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