Don't be hatin' on the Badd! Just think of all the "Deal or No Deal" fans out there who were no doubt conceived with a little help from those romantic songs...
............................................... In reply to: Color me badd (hito)
was a really terrible pianist.
she was. My sister and I would try to get her to perform a walking crescendo. she wasn't very good at it. Poor Gretel. RIP
There were a number of songs like this at that time in history
such as?
revox wrote:
Joel is taking a pop at himself; it is not a song of arrogance
How, pray tell?
revox wrote:
if you were alive (and not in nappies), at that time in the 70's, you would perhaps appreciate it a little more :-)
~8^)>
Could you explain what was going on at the time that would make this song seem anything but a pat on the back?
Harry Chapin cat's in the cradle or W.O.L.D. or The Carpenters Superstar (sonic youth did a great cover), Ralph McTell Streets of London, those are just off the top of my head, it was a time of lamentation.
Your second question may be answered by listening to the lyrics again and imagine that it is Bob Dylan accompanying himself on the guitar singing about a piano player.
Your third question may take some time to answer; the early 70's were a painful time for the world and one of the great t-shirts said "We're like mushrooms, kept in the dark and fed a load of bullsh*t" - there was no internet or forums on which to share intercontinental views. With the advent of the internet and global communications between the ordinary people of the world I believed that there would never be another war - how wrong I was.
If you want to check out the name Peter Mandelson in the UK and what he (and the Government) are planning with the internet you may begin to wonder, as I am, that it may be time to get those classic t-shirts re-printed.
I will attempt to be a little more verbose re your 3rd question when I have a little more time.
~8^)>
............................................... In reply to: Re: Piano Man (hito)
There is clearly some confusion here.
The Shaggs are amazing, yet were "terrible musicians". But so many "incredibly talented musicians" make appalling music!
There is clearly some confusion here.
The Shaggs are amazing, yet were "terrible musicians". But so many "incredibly talented musicians" make appalling music!
Indeed. Give me The Dead Milkmen over Eric Clapton any day of the week!
