by PenultimateManStanding » Mon 02 Oct 2006, 21:46:52
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Daculling', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('PenultimateManStanding', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Daculling', 'N')othing like a song about female masturbation. I love YouTube, all the free copywrited material you want and no one has sued them yet...
YouTube SFWyep, sure beats augmented chords.
Hey, not all of us came out of the 70s... and I am aware of augmented, diminished aug 7th and 9th chords and modes so screw you PMS
I know more about music than you must think I do.
It's cool, dac. I used to know how to play all that stuff on a guitar! screw me! heh heh. I don't mean to be offensive, it just seems to come out that way sometimes. Music is grand and we all love it. Nowadays I can't make my fingers do what they used to. They fumble all over the frets.
by WildRose » Mon 02 Oct 2006, 22:08:04
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Carlhole', '[')url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy_(song)]"Timothy" on Wikipaedia[/url]
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Wiki', '"')Timothy" is a song written by Rupert Holmes and recorded by the Buoys in 1971, illustrating the unnerving story of three men trapped in a collapsed mine, two of whom apparently resort to cannibalism against the third (the titular character Timothy). Despite being censored or even banned outright by many U.S. radio stations due to its subject matter, the song managed to reach #17 on the Billboard Hot 100, making the Buoys one of the most unlikely one-hit wonders in American music history.
I remember that song. I could sing it for you now. I didn't really know what it was about when I was 13, though.
by Carlhole » Mon 02 Oct 2006, 22:51:09
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('WildRose', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Carlhole', '[')url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy_(song)]"Timothy" on Wikipaedia[/url]
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Wiki', '"')Timothy" is a song written by Rupert Holmes and recorded by the Buoys in 1971, illustrating the unnerving story of three men trapped in a collapsed mine, two of whom apparently resort to cannibalism against the third (the titular character Timothy). Despite being censored or even banned outright by many U.S. radio stations due to its subject matter, the song managed to reach #17 on the Billboard Hot 100, making the Buoys one of the most unlikely one-hit wonders in American music history.
I remember that song. I could sing it for you now. I didn't really know what it was about when I was 13, though.
Let's see... I would have been about 13 too.
I was reading a little about "Timothy" songwriter, Rupert Holmes on Wiki.
He had discovered the band, The Buoys, and got them labeled under Scepter Records but the company said they would not market the band. So Holmes decided to deliberately write a song that would be banned, thereby garnering free publicity. The result was "Timothy".
As some radio stations actually did ban the song, others picked it up to fill the demand and the thing crept up to #17 on the charts.
The record company execs had not paid any attention to the lyrics of "Timothy". So when people started giving them shit about it, they claimed that Timothy had been a mule that the miners ate, not a real person. (hehehe!)
Holmes wrote songs for a bunch of other people and then had his own hit in '79 with The Pina Colada song ("If you like Pina Coladas, getting caught in the
rain...").
Now he writes novels combining murder intrigue with the seventies' music business. Must be a nice little life he's got - how luxurious it must be too mention at a cocktail party that you were the guy who wrote "Timothy" back in the day. I think he was only 19 or 20 at the time.
by WildRose » Tue 03 Oct 2006, 02:05:52
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Carlhole', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('WildRose', 'I')nteresting. Yeah, I made the connection between Holmes and The Pina Colada song as soon as I saw his name in your post. It's funny, though, when you realize that an artist has been around a lot longer than you previously thought, you know?
I don't think "Timothy" was banned in Alberta; I seem to remember it having quite a bit of airplay. It was a catchy song, and the music didn't sound as dark as the lyrical content.
Thanks for the info about the song's origins.
So...WildRose...ummm...er...well...Do you like Pina Coladas?...And...ummm...well...getting caught in the rain?
Very cute, Carlhole! I guess I saw that one coming.
And, ummm, actually...yes and, er...that is, yes!
Next song!
by Carlhole » Tue 03 Oct 2006, 02:17:06
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('WildRose', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Carlhole', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('WildRose', 'I')nteresting. Yeah, I made the connection between Holmes and The Pina Colada song as soon as I saw his name in your post. It's funny, though, when you realize that an artist has been around a lot longer than you previously thought, you know?
I don't think "Timothy" was banned in Alberta; I seem to remember it having quite a bit of airplay. It was a catchy song, and the music didn't sound as dark as the lyrical content.
Thanks for the info about the song's origins.
So...WildRose...ummm...er...well...Do you like Pina Coladas?...And...ummm...well...getting caught in the rain?
Very cute, Carlhole! I guess I saw that one coming.
And, ummm, actually...yes and, er...that is, yes!
Next song!
YeeeeeeeeeeeHaaaaaaaaaah!!!
Well, I'm a-hitchhikin' up thar to Alberti first thing sunup, WildRose!
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