Jeez…..there’s nothing more challenging than following the venerable Mr. Vickers. The wizard of words, the lord of linguistics, the man who requires most of us to have a dictionary, any dictionary, in extremely close proximity, preferably at one’s fingertips (or at least within stretching distance), and has us laughing two sentences in. If you missed it, you’ll find his discourse (or diatribe) here Highly recommended reading!
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Pat Blythe – Meanings & Stories Behind the Songs – Part One
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags A Girl With A Camera "The Picture Taker", Billboard, Bob Segarini, Contact, Darlene Love, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, flute, Frank Zironi, Gene Pitney, gong, Julian Taylor, kalimba, koshi chimes, Laboratorium Pieśni, Lindsay Stirling, Martin Melhuish, Oh What a Feeling: The Next Generation: A Vital History of Canadian Music, ONES, Oxford Dictionary, Pat Blythe, Phil Spector, polyphonic, Princess of Wales Theatre, Reader's Digest, Rolling Stone, Sam Taylor, shruti box, singing bowls, The Blossoms, The Crystals, The Shirelles, Toronto, zaphir on January 18, 2017 by segariniFrank Gutch Jr: Bubbling Under in the Swinging Sixties; My Father and the War; Plus Notes
Posted in Opinion with tags Barney Keep, Billboard, Bubbling Under, Cydney Robinson. No Depression, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Frank Gutch Jr., Green Pajamas, Hogwaller Ramblers, Hot 100, Indie Artists, Indie Music, Jamie Dyer, KASH, KEED, KEX, KFLY, KGAL, Kip Boardman, KISN, KOL, music, Petunia, radio, Records, Sweet Home Oregon, Terry Tufts, The OF, Truls Morck on May 26, 2015 by segariniRock ‘n’ roll radio. There was nothing like it. It was fresh and exciting and exposed teens to a whole new world beyond their doorsteps. If the fifties had cracked the egg, the sixties had spilled the eggs guts. All over the place. Humpty Dumpty magnified. Omelet City.
Pat Blythe: The Women of Rock – Part Four
Posted in Opinion with tags A Night to Remember, A Rose By Any Name, About.com, Alanis Morissette, Alien, All Music, Amanda Jones, American Gigolo, Andy Summers, Angel and the Snakes, Autoamerican, avant-garde, Backfired, ballad, BBC Radio, Billboard, Billboard Hot 100, Blondie, Blondie 4(0) Ever, Blue Angel, blues, Bones, BPI, Britney Spears, Broadway., Brooklyn, Call Me, Camelot, Capital Records, CBGB, Change of Heart, Chris Stein, chutzpah, Clement Burke, DBAWIS, Debbie Harry, Deborah Harry, Def Dumb and Blonde, Di haut, Disco, Djini Judy, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Don’t You Go Away mad, Eat to the Beat, Elda Gentile, Elvis Costello, Emmy, Europe, Florida, Follow Me, funk, gay pride, German heavy metal, Ghosts of Download, Gillian G. Gaar, Girls Just Wanna Have Fun, go-go dancer, gold, Grammys, Greatest Hits Deluxe Redux, H.R. Giger, Hairspray, Heart of Glass, I Drove All Night, Jazz, Jewel, John Turi, Julie Andrews, Kate Bush, Katy Perry, Kinky Boots, KooKoo, Lady GaGa, LGBT, Life with Mikey, Lindsay Planer, Los Fabulosos Cadillacs, Mad About You, Marilyn Monroe, marvin gaye, Max’s, Max’s Kansas City, Maybe He’ll Know, Mickael J. Fox, Moments Spent, Movies, music, music videos, My First Night Without You, New Jersey, New Wave, New York, New York Times, Nigel Harrison, No Doubt, North America, Now I Know You Know, One Way or Another, Parallel Lines, Pat Blythe, Paul Reiser, pink, platinum, Playboy Bunny, Polydor Records, Pop, Pride Toronto, Punk, radio, Rapture, Raven, Reagan, Records, reggae, Richard Burton, Robert Hazard, Rock, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Rockbird, Rodney Bingenheimer, Rolling Stone Magazine, Sabrina the Teenage Witch, segarini, Sex Offender, She Bop, She’s a Rebel The History of Women in Rock & Roll, She’s So Unusual, ska, Slant Magazine, Sonny Bono, Steve Peake, Stillettoes, Talking Heads, Tegan and Sara, Television, The Jam Was Moving, The Jazz Passengers, The Muppet Show, The Wind in the Willows, Time After Time, Tony, Toronto, True Colors, U.S., Vibes, Videodrome, Vogue, Wayne Kirby, What’s Going On, Wiseguy, X Offender on April 15, 2015 by segariniHello everyone. Let’s give a warm welcome to Debbie and Cyndi. Two unique women who dance to their own drummers and whose talents encompass a variety of musical fields in two decidedly different decades. These ladies can pop and rock, disco down or jazz it up, sing the blues, or pour their soul into a ballad. Their many talents run the full gamut and they have led the way for a new kind of woman in music, adding their own twist and turns to rock and roll. Quirky, outrageous, individualistic, sexy, ballsy, entertaining, exuberant, clever, brilliant, artistic and really, really smart.
