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      <title><![CDATA[Number 531 - Elton John]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Number 531

Elton John

Blue Eyes

1982





Genre : Pop

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Imagine , if you can, what it is like for us people celebrating (bloody) Xmas in the middle of summer? Yet, down...]]></description>
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<strong><span style="font-size:180%;font-family:Arial;"><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_EfAejaDy-Nc/R2MfvPm3BhI/AAAAAAAAEcA/7AUGlBW4260/s1600-h/England%2520flag%2520blowing.jpg"><img style="float:right;cursor:hand;margin:0 0 10px 10px;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_EfAejaDy-Nc/R2MfvPm3BhI/AAAAAAAAEcA/7AUGlBW4260/s200/England%2520flag%2520blowing.jpg" border="0" alt="" width="69" height="44" /></a>Number 531</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-size:180%;font-family:Arial;">Elton John</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-size:180%;font-family:Arial;">&#8220;Blue Eyes&#8221;</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-size:180%;font-family:Arial;">(1982)</span></strong></p>
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<div><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="color:#ff0000;">Genre</span>:<span style="color:#3366ff;">Pop</span></span></strong></div>
<div><a href="http://crowbarred.blogspot.com/2007/12/number-530-john-lee-hooker.html"><img style="cursor:hand;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_EfAejaDy-Nc/SCK-poylQwI/AAAAAAAAFgY/GQcYJmCzOc4/s200/previous.gif" border="0" alt="" /></a> <a href="http://crowbarred.blogspot.com/2007/12/number-532-hall-oates.html"><img style="cursor:hand;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_EfAejaDy-Nc/SCK-j4ylQvI/AAAAAAAAFgQ/BVsO2iFH-vU/s200/next.gif" border="0" alt="" /></a></div>
<p style="text-align:right;"><span style="font-size:85%;">print available @ </span><a class="u" href="http://marousha.deviantart.com/"><span style="font-size:85%;color:#ffff00;">marousha</span></a></p>
<p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><strong><span style="font-size:180%;"><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_EfAejaDy-Nc/R2MjS_m3BjI/AAAAAAAAEcQ/F_17bvHq5gA/s1600-h/angel_eyes_by_marousha.jpg"><img style="float:right;cursor:hand;margin:0 0 10px 10px;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_EfAejaDy-Nc/R2MjS_m3BjI/AAAAAAAAEcQ/F_17bvHq5gA/s200/angel_eyes_by_marousha.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>Imagine</span></strong>, if you can, what it is like for us people celebrating <span style="font-size:78%;">(bloody)</span> Xmas in the middle of summer? Yet, down under we have to tolerate Christmas advertising with a &#8220;White Out&#8221; theme. Snow, snowflakes, snowmen, snow-angels and yet its 25 degrees (77 Fahrenheit for our non metric friends) yet the media insist on a white Xmas, its crazy i tell you</span>. <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Imagine Americans &amp; Europeans standing around a BBQ in beach shorts on Christmas day</span>! <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:85%;">(Oh look &#8230; emails from people who live in Florida)</span> <em>naff naff</em>. </span><br />
<span style="font-size:85%;">art by </span><a class="u" href="http://blackfauve.deviantart.com/"><span style="font-size:85%;color:#ffff00;">blackfauve</span></a></p>
<p><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_EfAejaDy-Nc/R2M-0vm3BkI/AAAAAAAAEcY/GCgSIlJl8qY/s1600-h/Santa__s_escape_by_blackfauve.jpg"><img style="float:left;cursor:hand;margin:0 10px 10px 0;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_EfAejaDy-Nc/R2M-0vm3BkI/AAAAAAAAEcY/GCgSIlJl8qY/s200/Santa__s_escape_by_blackfauve.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><strong><span style="font-size:180%;">Speaking</span></strong> of people who wear bizarre outfits such as Santa <em>&#8216;the anagram<span style="font-size:85%;">&#8216;ing</span> Satan&#8217;</em> he is, leads me to another entertainer, Elton John, who also loves the flair of outrageous clothing too. I have been to two concerts of Elton&#8217;s now and i can say he has to be one of the best. I have never seen so many people who had enjoyed themselves so much. If you havent been to one of his concerts yet &#8230;. then go! He&#8217;s getting on now (60) so you better hurry before he throws the towel in and if your worried about his personal life, which i dont agree with either, just turn the other cheek. (Oh wait &#8230;. thats what Elton does)</span></p>
<div style="text-align:right;"><span style="font-size:85%;">art by </span><a class="u" href="http://pikyoo.deviantart.com/"><span style="font-size:85%;color:#ffff00;">pikyoo</span></a></div>
<div><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_EfAejaDy-Nc/R2NDw_m3BlI/AAAAAAAAEcg/8au2RZ9bEVE/s1600-h/Elton+John+1.jpg"><img style="float:right;cursor:hand;margin:0 0 10px 10px;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_EfAejaDy-Nc/R2NDw_m3BlI/AAAAAAAAEcg/8au2RZ9bEVE/s200/Elton+John+1.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><a class="dlink" href="http://www.artistdirect.com/store/artist/album/0,,110588,00.html"><span style="font-size:180%;color:#33ccff;font-family:arial;"><strong>Jump Up!</strong></span></a><span style="color:#ff9900;font-family:arial;"> (1982) was </span><a class="dlink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elton_john"><span style="color:#33ccff;font-family:arial;">Elton John</span></a><span style="color:#ff9900;font-family:arial;">&#8217;s (piano/vocals) first full LP to have been recorded in the 1980s, and is best remembered for including &#8220;Empty Garden (Hey Hey Johnny)&#8221; &#8212; </span><a class="dlink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elton_john"><span style="color:#33ccff;font-family:arial;">John</span></a><span style="color:#ff9900;font-family:arial;"> and lyricist </span><a class="dlink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernie_Taupin"><span style="color:#33ccff;font-family:arial;">Bernie Taupin</span></a><span style="color:#ff9900;font-family:arial;">&#8217;s tribute to the their slain friend, </span><a class="dlink" href="http://crowbarred.blogspot.com/search/label/John%20Lennon%20639"><span style="color:#33ccff;font-family:arial;">John Lennon</span></a><span style="color:#ff9900;font-family:arial;">. While the pair had been writing together again, albeit infrequently, since the late &#8217;70s, </span><a class="dlink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elton_john"><span style="color:#33ccff;font-family:arial;">John</span></a><span style="color:#ff9900;font-family:arial;"> continued to include material written with his primary non-</span><a class="dlink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernie_Taupin"><span style="color:#33ccff;font-family:arial;">Taupin</span></a><span style="color:#ff9900;font-family:arial;"> collaborator, Gary Osborne. The latter team had previously scored big with &#8220;Little Jeannie&#8221; on </span><a class="dlink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elton_john"><span style="color:#33ccff;font-family:arial;">John</span></a><span style="color:#ff9900;font-family:arial;"><span style="color:#33ccff;">&#8216;</span>s 21 at 33 (1980), and to a lesser degree with the noir ballad &#8220;Chloe&#8221; from </span><a class="dlink" href="http://www.artistdirect.com/store/artist/album/0,,110587,00.html"><span style="color:#33ccff;font-family:arial;">The Fox</span></a><span style="color:#ff9900;font-family:arial;"><span style="color:#33ccff;"> </span>(1981). However, on </span><a class="dlink" href="http://www.artistdirect.com/store/artist/album/0,,110588,00.html"><span style="color:#33ccff;font-family:arial;">Jump Up!</span></a><span style="color:#ff9900;font-family:arial;">, the quality of material dithers from the absurd and inane &#8220;I Am Your Robot&#8221; &#8212; featuring lead guitar work from </span><a class="dlink" href="http://crowbarred.blogspot.com/search/label/Who%20556"><span style="color:#33ccff;font-family:arial;">Pete Townshend</span></a><span style="color:#ff9900;font-family:arial;"> &#8212; or the insipid breakup opener &#8220;Dear John&#8221; to the sublime beauty of &#8220;Blue Eyes&#8221; or the cathartic value of the aforementioned &#8220;Empty Garden (Hey Hey Johnny).&#8221;</span><br />
<span style="font-size:85%;">Um, wheres Daisy?</span></div>
<div><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_EfAejaDy-Nc/R2NF-Pm3BmI/AAAAAAAAEco/TmhUpWZsLss/s1600-h/Elton+John+2.jpg"><img style="float:left;cursor:hand;margin:0 10px 10px 0;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_EfAejaDy-Nc/R2NF-Pm3BmI/AAAAAAAAEco/TmhUpWZsLss/s200/Elton+John+2.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><span style="color:#ff9900;font-family:arial;">The dramatic &#8220;<strong><span style="font-size:180%;">Legal Boys</span></strong>&#8221; is an understated masterpiece, marking the first public effort between </span><a class="dlink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elton_john"><span style="color:#33ccff;font-family:arial;">John</span></a><span style="color:#ff9900;font-family:arial;"> and </span><a class="dlink" href="http://www.artistdirect.com/music/artist/card/0,,518118,00.html"><span style="color:#33ccff;font-family:arial;">Sir Tim Rice</span></a><span style="color:#ff9900;font-family:arial;">. The pair would garner Tony and Grammy awards 12 years later for their work on the original motion picture soundtrack to the animated feature film The Lion King (1994). </span><a class="dlink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elton_john"><span style="color:#33ccff;font-family:arial;">John</span></a><span style="color:#ff9900;font-family:arial;">&#8217;s backing band includes many of the same musicians who contributed to his most recent recordings. Representing the &#8220;classic&#8221; personnel are Dee Murray (bass) and post-</span><a class="dlink" href="http://www.artistdirect.com/store/artist/album/0,,110578,00.html"><span style="color:#33ccff;font-family:arial;">Captain Fantastic</span></a><span style="color:#ff9900;font-family:arial;"> (1975) recruit </span><a class="dlink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Newton_Howard"><span style="color:#33ccff;font-family:arial;">James Newton-Howard</span></a><span style="color:#ff9900;font-family:arial;"> (keyboards). Fleshing out the core combo are studio guitarist extraordinaire </span><a class="dlink" href="http://www.artistdirect.com/music/artist/card/0,,513331,00.html"><span style="color:#33ccff;font-family:arial;">Richie Zito</span></a><span style="color:#ff9900;font-family:arial;"> and </span><a class="dlink" href="http://crowbarred.blogspot.com/search/label/Toto"><span style="color:#33ccff;font-family:arial;">Toto</span></a><span style="color:#ff9900;font-family:arial;"> drummer (and another highly regarded session heavy) Jeff Porcaro. Steve Holly (drums), who worked with Wings as well as </span><a class="dlink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elton_john"><span style="color:#33ccff;font-family:arial;">John</span></a><span style="color:#ff9900;font-family:arial;"> circa </span><a class="dlink" href="http://www.artistdirect.com/store/artist/album/0,,2557721,00.html"><span style="color:#33ccff;font-family:arial;">A Single Man</span></a><span style="color:#ff9900;font-family:arial;"> (1978), guests on the tracks &#8220;Ball &amp; Chain&#8221; and &#8220;I Am Your Robot.