tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post5580813341145500490..comments2024-03-28T07:27:42.810-07:00Comments on Burning Wood: "Off The Shelves" : THE WEEKEND MIXUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-61067001811785624522012-02-20T05:15:15.470-08:002012-02-20T05:15:15.470-08:00Thanks Sal! I just read all 26 comments and I gues...Thanks Sal! I just read all 26 comments and I guess I have to go and Google “Track 3, Side Two of ‘Quadrophenia’" Like I got time for this?!?charlie c.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04818788485351287001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-72957586687770369632012-02-19T19:53:59.759-08:002012-02-19T19:53:59.759-08:00"Back For Good" is the one of best Bee G..."Back For Good" is the one of best Bee Gees songs of the past 30 years, even if it isn't really them. Fine collection as always, Sal. I still can't decide whether Fleet Foxes are are I band I like more in concept than execution. I find them pleasant enough, but can't say any particular song has grabbed me. It does seem harder to find good stuff nowadays, but maybe I'm just getting old. Thanks for finding the best of the new stuff and also sharing older music I missed the first time around.Jeff in Denton TXhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06804698768704168077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-53287688246838652522012-02-19T10:25:17.066-08:002012-02-19T10:25:17.066-08:00Sometime in 1991 I was in a bar formerly known as ...Sometime in 1991 I was in a bar formerly known as "1A", in the East Village when "For What It's Worth" came on. I got the bartender to tell me who it was, and went to Tower Records the next day. The whole album "Freedom Highway" is worth hearing.buzzbabyjesushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09375127662096374324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-29445049939149942162012-02-19T07:56:49.124-08:002012-02-19T07:56:49.124-08:00Great mix. I agree with Tak about the Sailor song....Great mix. I agree with Tak about the Sailor song. Had to look at my mp3 player to see if you had slipped in an Andy Partidge song. Also, the Spider song reminded me of Dale Bozzio's singing. Can't wait for your next mix.oldkdawghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03913699068656761592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-22193976527132852082012-02-19T05:29:00.345-08:002012-02-19T05:29:00.345-08:00@Todd and Albert
Yes! That must have been it. Fol...@Todd and Albert<br /><br />Yes! That must have been it. Followed by "Rock Follies."Sal Nunziatohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09221629293545204260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-39578440638692539142012-02-18T19:51:25.114-08:002012-02-18T19:51:25.114-08:00Here's a link with an episode guide
http://hom...Here's a link with an episode guide<br />http://homepage.ntlworld.com/e.watkins/musictv/Supersonic.htmToddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17285722988819172501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-66437140862290101632012-02-18T19:46:34.092-08:002012-02-18T19:46:34.092-08:00Sal.
I think it was "Supersonic."
http...Sal. <br />I think it was "Supersonic."<br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supersonic_(TV_series)<br /><br />It was a syndicated show here in the states. I remember Sailor, as well.Toddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17285722988819172501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-20950694041178689162012-02-18T19:17:15.125-08:002012-02-18T19:17:15.125-08:00Was it "Supersonic"?....???.....Was it "Supersonic"?....???.....Alberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13154153960507101640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-30782707138535128462012-02-18T10:58:59.674-08:002012-02-18T10:58:59.674-08:00I agree, most of the time, there's not much of...I agree, most of the time, there's not much of a melody, no hook, no great riffs. I'm not talking about rocking out either, there's no edge to a lot of the newer music, especially the quieter stuff. These bands are certainly talented, but they just don't move me, man. <br /><br />That's another thing, a lot of what I hear by the newer bands sounds like they haven't listened to anything made before 1990, their influences don't seem to be very broad. I'm not sure any of them knows about doo wop, '50's R&B, forget about real C&W and '60s folk music.Jerry Leehttp://www.jerryleelewis.com/#indexnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-46723446688717654792012-02-18T08:09:10.468-08:002012-02-18T08:09:10.468-08:00The lack of songs is also a side effect of the fac...The lack of songs is also a side effect of the fact that the "old stuff" was created by people who were influenced by music other than rock n roll. That's where the musicality came from. Today's rock music is influenced by rock n roll.buzzbabyjesushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09375127662096374324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-39274374247363578322012-02-18T06:24:12.469-08:002012-02-18T06:24:12.469-08:00@ Jerry Lee
