Comments on: Bottom Feeders: The Ass End of the ’80s, Part 30 http://popdose.com/bottom-feeders-the-ass-end-of-the-80s-part-30/ your daily dose of pop culture Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:26:56 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: sfenn http://popdose.com/bottom-feeders-the-ass-end-of-the-80s-part-30/comment-page-1/#comment-40515 sfenn Sun, 26 Oct 2008 22:41:54 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=6248#comment-40515 I kind of like that Simon F song. He's one of those guys that was always in the pages of my Smash Hits magazine whom I had never heard. Until now. The backing vocals remind me more of Bowie's 'Absolute Beginners' than the Beach Boys. Maybe that's what I like. <br><br>Also digging the instrumentation of the 'Around the World in a Day'-era Prince on The Family tune. Might have to track down that record. I kind of like that Simon F song. He's one of those guys that was always in the pages of my Smash Hits magazine whom I had never heard. Until now. The backing vocals remind me more of Bowie's 'Absolute Beginners' than the Beach Boys. Maybe that's what I like.

Also digging the instrumentation of the 'Around the World in a Day'-era Prince on The Family tune. Might have to track down that record.

]]> By: sfenn http://popdose.com/bottom-feeders-the-ass-end-of-the-80s-part-30/comment-page-1/#comment-9932 sfenn Sun, 26 Oct 2008 21:41:54 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=6248#comment-9932 I kind of like that Simon F song. He's one of those guys that was always in the pages of my Smash Hits magazine whom I had never heard. Until now. The backing vocals remind me more of Bowie's 'Absolute Beginners' than the Beach Boys. Maybe that's what I like. <br><br>Also digging the instrumentation of the 'Around the World in a Day'-era Prince on The Family tune. Might have to track down that record. I kind of like that Simon F song. He's one of those guys that was always in the pages of my Smash Hits magazine whom I had never heard. Until now. The backing vocals remind me more of Bowie's 'Absolute Beginners' than the Beach Boys. Maybe that's what I like.

Also digging the instrumentation of the 'Around the World in a Day'-era Prince on The Family tune. Might have to track down that record.

]]> By: steed http://popdose.com/bottom-feeders-the-ass-end-of-the-80s-part-30/comment-page-1/#comment-9919 steed Fri, 24 Oct 2008 20:21:02 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=6248#comment-9919 Oh, I got it. I thought you were talking about the first part. Now you just might be right. Oh, I got it. I thought you were talking about the first part. Now you just might be right.

]]> By: idogcow http://popdose.com/bottom-feeders-the-ass-end-of-the-80s-part-30/comment-page-1/#comment-9931 idogcow Fri, 24 Oct 2008 18:24:42 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=6248#comment-9931 Can still see the Felony clip from MV3 in my minds eye - esp. useful for illustrating the "...couple of them too..." line. Can still see the Felony clip from MV3 in my minds eye – esp. useful for illustrating the “…couple of them too…” line.

]]> By: twostepcub http://popdose.com/bottom-feeders-the-ass-end-of-the-80s-part-30/comment-page-1/#comment-9918 twostepcub Fri, 24 Oct 2008 17:28:54 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=6248#comment-9918 hmm. oh wait I meant the second part of the clue wrote one of the songs this week... but I may STILL be wrong LOL hmm. oh wait I meant the second part of the clue wrote one of the songs this week… but I may STILL be wrong LOL

]]> By: steed http://popdose.com/bottom-feeders-the-ass-end-of-the-80s-part-30/comment-page-1/#comment-9917 steed Fri, 24 Oct 2008 15:59:11 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=6248#comment-9917 Hmmm...I don't believe so. Hmmm…I don't believe so.

]]> By: twostepcub http://popdose.com/bottom-feeders-the-ass-end-of-the-80s-part-30/comment-page-1/#comment-9926 twostepcub Fri, 24 Oct 2008 04:38:01 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=6248#comment-9926 maybe you can rationalize that the "Fanatic" gets docked for being in the Pia Zadora vehicle "The Lonely Lady"...eh? maybe you can rationalize that the “Fanatic” gets docked for being in the Pia Zadora vehicle “The Lonely Lady”…eh?

]]> By: twostepcub http://popdose.com/bottom-feeders-the-ass-end-of-the-80s-part-30/comment-page-1/#comment-9916 twostepcub Fri, 24 Oct 2008 04:36:37 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=6248#comment-9916 and writer of one of the songs this week, right? and writer of one of the songs this week, right?

]]> By: steed http://popdose.com/bottom-feeders-the-ass-end-of-the-80s-part-30/comment-page-1/#comment-9928 steed Thu, 23 Oct 2008 20:56:16 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=6248#comment-9928 You have an original CD of The Family. Totally jealous. I only have the vinyl You have an original CD of The Family. Totally jealous. I only have the vinyl

]]> By: breadalbane http://popdose.com/bottom-feeders-the-ass-end-of-the-80s-part-30/comment-page-1/#comment-9930 breadalbane Thu, 23 Oct 2008 19:57:10 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=6248#comment-9930 Glad to see the love for Eddi Reader. She's fantastic. "Angels & Electricity" is my personal favourite ER album, but there's nary a bad one in the bunch. <br><br>Oh, and if you're thinking that her Robert Burns covers might be noble-but-uninvolving-folk-roots exercises, do yourself a favour a check them out. Burns earned his reputation as The People's Poet by being honest and direct, not fancy and high-falutin, and Reader (while still singing and arranging things gorgeously) honours that.<br><br>By the way, Joe Fagin sings the "As Time Goes By" theme, but he sure didn't write it -- it's the immortal Herman Hupfield classic made famous in "Casablanca". Glad to see the love for Eddi Reader. She's fantastic. “Angels & Electricity” is my personal favourite ER album, but there's nary a bad one in the bunch.

Oh, and if you're thinking that her Robert Burns covers might be noble-but-uninvolving-folk-roots exercises, do yourself a favour a check them out. Burns earned his reputation as The People's Poet by being honest and direct, not fancy and high-falutin, and Reader (while still singing and arranging things gorgeously) honours that.

By the way, Joe Fagin sings the “As Time Goes By” theme, but he sure didn't write it — it's the immortal Herman Hupfield classic made famous in “Casablanca”.

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