&#8221; While far from a total washout, </span><a class="dlink" href="http://www.artistdirect.com/store/artist/album/0,,110588,00.html"><span style="color:#33ccff;font-family:arial;">Jump Up!</span></a><span style="color:#ff9900;font-family:arial;"> would remain tethered in the wake of the follow-up, Too Low for Zero (1983), marking a reunion between </span><a class="dlink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elton_john"><span style="color:#33ccff;font-family:arial;">John</span></a><span style="color:#ff9900;font-family:arial;"> and both his &#8220;classic&#8221; 1970s combo as well as </span><a class="dlink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernie_Taupin"><span style="color:#33ccff;font-family:arial;">Taupin</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;">.</span> ~ [Lindsay Planer, All Music Guide]</div>
<div style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#ff6600;font-family:trebuchet ms;">Elton Trivia</span></strong></div>
<div><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elton_john"><img style="float:right;cursor:hand;margin:0 0 10px 10px;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_EfAejaDy-Nc/R2NH3Pm3BnI/AAAAAAAAEcw/vtOGwMjCDNo/s200/Elton+John+3.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong><span style="font-size:180%;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elton_john"><span style="color:#ff0000;">Elton</span><span style="color:#ff0000;"> John</span></a></span></strong> decided with his fleet manager John Newman to sell 20 of his collection of 28 cars at </span><a title="Christie's" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christie%27s"><span style="color:#ff0000;font-family:arial;">Christie&#8217;s</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"> — including several Ferraris, Aston Martins, and six post-war Bentleys. His reason for selling them was stated as: I do not find enough time to drive them. The sale raised £2 million</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> </span><a class="external text" title="http://www.classics.com/eltjohn.html" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.classics.com/eltjohn.html"><span style="color:#ff0000;font-family:arial;">The cars sold</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"> included: 1993 </span><a title="Jaguar XJ220" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaguar_XJ220"><span style="color:#ff0000;font-family:arial;">Jaguar XJ220</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"> — the most expensive car in the collection, with a 213mph top speed and only 852 miles on the clock — sold for £234,750. The auction room was told how Sir Elton&#8217;s chauffeur refused to drive the car after he &#8220;twitched it&#8221; on a flyover and was scared by its power.<br />
1978 </span><a title="Aston Martin V8 Vantage (1977)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aston_Martin_V8_Vantage_%281977%29"><span style="color:#ff0000;font-family:arial;">Aston Martin V8 Vantage</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"> Coupe — known as &#8220;The Beast&#8221;, because of its roar, went for £80,750. The car was painted in black, red and yellow; the colours of Sir Elton&#8217;s favourite Watford Football Club.<br />
Two </span><a title="Ferrari" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferrari"><span style="color:#ff0000;font-family:arial;">Ferraris</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"> — a 1992 512 </span><a title="Testarossa" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Testarossa"><span style="color:#ff0000;font-family:arial;">Testarossa</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"> and a 1987 Testarossa given to John by </span><a title="Music Corporation of America" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_Corporation_of_America"><span style="color:#ff0000;font-family:arial;">MCA Records</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"> on the occasion of his 40th birthday. Rod Stewart had been among a group of friends who had ridden in the car.</span><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />
<a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_EfAejaDy-Nc/R2NI0fm3BoI/AAAAAAAAEc4/OgfHIpb0SsY/s1600-h/Rolls-Royce_Phantom_VI_Limousine.jpg"><img style="float:left;cursor:hand;margin:0 10px 10px 0;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_EfAejaDy-Nc/R2NI0fm3BoI/AAAAAAAAEc4/OgfHIpb0SsY/s200/Rolls-Royce_Phantom_VI_Limousine.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>1973 </span><a title="Rolls-Royce Phantom VI" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolls-Royce_Phantom_VI"><span style="color:#ff0000;font-family:arial;">Rolls-Royce Phantom VI</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"> — Lawrence Cohen from Hertfordshire spent over twice as much on a car valued at £110,000. It was fitted with a 36-speaker stereo system which cost £28,000. It was so powerful that it once blew out the rear window, after which the glass in the car had to be reinforced.<br />
1985 </span><a title="Bentley Continental (1984)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bentley_Continental_%281984%29"><span style="color:#ff0000;font-family:arial;">Bentley Continental</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"> Convertible — in Tudor Red, the car used in the video for Nikita. The car&#8217;s body was specially crafted by coachbuilder </span><a title="Mulliner Park Ward" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mulliner_Park_Ward"><span style="color:#ff0000;font-family:arial;">Mulliner Park Ward</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"> of </span><a title="Harlesden" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harlesden"><span style="color:#ff0000;font-family:arial;">Harlesden</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;">, and a long list of special fitments include colour-coded radiator veins and parchment trim piped in red.<br />
<a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_EfAejaDy-Nc/R2NJgPm3BpI/AAAAAAAAEdA/cuPnn4J5SIE/s1600-h/freemancu.jpg"><img style="float:right;cursor:hand;margin:0 0 10px 10px;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_EfAejaDy-Nc/R2NJgPm3BpI/AAAAAAAAEdA/cuPnn4J5SIE/s200/freemancu.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>1969 </span><a title="Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolls-Royce_Silver_Cloud"><span style="color:#ff0000;font-family:arial;">Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"> Mk3 — supplied new in Arizona, it was a purchase by John in Atlanta and named Daisy after the film </span><a title="Driving Miss Daisy" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Driving_Miss_Daisy"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color:#ff0000;">Driving</span> <span style="color:#ff0000;">Miss Daisy</span></span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"> which was filmed close to his Atlanta home. Flown to the UK in 1994 by KLM, it spent two years being restored at the cost of £100,000. It sold for £90,000.<br />
In 2003, Elton John sold the contents of his Holland Park home in a bid to create more room for his collection of contemporary art. The auctioneer </span><a title="Sotheby's" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sotheby%27s"><span style="color:#ff0000;font-family:arial;">Sotheby&#8217;s</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"> catalogue had a list of more than 400 items, expected to fetch £800,000, including: Biedermeier furniture; early 16th- and 17th-century items, including an Edward Bower estimated at £20,000–£30,000 and a portrait of Elizabeth Honeywood from the circle of William Larkin, which was estimated at £30,000–£40,000. John&#8217;s bedroom featured a painting by 19th-century French artist Jacques-Noël-Marie Frémy, which was exhibited at the 1814 Paris Salon, and is estimated at £12,000–£18,000.</span><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />
Despite his extravagant lifestyle and excessive spending, John&#8217;s fortune is estimated at £250 million, making him one of the wealthiest people in the music and entertainment industry</span>. ~ [Source:Wikipedia]</div>
<div>Roll Call &#8230;..</div>
<div>For John Lennon see <a href="http://crowbarred.blogspot.com/search/label/John%20Lennon%20639"><span style="color:#ff6600;">Number 639</span></a></p>
<div>For Pete Townshend see <a href="http://crowbarred.blogspot.com/search/label/Who%20556"><span style="color:#ff6600;">Number 556</span></a></p>
<div>For Toto see <a href="http://crowbarred.blogspot.com/search/label/Toto"><span style="color:#ff6600;">Number 956</span></a></p>
<div><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_EfAejaDy-Nc/R2NVG_m3BqI/AAAAAAAAEdI/9OHiF4_lnck/s1600-h/RS+Elton+John.jpg"><img style="float:left;cursor:hand;margin:0 10px 10px 0;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_EfAejaDy-Nc/R2NVG_m3BqI/AAAAAAAAEdI/9OHiF4_lnck/s200/RS+Elton+John.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>What does Rolling Stone <em>think</em> about Sir Elton?</div>
<div><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span style="color:#cc33cc;"><strong><span style="font-size:180%;">Jump Up</span></strong> is the album that redeems </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elton_john"><span style="color:#33cc00;">Elton John</span></a><span style="color:#cc33cc;"> from his famine years as a fallen superstar exiled to less verdant pastures. Showing more spunk than anyone might have expected at this late date, he&#8217;s put himself back on top simply by making a tour de force of a record that says he knows he&#8217;s worth it. Even if he never again comes close to inciting the mass hysteria of the mid-Seventies, the sheer stylistic breadth of Jump Up should secure Elton John&#8217;s reputation as a rare master of pop form</span></span><span style="color:#cc33cc;font-family:courier new;">.</span></div>
