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Yeah, Paperboy has that Beatlish sound to it, in the sound they used in the “psychedelic” era (between Revolver and The White Album) sound, replete with the heavy use of dominant 7th chords. The lyrics are wonderfully fitting with what I would imagine the concept behind something named such that is phonetically synonymous with “sick bastard” would be. As such, I’m kind excited about what farcical insanity might lie in the Bruce Hornsby/Chip DeMatteo theatrical production that is in the offing.
Right now, I’m digging on Cyclone big time, although Continents Drift ( wonderful song to crank in the car at a stoplight with the windows down), Paperboy and a few others are keeping pace with it. Overall, it’s a solid album, and an infectiously likeable one at that. This one has a long future in the CD/MP3 rotation.
Rich
“Play somethin’ sweet, and make it funky. Just let me lay back and grin like a monkey.”Maybe the track will be available at a later date to those of us who did crazy things like buy the CD at a show or something.
Rich
I believe that Bruce one said he would never do a Beatles tune, something about it being some sort of sacred pop canon, other than his rendition of Imagine (which wasn’t really a Beatles tune, because it came loooong after they parted ways). And yet, there is Norwegian Wood thrown in. Oh yeah, and the other stuff mentioned about chronological order highlighting of his “pop/rock” albums, too.
Rich
“Me, I’m just the lucky kind. Love to hear you say that love is love…”MVF wrote:I took one look at the 400 people in line for autographs, and took my signed teddy bear and went home! Wish now that I had stayed!
Were you the woman with the white teddy bear in the backpack (or what looked to be a backpack)?? If so, I think my wife spoke with you for a second while she was up near the stage by the speaker on the side where Bruce was playing. Lisa was wearing a red t-shirt and a ball cap. She collects teddy bears, so someone with a bear was particularly cool to her.
Rich
Darn! I missed out on running into the infamous (so famous, she’s “in”?) MVF??? Aaaarrrggggggggghhhhh! Well, meeting Lizzie and Aaron was just pure, incredibly cool dumb luck… I was standing all the way at the back of the line to get the CD signed after the show, and I noticed Lizzie’s tshirt (the cool blue one that Bryan made up for last year’s meetup when I missed everyone by mere minutes). Then, the “inquiring minds want to know” thing took over, and… voila! New/old friends
Oh yeah, and the really cool part was, when Bruce was signing my CD and I told him my name, he asked, “are you the guy that did ‘Passing Through’ on ‘Shadowhands’? That was cool.” Does it get any better?Rich
I got my wristbands for seats for the shows. Life is good. It turns out Si already got them for my wife and I, so I hooked up a co-worker of mine, Nate Nelson (another musician – wonderful composer skills – I may have to post some of his music for y’all to hear), with Si to buy the 2 extras off of him. I tried, unsuccessfully, to upgrade the memory in the computer today, so… now it’s time to shower and head off to Bay Days to enjoy some tunes. Hearing the band do their soundcheck, and seeing Bruce arrive in his silver SUV, got me totally pumped up! Damn, life is good.
By the way, I gave Simon the “dime tour” of Hampton last night, so he could get his bearings. I hope it helped, my friend. After 10 years of knowing you online, it’s so cool to finally meet you in person. And I hope you were able to find your football game on tv somewhere.
Oh yeah, and I told Si about my idea for the next Bruce covers project, which he said hasn’t gotten that much traction lately. Hopefully, it comes to be… I’m thinking of doing “Down The Road Tonight” lyric set to the background music of “Riot In Cell Block #9”, or some ariation thereof. It took long enough to get an idea I actually liked, so now it’s time to get working on it. But not until I see the shows tonight
Next… making sure the digital camera is charged up… and a shower (‘cuz I’d hate to stink up the place!!!).
Rich
Today’s silly lyric quote comes courtesy of an old Nat King Cole tune, and is quite appropriate for today…
It’s just a little street where old friends meet,
I’d love to wander back… someday.To you, it may be old, and sort of tumbled down,
but it means a lot to folks in my hometown.Although I’m rich or poor, I still feel sure
I’m welcome as the flowers in May.It’s just a little street where old friends meet,
and treat you in the same old way.I got a text msg from Si stating that his train left DC an hour late. However, he is told that they will make up the time en route. Good ol Amtrak! Anyhow, he said his plan is to amble toward the Crowne Plaza in the 8:00/9:00 time frame. Likewise, I intend on doing a similar amble. I’ll stay in text contact with Si to know how things are going.
rdiakun wrote:Well, how about we just arrange to meet near the stage at 5:00 and all wear something “identifiable”. If that’s the case, I’ll be wearing a white hat with a red buffalo on the front that says “Bills” (also in red) underneath it.I made a reservation at McFadden’s, just in case, for 10-15 seats, but I will go ahead an cancel it if I don’t hear otherwise by Thursday evening.
