― chk chk chk, Tuesday, 10 December 2002 16:01 (10 years ago) Permalink
D: Contributing to the Tom Tom Club album and getting no recognition or credit or money from it, just a big F-U from Tina Weymouth.
― nickalicious (nickalicious), Tuesday, 10 December 2002 16:05 (10 years ago) Permalink
― Matt C., Tuesday, 10 December 2002 16:17 (10 years ago) Permalink
― bahtology, Wednesday, 11 December 2002 00:14 (10 years ago) Permalink
what do people think of "oh daddy"? i hadn't thought of it in nearly 20 years and suddenly it popped into my head today.
― amateurist, Wednesday, 12 August 2009 02:04 (3 years ago) Permalink
to answer amateurist's question: "Oh Daddy" is one of my favorite novelty songs. My top forty station played this a lot in the summer of '89.
― The Edge of Gloryhole (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 1 July 2011 18:45 (1 year ago) Permalink
I'd kinda like to see the Belew Power Trio/Stick Men/Crim Encore tour this fall.
http://tonylevin.com/tours/smusa11/smusa11_1.htm
― Josef K-Doe (WmC), Friday, 1 July 2011 22:36 (1 year ago) Permalink
I haven't been interested in his work in almost 20 years (aside from The Bears reunion records, which I loved) but a pal'o'mine just asked me about going to see Adrian and I've never seen him so - hells yes!
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Saturday, 2 July 2011 01:04 (1 year ago) Permalink
The last time I saw King Crimson, a couple of years ago, I thought the band sounded as good as I'd ever heard them. It was Fripp, Belew, Levin, Pat and the drummer for Porcupine Tree, the latter of whom added a lot. The double bass version of KC kind of sucked, but this double drummer version was great. The band always seems to do well with two drummers, or a drummer and percussionist (a la Larks Tongues). I actually saw one of the Crimson "Projekts" or whatever that was Fripp, Trey Gunn and Belew on drums (!).
Anyway. Belew. Is his trio still composed of him and those two young male/female siblings?
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 2 July 2011 01:16 (1 year ago) Permalink
BTW, my fave random Belew fact: he plays on Paul Simon's "Graceland!"
guitar synth, no?
― The Edge of Gloryhole (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 2 July 2011 01:26 (1 year ago) Permalink
Yeah. Why would Paul Simon bother to hire a horn player when he can hire a guitarist to play like a horn player?
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 2 July 2011 01:28 (1 year ago) Permalink
Julie Slick is still the bassist, but the drummer is now some guy named Tobias Ralph.
― Josef K-Doe (WmC), Saturday, 2 July 2011 01:36 (1 year ago) Permalink
Yeah, I like bits of both, but overall it's Young Lions much more than Inner Revolution. Maybe because "The War in The Gulf Between Us" is pretty much one of the worst lyrics/titles ever. --Kim (Kim)
Search: "1967" onMr. Music Head -- great Revolver-style collage/medley.
"Big Blue Sun" on Inner Revolution -- prob the best of his ELO side.
― Naive Teen Idol, Saturday, 2 July 2011 02:50 (1 year ago) Permalink
Weird - just realized that the old drummer of the trio left the band to be the drummer for... Dr. Dog?!?!
― Davey D, Saturday, 2 July 2011 02:51 (1 year ago) Permalink
"The War In The Gulf Between Us" pretty much sealed his fate with me, too. Really disliked "Inner Revolution", though I did enjoy bits of his subsequent KC work.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Saturday, 2 July 2011 03:43 (1 year ago) Permalink
That "Guitar Solo" on 'Born Under Punches' is still one of the seven wonders ever committed to tape...
― The Pastiche Liberation Front (sonnyboy), Saturday, 2 July 2011 06:07 (1 year ago) Permalink
One time I screwed up a casual coffee house meetup with an OKCupid girl... probably for several reasons... and I don't remember how it came up (might of been me listing King Crimson as my music interests) but this girl said she liked Adrian Belew and I said that a lot of people think his voice is too weird. Anyways, this girl had to of been a relative or something because what kind of girl actually knows about Adrian Belew?
― Muttley vs. Mumbly (CaptainLorax), Saturday, 2 July 2011 19:21 (1 year ago) Permalink
The girl of ILMs dreams?
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Saturday, 2 July 2011 20:34 (1 year ago) Permalink
I doubt it. She was a teacher, black belt in karate and she had some butt ugly homemade 'Operation' halloween costume (in her profile pics). That's all I remember about her but at least two of those three things remind me of my older sister.
― Muttley vs. Mumbly (CaptainLorax), Saturday, 2 July 2011 22:04 (1 year ago) Permalink
I doubt it. She was a teacher, black belt in karate and she had some butt ugly homemade 'Operation' halloween costume. That's all I remember about her but at least two of those three things remind me of my older sister
I would go to that Stick Men/Belew show in SF except I think I'm seeing either Opeth or the Musial Box (Genesis tribute band) that night...
― akm, Monday, 4 July 2011 14:57 (1 year ago) Permalink
also, favorite belew album is Desire Caught by the Tail, by far. I think it's out of print. It was instrumental and weird. I like some of the pop albums too, but Mr Music Head is probably the strongest one all the way through.
― akm, Monday, 4 July 2011 15:14 (1 year ago) Permalink
Yeah, his 80s albums are generally strong all the way through. There's a comp of the first 3 albums called "Desire Of The Rhino King" that's ace.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Monday, 4 July 2011 16:21 (1 year ago) Permalink
God -- I heard "Pretty Pink Rose" today for the first time since, I dunno, 1991.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 7 May 2012 00:03 (1 year ago) Permalink
Is that a good thing or a bad thing?
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Monday, 7 May 2012 00:04 (1 year ago) Permalink
I don't care for the squealing guitar but it's hilarious how Belew does David Byrne vocal imitations while Bowie does Bowie imitations. Good goofy lyrics ("She tore down Paris on the tail of Tom Paine").
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 7 May 2012 00:07 (1 year ago) Permalink