<div><span style="font-family:courier new;"><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_EfAejaDy-Nc/R2NWK_m3BrI/AAAAAAAAEdQ/4TRudcNzTss/s1600-h/Elton+John+4.jpg"><span style="color:#cc33cc;font-family:courier new;"><img style="float:right;cursor:hand;margin:0 0 10px 10px;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_EfAejaDy-Nc/R2NWK_m3BrI/AAAAAAAAEdQ/4TRudcNzTss/s200/Elton+John+4.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></span></a><span style="color:#cc33cc;">From the <strong><span style="font-size:180%;">muscular</span></strong> lurch of &#8220;Dear John&#8221; to the Philly-soul stylings of </span></span><span style="color:#cc33cc;"><span style="font-family:courier new;">&#8220;Princess,&#8221; Elton is feeling frisky again. Those trademark piano rolls and crisp cadences never sounded so good as on &#8220;Spiteful Child,&#8221; and he&#8217;s found a new expressiveness in his singing (witness the dramatic, mock-Brechtian reading of &#8220;Legal Boys,&#8221; which redresses the paper chasers with eloquent vehemence). And, for a guest-celebrity change of pace, there&#8217;s &#8220;Ball and Chain,&#8221; a catchy little tune that rolls along to the inimitable percussive strum of Pete Townshend&#8217;s acoustic guitar</span>.</span></div>
<div><span style="font-family:courier new;"><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_EfAejaDy-Nc/R2NZBPm3BsI/AAAAAAAAEdY/wsHMo_g8o5c/s1600-h/Elton+John+5.jpg"><span style="color:#cc33cc;"><img style="float:left;cursor:hand;margin:0 10px 10px 0;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_EfAejaDy-Nc/R2NZBPm3BsI/AAAAAAAAEdY/wsHMo_g8o5c/s200/Elton+John+5.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></span></a><span style="color:#cc33cc;"><strong><span style="font-size:180%;">Lyric</span></strong>-writing duties are divided between Gary Osborne and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernie_Taupin"><span style="color:#33cc00;">Bernie Taupin</span></a>. The former seems to coax a more effervescent melody from John, while the latter plumbs for emotional intensity – be it vengeance (&#8221;Spiteful Child&#8221;) or sentimentality (&#8221;Empty Garden,&#8221; a heartfelt paean to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_lennon"><span style="color:#33cc00;">John Lennon</span></a>). Elton John just might be rock &amp; roll&#8217;s equivalent of the Tin Man in The Wizard of Oz. His songs have a kind of mechanical vigor, he&#8217;s a one-man pop-music assembly line, but the guy&#8217;s got a heart that won&#8217;t quit. &#8220;I am your robot/I am your robot man,&#8221; he sings on Jump Up, in a way that suggests he&#8217;s content with this self-assessment. Yeah, he may be a robot, but he&#8217;s our robot, all right. God bless him.</span></span> (RS 370)</div>
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<div><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Name:<span style="color:#33ccff;">Elton John</span><span style="color:#000000;">&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.</span>Related to<span style="color:#33ff33;">³</span>:<span style="color:#33ccff;">No-one</span></span></span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:85%;font-family:courier new;">Yrs Active:<span style="color:#33ccff;">1964 to now</span><span style="color:#000000;">&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;</span>Site:<a href="http://www.eltonjohn.com/"><span style="color:#ff6600;">www.eltonjohn.com</span></a></span></div>
<div><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Best Song<span style="color:#33ff33;">¹</span>:<span style="color:#cc33cc;"><span style="color:#33ccff;">Candle in the Wind</span></span><span style="color:#000000;">.</span><span style="color:#000000;">&#8230;.</span>#1fan:<a href="http://www.eltonfan.com/"><span style="color:#ff6600;">www.eltonfan.com</span></a></span></span></div>
<div><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Best Album<span style="color:#33ff33;">²</span>:<span style="color:#33ccff;">Captain Fantastic</span><span style="color:#000000;">&#8230;..</span>Grammy Awards:<span style="color:#33ccff;">5</span></span></span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:85%;font-family:courier new;">Albums Sold:<span style="color:#33ccff;">250 Million +</span><span style="color:#000000;">&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;</span>Next best thing:<span style="color:#33ccff;">Billy Joel</span></span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:85%;font-family:Courier New;"><span style="color:#33ff33;">¹</span><span style="font-size:78%;">Number of downloads WINMX </span><span style="color:#33ff33;">²</span><span style="font-size:78%;">Artistdirect choice</span> <span style="color:#33cc00;">³</span><span style="font-size:78%;">Associated acts or collaborations</span></span></div>
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<div style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color:#33cc00;">Rolling Stone Top 500 Songs ranked this song at Number</span> (Blue Eyes?) <span style="color:#33cc00;">and the Album ranked at Number</span> (No way)</span></div>
<div style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;font-family:arial;">This song has a crowbarred rating of 74.3 out of 108 pts</span></strong></div>
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Hall &amp; Oates

Maneater

1982



Genre : Pop Rock

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Right , where was i? Oh yes 2 girls 1 cup , no wait! That definitely wasnt it! (For the record that video is truly...]]></description>
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<strong><span style="font-family:Arial;"><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_EfAejaDy-Nc/R2Dt7Tppx-I/AAAAAAAAEag/3oDnL7uS9f8/s1600-h/USA+3.jpg"><img style="float:right;cursor:hand;margin:0 0 10px 10px;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_EfAejaDy-Nc/R2Dt7Tppx-I/AAAAAAAAEag/3oDnL7uS9f8/s200/USA+3.jpg" border="0" alt="" width="66" height="39" /></a><span style="font-size:180%;">Number 532</span></span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-size:180%;font-family:Arial;">Hall &amp; Oates</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-size:180%;font-family:Arial;">&#8220;Maneater&#8221;</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-size:180%;font-family:Arial;">(1982)</span></strong></p>
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<div><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="color:#3366ff;">Genre</span>: <span style="color:#ff6600;">Pop Rock</span></span></strong></div>
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<a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_EfAejaDy-Nc/R2DtuDppx9I/AAAAAAAAEaY/PPhICOrtR-8/s1600-h/Maneater__by_cuntracula.jpg"><img style="float:left;cursor:hand;margin:0 10px 10px 0;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_EfAejaDy-Nc/R2DtuDppx9I/AAAAAAAAEaY/PPhICOrtR-8/s200/Maneater__by_cuntracula.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><strong><span style="font-size:180%;">Right</span></strong>, where was i? Oh yes <strong><span style="color:#ff9900;"><a href="http://nz.youtube.com/watch?v=bYYuQcZ4OUU"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="color:#ff9900;">2 girls</span><span style="color:#ff9900;"> 1 cup</span></span></a></span></strong>, no wait! <em>That definitely wasn&#8217;t it!</em> (For the record that video is truly disgusting). <em>Anyway,</em> back to another eating disorder is Hall &amp; Oates &#8220;<a href="http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=maneater"><span style="color:#ff9900;">Maneater</span></a>&#8221; from 1982, it was the duo&#8217;s biggest hit in their long career beginning in 1967. Back then it was <em>OK</em> for two men to sing in a duo, you hardly have anyone today doing that for the fear of abuse &amp; ridicule, funnily enough at the turn of <em>this</em> century it was OK to have 5 lads in a &#8220;boys&#8221; band and not much was said. Name just one <em>duo</em> that are around today &#8230;.. <em>and no</em> &#8230;. Akon &amp; <a href="http://crowbarred.blogspot.com/search/label/Eminem"><span style="color:#ff9900;">Eminem</span></a> don&#8217;t count. Nor Janet &amp; <a href="http://crowbarred.blogspot.com/search/label/Michael%20Jackson%20580"><span style="color:#ff9900;">Michael Jackson</span></a> either smarty pants &#8230;.. that&#8217;s a completely different genre altogether. (In fact, it could be compared to the opening title)</span></p>
<div style="text-align:right;"><span style="color:#ff6600;">We not benders mate</span></div>
<div><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_EfAejaDy-Nc/R2D4hDppx_I/AAAAAAAAEao/GqSev56C82M/s1600-h/Hall+%26+Oates+1.jpg"><span style="font-family:arial;"><img style="float:right;cursor:hand;margin:0 0 10px 10px;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_EfAejaDy-Nc/R2D4hDppx_I/AAAAAAAAEao/GqSev56C82M/s200/Hall+%26+Oates+1.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color:#3366ff;"><strong><span style="font-size:180%;">From</span></strong> their first hit in 1974 through their heyday in the &#8217;80s, </span></span><a class="dlink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daryl_Hall"><span style="color:#ffff00;font-family:arial;">Daryl Hall</span></a><span style="color:#3366ff;font-family:arial;"> and </span><a class="dlink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Oates"><span style="color:#ffff00;font-family:arial;">John Oates</span></a><span style="color:#3366ff;font-family:arial;">&#8216; smooth, catchy take on Philly soul brought them enormous commercial success &#8212; including six number one singles and six platinum albums &#8212; yet little critical success. </span><a class="dlink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hall_%26_Oates"><span style="color:#ffff00;font-family:arial;">Hall &amp; Oates</span></a><span style="color:#3366ff;font-family:arial;">&#8216; music was remarkably well-constructed and produced; at their best, their songs were filled with strong hooks and melodies that adhered to soul traditions without being a slave to them by incorporating elements of new wave and hard rock. </span><a class="dlink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daryl_Hall"><span style="color:#ffff00;font-family:arial;">Daryl Hall</span></a><span style="color:#3366ff;font-family:arial;"><span style="color:#ffff00;"> </span>began performing professionally while he was a student at Temple University. In 1966, he recorded a single with Kenny Gamble and the Romeos; the group featured </span><a class="dlink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenny_Gamble"><span