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DBoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-26-09 02:54 PM Original message |
Sky Saxon Appreciation Thread |
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el_bryanto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-26-09 02:57 PM Response to Original message |
1. I liked Pushing Too Hard |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-26-09 03:04 PM Response to Original message |
2. Are we here to appreciate Saxon or celebrate our own great taste in obscure music? |
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DBoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-26-09 03:06 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Obscure? |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-26-09 03:19 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Admit it, you only heard of them because they're on Nuggets |
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Howardx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-26-09 03:24 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. stupid comment |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-26-09 03:54 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. They were in heavy rotation in LA... the Boss Jocks spun their records... |
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lame54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-26-09 03:59 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. Ah yes - The Nuggets - I love them... |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-26-09 04:56 PM Response to Reply #11 |
23. Some of us were around when those nuggets were first created... |
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DBoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-26-09 05:32 PM Response to Reply #6 |
25. No, I'm actually old enough to remember them |
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shadowknows69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-26-09 03:12 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. I couldn't pick the Dave Clark Five out of a lineup but love their shit. |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-26-09 03:50 PM Response to Reply #2 |
9. Obscure? |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-26-09 04:15 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. If an average person hasn't heard of someone the person in question is obscure |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-26-09 04:20 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Define average... |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-26-09 04:24 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. You can't define average. You know it when you see it |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-26-09 04:37 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Not probable... |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-26-09 04:59 PM Response to Reply #14 |
24. chirp... chirp... chirp... |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-26-09 05:51 PM Response to Reply #24 |
28. The Doors were on the cover of Rolling Stone over 10 years after they broke up |
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ContinentalOp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-26-09 06:03 PM Response to Reply #28 |
34. The Doors! LOL |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-26-09 06:10 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. A musician can be influential and and obscure at the same time |
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Dr Fate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-26-09 06:12 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. What is your point in all of this? That people who like good Rock & Roll are elitists or snobs? |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-26-09 06:39 PM Response to Reply #37 |
44. Because he isn't familiar... |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-26-09 06:37 PM Response to Reply #28 |
43. Now you want to mix apples and oranges... |
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Howardx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-26-09 04:28 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. another stupid comment |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-26-09 04:33 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. How many people read Creem vs how many people saw Almost Famous |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-26-09 04:41 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. Oh, what bullshit... |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-26-09 05:48 PM Response to Reply #20 |
27. Almost Famous grossed $42,000,000 |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-26-09 06:33 PM Response to Reply #27 |
42. There's huge difference between great cinema... |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-26-09 07:06 PM Response to Reply #42 |
47. 4,000,000 is more than 100,000 |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-26-09 07:12 PM Response to Reply #47 |
48. You have never proved your "fact" |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-26-09 07:16 PM Response to Reply #48 |
50. You only do the InterTubes on company time? |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-26-09 07:18 PM Response to Reply #50 |
51. No, little dude... |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-26-09 04:40 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. And Bangs dissed Sky Saxon's voice in said magazine too... eom |
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DBoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-26-09 05:36 PM Response to Reply #12 |
26. Anyone who listened to AM top 40 in the 60s has heard of them |
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abq e streeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-26-09 06:03 PM Response to Reply #26 |
35. I don't necessarily "cherish" memories of difficult teenage years,but thank god/goddess |
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DBoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-26-09 06:14 PM Response to Reply #35 |
40. I actually remember their Mass |
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abq e streeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-26-09 06:22 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. Was it Mass in F Minor? my rapidly deteriorating memory seems to sort of remember that |
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DBoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-26-09 10:11 PM Response to Reply #41 |
55. yes, Mass in F minor |
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abq e streeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-26-09 10:14 PM Response to Reply #55 |
56. oops--shoulda noticed your Minutemen avatar |
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GReedDiamond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-26-09 07:13 PM Response to Reply #26 |
49. Time for your nap? |
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abq e streeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-26-09 05:55 PM Response to Reply #2 |
29. My ears sure as hell could pick him out vs. ANYONE else on the radio at the same time |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-26-09 06:00 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. Tell me what you know about Peter Holsapple |
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abq e streeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-26-09 06:12 PM Response to Reply #31 |
38. I have no idea what my alleged theory is, but used to listen to the dB's |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-26-09 06:48 PM Response to Reply #38 |
46. My interpretation of your theory was that being on a #1 record meant a musician wasn't obscure |
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abq e streeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-26-09 07:28 PM Response to Reply #46 |
52. Sky Saxon formed and fronted The Seeds, and wrote and sang their #1 hit |
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abq e streeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-27-09 02:40 PM Response to Reply #46 |
57. couldn't find that song on you tube, but just listened to both some dB's and Scoundrels Auxiliary |
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Dr Fate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-26-09 06:03 PM Response to Reply #2 |
33. Obscure if you don't get into Rock & Roll, I guess. |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-26-09 06:42 PM Response to Reply #33 |
45. Exactly... |
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PlanetBev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-26-09 03:07 PM Response to Original message |
4. Weighing in from the Left Coast |
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yorgatron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-26-09 03:43 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. K&R |
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Gold Metal Flake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-26-09 04:41 PM Response to Original message |
19. Hey, too bad some jagoff had to rub his dick on your thread. |
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Tikki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-26-09 04:44 PM Response to Original message |
21. I named my oldest after Sky Saxon.... |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-26-09 04:47 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Delaney, Bonnie & Friends |
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ContinentalOp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-26-09 06:00 PM Response to Original message |
30. It's so weird, I thought he died years ago in a hang gliding accident. |
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Dr Fate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-26-09 06:02 PM Response to Original message |
32. A GREAT hero of mine. He STILL inspires kids to start self contained Rock & Roll bands... |
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patrick t. cakes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-26-09 06:13 PM Response to Original message |
39. damn right. |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-26-09 08:09 PM Response to Original message |
53. Absodamlutely |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-26-09 09:01 PM Response to Original message |
54. knr |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-27-09 03:16 PM Response to Original message |
58. found in the Wayback Machine on MJ Day: Ventures with Max Weinberg on Drums: Hawaii 5-0 |
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