Comments on: Bottom Feeders: The Ass End of the ’80s, Part 19 http://popdose.com/bottom-feeders-the-ass-end-of-the-80s-part-19/ your daily dose of pop culture Wed, 25 Nov 2009 04:34:20 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: AJH http://popdose.com/bottom-feeders-the-ass-end-of-the-80s-part-19/comment-page-1/#comment-39848 AJH Tue, 09 Dec 2008 05:54:03 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=3138#comment-39848 well, my dad is the guitar player from the 1982 band Conductor. Wanna know more? well, my dad is the guitar player from the 1982 band Conductor. Wanna know more?

]]> By: AJH http://popdose.com/bottom-feeders-the-ass-end-of-the-80s-part-19/comment-page-1/#comment-14373 AJH Tue, 09 Dec 2008 04:54:03 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=3138#comment-14373 well, my dad is the guitar player from the 1982 band Conductor. Wanna know more? well, my dad is the guitar player from the 1982 band Conductor. Wanna know more?

]]> By: scrumble http://popdose.com/bottom-feeders-the-ass-end-of-the-80s-part-19/comment-page-1/#comment-14357 scrumble Thu, 07 Aug 2008 03:30:23 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=3138#comment-14357 And now I stand corrected as the daddy-daughter duet remake was from 1996, repeating a formula five years after they first did it on "Unforgettable." Kinda tacky... And now I stand corrected as the daddy-daughter duet remake was from 1996, repeating a formula five years after they first did it on “Unforgettable.” Kinda tacky…

]]> By: steed http://popdose.com/bottom-feeders-the-ass-end-of-the-80s-part-19/comment-page-1/#comment-14372 steed Thu, 07 Aug 2008 02:48:34 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=3138#comment-14372 Yeah, I own Walkin' on the Water and just pulled it out to listen to it. Both of you are absolutely correct - that version is much better than the single version in '88. Great call! If nothing else, I think his vocals are so much better on the original version. Yeah, I own Walkin' on the Water and just pulled it out to listen to it. Both of you are absolutely correct – that version is much better than the single version in '88. Great call! If nothing else, I think his vocals are so much better on the original version.

]]> By: E http://popdose.com/bottom-feeders-the-ass-end-of-the-80s-part-19/comment-page-1/#comment-14368 E Thu, 07 Aug 2008 00:34:10 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=3138#comment-14368 I seem to remember MTV played the living hell out of it, too.<br><br>I was initially surprised Lovers in a Dangerous Time didn't make it, but no such luck. I seem to remember MTV played the living hell out of it, too.

I was initially surprised Lovers in a Dangerous Time didn't make it, but no such luck.

]]> By: steve http://popdose.com/bottom-feeders-the-ass-end-of-the-80s-part-19/comment-page-1/#comment-14371 steve Wed, 06 Aug 2008 23:14:49 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=3138#comment-14371 That first album was called "Walkin' On The Water" and came out in late 1986. Yep, the verison of "I'm not your man" on that album was better. I still have it on cassette!! Like most others they succumbed to being gussied up to get on the radio. It worked.<br><br>His best work was his blues album when he was called "Tommy Conwell and The Little Kings". They have an album called "Sho' Gone Crazy" that was recorded live in the studio and is some of the best good-time blues out there. He would come to he 8X10 club in Baltimore and I spent many a drunken night dancing to their shows.... That first album was called “Walkin' On The Water” and came out in late 1986. Yep, the verison of “I'm not your man” on that album was better. I still have it on cassette!! Like most others they succumbed to being gussied up to get on the radio. It worked.

His best work was his blues album when he was called “Tommy Conwell and The Little Kings”. They have an album called “Sho' Gone Crazy” that was recorded live in the studio and is some of the best good-time blues out there. He would come to he 8X10 club in Baltimore and I spent many a drunken night dancing to their shows….

]]> By: D.I.G. http://popdose.com/bottom-feeders-the-ass-end-of-the-80s-part-19/comment-page-1/#comment-14370 D.I.G. Wed, 06 Aug 2008 22:44:00 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=3138#comment-14370 I love this series, and I'm sad that you don't appreciate the awesomeness that is "I'm Not Your Man." I think the problem is that the version you posted, from 1988, is not the original version of the song. The first one was better.<br><br>It appeared, without the (stupid) introductory list and some other (lame) basically spoken bits, on an indie album they released before I graduated college in May 1987. I think it probably came out 18 months or so earlier. It's the first non-major-label record I ever bought. I went to college in New Jersey, but I'm from Florida, and the only reason I'd ever heard the band was that MMR in Philadelphia used to play them. (That radio station in the mid-80s may be the thing I've missed most from NJ.)<br><br>Listening to this version now, I can see why you don't like the song. This version is just not as good -- the first one was not so mean-spirited and insulting. Too bad. I loved that album, and was not very impressed with the (two?) major label discs they released. I love this series, and I'm sad that you don't appreciate the awesomeness that is “I'm Not Your Man.” I think the problem is that the version you posted, from 1988, is not the original version of the song. The first one was better.

It appeared, without the (stupid) introductory list and some other (lame) basically spoken bits, on an indie album they released before I graduated college in May 1987. I think it probably came out 18 months or so earlier. It's the first non-major-label record I ever bought. I went to college in New Jersey, but I'm from Florida, and the only reason I'd ever heard the band was that MMR in Philadelphia used to play them. (That radio station in the mid-80s may be the thing I've missed most from NJ.)

Listening to this version now, I can see why you don't like the song. This version is just not as good — the first one was not so mean-spirited and insulting. Too bad. I loved that album, and was not very impressed with the (two?) major label discs they released.

]]> By: steve http://popdose.com/bottom-feeders-the-ass-end-of-the-80s-part-19/comment-page-1/#comment-14369 steve Wed, 06 Aug 2008 22:05:25 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=3138#comment-14369 Tommy Conwell rocks!! And to get really obscure, check out Buzz Zeemer - a Philly band that he played lead guitar in. Two albums of pure power pop genius. Tommy Conwell rocks!! And to get really obscure, check out Buzz Zeemer – a Philly band that he played lead guitar in. Two albums of pure power pop genius.

]]> By: Jeff http://popdose.com/bottom-feeders-the-ass-end-of-the-80s-part-19/comment-page-1/#comment-14367 Jeff Wed, 06 Aug 2008 17:24:09 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=3138#comment-14367 Amazing that the Bruce Cockburn tune got as far as it did on the charts. Perhaps it got a boost from the indie radio station I listened to in Madison, Wisconsin, at the time. They played the shit out of it. Had to be in the top 10 on their playlist. Amazing that the Bruce Cockburn tune got as far as it did on the charts. Perhaps it got a boost from the indie radio station I listened to in Madison, Wisconsin, at the time. They played the shit out of it. Had to be in the top 10 on their playlist.

]]> By: scrumble http://popdose.com/bottom-feeders-the-ass-end-of-the-80s-part-19/comment-page-1/#comment-14356 scrumble Wed, 06 Aug 2008 16:29:11 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=3138#comment-14356 You've saved me a trip to the supermarket, where I'm pretty sure the '88 version has been topping the P.A. playlists across America for 20 years and counting. You've saved me a trip to the supermarket, where I'm pretty sure the '88 version has been topping the P.A. playlists across America for 20 years and counting.

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