Manilow was a jingle writer, including that immortal tome “You deserve a break today…”
Moer tibit: Bruce Johnston took Brian Wilson’s place in the Beach Boys when during Wilson’s “sandbox” bugged out-look at me, I’m totally crazy-years. John Stamos also had a stint as their drummer.
Hey, talking about Bo Diddley reminded me of The Clash, who took Bo on the road with them. As great as the Clash were, they could be pretty pretentious at times. Their pretentiousness lessened the impact of the triple Lp, Sandinista. While I love that album, it would have been a masterpiece if it was about two sides shorter, and then they just totally went over the line with Combat Rock.
Ooh! Ooh! I thought of another one.
“Jenny from the Block.”
It wouldn’t be so :rolleyes: worthy if she wasn’t so conspicuously materialistic. I have a hard time stomaching this from someone who trades Bentleys with their boyfriend.
[Dana Carvey as Johnny Carson]
“I did not know that. That’s some wild stuff.”
[/DCaJC]
Why do I think this song was written by Bob Dylan?
How can you discuss pretentiousness and have only ONE mention of U2?
and NO mentions of Jewel and Alanis Morrissette’s first albums?
The artist? Al Stewart. The album? Time Passages.
“Ooh, I know! I’ll write a song about the French Revolution! That’s what all the kids are into these days!”
Seriously, I like this album, but he really would have been more comfortable as a 16th-century minstrel or something. I wonder if he goes to Renaissance Faires a lot.
(And surprisingly enough, liking this album in high school did NOT make me a popular kid. Still trying to figure that one out.)
More Manilow, although it was written by someone named Bruce Johnston
“Daughters” by John Mayer
http://www.letssingit.com/?http://www.letssingit.com/john-mayer-daughters-n1m7m9g.html
It’s been mentioned before, but since it was the first thing I though of when I read the title of the thread, I’ll repeat it.
**Tales From Topographic Oceans ** by *Yes * has got to be the most pretentious recording ever. A double album, consisting of four 20 minute songs, based on Hindu scripture. “Art Rock” had a tendency to pretentiousness in its best efforts, but this was definitely the low point.