tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post640225528637345324..comments2024-03-29T10:49:38.462-04:00Comments on PowerPop: The Golden Age of Paranoia: Special Post-Folkie EditionNYMaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10863355110457910935noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-76562197753713732682009-11-24T20:18:27.536-05:002009-11-24T20:18:27.536-05:00Hey, there's one wonderful song on this album:...Hey, there's one wonderful song on this album: "Black Roses" -- I speak up for it whenever I can. It's a wonderful, driving Summer of Love single on the order of the Airplane's "Somebody to Love". ("Mr. Blue" brings the whole album to a dead halt. What a downer, even then.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-15011236158419669062009-11-18T07:53:29.957-05:002009-11-18T07:53:29.957-05:00And suddenly I'm back to listening to Bob Fass...And suddenly I'm back to listening to Bob Fass on WBAI's Radio Unnamable at 2;00 a.m. That show, in NYC at least, first played Alice's Restaurant (both the original and the Multi-color Rainbow Roach versions), along with The Hawk and Mr. Bojangles (the latter live with Jerry Jeff Walker and David Bromberg) for insomniac New York audiences. clear Light's bass player (not to be confused with the obliquely referenced Weasels bassist), I believe was also the studio bassist for the Doors. If this last is incorrect, I sit corrected. I am the Weasel, koo koo ka-choo.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15723558971791362258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-73685838712363629962009-11-17T10:52:27.607-05:002009-11-17T10:52:27.607-05:00Well, it's no "DOA."Well, it's no "DOA."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-50812688532662799702009-11-17T09:06:52.559-05:002009-11-17T09:06:52.559-05:00You should hear some Ultimate Spinach sometime! Mo...You should hear some Ultimate Spinach sometime! More of the same psychedelic claptrap!Kid Charlemagnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12109953353900729258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-89256299915710613962009-11-17T08:56:48.904-05:002009-11-17T08:56:48.904-05:00They were produced by the late Paul Rothschild, an...They were produced by the late Paul Rothschild, and De Young told me some stories about him.<br /><br />Let's just say that my previously held assumption that he was a real asshole was reinforced.<br /><br />A trivia note: These guys can be seen (without De Young, who hadn't joined at the time) in the greatest and most hilarious paranoid flick of all time, the great THE PRESIDENT'S ANALYST, which if you haven't experienced you really need to.steve simelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13247393763004076992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-81057434883784538012009-11-17T08:40:07.067-05:002009-11-17T08:40:07.067-05:00Heavy, man! I'm sure this launched a thousand ...Heavy, man! I'm sure this launched a thousand freakouts back in the day. Somehow Mr. De Young lacks the rich baritone of Morrison, who pulled off the air of menace in the spoken-word stuff with more panache. The more musical sections have a strong Love/ Music Machine feel.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04378528518778247285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-47151992307279842782009-11-17T08:35:51.625-05:002009-11-17T08:35:51.625-05:00God, I remember that song & thinking it was, l...God, I remember that song & thinking it was, like, the hippest thing in just about the whole world. Listening to it now is sort of like watching "Easy Rider" again. The word "Yikes!" comes to mind.Tierra Madre Horse Sanctuaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03020917864270864953noreply@blogger.com