In Which Doctor Casino Listens to Classic Rock Classics for the First Time

All the chatter upthread about Outfield got me pretty curious, I admit. OTOH, a Doors rock block, though dire to contemplate, would be a nice way to clear the list of some of the stuff I'm most dreading....

List update: I know Rush's "Limelight," very well - just always thought it was called "The Gilded Page" or "Those Who Wish To Be" or something. It is probably the closest I get to liking a Rush song. I also know "Freewill," which I thought was the same song. Have heard both of those a hundred times over. This may also resolve intheblanks's observation: "... the Atlanta station seems to have totally avoided Rush." Not so, after all!

Damn, I had something really good stuck in my head this morning but now I can't remember what it was and I'm left with Touch Me.

come on come on come on come on now, rock block!!!

SONG #19: THE DOORS "PEACE FROG"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X34JarNjoIUes

dammit.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X34JarNjoIU

For just a few minutes, before I listen to this, let me hang on to my hope that the refrain will actually be "Take another bit of peace with my frog." Not sure why the title seems so gross to me but I think it probably has to do with "Kiss That Frog," and/or psychedelic tattoos of little cute tree frogs, which may or may not have been inspired by listening to The Doors. (Do the Grateful Dead have a frog, or just a bear?)

thanks for the list updates, dr. c.

a Doors rock block, though dire to contemplate, would be a nice way to clear the list of some of the stuff I'm most dreading

otm.

http://dailysignal.com/wp-content/uploads/peace-frogs.jpeg

Doors vs. Eagles: The two most-hated classic rock bands?

― ©Oz Quiz© (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, July 16, 2014

Eagles irritate more bc you still hear them but Doors far more terrible.

xpost how's life: yeah! that thing! Is that a thing? Is that named for the Doors? Or did they see one and think "Heyyy.... there's a song there!"

Will tune into 103.7 "The Frog" when i return from getting a slice of pizza.

I think that's from the early 90s and was possibly named for the Doors song.

Still exists as a brand - http://www.peacefrogs.com/

"Peace Frog" is one of only like 2 or 3 Doors songs that I actually enjoy

The only thing I ever liked about the Doors was that a very good friend of mine who's not very music-oriented (tho weirdly, he's a great singer) but is an accomplished actor/writer/director fell in love with them in his teens and never let go. I will occasionally give them a pass for that -- and "Peace Frog" is weirdly awesome, in the way that "What's the Buzz?" from the JC Superstar soundtrack is.

don't forget the record label

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_U-CucI00kHY/S_aQyX2mcJI/AAAAAAAABgs/XtmbbGK0HNg/s400/R-4506-1205595522.jpeg

Realizing The Doors were the pretentious ? and The Mysterious really aids in my enjoyment of them.

no lie, peace frog rules super-hard and is the greatest of the doors songs in my humble opinion

total jam

Peace Frog: Woah, right off the bat this is a different Doors. Scratchy rock for the big party scene, still kinda blowsy but shaking off the gunk. Post-Nuggetsy funk. This is almost...danceable?! And there are even dynamics, pauses to let the thing start back up with a little jerk, and answers from the backing vocals keeping things lively.

I can't believe I'm enjoying a song that is both by the Doors and called 'Peace Frog'! This solo is cool too - pipping and whistley, exactly the kind of slice through the mix that I've looked for from them before. The spoken-word bit though.... eek.

Lotta blood in this for a peace frog. I guess it's an anti-war thing? Kind of a weird topic to pick for their party song. Morrison's not as bad on this as usual but I still think somebody else would have been better. Second listen, still digging the groove. I can't really make out a lot of what he's saying ("Indians scattered on Donuts Highway"? "Blood is the rose of mysterious humans?") but that might be good - happy to have Morrison lost in the action and it makes it feel less like a portentous delivery of important poetry. I wonder which Sixties act was most damaged by the 'influence' of Dylan - or was that a thread?

Surprise thumbs up!

HOORAY!

Realizing The Doors were the pretentious ? and The Mysterious really aids in my enjoyment of them.

― Incident At Spanish Harlem (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, July 16, 2014 3:53 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I could kinda get behind this!

I really wish it had a dance that went with it, I would totally be down to do the Peace Frog

http://38.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljkp4ueJ3r1qc1ccko1_250.gif

omg lol

LOOOOOL

that was also my proposal for a replacement lead singer btw

lol @ "indians scattered on donuts highway"

Yay a thumbs up for Peace Frog!

I also hate most of their discography but the groove on this one is instantly likeable.

Btw the "indians on donuts highway" bit has a lame backstory about Jim seeing when he was a child dead indiands on a car accident in some highway and he believed their souls took him as a host.

Apologies for the lack of commas.

COME ON COME ON COME ON TOUCH ME MY BABY, TOUCH ME MY HONEY, TOUCH ME MY RAGTIME GAL

SEND ME A KISS BY WIRE, COME ON BABY, LIGHT MY FIRE

hahaha

If you refuse me, faces look ugly, honey, when you're alone...

Birds do it, Bees do it, even blind ancient Greeks do it,
Let's do it, mother I wanna fuck you

...AMANDA

like all classic rock stations, we here at unheard classic rock radio WUCR love to take requests -- as long as you request one of the 90 songs already in heavy rotation.

SONG #20: THE OUTFIELD "YOUR LOVE"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4N1iwQxiHrs

I've never understood thinking of that song as "classic rock." To me, The Outfield are 80s also-rans. I hope there's some discussion, because I'm always genuinely baffled by people who even remember them, never mind fondly.

I remember it being treated like a novelty at the time; "Hey, that guy kinda sounds like Sting!" was the full extent of any and all discussion of the Outfield in 1986. I have never once heard this on the radio (cr or otherwise) since.

I heard Outfield before I had heard any Police. I had it on a C30 of stuff that I had taped off of Nick Rocks.

That said, I don't consider it classic rock and feel like if it ever shows up on classic rock radio, that it's probably for baseball reasons.

I'd like to file these guys with Mike & the Mechanics, Mr. Mister, Richard Marx, etc. but they didn't call themselves the Moutfield.

I remember it being fairly big at the time-Billboard shows it as a #6 in the US. I think it's a great little pop one off, but I definitely see how CR adopted it.

Musically it's not that far from what Bryan Adams was doing, and I think it's fair to cast mid-80s classic rock as either hair metal, or having a vague MTV/new-wave image (if not sound).

will be interesting to hear the Doc's reaction.

Yeah, I can see Bryan Adams or Mike and the Mechanics comparisons. I think I want a dangly gold cross earring now. Can we bring those back for dudes?

yeah, this Mike & the Mechanics entry is definitely the most wtf nominee

campreverb otm about 80s classic rock being either hair metal or new-wavey. Choogling and boogie rock doesn't make it very far into the 80s. I think the only other category of 80s classic rock is the holy trinity of earnest rocking': Petty/Mellencamp/Springsteen.

hi dere

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/1d/ZZ_Top_-_Eliminator.jpg

yeah, definitely nothing new wavy in that one.

love that record, of course, made my side ballot of top 5 classic rock records. And not "new wavy" in the same way the Cars or Outfield are. But I don't think it emphatically contradicts my point.

ah yes, roots rock.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/8f/Allentown_Billy_Joel.jpg

van halen also secretly carrying the boogie banner

Yeah, boogie rock didn't totally disappear in 1980, you still saw it in hybrid with new wave and hair metal.