Sunday, October 26, 2008
WE DIDN'T START THE FIRE
At the moment I'm too busy knitting shawls for sickly children and handing out bowls of thin soup to the poor people of the parish to blog. I do a lot of work for charidee, but I don't like to talk about it.
So here's a guest blogger who has got something to get off his chest - multi award winning singer/songwriter Billy Joel.
Hi, I hear a lotta talk goin' around about the noo sound in rock 'n' roll! It's blowin' up all over the radio and TV even as I speak! All I hear is yadda yadda about the noo johnny come lately guys like Tom Petty or Huey Lewis or The Cars gettin' their young pretty ass faces on the MTV! Look, I have nothin' against these guys, but I kinda take offense to all the hype they're gettin', and all the headlines screamin' that "WHAT THEY DO IS THE NOO SOUND! IT'S THE END OF THE OLD STYLE ROCK 'N' ROLL AS WE KNOW IT!" This is all so much bullshit!
When I see those guys on the MTV, I have to smile. The way they strut about and the clothes they wear ... shit, those guys wouldna been outta place in the neighborhood I grew up in!
What these producers of music shows should do is talk to the older guys like me, or Shadow Morton, or Neil Diamond. When we were hangin' around on street corners, runnin' with gangs on the wrong side of town ...
THE GUYS WE USED TO LOOK UP TO USED TO LOOK LIKE HUEY LEWIS!!! STRAIGHT UP, NO KIDDIN'!!
All these noo guys and the way they dress ... sheez ... the drape jackets, the plaid pants, the bootlace collars...
THOSE WERE THE GUYS THAT USED TO BE THE GANGLEADERS!!!!
I'D LIKE TO SEE TOM PETTY FACE DOWN ONE OF THOSE GUYS IN HIS TIGHT ASS PANTS AND CUBAN HEEL WHITE BOOTS AND DRAPE JACKETS!!!
It was a tough upbringing, runnin' with the gangs on the wrong side of town, but you learned to look afta yourself and to have respect for others. We would get inta fights but it was small scale stuff by modern standards - flick knives and so on. None of the gun murderin' that goes on now. I hope for all our sakes that Huey Lewis isn't packin' a piece. What kind of message would that send out to young Americans?
Look, I'm not complainin', some of those guys are makin' good music and it's a goddamn sight better than all the awful English synthesized haircut bullshit you get from The Flocka Seagulls or whomever I saw assault my eyes and ears on the MTV last night. Now, if this shit takes over it really WILL be the enda rock 'n' roll!
All I'm sayin' to Huey Lewis is ...
... whether it's old wave, noo wave, schmoo wave. All hail rock 'n' roll!
Labels: Billy Joel, Neil Diamond, noo wave, old wave, rock 'n' roll, runnin' with gangs on the wrong side of town, Shadow Morton
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Billy sold out Madison Sq Garden in minutes recently. Those Tri-Staters love him. I guess he is Da Boss but a tinier version (if that's possible).
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We're all in the mood for a melody, he's got us feelin' all right.
(PS did I dream this, or is Harry Enfield the father in law of Lily Allen?)
(PS did I dream this, or is Harry Enfield the father in law of Lily Allen?)
Garfer - you could be wrong there, because Billy trained as a boxer. Actually, I'd pay good money for someone to beat Keith bloody Allen to a pulp.
Kaz - Billy could've benefitted from a body wave a few years ago, but judging by the level of hair loss now, I should imagine it's definitely No Wave (if any music fans are reading this, I suppose I ought to make some smart reference to DNA or James Chance? Sorry. Everyone else will assume I'm talking even more bollocks than ever ...)
Surly Girl - I'm glad you're back btw. If I'd put a picture of a young Billy on here, everyone would've mistaken him for Sylvester Stallone. Weird that he has resembled two other famous people at different ages, isn't it?
Kek - he has a wealth of experience, innate wisdom and many otherworldly powers. I dunno if he is THE Piano Man though. That will always be Russ Conway in my book. Winifred Atwell will always be The Piano Woman.
Del - the bloke out of Green Day also did that Blanket On The Ground song before he had the operation. He's had a long and interesting life.
Arabella - apparently he has just done a fundraiser for Barack Obama with Broooce. They were representing The Little Man - quite literally.
Murph - you could be right about the Lily Allen thing. I think Harry Enfield was/is married to one of Keith Allen's former girlfriends. Can't be absolutely sure about that because you don't read about Harry Enfield's personal life in the London Lite. Kelly Osborne's teenage boyfriend - now I know who he is ...
FN - well, they are both short, but both have managed to captivate huge crowds in stadiums even though they must look like tiny little cockroaches on the stage. Both started out with big, bouncy hair, and both are now closely cropped and bald. Er ... that will have to do now. If anyone wants to add to this discussion, then feel free to do so ...
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Kaz - Billy could've benefitted from a body wave a few years ago, but judging by the level of hair loss now, I should imagine it's definitely No Wave (if any music fans are reading this, I suppose I ought to make some smart reference to DNA or James Chance? Sorry. Everyone else will assume I'm talking even more bollocks than ever ...)
Surly Girl - I'm glad you're back btw. If I'd put a picture of a young Billy on here, everyone would've mistaken him for Sylvester Stallone. Weird that he has resembled two other famous people at different ages, isn't it?
Kek - he has a wealth of experience, innate wisdom and many otherworldly powers. I dunno if he is THE Piano Man though. That will always be Russ Conway in my book. Winifred Atwell will always be The Piano Woman.
Del - the bloke out of Green Day also did that Blanket On The Ground song before he had the operation. He's had a long and interesting life.
Arabella - apparently he has just done a fundraiser for Barack Obama with Broooce. They were representing The Little Man - quite literally.
Murph - you could be right about the Lily Allen thing. I think Harry Enfield was/is married to one of Keith Allen's former girlfriends. Can't be absolutely sure about that because you don't read about Harry Enfield's personal life in the London Lite. Kelly Osborne's teenage boyfriend - now I know who he is ...
FN - well, they are both short, but both have managed to captivate huge crowds in stadiums even though they must look like tiny little cockroaches on the stage. Both started out with big, bouncy hair, and both are now closely cropped and bald. Er ... that will have to do now. If anyone wants to add to this discussion, then feel free to do so ...
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Oye gavalt this alter cocker Joel is such a schmendrick.
All his kvetching about the noo rock n roll is dreck! What does he know from gangs? Bupkes!
What a noodge!
From my mouth to God's ear if this nudnik's schmaltz gets you all ver klempt you're meshuggina!
Joel Schmoel. If I don't stop now I'm gonna could plotz!
All his kvetching about the noo rock n roll is dreck! What does he know from gangs? Bupkes!
What a noodge!
From my mouth to God's ear if this nudnik's schmaltz gets you all ver klempt you're meshuggina!
Joel Schmoel. If I don't stop now I'm gonna could plotz!
Donn - shouldn't this have been on the 10cc post I put up a couple of months ago? Or even the Esther and Abi Ofarim post I published in 1968? Billy Joel is a mensch.
Kek - fair enough, but I see Mrs Mills as an entertainer, pure and simple. Russ Conway and Winifred Atwell dabbled in the Dark Arts.
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Kek - fair enough, but I see Mrs Mills as an entertainer, pure and simple. Russ Conway and Winifred Atwell dabbled in the Dark Arts.
