Aw! I heard "Ballroom Blitz" on the radio the other day, and almost drove off the road I was so surprised.
It's called a blaster, Will, a word that tends to discourage experimentation. Now, if it were called the Orgasmater, I'd be the first to try your basic button press approach.
Xander ,'Get It Done'
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.
Amy - Nov 02, 2006 5:49:02 am PST #4345 of 10003
Because books.
DavidS - Nov 02, 2006 7:03:37 am PST #4346 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Now playing - "Little Willy" by Sweet.
First song I learned to dance to.
eta: I have fond childhood memories of going to our town's only bowling alley and playiing "Fox on the Run" and "Ballroom Blitz" on the jukebox....
I'm pretty sure I've posted a couple Sweet songs at BR. Maybe "Love is Like Oxygen" and "Action." As you might imagine, I am not only the kind of person who has several Sweet records, and have written about them, but I also own videos of them.
msbelle - Nov 02, 2006 7:05:00 am PST #4347 of 10003
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Decembrists show tonight. tre excited.
DavidS - Nov 02, 2006 7:09:28 am PST #4348 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Decembrists show tonight. tre excited.
Lucky! They've been playing "O, Valencia" on the local classic rock station. Very disconcerting to hear Colin's voice coming from a mainstream radio setting.
tommyrot - Nov 02, 2006 7:10:35 am PST #4349 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.
Yeah, I figured that Hec would comment on Sweet. I have a greatest hits CD, plus I got "AC-DC" from Hec (I think) and "Funny, Funny" from (I think) a CD of bubblegum hits, which maybe is called Bubblegum Hits....
Frankenbuddha - Nov 02, 2006 7:14:41 am PST #4350 of 10003
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Maybe "Love is Like Oxygen"
Long version or the edit?
tommyrot - Nov 02, 2006 7:17:52 am PST #4351 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 don't think I've heard the long version in... forever, if ever. My version is 3:47. How is the long version different? Does it have a break in the middle?
Frankenbuddha - Nov 02, 2006 7:34:08 am PST #4352 of 10003
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Does it have a break in the middle?
Yep. Extended instrumental noodling (like, several minutes worth) before one last return to the chorus. I know someone who took the long version and edited it so it was wayyyyy longer - when the song came back, they went back to the beginning of the song rather than the return after the break, and then did it another 3 or 4 times. Hilarious to play for an unsuspecting group of stoned people (I know someone else who did something similar with Golden Earring's "Twilight Zone").
DavidS - Nov 02, 2006 7:35:38 am PST #4353 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Long version or the edit?
I've got the long version on my iTunes - 6:51. But I think I had the radio /single edit as well. I probably took one off in a fit of house cleaning.
eta: I'm listening to it now and the extended middle section is a quiet acoustic guitar and piano (or synth) interlude that slowly builds back up to the crunchy main riff.
msbelle - Nov 02, 2006 7:51:30 am PST #4354 of 10003
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
oops, concert NOT tonight. tomorrow. still excited.