tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post7693426364038429452..comments2023-07-22T15:44:42.859+01:00Comments on More about the song - rambling with Rachel Fox: Being awkwardRachel Foxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-92847911029578242009-02-27T17:18:00.000+00:002009-02-27T17:18:00.000+00:00Not one for the felines then! And another Cliff su...Not one for the felines then! And another Cliff suggestion for the Jukebox of Cringe (I think that would be a really good name for a compilation series!). Cliff could almost have his own CD in said series...not that he'd care...kerching, kerching, whichever way it comes in...<BR/><BR/>And I will say (again!) I was 5 when I liked that Cliff song. I also liked kicking my brother and blowing lemonade down my nose at that age and I have stopped doing both of those.<BR/>xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-7437459213723684722009-02-27T17:03:00.000+00:002009-02-27T17:03:00.000+00:00Well, I had to cut off that second Radiohead song ...Well, I had to cut off that second Radiohead song because the cats were highly put off by those opening notes. I, on the other hand was cringing at the Cliff Richard (there was a time when I liked "Devil Woman", I do admit, but this was unbelievably bad) Bring back Mariah!<BR/><BR/>I was never a Michael Jackson fan either, but I do admit that was one fantastically captivating and shimmy-inducing video. I imagine Vincent Price felt right at home with Michael, having done "House of Wax".<BR/><BR/>Kat<BR/><BR/>I commented below, but I'll reiterate: best of luck on Sunday. Have fun! You'll be great!Kat Mortensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16877694888419628533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-28742663043387768332009-02-27T13:45:00.000+00:002009-02-27T13:45:00.000+00:00Oh, the 80s were much, much worse. Showaddywaddy -...Oh, the 80s were much, much worse. <BR/><BR/>Showaddywaddy - yes.<BR/>Kajagoogoo - no.<BR/><BR/>(It's just occurred to me that I've never had to write either of those band names down... so I don't know if I've spelled them right.)deemikayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01421704728979191339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-70859617669908862252009-02-27T10:57:00.000+00:002009-02-27T10:57:00.000+00:00But in the 1970s that kind of cheese was so ubiqui...But in the 1970s that kind of cheese was so ubiquitous...no-one would have blinked at eyelid at that one! Also because it is real earnest 70s I can forgive it somehow. I have a lot more difficulty bearing 80s cheese personally (boiler suits, big hair, pouting serious Gary Numan faces and all that).<BR/>xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-12390014747071052552009-02-27T10:48:00.000+00:002009-02-27T10:48:00.000+00:00Variety indeed, and in everything. :)I prefer the ...Variety indeed, and in everything. :)<BR/><BR/>I prefer the original as well... not Radiohead's finiest moment, but chucklesome. I was always disappointed that they never put in some approximation of the string arrangement at the end.<BR/><BR/>As for Afternoon Delight... yes, it's breezy and nice and happy. But oh so cheesy. And I *shall* play it on my ukulele. (I actually did work out an arrangement for You're So Vain... and, unfortunately, Copacabana. But I was asked to do that last one.)<BR/><BR/>Now, I have to get back to drawing maps of motorways in Glasgow. Yawn.deemikayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01421704728979191339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-17246087567719490282009-02-27T09:14:00.000+00:002009-02-27T09:14:00.000+00:00As for 'Nobody does it better'...I'd not heard tha...As for 'Nobody does it better'...I'd not heard that version. Interesting...although of course much better sung by Carly (I'm quite a fan of hers too...all those 70s songs and photos...I was just born too damn late!).<BR/>xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-12872109561991243092009-02-27T08:23:00.000+00:002009-02-27T08:23:00.000+00:00Now Jim I'm not sure this is the best band for you...Now Jim I'm not sure this is the best band for you right now (considering your last post!). I would check with your doctor and see what they say...<BR/><BR/>And Sorlil...droning? Of course it's droning! It's Radiohead. But I love that second song...opening line 'a heart that's full up like a landfill'...it's grrrreat! Well, on the right day...<BR/><BR/>I went back and listened to the SVB again, D, and no, I do like it (a bit...it's not in my top ten all time hits or something). I couldn't have named the band...just knew the song vaguely from radio or something. I quite like all that 70s little-bit-folkie/country pop (I was the right age when it came out...about 6). And I looked...they wrote 'Take me home country roads too'...top pop country class! I bet you could play 'Afternoon Delight' on your ukele too and it would sound good! Perhaps inserted into a Radiohead medley...<BR/><BR/>Variety, people, variety...it is the new...rainbow!