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Post by My Avatar Is A Hot Babe on Dec 20, 2017 18:22:43 GMT
I'm less familiar with Sedaka's deep cuts - is there any edgy/confrontational stuff of note? (I'm not being ironical here: please surprise me) "Bad Blood" is pretty confrontational, and its use of the B-word is pretty edgy especially for 1975. |
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Post by antiram on Dec 20, 2017 18:31:34 GMT
"Bad Blood" is pretty confrontational, and its use of the B-word is pretty edgy especially for 1975. 'Specially if you ignore the fact that the Rolling Stones released "Bitch" as a single in 1971. |
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Post by gobshite on Dec 20, 2017 19:06:55 GMT
Or that Neil's duet partner on Bad Blood did The Bitch Is Back like a year before. But I guess Elton was on the extreme edge in 1975.
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Post by Urethra Franklin on Dec 20, 2017 20:14:19 GMT
That would be something. Sedaka, Bowie, Elton and Jagger doing a medley of their "Bitch" songs.
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Post by daved on Dec 20, 2017 20:32:06 GMT
Still waiting for him to come out of the closet
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Post by antiram on Dec 20, 2017 20:34:56 GMT
That would be something. Sedaka, Bowie, Elton and Jagger doing a medley of their "Bitch" songs. Talk about grabbing the audience by its p-word... |
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Post by daved on Dec 20, 2017 20:41:38 GMT
All kidding aside, he’s not in the Hall Of Fame? That’s pretty ridiculous considering Percy Sledge is in it for one fucking song
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Post by cwf on Jan 11, 2018 3:51:09 GMT
All kidding aside, he’s not in the Hall Of Fame? That’s pretty ridiculous considering Percy Sledge is in it for one fucking song Must have been some bad blo.... |
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Post by hoffa_nagila on Jan 11, 2018 4:04:07 GMT
Christmas eve, I was with Grandma and my uncle. Rather than listen to Christmas music, we had the Solid Gold Oldies station on. Paul Anka came on and I remarked about what an asshole he is. Grandma seemed surprised, but then realized she was thinking of someone else. But, who? The name was on the tip of her tongue, but she couldn't even think of a song by this person. She just remembered seeing him on TV singing and playing piano. I suggested Liberace but clearly was off the mark. Finally, ten minutes later, something clicked, and she remembered: Neil Sedaka.
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Post by antiram on Jan 11, 2018 5:13:23 GMT
The one thing I know about Neil Sedaka is that he used to open for the Carpenters in 1975-ish, and would get the crowd all fired up and jumping around. Then the Carpenters came on with their boring set and bummed everyone out. The concert reviews all said the same thing; Sedaka was a real showman and the Carpenters were stiff and wooden.
Curmudgeon Richard Carpenter's response, aside from taking more pills, was to uncerimoniously and with rancor fire Sedaka on the spot for "not knowing his place" or words to that effect.
While I will never be bothered to sit through a Neil Sedaka album ever in my life, for this one incident alone, I am in his corner.
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Post by AnalogRearEnd on Jan 12, 2018 2:23:35 GMT
Fuck, what a bunch of sheltered repressed shitstains.
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