style="color:#ffff00;font-family:arial;">Gamble</span></a><span style="color:#3366ff;font-family:arial;">, </span><a class="dlink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_Huff"><span style="color:#ffff00;font-family:arial;">Leon Huff</span></a><span style="color:#3366ff;font-family:arial;">, and </span><a class="dlink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thom_Bell"><span style="color:#ffff00;font-family:arial;">Thom Bell</span></a><span style="color:#3366ff;font-family:arial;">, who would all become the architects of Philly soul. During this time, </span><a class="dlink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daryl_Hall"><span style="color:#ffff00;font-family:arial;">Hall</span></a><span style="color:#3366ff;font-family:arial;"> frequently appeared on sessions for </span><a class="dlink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenny_Gamble"><span style="color:#ffff00;font-family:arial;">Gamble</span></a><span style="color:#3366ff;font-family:arial;"> and </span><a class="dlink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_Huff"><span style="color:#ffff00;font-family:arial;">Huff</span></a><span style="color:#3366ff;font-family:arial;">. In 1967, </span><a class="dlink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daryl_Hall"><span style="color:#ffff00;font-family:arial;">Hall</span></a><span style="color:#3366ff;font-family:arial;"> met </span><a class="dlink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Oates"><span style="color:#ffff00;font-family:arial;">John Oates</span></a><span style="color:#3366ff;font-family:arial;">, a fellow Temple University student. </span><a class="dlink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Oates"><span style="color:#ffff00;font-family:arial;">Oates</span></a><span style="color:#3366ff;font-family:arial;"> was leading his own soul band at the time. The two students realized they had similar tastes and began performing together in an array of R&amp;B and doo wop groups. By 1968, the duo had parted ways, as </span><a class="dlink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Oates"><span style="color:#ffff00;font-family:arial;">Oates</span></a><span style="color:#3366ff;font-family:arial;"> transferred schools and </span><a class="dlink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daryl_Hall"><span style="color:#ffff00;font-family:arial;">Hall</span></a><span style="color:#3366ff;font-family:arial;"> formed the soft rock band </span><a class="dlink" href="http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/music/artist/card/0,,439428,00.html"><span style="color:#ffff00;font-family:arial;">Gulliver</span></a><span style="color:#3366ff;font-family:arial;">; the group released one album on Elektra in the late &#8217;60s before disbanding.</span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:85%;color:#ff6600;">W&#8217;ere bloody famous now!</span></div>
<div><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color:#3366ff;"><strong><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_EfAejaDy-Nc/R2EPuDppyGI/AAAAAAAAEbg/FQKS_LUYZXo/s1600-h/Hall+%26+Oates+2.gif"><img style="float:left;cursor:hand;margin:0 10px 10px 0;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_EfAejaDy-Nc/R2EPuDppyGI/AAAAAAAAEbg/FQKS_LUYZXo/s200/Hall+%26+Oates+2.gif" border="0" alt="" /></a><span style="font-size:180%;">Although</span></strong> they had several minor hits between 1977 and 1980, the albums </span></span><a class="dlink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hall_%26_Oates"><span style="color:#ffff00;font-family:arial;">Hall &amp; Oates</span></a><span style="color:#3366ff;font-family:arial;"> released at the end of the decade were not as successful as their mid-&#8217;70s records. Nevertheless, they were more adventurous, incorporating more rock elements into their blue-eyed soul. The combination would finally pay off in late 1980, when the duo released the self-produced </span><a class="dlink" href="http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/store/artist/album/0,,97626,00.html"><span style="color:#ffff00;font-family:arial;">Voices</span></a><span style="color:#3366ff;font-family:arial;">, the album that marked the beginning of </span><a class="dlink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hall_%26_Oates"><span style="color:#ffff00;font-family:arial;">Hall &amp; Oates</span></a><span style="color:#3366ff;font-family:arial;">&#8216; greatest commercial and artistic success. The first single from </span><a class="dlink" href="http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/store/artist/album/0,,97626,00.html"><span style="color:#ffff00;font-family:arial;">Voices</span></a><span style="color:#3366ff;font-family:arial;">, a cover of the Righteous Brothers&#8217; &#8220;You&#8217;ve Lost That Lovin&#8217; Feeling,&#8221; reached number 12, yet it was the second single, &#8220;Kiss on My List&#8221; that confirmed their commercial potential by becoming the duo&#8217;s second number one single; its follow-up, &#8220;You Make My Dreams&#8221; hit number five. They quickly released </span><a class="dlink" href="http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/store/artist/album/0,,97627,00.html"><span style="color:#ffff00;font-family:arial;">Private Eyes</span></a><span style="color:#3366ff;font-family:arial;"> in the summer of 1981; the record featured two number one hits, &#8220;Private Eyes&#8221; and &#8220;I Can&#8217;t Go for That (No Can Do),&#8221; as well as the Top Ten hit &#8220;Did It in a Minute.&#8221; &#8220;I Can&#8217;t Go for That (No Can Do)&#8221; also spent a week at the top of the R&amp;B charts &#8212; a rare accomplishment for a White act. </span><a class="dlink" href="http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/store/artist/album/0,,97628,00.html"><span style="color:#ffff00;font-family:arial;">H20</span></a><span style="color:#3366ff;font-family:arial;"> followed in 1982 and it proved more successful than their two previous albums, selling over two million copies and launching their biggest hit single, &#8220;Maneater,&#8221; as well as the Top Ten hits &#8220;One on One&#8221; and &#8220;Family Man.&#8221; The following year, the duo released a greatest-hits compilation, </span><a class="dlink" href="http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/store/artist/album/0,,2562449,00.html"><span style="color:#ffff00;font-family:arial;">Rock &#8216;N Soul, Pt. 1</span></a><span style="color:#3366ff;font-family:arial;">, that featured two new Top Ten hits &#8212; the number two &#8220;Say It Isn&#8217;t So&#8221; and &#8220;Adult Education.&#8221;</span></div>
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<div style="text-align:left;"><a class="dlink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hall_%26_Oates"><span style="color:#ffff00;font-family:arial;">Hall &amp; Oates</span></a><span style="color:#3366ff;font-family:arial;"> had surpassed the Everly Brothers as the most successful duo in rock history, earning a total of 19 gold and platinum awards. Released in October of 1984, </span><a class="dlink" href="http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/store/artist/album/0,,97630,00.html"><span style="color:#ffff00;font-family:arial;">Big Bam Boom</span></a><span style="color:#3366ff;font-family:arial;"> expanded their number of gold and platinum awards, selling over two million copies and launching four Top 40 singles, including the number one &#8220;Out of Touch.&#8221; Following their contract-fulfilling gold album Live at the Apollo with David Ruffin &amp; Eddie Kendrick, </span><a class="dlink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hall_%26_Oates"><span style="color:#ffff00;font-family:arial;">Hall &amp; Oates</span></a><span style="color:#3366ff;font-family:arial;"> went on hiatus. After the lukewarm reception for </span><a class="dlink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daryl_Hall"><span style="color:#ffff00;font-family:arial;">Daryl Hall</span></a><span style="color:#3366ff;font-family:arial;"><span style="color:#ffff00;">&#8217;s</span> 1986 solo album, Three Hearts in the Happy Ending Machine, the duo regrouped to release 1988&#8217;s </span><a class="dlink" href="http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/store/artist/album/0,,97633,00.html"><span style="color:#ffff00;font-family:arial;">Ooh Yeah!</span></a><span style="color:#3366ff;font-family:arial;">, their first record for Arista. The first single, &#8220;Everything Your Heart Desires,&#8221; went to number three and helped propel the album to platinum status.</span><br />
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<div><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color:#3366ff;"><strong><span style="font-size:180%;">However</span></strong>, none of the album&#8217;s other singles broke the <strong><span style="font-size:180%;">Top 20</span></strong>, indicating that the era of chart dominance had ended. Change of Season, released in 1990, confirmed that fact. Although the record went gold, it only featured one <strong><span style="font-size:180%;">Top 40</span></strong> hit &#8212; the number 11 single, &#8220;So Close.&#8221; The duo mounted a comeback in 1997 with Marigold Sky, but it was only partially successful; far better was 2003&#8217;s Do It for Love and the following year soul covers record Our Kind of Soul.</span></span> ~ [Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide]</div>
<div style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#cc33cc;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">But? &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230; What <em>is</em> <span style="font-size:180%;">Maneater????</span></span></span></strong></div>
