Comments on: Tournament of Rock – Legends: the Warren Zevon pod

By: Dr. Slammy

Dr. Slammy — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 14:04:58 +0000

I’d caution y’all about that “old man” thing. Jim may be old, but he’s MEAN.

By: wufnik

wufnik — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 13:07:09 +0000

No. But they are all getting ready to vote for Queensryche in the next round.

By: Darrell

Darrell — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 12:34:41 +0000

Are all the old people on the thread going to yell “Get off my lawn!” if they don’t vote for someone they like?

By: leTerrassier

leTerrassier — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 06:11:17 +0000

FYI: Did that on purpose: It’s a pun: I’m mildly hallucinating.

By: leTerrassier

leTerrassier — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 06:10:37 +0000

Old people don’t get Sonic Youth… what’s knew?

By: Jim Booth

Jim Booth — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 02:33:22 +0000

I’m amazed at how little our voters seem to know about the musicians in this pod.

While I share Sam’s admiration and appreciation of Zevon (and I think ‘one hit wonder” reveals more about those using the term than about Zevon), I didn’t vote for Warren, may he rest in peace. He falls into the “more influence than major figure” category.

Sonic Youth – They’re just – noisy. And old man that I am, I’m always dubious of bands who claim to be using noise as an “instrument” or “art form.”

James Taylor – love his songwriting and his voice – but I can’t get past how Zappa described him: “What we have here is a guy with blue jeans, a guitar, and a great deal of personal hurt.”

Jackson Browne – see Zappa quote about James Taylor.

The Replacements – A fantastic band led by a guy who listened to The Kinks – a lot.

The Kinks – The band whose leader, Ray Davies, both Westerberg and Zevon admired. And a major force in their own right – except for Dave Davies destroying Holiday Inn property and The Kinks being banned from visiting America from 66-70 – they’d be as big as the trinity of the British Invasion (Beatles, Stones, Who) in American memory.

So obviously I voted for them – the artists who matter most in this pod, The Kinks.

By: Retro Hound

Retro Hound — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 16:46:08 +0000

Is that what the potpourri is doing to me? I need to cut back.

By: Dr. Slammy

Dr. Slammy — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 16:37:16 +0000

Retro: Actually, I should be clearer. If you think The Kinks are more worthy than Zevon I might disagree with you, but not enough to argue. Both are legendary talents. It was more your suggestion that JT was more worthy that made me wonder if you’d been free-basing the potpourri…..

By: Retro Hound

Retro Hound — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 13:31:03 +0000

Slammy, yes, I’ve heard of Zevon, have one of his albums, it’s nice. I saw him on Letterman a couple times, Letterman is nuts about him. The album I have (I think it’s Live with that werewolf song on it) must not have impressed me enough to pursue him more. I know he’s more than a one-hit-wonder, but does he compare to the Kinks? Not in my book. But I admit to not reading every page covering every artist. I only have 1000 albums/CDs.

By: Russ Wellen

Russ Wellen — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 12:46:38 +0000

Lots of good music there. But I had to go with Replacements, one of America’s all-time greatest bands.

By: Lex

Lex — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 10:18:34 +0000

When i get to Hell, i’ll be stuck in a row boat with James Taylor and Garrison Keillor.
OH! You’re my new favorite blogger fyi

By: Lex

Lex — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 05:10:04 +0000

When i get to Hell, i’ll be stuck in a row boat with James Taylor and Garrison Keillor.

By: Tom Shortell

Tom Shortell — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 02:15:56 +0000

The Kinks deserve this round on the merits of Father Christmas alone.

I didn’t even like Werewolves in London all that much.

By: Darrell

Darrell — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 00:55:46 +0000

Sam, almost every band that came out in the 90′s grunge era will say that that Sonic Youth was a huge influence, I’m not sure I hear that as much for Husker Du. Plus if you’re going up against Beck that’s a lot tougher.

By: Dr. Slammy

Dr. Slammy — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 00:33:30 +0000

Darrell: You voted for Sonic Youth because they’re the predecessors of grunge? I don’t recall you voting for Bob Mould because he was the predecessor of grunge. If I recall correctly (and I do) Husker Du/Mould weren’t even in your top two in that pod (Beck and Petty).

By: Dr. Slammy

Dr. Slammy — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 00:29:57 +0000

As Slammy points out, the only 3 constants in life are death, taxes, and the nature of Broncos fans.

Slammy doesn’t remember pointing this out.

You still haven’t told us about the B-side to Warren’s one single. Is it any good?

If my favorite band were The Church, I’d probably steer away from any smack related to how many hits another band had. One-hit wonder or not, one is more than, you know, zero.

By: Darrell

Darrell — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 00:12:42 +0000

James Taylor smiles while he sings, so that’s an auto disqualification. Never really understood the Zevon love, although many musicians site him as an influence. Every time I hear “Somebodys Baby” I think of Fast Times, but that’s still not enough to bump him over Sonic Youth. Voted for Sonic Youth because they are kinda the predecessors of grunge rock.

By: fikshun

fikshun — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 23:41:31 +0000

As a child, the event that made me decide to be a Bengals fan (I was born in Cincy, but had moved to Colorado by the time I discovered football) was a Bengals/Broncos preseason game that my dad took me to.

Even then, Broncos fans were such rude, slack-jawed knuckle-draggers that I couldn’t help but side with the opposing team. As Slammy points out, the only 3 constants in life are death, taxes, and the nature of Broncos fans. As they say, it’s better to lose with the one than to win with the other.

You still haven’t told us about the B-side to Warren’s one single. Is it any good?

By: Dr. Slammy

Dr. Slammy — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 20:32:07 +0000

What fikshun says: “…Slammy deserves to endure a little teeth-gnashing as payback for the teeth-gnashing we’ve gone through over some of these pods.”

What fikshun means: “I’m still pissed off over how my Bungles lost to Denver Sunday and somebody must be made to share my self-loathing.”

By: Rho

Rho — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 20:31:53 +0000

Fikshun,

I did a bit of research and while he has a long career and accumulated respect in the music industry his only hit (Read as a song making it into the top 100 charts) is Werewolf in London so in a technical sense I guess he really is a one-hit-wonder.