tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36596203.post7116668776297656498..comments2024-03-28T14:09:53.330-07:00Comments on The Song In My Head Today: Holly A Hugheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17828633442418722187noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36596203.post-33968668201690835742010-07-19T08:29:11.048-07:002010-07-19T08:29:11.048-07:00Nice, Holly.
PTPOEO supports a minority, yet rabid...Nice, Holly.<br />PTPOEO supports a minority, yet rabid, point of view that reality is at least as important as photographs OF that reality. Don't many of us find it irritating, if not self-aggrandizing, when some one always seems to want to snap a quick I-phone pic of an event instead of just enjoying the event.<br /><br />I prefer mind movies.<br /><br />And the best line from "People Take Pictures Of Each Other," for anyone who has been held captive for six hours at the in-laws, while Dad-in-law once again maniacally reloads the slide carousel will always be, "Don't show me no more please."<br /><br />RichAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36596203.post-39901152620861745852009-11-09T18:58:47.361-08:002009-11-09T18:58:47.361-08:00Eight thousand copies. Sheesh - that's crimina...Eight thousand copies. Sheesh - that's criminal. Of course this was at the tail end of the ban, when the US audience had withered away to nothing. But still!<br /><br />Of course, if Ray hadn't pulled the 12-track version at the last minute, it would have been released in September, instead of waiting until the same day as the White Album came out. Just another in a long series of colossally rotten mistakes the Kinks made.Holly A Hugheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17828633442418722187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36596203.post-20003532327880126302009-11-09T11:21:27.873-08:002009-11-09T11:21:27.873-08:00"...you stare at the image of those carefree ..."...you stare at the image of those carefree youngsters, rearranging their features to find your parents in them." That's a lovely observation - so true, and so well expressed.<br /><br />I recall an issue of Rolling Stone magazine in which musicians chose their favorite Beatles song. Emmylou Harris chose Paul's "For No One," and I remember her asking, How could he have known so much about the human heart at the age of 24? It is indeed amazing.<br /><br />As a footnote, the Rolling Stone review of "Arthur" noted that "Village Green" sold 8,000 copies - that's not a typo: eight-thousand copies! - in the United States. But, as I often say, the thing about history is it lasts a long time. And in this case, at least, history has proven the greatness of Ray's work on this album.wwolfenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36596203.post-34132691035185964772009-11-08T18:19:26.103-08:002009-11-08T18:19:26.103-08:00Sometimes rock fans act horrified when their favor...Sometimes rock fans act horrified when their favorite musicians "sell out" by letting ads use their songs. But on the other hand, how many fans "discovered" the Kinks after seeing that HP ad? Ray's no fool!Holly A Hugheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17828633442418722187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36596203.post-43019299776916491962009-11-07T09:43:02.585-08:002009-11-07T09:43:02.585-08:00Yup, that's what I think about every time I he...Yup, that's what I think about every time I hear this record. Ray was 23 as I am now. I'm unable to write songs at all and he did it so that it seemes easy and natural! :)Vivalabeathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11636432690758432319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36596203.post-87831773664920219722009-11-07T06:16:36.690-08:002009-11-07T06:16:36.690-08:00Oddly I discovered that great tune just in recent ...Oddly I discovered that great tune just in recent years on a TV ad.<br />The product in the ad now escapes me but the song lives on...better late than never. I especially like his choice of twelve-string guitar doubling the signature bass line.Clutch Cargohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07328397051371349024noreply@blogger.com