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December 17, 2011: Necessity
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Sat. 12/17/11 11:07am
James:
Morning, folks! | |
Sat. 12/17/11 11:19am
mrmucho:
hey Mike have you ever tried to get James Burton on the show for an interview? seems like a good candidate | |
Sat. 12/17/11 11:22am
Michael:
Ive tried James a few different times - he'd be perfect - Anybopdy got good contact info for him? | |
Sat. 12/17/11 11:25am
mrmucho:
Charlie McCoy is another one I though of...wait is that him playing right now? | |
Sat. 12/17/11 11:28am
Jane Doe:
How about Tony Burrows? You could talk to him about all the bands he's been. | |
Sat. 12/17/11 11:31am
paul:
"The Black Eyed Peas' “I Gotta Feeling” is more popular than any Elvis or Simon & Garfunkel song" Just shoot me now. | |
Sat. 12/17/11 11:32am
Hope:
"more popular" has never meant "better", and never will. | |
Sat. 12/17/11 11:34am
glenn:
i'm sure if you could get ahold of arlen roth, he'd be able to pass you on to james burton. | |
Sat. 12/17/11 11:36am
glenn:
also, for james burton fans ; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOEwp7NBtLI | |
Sat. 12/17/11 11:38am
paul:
Just for the record, how many of these downloads? Some artists offer large price cuts on their downloads. Now, there is even a minimum purchase price for a record to qualify as a million seller. | |
Sat. 12/17/11 11:45am
Richard from Venezuela:
R.I.P Cesária Évora http://goo.gl/ygTG | |
Sat. 12/17/11 11:45am
paul:
The Rockpile doc is an avi file. Can't seem to open it with quicktime or itunes. Any suggestions? (I have a mac) Thanks. | |
Sat. 12/17/11 11:48am
Bob:
You get the feeling Nick has really messed up Dave's head over the years. | |
Sat. 12/17/11 11:49am
ai:
For those using the app, what is the bar for anyway? | |
Sat. 12/17/11 11:49am
Mike Sin:
re: "Shy Boy" So Mark Wirtz just basically took the backing track used for the Keith West recording and just dubbed Kippington Lodge vocals over the top for their later single, huh? | |
Sat. 12/17/11 11:50am
glenn:
there's a program called switch that may work. it's a free download, but i don't remember what site i got it from. | |
Sat. 12/17/11 11:52am
glenn:
looks like it's just for audio files, but here's the address anyway. ; http://www.nch.com.au/switch/index.html | |
Sat. 12/17/11 11:55am
Christopher:
is this a different version than the original? | |
Sat. 12/17/11 11:55am
Christopher:
ah... where's this come from? | |
Sat. 12/17/11 12:03pm
Michael from the Left Coast:
It's Candy Stay-ton, not Stanton | |
Sat. 12/17/11 12:06pm
Scott:
If you're using a Mac, there's a free program called Flv Crunch that will convert .avi files to mpeg or mp4. I think you can find it for free at www.download.com. I use it and it's always worked for me. | |
Sat. 12/17/11 12:10pm
paul:
thanks for the tip, scott | |
Sat. 12/17/11 12:12pm
Scott:
Actually, Paul, I'm selling Flv Crunch short. It does a lot of other stuff too, so it's definitely a handy thing to have around. | |
Sat. 12/17/11 12:15pm
Chonky McChonkerson:
I perused the "12 Disappointing" list you mentioned, Michael. Dunno where the writer ( who appears to be about 17 years old) got his "facts," but they're largely nebulous. Where did the numbers he gives come from? How does one determine that a Black Eyed Peas song is more popular that any Elvis or S&G song? C'mon, don't depress yourself, it's Christmas! | |
Sat. 12/17/11 12:19pm
Michael:
I agree Chonky - it's just so dumb | |
Sat. 12/17/11 12:21pm
glenn:
wait.... it's christmas? that explains so much. | |
Sat. 12/17/11 12:22pm
Michael from the Left Coast:
regarding the 12 "facts" I find it inconceivable that the cast of Glee had more than 50 chart hits--which is about what the Beatles had | |
Sat. 12/17/11 12:23pm
Larry:
Sugarpie Desanto tickets..soulful dress! | |
