tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post8082813993570447461..comments2024-03-28T14:41:03.787-04:00Comments on PowerPop: Weekend Listomania (Special DJ Shaggy Edition)NYMaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10863355110457910935noreply@blogger.comBlogger45125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-26370655159168643422009-10-05T20:37:31.706-04:002009-10-05T20:37:31.706-04:00Just to correct the Frank Zappa reference, above:
...Just to correct the Frank Zappa reference, above:<br /><br />"I'm a little PIMP with my hair gassed back..." from Hot Rats<br /><br />To which I am forced to add:<br />"She told me, don't bother to call again, less I cut off all of my hair", My Guitar Want to Kill Your Mother.<br /><br />And even:<br />"Oh my hair's getting good in the back!", Who Needs the Peace Corps.<br /><br />Frank had something about hair...agitproprehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18246586209873987758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-13049051655663473082009-10-04T14:38:31.111-04:002009-10-04T14:38:31.111-04:00Well they fly in the air
as you comb your hair
and...Well they fly in the air<br />as you comb your hair<br />and the summertime <br />will make you itch a<br />mosquito biteNoam Sanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14078219408896745687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-9031698240210418942009-10-03T16:28:28.595-04:002009-10-03T16:28:28.595-04:00He was, indeed, the ginchiest.He was, indeed, the ginchiest.Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03743825684303825072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-15667538939289135052009-10-03T13:59:01.527-04:002009-10-03T13:59:01.527-04:00Edd Byrnes. (Not Ed Burns, the filmmaker/actor).
...Edd Byrnes. (Not Ed Burns, the filmmaker/actor).<br /><br />I dug him the most, too...steve simelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13247393763004076992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-72303089566919487782009-10-03T13:11:18.064-04:002009-10-03T13:11:18.064-04:00It was a great romantic album to --um -- dance to....It was a great romantic album to --um -- dance to. Succeeded in seducing me anyway. Maybe you can <a href="http://www.williamtopley.com/music/index.php?5showtracks=1#5" rel="nofollow">hear it here</a>. Can't seem to find his old stuff on youtube. <br /><br /><br />Oh and I thought of one more hair song that probably doesn't qualify because I think it may have been pre-Beatles, but I had a teenage crush on the guy from, I think, the program "77 Sunset Strip," so naturally I loved the song. <br /><br />Kookie, Kookie, lend me your comb.Libby Spencerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01915834698802726985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-12362261176850900362009-10-03T13:00:59.439-04:002009-10-03T13:00:59.439-04:00Libby -- I don't know that song. A lovely lyri...Libby -- I don't know that song. A lovely lyric, though...steve simelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13247393763004076992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-17678848412616236572009-10-03T12:51:49.643-04:002009-10-03T12:51:49.643-04:00Oh wait, thought of one more. William Topley Delta...Oh wait, thought of one more. William Topley Delta Rain from the only album I really liked a lot. Of course that may have something to do with the fact one of my favorite past lovers introduced me to it. <br /><br /><br /><br />Shake your hair out and come and dance with me<br />We are lonely with no good need to be<br />Where the river grows wide to kiss the sea<br />Floods the delta and lovers’ eyes can seeLibby Spencerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01915834698802726985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-64454284341524664742009-10-03T12:42:18.418-04:002009-10-03T12:42:18.418-04:00The only one I can think of that hasn't been t...The only one I can think of that hasn't been taken is that song, <br /><br />Yellow is the color of my true love's hair, in the morning...<br /><br />Donovan did it I think but maybe he didn't write it.Libby Spencerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01915834698802726985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-66124713162494495652009-10-02T20:31:46.806-04:002009-10-02T20:31:46.806-04:00Will you sell me one of those if I shave my head?
