Great song. I haven't heard it for a long time. If someone out there hasn't heard it, I would suggest you play it.There are few songs that got more radio play than Paradise by the Dashboard Lights. You can't even comprehend how big a song that was if you weren't of age when it came out. It was crazy.
NHL Hall of Famer Clark Gillies, 67.
As a lifelong NY Ranger fan, I have always despised everything about the Islanders, but had a ton of respect for the way Gillies played and carried himself. RIP
I play it about once a month just to irritate the wife. I always shoutGreat song. I haven't heard it for a long time. If someone out there hasn't heard it, I would suggest you play it.
Creative, funny and with a good punch line.
Those Islander teams were the last of the old-school grinder dynasties. Always thought they were under appreciated by history as they followed the Montreal and precluded the Edmonton dynasties.... as a diehard Phlyer fan back in the day, who was heartbroken on that fateful Saturday afternoon in May of '80 at the Mausoleum, i echo your sentiments.
Left Wing on one of the greatest lines in history, the aptly dubbed LILCO (named after the Long Island Lighting Co.), along with Trotts & Bossy.
the more time goes by, the more i believe that team starts to get lost in the shuffle a bit, seeing as how the great Habs dynasty of the '70s preceeded them, then the Gretzky era Oilers dethroned them and dominated the balance of the '80s.
Gillies was a load, tho ... him & Nystrom were the closest they ever had to legit "muscle", and both were also remarkable forecheckers - Al Arbour got every last inch outta that roster - and both could put the biscuit in the basket, with Nystrom tallying THE greatest goal in franchise history.
... i believe he was out there with an offsides Gillies when a dagger was plunged into the Phlyer Phaithful.
not bitter at all.
R.I.P., #9
Not to shift away from the loss of Gillies, but John Tonelli was the one who fed Nystrom for the game winner - don’t think Gillies was on the rush there unless he was off camera. Gillies was definitely offsides on the second Islanders goal though. Good description here:Gillies was a load, tho ... him & Nystrom were the closest they ever had to legit "muscle", and both were also remarkable forecheckers - Al Arbour got every last inch outta that roster - and both could put the biscuit in the basket, with Nystrom tallying THE greatest goal in franchise history.
... i believe he was out there with an offsides Gillies when a dagger was plunged into the Phlyer Phaithful.
1975! 1975!... as a diehard Phlyer fan back in the day, who was heartbroken on that fateful Saturday afternoon in May of '80 at the Mausoleum, i echo your sentiments.
Left Wing on one of the greatest lines in history, the aptly dubbed LILCO (named after the Long Island Lighting Co.), along with Trotts & Bossy.
the more time goes by, the more i believe that team starts to get lost in the shuffle a bit, seeing as how the great Habs dynasty of the '70s preceeded them, then the Gretzky era Oilers dethroned them and dominated the balance of the '80s.
Gillies was a load, tho ... him & Nystrom were the closest they ever had to legit "muscle", and both were also remarkable forecheckers - Al Arbour got every last inch outta that roster - and both could put the biscuit in the basket, with Nystrom tallying THE greatest goal in franchise history.
... i believe he was out there with an offsides Gillies when a dagger was plunged into the Phlyer Phaithful.
not bitter at all.
R.I.P., #9
The whole album is lights out. Just one big ol sing-along. Great road trip album...Moonlight said:Great song. I haven't heard it for a long time. If someone out there hasn't heard it, I would suggest you play it.
Creative, funny and with a good punch line.
my very first walk-on music was a Ventures tune. My Uncle Jimmy's wife Mary (still around @ 96 - still lives alone because Omicron has shut down the assisted-living place her kids finally talked into moving to) had heard me Ma constantly use a certain word to describe me as a child so, when she heard a tune called Ram-Bunk-Shus on the radio, she went out and bought the 45 for my next visit (they lived as far away from us as one could and still be in MetroBoston). i made up a dance for it - which, to be honest, was somewhere between airguitar and whipping it out (there's home-movie footage of it is how i know) - and she played it every time i came over til i was a tween and just too cool anymore. Rest in Plucks -Don Wilson, co-founder/guitarist of The Ventures, dies at 88.
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/don-wilson-guitarist-ventures-dies-174502118.html
Gillies was offsides on another play in that game or that series (I forget which). We once went over this in another thread with a bunch of us. I made the same correction, only to be rebutted by my own research. Gillies was an offside culprit, too.Not to shift away from the loss of Gillies, but John Tonelli was the one who fed Nystrom for the game winner - don’t think Gillies was on the rush there unless he was off camera. Gillies was definitely offsides on the second Islanders goal though. Good description here:
https://thehockeynews.com/.amp/news/a-coachs-challenge-might-have-changed-history-for-flyers-and-pat-quinn
Gillies was also one of the most feared fighters in his day, even if he wasn’t technically a goon because he was just as valuable on the ice. His bouts with Bruin Terry O’Reilly were epic - easily findable on YouTube.
