To answer your question April, one tune, in 3/4 time, produced by her husband, the really bad skier, Sonny Bono. The Wrecking Crew provided the music, plus there were oboes and bassoons to class it up a bit. And that was all it took in those days.
Heck, I am so old I can remember when their child was a girl.
I am sure it was. But your memory plays tricks on you Sixty. Or at least mine does. I just remember them both as songs that were played over and over again on WABC. Another one was American Pie. They all run together for me.
Just mark it down to me being a New York City Bullshit Artist with Ass Eyes who never left the block and doesn't know anything about anything. Sorry.
Did you ever see the movie "Diner?" It introduced Mickey Rourke and Kevin Bacon and a bunch of other bit part actors.
Anyway there is a scene with this guy Shrevie who was married to Ellen Barkin. A hot young twentish Ellen Barkin. He spent all his time at the Diner with his pals instead of banging the shit of Ellen. He has a scene where he screams at the her at the top of his lungs because she messes up his record collection and can't name the B-side of some dowop hit. Instead of sticking his fazool up her nose the way he should have.
She lost her mojo when she lost her good humor. She got too political in her latter years. Like Susan Saradon. Just like Jennifer Lawrence is doing now.
They have to remember. Republicans buy sneakers too.
I was going to mention that, Troop, but as a Southerner, I was taught to have better manners.
Never saw Diner, but I know that Kevin Bacon was in Animal House which was made 4 years before that Bawmer movie, so there is that.
Speaking of Tom Hulce, and I think we were, today was Maestro Levine's last opera at the Met as conductor. What, pray tell, does that have to do with anything? Stick with me here - today's opera was Die Entführung aus dem Serail by Wolfie, who was played by Mr. Hulce and he famously giggled as he suggested that as the subject for an opera to the guy who was the principal in Ferris Bueller's Day Off.
The libretto to dem Serail is in German, and as I listened to it I was thinkin' Chicken man could understand what they are singing and saying in the recitative, which I imagine, if that were properly pronounced in Italian would sound like wretchie-ta-tive, but I digress.
James Levine was the conductor at the Metropolitan opera for 40 years and I am sad to see him go - he really was great. Yeah, I hear you thinkin', what's a ol' hill person doin' listenin' to the opry on the redio, but I have to tell you - I really like opera. I saw the opera Don Pasquale by Donizetta a few years back and one of the characters in that is named Dr. Malatesta, so once again, CL called it - elide an "s", add a "^".
Now what were we talking about? Oh yeah, Germans in Mexico - speaking of singers, like Linda Ronstadt's ancestors.
Now, if you will pardon me, I really must look for my Chevy, which I am pretty sure is on the levee, or, if I parked in a hurry, on a Levi, find me some rye, and sing a song.
I gotta tell ya, but when Sonny and Cher showed up, I had a big hard on for Cher. Sonny seemed like a nice guy. Guess you shouldn't pick a fight with a tree bigger than you.
Thanks for posting that, DBQ - Sister Rosetta Tharpe is awesome. If you let that play, it goes into her singing Trouble In Mind in a concert she did in a railway station in Manchester England. Man, she was good. What a player and singer.
She really brings the intensity and emotion in her version of This Train - moving, indeed.
Back in maybe late 1965, I chased after a girl who looked kinda like Cher. Black hair, thin, good looking. Even though I knew she had more fingerprints on her than the front door handle of the local McDonald's. I couldn't help my self. Spent one glorious night with her, and then it was someone else's turn. That's life.
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How did I know?
Of course it could be "Please, Mr Custer" or, if she were running with Willie, "Running Bear".
Alternative title: Cherokee People.
How did cher ever become famous?
Apropos of nothing, but a great use of bagpipes in a rock and roll song:
Moar cowbell!
Plus, that song kind of sums up my life. May God bless and keep Sam's soul, wherever it may be.
To answer your question April, one tune, in 3/4 time, produced by her husband, the really bad skier, Sonny Bono. The Wrecking Crew provided the music, plus there were oboes and bassoons to class it up a bit. And that was all it took in those days.
Heck, I am so old I can remember when their child was a girl.
Oh, and groovy haircuts and a fur vest. Simpler times, simpler times...
She was a hot exotic chic with a nerdy boy friend/husband. All of the geeks and nerds dug her.
