tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36596203.post7686939156228915983..comments2024-03-25T20:23:05.950-07:00Comments on The Song In My Head Today: Holly A Hugheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17828633442418722187noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36596203.post-31426143023189344312011-08-27T17:54:49.158-07:002011-08-27T17:54:49.158-07:00Hey Holly, remember Harlow Hickenlooper's Happ...Hey Holly, remember Harlow Hickenlooper's Happy Birthday song? The one that invariably ended with a custard pie in the face? How did that go again? Da da da, da da da da, dadadada, ... dadada... right? Or was it dadadaaa, tatadaaaa daaaa, da da da...? Maybe you can do a blog post about it?<br /><br />Sorry. Just trying not to be a sore loser. <br /><br />Btw, this artist I have in mind was actually a co-discoverer of the Beatles. Really.Glennnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36596203.post-78536569473767835862011-08-26T22:23:36.467-07:002011-08-26T22:23:36.467-07:00You mean, if I encouraged you you'd REALLY go ...You mean, if I encouraged you you'd REALLY go on too long? <br /><br />Well, I did look up the Sandy Becker show on YouTube and there's a chirpy sort of orchestral tune -- lots of strings -- that sounds vaguely familiar, but I promise you, it doesn't have anything like the visceral impact on me that I bet it does on folks who grew up with it.<br /><br />Now ask me about Harlow Hickenlooper's Happy Birthday song...which invariably ended with a custard pie in the face...that one squeezes out a spark or two for me!Holly A Hugheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17828633442418722187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36596203.post-30923618306170360742011-08-26T18:20:20.930-07:002011-08-26T18:20:20.930-07:00Well, ok, if you must know... the question was to ...Well, ok, if you must know... the question was to be Phase I of a diabolical plot to trick you into blogging about some music -- one artist in particular -- from the '60's era that is definitely not rock-n-roll, but nonetheless emotionally formative to a lot of kids of our age group.<br /><br />And I thought, perhaps if you also were fond of this artist, you might be cajole-able into blogging a post or two about it. I know you'd do a great job of bringing it back to life for a lot of us who might have had similar experiences listening to it. Your Wolfeian descriptive abilities to could really do it justice! But, of course, only if you actually had been a fan, peripheral or direct.<br /><br />Hence my query about "The Sandy Becker Show": Becker used one piece from this artist as an intro/outro for his kids' show. I figured if you'd ever watched it, you'd probably be familiar with at least this tune, and upon re-listening to it in 2011 -- figuring out how to get you to do that was Phase II -- it might be a fond enough "blast from the past" for you to think "hey, wow, yeah, that was fun music!" thereby oh-so-cleverly hooking you into doing a blog post maybe.<br /><br />See? So that was the scheme. Until you derailed it by having watched Harlow Hickenlooper instead of Sandy Becker. Jeez, Holly.<br /><br />Anyway, I'd explain more, but it might take a while. I'm hesitant to blab further here without your permission because of what happened last time. (A while back, you asked me a question, and I wound up over-enthusiastically barfing about ten paragraphs on your blog, and was then mortified to see that my blog-formatted reply was about 2x longer than your original post. OMG. I was really embarrassed.)<br /><br />But let me know. I'll be happy to ramble on with more background if you think you might be interested.Glennnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36596203.post-17181637138193887632011-08-24T20:47:50.296-07:002011-08-24T20:47:50.296-07:00Sadly, I don't think we got that in Indianapol...Sadly, I don't think we got that in Indianapolis. We had Harlow Hickenlooper instead (not that I would have traded Harlow Hickenlooper for anybody else). But now I'm intrigued -- why do you ask?Holly A Hugheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17828633442418722187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36596203.post-15983684412303665352011-08-24T17:11:40.276-07:002011-08-24T17:11:40.276-07:00Hey Holly, this question is totally out of left fi...Hey Holly, this question is totally out of left field, but I'll explain later why I'm asking, if your answer is "yes".<br /><br />Here's the question: Do you have any memories of "The Sandy Becker Show" when you were a kid? Early '60's kids variety program. Not sure if it was syndicated out in the midwest, but in the NYC area it was on WNEW-TV.<br /><br />Regards,<br />GlennGlennnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36596203.post-76487006476087452932011-06-14T07:23:54.111-07:002011-06-14T07:23:54.111-07:00You guys slay me. Who knew there were so many Gol...You guys slay me. Who knew there were so many Golden Earring fans out there? I'd like to say my ignorance is due to their having been before my time, but alas...<br /><br />Well, any shuffle that's bracketed by Bill Lloyd and Ben Folds works for me!Holly A Hugheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17828633442418722187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36596203.post-58476404107852234952011-06-14T06:56:22.875-07:002011-06-14T06:56:22.875-07:00Moontan is a fine record and was something of a hi...Moontan is a fine record and was something of a hit back in the day. Vanilla Queen was not a single, but received a lot of airplay on FM radio. Though Radar Love is still the king of driving songs.Dave K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08668643943311621856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36596203.post-57358278167653813202011-06-13T19:47:16.795-07:002011-06-13T19:47:16.795-07:00Ya know I love your "Shuffles" but now B...Ya know I love your "Shuffles" but now Bill Lloyd is in there & I'm so happy you liked him too. <br />Very cool Holly!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36596203.post-12575827720571424102011-06-13T14:49:36.276-07:002011-06-13T14:49:36.276-07:00"Candy's Gone Bad," the follow-up to..."Candy's Gone Bad," the follow-up to "Radar Love," got some airplay in Northeast Ohio when I was a high schooler, but it never broke nationally. A decent rocker, but not the epic that was their biggie. I've always loved these lines: "Radio plays that forgotten song/Brenda Lee's 'Comin' On Strong'." The obsessive pop love demonstrated by the writer's specifying the (relatively obscure) song title always pleases me. Not a lot of folks were paying tribute to Brenda Lee in the mid-1970s, it's fair to say, so I appreciate G. Earring's tribute. Plus, "Comin' On Strong" a pretty groovy little record.wwolfenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36596203.post-48078594505479977772011-06-13T08:16:17.812-07:002011-06-13T08:16:17.812-07:00Glad you're back, we missed you! I, too, love ...Glad you're back, we missed you! I, too, love Ben Folds stuff, especially Ben Folds Five's last one, "The Unauthorized Biography....". Riviting is a great word to describe his work. He brought back grand piano pop, long overdue in my opinion. HIs solo stuff, like SIlverman and Rockin' The Suburbs is just as great.Uncle Ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04570327775449916376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36596203.post-63220002099943425032011-06-12T10:58:02.025-07:002011-06-12T10:58:02.025-07:00Congrats on getting the book done... as well as yo...Congrats on getting the book done... as well as your long-awaited return here!<br /><br />BTW, Golden Earring had another big US hit in 1982 called "Twilight Zone" -- which you probably heard and forgot. And Wikipedia sez they're celebrating their 50th anniversary as a band (and still include 2 founding members and 2 others who've been in the band for more than 40 years). Who knew?Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13372496375739714441noreply@blogger.com