Comments on: Adventures Through The Mines Of Mellow Gold 43 http://jasonhare.com/2007/08/08/adventures-through-the-mines-of-mellow-gold-43/ The Music That Taste Forgot Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:27:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: CHART ATTACK!: 5/20/78 | Popdose http://jasonhare.com/2007/08/08/adventures-through-the-mines-of-mellow-gold-43/#comment-47678 CHART ATTACK!: 5/20/78 | Popdose Fri, 22 May 2009 13:30:48 +0000 http://jasonhare.com/2007/08/08/adventures-through-the-mines-of-mellow-gold-43/#comment-47678 [...] Here’s another fun little trivia fact: the Gibb influence reached #1 on the Billboard chart in one way or another from December 24, 1977 to May 13, 1978, with one exception — Player took over the charts for three weeks in February with “Baby Come Back.” Which is also awesome. [...] […] Here’s another fun little trivia fact: the Gibb influence reached #1 on the Billboard chart in one way or another from December 24, 1977 to May 13, 1978, with one exception — Player took over the charts for three weeks in February with “Baby Come Back.” Which is also awesome. […]

]]> By: FLAMEOFNJ-PATTI http://jasonhare.com/2007/08/08/adventures-through-the-mines-of-mellow-gold-43/#comment-36833 FLAMEOFNJ-PATTI Sat, 12 Apr 2008 19:34:26 +0000 http://jasonhare.com/2007/08/08/adventures-through-the-mines-of-mellow-gold-43/#comment-36833 Seems many people don't know the true talents of Peter Beckett from PLAYER. Maybe you should check out his website and read all his credits as an amazing musician in our history(and Englands). He is not just one song called "Baby Come Back". I am his friend and Webmistress and I really hate when people comment on things that they know little about...then consider themselves experts in the music field. Didn't your mother ever tell you to do your home work JASON??????????? www.peterbeckett-player.com www.player-theband.com Seems many people don’t know the true talents of Peter Beckett from PLAYER. Maybe you should check out his website and read all his credits as an amazing musician in our history(and Englands). He is not just one song called “Baby Come Back”. I am his friend and Webmistress and I really hate when people comment on things that they know little about…then consider themselves experts in the music field. Didn’t your mother ever tell you to do your home work JASON???????????

www.peterbeckett-player.com
www.player-theband.com

]]> By: Jesus of Cool: Rousing the Rabble for the Rock Hall of Fame | Popdose http://jasonhare.com/2007/08/08/adventures-through-the-mines-of-mellow-gold-43/#comment-33886 Jesus of Cool: Rousing the Rabble for the Rock Hall of Fame | Popdose Mon, 10 Mar 2008 16:35:14 +0000 http://jasonhare.com/2007/08/08/adventures-through-the-mines-of-mellow-gold-43/#comment-33886 [...] The hall’s obvious anti-grass-roots (and, to date, anti-Grass Roots!) elitism likely won’t slow down devoted fans like the Player-obsessive Myers. Yes, this time she’s in it for love (Oh, come on! How was I supposed to resist?), but she’s also managed to turn her fetish for frontman Peter Beckett into a steady gig creating and maintaining official websites for Beckett and former Player bassist Ronn Moss, as well as the Player hall of fame petition. (Give the woman some credit: On her Beckett website, she has the audacity to feature my Popdose colleague Jason Hare’s “Mellow Gold” takedown of “Baby Come Back”!) [...] […] The hall’s obvious anti-grass-roots (and, to date, anti-Grass Roots!) elitism likely won’t slow down devoted fans like the Player-obsessive Myers. Yes, this time she’s in it for love (Oh, come on! How was I supposed to resist?), but she’s also managed to turn her fetish for frontman Peter Beckett into a steady gig creating and maintaining official websites for Beckett and former Player bassist Ronn Moss, as well as the Player hall of fame petition. (Give the woman some credit: On her Beckett website, she has the audacity to feature my Popdose colleague Jason Hare’s “Mellow Gold” takedown of “Baby Come Back”!) […]

