― Keiko, Thursday, 30 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Dan I., Thursday, 30 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Nick A., Friday, 31 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― J Blount, Friday, 31 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― mark s, Friday, 31 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
He was a hero when I was small. A youthful mistake.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 31 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Christopher, Saturday, 1 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Danny, Tuesday, 9 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
"Well I had me a pigeon
By the name of Fred
But I done shot him
In the head
Had me a dog
He was my best friend
But to him
I done put an end
Had me a farm
Sittin' free on the hill
But if you look
You'll see it ain't there still
I don't know why I done it
Honest it ain't like me
I'm not sad now I done it
'Cause a baby boy has got to be free"
uhh... what?
"Donkey Jaw" is a great America song. Jammin on the acoustic guit's. If the only America songs you know are from their greatest hits, do yourself a favor and buy their first record. It's the non- hits that live longest.
― Dave225, Wednesday, 10 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Winkelmann, Thursday, 11 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
Artists like Janet Jackson and Vanilla Ice recycle music written by others. They do this because they CAN. Most of their audience is ignorant of the original art. I have much less respect for sampling.
Still I'm glad those old hippies got PAID. They get royalties anytime Janet's derivative ditty gets played. WTG America!
― Phayyde, Friday, 12 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― roxymuzak (roxymuzak), Saturday, 5 February 2005 19:34 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ian John50n (orion), Saturday, 5 February 2005 22:14 (nineteen years ago) link
But "Tin Man," yikes, what is that shit? "Sister Golden Hair" ditto. The worst sort of '70s crap.
― edd s hurt (ddduncan), Saturday, 5 February 2005 22:22 (nineteen years ago) link
― roxymuzak (roxymuzak), Sunday, 6 February 2005 14:50 (nineteen years ago) link
― roxymuzak (roxymuzak), Sunday, 6 February 2005 14:51 (nineteen years ago) link
― noodle vague (noodle vague), Sunday, 6 February 2005 15:03 (nineteen years ago) link
― Eisbär (llamasfur), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 08:57 (seventeen years ago) link
whoooooops, i guess you aren't on anything but I AM.
― mattp (fauxhemian), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 09:22 (seventeen years ago) link
The personnel involved in the recording and production of Here & Now departs sharply from previous projects and represents an effort to reconnect with fresh, young talent. The album is co-produced by James Iha (formerly of Smashing Pumpkins) and Adam Schlesinger (of Fountains Of Wayne and Ivy). Guest artists include Ryan Adams, Ben Kweller, Jim James and Patrick Hallahan of My Morning Jacket, Matthew Caws and Ira Elliot of Nada Surf, Mark Rozzo of Maplewood, and longtime collaborator and friend Stephen Bishop. Cover songs include "Indian Summer" (Morningwood), "Golden" (My Morning Jacket), and "Always Love" (Nada Surf).
They just played on Letterman tonight with Adams & Kweller.
― Marmot (marmotwolof), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 09:24 (seventeen years ago) link
― Mordechai Shinefield (Mordy), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 09:26 (seventeen years ago) link
funny how the zeitgeist works sometimes, innit?!?
― Eisbär (llamasfur), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 09:53 (seventeen years ago) link
― Eisbär (llamasfur), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 09:54 (seventeen years ago) link
haha semi-burn
― Marmot (marmotwolof), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 10:33 (seventeen years ago) link
― m coleman (lovebug starski), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 11:00 (seventeen years ago) link
― Marmot (marmotwolof), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 11:15 (seventeen years ago) link
― fact checking cuz (fcc), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 14:01 (seventeen years ago) link
― M. Agony Von Bontee (M. Agony Von Bontee), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 15:43 (seventeen years ago) link
― PappaWheelie MMCMXL (PappaWheelie 2), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 17:37 (seventeen years ago) link
― The Lady Ms Lurex (lucylurex), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 23:27 (seventeen years ago) link
― J. Grizzle (trainsmoke), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 01:37 (seventeen years ago) link
already sampled by Busta Rhymes. Summer Breeze is fantastic. also Soft Rock Hits of the 70s - search
― jaxon (jaxon), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 01:41 (seventeen years ago) link
No worse than almost any Barney Sumner lyric. Seals and Crofts are better than America. Summer Breeze is an awesome summer pop single. Yacht rock at its finest.
― Ice Cream Electric (Ice Cream Electric), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 03:05 (seventeen years ago) link
yeah, that was their big comeback hit from 1982. one member left, they had shrunken down to a duo and hadnt had a hit single in a while when they reappeared with this tune. and unlike all the other yacht-rockers who were still hanging on by then, they didnt try to update their sound with mild "80s rock" touches (linda ronstadt's "get closer" comes to mind) - this basically coulda been one of their long string of seventies hits.
― Rev. Hoodoo (Rev. Hoodoo), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 03:47 (seventeen years ago) link
I dunno, seen the video lately?
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 03:50 (seventeen years ago) link
This sentence should really never appear in a professional music review.
― A-ron Hubbard (Hurting), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 03:54 (seventeen years ago) link
"I dunno, seen the video lately?"
I was talkin' about their SOUND, not their LOOK! :-)
(although to be truthful, all the two front guys did by then was cut their hair, so they didnt change much!)
― Rev. Hoodoo (Rev. Hoodoo), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 04:34 (seventeen years ago) link
Love "Sister Golden Hair" and "Ventura Highway" .. and lately I've really been enjoying "You Can Do Magic" .. and I have guilty pleasure love for a few of their sappier songs ("I Need You," "Lonely People"..)
For these few moments of brilliance, I say they're classic.
― billstevejim, Friday, 19 December 2008 04:32 (fifteen years ago) link
songwriter Dan Peek of America died.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5I0d29s6GCc
― I'm A Genius, Too! (Jamie_ATP), Wednesday, 27 July 2011 16:26 (twelve years ago) link
Is the drummer on Ventura Highway Hal Blaine or David Atwood? Amazing drum part.
― the last famous person you were surprised to discover was actually (man alive), Friday, 11 August 2017 00:26 (six years ago) link