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Re: DVD Review: “Surfer, Dude”

WHarrisBullzEye — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 15:32:59 -0000

You should OWN "Hands on a Hard Body," then you should host an annual viewing party where guests dress up as the various contestants. It's genius, seriously. I love it, I own it on VHS, and remain infuriated at myself that I never upgraded to DVD. If you can find a copy to rent, definitely do so.

Re: The Twenty-First Day of Mellowmas: Sedakamas | Popdose

WHarrisBullzEye — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 14:16:15 -0000

"Razzle Dazzle Christmas" is the kind of song you want to play for your kids if your goal is to ensure that they forever believe that their dad is out of touch. You just can't recover from a song like that...especially not when it's sung by Neil Sedaka.

Re: The Fifteenth Day of Mellowmas: Dollytoe! | Popdose

WHarrisBullzEye — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 22:51:49 -0000

Having been out of town, I'm just now reading this, and may I just say that I hold Mr. Rogers in the highest regard, so while it was NOT me who suggested this track, I'm very pro-Kenny, dammit! (Hell, I just watched "Six Pack" a couple of weeks ago!)

Re: The Ninth Day of Mellowmas: Fats? | Popdose

WHarrisBullzEye — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 19:39:51 -0000

I will second the complaint about the one-bar pause - it's not clever; it's just off-putting - and, yes, the musical backing is definitely straight out of the Casio playbook. But I still love me some Fats. If you've never heard his covers of "Lady Madonna" or "Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except Me and My Monkey," you're missing out. And I highly recommend Rick Coleman's "Blue Monday," a well-written and enthralling biography which gives you Fats' history inside and out.

Re: Bookshelf: “The Customer Is Always Wrong: The Retail Chronicles” | Popdose

WHarrisBullzEye — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 04:49:10 -0000

I've worked fast food (McDonald's, Pizza Hut), manual labor (at a seller of propane and propane accessories, no less), and retail. Oh, yeah, and I was a paperboy, too. I could write my OWN book. Say, there's an idea...

Re: The Fifth Day of Mellowmas: A Little River Christmas | Popdose

WHarrisBullzEye — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 16:33:53 -0000

I kept waiting for Graham Chapman's voice to interrupt the song and declare that he was stopping it because it was too silly.

Re: The Fourth Day of Mellowmas: Sarajevomas…? | Popdose

WHarrisBullzEye — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 00:57:35 -0000

There's got to be some way to tie the Necronomicon into this...

Re: Brian Wilson: Wellmont Theatre, Montclair, NJ, November 23, 2008 | Popdose

WHarrisBullzEye — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 14:50:41 -0000

I saw Brian a couple of years ago in DC, and although my wife is not a huge Beach Boys fan, it was all but a religious experience for me...and it probably will be any time I see him in the future. Sounds like it's the same way for you, too.

Re: The Second Day of Mellowmas: Manilowmas! | Popdose

WHarrisBullzEye — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 14:54:19 -0000

And just like that, Popdose's chances for an interview with Mr. Manilow evaporated in a puff of holiday cheer...

Re: The First Day of Mellowmas: The Theme From Mellowmas | Popdose

WHarrisBullzEye — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 14:43:49 -0000

The bit that really sticks with you comes at about :51, with the words, "That's Mellllowmaaaaaaaaaas!" Genius.

Re: Hooks ‘N’ You: A Look Back at 2008

WHarrisBullzEye — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 06:03:48 -0000

I probably wouldn't go w/ the new album, if only because I tend to spotlight older records, but I'd definitely consider tackling "Troublegum." I loved that record, and I still find myself cranking "Screamager" in the car on a regular basis.

Re: The Popdose 100: Our Favorite Singles of the Last 50 Years | Popdose

WHarrisBullzEye — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 19:42:53 -0000

Say what you will about its placing, but to me, it's one of the greatest testaments to the Podose-iocity of the list; had XTC even managed to make such a list on any other site, it almost certainly would've been with "Dear God."

Re: The Popdose 100: Our Favorite Singles of the Last 50 Years | Popdose

WHarrisBullzEye — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 18:05:14 -0000

I think the bigger shock is that we went with Joan Armatrading's version rather than the clearly superior cover by Mandy Moore.