Pat Blythe: The Women of Rock – Part 3
Posted in Opinion with tags 20/20, A Fool In Love, Al Green American Bandstand, American Music Awards, Ann, Ann Wilson, Anna Mae Bullock, Art Lassiter, Auntie Entity, Australia, B.C, Baptist, Barracuda, bash and strut, Between A Heart and A Rock Place, Billboard, Billboard's Hot Rock Songs, blues, Box Top, Brownsville, Bryan Adams, Buddhism Buzzsaw, Buddhist, Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man, Can-Base Studios, Canada, Capital Records, Catch A Rising Star, Christopher Blythe, classical, coloratura, Come Together, Coxon's Army, Creedence Clearwater Revival, David Bowie, DBAWIS, Dog and Butterfly, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Dreamboat Annie, England, Eric Clapton, Erwin Bach, Europe, Fanatic, Four Acres Club, Frank Soda and the Imps, Freddie Mercury, Goodbye So Long, History of Rock, Hit Me With Your Best Shot, Hollywood A Go-Go, Hot 100, Hot R&B Sides, Hunter S. Thompson, I'll Be Doggone, Ike and Tina Turner Review, Ike Turner, iTunes, Jake Brown, Jason Bonham, Jazz, Juggy Murray, Julie Andrews, Kennedy Center Honors, key of J demolished, Knoxville, Kurt Loder, Let's Stay Together, Little Ann, Little Queen, lounge act, Love Is A Battlefield, Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome, Magic Man, Manhattan Club, marvin gaye, Mick Jagger, Mike Fisher, Missouri, Mistral Wind, Montreal, Mountain High, Mushroom Studios, Nancy, Nancy Wilson, Neil Giraldo, New York, Nichiren Buddhism, Nutbush, NYC, opera, Pat Benatar, Pat Blythe, Paul McCartney, Phil Spector, Philles, Plateau, Portrait Records, Private Dancer, Promises in the Dark, Proud Mary, Queen, Queen of Rock, Ray Charles, Richmond, River Deep Mountain High, Robert Plant, rock 'n roll, Rock and Roll, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Rod Stewart, Roger Davies, Roger Fisher, Rolling Stone Magazine, Rolling Stones, seattle, segarini, Sheena, Shindig, Sir Mick, St. Louis, Stairway to Heaven, Steve Fossen, Sue Records, Swiss, Switzerland, Tennessee, The Andy Willams Show, The Big T.N.T. Show, The Kings of Rhythm, The PictureTaker, The Who, Tina Tina Turner, Tinkerbell, Tommy, U.K., U.S., United Kingdom, Vancouver, Virginia, We Belong, What About Love, What'd I Say, What's Love Got To Do With It, You Or on April 8, 2015 by segariniMarch 2 was the 10th anniversary of Hunter S. Thompson’s death and a picture of one of his quotes was making the rounds in Facebook. I found the subject matter rather timely! Many of us will find both the truth and the irony in what he had to say.
