"You're father's hip, he knows what cooks."
― Stop Non-Erotic Cabaret (Abbbottt), Thursday, 9 December 2010 04:24 (thirteen years ago) link
Please don't let me be the lone Yakety Yak vote ...
― BlackIronPrison, Thursday, 9 December 2010 04:26 (thirteen years ago) link
Anyone heard the 50 Coastin' Classics compilation? Is it as good as it should be?
It's a great as it should be. Surprised you didn't poll that.
Of these, very easily "What About Us." And come to think of it, of the 50, "What About Us."
― Kevin John Bozelka, Thursday, 9 December 2010 04:29 (thirteen years ago) link
It's jaw dropping. But I hate it when Tarantino does the pop archeology for all the lazy kids.
― gospodin simmel, Monday, November 29, 2010 5:38 PM (1 week ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
What Tarantino movie had the Coasters on the soundtrack?
― people for the slutty/common/american way (kkvgz), Thursday, 9 December 2010 12:47 (thirteen years ago) link
Death Proof
― gospodin simmel, Thursday, 9 December 2010 17:54 (thirteen years ago) link
At least half of "50 Coastin' Classics" is absolutely perfect, as far as I remember.― pauls00
― pauls00
At least 80%, if you ask me. (And, curiously, there's actually 51 tracks on that collection. And it's not like there's a hidden bonus track or anything - all 51 are listed on the cover. And I've definitely mentioned that discrepancy at least once here, so zero search results is kinda puzzling...)
Anyways, "Run Red Run" for me. And I wish I could've voted for "Framed" or "One Kiss Led To Another" or "The Hatchet Man". Or "What Is The Secret of Your Success?", which I think does "What About Us?" one better. But it's all good anyways.
― Canadian Club & Dr. Pepper (Myonga Vön Bontee), Thursday, 9 December 2010 22:16 (thirteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Friday, 10 December 2010 00:01 (thirteen years ago) link
shit, no votes for Searchin'. Xgau would be pissed
― gospodin simmel, Friday, 10 December 2010 03:06 (thirteen years ago) link
Surprised "Hog" didn't get any love in this - - it's been in regular rotation at the local monthly retro singles dance party and I sort of started thinking of it as a universally beloved classic. I love it anytime the Coasters (or any old rock act, really) start name-checking junk food.
― Doctor Casino, Saturday, 28 April 2012 05:17 (eleven years ago) link
The first line of the Coasters' Yakety Yak is "Take out the papers and the trash." Was there curbside recycling in the 50s?
― how's life, Tuesday, 7 June 2016 09:09 (seven years ago) link
I bought some calamine lotion today for the first time ever to treat a small insect bite on my leg. So I of course immediately thought of "It's gonna take an ocean..." I don't even particularly like that song. But that's how deeply the line is embedded in my mind.
― clemenza, Saturday, 25 August 2018 16:32 (five years ago) link
it's all about "down in mexico" for me
― Arch Bacon (rushomancy), Saturday, 25 August 2018 18:36 (five years ago) link
though i will say hackamore brick's take on "searchin'" is mighty fine
― Arch Bacon (rushomancy), Saturday, 25 August 2018 18:37 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7iiER_k18lY
― No Particular Place to POLL (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 14 August 2021 16:10 (two years ago) link
You always know exactly what to get me.
― Dexter Holland's Opus (Deflatormouse), Saturday, 14 August 2021 19:02 (two years ago) link
:)
― No Particular Place to POLL (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 14 August 2021 19:34 (two years ago) link