Re: The Popdose 100: Our Favorite Singles of the Last 50 Years | Popdose

WHarrisBullzEye — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 13:34:34 -0000

That's the original version. Pretty cool, isn't it? Not that there's really a BAD version of the song. I just played this version, though, and Ally burst into a big grin and said, "I really like this song! Is that why you played it?" Well, yes, sweetie, but Daddy really likes it, too. (That's why he wrote it up, after all.)

Re: Hooks ‘N’ You: Random Reminiscing | Popdose

WHarrisBullzEye — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 17:14:39 -0000

Sadly, there was no shot of my Enuff Z'nuff album flat in those pictures. But I wear my Enuff Z'nuff fandom proudly and with no embarrassment.

Re: Lost in the ’90s: Suede, “The Living Dead” | Popdose

WHarrisBullzEye — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:28:39 -0000

One of the few even remotely historic moments in music that I've been privy to was being able to attend Suede's first-ever American performance, at the old 9:30 Club, in Washington, DC. It affected me so profoundly that I have all of their albums, all of Brett Anderson's and Bernard Butler's solo albums, and even the McAlmont / Butler stuff as well. I ain't saying Brett's voice is better than Morrissey's, but there are sure as hell times when it rivals it...

Re: Soundtrack Saturday: “Staying Alive” | Popdose

WHarrisBullzEye — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 05:23:21 -0000

It is indeed pure genius. I'm a huge Bee Gees fan, but although I know "The Woman In You" was their big hit off the soundtrack, I think I actually prefer listening to Frank Stallone's "Far From Over." Blasphemy, perhaps, but it's the truth.

Re: Dw. Dunphy On… Bob Mould

WHarrisBullzEye — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 02:12:15 -0000

I don't know that I'd agree with your assessment that Sugar's Copper Blue was was lost, i.e. underappreciated by the masses in its time. It came close to going gold and scored a top 5 Modern Rock hit with "Changes," and our local adult alternative station used to play the living hell out of "If I Can't Change Your Mind."

Re: Bottom Feeders: The Ass End of the ’80s, Part 33 | Popdose

WHarrisBullzEye — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 23:34:14 -0000

Oh, she's definitely guilty of playing the sex card. But it wasn't until a few years later that she did so quite as actively and unabashedly as Samantha Fox did. And what I mean by that is that Madonna spent most of the '80s distancing herself from her nude photos that turned up in this magazine and that, whereas Samantha Fox was a topless Page 3 girl in the UK and proud of it. There was even a Samantha Fox Strip Poker video game...and, no, I'm not kidding!

Re: Bottom Feeders: The Ass End of the ’80s, Part 33 | Popdose

WHarrisBullzEye — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 13:44:02 -0000

S-S-S-S-Samantha Fox. Man oh man oh man, she unabashedly milked her sexiness more than anyone else of her era, and I had no complaints. I still feel warm all over when I hear "Touch Me" and "Naughty Girls Need Love, Too."

I remembered the name Frozen Ghost, but I never really listened to their music. Wow, I had no idea they sounded so much like the Fixx.

Re: Lost in the ’80s: The Lucy Show, “A Million Things” | Popdose

WHarrisBullzEye — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 17:22:34 -0000

You absolutely need to go back and re-listen to "New Message." That's the song that sold ME on them, courtesy of its appearance on a Big Time Records compilation.

Re: Popdose Interview: Jonatha Brooke | Popdose

WHarrisBullzEye — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 02:24:47 -0000

Truth be told, Rob, I haven't heard Lachey's cover. It was one of those things I read about and couldn't really believe it was true until she confirmed it, so I had to ask...

Re: Popdose Interview: Jonatha Brooke | Popdose

WHarrisBullzEye — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 02:23:43 -0000

Hate to break your heart, Hagen, but her publicist connected us, so, sadly, I don't have her number.

Re: Cover Me, Game Fifteen | Popdose

WHarrisBullzEye — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 18:13:22 -0000

Okay, you've dragged it out of me: it's Meryn Cadell's "Angel Food for Thought."

Re: Cover Me, Game Fifteen | Popdose

WHarrisBullzEye — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 17:42:16 -0000

22. Robert Cray, "Strong Persuader"
24. Anthrax, "Persistence of Time"
25. Slade, "Keep Your Hands Off My Power Supply"