tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post191590681729853894..comments2024-03-19T03:07:14.839-04:00Comments on PowerPop: Weekend Listomania (Special Two Tons of Fun! Audio/Video Edition)NYMaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10863355110457910935noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-12127068609910530432010-11-17T17:11:12.149-05:002010-11-17T17:11:12.149-05:00A few weeks back I chimed in with Israel Kamakawiw...A few weeks back I chimed in with Israel Kamakawiwoole's "Over the Rainbow/Wonderful World" for some other list topic. Now I see I should have saved him for this one. No musician has ever been larger.nosmokhttp://www.xspeedofsatire.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-22961186234910645982010-11-13T14:17:32.827-05:002010-11-13T14:17:32.827-05:00Sandy Denny fat? How dare you! I don't think I...Sandy Denny fat? How dare you! I don't think I like you no mo'.<br /><br />This outside the rules, but it's what came to mind: Olive Oyl's ode to Bluto, He's Large, as sung by Shelley Duvall in Robert Altman's very peculiar "Popeye". (It's the only thing I really liked in that movie.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-14421108085214269892010-11-13T00:59:25.630-05:002010-11-13T00:59:25.630-05:00These guys were a few tons of fun:
Screaming Tree...These guys were a few tons of fun:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJIEZx-_T74" rel="nofollow">Screaming Trees</a><br /><br />(bonus - a LONGBOX! And Letterman announces the wrong song!)TKKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-2739396843500668932010-11-13T00:42:56.392-05:002010-11-13T00:42:56.392-05:00I forgot about Sandy Denny, although part of that ...I forgot about Sandy Denny, although part of that is that, as I noted to one of her biographers, she looks like a different person in almost every photo taken that it's hard to have a firm mental image of her.<br /><br />Meanwhile, the leader of <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1sYN0PuRs4" rel="nofollow">these guys</a> may well have been one of the chubbiest speed-freaks of all time. They still made hellaciously great records, though.MBowenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17992038501958547302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-23639327866886858332010-11-12T23:54:41.918-05:002010-11-12T23:54:41.918-05:00here's Leslie (wearing what appear to be pajam...here's Leslie (wearing what appear to be pajamas) with his band the Vagrants:<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWLoTDrMFZU<br /><br />Awesome clip. <br /><br />Btw Shimkus is one of those politicians that vowed if elected he'd only serve a couple of terms and then get out of DC. Guess what? His time's up and he's still there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-48989940197992414362010-11-12T22:36:10.606-05:002010-11-12T22:36:10.606-05:00Ah, Romeo Void. And Alison Moyet is, indeed, the o...Ah, Romeo Void. And Alison Moyet is, indeed, the only great singer out of synth-pop. Good calls.<br /><br /><br /><br />But you know -- we really should be talking about Sandy Denny, who may have been the greatest pop voice of our lifetime/<br /><br />And let's be honest -- if she had been a little skinnier, she would have sold more records than Linda Ronstadt or fricking Celine Dion combined.steve simelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13247393763004076992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-37151799840311369872010-11-12T22:08:43.271-05:002010-11-12T22:08:43.271-05:00I hope I read through the comments well enough to ...I hope I read through the comments well enough to claim <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qnRzCWFgd4" rel="nofollow">David Thomas of Pere Ubu</a> as my own contribution.<br /><br />And the Cee-Lo song is indeed the best thing ever created.Mikenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-74923525324584598282010-11-12T19:55:03.120-05:002010-11-12T19:55:03.120-05:00And another '80s fave, the only synth-pop band...<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9DOmlfICGw" rel="nofollow">And another '80s fave</a>, the only synth-pop band with a really great singer.MBowenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17992038501958547302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-11220103627265214192010-11-12T19:40:23.850-05:002010-11-12T19:40:23.850-05:00Then there's this gem, a masterpiece of Americ...Then there's <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePIImGMjn_8" rel="nofollow">this gem</a>, a masterpiece of American new wave/post-punk by one of the only three or four decent bands to come out of San Francisco.MBowenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17992038501958547302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-55487767755744815192010-11-12T12:58:16.655-05:002010-11-12T12:58:16.655-05:00Uh, this guy probably takes the, uh cake.
