THE CHARLATANS - TELLING STORIES... LIVE

the CHARLATANS UK - TELLING STORIES

This is one of the best songs from the imported album of the same title. There are other tracks on this cd worth hearing, "How Could You Leave Us?" and "North Country Boy" .... Great stuff. Its one of my favorites but it has been hard to come by lately. Thank goodness for Amazon.com.

Cantu 2007

JACKIE ROGERS JUNIOR - 100 THOUSAND DOLLAR JACKPOT WAD

"ITS THE RETURN OF THE GREAT MADMAN JACKIE ROGERS JUNIOR!!"

You can't mess with this comedy classic. You got Jackie Rogers Junior, the first albino star, as a game show host, Sammy Davis Junior and Jim Belushi as Captain Kangaroo.Now thats class, MAN.

DIG

Cantu 2007

VERRY WHITE - sings about LOVE

"He Just Wants To Make Sweet Love To You --
and Anything Else He Can Get His Grimey Mitts On"

Get a load of this crooner -- hes smooth.

CANTU 2007

"STRAIGHT FROM THE SORDID VAULTS OF YESTERYEAR"

"Just When You Thought IT Was Safe To Go Back To The Peep Show"

This clip is very strange. It starts out somewhat ... normal... but it sure doesn't end that way. Still... its worth watching. Its amazing that this is what it took to get people excited in our previous generation.

This is from the film Teaseramma.....

Thats Bettie Page in the beginning. The previous generation knew a thing or two about how to be super sleazy. There are some stunts that are shown in the film, "The Notorious Bettie Page" that I found really strange. I thought I had stumbled upon every way there was to run a scam or a heist but these oldsters taught me a thing or two....

Posted by Cantu on July 18, 2007 at 9:40 pm

JOHN BELUSHI - WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS

"JERKING THE RUG UNDER THE FEET OF THE AMERICAN PUBLIC"

Watching Belushi trample the stage with these antics is a lot like watching vandalism in full force. Rob Reiner, the Meathead, did his best to warm up the crowd. Belushi steps in and does some wild take on Joe Cocker. Whats interesting about this is that this song was performed by Cocker in the WoodStock film.

The first few episodes of Saturday Night Live came off like it lacked a format. Belushi's first appearances were centered around a bee sketch. There was not a whole lot of comedy work being done. The second show was hogged up by Simon and Garfunkel. As a kid I kept hoping that there was a two song limit. These guys literally HOGGED UP THE ENTIRE EPISODE. There was a lot of drug and 60's references.

Sometimes the films were okay. Most times they were pretty terrible. Belushi called Simon a "musical wimp" according to the backstage history.

So when the writers finally turned the stage over to Belushi he was ready. What happened next stunned audience members. They were too overwhelmed to clap or cheer. This got my attention as a kid and I latched onto him as he was a stand out character.

Cantu posted this on July 18, 2007 at 9:23 pm

THE REPLACEMENTS - I WILL DARE - LIVE

"FROM THE YEAR... 1991?"

1991 NY (from comp. DVD "We don't wanna be on TV".

The video may have come out in 1991 but the band broke up before that. I know because in the early 90's I was seriously bummed out with all the moronic tuneless bullshit on the radio. There was an endless stream of tone deaf mutants mumbling lyrics on the airwaves. These guys all sounded like a cross between Abraham Lincoln and Leon Redbone.

ANYWAYS... This is REAL MUSIC. Paul Westerberg hit the nail on the head in this IRS Cutting Edge video when he boldly proclaims himself as a punk band. Even The Clash's more eclectic but offbeat sounds come off as hokey but definately punk. The punk sound doesn't have to have pounding, throbbing and boring beats to keep it afloat. The punk ethic demands that that first and foremost that its sound be heard. It doesn't matter so much if the meaning is necessarily understood.

Most times these bands are NOT understood. Westerberg himself claimed that his songs barely made any sense. This is what made listening to this band so interesting. There were times when these songs sort of defied logical explanation. But they sounded great.

In time, fans drifted off to create hordes of children, get burried in SUV payments and the lyrics of these brilliant minds faded in the dust. A lot of new fans came of course. But even though this band left an impression many bands didn't follow their lead. As a result we got a lot of predictable sounding drivel.

So these guys were encased in ice literally.

In a lot of ways these guys were very misunderstood. Under all that thrashy noise beat a real heart of powerful intention. They exited with a very quiet sound.

Ted Cantu posted this on July 16, 2007

THE REPLACEMENTS - HAVE YOU SEEN MY EYEBROWS?