"There seems to be something mis...@ Jerry Lee<br /><br />"There seems to be something missing, I'm not sure what it is, but very little jumps out and really grabs me."<br /><br />I may be oversimpifying here but, there seems to be, at least to my ears, too much style and no substance.<br /><br />There are no songs anymore. My current pet peeve is/are the Fleet Foxes.<br /><br />They sure sound good. And their harmonies are purdie. And boy do they sound like The Byrds. And wow, they areb't Rihanna.<br /><br />But so what...<br /><br /><br />Strip it all down and youre suffering for a melody. That seems to be my issue with so much.<br /><br />Where are the hooks, Man? Where are those choruses?Sal Nunziatohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09221629293545204260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-89955745030151360812012-02-18T06:12:19.757-08:002012-02-18T06:12:19.757-08:00Great piece Sal, I'm looking forward to listen...Great piece Sal, I'm looking forward to listening to the mix. There were I few blogs I'd go to regularly to hear "new" music; I wanted to keep up with whatever was current, and not be stuck in the past with my "oldies". After a while I finally realized I didn't like the vast majority of what I was hearing, it just didn't move me like the old stuff did. There seems to be something missing, I'm not sure what it is, but very little jumps out and really grabs me. Thanks to yours and a few other great blogs, I'm discovering tons of great older music I missed the first time around.Jerry Leehttp://www.jerryleelewis.com/#indexnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-80986972849147416092012-02-17T20:00:17.927-08:002012-02-17T20:00:17.927-08:00I'm glad I read the entire post. There are son...I'm glad I read the entire post. There are songs on here that I thought deserved to be better than taken "off the shelves" as being in the minority of good tracks on a lousy CD. I probably heard Dan Neer recite "Stop Hurting People" the same night you did, and I wish that station was still on the air every night as I approached sleep.wardohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07825405583474881509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-18139114121757928412012-02-17T18:36:59.749-08:002012-02-17T18:36:59.749-08:00Interesting : Sailor's song sounds like an out...Interesting : Sailor's song sounds like an outtake from XTC's catalog.A guy called Taknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-72634815496026317812012-02-17T14:23:07.646-08:002012-02-17T14:23:07.646-08:00@Anon
It was not Top Of The Pops. I must find out...@Anon<br /><br />It was not Top Of The Pops. I must find out.Sal Nunziatohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09221629293545204260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-10338973303147219932012-02-17T14:18:18.302-08:002012-02-17T14:18:18.302-08:00portly neighbor,
That's cool. I met Dave Mars...portly neighbor,<br /><br />That's cool. I met Dave Marsh once too, about 20 years ago when he was doing that "Rock Bottom Remainders" tour with Stephen King et al. At that time, I was smitten with his book "The 1,001 Best Rock & Soul Singles Of All Time," which I still say is a great, great book that dares to look not at artists, not even the holy Album, but doggone it the cool little 45s we all grew up on.A walk in the woodsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-78944560686102555612012-02-17T14:06:52.662-08:002012-02-17T14:06:52.662-08:00Thanks for the chance to download another eclectic...Thanks for the chance to download another eclectic musical pot pourri. I'm a big fan of your weekend mixes. The show on which you saw Sailor was probably the BBC's Top of the Pops? Sailor had a few singles in the UK charts - Girls, Girls, Girls being a big fave of mine. Anyhow, keep on keeping on!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-83703688914124758802012-02-17T13:50:54.117-08:002012-02-17T13:50:54.117-08:00Good going Sal, my sentiments exactly. As we all k...Good going Sal, my sentiments exactly. As we all know as avid listeners and collectors it really is hard to find new music or old/new music. The search can become very tedious. Most of the time you have to really dig to come up with a few gems. I've been doing this for a few years now, searching various blogs to find mostly older undiscovered bands that may have a really good song or two, maybe three if your lucky. The real gratification is in the hunting.