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Title: I'm in a Rock 'n' Roll Band!
Post by: Tony Baloney on May 13, 2010, 10:54:59 PM
Good show. Sting is still a tosser. Wilko Johnson is a legend.
Title: Re: I'm in a Rock 'n' Roll Band!
Post by: ross4life on May 13, 2010, 11:05:47 PM
Yep very good show BBC are running interesting polls http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/rocknrollband/singers/
Title: Re: I'm in a Rock 'n' Roll Band!
Post by: Tony Baloney on May 14, 2010, 12:40:14 AM
Quote from: Take Your Points on May 14, 2010, 12:03:40 AM
Quote from: Tony Baloney on May 13, 2010, 10:54:59 PM
Wilko Johnson is a legend.

+1
You ever see him? He looks demented in the footage they showed of him in this show. The rockers back in the day didn't do half measures when it came to indulging themselves!
Title: Re: I'm in a Rock 'n' Roll Band!
Post by: deiseach on May 14, 2010, 08:38:24 AM
Quote from: Tony Baloney on May 13, 2010, 10:54:59 PM
Sting is still a t**ser.

You Know, I Used To Be Kind Of Cool Once (http://www.theonion.com/articles/you-know-i-used-to-be-kind-of-cool-once,10932/)
By Sting

You know how, every so often, something you haven't thought about in the longest time will just sort of pop up out of nowhere, and all of a sudden you're like, "Hey... Wait a minute"? Well, that happened to me last week, when it occurred to me that I actually used to sort of be cool once.

I guess, like everybody else, I've gotten used to thinking of myself as, you know, one of those guys on VH1. Some vaguely "adult contemporary" artist like Billy Joel or Elton John or somebody. The sort of musician you'd find your dad listening to or hear really quietly in the background at the bank. I mean, "cool" is the last thing I'd normally think of myself as being.

Looking at it now, who would think that the composer of "If I Ever Lose My Faith In You" used to be cool? Sounds crazy, huh? It seems ridiculous, but it's true. I was kind of hip, in a way, if you think about it.

Isn't that just so weird?

It hit me the other day, and it was like, "Whoa—that's so bizarre." I was sitting at one of my pianos, working out some chords for my forthcoming album The Tepid Heart, when the wife asked me to pick up some diet soda. Since the staff was off (it was a Sunday), and the kids were due home from football practice soon, I said sure and drove down to the cornershop.

When I got there, the kid behind the counter had a tape playing that sounded oddly familiar. It wasn't really my cup of tea—polyrhythmic and uptempo, with intense emotional energy and electrically amplified guitars instead of acoustic. And the kid was, to be honest, playing it a bit loud. But instead of being annoyed, I found it compelling in a weird sort of way. When I asked the kid who it was, he said he'd found it in a bag of stuff that used to belong to his older brother. "It's old, but I like it," he said. "It's kind of reggae, but it sounds punk, too."

Well, several weeks went by, but it kept nagging at me. Then, finally, last Thursday, I figured it out. I was in the den, watching some figure skating on TV and reading Parade. (Isn't it funny how these things always hit you at the oddest times?) Anyway, there was an article about a policewoman who volunteers teaching schoolchildren about pet safety, when suddenly, it clicked: That kid was listening to Outlandos d'Amour, the first record by my old band, The Police!

Now, I know what you're thinking: "Wow... I haven't thought about The Police in years." And neither had I, but you know what? It sounds nothing like what you'd expect after hearing "Fields Of Gold." At first, I thought, "Wait... Is this just my memory playing tricks on me? I mean, I recorded the love theme from The Three Musketeers with Bryan Adams and Rod Stewart, for Christ's sake. How cool could I possibly be?" But then I dusted off a bunch of the old LPs and, boy, was I amazed. Those records were actually pretty rockin'! You wouldn't think that kind of stuff would come from me, but, hey, the opening track, "Next To You"? Come on! And the rest of the album, too: "So Lonely," "Born In the '50s," and you've got to admit that "Sally Be My Girl" is one cool song. I was like, "Did I write this stuff? No way!"

Come to think of it, I did lots of cool things back then. Sure, now we all think of me as starring in duds like The Bride, but I was in Quadrophenia, too. Heck, I was even in Urgh! A Music War. Remember that one? I'd totally forgotten until now. Man, I used to watch that on USA Network's Night Flight back in the '80s, and I just thought it was so awesome. It had X and Devo back when they were really punk. Even the Go-Go's were hardcore in that show! Shit, man, things sure do change.