An outstanding act before the British Invasion and at almost the beginning of rock and roll, really. About three years past the real date of the first mainstream rock n' roll. The Pacific Northwest gave birth to a lot of bands that were exceptional, and The Ventures were one of those. "Walk, Don't Run" and their other songs were pioneering and laid the foundation for a lot of other sounds coming out of the electric guitar that had not been heard until they did it.Don Wilson, co-founder/guitarist of The Ventures, dies at 88.
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/don-wilson-guitarist-ventures-dies-174502118.html
Because that's the world we live in now. Covid this, covid that. Whatever gets clicks. Nobody wants to talk about the top-secret security video which clearly shows that he died at the hands of an axe-wielding (but otherwise sweet) transvestite.TMZ reporting Meat Loaf died of Covid
Because that's the world we live in now. Covid this, covid that. Whatever gets clicks. Nobody wants to talk about the top-secret security video which clearly shows that he died at the hands of an axe-wielding (but otherwise sweet) transvestite.
In all seriousness, did anyone back in the days of Paradise by the Dashboard Lights think Meat would make it into the 90s, let alone to age 74? Kudos to the Loaf, there's a guy that really lived a life.
Woah...... I remember her in tootsie also now that I looked it upOne of my favorite music facts is that the female singer on "Paradise..." is Ellen Foley a.k.a Billie Young on Night Court for season two, after which she was succeeded by Markie Post as Christine Sullivan.
Had me in the first half, not gonna lie.Because that's the world we live in now. Covid this, covid that. Whatever gets clicks. Nobody wants to talk about the top-secret security video which clearly shows that he died at the hands of an axe-wielding (but otherwise sweet) transvestite.
She was also one of the bar waitresses in Cocktail.Woah...... I remember her in tootsie also now that I looked it upOne of my favorite music facts is that the female singer on "Paradise..." is Ellen Foley a.k.a Billie Young on Night Court for season two, after which she was succeeded by Markie Post as Christine Sullivan.
His SIL is Scott Ian of Anthrax.In all seriousness, did anyone back in the days of Paradise by the Dashboard Lights think Meat would make it into the 90s, let alone to age 74? Kudos to the Loaf, there's a guy that really lived a life.
I wanted the OG opening, not the reboot.
Neither of those are The Ventures.Tom Servo said:I wanted the OG opening, not the reboot.
A thousand times this. We could have saved all that time and just had a coin flip.My belief in the integrity of NFL outcomes.
There is some evidence that The Ventures themselves didn't even play on the original version of "Hawaii Five-0".Neither of those are The Ventures.Tom Servo said:I wanted the OG opening, not the reboot.
It's not just "some evidence". The Ventures' cover is not the same recording. The TV show reboot tried to update the music to crap. When they had to re-do the theme music, they used many of the original musicians.There is some evidence that The Ventures themselves didn't even play on the original version of "Hawaii Five-0".
This session sheet from April 1968 clearly shows that a song titled "Hawaii 5-0" was recorded on behalf of The Ventures by a group of Los Angeles session musicians. That recording is believed to be the same one that was released later that year.
Even if you don’t like the rule, how is the integrity of the outcome in question? Both teams knew the rule coming in to the game, the coin toss seems to have not been in question and KC seems to legitimately have scored. How is the integrity of the result in question?A thousand times this. We could have saved all that time and just had a coin flip.
His Halloween line is an all time classic. "I got a rock"
Even if you don’t like the rule, how is the integrity of the outcome in question? Both teams knew the rule coming in to the game, the coin toss seems to have not been in question and KC seems to legitimately have scored. How is the integrity of the result in question?
If you dare, there's an enormous thread in the Shark Pool going on about this.Even if you don’t like the rule, how is the integrity of the outcome in question? Both teams knew the rule coming in to the game, the coin toss seems to have not been in question and KC seems to legitimately have scored. How is the integrity of the result in question?
I have this as the guest WiFi password at my house.Kam Fong as Chin Ho!
Thanks, I'm parked outside your house right now.I have this as the guest WiFi password at my house.
There is another thread. But this is basically having your Stanley Cup final decided by a shoot out, except that both teams get a try at it. Or a World Cup match decided the same way. I never stated nor implied that anyone cheated. But the thing that won the game was a coin flip. That's just cheating the players and the fans. The college rules make it fair. How hard is this?Even if you don’t like the rule, how is the integrity of the outcome in question? Both teams knew the rule coming in to the game, the coin toss seems to have not been in question and KC seems to legitimately have scored. How is the integrity of the result in question?
WKRP In Cincinnati - "Caravan" by Van MorrisonHoward Hesseman, who famously played Johnny Fever on WKRP, died at 81.
R.I.P.
Hope he is hearing those dogs barking in the afterlife.
This one hurts. Sucks getting old.Howard Hesseman, who famously played Johnny Fever on WKRP, died at 81.
R.I.P.
Hope he is hearing those dogs barking in the afterlife.
G.O.A.T. portrayer of essential hippieness. RIP, maaaan -Howard Hesseman, who famously played Johnny Fever on WKRP, died at 81.
R.I.P.
Hope he is hearing those dogs barking in the afterlife.