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Ha ha ha ha! Agreed on Tom Waits.

The thing I like about Dylan's work is that it's so artless musically yet so artful lyrically, that his songs (his less overplayed ones, at least) lend themselves to such a variety of interpretations.

I'm too lazy at the moment to find the video and post a link, but my absolute favorite Dylan lyric is "My Back Pages," and I think the Byrds' version is superb!

And BTW, the best Tom Carvel impersonation ever is Joel Hodgson's.

I love Hodgson, but man he got T.C.'s verbal stylings all wrong. I'm guessing they didn't broadcast the ads where he grew up. So it was probably TV's Frank: the one-time East-Coaster, who tried to describe the voice to him. But without YouTube or a wav.file readily at hand it just didn't come off.

But I forgive him. <3 I do love his Borscht Belt Comedian voices.

When I hear Tom Waits songs sung by someone like John Hammond, I can appreciate them a bit more.

Patty Smyth did a decent version of Tom Waits' "Downtown Train."

And I like the Rod Stewart version, too. It may be middle-of-the-road, but Trevor Horn's arrangement and production made it a cut above the rest. And consider this -- if Stewart hadn't rushed his version into production, we would've had to endure hearing "Downtown Train" sung by...BOB SEGER!

The indy cartoonist Lloyd Dangle had a story where his job as a teenager was handing out bowling shoes at the local alley in Detroit. One time, he had to scold a couple of Silver Bullet Band members for trying to go play without their proper footwear on.

LOL

At least it wasn't Seger himself. Bad enough to hear that Cookie Monster voice on the radio, imagine it being directed right at you, in person.

I believe I have expressed my irritation with "That Old Time Rock 'N Roll" numerous times. No point in going into that again.

Yeah, good point. I actually recycled the Cookie Monster joke from the "Misheard Song Lyrics" thread.

I know this band gets a lot of ***t, but they have been showing up on the morning playlist pretty regularly, so I'm giving them the shout out

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86_vnQc1oBE

Just found this on YouTube:

All the main cues from the 80s adventure cartoon "Silverhawks," from Bernard Hoffer, the composer of all the "Thundercats" cues (both shows were Rankin Bass productions)

https://youtu.be/fT6vP4yLpPU

Easily what holds up best about "Silverhawks."

Speaking of YouTube.


Penny for your thoughts...

I apologize in advance - I know this has been out for some time, but my kids showed this and now its a daily thing at my house.

You're welcome.

Eh. Post-pseudo-ironic fish-in-a-barrel humor. Never been my thing, even though my own generation invented it. One of many reasons I have trouble relating to my own generation.

Aw, c'mon, Seagulls is AWESOME!

Culture shock, Pov, culture shock. I moved to the States in 1990 just as "punk broke" (HA HA) and the tectonic cultural shift left me alienated and bitter.

My oh my, I doth protest too much. I'll go look for some nice melodic song to post here.

Ah, so just as Grunge started then.

Okay I must say I'm deeply offended at the thought of being old enough to be part of Jonathan Swift's generation. I mean yeah I'm old but not THAT old.

Touche, CP.

Adjacent to our discussion a few weeks back about the Wilburys, this popped up on my Reddit feed today. I hadn't realized it had been remastered, but its one of those performances where if I see it, I have to watch it. No exceptions:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWRCooFKk3c

Wow! I'd never seen him before, but there's no doubt who Dhani's father is!

I know - and the sheer joy on his face on that stage is great to watch.

Here he is playing Handle with Care with Jeff Lynne's ELO in 2019.

I had not seen this - thanks for posting that EDE! He's got some chops there!

Loved the string section singing along in the chorus!

Here's today's entry. Went down an orchestral Pink Floyd rabbit hole in the car and found this gem that I'd forgotten about.

Its the best version of this song, and the best song overall on the live solo Gilmour album it comes from:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MV4iuvXcQpY

Never knew Knopfler and Taylor ever collaborated:

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