...Will you sell me one of those if I shave my head?<br />"Get me out of town" is what Fireball said.<br />Never trust a man in a blue trench coat.<br />Never drive a car when you're dead.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-60568469247652743932009-10-02T19:20:19.309-04:002009-10-02T19:20:19.309-04:00The Replacements-"Talent Show":
With my...The Replacements-"Talent Show":<br /><br />With my waxed up hair and my painted shoes,<br />I have an offer that you might refuse.<br /><br />Timbruk 3-"Hairstyles and Attitudes":<br /><br />Hairstyles and attitudes-are the connected?Stephenc.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13234596216395501161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-27841376183393786382009-10-02T15:18:16.116-04:002009-10-02T15:18:16.116-04:00Why do they care if I ain't got much hair?
-- ...<i>Why do they care if I ain't got much hair?<br />-- Sonny Bono, Laugh at Me</i><br /><br />....and from the first, classic Was/Not Was album, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xA2jlWEb9-Y" rel="nofollow">Out Come The Freaks</a><br /><br /><i>Open the door <br />& there’s Suzanne, <br />she eats her breakfast <br />from the pan<br />She never even burns her tongue<br />And someday she’d like to get hung up on a millionaire<br />She don’t even care <br />if he ain’t got no hair<br />She says “Long as he <br />signs the checks<br />I figure what the heck, <br />I’ll get him a toupee” <br />What more can you say?</i><br /><br />They just don't write 'em like that any more.Noam Sanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14078219408896745687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-25965668697141693652009-10-02T14:56:37.940-04:002009-10-02T14:56:37.940-04:00CovetedNOPrizeWinnerWithOakLeafCluster:
Whoa -- d...CovetedNOPrizeWinnerWithOakLeafCluster:<br /><br />Whoa -- dude...do you by any chance have the Otis Ball album? I'm assuming there was just the one...<br /><br />E-mail me if you get a chance...steve simelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13247393763004076992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-17346824766791921882009-10-02T14:44:33.482-04:002009-10-02T14:44:33.482-04:00CovetedNOPrizeWinnerWithOakLeafCluster said...
Why...<i>CovetedNOPrizeWinnerWithOakLeafCluster said...<br />Why do they care if I ain't got much hair?<br />-- Sonny Bono, Laugh at Me<br />(though I am more familiar with the Skeletons version and Otis Ball version)</i><br /><br />Actually, the pre-Bowie Mott the Hoople's version, done a la Blonde on Blonde, remains definitive.steve simelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13247393763004076992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-46175038713670708002009-10-02T14:38:27.879-04:002009-10-02T14:38:27.879-04:00Noam said: "See my beard? Ain't it weird?...Noam said: "See my beard? Ain't it weird? Don't be sceered...it's just a beard."<br /><br />SMILE X 10!!ms. rosahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07428672537206412958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-77025869666649583982009-10-02T14:27:34.084-04:002009-10-02T14:27:34.084-04:00Why do they care if I ain't got much hair?
-- ...Why do they care if I ain't got much hair?<br />-- Sonny Bono, Laugh at Me<br />(though I am more familiar with the Skeletons version and Otis Ball version)David Rasmussenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03652293916468672552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-45965392190457393572009-10-02T14:23:04.760-04:002009-10-02T14:23:04.760-04:00Elvis Costello: "Baby's Got A Brand New H...Elvis Costello: "Baby's Got A Brand New Hairdo"<br /><br />Talking Heads "Life During Wartime": <br /><i>Changed my hairstyle so many times<br />I don't know what I look like</i><br /><br />T-Bone Burnett:"After All These Years"<br /><i>Was her hair still Blonde<br />Were her eyes still blue</i>Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01603596119806351725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-57279922445363060852009-10-02T14:22:47.309-04:002009-10-02T14:22:47.309-04:00Lady Godiva (Peter and Gordon, not the VU):
Her l...Lady Godiva (Peter and Gordon, not the VU):<br /><br /><i>Her long blonde hair<br />Hangin' down around her knees<br />All the cats who dig striptease<br />Prayin' for a little breeze<br />Her long blonde hair<br />Falling down across her arms<br />Hiding all the lady's charms<br />Lady Godiva </i>Nora Charlesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-87168102304624472082009-10-02T14:04:32.848-04:002009-10-02T14:04:32.848-04:00John said...
