crazy newfangled MTV videos ruined everything IMO
― Steve Gunn Mann-Dude (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 19 July 2016 18:27 (seven years ago) link
Have you heard? Have you heard? Trump is gonna beat Hillary because of Twitter - Bob Lefsetz
― you think Lou Bega gave up after Mambo Number One??? (voodoo chili), Sunday, 31 July 2016 18:53 (seven years ago) link
We haven't had that kind of sad! here since 1969...
― Kenneth Without Anger (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 31 July 2016 19:11 (seven years ago) link
Do you know who Travis Scott is?I don't. And I'm proud of it.
I don't. And I'm proud of it.
― thrill of transgressin (Eazy), Friday, 2 September 2016 18:50 (seven years ago) link
lef otm
― Pull your head on out your hippy haze (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 2 September 2016 18:52 (seven years ago) link
http://lefsetz.com/wordpress/2016/09/05/bad-company-l-county-fair/
This is so over the top...Here are some excerpts
This should have been bad. Seventies act far beyond its years playing to a multitude that didn’t care in a faraway land where no discerning eyes are present. But that wasn’t the case, this show was FANTASTIC! INCREDIBLE! ASTOUNDING! THE BEST OF THE YEAR!
In this case in far-off Pomona, a sea of people you see nowhere else, bad bodies, various ethnicities, only an hour from L.A. but in mind-set and visuals as far away as Iowa or Mississippi.
....I’M TINGLING AS I WRITE THIS! I IMMEDIATELY JUMPED TO MY FEET AND THRUST MY ARM IN THE AIR! It was like it was still the seventies and music was the most important medium in the world and fully worth living for. This was a show where you didn’t pull out your cell phone unless it was to take a photo, you didn’t want to take your eyes off the band, you felt when they left the stage you might not get another chance.
And it wasn’t just me. The middle-aged women next to me were twisting and turning their bodies, singing every word at the top of their lungs. The Latino men in front of me were doing the same thing. The fat white guy to the right, he was getting more exercise than he probably got in a month. The assembled multitude was gyrating like rock music was the most important thing in the world, the elixir of life, they were taking it all in AND GIVING IT ALL BACK!.... They get no love. The punksters and hipsters at the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame pooh-pooh them, lauding fraudsters like Patti Smith and Joan Jett when it’s groups like this that are the heart of rock and roll. And I’ve been to see Kiss, but the mania for Bad Company was bigger. And I love the guys in Rush, but this audience was half women, and they weren’t dragged by their boyfriends, THEY NEEDED TO BE THERE!
It’s almost like they don’t exist. No one ever talks about Bad Company. But here they are, in plain sight, and they’re LEGENDS!
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 7 September 2016 00:02 (seven years ago) link
so basically he took a story from a right-wing website about a trump rally and substituted the name "bad company" for "trump," yes?
― fact checking cuz, Wednesday, 7 September 2016 00:22 (seven years ago) link
now we're talking about mick ralphs here a legend in his own right
― Pull your head on out your hippy haze (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 7 September 2016 02:06 (seven years ago) link
Trump rally wouldn't have Latino men at it. Lefsetz always takes shots at "bad bodies" and a "fat white guy" without ever offering any self-deprecating comments about his own appearance.
The punksters and hipsters at the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame
Ha
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 8 September 2016 12:24 (seven years ago) link
fuckin' mott the hoople and bad company? there you have it.
― how's life, Thursday, 8 September 2016 13:11 (seven years ago) link
Ralphs wasn't there alas. He's been replaced though they use his songs
You see there were TWO lead guitarists. Howard Leese of Heart and Rich Robinson of the Black Crowes. And not only did they riff off each other, they played in unison… We went there to relive what once was and we didn’t know they were gonna reinvent it and push the envelope into the future.
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 8 September 2016 14:17 (seven years ago) link
i saw bad co. a few years ago at jones beach, on one of those rare tours where mick ralphs joined them. (spied ian hunter heading toward the backstage area, but alas no on-stage appearance.) they were...really good! dude can sing. i don't remember any tingling or whatnot, but i don't regret going.
― Thus Sang Freud, Thursday, 8 September 2016 16:57 (seven years ago) link
i also remember some brooklyn street fair where simon kirke sat in with a local cover band for a few songs. even he makes a big difference!
― Thus Sang Freud, Thursday, 8 September 2016 16:59 (seven years ago) link
P.P.P.S And if you still think Luke Bryan is just a pretty boy who keeps his catch in his Yeti... Check the emotion, the boy meets girl and tries to keep her story of "Play It Again," my favorite track of the decade,
― otm in the rain (Eazy), Tuesday, 13 September 2016 02:29 (seven years ago) link
There's "Frampton Comes Alive," the legendary seller."Live At Leeds," considered to be the best, even though I think it suffers for lack of crowd noise.And the unheralded "Five Man Acoustical Jam," if you don't know this Tesla live set you're in for a treat, then again, you're probably best off knowing their material.And then there's "Joe Dirt Car," the BoDeans' 1995 double CD package.