<BR/><BR/>xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-52058451190203791482009-02-26T23:27:00.000+00:002009-02-26T23:27:00.000+00:00You *liked* the Starland Vocal Band? Yikes... it m...You *liked* the Starland Vocal Band? Yikes... it makes Wired for Sound seem like Bridge over Troubled Water. But that may just be me. :) Oh, and it's the song, not the singer, I'm showing my admiration for. <BR/><BR/>I think next time I bump in to Thom Yorke (well, you never know...) I'm going to suggest they cover WFS. They did Carly Simon after all:<BR/><BR/>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3ReIcst45o<BR/><BR/>I shall have to work on my extremes. :)deemikayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01421704728979191339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-79699513921983024862009-02-26T22:46:00.000+00:002009-02-26T22:46:00.000+00:00I like the odd Radiohead, I love the High and Dry ...I like the odd Radiohead, I love the High and Dry song but can't stand that last one on your post, so drooooning!!<BR/>Apart from the odd Christmas hit, the less said about Cliffy boy the better, lol!Marion McCreadyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04657757253873577465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-91602772383972441382009-02-26T21:32:00.000+00:002009-02-26T21:32:00.000+00:00I must listen to some more Radiohead then. I think...I must listen to some more Radiohead then. I think I have an album lying around somewhere.Jim Murdochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12786388638146471193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-14597174572930446252009-02-26T20:08:00.000+00:002009-02-26T20:08:00.000+00:00In fact so shocking that I forgot how to spell com...In fact so shocking that I forgot how to spell comment...apparently.Rachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-35333253430250902372009-02-26T19:56:00.000+00:002009-02-26T19:56:00.000+00:00Impressive list of varied items for a post, D...no...Impressive list of varied items for a post, D...not sure you've quite got the sense of covering extremes that Barbara and I achieved though (nothing mundane/cheesey/crap enough - not even your last item...I quite liked that). However you have more than made up for any shortfall with your admiration for Cliff - particularly that video. I watched about 10 seconds and then couldn't take any more. Some quite shocking commments underneath it too!<BR/><BR/>xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-87115394086486499292009-02-26T19:41:00.000+00:002009-02-26T19:41:00.000+00:00I had a bit of a Radiohead worship thing happening...I had a bit of a Radiohead worship thing happening when I was in my late teens / early 20s. I wanted to be Jonny Greenwood and envied him his ear defenders and arm brace (from playing too loud and playing too hard). Ahhh.. happy days.<BR/><BR/>I actually prefer their later albums (Kid A and onwards). That's being *completely* awkward. :p<BR/><BR/>Cliff Richards? I grew up thinking he was an uncle - he was always in the house! (my mother loved him, you see...) As such, I can say, without irony, that Wired for Sound is great. :)<BR/><BR/>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcSwOwtyVHA<BR/><BR/>Rik and I are waiting for the rest of the world to catch up...<BR/><BR/>***<BR/><BR/>Oh, and as for unlikely companions: I got Shakespeare, Christopher Marlowe, Last Year in Marienbad, Jimi Hendrix, Euripides and the Starland Vocal Band in one post.deemikayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01421704728979191339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-16251643624102174722009-02-26T19:08:00.000+00:002009-02-26T19:08:00.000+00:00Yes I probably had my Rik moments too...wasn't wri...Yes I probably had my Rik moments too...wasn't writing poetry really though then. And I wouldn't go so far as to call myself a Cliff fan! One song...it was one song...about 37 years ago...(protesting desperately...) I was 5!<BR/><BR/>Bizarrely I was listening to BBC Radio Scotland in the kitchen this afternoon (they have a good DJ called Tom Morton on 2-4pm and I catch some of it now and again). They were using some of 'Karma Police' for a Radio Scotland advert ('this is what you'll get...'). Most strange and unexpected!<BR/><BR/>xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-53529879509343628132009-02-26T19:00:00.000+00:002009-02-26T19:00:00.000+00:00Must say I love Radiohead too. Karma Police is pro...Must say I love Radiohead too. Karma Police is probably the track I most often turn to, when the mood grips me. Full blast.<BR/><BR/>This household boasts at least one Cliff Richard fan - and poets who are Cliff Richard fans have an honourable precedent in the form of Rik in The Young Ones, of course. :) I never see that programme without thinking I must have been horribly like him when I was a student.Dominic Rivronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02618013365521035400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-74383850106054901102009-02-26T15:54:00.000+00:002009-02-26T15:54:00.000+00:00p.s. What with Barbara Smith and her Nick Laird an...p.s. What with Barbara Smith and her Nick Laird and the dishwasher post and now this (Cliff Richard, Radiohead and Don Paterson all in one) I think it may be competition time. Which unlikely companions can you get into post? No judges, no prizes...just the fun of the challenge!<BR/>xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.com