedding as their recessional. She put everyone in Civil War garb too. No wonder why no one in the family talks to her any more.

]]> By: Stephen http://jasonhare.com/2007/07/13/chart-attack-40/#comment-14844 Stephen Sat, 14 Jul 2007 18:22:40 +0000 http://jasonhare.com/2007/07/13/chart-attack-40/#comment-14844 Oh and "Waterfalls" from <em>McCartney II</em> is actually pretty great. The Canadian band Sloan did a teriffic version of it for a tribute a couple of years back, and it easily tops the original. Oh and "Waterfalls" from McCartney II is actually pretty great. The Canadian band Sloan did a teriffic version of it for a tribute a couple of years back, and it easily tops the original.

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