]]> By: Robert http://jasonhare.com/2007/08/08/adventures-through-the-mines-of-mellow-gold-43/#comment-17409 Robert Sun, 19 Aug 2007 17:33:58 +0000 http://jasonhare.com/2007/08/08/adventures-through-the-mines-of-mellow-gold-43/#comment-17409 Who the hell spells Ronn with two Ns? Bah, humbug! I do wish my first name was Ridge, however. Five years ago I bought the "Super Hits of the '70s" CD that features "Baby Come Back," and the liner notes mentioned that many people still think this song is by H&O, which surprised me, but then I listened to the song for the hundredth time and I could definitely hear the similarities. A few months later I was in a grocery store in Atlanta, and when "Baby Come Back" came on the PA (Kroger's "KRGR Radio," to be exact) I overheard a guy ten feet away ask his wife, "Is this Hall & Oates?" Great write-up, Jason, but, isn't "Homer Alone" the episode where Marge goes to Rancho Relaxo and Maggie escapes from the house in hopes of finding her, which makes Homer panic and call the Missing Baby Hotline? The episode in which Homer and Marge lose custody of the children is from the seventh season, I think. (Yes, I know -- baby come back, Robert go away.) That video for "She's Gone" is incredible -- eyebrow-free Daryl Hall in his Ziggy Stardust-ripoff phase, nodding off during the song as if he's high on smack and not even bothering to lip-sync some of his lines, and John Oates in a sleeveless tuxedo shirt. I love how the duo seem to be on the set of a public-access talk show. The appearance of "the devil" makes you realize they're in on the joke, but I'm not sure if I laughed for the right reasons. Who the hell spells Ronn with two Ns? Bah, humbug! I do wish my first name was Ridge, however.

Five years ago I bought the “Super Hits of the ’70s” CD that features “Baby Come Back,” and the liner notes mentioned that many people still think this song is by H&O, which surprised me, but then I listened to the song for the hundredth time and I could definitely hear the similarities. A few months later I was in a grocery store in Atlanta, and when “Baby Come Back” came on the PA (Kroger’s “KRGR Radio,” to be exact) I overheard a guy ten feet away ask his wife, “Is this Hall & Oates?”

Great write-up, Jason, but, isn’t “Homer Alone” the episode where Marge goes to Rancho Relaxo and Maggie escapes from the house in hopes of finding her, which makes Homer panic and call the Missing Baby Hotline? The episode in which Homer and Marge lose custody of the children is from the seventh season, I think. (Yes, I know — baby come back, Robert go away.)

That video for “She’s Gone” is incredible — eyebrow-free Daryl Hall in his Ziggy Stardust-ripoff phase, nodding off during the song as if he’s high on smack and not even bothering to lip-sync some of his lines, and John Oates in a sleeveless tuxedo shirt. I love how the duo seem to be on the set of a public-access talk show. The appearance of “the devil” makes you realize they’re in on the joke, but I’m not sure if I laughed for the right reasons.

]]> By: Ross51 http://jasonhare.com/2007/08/08/adventures-through-the-mines-of-mellow-gold-43/#comment-16973 Ross51 Wed, 15 Aug 2007 04:03:11 +0000 http://jasonhare.com/2007/08/08/adventures-through-the-mines-of-mellow-gold-43/#comment-16973 Well, for starters, "Fanny (Be Tender With My Love)", from their Main Course album, with its "You know how easy it is to hurt me" lyric, just seems to be begging for the 'Jason' Mellow Gold treatment. :)  LOLOr, how about: "Paying The Price Of Love" from Size Isn't Everything, "Run To Me" from To Whom It May Concern, "Love So Right" and "Love Me" from Children Of The World,  "Too Much Heaven" from their Spirits Having Flown LP? Sheesh!  They've sung so many songs that qualify as both 'mellow' and 'gold', I guess, a person could pretty much just take their pick. ;)Hope you  are having/had a wonderful, relaxing, fun-filled vacation!!!:) Ross51 Well, for starters, "Fanny (Be Tender With My Love)", from their Main Course album, with its "You know how easy it is to hurt me" lyric, just seems to be begging for the ‘Jason’ Mellow Gold treatment. :)  LOLOr, how about: "Paying The Price Of Love" from Size Isn’t Everything, "Run To Me" from To Whom It May Concern, "Love So Right" and "Love Me" from Children Of The World,  "Too Much Heaven" from their Spirits Having Flown LP? Sheesh!  They’ve sung so many songs that qualify as both ‘mellow’ and ‘gold’, I guess, a person could pretty much just take their pick. ;)Hope you  are having/had a wonderful, relaxing, fun-filled vacation!!!:) Ross51

