Before we head back to my 1970’s high school I wanted to congratulate my old friend Randy Lennox on his upcoming new job as President of Entertainment Production & Broadcasting at Bell Media.
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Pat Blythe: Women & Songs — Part One
Posted in Opinion with tags Alanis Morrisette, Amanda Marshall, Billie Holiday, Bob Dylan, Bob Segarini, Bonnie Raitt, Christopher Blythe, David Grisman, DBAWIS, Dionne Warwick, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Even Dozen Jug Band, funk, Gladys Knight, Jagged Little Pill, Jazz, Jewel, John Sebastian, Judy Garland, luvthemusic, Maria Muldaur, Martin Scorcese, Memphis Minne, music, music videos, Natalie Imbruglia, No Direction Home, Pat Blythe, Paula Cole, Phoebe Snow, R&B, radio, Records, Red Hot Bluesiana Band, Stefan Grossman, Sundance, Suzanne Vega, Swamp Funk, The PictureTaker, Toronto, Tracy Chapman, Women & Songs, You Oughta Know on February 20, 2015 by segarini
Editor’s Note – Please join us in welcoming our new writer, Pat Blythe to the DBAWIS Bullpen and Home for Chatty Pop Culturalists. Pat takes over Wednesdays for our much missed Nadia Elkharadly and joins Roxanne in bringing some badly needed Estrogen-fueled verbiage to our Hallowed Halls…and to help Roxanne keep us male hooligans from spilling beer on the carpet and hiding popcorn in the couch, and making sure we take the garbage out once in a while and occasionally bathe.
This is Pat’s first article for us. Her regular column starts next Wednesday with the 2nd part of today’s offering, and continues every Wednesday thereafter.
For more information on Pat, please check the short Bio at the bottom of this column.
Doug Thompson – “MONEY, IT’S A GAS”
Posted in Opinion with tags Alanis Morrisette, Andre Romelle Young, Beats Electronics, Bernie Taupin, Beyonce Knowles-Carter, Billboard Magazine, Blue Ivy, Bob Segarini, Bono, Bruce Jenner, Buddy Holly, Casey Kasem, Celine Dion, Dark Side of the Moon, David Furnish, DBAWIS, Dire Straits, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Dr Dre, Drake, Elton John, Heather Mills, Howard Stern, Interscope Geffen A&M, Jay-Z, Jimmy Iovine, Justin Bieber, Kim Kardashian, Linda Woodrow, Madonna Louise Ciccone, Mariah Carey, Michael Jackson, money, Nancy Shevell, Nick Cannon, P. Diddy, Paul David Hewson, Paul McCartney, Pink Floyd, Puff Daddy, Reginald Kenneth Dwight, Renate Blauel, Rod Stewart, Sean ‘Puffy’ Combs, Shawn Carter, Sir Elton Hercules John, Stevie Nicks, The Pretenders, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, U2, Warren Buffet on December 10, 2014 by segarini
Anyone familiar with that Pink Floyd tune? (c’mon, who isn’t? It’s from “Dark Side of The Moon” for crying out loud). The album, released on March 1, 1973, made # 1 for only one week, but in total, spent 741 weeks on Billboard magazine’s album chart. Let’s put that into years shall we? “Dark Side of the Moon” remained on the charts from 1973 until 1988. If you know the song, then you’ll know that the next lyrics to the title at the top of the page are: “Grab that cash with both hands and make a stash. New car, caviar, four star daydream, think I’ll buy me a football team.”
JAIMIE VERNON – Women Are From Bay City, Men Are From Syrinx
Posted in Opinion with tags Alanis Morrisette, Carole Pope, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Donny Osmond, Jaimie Vernon, Joni Mitchell, Jully Black, Lee Aaron, Maureen Leeson, music, The Curse, The Women of Rock! on July 21, 2012 by segarini
This week I stepped into a Facebook hornets nest of women commenting on a current concert photo of Tom Jones. The conversation was going along swimmingly as the ladies talked about when they’d seen him perform for the first time, the last time, how great he still sounds and what their favourite songs were. Then it happened. Someone said he was still ‘hot’. And that’s when I lost it. I dove in with a roundhouse to the solar plexis. My response to the thread is the same as it is every time I see a pop star’s picture posted and banal conversations about same. Guys talk about the music – guitar solos, drum technique, wicked harmonies, cool staging and lighting, and the show itself. The ladies, meanwhile, talk about the hotness. The tight trousers, the long, shiny hair, the puppy-dog eyes and kissable mouth. Everything but the music or the performance. And they call guys superficial? If men think with their penises and listen to music with their ears, then women think with their hearts and listen to music with their vaginas.
Segarini: Don't Believe a Word I Say 