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<div>&#8220;<span style="font-family:arial;"><strong><span style="font-size:180%;">Maneater</span></strong>&#8221; is a single recorded by </span><a title="United States" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States"><span style="color:#ffff00;font-family:arial;">American</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"> duo </span><a title="Hall &amp; Oates" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hall_%26_Oates"><span style="color:#ffff00;font-family:arial;">Hall &amp; Oates</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"> from their </span><a title="1982" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1982"><span style="color:#ffff00;font-family:arial;">1982</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"> album </span><a title="H2O (Hall &amp; Oates album)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H2O_%28Hall_%26_Oates_album%29"><span style="color:#ffff00;font-family:arial;">H2O</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;">. It reached #1 on the </span><a title="Billboard Hot 100" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100"><span style="color:#ffff00;font-family:arial;">Billboard Hot 100</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"> chart on </span><a title="December 18" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_18"><span style="color:#ffff00;font-family:arial;">December 18</span></a><span style="color:#ffff00;font-family:arial;">, </span><a title="1982" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1982"><span style="color:#ffff00;font-family:arial;">1982</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;">. In </span><a title="2006" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006"><span style="color:#ffff00;font-family:arial;">2006</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;">, the song and its subject matter were adapted and re-interpreted by </span><a title="Nelly Furtado" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelly_Furtado"><span style="color:#ffff00;font-family:arial;">Nelly Furtado</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"> for her song, also called </span><a title="Maneater (Nelly Furtado song)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maneater_%28Nelly_Furtado_song%29"><span style="color:#ffff00;font-family:arial;">Maneater</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"> from her album Loose. The song was sampled once more in 2006 when the </span><a title="Ying Yang Twins" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ying_Yang_Twins"><span style="color:#ffff00;font-family:arial;">Ying Yang Twins</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"> (featuring </span><a title="Wyclef Jean" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wyclef_Jean"><span style="color:#ffff00;font-family:arial;">Wyclef</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"> and </span><a title="Mr. Collipark" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Collipark"><span style="color:#ffff00;font-family:arial;">Mr. Collipark</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;">) released the song &#8220;</span><a title="Dangerous (Ying Yang Twins song)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dangerous_%28Ying_Yang_Twins_song%29"><span style="color:#ffff00;font-family:arial;">Dangerous</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;">&#8220;. The Hall &amp; Oates version features a saxophone solo by </span><a title="Charles DeChant" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_DeChant"><span style="color:#ffff00;font-family:arial;">Charles &#8220;Mr. Casual&#8221; DeChant</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;">.</span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:85%;color:#ff6600;">Vote change &#8230; dont vote old</span></div>
<div><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_EfAejaDy-Nc/R2EGdTppyEI/AAAAAAAAEbQ/iWMkh_uS3bM/s1600-h/hillary_clinton_1984350.jpg"><img style="float:left;cursor:hand;margin:0 10px 10px 0;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_EfAejaDy-Nc/R2EGdTppyEI/AAAAAAAAEbQ/iWMkh_uS3bM/s200/hillary_clinton_1984350.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">The <strong><span style="font-size:180%;">Hall &amp; Oates</span></strong> music video opens with a woman walking down a red staircase, and the band playing in a dimly lit studio with shafts of light projecting down on them. This may be an attempt to mimic a bar-dance club setting. The band members step in and out of the light for their </span><a title="Lip sync" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lip_sync"><span style="color:#ffff00;font-family:arial;">lip sync</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;">. A young woman in a short party dress is shown in fade-in and fade-out shots, along with a black </span><a title="Jaguar" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaguar"><span style="color:#ffff00;font-family:arial;">jaguar</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;">, hence the song line &#8220;The woman is wild, a she-cat tamed by the purr of a Jaguar&#8221;, which likely refers to a </span><a title="Gold digger" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_digger"><span style="color:#ffff00;font-family:arial;">gold digger</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"> who prefers to ride in an up-scale luxury automobile such as a </span><a title="Jaguar (car)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaguar_%28car%29"><span style="color:#ffff00;font-family:arial;">Jaguar</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;">. The song refrain is &#8220;Whoa, oh here she comes; watch out boy, she&#8217;ll chew you up; whoa, oh here she comes, she&#8217;s a maneater&#8221;</span>. ~ [Source:Wikipedia]</div>
<div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="color:#ff6600;"><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_EfAejaDy-Nc/R2EPPzppyFI/AAAAAAAAEbY/-Zbm3L0mqRo/s1600-h/RS.Hall+%26+Oates.jpg"><img style="float:left;cursor:hand;margin:0 10px 10px 0;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_EfAejaDy-Nc/R2EPPzppyFI/AAAAAAAAEbY/-Zbm3L0mqRo/s200/RS.Hall+%26+Oates.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>What does Rolling Stone <em>think</em> about Hall &amp; Oates</span>?</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span style="color:#66ffff;">It&#8217;d be a disservice to the considerable inventiveness and daring of Daryl Hall and John Oates to suggest that after ten years of trying, they&#8217;d finally hit on a perfectly tailored pop success formula. Nevertheless, their well-steeped brew of gunshot percussion, hooky daubs of synthesizer and soulful, swooping vocals – which revived their career on Voices and spawned four hit singles from their last LP, </span><a href="http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/store/artist/album/0,,2908389,00.html"><span style="color:#ff0000;">Private Eyes</span></a><span style="color:#66ffff;">–is heavily in evidence on their latest effort,</span> <a href="http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/store/artist/album/0,,2908295,00.html"><span style="color:#ff0000;">H2O</span></a><span style="color:#66ffff;">. But with only a few exceptions, the more austere elements of their music are unleavened by wit or generosity of spirit, and the result is a competent but off-putting album whose icy virtuosity makes </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kraftwerk"><span style="color:#ff0000;">Kraftwerk</span></a><span style="color:#66ffff;"> sound as down-home as a bluegrass band.</span></span></div>
<div style="text-align:right;"><span style="font-size:85%;color:#ff6600;">you looking at me??</span></div>
<div><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_EfAejaDy-Nc/R2ERNjppyHI/AAAAAAAAEbo/jLPjCRsXvuI/s1600-h/Hall+%26+Oates+H2o.jpg"><img style="float:right;cursor:hand;margin:0 0 10px 10px;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_EfAejaDy-Nc/R2ERNjppyHI/AAAAAAAAEbo/jLPjCRsXvuI/s200/Hall+%26+Oates+H2o.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span style="color:#66ffff;">The LP&#8217;s first track, &#8220;</span><strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#ff0000;">Maneater</span></strong><span style="color:#66ffff;">,&#8221; sets the tone. A bouncy, hard-edged rhythm line straight from </span><a href="http://crowbarred.blogspot.com/search/label/Diana%20Ross"><span style="color:#ff0000;">the Supremes</span></a><span style="color:#66ffff;">&#8216; &#8220;You Can&#8217;t Hurry Love&#8221; gives the song a promising kickoff. But the hooks never turn up, and the musty misogyny of the lyrics (&#8221;She&#8217;s deadly, man, and she could really rip your world apart&#8221;) only adds to the tune&#8217;s aridity. Hall dominates side one, and without John Oates&#8217; warm vocal tone and lighter touch, his world view seems cramped. You can&#8217;t even dance to it. This isn&#8217;t to say Hall can&#8217;t be a genuinely moving singer. His gorgeous falsetto in the chorus of &#8220;One on One&#8221; manages to breathe some life into the song&#8217;s tired game-of-love metaphor. In &#8220;Art of Heartbreak,&#8221; he gets to blast more straightforwardly over guitar-powered orchestration. But too often, Hall&#8217;s vocal flourishes don&#8217;t reverberate with enough emotional force</span></span><span style="color:#66ffff;">.</span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:85%;color:#ff6600;">Who ate the onion dude?</span></div>
<div><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_EfAejaDy-Nc/R2EShDppyII/AAAAAAAAEbw/tr4S_t0GHvw/s1600-h/Hall+%26+Oates+3.jpg"><img style="float:left;cursor:hand;margin:0 10px 10px 0;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_EfAejaDy-Nc/R2EShDppyII/AAAAAAAAEbw/tr4S_t0GHvw/s200/Hall+%26+Oates+3.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a></div>
<div><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span style="color:#66ffff;"><strong><span style="font-size:180%;">Fortunately</span></strong>, the heat gets turned up on side two. Mike Old-field&#8217;s &#8220;Family Man&#8221; lets Hall and Oates percolate in a romp in the style of &#8220;I Can&#8217;t Go for That (No Can Do),&#8221; and &#8220;Guessing Games,&#8221; with its stuttering, Casiofueled rhythms and bleeps, incites Hall to some evocative wailing. Most welcome of the lot, though, is Oates&#8217; &#8220;Italian Girls,&#8221; a light, poppy lament (&#8221;I drink, I drink so much vino rosso, no more amarone&#8221;) that sounds like</span> <a href="http://crowbarred.blogspot.com/search/label/Steely%20Dan%20907"><span style="color:#ff0000;">Steely Dan</span></a> <span style="color:#66ffff;">having a good time, if such a thing were possible. Both the song and the performance are fun, funky and unoppressive – a particularly significant virtue on this chilly, hemmed-in LP.</span> ~ </span>[Source:RS 383]</div>
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<div>For Michael Jackson see <a href="http://crowbarred.blogspot.com/search/label/Michael%20Jackson%20621"><span style="color:#ff6600;">Number 621</span></a> &amp; <a href="http://crowbarred.blogspot.com/search/label/Michael%20Jackson%20580"><span style="color:#ff6600;">Number 580</span></a></div>
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<div>For the Supremes see <a href="http://crowbarred.blogspot.com/search/label/Diana%20Ross"><span style="color:#ff6600;">Number 716</span></a></div>
<div>For Steely Dan see <a href="http://crowbarred.blogspot.com/search/label/Steely%20Dan%20907"><span style="color:#ff6600;">Number 907</span></a></div>
