Comments on: Bottom Feeders: The Ass End of the ’80s, Part 75 http://popdose.com/bottom-feeders-the-ass-end-of-the-80s-part-75/ your daily dose of pop culture Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:45:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: musicmanatlhttp://popdose.com/bottom-feeders-the-ass-end-of-the-80s-part-75/comment-page-1/#comment-56622 musicmanatl Mon, 15 Mar 2010 03:35:49 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=31504#comment-56622 Hey - I own it on vinyl if I can help. :) Hey – I own it on vinyl if I can help. :)

]]> By: musicmanatlhttp://popdose.com/bottom-feeders-the-ass-end-of-the-80s-part-75/comment-page-1/#comment-56616 musicmanatl Mon, 15 Mar 2010 03:31:32 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=31504#comment-56616 Does anyone else remember the hilarious video for "She Was Hot", starring Broadway actress Anita Morris? She really WAS hot. I loved that video and this song. Does anyone else remember the hilarious video for “She Was Hot”, starring Broadway actress Anita Morris? She really WAS hot. I loved that video and this song.

]]> By: musicmanatlhttp://popdose.com/bottom-feeders-the-ass-end-of-the-80s-part-75/comment-page-1/#comment-56617 musicmanatl Mon, 15 Mar 2010 03:29:34 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=31504#comment-56617 Well, I'm not exactly as unbiased commentator, considering how much I love Linda, but the two series are really pretty different. Linda's goal was to create albums like Sinatra did - classic songs with classic arrangements that work as mood pieces. Rod's goal was probably more to record classic songs with more modern arrangements strictly for commercial sales - after all, evil overlord Clive Davis was behind those albums. Just compare Linda's version of "Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered" with Rod's duet version of the same song with Cher (!) to hear the differences.<br><br>I've read some criticism of Linda's standards albums as being sort of lifeless, but I never felt that way. They are very careful interpretations but they show off the beauty of her voice much better than rock material did. I learned so much about traditional pop from these albums.<br><br>By the way, Linda said at the time that she wanted to record standards because current pop songs just didn't interest her as they had before. She took a big risk to record "What's New" and I'm sure Asylum was overjoyed when the album took off like it did.<br><br>The fact that Linda could record a credible new wave-ish rock album and an album of pop standards in three years' time shows why she is one of the talented and versatile vocalists of the rock era.<br><br>Does my love show a little? ;) Well, I'm not exactly as unbiased commentator, considering how much I love Linda, but the two series are really pretty different. Linda's goal was to create albums like Sinatra did – classic songs with classic arrangements that work as mood pieces. Rod's goal was probably more to record classic songs with more modern arrangements strictly for commercial sales – after all, evil overlord Clive Davis was behind those albums. Just compare Linda's version of “Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered” with Rod's duet version of the same song with Cher (!) to hear the differences.

I've read some criticism of Linda's standards albums as being sort of lifeless, but I never felt that way. They are very careful interpretations but they show off the beauty of her voice much better than rock material did. I learned so much about traditional pop from these albums.

By the way, Linda said at the time that she wanted to record standards because current pop songs just didn't interest her as they had before. She took a big risk to record “What's New” and I'm sure Asylum was overjoyed when the album took off like it did.

The fact that Linda could record a credible new wave-ish rock album and an album of pop standards in three years' time shows why she is one of the talented and versatile vocalists of the rock era.

Does my love show a little? ;)

]]> By: kingofgriefhttp://popdose.com/bottom-feeders-the-ass-end-of-the-80s-part-75/comment-page-1/#comment-52445 kingofgrief Fri, 30 Oct 2009 08:33:58 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=31504#comment-52445 Here's your answer, from writer Billy Steinberg's <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Steinberg" rel="nofollow">Wikipedia entry</a>:<br><br>"In his mid-20s [he] formed the group Billy Thermal which was eventually signed to Richard Perry's Planet Records label. Their breakthrough occurred in 1980 when Linda Ronstadt heard their album and decided to record their song 'How Do I Make You?' for her 1980 Mad Love album. The album hit the top three of the charts and went platinum. Ronstadt's version of their song reached the American top ten."<br><br>The entry doesn't cite any sources, but apparently Mr. Steinberg himself verifies it here:<br><br><a href="http://voicesandvisions.skybleedsscorpio.com/html/billy.html" rel="nofollow">http://voicesandvisions.skybleedsscorpio.com/html/billy.html</a><br><br>I'll have to keep an eye out for that album. Here's your answer, from writer Billy Steinberg's Wikipedia entry:

“In his mid-20s [he] formed the group Billy Thermal which was eventually signed to Richard Perry's Planet Records label. Their breakthrough occurred in 1980 when Linda Ronstadt heard their album and decided to record their song 'How Do I Make You?' for her 1980 Mad Love album. The album hit the top three of the charts and went platinum. Ronstadt's version of their song reached the American top ten.”

