<p>well the Who is touring again
and PearlJam& U2 will be playing in Hawaii in December</p>
<p>I was in a Starbucks this weekend, and “Who’s Next?” was the featured album for sale at the counter. Amazing. A whole new generation will learn that there is no such song as “Teenage Wasteland.”</p>
<p>actually 
[Pearl Jam plays Baba 'O Reilly all the time](<a href=“http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IX8fYftx2b4”>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IX8fYftx2b4</a>)</p>
<p>I have one standard for great rock songs–will it help me stay awake in Utah when it’s 4am and I have been driving 20 hours with another 5 or 6 to go before I can rest. A few songs/groups come to mind–Free Bird, Radar Love, lots of Led Z. Turn it up to 11.</p>
<p>don’t they have coffee in Utah?
Or is it only decaf, like their beer is near-beer?</p>
<p>I seriously had to go home early from the gym the other night, because my ipod needed to be charged & although I tried- I juat couldn’t do it without my tunes</p>
<p>barrons - Your amp goes up to 11??? That makes it better, you know, because others only go up to 10 and 11 is more than 10, you know.</p>
<p>I was a gigantic LS fan, but in their concerts, they bring out the confederate flag and wrap themselves with it. Maybe I’m just too PC, but that turns me (a Southerner) off.</p>
<p>I used to be a fan of Terrible Ted too.
Until I found out a little bit more about him- teh caveman carnivore act got a little old ( or some call him the misogynist from Michigan)</p>
<p>Of course in my grandmothers day- entertainers and their personal/public lives weren’t so closely enterwined.
One of her favorites was Liberace</p>
<p>Gay? who knew?</p>
<p>"One of her favorites was Liberace</p>
<p>Gay? who knew?"</p>
<p>Are you kidding? Everybody knew. I did, and I was just a kid.</p>
<p>I always loved Skynyrd, however I got a bit sick of my little cousin playing Freebird on his guitar every ten seconds when he was younger. :)</p>
<p>Anyone see Elizabethtown when they set the room on fire at the end? Classic.</p>
<p>Gotta love CC music threads. I had a late-night annual event to attend last night. I went up to get ready, and put on Patti Smith’s first album. Not the album, actually, but the remastered CD (autographed!) that a good friend had given me way back on my fortieth birthday. Why, you might ask. Well, because of this thread. Because the remaster has a bonus track–The Who’s “My Generation” which is very amusing becaused it’s a live track where she changes all the words. But the original album also featured Blue Oyster Cult guitarist Allen Lanier and was also famous for its LONG songs. CC threads should not be affecting my music choices, but there it is.</p>
<p>Anyway, the new aerobic workout is as follows:
Put on your best underwear. Start the Patti album. Gloria. Loosen up during the intro–Jesus died for somebody’s sins, but not mine…put on some lipstick, do the lipsmacky thing in the mirror, and as the tempo increases, roll your shoulders, swagger to the closet and begin picking something out…until I look out the window, see this sweet young thing…OK, now we’re rocking, ladies…you should be trying on your first outfit, brushing your hair, and singing the chorus into your hairbrush as if it were a microphone…G-L-O-R-I-Aiee, Glor-or-ia, G-L-O-R-I-Aiee Try to complete nine reps, trying on about one outfit per minute.</p>
<p>Although the rest of the album is great, now it’s time to advance your CD to “Horses” for the core of the workout. You should be dressed by now, and working on makeup. I want big, Pete Townsend-style windmill strums on those air guitars, ladies…horses…horses…horses…horses……continue singing into hair brush between brushstrokes…fix that mascara smudge…do ya know how to twist, well it goes like this… Exit room ready to party, flushed, nostrils flared. I may put this workout on video and try to market it.</p>
<p>by all means … please do!</p>
<p>I got to see Patti Smith up close at the Roxy in LA circa 1976. John Cale came along to play keyboards. She was awesome, especially when she let fly a big luggie on the stage.</p>
<p>As to coffee in Utah, when I was driving cross-country it was the 70’s and good coffee was a rare thing; plus after 20 hours or so coffee stops working…</p>
<p>Bringing back some memories, old & new.</p>
<p>Saw Patti at a small club in Long Island in the 70s after Horses first came out. She played a great set for about an hour. The crowd started jeering when she left and someone yelled out “Bruce plays for over three hours”. She came back, replied “I’m not him” and stormed off the stage.</p>
<p>Saw Fogerty in 2004 on the VFC tour headlined by Springsteen. I was amazed at how much energy Fogerty had- backed by Bruce and the E-Street band. “Fortunate Son” brought the house down. The whole line up did Patti’s “People Have the Power” for the encore (Driver, feel free to insert wise crack here, I know you want to!)</p>
<p>Saw the Allmans at the historic Beacon in NY last March with Warren Haynes/Derek Trucks in the lead guitar positions. Talk about stretchin a three & a half minute song! And as long as we’re talking about jam bands (blame wharfrat), I will be seeing Dave Matthews Band tomorrow night with college bound D1. Trying to make some more memories before she goes.</p>
<p>Oh yes, I somehow missed the VFC tour–I think I was busy killing baby ducks or something when they came to my area. But Fogerty is a true treasure. I can’t believe he can still sing after diming his voice for all these years (think Robert Plant). I still think “Playin’ in a Traveling Band” is perhaps his greatest vocal gymnastic feat.</p>
<p>Saw Patti twice in Boston, mid to late 70s. There was a place called the Paradise on Comm Ave that was basically Boston’s version of CBGB. She always seemed like she wanted to start a fight, to me-very aggressive personality with her audience. During “Horses” she got overly self-indulgent with the poetry rant and people started getting restless–really restless and bored (and rude) which enraged her. But then the band hit a few power chords, she went back to the “yeah, do the Watusi” chorus and everyone was dancing and being friends again.</p>
<p>a new band i’d recommend to anyone would be the dresden dolls… i’ve really been into them lately. (for the past year or so)</p>
<p>Sorry, all bands less than 20 years old stink. There will be no “Golden Oldies of the 90’s, 00’s” radio station format except maybe in Seattle. I joke, maybe.</p>
<p>I caught the Allman’s earlier this summer too. Warren is a god! Not much of a DMB fan, but since I opened up the jam band can of worms, moe. at Wolf Trap was a great show. Earlier somebody mentioned The Marshall Tucker Band. I heard a great cover of Can’t You See on a Gov’t Mule show I was listening to today. I haven’t seen them yet but think I definitely need to.</p>
<p>barrons,</p>
<p>Funny. I recall my dad saying the same thing about the Beatles and the Stones circa 1965.</p>
<p>Wanna wager? Worst decade for music in my lifetime.</p>
<p>Nope, the 70’s, hands down.</p>