@InUnfunky @CanisPundit @evamarie @CinnamonGirlE @JoyfullyDazed @Mfieck

Trey, it almost time for a vacation with my older brothers with our motorbikes. One day, you will have to join us.

Fable - Motorbike (UK Junkshop Glam 1974)
youtube.com/watch?v=DgbugwSPXc

@Bix @CanisPundit @evamarie @CinnamonGirlE @JoyfullyDazed @Mfieck

You have previously been informed that I do not “vacation.”

Now I am letting you know that vehicular travel is dangerous enough when you’re seated behind the motor (or in some cases, in front of) with a seat belt to retard the physics of sudden forward acceleration…

That said, you’re a good friend for offering. Take this GIF as a token of my appreciation and warm fuzzies. ❤️

@InUnfunky @Bix @CanisPundit @evamarie @JoyfullyDazed @Mfieck
No vacations? Home in the rear view is always awesome. The only thing more awesome is your own bed upon return!

@CinnamonGirlE @Bix @CanisPundit @evamarie @JoyfullyDazed @Mfieck

Yeah, I wasn't a lot of fun as a kid, Cinni.

And it was soon discovered that -- for the sake of everyone -- better if I was just left at home.

Some books, my guitar, some Frosted Mini-Wheats. I'd be just fine.

🤓

@InUnfunky @Bix @CanisPundit @evamarie @JoyfullyDazed @Mfieck
Hey, I am a homebody too. I really am. But I do enjoy escaping every once in a while. It gives you something to be excited about!

@JoyfullyDazed @CinnamonGirlE @Bix @CanisPundit @evamarie @Mfieck

Dear Ex --

I'm sorry, but I couldn't resist.

Are you taking offense on behalf of Cinni?

Nice!

Speaking of Honorary Masshole-By-Marriage Jenny From The Block, have you seen the latest? Bixie didn't tell me about it and I'm still wikkid pissah mad.

(looking at your next reply that just popped up, lol, see esp. this commercial 😆)

youtu.be/Ve2miT5iF2M

@InUnfunky @CinnamonGirlE @Bix @CanisPundit @evamarie @Mfieck

Yep, for my sister, Cin. 💖

Of course I've seen it, born and bred, Dear Ex.

Matt cracks me tf up. 😂

@JoyfullyDazed @CinnamonGirlE @Bix @CanisPundit @evamarie @Mfieck

Heh, lulz.

Hey Cinni --

Wassup with that kissy face AVI? I just saw it...🤔 😂

@JoyfullyDazed @InUnfunky @Bix @CanisPundit @evamarie @Mfieck
I didn't remember, but now do, that Trey only has a couch to his name. I am sorry Trey. I will be nicer. And I really was just sending love back. 😊

@JoyfullyDazed @CinnamonGirlE @InUnfunky @CanisPundit @evamarie @Mfieck @UmbaSaffire @Charles_Hawtrey

Good morning!

Trey, in 1980, Sir John Johns, The Red Curtain, Lord Cornelius Plum & E.I.E.I. Owen heard this song and formed The Dukes of Stratosphear.

The dB's - My Sire Wristwatch [Live At Rahar's 1980]
youtube.com/watch?v=Qi5BVA8BYq

@InUnfunky

It is always 25 O'Clock on my Sire wristwatch.

@Bix

I’ve got that double cd reissue but I’m not getting out of bed to take a brag pic of it.

Yet.

@InUnfunky
Damn it, I have the older single CD w/out the bonus tracks.

@Bix @CanisPundit @InUnfunky @CinnamonGirlE @evamarie @Mfieck @UmbaSaffire @Charles_Hawtrey

I can't see what record you're talking about bc the post you're responding to is filtered for me.

@BrentSullivan @JoyfullyDazed @CinnamonGirlE @InUnfunky @CanisPundit @evamarie @Mfieck @UmbaSaffire @Charles_Hawtrey

From reading the liner notes, The dB's first single (1978) was written by Television's Richard Lloyd.

The dB's - [I Thought] You Wanted to Know, 1978
youtube.com/watch?v=WRscjfRZyU

@Bix @BrentSullivan @JoyfullyDazed @CinnamonGirlE @InUnfunky @CanisPundit @evamarie @Mfieck @UmbaSaffire

I don't remember this one but I really miss that era, right before MTV came in and made your looks more important than your musical ability.

