Posts by stormyviper11

brightridge19 said:and
3 Marah 21

I saw "Mariah" at first glance and totally panicked... 😁

Back when I was actually deep in the dating scene, nobody even knew what Valentine's Day was yet... ☕ It’s all just some capitalist gimmick anyway. Back in my old neighborhood, we didn't bother with stuff like that...

Yeah. 😂 Toaster rules...

Chris Isaak? Just another whiny guy with a decent look.
Wicked game, Blue Hotel... pick your poison.

For crying out loud, what is this with the teenage sob songs?
Tell Laura I love her 😍 😍 😍
Sealed with a kiss 😍 😍 😍

I’d love to throw some shade your way, but honestly, I haven't quite figured out how to do that with vinyl records yet... 😬

Nicholas Perez33 said:Ugh, glass. Faces. 🙂

And what he did back when he was with the Jeff Beck Group was still...
Better.
a bit more intense...
That's just insane...

I hope you actually took the time to listen to "Truth"...
What an absolute masterpiece of an album...

lonebison37 said:btw Rod Stewart is a total hack,

Um... In another thread, people are out here praising Tony Cetinski as some legendary vocalist even though his songwriting is trash. Now we're talking about one of the most distinct, iconic voices in the history of pop music, and he's just a "hack"? 🙂
Look, I'm not gonna defend all the garbage Stewart put out—even in those later albums where I actually had the patience to listen, there are a few hidden gems tucked away—but that era with Jeff Beck, "Every Picture Tells a Story," and parts of his time with Faces? That's pure gold. You have to respect it.
Like Nicholas Perez33 said, if you have a problem with "Maggie May," you're just not right in the head. 😬

Raymond Barrett12 said:There’s no rest while the deception is still going on, or so the buddies in the committee claim... That's why they're trying to trip up the opposition with all this new terminology... 😬
If you want to get into the gritty details, we can just take it to the DMs...

Honestly, who even cares? That was fifteen years ago.
Besides, everyone from here to the coast already knows the deal anyway... 😳

ironcrane7 said:Since we're already talking about shady, questionable tracks (including Against All Odds), I might as well bring up Rod Stewart's version of I Don't Wanna Talk About It.

And then there's 10cc - I'm Not in Love.

What's so "shady" about them, though? 🙂

I Don't Wanna Talk About It remains one of the most beautiful songs ever written—okay, maybe not in Rod's version, but the original by Crazy Horse was killer, and even some old sleazebag wouldn't find it too cheesy.
As for 10cc, they basically only put out gold; I haven't heard a single thing from them that wasn't sweet and catchy, including I'm Not in Love...

Look, I get we aren't talking about bad music here, just "slimy" songs, and in that specific context, both could pass, but that word "shady" really rubbed me the wrong way...

Man, just had another one of those random flashbacks to an old classic:
Heart - All I wanna do is making love to you
Especially that music video version... man... 🤣

Kenny Rogers - Ruby, don't take your love to town
Nazareth - Love Hurts (though Sunshine works too...)
Dr. Hook - Sylvia's Mother (could also be done as a Zečić cover, keeping all that pure cheesiness intact...)
Gotta throw in some Meat Loaf too...
Chicken Shack - I'd Rather Go Blind

Kings of sleaze... 🙏 And every little thing... everything...

Raymond Barrett12 said:Saili... Bićanićevoj ... Sla...-Dione

Man, you really just hit me with the nostalgia trip... There was this girl living on that same street back in the day (honestly, she might still be there) and around '89 or '90, I basically lived there. I knew every single path through the parks, the vacant lots, the benches... everything by heart...

The absolute worst thing about owning a Discman:

1. I don't actually have one...

Here’s the #1 weirdest image that’s been stuck in my head for a week straight. Honestly, the thought isn't even new—it popped up back when this song was actually on the radio, but it just hit me again after hearing that absolute disaster of a track by Boris Novković on the airwaves earlier today.

The scene is called "Wolves at Peace, Alone."
Picture a Forester, miles away from civilization and especially far from people. It's a whole pack of Wolves hanging out together. There's an old Wolf with a bum back paw, sitting in a beat-up yellow plastic bucket. Then there's the Mom Wolf wearing reading glasses on her snout, knitting these colorful, bluish-gray sweaters for the pups, while the little wolf cubs are busy stacking LEGO bricks and occasionally getting into these tiny, quiet arguments over where the next piece goes. In the middle of a clearing, right among them, there's a small campfire going—it's not even freezing out yet. The early evening stars are just starting to peek through the pale eastern sky. Everything is dead quiet, except for the sound of the mother wolf humming some melancholy tune under her breath, interrupted only by the occasional muffled bickering from the juniors over their LEGO builds.

So, yeah.
🤔 I might actually have to post this on my blog...

Karen Flores34 said:Gold? 🙂

...and seriously, stop being such a nitpicker 😛

My bad, this happens whenever I get into that "cranky old lady" headspace... 😬 🙂 I knew it was pointless, but honestly, that comeback just felt too good not to take... 😳 Whatever, let's move on. 😘

Karen Flores34 said:It's negative fifteen degrees up in the mountains while everyone down on the coast is sipping coffee on their patios... 👎

Gold, Maui (which is what Haley was talking about regarding those patio coffees—my cousin actually confirmed it over the phone) is more of an "outlying island" than part of the "coast"...

Robin Williams6 said:man, it’s 17 degrees lower down there... people are out drinking coffee on their patios
where even are you, kid? never seen you around here...

I mean, yeah. My childhood, those first few years of grade school, all those summer trips... But lately, I've only been heading down there every once in a while, and I haven't actually made the trip in almost a year and a half... 😢 I really need to time it with a holiday so I can get away for at least 4 or 5 days, I miss it...

The absolute best versions of Help !

3. The original 🙏

2. Those rockers from the Mississippi 🙏 🙏 🙏

1. Roy Orbison 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏

Carol Jackson45 said:It’s freezing out there... 😢

Look, I’m not really looking to get into any heated debates about the coast right now, but man... even up here on Maui, once the winter sun hits, you can feel that chill cutting right through you if you aren't shielded from the wind. It’s brutal. Honestly, I probably should head further south for a bit. Haven't been down that way in ages... 😢

The perfect non-musical background noise:

1. Just the sound of waves hitting the shore in some sleepy little coastal town somewhere north of California (though honestly, I wouldn't mind being down south for once), on a lazy Sunday afternoon. Just a quick vibe for maybe two hours, right before it gets interrupted by the sudden, heavy roar of Formula 1 cars tearing down the track. No commentators needed, either. I can see exactly what's going on just fine on my own...