"Live At Leeds," considered to be the best, even though I think it suffers for lack of crowd noise.
And the unheralded "Five Man Acoustical Jam," if you don't know this Tesla live set you're in for a treat, then again, you're probably best off knowing their material.
And then there's "Joe Dirt Car," the BoDeans' 1995 double CD package.
― otm in the rain (Eazy), Wednesday, 5 October 2016 11:33 (seven years ago) link
five man acoustical jam and the cover of "signs" was Tesla's second hit after "love song"!!!!! fuck u lef!!!! it's very heralded as far as unplugged Tesla ablums go
― Pull your head on out your hippy haze (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 5 October 2016 15:48 (seven years ago) link
"signs" was huge iirc. my brother and i heralded that song so hard in 1990.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 5 October 2016 19:29 (seven years ago) link
]I was listening to a Kenny Aronoff podcast.
Lefsetz never change
― a full playlist of presidential sex jams (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 5 October 2016 20:04 (seven years ago) link
upper mississippi mercilessly otm
― though she denies it to the press, (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Wednesday, 5 October 2016 20:28 (seven years ago) link
grade - AFive Man Acoustical JamGenre: Rock; Producer (group): GeffenPosted December 7 1990 — 12:00 AM EST
Unlike most hard-rock groups, Tesla has never used hair-sprayed glamour or bombastic effects as a crutch. So dropping the amps seems like the most natural thing in the world for these five down-home boys from Sacramento. Five Man Acoustical Jam, recorded live in a Philadelphia club, is a simple pleasure, down to the occasional glitches and unaffected goofing off. And guess what? Tesla tunes like the smoky ”Heaven’s Trail” stand up to this stripped-down approach as well as covers such as the Rolling Stones’ ”Mother’s Little Helper” do. And the intimate feel holds fast through fiery numbers such as ”Gettin’ Better.” Tesla is a hard-rock band that even grown-ups will love.
― nomar, Wednesday, 5 October 2016 20:34 (seven years ago) link
revive made me reread the you could see their wee-wees post; always a trip
― florence foster wallace (difficult listening hour), Wednesday, 5 October 2016 20:43 (seven years ago) link
i love tesla
― maura, Wednesday, 5 October 2016 23:02 (seven years ago) link
That's right, while you were listening to Herman's Hermits Bob Dylan was revolutionizing songwriting
― I know hoes that know Ali Farka Toure (voodoo chili), Thursday, 6 October 2016 19:35 (seven years ago) link
i was so thrown off by his offtm tesla hot take that i ignored this stupid opinion:
def needed more fake ass studio crowd noise! good one!
― Pull your head on out your hippy haze (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 6 October 2016 19:55 (seven years ago) link
LOL he was on the howard stern wrap up show today and said the song of the 21st century so far is "Crazy" by Gnarls Barkley
― flappy bird, Monday, 17 October 2016 19:42 (seven years ago) link
the *best song
Ehh, he's had far worse opinions.
― self-clowning oven (Murgatroid), Monday, 17 October 2016 20:01 (seven years ago) link
We haven't had that spirit here since 2006...
― a full playlist of presidential sex jams (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 17 October 2016 20:21 (seven years ago) link
So, we're hanging, it's me, Lisa, Michael McDonald and Jimmy Kimmel. And Michael got distracted and there was a moment of silence so I told Jimmy I was going to do his buddy's radio show the next morning, he and Howard are best friends. And Jimmy looked at me quizzically and said "They can do that?" And I told him they'd sent me a suitcase and you hooked it up to the internet and Jimmy said...ARE YOU A MEMBER OF THE WACK PACK?And then Michael re-entered the conversation.And I'm standing there thinking Jimmy doesn't understand, he thinks I'm some oddball and I must set the record straight.So when a break in the conversation occurred, I told Jimmy I was gonna be on because I wrote this newsletter that Howard gets.And Jimmy leans back, looks me in the eye and says...YOU'RE BOB LEFSETZ! HOWARD TALKS ABOUT YOU ALL THE TIME!
And then Michael re-entered the conversation.
And I'm standing there thinking Jimmy doesn't understand, he thinks I'm some oddball and I must set the record straight.
So when a break in the conversation occurred, I told Jimmy I was gonna be on because I wrote this newsletter that Howard gets.
And Jimmy leans back, looks me in the eye and says...YOU'RE BOB LEFSETZ! HOWARD TALKS ABOUT YOU ALL THE TIME!
― otm in the rain (Eazy), Tuesday, 18 October 2016 03:33 (seven years ago) link
talks about recruiting him for the wack pack
― mh 😏, Tuesday, 18 October 2016 04:27 (seven years ago) link
lol men
― maura, Tuesday, 18 October 2016 04:47 (seven years ago) link
Hey Garth, do you still use a flip-phone?Ever been in a Tesla?
Ever been in a Tesla?
