Genrepalooza Presents: FG Radio - Tons of Lithium but very little Chill (2 Viewers)

[rockaction]

Round 556

Category: Mantra 

Song: See My Friends

Artist: The Kinks 

Inspired by Indian/Eastern music, the guitar and singing in See My Friends is mantra-esque (I even studied a bit of raga rock for this pick)

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

Thanks. We can go one degree of separation, but you have to have played with Miles. (I'm personally motivated to make this easy on myself, really. I can imagine you, Pip, ilov, simey, and k4 and Dr. Octopus all pretty much being able to do Miles in his own right. Mrs. R., too. That sort of leaves me.)

Not really.  I don't care for noodly jazz.  It seems pointless to me.

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

Round 556  -  Mantra  -  Survivng the Life  -  Neil Diamond

For some reason, Rod Stewart sang "Sweet Caroline" at the Queen's Jubilee.  WTF?

 

[Eephus]

556.  Wayland Seals and The Oil Patch Boys- When I'm Gone  (Go Cat Go)

1958 Rockabilly single by the father of the recently departed Jim Seals and brother (England) Dan Seals.

I don't know if I've linked to this before but here's an excellent long-form piece from Texas Monthly about the West Texas roots of the Seals family.

 

[rockaction]

Dice roll for Friday, Saturday, Sunday 

493, 865, 397, 362

Categories: 

Filthy Lucre (songs about money, getting that bread, etc.) (last chance!)

Up/Downstairs (third roll)

Working For A Living (songs about professions) (last chance!)

Side 1, Track 1 (songs that are the first track off of the first side of an album) (fourth roll)

I Write The Songs (songs that were written by somebody other than the performing act/band)

Five categories for the weekend. Cheers, folks! 

 

[rockaction]

I can add an extra category for the weekend if everyone thinks that's cool. Give us more categories over three days. Let me know. 

 

[simey]

Round 556  -  Mantra  -  Survivng the Life  -  Neil Diamond

For some reason, Rod Stewart sang "Sweet Caroline" at the Queen's Jubilee.  WTF?

I looked it up, and the BBC made him sing it. It is a British soccer anthem and the Queen's favorite. He didn't have choice. Rod was also just getting over Covid. Sir Rod should have broke rank and sang "Hot Legs" for the Queen instead, and blamed it on Covid delirium.  

Hot legs you're well-equipped
Hot legs oh your #####'s whipped

 

[rockaction]

It is a British soccer anthem

The Boston Red Sox also use it for the intermission between the top and bottom of the eighth inning. I think that's where it originated, actually, though I could be wrong so I'll step really lightly in correcting anything. There was a PR director that became famous at Fenway for it -- Dr. Charles Steinberg, I believe -- and Neil Diamond has sung it at Fenway in recent years because of it. 

Steinberg elaborates here. 

https://soundcloud.com/talkofthecommonwealth/dr-charles-steinberg-tells-the-real-story-behind-sweet-caroline-at-fenway

MLB story: 

https://www.mlb.com/news/sweet-caroline-red-sox-fenway-park-history

Anyway, it's a cool tradition until it's a huge game and the Sox are getting drubbed. Hard to muster the joy then, but it's a reminder that sport is just sport, and we're all likely going home to our same lives at the end of it. When you're winning or close, it's a moment of shared communal joy. 

 

[simey]

When you're winning or close, it's a moment of shared communal joy. 

According to one of the articles I read, the song bringing people together is one of the reasons why the Queen loves it so much.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

I don't know if I've linked to this before but here's an excellent long-form piece from Texas Monthly about the West Texas roots of the Seals family.

You have and it was excellent. 

 

[Pip's Invitation]

I can add an extra category for the weekend if everyone thinks that's cool. Give us more categories over three days. Let me know. 

I'm cool with that. 

 

[Eephus]

You have and it was excellent. 

I thought I had and where else would Seals & Crofts come up in conversation

 

[Pip's Invitation]

Rd 556 Keep It Loose, Keep It Tight by Amos Lee (mantra) 

Didn’t check the spreadsheet so I am flying blind here 

You're good. 

 

[Pip's Invitation]

Google Doc: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1I_5j7lqQuKcV8yMuyipeC_MkgL3j1zc-RahK-ixFGb4/edit#gid=199888566

Retirement tracking post: https://forums.footballguys.com/topic/789651-genrepalooza-presents-fg-radio-tons-of-lithium-but-very-little-chill/?do=findComment&comment=23035740

Spotify playlists: https://forums.footballguys.com/topic/789651-genrepalooza-presents-fg-radio-tons-of-lithium-but-very-little-chill/?do=findComment&comment=23440265

 

[Pip's Invitation]

FYI the following songs are missing from the Mantra playlist:

There Are More Questions Than Answers by Johnny Nash

Redemption Song by Bob Marley and the Wailers

Higher Truth by Chris Cornell

Surviving the Life by Neil Diamond

(I can't take care of it because I can't add to playlists that aren't my own.)