And lot...Uh, this guy probably takes the, uh cake.<br /><br />And lots of it, now that I think of it.<br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDmyy8MNjFosteve simelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13247393763004076992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-16262699441218829052010-11-12T12:57:14.500-05:002010-11-12T12:57:14.500-05:00Loved Mountain. Climbing wasn't a bad LP eith...Loved Mountain. Climbing wasn't a bad LP either. <br /><br />I have fond memories of parking with my HS girlfriend whilst playing the double live set Twin Peaks in the 8 player.Billy Bnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-54693087708928510572010-11-12T12:09:07.418-05:002010-11-12T12:09:07.418-05:00James "Baby Huey" Ramey's posthumous...James "<b>Baby Huey</b>" Ramey's posthumously released and Curtis Mayfield produced album <i>The Baby Huey Story: The Living Legend</i> is one of my favs.<br /><br />Any of the <i>Greatest Hits</i> albums by Wesley Willis.cuddlefishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10624004928105051035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-42769562273370806292010-11-12T11:37:54.055-05:002010-11-12T11:37:54.055-05:00And if my band, the Misfats, had ever not been too...<i>And if my band, the Misfats, had ever not been too lazy and actually recorded something we'd own this list...</i><br /><br />The world's fattest Misfits cover band, ladies and germs.<br /><br />You, sir, are a genius.<br />:-)steve simelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13247393763004076992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-39584929338463552402010-11-12T11:09:01.623-05:002010-11-12T11:09:01.623-05:00Fat has been defined upward in our time. Fats Domi...Fat has been defined upward in our time. Fats Domino and Chubby Checker would not be singled out for their size had they come along in 2010. They actually look pretty svelte by today's standards. In the 1950s, Solomon Burke(at least in his later days) would have been a side-show attraction.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-9537098342203953872010-11-12T11:05:07.037-05:002010-11-12T11:05:07.037-05:00What, no love for Bad Manners? That's a crime...What, no love for Bad Manners? That's a crime as Buster's one of the best fat front-men of all-time. And if my band, the Misfats, had ever not been too lazy and actually recorded something we'd own this list...The Hamzingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06322874719648588791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-71545400195891143052010-11-12T10:08:33.280-05:002010-11-12T10:08:33.280-05:00Sorry for the rant. Rock on.
Trey
Not a problem....<i>Sorry for the rant. Rock on.<br /><br />Trey</i><br /><br />Not a problem. This is an objectively pro-rant zone.<br />:-)steve simelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13247393763004076992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-16057654307119617872010-11-12T10:06:36.753-05:002010-11-12T10:06:36.753-05:00I can't believe I left out the Cee-Lo "fu...I can't believe I left out the Cee-Lo "fuck you" song.<br /><br />That is without question the greatest thing ever.<br /><br />Ever.<br />:-)steve simelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13247393763004076992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-91058989862965174102010-11-12T10:00:51.046-05:002010-11-12T10:00:51.046-05:00How about a song from a fat man in tribute to fat ...How about a song from a fat man in tribute to fat women? Dan Bryk's "BBW (Chunky Girl)" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHAcN_45FHIDavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03743825684303825072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-19990714437157025592010-11-12T09:56:34.681-05:002010-11-12T09:56:34.681-05:00I thought I had seen Matthew Sweet getting large. ...I thought I had seen Matthew Sweet getting large. Who cares? <br /><br />Please do not forget d. boone of the Minutemen, another portly rocker. It is difficult for me to pick just one song, but how about Corona from Double Nickels On The Dime, their amazing double album. The instrumental version of the song is that catchy Jackass theme.<br /><br />And as for Shimkus, it would help if he got his Biblical "scholarship" right. God tells Noah that he will never curse the world with another flood, but elsewhere in scripture it is fairly clear that God may end it with fire when He has had enough.<br /><br />What that has to do with being good stewards of God's wonderful creation, I have no earthly idea. From a Christian point of view, God left us in charge of taking care of his creation, and exploitation and ruination due to greed do not qualify as stewardship. They qualify as rape.<br /><br />Sorry for the rant. Rock on.<br /><br />TreyTMinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07221261635305430323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-6711206014762472962010-11-12T09:35:15.714-05:002010-11-12T09:35:15.714-05:00And one more from the 70-80's DC scene
Root B...And one more from the 70-80's DC scene<br /><br />Root Boy Slim and the Sex Change Band with the Fabulous Rootettes - Dare To Be FatEdwardnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-44880961584339604662010-11-12T09:31:42.440-05:002010-11-12T09:31:42.440-05:00Others have already picked off my obvious one, but...Others have already picked off my obvious one, but I have to throw in a pitch for my old friends from DC, who have shed much of the weight, Tru Fax and the Insaniacs<br /><br />Blues Traveler - Runaround<br />The Big Bopper - Chantilly Lace<br />Elvis Costello (during his fat period) - The Other Side of Summer<br />The Weather Girls - It's Raining MenEdwardnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-55549443822797738012010-11-12T08:58:54.690-05:002010-11-12T08:58:54.690-05:00First thought is Elvis himself but I can't thi...First thought is Elvis himself but I can't think of any recordings I like from his rubenesque period.<br /><br />Two from the nouveau soul revival:<br />Adele (19) <br />Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings (100 Days, 100 Nights)Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14775477925658327141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-36053389875763116352010-11-12T08:55:54.318-05:002010-11-12T08:55:54.318-05:00I'm kinda partial to the Big Pun/Fat Joe joint...I'm kinda partial to the Big Pun/Fat Joe joint, "Still Not A Player".<br /><br />And anything - anything at all - by Biggie.Tierra Madre Horse Sanctuaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03020917864270864953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-75242992292898989932010-11-12T08:07:40.016-05:002010-11-12T08:07:40.016-05:00Pat DiNizio is a Zeppelin these days so Smithereen...Pat DiNizio is a Zeppelin these days so Smithereens "Wall of Sleep"¡barangus!™https://www.blogger.com/profile/03419769300783425335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-42985847770411797662010-11-12T07:56:11.187-05:002010-11-12T07:56:11.187-05:00Billy Stewart-- "Summertime." He also d...Billy Stewart-- "Summertime." He also did a song called "Fat Boy," in which he thanks his lover for being in love with, well, a fat boy.J. Loslonoreply@blogger.com