tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post1098644296330082036..comments2024-03-27T23:24:02.731-04:00Comments on PowerPop: In Everyone's Life, There's a Summer of '42...NYMaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10863355110457910935noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-35418573411749744042010-09-08T20:19:28.017-04:002010-09-08T20:19:28.017-04:00Hey Steve, it's the lovely and talented Jan Me...Hey Steve, it's the lovely and talented Jan Melchior. At least it used to be. A friend Facebooked me the link to your blog. It made my day! Hell, my whole summer! How are you? <br /><br />JanJan Melchiorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11647471269168832301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-38904953959018839602010-09-08T20:05:42.924-04:002010-09-08T20:05:42.924-04:00Being Jan's backup band for that number was ju...Being Jan's backup band for that number was just the best.<br /><br />That song had interesting changes, too. <br /><br />APAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-44609250294382658962010-09-08T16:51:07.758-04:002010-09-08T16:51:07.758-04:00The Floor Models were fuckin' great!
What me ...The Floor Models were fuckin' great!<br /><br />What me to say it again?<br /><br />ROTP(lumber)<br /><br /><br />Word Verification: palphat> Pronounced pal-fat or palp-hat?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-28774180956973845422010-09-08T16:01:55.581-04:002010-09-08T16:01:55.581-04:00Nice version! And great story. I know we've s...Nice version! And great story. I know we've said this before, but we must have played at least once on the same night.Sal Nunziatohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09221629293545204260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-22983920277840976802010-09-08T15:43:22.668-04:002010-09-08T15:43:22.668-04:00you really didn't hear a lot of Lulu covers in...<i>you really didn't hear a lot of Lulu covers in 1982. </i><br />I first heard To Sir With Love right around that time when Alex Chilton was including it in his sets. But no, it wasn't Stepping Stone-like in its popularity as a cover.MikeJnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-53360380999692435562010-09-08T13:49:06.514-04:002010-09-08T13:49:06.514-04:00Gummo, must've been the cassete recorder..hear...Gummo, must've been the cassete recorder..hearing that reminded me of the boxes of cassettes I have of the the bands I played with in the early 80's...good cover..and I still like chorus!allen vellanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-35340989318085100552010-09-08T12:27:56.020-04:002010-09-08T12:27:56.020-04:00Noam Sane said...
I was more of a Big Muff gu...<i> Noam Sane said...<br /><br /> I was more of a Big Muff guy myself</i><br /><br />Um, I think you're on the wrong blog...<br /><br />;)Gummonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-21555599714058364002010-09-08T12:15:50.662-04:002010-09-08T12:15:50.662-04:00I was more of a Big Muff/Dyna Comp guy myself. But...I was more of a Big Muff/Dyna Comp guy myself. But hey.<br /><br />Nice cover, she obviously loves the song, really digs into it.Noam Sanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14078219408896745687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-40852591693649858862010-09-08T11:38:37.260-04:002010-09-08T11:38:37.260-04:00I lived on the next block during that period ... l...I lived on the next block during that period ... like Gummo, I probably walked by a thousand times, and I even went to some show I can't remember there once. Who knows? I may have been there when you were playing.<br /><br />Small world.Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18282613112168154071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-81497096802242608792010-09-08T09:53:04.513-04:002010-09-08T09:53:04.513-04:00I'll have to go digging in the closet, I'l...I'll have to go digging in the closet, I'll let you know....Gummonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-14423389209048124462010-09-08T09:46:53.678-04:002010-09-08T09:46:53.678-04:00Hey -- if you've still got your old Chorus ped...Hey -- if you've still got your old Chorus pedal, I'll take it off your hands. New ones are expensive, so make me an offer.<br />:-)steve simelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13247393763004076992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-76250911385705969062010-09-08T09:38:12.019-04:002010-09-08T09:38:12.019-04:00Oh, sure I had a Chorus pedal, too (along with wah...Oh, sure I had a Chorus pedal, too (along with wah-wah, flange & fuzz pendals). But it's not just that, it's the drum sound, the bass sound, the blend -- very much "of its era" in a nice nostalgic way.Gummonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-43176371825159646312010-09-08T09:27:55.950-04:002010-09-08T09:27:55.950-04:00Gummo:
In 1982, literally every guitarist in the ...Gummo:<br /><br />In 1982, literally every guitarist in the world had just bought an effects pedal called CHORUS. It was the dominant sound of the era, and we overused it as much as everybody.steve simelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13247393763004076992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-9573056990068519552010-09-08T09:20:17.543-04:002010-09-08T09:20:17.543-04:00I probably heard you guys from the street on many ...I probably heard you guys from the street on many an aimless weekend night's wandering in the Village back then; don't recall that I ever actually went into the Other End Cafe.<br /><br />Not only was that a nice cover, but man o man, the overall sound really takes me back -- I don't know if it was the sound equipment or the recording equipment or the times, but there was a certain sound that club guitar bands had back then and that recording really crystallizes it.<br /><br />Thanks for another glimpse into your motley past!Gummonoreply@blogger.com