]]> By: Candy http://jasonhare.com/2007/08/08/adventures-through-the-mines-of-mellow-gold-43/#comment-16901 Candy Tue, 14 Aug 2007 05:04:03 +0000 http://jasonhare.com/2007/08/08/adventures-through-the-mines-of-mellow-gold-43/#comment-16901 I didn't know what "false bravado" was so I would sing "all be gone goes". And I especially loved "This Time I'm in it for Love".  Straining to hit those highs and lows... I didn’t know what "false bravado" was so I would sing "all be gone goes". And I especially loved "This Time I’m in it for Love".  Straining to hit those highs and lows…

]]> By: Jason http://jasonhare.com/2007/08/08/adventures-through-the-mines-of-mellow-gold-43/#comment-16853 Jason Mon, 13 Aug 2007 12:45:27 +0000 http://jasonhare.com/2007/08/08/adventures-through-the-mines-of-mellow-gold-43/#comment-16853 Ross,<br /><br />What Bee Gees songs did you have in mind?  We haven't covered them in Mellow Gold, but you'll find plenty of Bee Gees references in previous Chart Attacks... Ross,

What Bee Gees songs did you have in mind?  We haven’t covered them in Mellow Gold, but you’ll find plenty of Bee Gees references in previous Chart Attacks…

]]> By: Ross51 http://jasonhare.com/2007/08/08/adventures-through-the-mines-of-mellow-gold-43/#comment-16810 Ross51 Sun, 12 Aug 2007 20:34:18 +0000 http://jasonhare.com/2007/08/08/adventures-through-the-mines-of-mellow-gold-43/#comment-16810 Jason, thanks for years of tears [from LMAO ].  I love the song and I love this blog.  All the time and effort that you put in to this project is greatly appreciated.   Say...How 'bout some Bee Gees' Mellow Gold?Ross51 Jason, thanks for years of tears [from LMAO ].  I love the song and I love this blog.  All the time and effort that you put in to this project is greatly appreciated.   Say…How ’bout some Bee Gees’ Mellow Gold?Ross51

]]> By: darrin ego http://jasonhare.com/2007/08/08/adventures-through-the-mines-of-mellow-gold-43/#comment-16727 darrin ego Sat, 11 Aug 2007 18:03:24 +0000 http://jasonhare.com/2007/08/08/adventures-through-the-mines-of-mellow-gold-43/#comment-16727 hey you forget to mention the really great "say anything" scene in the movie Safe Men which features this song. hey you forget to mention the really great "say anything" scene in the movie Safe Men which features this song.

]]> By: JT http://jasonhare.com/2007/08/08/adventures-through-the-mines-of-mellow-gold-43/#comment-16675 JT Fri, 10 Aug 2007 19:33:13 +0000 http://jasonhare.com/2007/08/08/adventures-through-the-mines-of-mellow-gold-43/#comment-16675 Amusing myself, if no one else..."Baby you're fat...you can blame it all-on-me...I bought Dove bars...and now you could stand to lose a few."   Amusing myself, if no one else…"Baby you’re fat…you can blame it all-on-me…I bought Dove bars…and now you could stand to lose a few."  

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