tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3760137241594753268.post4493997215243007259..comments2024-01-30T08:47:44.544-08:00Comments on Rock Hall Monitors: Music To My Ears: The Ballot For 2017Philiphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08292012228944104037noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3760137241594753268.post-4325897573115355242016-12-07T15:12:25.102-08:002016-12-07T15:12:25.102-08:00Looking forward to your final predictions.Looking forward to your final predictions.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3760137241594753268.post-64278938857513740582016-11-24T19:36:57.895-08:002016-11-24T19:36:57.895-08:00"American Top 40, you know, in popular music ..."American Top 40, you know, in popular music different influences often combine to create a new sound, for example, in ELO's current hit, I can hear a little bit of Elvis Presley in the lead vocal, some Beatle harmonies and, a touch of Jerry Lee Lewis at the piano, here they all are at #33 with, Hold on Tight, ELO" - Casey Kasem, October 31st, 1981TrekkiELOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05618955304845011127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3760137241594753268.post-89926761944553037782016-11-23T10:57:08.688-08:002016-11-23T10:57:08.688-08:00Hatred would be an overstatement. I'd use &quo...Hatred would be an overstatement. I'd use "sonically unappealing".DarinRGnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3760137241594753268.post-45363271919403163532016-11-22T20:51:32.634-08:002016-11-22T20:51:32.634-08:00Well, you're breaking my heart with the hatred...Well, you're breaking my heart with the hatred of Steppenwolf and Joan Baez... I take it you don't like Judy Collins or the Seekers either. Sadness.Philiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08292012228944104037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3760137241594753268.post-2011780505311044542016-11-22T20:48:45.422-08:002016-11-22T20:48:45.422-08:00Great story. Honestly, what I like so much about ...Great story. Honestly, what I like so much about that song is that it sounds like an homage to Jerry Lee Lewis. It's got a pumping rhythm to it, and the vocals sound a little like someone trying to invoke his spirit.Philiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08292012228944104037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3760137241594753268.post-92131890999590079712016-11-22T20:47:00.038-08:002016-11-22T20:47:00.038-08:00Or maybe that song is tied to a special memory. Or maybe that song is tied to a special memory. Philiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08292012228944104037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3760137241594753268.post-73367831723410315962016-11-22T19:10:41.028-08:002016-11-22T19:10:41.028-08:00I hadn't plotted my personal enjoyment list un...I hadn't plotted my personal enjoyment list until just now. I'd have to go with:<br /><br />Depeche Mode<br />Kraftwerk<br />Bad Brains<br />Chic<br />MC5<br />Pearl Jam<br />The J. Geils Band<br />The Cars<br />Electric Light Orchestra<br />The Zombies<br />Joe Tex<br />2Pac<br />Jane's Addiction<br />Joan Baez<br />Steppenwolf<br />Journey<br />Janet Jackson<br />Yes<br />Chaka Khan<br /><br />Depeche Mode, Kraftwerk and Bad Brains, I'm a flat out fan of/listen to regularly. Chic through 2Pac are 4 or 5 times a year acts for me and Jane's Addiction through Chaka Khan are just a flat out NO in terms of voluntary listening.DarinRGnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3760137241594753268.post-26613321249086928692016-11-22T10:51:40.146-08:002016-11-22T10:51:40.146-08:00After hearing "Hold on Tight" on Casey K...After hearing "Hold on Tight" on Casey Kasem's American Top 40 Mighty 690 AM Radio Show back in 1981 while with family around Ventura, California, a U.S. Route 101 road trip to Santa Barbara's Mission when I was just 8 years old, Dad then bought me my very first Electric Light Orchestra album from Tower Records, an audio cassette of Time by ELO, thus started the fandom 35 years ago.<br /><br />"The previous year, David Bowie had released his 'Ashes to Ashes' music video which was considered as the most innovative to date at that time. But Electric Light Orchestra were largely regarded to have surpassed that with their music video for 'Hold on Tight'. At the time it was the most expensive ever made at around £40,000" - Source: UK Midlands Central TV News, August, 1981, thanks Ade https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkekqVPIc2MTrekkiELOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05618955304845011127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3760137241594753268.post-24069769952237069312016-11-21T23:50:56.480-08:002016-11-21T23:50:56.480-08:00With due respect, if DM's favorite song for yo...With due respect, if DM's favorite song for you is Just Can't Get Enough, you've barely heard anything by them. The guy who wrote it left after one album. Their biggest success came in the 90's, and while synth is their base, they moved on from strictly being a synth pop band in 1982.<br /><br />liquidmusehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10388982339090959301noreply@blogger.com