Charlie Kirk Part IV

[selmaborntidefan]

I prefer originality over remakes, but if you're going to cover a song, you either make it your own or you slay the original.

I have a friend who's a pretty good singer. Years ago she was competing and I don't even know what song she sang, her mother was relaying the story to me. One of the judges gave her good marks but told her, "If you can't sing the same version of the same song better than the person who did it, don't sing it." The basic reference was to WELL-KNOWN songs.

Celine Dion is an outstanding singer, of course. But whether she did the best version of "The Power of Love" REALLY IS up for debate. Air Supply and Jennifer Rush both did outstanding versions of that one. And Whitney Houston's version of Dolly Parton's "I Will Always Love You" is damn good - it's like it's a different song.

But yes - make the song sound like a totally different song or don't do it.
The days of "an album cut" are long gone.

I always thought that's what made Linda Ronstadt so spectacular. I read years ago that her career (at least the chart songs) was (with one notable exception) remakes and that in all but one case, she had charted higher than the original artist had.

Otis Redding heard Aretha Franklin sing "Respect" the first time and his reaction?
"That girl just stole my song!"

 

[Its On A Slab]

Charlie should play his greatest hits during the halftime show.

 

[75thru79]

Charlie should play his greatest hits during the halftime show.

LOL. It would sure be a heck a lot more interesting than anything Bad Bunny can bring.

 

[Bamaro]

IMO, for whatever reason, the best music came out of the Vietnam era.

 

[Its On A Slab]

There is stuff coming out of Australia that is keeping rock and roll alive and well.

King Gizzard's run thru just about all of the genres and making new ones up. And another band called The Drones......that led up to a band that I can't name directly on Tidefans, but is definitely worth a listen. Tropical (F-word) Storm.

 

[selmaborntidefan]

IMO, for whatever reason, the best music came out of the Vietnam era.

It was the grass.
Definitely the grass.

 

[92tide]

It was the grass.
Definitely the grass.

but the weed these days is soooooo much stronger /s

 

[Its On A Slab]

but the weed these days is soooooo much stronger /s

When I'm around a consumer these days, they seem to reek of cannabis, and I can smell them from across the room. I don't recall the weed we smoked in college to have that strong of an aroma.

 

[selmaborntidefan]

When I'm around a consumer these days, they seem to reek of cannabis, and I can smell them from across the room. I don't recall the weed we smoked in college to have that strong of an aroma.

But you - like I - am one of the chosen few Americans who got to live in that glorious 20-year period of American history where everything had STOPPED smelling like smoke but not yet started smelling like skunk.

 

[92tide]

When I'm around a consumer these days, they seem to reek of cannabis, and I can smell them from across the room. I don't recall the weed we smoked in college to have that strong of an aroma.

that’s because we were all covering up the smell with patchouli 🤣

 

[92tide]

But you - like I - am one of the chosen few Americans who got to live in that glorious 20-year period of American history where everything had STOPPED smelling like smoke but not yet started smelling like skunk.

skunk was what we called the good stuff from humboldt county (aka kind bud).

it was much different than the ditch weed that was regularly available (or so i was told 😎)

 

[Its On A Slab]

But you - like I - am one of the chosen few Americans who got to live in that glorious 20-year period of American history where everything had STOPPED smelling like smoke but not yet started smelling like skunk.

In the famous words of Jesse Winchester:


"Twigs and seeds
Twigs and seeds
They sure don't deliver the punch that this old head needs"

(And who can forget a burning seed popping and burning a hole in your favorite shirt or sweater).

 

[75thru79]

In the famous words of Jesse Winchester:


"Twigs and seeds
Twigs and seeds
They sure don't deliver the punch that this old head needs"

(And who can forget a burning seed popping and burning a hole in your favorite shirt or sweater).

Errrrr, I can. The only hole I ever burned in my shirt was the result of a bottle rocket fight when I was about 13.