 

[rockaction]

Okay, one more dice roll for a fifth category for the weekend. 

Dice roll: 545

 I Write The Songs (songs written by people outside of the performing act or band)

 

[Pip's Invitation]

I thought I had and where else would Seals & Crofts come up in conversation

One of Tim's threads, of course! 

 

[rockaction]

FYI the following songs are missing from the Mantra playlist:

There Are More Questions Than Answers by Johnny Nash

Redemption Song by Bob Marley and the Wailers

Higher Truth by Chris Cornell

Surviving the Life by Neil Diamond

(I can't take care of it because I can't add to playlists that aren't my own.)

Added. Thanks for the accounting, man! 

 

[simey]

One of Tim's threads, of course! 

  I'm a fan of the duo. I've drafted two of their tunes in Genrepalooza. Don't tell Binky, but I like their version of "Love is the Answer" better than Todd Rudgren's original. 

 

[Pip's Invitation]

Don't tell Binky, but I like their version of "Love is the Answer" better than Todd Rudgren's original. 

Binky is not the only huge fan of Rundgren on this board. 

Also, it was the other brother, England Dan, who did that, not the Seals who played with Crofts. 

 

[rockaction]

Accounting: 

Dice rolls 2 and 3 mean Hot/Cold (songs about heat and cold) and Miles Davis And One Degree are in the main event

Dice rolls 10 and 11 mean Emerald Isle and Remixes Not Remasters are in Daytona 

There are now thirteen channels left in The Hopper. If you come up with a category that you've thought of, let me know. 

I've come up with one that I'll leave to others to decide whether it's good enough or not: 

Feedback, Distortion, or Reverb - great examples of guitar or other instruments using those effects

 

[simey]

Binky is not the only huge fan of Rundgren on this board. 

Also, it was the other brother, England Dan, who did that, not the Seals who played with Crofts. 

That's right. I still like their version better, and I know you are a Rundgren fan too.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

That's right. I still like their version better, and I know you are a Rundgren fan too.

Their version is still out there. I took Todd's for Yacht Rock. 

 

[simey]

Their version is still out there. I took Todd's for Yacht Rock. 

I remember you taking it, and thinking the other is better. 

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

556.  Wayland Seals and The Oil Patch Boys- When I'm Gone  (Go Cat Go)

1958 Rockabilly single by the father of the recently departed Jim Seals and brother (England) Dan Seals.

I don't know if I've linked to this before but here's an excellent long-form piece from Texas Monthly about the West Texas roots of the Seals family.

Thanks for the link.  We've been to most of those places on the way to visiting Mr R's aunt who lived in Midland.  There's a whole lot of nothing there.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

@rockactionmore accounting:

Songs missing from playlists that have been retired since we came back:

Beat It

Some Like It Hot by The Power Station

Applausible Tunes

Head over Heels by JD McPherson

All Mixed Up by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

Talk Radio

When I Get to Heaven by John Prine

(also, you and woodstock both drafted the same song for this -- only appears once, though )

Go Cat Go

Make a Circus with Me by The Polecats

Whole Lotta Shakin' Going On by Jerry Lee Lewis

Built for Speed by the Stray Cats

Party Doll by Buddy Knox

Fool I Am by Pat Ferguson

Peroxide Blonde in a Hopped Up Model Ford by Brian Setzer

Rockabilly Music by Carl Perkins and Paul Simon

When I'm Gone by Wayland Seals and the Oil Patch Boys

Bring in 'Da Funk

I'm in Love by Evelyn "Champagne" King

 

[Eephus]

Bring in 'Da Funk

I'm in Love by Evelyn "Champagne" King

I missed @ditkaburgers' selection

 

[Pip's Invitation]

I missed @ditkaburgers' selection

Uh oh, the next family dinner's gonna be awkward... 

 

[KarmaPolice]

Whoa, what's going on in here?? 

 

[rockaction]

Whoa, what's going on in here?? 

Dice were calling. The people seem receptive so far. Join back in! You're more than welcome, of course. Five categories up top to choose from this weekend. 

One of the the first playlists I think of when I think of this is the thrash list we all combined our efforts on and put together. Awesome. Raging weasel checked in here a page or two back. Couldn't do it because of work, but it was cool to see him on the boards. 

 

[rockaction]

(also, you and woodstock both drafted the same song for this -- only appears once, though )

Of course we did. Great minds think alike. 

