tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post8600555267217422937..comments2024-03-28T14:41:03.787-04:00Comments on PowerPop: Compare and Contrast: Portrait of the Artist as The Luckiest SOB on the PlanetNYMaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10863355110457910935noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-45347561135874334782012-05-05T20:44:25.593-04:002012-05-05T20:44:25.593-04:00This Milkwood/Cars um..."juxtaposition" ...This Milkwood/Cars um..."juxtaposition" might be a good Listomania theme.<br />Maybe <br />Tom & Jerry/Simon & Garfunkel<br />David Jones/David Bowie<br />but I'm sure there are better,<br />more unbelievable combinations...swboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02650105310272066304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-44077922095246247492012-04-26T16:12:34.015-04:002012-04-26T16:12:34.015-04:00That's a wig, you know.That's a wig, you know.Noam Sanenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-32124673927373317132012-04-25T20:02:03.748-04:002012-04-25T20:02:03.748-04:00Peter:
No.
:-)Peter:<br /><br />No.<br />:-)steve simelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13247393763004076992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-17043076149217820092012-04-25T19:06:05.253-04:002012-04-25T19:06:05.253-04:00Hey, Steve: when you say "awful", do you...Hey, Steve: when you say "awful", do you mean that it fills you with awe?Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13694593832483511316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-3257568428749220972012-04-25T17:43:30.779-04:002012-04-25T17:43:30.779-04:00Duran Duran's Simon Le Bon was once asked why ...Duran Duran's Simon Le Bon was once asked why rock stars dated models.<br /><br />He replied: "Because they can."<br />:-)steve simelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13247393763004076992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-77813731832049934902012-04-25T13:54:38.651-04:002012-04-25T13:54:38.651-04:00A friend pointed out that few "rock stars&quo...A friend pointed out that few "rock stars" would portray themselves as a pesky insect as Ocasek did in an old Cars video.<br /><br />So the man knew his limitations.<br /><br />But still scored the super-model. <br /><br />Milkwood looks like one of the scores of LP's posted on the redtelephone66 site. What a horrid time in music history: post-Beatles, Band clones, pre-punk.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-78331041809009870972012-04-25T13:38:03.366-04:002012-04-25T13:38:03.366-04:00Spinal meningitis is better than Fleet Foxes.
:-)Spinal meningitis is better than Fleet Foxes.<br />:-)steve simelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13247393763004076992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-91131003738836425792012-04-25T13:34:09.006-04:002012-04-25T13:34:09.006-04:00I listened to the intro and less than 30 seconds o...I listened to the intro and less than 30 seconds of "Just What I Needed". The Cars were a guilty pleasure, and I don't think Milkwood's so bad. Almost sounds like a Doug Yule outtake from The Velvet Undergound's "Loaded".<br />Anyway it's better than Fleet Foxes or Grizzly Bear.buzzbabyjesushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09375127662096374324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-73491503918008592462012-04-25T13:11:03.870-04:002012-04-25T13:11:03.870-04:00FD:
I thought he sounded surprisingly like Dylan ...FD:<br /><br />I thought he sounded surprisingly like Dylan on "Just What I Needed" as well. Great minds, etc.steve simelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13247393763004076992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-9522695009848525312012-04-25T11:10:46.738-04:002012-04-25T11:10:46.738-04:00I agree about the lame Milkwood. Just goes to show...I agree about the lame Milkwood. Just goes to show you have to start somewhere. Their evolving into The Cars 6-7 years later was quite a musical feat. One of my fave bands, who had 7-8 really good songs. Their comeback CD of late was kind of ok, but without the better singer Ben Orr, it didn't have the original Cars vocal sound, obviously. Ocasek had to sing all the songs.<br /><br />As for the acoustic version of Just What I Needed, it just gets lost in the soup, also lame and not the same. His voice sounds like a clean Bob Dylan. Seeing as though Ben Orr sang the terrific original.<br /><br />Ric Ocasek, to me, always seemed to be a pompous ass anyway. Wanting to write all the songs (which he did well) and take full control. Being a lucky bastard, marrying a model. Which probably had to do with the gobs of money he made from The Cars rewards. Who would marry an Ichabod Crane unattractive beanstalk like that anyway.FD13NYChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14964671671960423199noreply@blogger.com