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<div><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Name:<span style="color:#33ccff;">Hall &amp; Oates</span><span style="color:#000000;">&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..</span>Related to<span style="color:#33ff33;">³</span>:<span style="color:#33ccff;">No-one</span></span></span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:85%;font-family:courier new;">Yrs Active:<span style="color:#33ccff;">1967 to now</span><span style="color:#000000;">&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;</span>Site:</span><a href="http://www.hallandoates.com/"><span style="font-size:85%;color:#ff6600;font-family:courier new;">www.hallandoates.com</span></a></div>
<div><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Best Song<span style="color:#33ff33;">¹</span>:<span style="color:#cc33cc;"><span style="color:#33ccff;">I Cant Go For That</span></span><span style="color:#000000;">&#8230;..</span>#1fan:<a href="http://www.iwc.pair.com/hall_oates/"></a><a href="http://www.iwc.pair.com/"><span style="color:#ff6600;">www.iwc.pair.com</span></a></span></span></div>
<div><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Best Album<span style="color:#33ff33;">²</span>:<span style="color:#33ccff;">Private Eyes</span><span style="color:#000000;">&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.</span>Grammy Awards:<span style="color:#33ccff;">0</span></span></span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:85%;font-family:courier new;">Albums Sold:<span style="color:#33ccff;">6</span><span style="color:#33ccff;">0 Million +</span><span style="color:#000000;">&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.</span>Next best thing:<a href="http://crowbarred.blogspot.com/search/label/Little%20River%20Band%20550"><span style="color:#ff6600;">Little River Band</span></a></span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:85%;font-family:Courier New;"><span style="color:#33ff33;">¹</span><span style="font-size:78%;">Number of downloads WINMX </span><span style="color:#33ff33;">²</span><span style="font-size:78%;">Artistdirect choice</span> <span style="color:#33cc00;">³</span><span style="font-size:78%;">Associated acts or collaborations</span></span></div>
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<div style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color:#33cc00;">Rolling Stone Top 500 Songs ranked this song at Number</span> (Duo? Men????..) and <span style="color:#33cc00;">the Album ranked at Number</span> (Real men don&#8217;t kill coyotes)</span></div>
<div style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;font-family:Arial;"><strong>This song has a crowbarred rating of 74.3 out of 108 pts</strong></span></div>
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      <description><![CDATA[Number 533

Talking Heads

Psycho Killer

1977



Genre : Alternative

When Talking Heads screamed onto our planet of ears, you would have thought music had just landed arse up. Remember, 1977 was a...]]></description>
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</span><strong><span style="font-size:180%;font-family:Arial;">Talking Heads</span></strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><br />
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</span><strong><span style="font-size:180%;font-family:Arial;">&#8220;Psycho Killer&#8221;</span></strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><br />
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</span><strong><span style="font-size:180%;font-family:Arial;">(1977)</span></strong><br />
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</span><strong><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color:#cc33cc;">Genre</span>:<span style="color:#33cc00;">Alternative</span></span></strong></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_EfAejaDy-Nc/R1ExvQaEiNI/AAAAAAAAEYQ/H_nufv2eMxQ/s1600-R/Psycho.jpg"><img style="float:right;cursor:hand;margin:0 0 10px 10px;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_EfAejaDy-Nc/R1ExvQaEiNI/AAAAAAAAEYQ/jmZPYjhy8H4/s200/Psycho.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><span style="color:#ff9900;">When <strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#3366ff;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talking_heads"><span style="color:#3366ff;">Talking</span><span style="color:#3366ff;"> Heads</span></a></span></strong> screamed onto our planet of ears, you would have thought music had just landed &#8220;arse up&#8221;. Remember, 1977 was a land of Disco &amp; Love Ballads and not forgetting the bastard <em>offspring</em> &#8220;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punk_rock"><span style="color:#3366ff;">Punk</span></a>&#8220;. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Wave_music"><span style="color:#3366ff;">New Wave</span></a> was around the corner, so WTF was Talking Heads all about then? Well as luck would have it, Talking heads was the <em>Timelords missing link</em> between Punk &amp; New Wave&#8230;. sort of like a &#8220;marriage made in rock&#8217;s heaven&#8221; or &#8220;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sid_Vicious"><span style="color:#3366ff;">Sid Vicious</span></a> holds hands with <a href="http://crowbarred.blogspot.com/search/label/Lou%20Reed%20and%20John%20Cale"><span style="color:#3366ff;">Lou Reed</span></a>&#8220;. If you think that&#8217;s confusing, try and understand this gem of a chart for Genealogy Of Music. (Ai yi yi) Now if only they can figure who <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rap"><span style="color:#3366ff;">Rap</span></a> is related to (OK &#8230; who yelled out Sesame Street ! ???)</span></span></p>
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<div><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_EfAejaDy-Nc/R1E9BwaEiSI/AAAAAAAAEY4/2Zv7h6az09A/s1600-R/David_Byrne_vector_1_by_choffman36.jpg"><span style="font-family:arial;"><img style="float:left;cursor:hand;margin:0 10px 10px 0;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_EfAejaDy-Nc/R1E9BwaEiSI/AAAAAAAAEY4/O_0hQbvec2I/s200/David_Byrne_vector_1_by_choffman36.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></span></a><span style="font-family:arial;">At the start of their career, </span><a class="dlink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talking_heads"><span style="font-size:180%;color:#ff0000;font-family:arial;"><strong>Talking Heads</strong></span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"> were all nervous energy, detached emotion, and subdued minimalism. When they released their last album about 12 years later, the band had recorded everything from art-funk to polyrhythmic worldbeat explorations and simple, melodic guitar pop. Between their first album in 1977 and their last in 1988, </span><a class="dlink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talking_heads"><span style="color:#ff0000;font-family:arial;">Talking Heads</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"> became one of the most critically acclaimed bands of the &#8217;80s, while managing to earn several pop hits. While some of their music can seem too self-consciously experimental, clever, and intellectual for its own good, at their best </span><a class="dlink" href="http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/music/artist/card/0,,499795,00.html"><span style="color:#ff0000;font-family:arial;">Talking Heads</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"> represent everything good about art-school punks</span>.</div>
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<div style="text-align:left;"><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_EfAejaDy-Nc/R1E-8AaEiTI/AAAAAAAAEZA/2pLUP2Lbb-E/s1600-R/Psycho_Killer_by_bven49.jpg"><span style="font-family:arial;"><img style="float:right;cursor:hand;margin:0 0 10px 10px;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_EfAejaDy-Nc/R1E-8AaEiTI/AAAAAAAAEZA/tiLI1udQFKs/s200/Psycho_Killer_by_bven49.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></span></a><span style="font-family:arial;">And they were <strong><span style="font-size:180%;">literally</span></strong> art-school punks. Guitarist/vocalist </span><a class="dlink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Byrne_%28musician%29"><span style="color:#ff0000;font-family:arial;">David Byrne</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;">, drummer </span><a class="dlink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Frantz"><span style="color:#ff0000;font-family:arial;">Chris Frantz</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;">, and bassist </span><a class="dlink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tina_Weymouth"><span style="color:#ff0000;font-family:arial;">Tina Weymouth</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"> met at the Rhode Island School of Design in the early &#8217;70s; they decided to move to New York in 1974 to concentrate on making music. The next year, the band won a spot opening for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_ramones"><span style="color:#ff0000;">the Ramones</span></a> at the seminal New York punk club CBGB. In 1976, keyboardist </span><a class="dlink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Harrison"><span style="color:#ff0000;font-family:arial;">Jerry Harrison</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;">, a former member of </span><a class="dlink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Richman"><span style="color:#ff0000;font-family:arial;">Jonathan Richman</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color:#ff0000;">&#8216;</span>s </span><a class="dlink" href="http://crowbarred.blogspot.com/search/label/Modern%20Lovers"><span style="color:#ff0000;font-family:arial;">Modern Lovers</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;">, was added to the lineup. By 1977, the band had signed to Sire Records and released its first album, </span><a class="dlink" href="http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/store/artist/album/0,,172353,00.html"><span style="color:#ff0000;font-family:arial;">Talking Heads: 77</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;">. It received a considerable amount of acclaim for its stripped-down rock &amp; roll, particularly </span><a class="dlink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Byrne_%28musician%29"><span style="color:#ff0000;font-family:arial;">Byrne</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;">&#8217;s geeky, overly intellectual lyrics and uncomfortable, jerky vocals</span>.<br />
<span style="color:#ffff00;">Sooooo young<br />