Sat. 12/17/11 12:26pm
Gaylord Fields:
Even if it's true, "50 chart hits" can mean 50 songs that reached No, 96 on the chart — I hope the person bakes a nice pie with the cherry-picked stats. Please don't give this nonsense any meaning or analysis. It's not worth it. | |
Sat. 12/17/11 12:29pm
Mike Sin:
Folks, do you ever get the feeling these articles are just written to get people talking about how stupid they are so they'll read them and click-through the pages? The hit count is all that matters to the writers of the articles, not whether anyone likes them. You've read it. You're talking about it. You're clicking through the pages. That's all the writer really cares about. Remember "Slim Whitman has sold more albums than the Beatles and Elvis combined." Same great successful marketing plan as this article. | |
Sat. 12/17/11 12:30pm
Gaylord Fields:
Here's one good statistic from me that will place that list in some sorely lacking perspective, and then I'll proceed to giving the list the attention it deserves: U.S. population ca. 1970 — 200 million; U.S. population ca. 2010 — 300 million. | |
Sat. 12/17/11 12:31pm
Chonky McChonkerson:
HEY, NEVER DENIGRATE SLIM WHITMAN! | |
Sat. 12/17/11 12:33pm
Michael from the Left Coast:
Similar to Gaylord's point--we now have records that sell in the tens of millions--that was never the case until the 1970's--so the record buying market was far smaller in the 1950's and 1960's. Also, I daresay that some songs that weren't huge hits then had huge impact--for example, Ain't Too Proud to Beg by the Temptations never hit the top ten but yet we all know it--whereas I doubt that would be the case for most top ten hits today | |
Sat. 12/17/11 12:33pm
Gaylord Fields:
What Slim Whitman never mentioned is that he worked at Sam Goody's for years, yet neither Elvis nor the Beatles had retail record store experience! | |
Sat. 12/17/11 12:36pm
Michael:
Should have saved this for The World's Greatest Music Experts! | |
Sat. 12/17/11 12:39pm
paul:
Forget California Gurls? No way! | |
Sat. 12/17/11 12:40pm
Juke Joint Jonny:
Michael, the topic is still good for TWGME — Only the World's Biggest Music Nerds read the comment thread, you've got a bigger audience than that! | |
Sat. 12/17/11 12:40pm
DG:
Cuddly Toy! Alright! Viva Harry! (Saw the Monkees do this in Brooklyn this summer). | |
Sat. 12/17/11 12:42pm
Mike Sin:
Slim Whitman rules... and so did his marketing plan! What's interesting is the low sales numbers one needs these days to make the top 100 album chart. Applying these current numbers to, say, the '80s, Husker Du probably would have had a top 20 album or some such. Anyway, this nerd would just like to say that Michael Shelley is delivering another fine show. | |
Sat. 12/17/11 12:44pm
Stu:
Harry should be in the Rock HOF! What is the deal with that? Love the show for years in Scotch Plains Mike -- keep up the great music!!!! | |
Sat. 12/17/11 12:46pm
paul:
How many "Glee" songs have made the charts? I'm curious. | |
Sat. 12/17/11 12:46pm
DG:
Glad to see so many people tearing apart that sloppily-written "Popular Music" piece. It ignores stuff like: Hendrix only had a 3-year-or so career on the charts, bands like Zeppelin didn't release many singles, and the "Glee" folks put out like 2-3 songs from each episode so of course they have more "charted" songs than the Beatles. When one of these artists has 5 songs in the Top 10 at one time, let me know. | |
Sat. 12/17/11 12:55pm
drewo:
Happy Holidays Michael. Thanks for the Carvel commercial. | |
Sat. 12/17/11 12:57pm
DG:
OMG, I haven't heard this bizarre (6 Finger) commercial in decades! Glad to see I didn't actually dream this. | |
Sat. 12/17/11 5:51pm
Mark R:
Wow! The Revlons. A true #1 hit. The b-side is also great! | |
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