 

[Its On A Slab]

Errrrr, I can. The only hole I ever burned in my shirt was the result of a bottle rocket fight when I was about 13.

I may have told this story here before, so forgive me if anyone has heard it before.

When I was in college (late 70s, early 80s), I picked up the cigarette habit during semesters. It seemed like it kept me focused on studying. We had smoking rooms in the library. I would fill up the ash tray.

Well, at the end of Spring semester, I would try to quit. Tapering down by smoking those cheap Tampa Nugget cigars.

I drove a VW Bug without A/C so I was always with the windows down and the sun roof. One day, I was motoring along, puffing on a Tampa Nugget, when I noticed that my back was getting hot. A spark from the cigar had set my shirt on fire.

There I was motoring at 65 MPH, smoke pouring out of my car, trying to tamp out the smoldering fire.

Ruined my shirt. And I figured anyone who saw this was laughing their behinds off.

 

[75thru79]

I drove a VW Bug without A/C so I was always with the windows down and the sun roof. One day, I was motoring along, puffing on a Tampa Nugget, when I noticed that my back was getting hot. A spark from the cigar had set my shirt on fire.

At least you weren't smoking Swisher Sweets.

 

[selmaborntidefan]

I may have told this story here before, so forgive me if anyone has heard it before.

When I was in college (late 70s, early 80s), I picked up the cigarette habit during semesters. It seemed like it kept me focused on studying. We had smoking rooms in the library. I would fill up the ash tray.

Well, at the end of Spring semester, I would try to quit. Tapering down by smoking those cheap Tampa Nugget cigars.

I drove a VW Bug without A/C so I was always with the windows down and the sun roof. One day, I was motoring along, puffing on a Tampa Nugget, when I noticed that my back was getting hot. A spark from the cigar had set my shirt on fire.

There I was motoring at 65 MPH, smoke pouring out of my car, trying to tamp out the smoldering fire.

Ruined my shirt. And I figured anyone who saw this was laughing their behinds off.

You inspired that car on fire scene in "Planes, Trains, and Automobiles", didn't you?

 

[CrimsonJazz]

You inspired that car on fire scene in "Planes, Trains, and Automobiles", didn't you?

Or Jeff Lebowski trying to flip a roach out the window only to have it bounce back into his crotch. I nearly died when he starting pouring his beer on to his pants and then runs into a telephone pole.

 

[92tide]

You inspired that car on fire scene in "Planes, Trains, and Automobiles", didn't you?

still one of the funniest movies start to finish i've ever watched.

btw, there is a good documentary about candy called "i like me" that just came out

 

[selmaborntidefan]

still one of the funniest movies start to finish i've ever watched.

btw, there is a good documentary about candy called "i like me" that just came out

That might be the best comedy I've ever watched.

 

[selmaborntidefan]

Or Jeff Lebowski trying to flip a roach out the window only to have it bounce back into his crotch. I nearly died when he starting pouring his beer on to his pants and then runs into a telephone pole.

Reminds me of an old Lewis Grizzard story.

He said that between marriages he dated this girl much younger than he and while being a country and western fan, he agreed to go with her to an Elton John concert. Then all of a sudden, he notices a clip with a rolled cigarette being passed down his aisle and asks the date what it is. When she tells him what it is and "everybody has a hit when they come to an Elton John concert," and the guys next to them are sorta saying, "Toke it or pass it down, buddy." He decides to take his first hit of marijuana, closes his eyes and inhales, and when he opens his eyes, there's no cigarette in the clip.

It had fallen down to his man parts. When the guy next to him says, "Where did it go," he points to his privates and the guy says, "Far out, I never thought of putting it there!"

(His other observation would probably get him canceled today. Remember - this is the mid-70s when Elton John is huge. And he turns to the date and says, "Is this guy homosexual?" She says, "Bisexual," and he says, "That must make it easier to go to the bathroom. If there's a long line at one, you just get into the other one").