It was the era of the payola driven hits. Top 40. WABC. I heard that song every five minutes along with "Joy to the World." It was mind numbing.
Put down the bong, Troop, I Got You Babe was 1965, Joy to the World by Three Dog Night was 1971.
I am sure it was. But your memory plays tricks on you Sixty. Or at least mine does. I just remember them both as songs that were played over and over again on WABC. Another one was American Pie. They all run together for me.
Just mark it down to me being a New York City Bullshit Artist with Ass Eyes who never left the block and doesn't know anything about anything. Sorry.
Did you ever see the movie "Diner?" It introduced Mickey Rourke and Kevin Bacon and a bunch of other bit part actors.
Anyway there is a scene with this guy Shrevie who was married to Ellen Barkin. A hot young twentish Ellen Barkin. He spent all his time at the Diner with his pals instead of banging the shit of Ellen. He has a scene where he screams at the her at the top of his lungs because she messes up his record collection and can't name the B-side of some dowop hit. Instead of sticking his fazool up her nose the way he should have.
I always think of that when we argue about music.
Cher has gone a long way with little talent.
This seems very similar to "Thieves, Thieves, tramps and thieves".
Who actually likes Cher? I've never met one in real life.
Maybe she's a guilty pleasure.
Cher had a good voice and lots of presence. Throw in those Bob Mackie outfits and she's done all right for herself.
Gay guys love Cher.
I think Greg Allman liked her for a bit. But then he got sober and ran for the hills.
She lost her mojo when she lost her good humor. She got too political in her latter years. Like Susan Saradon. Just like Jennifer Lawrence is doing now.
They have to remember. Republicans buy sneakers too.
I was going to mention that, Troop, but as a Southerner, I was taught to have better manners.
Never saw Diner, but I know that Kevin Bacon was in Animal House which was made 4 years before that Bawmer movie, so there is that.
Speaking of Tom Hulce, and I think we were, today was Maestro Levine's last opera at the Met as conductor. What, pray tell, does that have to do with anything? Stick with me here - today's opera was Die Entführung aus dem Serail by Wolfie, who was played by Mr. Hulce and he famously giggled as he suggested that as the subject for an opera to the guy who was the principal in Ferris Bueller's Day Off.
The libretto to dem Serail is in German, and as I listened to it I was thinkin' Chicken man could understand what they are singing and saying in the recitative, which I imagine, if that were properly pronounced in Italian would sound like wretchie-ta-tive, but I digress.
James Levine was the conductor at the Metropolitan opera for 40 years and I am sad to see him go - he really was great. Yeah, I hear you thinkin', what's a ol' hill person doin' listenin' to the opry on the redio, but I have to tell you - I really like opera. I saw the opera Don Pasquale by Donizetta a few years back and one of the characters in that is named Dr. Malatesta, so once again, CL called it - elide an "s", add a "^".
Now what were we talking about? Oh yeah, Germans in Mexico - speaking of singers, like Linda Ronstadt's ancestors.
Now, if you will pardon me, I really must look for my Chevy, which I am pretty sure is on the levee, or, if I parked in a hurry, on a Levi, find me some rye, and sing a song.
Ran across this song and it seems not only rock solid....but timeless.
Sister Rosetta Tharpe That's all
Enjoy
I gotta tell ya, but when Sonny and Cher showed up, I had a big hard on for Cher. Sonny seemed like a nice guy. Guess you shouldn't pick a fight with a tree bigger than you.
Thanks for posting that, DBQ - Sister Rosetta Tharpe is awesome. If you let that play, it goes into her singing Trouble In Mind in a concert she did in a railway station in Manchester England. Man, she was good. What a player and singer.
She really brings the intensity and emotion in her version of This Train - moving, indeed.
Back in maybe late 1965, I chased after a girl who looked kinda like Cher. Black hair, thin, good looking. Even though I knew she had more fingerprints on her than the front door handle of the local McDonald's. I couldn't help my self. Spent one glorious night with her, and then it was someone else's turn. That's life.
Well, I guess I'm alone in this but I think Cher belts out a song pretty good.
I mean you're not looking for subtlety but she projects good.
ricpic, you're right, she has a bunch of great vocal cords.
She sings well enough, but she is a contalto. I much prefer sopranos.
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