Oh, wow, these are wonderful guys. I don't even plan on having kids, but if I did I'd want them to go to bed listening to this!
Spike: You pissed in the Big Man's Chair? That's fantastic! Gunn: Spike, can you please turn off that warm fuzzy? Spike: What, the Lorne thing? Worn off. I just think that's bloody fabulous.
'Life of the Party'
Buffista Music III: The Search for Bach
There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.
esse - Sep 15, 2006 3:20:00 am PDT #4015 of 10003
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!
Fred Pete - Sep 15, 2006 3:43:26 am PDT #4016 of 10003
Ann, that's a ferret.
I guess I'm thinking of songs with sitars that became hits/popular in their own right, not because they were covers of already popular songs.
I don't think "Norwegian Wood" was released as a single, but there's I find something irresistible about the sound. And nobody can accuse me of being Beatles-centric.
Edited to fix perceived typo.
megan walker - Sep 15, 2006 4:54:52 am PDT #4017 of 10003
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
If you have some favorites for kids, I'd love suggestions.
Also, I was waiting for his arrival, but I was planning on sending you my standard "new kid" music package (now with world music!). I'll go ahead and send now if you're prepping things already. If you already have any of them, let me know.
For future reference of those interested, I usually include:
Disney Songs the Satchmo Way (if available)
Bernstein's Children's Classics (Prokofiev, Saint-Saens, Britten)
Not for Kids Only (Jerry Garcia, David Grisman)
African Playground (Putumayo)
ETA: line breaks!
Frankenbuddha - Sep 15, 2006 5:34:45 am PDT #4018 of 10003
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Best '60s pop use of sitar - "Mother's Little Helper"?
I'd go with "Paint it Black" over "Mother's Little Helper". At least I seem to recall there's sitar when I play the song in my head - it may be the monkey crack talking.
tommyrot - Sep 15, 2006 5:40:40 am PDT #4019 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I'd go with "Paint it Black" over "Mother's Little Helper".
They both definitely rank highly....
Now I'm wondering - how big of a "fad" was the sitar back in the psychedelic days? I know the Beatles really popularized it and the Stones jumped on the bandwagon (and then jumped off shortly after) - how many other popular rock groups of that era used the sitar?
Hayden - Sep 15, 2006 5:46:20 am PDT #4020 of 10003
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Feeling cautiously optimistic, I downloaded iTunes 7 last night. I'm down 17 songs, from 27,932 to 27,915, but I guess they could have been duplicates.
I don't know how much of a fad the sitar was. You don't hear it that much on either of the Nuggets sets, for instance, but that may have had a lot to do with price.
msbelle - Sep 15, 2006 6:04:16 am PDT #4021 of 10003
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
megan - I do not have ANY of those. feel free to wait until he arrives. I think the mixes I am making will only be on my iPod. I do not plan to take a computer or a CD player since bag space will be a huge issue (orphanage supplies going over and items from Ethiopia for our house on the way back). IOW - THANKS!
DavidS - Sep 15, 2006 6:40:46 am PDT #4022 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I know the Beatles really popularized it and the Stones jumped on the bandwagon (and then jumped off shortly after) - how many other popular rock groups of that era used the sitar?
I'm reading Marianne Faithfull's autobiography now (great read, incidentally! Drugs! Sex! Dressing up in funny costumes! Travel to exotic locations! Gossip!) and they certainly listened to a lot of sitar. It was de rigeuer for dropping acid. But using sitar in pop songs wasn't nearly as common as other sixties musical fads like the electric harpsichord (my fav) or the Moog.
Frankenbuddha - Sep 15, 2006 6:42:22 am PDT #4023 of 10003
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I'm reading Marianne Faithfull's autobiography now (great read, incidentally! Drugs! Sex! Dressing up in funny costumes! Travel to exotic locations! Gossip!) and they certainly listened to a lot of sitar.
You forgot "Mars Bars!".
Tom Scola - Sep 15, 2006 6:43:31 am PDT #4024 of 10003
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
I posted a cover of "Black is Black" by Lord Sitar a while back on buffistarawk.