</span><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_EfAejaDy-Nc/R1FCBAaEiUI/AAAAAAAAEZI/lpOH2yfk09I/s1600-R/talking+heads+3.jpg"><img style="float:left;cursor:hand;margin:0 10px 10px 0;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_EfAejaDy-Nc/R1FCBAaEiUI/AAAAAAAAEZI/8vJHzq_KYxI/s200/talking+heads+3.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a> <span style="font-family:arial;">For their <strong><span style="font-size:180%;">next</span></strong> album, 1978&#8217;s More Songs About Buildings and Food, the band worked with producer </span><a class="dlink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_eno"><span style="color:#ff0000;font-family:arial;">Brian Eno</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;">, recording a set of carefully constructed, arty pop songs, distinguished by extensive experimenting with combined acoustic and electronic instruments, as well as touches of surprisingly credible funk. On their next album, the </span><a class="dlink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_eno"><span style="color:#ff0000;font-family:arial;">Eno</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;">-produced Fear of Music, </span><a class="dlink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talking_heads"><span style="color:#ff0000;font-family:arial;">Talking Heads</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"> began to rely heavily on their rhythm section, adding flourishes of African-styled polyrhythms. This approach came to a full fruition with 1980&#8217;s Remain in Light, which was again produced by </span><a class="dlink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_eno"><span style="color:#ff0000;font-family:arial;">Eno</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;">. </span><a class="dlink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talking_heads"><span style="color:#ff0000;font-family:arial;">Talking Heads</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"> added several sidemen, including a horn section, leaving them free to explore their dense amalgam of African percussion, funk bass and keyboards, pop songs, and electronics</span>.</div>
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<div style="text-align:left;"><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_EfAejaDy-Nc/R1FFEgaEiVI/AAAAAAAAEZQ/VCBFXLUI_AM/s1600-R/Warholesque_by_futureismetric.jpg"><img style="float:right;cursor:hand;margin:0 0 10px 10px;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_EfAejaDy-Nc/R1FFEgaEiVI/AAAAAAAAEZQ/OJjaArRnFL8/s200/Warholesque_by_futureismetric.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong><span style="font-size:180%;">After</span></strong> a long tour, the band concentrated on solo projects for a couple of years. By the time of 1983&#8217;s Speaking in Tongues, the band had severed its ties with </span><a class="dlink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_eno"><span style="color:#ff0000;font-family:arial;">Eno</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;">; the result was an album that still relied on the rhythmic innovations of Remain in Light, except within a more rigid pop-song structure. After its release, </span><a class="dlink" href="http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/music/artist/card/0,,499795,00.html"><span style="color:#ff0000;font-family:arial;">Talking Heads</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"> embarked on another extensive tour, which would turn out to be their last; it&#8217;s captured on the Jonathan Demme-directed concert film Stop Making Sense. After releasing the straightforward pop album </span><a class="dlink" href="http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/store/artist/album/0,,172361,00.html"><span style="color:#ff0000;font-family:arial;">Little Creatures</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"> in 1985, </span><a class="dlink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Byrne_%28musician%29"><span style="color:#ff0000;font-family:arial;">Byrne</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"> directed his first movie, True Stories, the following year; the band&#8217;s next album featured songs from the film. Two years later, </span><a class="dlink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talking_heads"><span style="color:#ff0000;font-family:arial;">Talking Heads</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"> released </span><a class="dlink" href="http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/store/artist/album/0,,172363,00.html"><span style="color:#ff0000;font-family:arial;">Naked</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;">, which marked a return to their worldbeat explorations, although it sometimes suffered from </span><a class="dlink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Byrne_%28musician%29"><span style="color:#ff0000;font-family:arial;">Byrne</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;">&#8217;s lyrical pretensions</span>.<br />
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<a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_EfAejaDy-Nc/R1FH0QaEiWI/AAAAAAAAEZY/47SvFsFwZyI/s1600-R/Talking_Heads_by_ST4TIK.jpg"><img style="float:left;cursor:hand;margin:0 10px 10px 0;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_EfAejaDy-Nc/R1FH0QaEiWI/AAAAAAAAEZY/WXfKLXPJ9yg/s200/Talking_Heads_by_ST4TIK.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a> <span style="font-family:arial;">After its release, </span><a class="dlink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talking_heads"><span style="font-size:180%;font-family:arial;"><strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">Talking</span><span style="color:#ff0000;"> Heads</span></strong></span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"> were put on &#8220;hiatus&#8221;; </span><a class="dlink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Byrne_%28musician%29"><span style="color:#ff0000;font-family:arial;">Byrne</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"> pursued some solo projects, as did </span><a class="dlink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Harrison"><span style="color:#ff0000;font-family:arial;">Harrison</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;">, and </span><a class="dlink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Frantz"><span style="color:#ff0000;font-family:arial;">Frantz</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"> and </span><a class="dlink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tina_Weymouth"><span style="color:#ff0000;font-family:arial;">Weymouth</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"> continued with their side project, </span><a class="dlink" href="http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/music/artist/card/0,,502281,00.html"><span style="color:#ff0000;font-family:arial;">Tom Tom Club</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;">. In 1991, the band issued an announcement that they had broken up. Five years later, the original lineup minus </span><a class="dlink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Byrne_%28musician%29"><span style="color:#ff0000;font-family:arial;">Byrne</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"> reunited as the Heads for the album </span><a class="dlink" href="http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/store/artist/album/0,,236062,00.html"><span style="color:#ff0000;font-family:arial;">No Talking Just Head</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;">. Then in 1999, all four worked together to promote a 15th-anniversary edition of Stop Making Sense.</span> ~ [Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide]</div>
<p>For Modern Lovers see <a href="http://crowbarred.blogspot.com/search/label/Modern%20Lovers"><span style="color:#ff6600;">Number 994</span></a><br />
For Lou Reed see <a href="http://crowbarred.blogspot.com/search/label/Lou%20Reed%20and%20John%20Cale"><span style="color:#ff6600;">Number 918</span></a> &amp; <a href="http://crowbarred.blogspot.com/search/label/Velvet%20Underground"><span style="color:#ff6600;">Number 953</span></a></p>
<p><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_EfAejaDy-Nc/R1FQ-AaEiXI/AAAAAAAAEZg/qOt5cCPtOso/s1600-R/RS+Talking+Heads.jpg"><img style="float:left;cursor:hand;margin:0 10px 10px 0;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_EfAejaDy-Nc/R1FQ-AaEiXI/AAAAAAAAEZg/hs6O9E98lx0/s200/RS+Talking+Heads.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>What does Rolling Stone <em>think</em> about Talking Heads?<br />
<span style="color:#00cccc;font-family:courier new;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talking_heads"><span style="color:#ffff00;">Talking Heads</span></a> are the last of CBGB&#8217;s original Big Four to record (following <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patti_smith"><span style="color:#ffff00;">Patti Smith</span></a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_ramones"><span style="color:#ffff00;">the Ramones</span></a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television_%28band%29"><span style="color:#ffff00;">Television</span></a>), and their debut is an absolute triumph. Dressing like a quartet of Young Republicans, playing courteously toned-down music and singing lyrics lauding civil servants, parents and college, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talking_heads"><span style="color:#ffff00;">Talking </span><span style="color:#ffff00;">Head</span></a><span style="color:#ffff00;">s</span> are not even remotely punks. Rather, they are the great Ivy League hope of pop music. I can&#8217;t recall when I last heard such a vital, imaginatively tuneful album. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Byrne_%28musician%29"><span style="color:#ffff00;">David Byrne&#8217;s</span></a> music is refreshing, abundantly varied and fun to listen to. He takes the buoyant, post-Beatles singles format of the Sixties—brisk pacing, great hooks, crisp playing, bright production—and impulsively veers off on unexpected tangents that are challenging without becoming inaccessible.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span style="color:#00cccc;"><strong><span style="font-size:180%;"><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_EfAejaDy-Nc/R1FTMgaEiYI/AAAAAAAAEZo/BQrXxmzPZQ4/s1600-R/Talking+Heads+4.jpg"><span style="color:#00cccc;font-family:courier new;"><img style="float:right;cursor:hand;margin:0 0 10px 10px;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_EfAejaDy-Nc/R1FTMgaEiYI/AAAAAAAAEZo/JtZZOGzgOO8/s200/Talking+Heads+4.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></span></a>Vocally</span></strong>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Byrne_%28musician%29"><span style="color:#ffff00;">Byrne</span></a>&#8217;s live-wired personality vibrates his precise musical framework like a caged tiger rattling its bars. (That he sings in a stiff, reedy, &#8220;bad&#8221; voice, grasping for higher notes like a drowning man lunging for air, only heightens the drama.) Exploring the logic and disorientation of love, decision making, ambition and the need for selfishness, he gropes for articulation like a metaphysician having difficulty computing emotions. Given his relatively unlyrical nature, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Byrne_%28musician%29"><span style="color:#ffff00;">Byrne</span></a>&#8217;s burgeoning persona is not in the least tentative. &#8220;No Compassion&#8221; asserts all the impatience of <a href="http://crowbarred.blogspot.com/search/label/Lou%20Reed%20and%20John%20Cale"><span style="color:#ffff00;">Lou Reed</span></a> in a bad mood, while &#8220;Psycho Killer&#8221; pulses with vehemence</span>.</span></p>
