Wednesday, May 11, 2005
The Cleveland Indians have a starting player on their roster named Coco Crisp.
Does he have a brother named Rice?
Maybe the D-backs can find somebody to sign named Frosty Flake! Or "Lucky" Charm!
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If you think "rock and roll," the image of a guitar comes up. But what you probably didn't know was that quite a few songs that were major hits in the rock world had no guitars on them at all.
Cases in point:
"Na na Hey Hey (Kiss him Goodbye)," by Steam.
Steam wasn't even really a band. It was two guys who worked for a record company. When this song became a hit they had to INVENT a band and send them on the road. This song was thought up and recorded entirely in one eight hour session as a FLIP SIDE for a song that was supposed to be the hit.
There was no budget to make this song; the two songwriter/performers on the track only had what was in the recording studio to work with: An organ, a drum kit and some percussion instruments. Next time you hear this song listen closely.
"Do You Know What I Mean," by Lee Michaels
"Been 14 days since I don't know when/I just saw her with my best friend/Do you know what I mean?" Yeah, Lee. We also know that for whatever reason you decided to record this song using only your big ol' upright church organ and a drummer. Nothing else.
Interesting gimmick but did it result in any more hits? I think not.
"Iko Iko" by The Dixie Cups
This song used nothing but percussion instruments, played by the girls. They were just futzing around in the studio during a break and started to sing this old Mardi Gras song, so the producer turned the mics on. The rest, as they say...
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I'm in the middle of watching (as time permits) an odd movie called "City of Lost Children." All I've been able to determine so far is that French people are weird.
TT
Does he have a brother named Rice?
Maybe the D-backs can find somebody to sign named Frosty Flake! Or "Lucky" Charm!
------
If you think "rock and roll," the image of a guitar comes up. But what you probably didn't know was that quite a few songs that were major hits in the rock world had no guitars on them at all.
Cases in point:
"Na na Hey Hey (Kiss him Goodbye)," by Steam.
Steam wasn't even really a band. It was two guys who worked for a record company. When this song became a hit they had to INVENT a band and send them on the road. This song was thought up and recorded entirely in one eight hour session as a FLIP SIDE for a song that was supposed to be the hit.
There was no budget to make this song; the two songwriter/performers on the track only had what was in the recording studio to work with: An organ, a drum kit and some percussion instruments. Next time you hear this song listen closely.
"Do You Know What I Mean," by Lee Michaels
"Been 14 days since I don't know when/I just saw her with my best friend/Do you know what I mean?" Yeah, Lee. We also know that for whatever reason you decided to record this song using only your big ol' upright church organ and a drummer. Nothing else.
Interesting gimmick but did it result in any more hits? I think not.
"Iko Iko" by The Dixie Cups
This song used nothing but percussion instruments, played by the girls. They were just futzing around in the studio during a break and started to sing this old Mardi Gras song, so the producer turned the mics on. The rest, as they say...
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I'm in the middle of watching (as time permits) an odd movie called "City of Lost Children." All I've been able to determine so far is that French people are weird.
TT
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