The entry doesn't cite any sources, but apparently Mr. Steinberg himself verifies it here:

http://voicesandvisions.skybleedsscorpio.com/html/billy.html

I'll have to keep an eye out for that album.

]]> By: kingofgriefhttp://popdose.com/bottom-feeders-the-ass-end-of-the-80s-part-75/comment-page-1/#comment-42855 kingofgrief Fri, 30 Oct 2009 04:33:58 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=31504#comment-42855 Here's your answer, from writer Billy Steinberg's <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Steinberg" rel="nofollow">Wikipedia entry</a>:<br><br>"In his mid-20s [he] formed the group Billy Thermal which was eventually signed to Richard Perry's Planet Records label. Their breakthrough occurred in 1980 when Linda Ronstadt heard their album and decided to record their song 'How Do I Make You?' for her 1980 Mad Love album. The album hit the top three of the charts and went platinum. Ronstadt's version of their song reached the American top ten."<br><br>The entry doesn't cite any sources, but apparently Mr. Steinberg himself verifies it here:<br><br><a href="http://voicesandvisions.skybleedsscorpio.com/html/billy.html" rel="nofollow">http://voicesandvisions.skybleedsscorpio.com/html/billy.html</a><br><br>I'll have to keep an eye out for that album. Here's your answer, from writer Billy Steinberg's Wikipedia entry:

“In his mid-20s [he] formed the group Billy Thermal which was eventually signed to Richard Perry's Planet Records label. Their breakthrough occurred in 1980 when Linda Ronstadt heard their album and decided to record their song 'How Do I Make You?' for her 1980 Mad Love album. The album hit the top three of the charts and went platinum. Ronstadt's version of their song reached the American top ten.”

The entry doesn't cite any sources, but apparently Mr. Steinberg himself verifies it here:

http://voicesandvisions.skybleedsscorpio.com/html/billy.html

I'll have to keep an eye out for that album.

]]> By: Russhttp://popdose.com/bottom-feeders-the-ass-end-of-the-80s-part-75/comment-page-1/#comment-42824 Russ Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:57:27 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=31504#comment-42824 Hence the reason I always said Billy OH Shit when any of his stuff came on the radio. Hence the reason I always said Billy OH Shit when any of his stuff came on the radio.

]]> By: steedhttp://popdose.com/bottom-feeders-the-ass-end-of-the-80s-part-75/comment-page-1/#comment-42815 steed Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:18:37 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=31504#comment-42815 The Stones song has been re-uped and doesn't include the blip in the middle this time. The Stones song has been re-uped and doesn't include the blip in the middle this time.

]]> By: rsbrandthttp://popdose.com/bottom-feeders-the-ass-end-of-the-80s-part-75/comment-page-1/#comment-42814 rsbrandt Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:11:37 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=31504#comment-42814 Considering that, for starters, it was from an album of covers, I call shenanigans. Considering that, for starters, it was from an album of covers, I call shenanigans.

]]> By: kingofgriefhttp://popdose.com/bottom-feeders-the-ass-end-of-the-80s-part-75/comment-page-1/#comment-42746 kingofgrief Thu, 29 Oct 2009 04:49:41 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=31504#comment-42746 As Shirley Q. Liquor once said, "99 cents is not a bargain if you do not have 99 cents."<br><br>Actually, I could swing .99, but not $10 at the moment. I'm sure a cheap copy will manifest when I'm flush with cash again. As Shirley Q. Liquor once said, “99 cents is not a bargain if you do not have 99 cents.”

Actually, I could swing .99, but not $10 at the moment. I'm sure a cheap copy will manifest when I'm flush with cash again.

]]> By: Don Karnagehttp://popdose.com/bottom-feeders-the-ass-end-of-the-80s-part-75/comment-page-1/#comment-42745 Don Karnage Thu, 29 Oct 2009 04:26:08 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=31504#comment-42745 I remember reading that "How Do I Make You" was the only Top Ten single Linda ever had that wasn't a remake. I'd go back and verify that bit of trivia, but it's so much easier to just state it as fact and hope nobody calls you on it... I remember reading that “How Do I Make You” was the only Top Ten single Linda ever had that wasn't a remake. I'd go back and verify that bit of trivia, but it's so much easier to just state it as fact and hope nobody calls you on it…

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