<br /><br />The Off The Shelves idea is excellent. Because sometimes (or most of the time) we all have to go back to the music that grooved, soothed and moved us over the years. And by golly, there's certainly enough of it. You should definitely do this kind of mix more often, it's a real treat for everyone. If you ever need any help (which I'm sure you don't), I'll gladly chip in some tunes, anytime.FD13NYChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14964671671960423199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-12854623110668418922012-02-17T13:15:44.686-08:002012-02-17T13:15:44.686-08:00A Walk: That was me except 10 years or so earlier...A Walk: That was me except 10 years or so earlier with the first Rolling Stone Record Guide - Fairport Convention, Firesign Theatre, Van Morrison, Richard and Linda . . . . There was so much cool stuff I had never heard/heard of (and yes, some crap, too). Years later I bumped into Dave Marsh at SXSW and thanked him for helping expand my musical horizons by putting out the book and he replied, " Oh, I thought you were gonna start yelling at me."portly neighbornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-54562390126344995002012-02-17T09:43:50.544-08:002012-02-17T09:43:50.544-08:00I’m unapologetically a fan of the radio, and a fan...I’m unapologetically a fan of the radio, and a fan of the tried and true – so this will be fun. No music can ever strike a chord as perfect as all the albums I got during the year of my first-ever solo residence, an apartment I got soph year of college. Finally, finally, I could play whatever at any time of day – and had a few sheckles to spend on it from a minimum-wage job I had. Like you said Sal, everything I had then was good, because I had so little – had to be crafty with the 1-2 vinyls I’d try to get each week.<br /><br />That was the same year (1987) when Rolling Stone Magazine came out with their “Top 100 Albums of the Past 20 Years” list to commemorate, well, their 20th anniversary. I know some of you are rolling your eyes b/c now Rolling Stone is seen as a mainstream publication with movie stars and glitz in its pages, but man – when I got that issue, it bent my mind. There were groups in there I’d never heard of (Modern Lovers, the Stooges, Southside Johnny) – or that I knew of but didn’t know how high they were held in critical esteem (Sex Pistols, Randy Newman, Sly & The Family Stone).<br /><br />It blew my mind, and I started on a mission to buy everything in it. <br /><br />Looking at that list now:<br />http://www.timepieces.nl/Top100's/1987RollingStone.html<br />it looks mainstream as hell - even obvious. But at the time, it was “the new stuff,” especially to my young mind.<br /><br />This’ll be a fun mix to hear.A walk in the woodsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-27903955222623111552012-02-17T07:50:04.952-08:002012-02-17T07:50:04.952-08:00Got to do some serious driving this weekend so thi...Got to do some serious driving this weekend so this mix looks like a perfect companion. I'm not familiar with most of the songs so "new to me" works really well. Thankswoolnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-74358158016944620312012-02-17T07:13:57.063-08:002012-02-17T07:13:57.063-08:00"Tell It To Carrie" -- any version -- sh..."Tell It To Carrie" -- any version -- should have been another smash hit single from the Romantics. <br /><br />I never got why they didn't attempt to rerelease it *after* "What I Like About You" and "When I Look In Your Eyes" were hits...Shrinerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12908213967283171538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-50602576518631776272012-02-17T07:00:43.315-08:002012-02-17T07:00:43.315-08:00Sal,
I feel this way all the time. I want to hea...Sal,<br /><br />I feel this way all the time. I want to hear new things but so much leaves me cold. I thought the Tedeshi Trucks was nothing special but you and several others whose taste I respect kept saying how good it was. You were all right and Inwas rewarded for keeping at that one. I bring this up because I try really hard to like new stuff, often at the expense of listening to what I already love.<br /><br />Falling back in love with vinyl and real record stores has kind of remidied that for me. No more cd's at home. I have since rediscovered so many great records that Inhave a kind of permanent musical shit eating grin. <br /><br />I'llmkeep pluggingmawaybwith new tuff but I have to remember the "off the shelves" records.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-25679297208457518012012-02-17T06:23:17.945-08:002012-02-17T06:23:17.945-08:00I'm going to download just to see if the Jayne...I'm going to download just to see if the Jaynette's version of "Sally Go Round The Roses" is as good as Pentangle's. The compilation series I started as "Now That's What I Call Bullshit", of which there are over 50, and the inspiration for my blog of the same name, is all about "Off The Shelf". Thanks.buzzbabyjesushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09375127662096374324noreply@blogger.com