I also discovered that they have a cover charge after 9:00 pm to pay for the very loud dj, so maybe McFadden’s isn’t such a great idea. Maybe we could get together in the bar of the hotel down there (Crown Plaza)
si_twining wrote:I may be there nearer 9pm also – my train gets in from DC at 8pm, so I’ll be there as soon as I can after that.I’m looking into renting a cell-phone when I’m out there, so I’ll post contact details as soon as I can.
I don’t know how easy it is to rent a cell phone, but for $30, you could drop by Wal-Mart and pick up one of the Net10 prepaid cell phones, which would give you a phone and 300 minutes. Just a thought.
– Rich
Well, how about we just arrange to meet near the stage at 5:00 and all wear something “identifiable”. If that’s the case, I’ll be wearing a white hat with a red buffalo on the front that says “Bills” (also in red) underneath it.
I made a reservation at McFadden’s, just in case, for 10-15 seats, but I will go ahead an cancel it if I don’t hear otherwise by Thursday evening.
OK, so when I go to McFadden’s tonight to play poker, I’ll talk to the manager about reserving something for 15 people for Friday. If everyone shows up, that’s cool. If not, then we’ll just have to see you on Saturday!!!. My wife and I will be there anyhow, because we love listening to the guy who plays from 6:00 to 9:00. Warning: my wife is kinda shy with people she’s never met before, unlike her insanely gregarious spouse. Oh, well. It’s her cross to bear, and she’s put up with me for 24½ years, so I’m not going to change now!!!
– Rich
si_twining wrote:I don’t believe I’m in until Saturday morning either, but I’ll check that.I see from the Bay Days listing that the Bruce/Ricky show is 6:00 pm and the Bruce/Noisemakers show is 8:00 pm. I guess we should come up with some plan of attack for “The Mother Of All Meetups”. To add to the overall Bruce connections, the 3:00 pm performance is Robbin Thompson, a Richmond-area music icon who had a couple of hits in the early 80s (“Candy Apple Red”, “Sweet Virginia Breeze”) who was one of two Virginia artists of note (the other being, of course, our Mr. Hornsby) who shared the stage with Bruce Springsteen last year (I think) when he played in Richmond, as Robbin Thompson used to play in bands with Springsteen in his early days when he hung around Richmond. OK, it’s an indirect connection, but a connection nonetheless… and I’m sure he and Bruce are quite well acquainted with each other. Either way, Robbin Thompson has been doing some very nice acoustic work lately and should put on a good show.
Should we try to meet up early enough to occupy the “Gold Row” area for one, two, or all three shows? The “Gold Row” is $5 per show per person, and you get a seat and access to the VIP Refreshment Area, whatever that is. It also gives us a chance to find each other more easily, rather than having to hunt through crowds and look for a blue ball cap or a purple soccer shirt or something. My thought is that we might want to try to snag these seats at least an hour before each show, so that would mean getting together around 2:00 if we do all three, or around 5:00 for the latter 2. How’s that sound?
Rich
“and…. I ain’t gonna sing that song no more, no more… especially when we’re in a war… a war” – H. Nilssonflesr wrote:It was probably my fault that Verve pulled all the Levitate album: I had listened to it about 30 times already. Sorry.[ Post made via Mobile Device ]
You are forgiven.
Highway_61 wrote:I’ve never been a big fan of the bagpipe, but I can’t keep from thinking every time I hear “Black Rats of London” how cool it would be if, at a concert, all of a sudden you’d hear what would seem like surround sound, but what would be–you would soon realize–bagpipe players marching through the crowd from the back of the hall and toward the stage.Kinda like McCartney has been doing in one form or another whenever he plays in either Scotland or Eastern Canada with his 1977 tune, Mull of Kintyre? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtXDO3qMcwU I wish he would’ve done this at one of the shows that I’ve seen of his, but I guess Sir Paul reserves this one for Nova Scotia, Ontario, and Glasgow.
I’ve thought about learning the babgpipe, since you can get a starter set pretty cheap through Musician’s Friend. My fear is that I would be doing for all the wrong reasons, though. What wrong reasons would those be? Why, revenge, of course. One of my neighbors has a garage next to their house where they work on their race car all of the time. I’d limit my bagpipe practice times to Sundays mornings, just after they’ve been out late on Saturday at Langley Speedway!!!