 

[rockaction]

@rockactionmore accounting:

Songs missing from playlists that have been retired since we came back:

Go Cat Go

Rockabilly Music by Carl Perkins and Paul Simon

Everything is up to date except I can't find this song on Spotty-ottie-O. 

 

[Dr. Octopus]

Okay, one more dice roll for a fifth category for the weekend. 

Dice roll: 545

 I Write The Songs (songs written by people outside of the performing act or band)

The description is a bit confusing to me. So any song that the performer didn't write?

 

[Dr. Octopus]

Round 557

Talent Show - The Replacements  (Side 1, Track 1)

 

[Eephus]

557.  Steely Dan - Do It Again

Side 1, track 1 of album #1 is closer to what would become Steely Dan's signature sound than anything else on the record.  Donald Fagan seems fully formed as an artist with this six minute epic with one minute of intro, a hummable melody,  some characteristically striking lyrics and a pair of stretched out jazzy solos.  They edited it down for their first single off the record but the album version is an audacious way to announce the arrival of a new band.

This is the twelfth Steely Dan song drafted but the first from me.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

The description is a bit confusing to me. So any song that the performer didn't write?

Basically, yeah. 

 

[Pip's Invitation]

They've been on my mind since another long-running thread in here is about them, so:

Round 557:

Side 1, Track 1

I Will Follow -- U2

A side 1/track 1/album 1, to boot. 

 

[krista4]

They've been on my mind since another long-running thread in here is about them, so:

Round 557:

Side 1, Track 1

I Will Follow -- U2

A side 1/track 1/album 1, to boot. 

  This is one of my seven #1 songs from them.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

  This is one of my seven #1 songs from them.

Only seven? 

 

[simey]

Round 557

You Really Know How To Hurt a Guy - Arthur Conley    Side 1, Track 1

 

[simey]

557.  Steely Dan - Do It Again

Side 1, track 1 of album #1 is closer to what would become Steely Dan's signature sound than anything else on the record.  Donald Fagan seems fully formed as an artist with this six minute epic with one minute of intro, a hummable melody,  some characteristically striking lyrics and a pair of stretched out jazzy solos.  They edited it down for their first single off the record but the album version is an audacious way to announce the arrival of a new band.

This is the twelfth Steely Dan song drafted but the first from me.

I've always loved the intro to this song. 

 

[Ilov80s]

Added. Thanks for the accounting, man! 

I don't want to screw it up if I missed something but you added the whole Chris Cornell album to the playlist. It should just be the one song, right?

 

[Ilov80s]

Whoa, what's going on in here?? 

We are drafting!

Dice roll for Friday, Saturday, Sunday 

493, 865, 397, 362

Categories: 

Filthy Lucre (songs about money, getting that bread, etc.) (last chance!)

Up/Downstairs (third roll)

Working For A Living (songs about professions) (last chance!)

Side 1, Track 1 (songs that are the first track off of the first side of an album) (fourth roll)

I Write The Songs (songs that were written by somebody other than the performing act/band)

Five categories for the weekend. Cheers, folks! 

 

[Ilov80s]

I won't likely be around again this weekend so let my make the 8 

Rd 558: Penthouse Pauper by CCR (Up Stairs Down Stairs)

Rd 55x: Bank Account by 21 Savage (Filthy Lucre) 

Rd 55x Get Me Bodied by Beyonce written by her sister Solange (I Write the Songs)

Rd 55x The Chimbley Sweep by The Decemberists (Working for a Living)

Rd 55x Bring Da Ruckus by Wu-Tang Clan (Side 1, Track 1)

This was blind so if it's already been taken, just ignore it 

Also, I dig the Working Category and would like to vote for it to stay. 

 

[Pip's Invitation]

@rockactionmore accounting

My list had these two in The Hopper from the first run, but they're not on your Hopper list. What is the deal with them?

Songs that make you cry

Squeezebox Redux (songs featuring the accordion)

 

[Pip's Invitation]

Let's hope no one gets a vacation because of this thread:

https://forums.footballguys.com/topic/804607-rapper-fbg-cash-shot-to-death-did-he-post-here/

The FBG Duck thread from a few years ago took out a bunch of people. 

 

[KarmaPolice]

Looks like someone added a whole album into the mantra mix. 

 

[Ilov80s]

Looks like someone added a whole album into the mantra mix. 

fixed

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

Let's hope no one gets a vacation because of this thread:

https://forums.footballguys.com/topic/804607-rapper-fbg-cash-shot-to-death-did-he-post-here/

The FBG Duck thread from a few years ago took out a bunch of people. 

What the heck is this about anyway?

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

Round Something or Other  -  Side 1, Track 1  -  Hold On  -  Wilson Phillips

Nice debut there.