<div><span style="color:#00cccc;font-family:courier new;"><strong><span style="font-size:180%;">For me</span></strong>, the direct, crisp, jaunty Talking Heads and the abstracted, unrestrained, fiery Television stand as <a href="http://crowbarred.blogspot.com/search/label/Beatles%20587"><span style="color:#ffff00;">the Beatles</span></a> and <a href="http://crowbarred.blogspot.com/search/label/Rolling%20Stones%20689"><span style="color:#ffff00;">Rolling Stones</span></a> of the restless, displaced Seventies. Not only is this a great album, it&#8217;s also one of the definitive records of the decade.</span> ~[Source:Rolling Stone 251)</div>
<div style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#ff6600;font-family:trebuchet ms;">Pyscho Killer?</span></strong></div>
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<div><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_EfAejaDy-Nc/R1FVSwaEiZI/AAAAAAAAEZw/CLIUEZ2ZUbs/s1600-R/weymouth_t.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img style="float:right;cursor:hand;margin:0 0 10px 10px;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_EfAejaDy-Nc/R1FVSwaEiZI/AAAAAAAAEZw/JTYtN2dphsY/s200/weymouth_t.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">&#8220;<strong><span style="font-size:180%;">Psycho Killer</span></strong>&#8221; is the name of a </span><a title="New wave music" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_wave_music"><span style="color:#ff0000;font-family:trebuchet ms;">new wave</span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> song from the 1977 </span><a title="Talking Heads" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talking_Heads"><span style="color:#ff0000;font-family:trebuchet ms;">Talking Heads</span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> album </span><a title="77" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talking_Heads:_77"><span style="color:#ff0000;font-family:trebuchet ms;">Talking Heads: 77</span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">. It was written by </span><a title="David Byrne (musician)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Byrne_%28musician%29"><span style="color:#ff0000;font-family:trebuchet ms;">David Byrne</span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> with </span><a title="Chris Frantz" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Frantz"><span style="color:#ff0000;font-family:trebuchet ms;">Chris Frantz</span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> and </span><a title="Tina Weymouth" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tina_Weymouth"><span style="color:#ff0000;font-family:trebuchet ms;">Tina Weymouth</span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">. The lyrics are supposed to represent the thoughts of a serial killer. According to the preliminary lyric sheets copied onto the 2006 remaster of Talking Heads: 77, the song started off as a semi-narrative of the killer actually committing murders. Byrne has said of the song: &#8220;</span><span style="color:#ff9900;font-family:courier new;">When I started writing this (I got help later), I imagined </span><a title="Alice Cooper" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Cooper"><span style="color:#cc33cc;font-family:courier new;">Alice Cooper</span></a><span style="color:#ff9900;font-family:courier new;"> doing a </span><a title="Randy Newman" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy_Newman"><span style="color:#cc33cc;font-family:courier new;">Randy Newman</span></a><span style="color:#ff9900;font-family:courier new;">-type ballad. Both the </span><a title="Joker (comics)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joker_%28comics%29"><span style="color:#cc33cc;font-family:courier new;">Joker</span></a><span style="color:#ff9900;font-family:courier new;"> and </span><a title="Hannibal Lecter" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hannibal_Lecter"><span style="color:#cc33cc;font-family:courier new;">Hannibal Lecter</span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="color:#ff9900;font-family:courier new;"> were much more fascinating than the good guys. Everybody sort of roots for the bad guys in movies</span>.&#8221;</span></div>
<p>For Randy Newman see <a href="http://crowbarred.blogspot.com/search/label/Randy%20Newman"><span style="color:#ff6600;">Number 958</span></a><br />
For the Beatles see <a href="http://crowbarred.blogspot.com/search/label/Beatles%20947"><span style="color:#ff6600;">Number 947</span></a>, <a href="http://crowbarred.blogspot.com/search/label/Beatles%20894"><span style="color:#ff6600;">894</span></a> &amp; <a href="http://crowbarred.blogspot.com/search/label/Beatles%20587"><span style="color:#ff6600;">587</span></a><br />
For Rolling Stones see <a href="http://crowbarred.blogspot.com/search/label/Rolling%20Stones%20767"><span style="color:#ff6600;">Number 767</span></a> &amp; <a href="http://crowbarred.blogspot.com/search/label/Rolling%20Stones%20689"><span style="color:#ff6600;">Number 689</span></a></p>
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<div><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Name:<span style="color:#33ccff;">Talking Heads</span><span style="color:#000000;">&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.</span>Related to<span style="color:#33ff33;">³</span>:<a href="http://crowbarred.blogspot.com/search/label/Modern%20Lovers"><span style="color:#ff6600;">Modern Lovers</span></a></span></span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:85%;font-family:courier new;">Yrs Active:<span style="color:#33ccff;">1971 to 1991</span><span style="color:#000000;">&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..</span>Site:</span><a href="http://www.talking-heads.net/"><span style="font-size:85%;color:#ff6600;font-family:courier new;">www.talking-heads.net</span></a></div>
<div><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Best Song<span style="color:#33ff33;">¹</span>:<span style="color:#cc33cc;"><span style="color:#33ccff;">Once in a Lifetime</span></span><span style="color:#000000;">.</span><span style="color:#000000;">&#8230;.</span>#1fan:<a href="http://www.thismustbetheplace.net/"><span style="color:#ff6600;">www.thismustbetheplace.net</span></a></span></span></div>
<div><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Best Album<span style="color:#33ff33;">²</span>:<span style="color:#33ccff;">Talking Heads 77</span><span style="color:#000000;">&#8230;&#8230;</span>Grammy Awards:<span style="color:#33ccff;">0</span></span></span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:85%;font-family:courier new;">Albums Sold:<span style="color:#33ccff;">Unknown</span><span style="color:#000000;">&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;</span>Next best thing:<span style="color:#33ccff;">Violent Femmes</span></span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:85%;font-family:Courier New;"><span style="color:#33ff33;">¹</span><span style="font-size:78%;">Number of downloads WINMX </span><span style="color:#33ff33;">²</span><span style="font-size:78%;">Artistdirect choice</span> <span style="color:#33cc00;">³</span><span style="font-size:78%;">Associated acts or collaborations</span></span></div>
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<div style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color:#33cc00;">Rolling Stone Top 500 Songs ranked this song at Number</span> (Not quite Velvet are they..) and the <span style="color:#33cc00;">Album ranked at Number</span> <strong><span style="font-size:180%;">290</span></strong> (Oh yeah, but the albums ok .. kaff)</span></div>
<div style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;font-family:arial;">This song has a crowbarred rating of 74.2 out of 108 pts</span></strong></div>
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<div style="text-align:center;"><span style="color:#00cccc;font-family:trebuchet ms;"><a href="http://www.moron.nl/lyrics/talking-heads/psycho-killer-lyrics.html" target="_blank"><img style="cursor:hand;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_EfAejaDy-Nc/SAq6kszh4iI/AAAAAAAAFQY/T8BbvBaAJl0/s200/objects_084.gif" border="0" alt="" /></a> <a href="http://www.moron.nl/lyrics/talking-heads/psycho-killer-lyrics.html" target="_blank"><span style="color:#33ccff;">Lyrics to the song</span></a> </span><a href="http://www.moron.nl/lyrics/talking-heads/psycho-killer-lyrics.html" target="_blank"><img style="cursor:hand;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_EfAejaDy-Nc/SAq4i8zh4hI/AAAAAAAAFQQ/R8g4RSIm3oU/s200/objects_004.gif" border="0" alt="" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;font-family:arial;"><a href="http://crowbarred.blogspot.com/2007/12/number-532-hall-oates.html"></a><a href="http://crowbarred.blogspot.com/2007/12/number-532-hall-oates.html"><img style="cursor:hand;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_EfAejaDy-Nc/SAqWfszh4fI/AAAAAAAAFQA/zczk-GjCoC8/s200/GrabItDd0.gif" border="0" alt="" /></a><a href="http://crowbarred.blogspot.com/2007/12/number-532-hall-oates.html"><span style="color:#ffff33;">Previous Song 532</span></a> &#8230;.. </span><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff9966;font-family:arial;"><a href="http://crowbarred.blogspot.com/2007/11/number-534-bangles.html"><span style="color:#00cccc;">Next Song 534</span></a></span></strong> <a href="http://crowbarred.blogspot.com/2007/11/number-534-bangles.html"><img style="cursor:hand;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_EfAejaDy-Nc/SAqWoMzh4gI/AAAAAAAAFQI/0dqjqLXFNGM/s200/GrabItDe0.gif" border="0" alt="" /></a></div>
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