– Rich
Saw my chance, and I thought I’d take it.
Tried real hard, but I didnt make it.
Now I find myself… eating the twenty-five!I wrote:“She’s having fun…. fun is the one thing that money can’t buy…”MVF wrote:Hey, Rich,
Where did your tag line come from? I like, I like!I like that line, too…. it’s from The Beatles, Sgt. Pepper album, last verse of She’s Leaving Home, an oft-overlooked track.
– Rich
“Successful conversation can take you very far.” – P. HammOur good friend, Si wrote:Is there anywhere we can book a table or two?I have no idea about the actual location or concert venue.
Unless anyone else has a better idea, I’ll get the folks at McFadden’s to hold a table or two for folks to get together on Friday night (the night before the show). I play poker over there on Tuesday nights, and Lisa and I like to listen to the guy who plays acoustic guitar on Friday nights, and they know me fairly well, so I know they’ll take care of us. Of course, I’m open to other ideas…
Rich
“She’s having fun…. fun is the one thing that money can’t buy…”So… when and where should we meet up? On actual event days, it might be a zoo to get together down in the area where everything is going on. The Tap Room and Goodfella’s and Goody’s and Marker 20 are all pretty much at “ground zero” for Bay Days activities, so they might best be avoided. For those of you who live in the area, do you have any ideas or suggestions? I was thinking originally of McFadden’s at The Power Plant on Friday, but they have a DJ and sometimes a band on Friday night, so it might be a little loud for a meetup — or maybe not. Thoughts?
– Rich
meganm wrote:Wow….this got by me…thanks Rich and David for that vote of confidence…it’s actually easy to do a decent version of such an incredible song..only hard part was not bursting into tears while doing it!
[ Post made via Mobile Device ]Thou art far too modest, Megan, which is actually a very refreshing trait in someone so talented. FYI, I put together a “best of” single CD of the 3 projects so far for some friends in the poker league I play in, and your 2 tracks got the most rave responses — so much so that a couple of them have gone out and bought your latest album! Now, if I can just get Hunter Hughes (a local DJ with a hard-core following, who does an “acoustic and eclectic” format show) to play your stuff on his radio program, we might have an excuse for you to come out this way and play.
Rich
MVF wrote:Here’s your challenge –
If you can get that request on stage at Bay Days and have Bruce mention it, I will buy you a mug of your favorite potent potable.Very cool. You’re on! Even if it doesn’t happen, it’s sure gonna be fun trying!!!!! And our good friend Simon will get to witness the lengths his silly American compadres will go to for a good joke 😆 He may never be the same 🙄
Rich
If you don’t want the Chaka version, and you can’t find a full Bruce version, I would wholeheartedly recommend the version that Megan Metcalfe performed on the “Strike Three” project. A classic case of a beautiful voice performing a beautiful song. You can’t go wrong there.
Rich Diakun
si_twining wrote:I am intrigued, but cannot open the link?!I tried recopying it off the site, so maybe this’ll work:
http://www.buffalobillsproshop.com/
The shirt in question is the middle one of the three that show up on the central picture on this main page.
Rich
OK, here’s what I’m gonna put in the request:
Dear Mr. Hornsby,
I would love it if you would play CANDY MOUNTAIN RUN for us, but I would reeeeeeeeeeeeeeealy love it if you would explain what this song is about. Some idiot on the internet tried telling me that it was supposed to be the background music to some porno movie about a track team made up of strippers, and I don’t believe him. Please set the story straight so that I can go on enjoying this tune and not get the willies every time I hear it. Thanks. You rock.
Sincerely,
The artist formerly known as “Miss Virginia Former”Rich
Takavl wrote:Maybe I’m off base and a bit late to the veneration thread for BRCM (having only seen it because Jim bumped it)…but the Mountain Winery ’06 version has a very Latinized “Un Poco Loco” in the middle section. Again, maybe it’s me and I’m still asleep…
It could be a misperception based on a limited sample size, but apparently you can never go wrong asking BH to play “Big Rock Candy Mountain Run” and/or some Bud. 😆
T
I can guarantee that I’m going to request it for Bay Days, including the stupid “was it really about some porn movie like that idiot on the internet said it was?” question that I intended to ask last year. Some jokes never die… they just take a sabbatical on account of theoretically potential inclement weather or some facsimile thereof.
Rich
“Hey bartender… Jobu needs a refill!“