And it wasn't just the early years. The whole Police catalog was pretty cool. I mean, the chorus on that one song, what was it, "My wife has burned the scrambled eggs / The dog just bit my leg / My teenage daughter ran away / My fine young son has turned out gay"? That one actually had the mosh-pit kids slamming. Can you believe it? Teenagers, moshing to me of all people! Sure, nowadays, most people think of "(Don't Stand So) Close To Me" as a deodorant commercial, but at the time, it was pretty out there, what with the whole Nabokov-pedophilia thing.

I know the idea of me being cool doesn't seem to make sense (it didn't to me at first, either), but just listen to those albums. Even Synchronicity isn't bad, and I didn't start really laming out until "(Don't Stand So) Close To Me '86." Go figure, I guess.

Then again, Eric Clapton, of "Tears In Heaven" fame, really used to tear it up, too, come to think of it. Or, hell, just take Paul Westerberg. Now there's one to ponder.

Makes you wonder, you know? I mean, I guess it just really goes to show you.
Title: Re: I'm in a Rock 'n' Roll Band!
Post by: thejuice on May 14, 2010, 10:12:04 AM
I think that program is awful, It should be called, "I'm a Rock and Roll cliche". These talking head shows are starting to do my f**king head in. With the exception of Tony Iommi who is actually interesting to listen to.

I'm so bloody tired of the attitude of the media and press and their standard of reporting. Reporters for the Irish Independent I don't think are able to write a rock gig report without writing the phrase "turned up to 11". This sort of arrogant, lazy and ignorant attitude of the press I thought had died out decades ago but it hasn't.
Title: Re: I'm in a Rock 'n' Roll Band!
Post by: Tony Baloney on May 14, 2010, 10:30:20 AM
Quote from: thejuice on May 14, 2010, 10:12:04 AM
I think that program is awful, It should be called, "I'm a Rock and Roll cliche". These talking head shows are starting to do my f**king head in. With the exception of Tony Iommi who is actually interesting to listen to.

I'm so bloody tired of the attitude of the media and press and their standard of reporting. Reporters for the Irish Independent I don't think are able to write a rock gig report without writing the phrase "turned up to 11". This sort of arrogant, lazy and ignorant attitude of the press I thought had died out decades ago but it hasn't.
Juice if you have watched it you will know that it is not a "rockumentary". It's a tongue in cheek look at the makeup of a "rock 'n' roll band". It is what it is.
Title: Re: I'm in a Rock 'n' Roll Band!
Post by: Denn Forever on May 14, 2010, 10:56:26 AM
If this is the one I think it is (is it repeated at the weekend?), it was tallking about The Police and it said the Andy Summers was some kinda guitar supremo and there was talk of him joining The Rolling Stones.
Title: Re: I'm in a Rock 'n' Roll Band!
Post by: Main Street on May 14, 2010, 12:13:52 PM
Quote from: Take Your Points on May 14, 2010, 12:03:40 AM
Quote from: Tony Baloney on May 13, 2010, 10:54:59 PM
Wilko Johnson is a legend.

+1

Is that the Wilko who use to play with Dr. Feelgood?
Title: Re: I'm in a Rock 'n' Roll Band!
Post by: Tony Baloney on May 14, 2010, 03:52:37 PM
Quote from: Main Street on May 14, 2010, 12:13:52 PM
Quote from: Take Your Points on May 14, 2010, 12:03:40 AM
Quote from: Tony Baloney on May 13, 2010, 10:54:59 PM
Wilko Johnson is a legend.

+1

Is that the Wilko who use to play with Dr. Feelgood?
Yes. There was a documentary about them earlier in the year - Oli City Confidential I think it was called.

I think Wilko was a speed fiend, which may explain his inability to stand still!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jmIYyskDM8
Title: Re: I'm in a Rock 'n' Roll Band!
Post by: no mo do yakamo on May 14, 2010, 05:59:58 PM
The great wilko after the dr feelgood years  performs a classic in his unique style.  Brilliant!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0sSQtFj42E
Title: Re: I'm in a Rock 'n' Roll Band!
Post by: Main Street on May 14, 2010, 07:42:44 PM
His name rang a bell. I wasn't really into Dr Feelgood but they use to play for free in mid-week in a pub on the Holloway Rd. I only bothered to go because of their brilliant guitarist, known as Wilko.
Nice to hear he is still going strong.
Title: Re: I'm in a Rock 'n' Roll Band!
Post by: muppet on May 14, 2010, 10:50:28 PM
Sting was super cool.

(http://www.transformyourimages.co.uk/film-gallery-6/quadrophenia-canvas-print-5721-297_zoom.jpg)

What is not cool is him saying that he once was cool. Very uncool.