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Musical Musings… Save Me, Glory Days

Posted on August 27, 2011 by sgottahurt

My original post title went through a few quick revisions. This one almost made the cut (but was cut for being questionable):

Glory Trains

Anymaxweinberg, here we meet again. It’s another liberal borrowing claim, this time against Pat Monahan and his cronies.

Tell me what you think about the opening of Train’s latest (probable) hit, Save Me, San Francisco:

It sounds like the softer guitar version of the opening to Bruce Springsteen’s Glory Days (starts at 38 second mark):

Okay, so maybe the first two noted are transcribed, or one guitar strum is skipped, but bounce back and forth between the songs. Ignore the drum beats and listen to the guitar.

I’m calling it. Are you?

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Speaking of the glory days saving me, why don’t they use effects like the ones in these old songs anymore?

The opening chimes from Hall & Oates’ I Can’t Go For That:

The drumbeat breakdown in New Edition’s If It Isn’t Love (starts at 2:49 minute mark):

Musical Musings… This Song Is Quite Dreadful So I Thought I’d Share

Posted on May 14, 2011 by sgottahurt

Far be it for me to claim that I’m above listening to the Love Song station on Sirius XM, so here’s me claiming I’m well below.

Today, I heard this tune from 1968 by Bobby Goldsboro (?) called Honey, and in many ways, it’s simply terrible.

First, I’ve always found that songs about… well, let me make you listen to it first:

How misogynistic can this song be? He laughs at her crying, he laughs at her dreaming, he laughs at her almost hurting her herself… he even calls her “kinda dumb.” And as for the twist ending? She’s dead?! Like I was about to say before the video, I never understood the trend of dead teenager songs in the 60’s, but this one has the special distinction of once being called the worst song of all time.

I probably wouldn’t go that far. These two current songs are pretty bad, too.

(My Boss) Paul’s Top Five List… Michael Jackson Cartoon Clips

Posted on June 29, 2009 by sgottahurt

Tact is not in my boss Paul’s vocabulary. It wasn’t even when while we are friends. In memory of Michael Jackson, here’s some of his favorite depictions… from two shows.

Top 5 Michael Jackson Cartoon Clips

5. South Park
Blanket can fly, “That’s ignorant,” and who has whose nose?

4. Family Guy
The dancer, the legend, and his crotch.