The Jam

Mr Clean- 1978

youtube.com/watch?v=i2iFggUMGt

@Charles_Hawtrey @BrentSullivan @JoyfullyDazed @CinnamonGirlE @InUnfunky @CanisPundit @evamarie @Mfieck @UmbaSaffire

I've listened to The Jam's songs so many times that now I go back and soak up their demos.

In The City-(Polydor Demo)-The Jam-1977
youtube.com/watch?v=WYzdcuo_zo

@Bix @BrentSullivan @JoyfullyDazed @CinnamonGirlE @InUnfunky @CanisPundit @evamarie @Mfieck @UmbaSaffire

I'm not crazy about that one, it is reminiscent of Motown, to me that's the antithesis of British pop.

@Charles_Hawtrey @BrentSullivan @JoyfullyDazed @CinnamonGirlE @InUnfunky @CanisPundit @evamarie @Mfieck @UmbaSaffire

But Paul Weller loves Motown / soul. At the end of The Jam, he wanted turn it into a soul band.

The Jam - Move On Up (Curtis Mayfield cover)
youtube.com/watch?v=DaVRYHfGnT

@Charles_Hawtrey @BrentSullivan @JoyfullyDazed @CinnamonGirlE @InUnfunky @CanisPundit @evamarie @Mfieck @UmbaSaffire

At the end of The Jam, Weller wanted turn it into a soul band. Rick & Bruce didn't want to go that way, and Paul broke up the band.

I like The Jam's soul music better than Weller's The Style Council, which came next.

The Jam - Stoned Out of Mind, 1982
youtube.com/watch?v=E0zblGFfQE

@Charles_Hawtrey @BrentSullivan @JoyfullyDazed @CinnamonGirlE @InUnfunky @CanisPundit @evamarie @Mfieck @UmbaSaffire

No problem. To each, their own.
I love full Mod-mode The Jam, and love them with a soul horn section (I wish that I got one more record with the horn section).

The Jam - Beat Surrender, 1982
youtube.com/watch?v=iVrGm7dN8w

@Bix @BrentSullivan @JoyfullyDazed @CinnamonGirlE @InUnfunky @CanisPundit @evamarie @Mfieck @UmbaSaffire

Yeah, I knew that, he should have stuck with his very original style instead of doing bad imitations of American soul music.....don't hit me! Please!!!!

@Charles_Hawtrey @BrentSullivan @JoyfullyDazed @CinnamonGirlE @InUnfunky @CanisPundit @evamarie @Mfieck @UmbaSaffire

Note, The Jam & the Small Faces are around the top of my favorite bands. Long live the mod bands.

Me You and Us Too (European Mono B-side) (2013 Remaster) · Small Faces, 1967
youtube.com/watch?v=b5po8Vc2uE

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@Bix @JoyfullyDazed @CinnamonGirlE @InUnfunky @CanisPundit @evamarie @Mfieck @UmbaSaffire @Charles_Hawtrey

Remember driving around with my buddy Chuck and singing "I'm just a guy in the house of pies" during the outro 😆

@Bix @BrentSullivan @JoyfullyDazed @CinnamonGirlE @CanisPundit @evamarie @Mfieck @UmbaSaffire

One day — after “getting” “the dB’s” and “Let’s Active” — I will gladly eat crow. 👍🤓

@InUnfunky @BrentSullivan @JoyfullyDazed @CinnamonGirlE @CanisPundit @evamarie @Mfieck @UmbaSaffire
Shake Some Action: The Ultimate Power Pop Guide, The Big Shot Chronicles was ranked No. 16 out of the "Top 200 power pop albums of all time." It was produced by Mitch Easter.

Game Theory - The Big Shot Chronicles: recorded: September 1985
youtube.com/watch?v=FWez_gpq8I

@InUnfunky @BrentSullivan @JoyfullyDazed @CinnamonGirlE @CanisPundit @evamarie @Mfieck @UmbaSaffire @Bobk37

A great CD of weird NYC pop music, The Scene Is Now – The Oily Years (1983-1993). I looked for the band's stuff because The dB's Will Rigby was in it.

The Scene Is Now - Yellow Sarong, 1985
youtube.com/watch?v=bxAlp5RFpm

@InUnfunky @BrentSullivan @JoyfullyDazed @CinnamonGirlE @CanisPundit @evamarie @Mfieck @UmbaSaffire @Bobk37

The music is too angular to be very popular, Discogs: The Scene is Now is a New York City-based avant-garde jug band. But, I like it.

The Scene Is Now – Burn All Your Records, 1985 LP
youtube.com/watch?v=jDnGeg14vH

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