My favorite: "She had hair like ...<i>John said...<br />My favorite: "She had hair like Jeannie Shrimpton back in 1965." Smithereens</i><br /><br />Swoon. I love that one too.<br />:-)steve simelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13247393763004076992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-57449319879214334472009-10-02T13:52:02.046-04:002009-10-02T13:52:02.046-04:00Baby And The Band - Imperial Teen ("The Hair,...Baby And The Band - Imperial Teen ("The Hair, the TV, the baby and the band...")<br /><br />Hairy - The Vaselines ("I don't want to look like you, greasy hair and ugly too, I just want to read in peace, to lie in bed and stay asleep.")<br /><br />Funky Side Of Town - James Brown ("The long-haired hippies and the afro blacks, all get together over 'cross the tracks, and they party all night long!")Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-65060838428808471652009-10-02T13:36:49.076-04:002009-10-02T13:36:49.076-04:00Ron Sexsmith - Strawberry Blonde<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NciQO6_f66Q" rel="nofollow">Ron Sexsmith - Strawberry Blonde</a>Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14775477925658327141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-33806538026355313982009-10-02T13:00:55.267-04:002009-10-02T13:00:55.267-04:00Where all all the Stones fans today?
"She co...Where all all the Stones fans today?<br /><br />"She comes in colors evrywhere;<br />She combs her hair<br />Shes like a rainbow"<br /><br />and What's Going On - Marvin Gaye<br /><br />"who are they to judge us<br />just because our hair is long..."<br /><br />also.<br /><br />See my beard? Ain't it weird?<br />Don't be sceered...it's just a beard.<br /><br />-George CarlinNoam Sanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14078219408896745687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-1409569394240142262009-10-02T12:12:06.695-04:002009-10-02T12:12:06.695-04:00My favorite: "She had hair like Jeannie Shrim...My favorite: "She had hair like Jeannie Shrimpton back in 1965." Smithereens<br /><br />What about, "Her hair so brilliant that it hurt my eyes" from "Pretty Ballerina." Never really understood that.<br /><br />Though the song doesn't really have much to do with hair, "Hyacinth Girl" by Winter Hours has the great line -- "Comb out your long blond hair/We'll ride the waves till someone wakes us," which gets extra props for being an Eliot reference.<br /><br />Replacements, "Shooting Dirty Pool" -- "Why don't you get a haircut, sistah!"<br /><br />And of course, "Werewolves of London" -- "His hair was perfect."Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06974126037359014827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-30252346342101674672009-10-02T12:10:03.119-04:002009-10-02T12:10:03.119-04:00And how could we forget ... from 1965, the Barbari...And how could we forget ... from 1965, the Barbarians' "Are You A Boy Or Are You A Girl?"<br /><br /><i>Are you a boy? Or are you a girl?<br />With your long blond hair you look like a girl<br />Yeah, you look like a girl<br />You may be a boy, hey, you look like a girl<br /><br />You're either a girl or you come from Liverpool<br />Yeah, Liverpool<br />You can dog like a female monkey, but you swim like a stone<br />Yeah, a rolling stone<br />You may be a boy, hey, you look like a girl<br />Hey! Aw!</i><br /><br />Note the not so subtle digs at the British Invasion ...Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18282613112168154071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-51633533234195165982009-10-02T11:23:01.358-04:002009-10-02T11:23:01.358-04:00Cars. "Let them brush your rock n' roll h...Cars. <i>"Let them brush your rock n' roll hair,"</i> from "Good Times Roll." STILL think a local salon could do quite well with that name...<br /><br />"Long-Haired Guys From England" - Too Much Joy<br /><br />"And the sign said 'long-haired freaky people need not apply...' :)<br />-bill bucknerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-52267639129067060262009-10-02T11:12:02.053-04:002009-10-02T11:12:02.053-04:00"People ask me everywhere, they say is that r..."People ask me everywhere, they say is that really all of your hair?"<br /><br /><a href="http://www.imeem.com/psykosoul/music/AhXSctHi/larry-graham-graham-central-station-hair/" rel="nofollow">Hair - Graham Central Station</a>Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09755968441996595542noreply@blogger.com