Comments on: Bottom Feeders: The Ass End of the ’80s, Part 59

By: Landon Kemp

Landon Kemp — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 02:20:00 +0000

To be honest, your reasons for hating Steve Miller’s 80s career make absolutely no sense to me. I love the Steve Miller band, although I personally think “The Joker” is a vastly overrated and overplayed piece of crap (even though it was somewhat tolerable), but I digress. Anyways, I love this band, a lot of their stuff in the 70s was awesome, and I personally like a lot of his 80s works as well, so it may be your opinion, but I still don’t understand it.

The main reason I don’t understand your views is this: I’ve read over a lot of this series, and I’m aware that, outside of certain artists, you don’t usually pay attention to music made before the 80s. If that’s the case, then HOW THE FUCK DID YOU KNOW ABOUT THE STEVE MILLER BAND’S STUFF FROM THE 70s?!!? Could you, perhaps, explain to me why?

Also, I don’t know how ANYBODY could stand listening through Lou Reed’s Metal Machine Music all the way through.

Ah well, I honestly hope you don’t have anything major against his only album of the 90s, Wide River. I actually think that one is pretty good, although I think that might be the title track.

By: musicmanatl

musicmanatl — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 09:02:11 +0000

Same here. I actually pretty much love all American pop from the 1950s onward. My collection gets larger with each decade (until the 1990s, at least) but I have a wide variety of '50s and '60s hits too. (I could school Dave if he could sit through it.)

Here's a random '60s bottom feeder hit that I love – do you know “Stop! – Get A Ticket” by the Lavender Clefs? If not, I'll send it to you.

By: kingofgrief

kingofgrief — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 08:55:51 +0000

It's a bit generic, but I've always loved the Walkers' rendition, and I was psyched to hear it remade for the clubs. I remember asking the DJ who it was, and he was impressed I was familiar with the Walkers' version. My love for 60s pop and 80s club blossomed almost simultaneously.

By: musicmanatl

musicmanatl — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 08:50:53 +0000

Interesting… I've never heard of Quantize or this cover (although you apparently mentioned it in an early Bottom Feeders post). I've always liked the power of the Walker Brothers' original. This sounds a bit like generic Italo disco to me, but then again, I might just need to listen to it a few times for it to sink in. I like dance music a lot. Thanks for posting this!

By: kingofgrief

kingofgrief — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 08:23:25 +0000

Here's why I picked it up (the version on the CD is 8:30 total): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTOeTdZkbQY

By: musicmanatl

musicmanatl — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 06:13:25 +0000

This friend of yours actually TELLS people that he loves Barbra? Wow, he is also a very brave man. I'm glad to know that one actually exists so the stereotype is broken at least once.

By: steed

steed — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 06:07:11 +0000

I have a straight male friend that is a huge lover of Babs…that's pretty close, right?

By: musicmanatl

musicmanatl — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 22:14:26 +0000

I saw the playlist from that special and it looked great.

By: musicmanatl

musicmanatl — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 22:12:43 +0000

In addition to being a gifted writer, you are also a daredevil, I see. And I can't imagine why that CD would raise any eyebrows. LOL And why exactly did you buy that? The only song I know on there is “(The Best Part Of) Breakin' Up” by Roni Griffith.

By: kingofgrief

kingofgrief — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 21:48:02 +0000

I'm going to start archiving my shows again starting this week (had to buy a compact flash card to do so). I'll let you know when and where I post it…I guess you should also hear my Bottom Feeders A-M special from August!