― otm in the rain (Eazy), Saturday, 22 October 2016 02:47 (seven years ago) link
Wayne's World 3: The Unravelling
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 22 October 2016 04:34 (seven years ago) link
Part of his Keith Urban at Staples Center review When did concerts become tribal rites?
It was not like this back in the sixties and seventies, when classic rock ruled. There was a gulf between performer and audience, it was a show, now it's an EXPERIENCE!
...This was not a nitwit television contestant. It became rapidly evident that this dude could PLAY! Just like we watched "Ed Sullivan" and picked up axes a younger generation is being infected by the show and doing the same thing, Nashville's ridden with structural problems but the ability to play is not one of them, NashVegas is a hotbed of musicianship, and to be in the presence of this man-made sound is elating!
I feel like he once wrote that Woodstock and 60s concerts were tribal experiences and current ones were not...
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 22 October 2016 04:59 (seven years ago) link
the tribe of lefsetz
― mh 😏, Saturday, 22 October 2016 15:39 (seven years ago) link
EXPERIENCE!
PLAY!
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 22 October 2016 21:33 (seven years ago) link
Ignore the sales chart. That's where hard core fans and looky-loos go to participate, the store, the action is now in streaming, where we can see right away if anybody is listening. AND THEY'RE NOT!
― otm in the rain (Eazy), Tuesday, 25 October 2016 01:48 (seven years ago) link
P.P.P.S. My favorite cut on the album is “Sinner’s Prayer,” track 8, which barely breaks a million in cume.
― though she denies it to the press, (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Tuesday, 25 October 2016 10:39 (seven years ago) link
cumey hinder
― how's life, Tuesday, 25 October 2016 11:29 (seven years ago) link
you make a dead man cume
― blonde redheads have more fun (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 25 October 2016 13:16 (seven years ago) link
funny how some oldsters can still reach the brass ring
― who even are those other cats (Eazy), Friday, 4 November 2016 21:28 (seven years ago) link
Trump went to the finest school, Wharton, and it seems he only got juiced in it.He never turned around to see the frowns on the jugglers and the clowns when they all did tricks for him. He stiffed contractors. Didn't look out for the little people. Is it any wonder that those on stage have turned the tables?Nobody ever taught Mike Pence how to live out in the street and now he's gonna have to get used to it!
He never turned around to see the frowns on the jugglers and the clowns when they all did tricks for him. He stiffed contractors. Didn't look out for the little people. Is it any wonder that those on stage have turned the tables?
Nobody ever taught Mike Pence how to live out in the street and now he's gonna have to get used to it!
― who even are those other cats (Eazy), Sunday, 20 November 2016 02:53 (seven years ago) link
You know, there aren't many days when I wish I was back in, say, the 1890s, with rampant death, even more open bigotry and hatefulness and general obnoxiousness running things, but when I consider it would mean I could avoid the pontificating of Lefsetz on the current scene, it almost seems like a fair exchange.
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 20 November 2016 06:23 (seven years ago) link
I came from the sixties. When money was secondary to identity. when if you didn’t stand for something you stood for nothing at all.
he is the dumbest man alive
― though she denies it to the press, (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Sunday, 20 November 2016 14:25 (seven years ago) link
on Kanye:
"I know, I know, we're supposed to have sympathy for the mentally ill. But we're also supposed to recognize psychiatric problems and steer the person to treatment, we did not do that, we stood by idly as this inane insane man whipsawed through our media until he blew himself up.
I, for one, have little sympathy.
I could commit heresy and say he's just not that talented."
― Frozen CD, Saturday, 26 November 2016 21:03 (seven years ago) link
Lef OTM, but for the wrong reason.
― Austin, Saturday, 26 November 2016 23:24 (seven years ago) link
Lefsetz blogs the apocalypse.
Most people don't know Taylor Swift's music.Most people have never heard of Drake.Most people don't read the "New York Times."AND MOST PEOPLE DON'T CARE!
Most people have never heard of Drake.
Most people don't read the "New York Times."
AND MOST PEOPLE DON'T CARE!
― who even are those other cats (Eazy), Tuesday, 29 November 2016 05:22 (seven years ago) link
In a world where even the NFL’s ratings are taking a hit, where vaunted TV shows don’t crack double digit millions in viewers, the truth is attention is scattered and you just can’t gain it.
Now you can rebel against this, to no effect. This is what the oldster musicians have been doing for a decade and a half. Their main message is who let the dogs out?
who, indeed, let the dogs out?
― blonde redheads have more fun (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 29 November 2016 19:45 (seven years ago) link
we all let the dogs out
― tylerw, Tuesday, 29 November 2016 19:48 (seven years ago) link
......and the dogs are us.
you really have to marvel at his ability to write a sentence like this:
Did Jackson Pollock not drip because the people couldn’t handle it?
like literally what the fuck does this mean?
― blonde redheads have more fun (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 29 November 2016 19:49 (seven years ago) link