Pat Blythe: Women of Rock – Part Two
Posted in Opinion with tags Akron, album, alice cooper, America, Arlene Quatro, Austin, Australia, Bass Guitar, BBC, Billboard, Billboard 200, Bob Segar, Brain Confusion, Brass in Pocket, Bravo Otta Award, Bruce Springsteen, Buzzsaw, Calfornia, Can the Can, Chain Gang, Cherry Bomb, Chris Norman, Chrissie Hynde, Christopher Blythe, Cleveland, contralto, Cradle, Dave Hill, David Wild, DBAWIS, Detroit, Diane Baker, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Don't Get Me Wrong, Drastic Fantastic, drumming, drums, Elvis Presley, England, English Disco, Esquire, Europe, Extended Play, Farndon, Fender Precision Bass, Frank Sinatra, Frank Soda and the Imps, Gas Street, Gena Rowlands, German, Glorious Results of a Misspent YOuth, Goddo, Godmother of Punk, Grace Slick, Grammy, GTA, Happy Days, Hellfield, Honeyman-Scott, I Hate Myself for Loving You, I Love Rock 'n Roll, If Luck Be A Lady, Janis Joplin, Japan, Joan Jett, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, John McEnroe, jukebox, K.T. Tunstall, Karen Carpenter, Keith Richards, Kent State University, keyboards, Kim Fowley, Leather Tuscadero, Light of Day, London, Marc Bolan, Mary Lou Ball, massacre, MEOW, Mickie Most, Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheelers, music videos, Musicians for Equal Opportunities for Women, Nancy Ball, National Guard, Neil Young, New Musical Express, Nirvana, Ohio, Original Riot Grrrl, Pat Blythe, Patti Quatro, Patti Smith, percussionist, pineapple upside down cake, Plateau, punk rock, Queen of British Pop, radio, RAK Records, Real Records, Records, rock 'n roll, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Rodney Bingenheimer, Roger Ebert, Rolling Stone, Rolling Stone Magazine, Sam Cooke, segarini, Smells Like Teen Spirit, Smokie, Stockholm, Stumblin 'in, Suzi Quatro, T-Rex, Talking Heads, Ted Nugent, Television, Texas, The Barbusters, The Beatles, The Clash, The Damned, The Fonz, The Great Pretender, The Picture Taker, The Pleasure Seekers, The Pretenders, The Runaways, The Sex Pistols, This Is Your LIfe, Tina Weymouth, TMI, Tom Petty, U.K., Unvarnished, Unzipped, West End, Woman of Valor Award, You Or No One on April 1, 2015 by segariniCh-ch-ch-cha-changes
I have been slowly getting to know my fellow writers, conversing with them through Facebook, email and over the phone. A what! Yep, a real live telephone. You know, those devices that allow you to actually hear what the other person sounds like while enjoying honest-to-goodness dialogue. Fingers seem to do more walking and mouths less talking these days. We are no longer an oral society. The world of banter, tete-a-tetes and nattering have gone the way of such foods as pineapple upside down cake. (remember those) Mmmmmm……
Pat Blythe: Women of Rock – Part 1
Posted in Opinion with tags a cappella, Acid Queen, acid rock, Aerosmith, Alice in Wonderland, Anthem, Arloohie Records, Autumn Records, Ball 'n' Chain, Ball and Chain, Barbra Streisand, Bard Dupont, bass, Bay-Tone Records, Believe, Big Brother and the Holding Company, Big Mama Thornton, Billboard, Billboard Hot 100, blues, Bob Segarini, Bolero, Buffy Sainte Marie, Buzzsaw, Cher, Chicago, Child in Time, Chrissie Hynde, Christopher Blythe, classical, Cod'ine, Codeine, Courtney Love, Darby Slick, Darkly Smiling, David Dalton, David Minor, DBAWIS, Death on Two Legs (dedicated to....), Deep Purple, Dick Cavett, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Don't You Want Somebody To Love, Donovan, Dreams, drums, Eric Clapton, Frank Soda and the Imps, Full Tilt Boogie Band, George Gershwin, Glenn Miller, Goddo, Grace Slick, Gram Parsons, Grammy, Grateful Dead, Greg Simpson, GTA, guitar, Harry Belafonte, Hellfield, Ian Gillan, Is that fin on your back part of the deal......shark, Janis Joplin, Jazz, Jefferson Airplane, Jefferson Starship, Jerry Slick, Jimi Hendrix, Joan Jett, London, Longines Symphonette Collections, Lyndon B. Johnson, Maggie Bell, Maple Blues Awards, Maurice Ravel, Mercedes Benz, Monterey Pop Festival, New York, No Protection, NYC, Ontario, opera, Pat Benatar, Pat Blythe, Patti Smith, Pearl, Peter van Gelder, Piece of My Heart, Plateau, president, Queen, Queen of Psychedelic Soul, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Records on Wheels, Richard Goldstein, Robin Hood, rock 'n roll, rock 'n roll baby, Rolling Stone Magazine, San Franscisco, saxophone, Signe Anderson, Sly Stone, Snow White, Somebody To Love, Someone To Love, Starship, Steve Tyler, Stevie Nicks, Sucide Sal, Summertime, Surrealistic Pillow, Sylvester Stewart, Texan, Texas, The Charlatans, The Great Society, The Kozmic Blues Band, the Longines Symphony Orchestra, The PictureTaker, The Queen of Psychedelic Soul, Vanity Fair, vocals, Vogue, voodoo, We Built This City, White Rabbit, Woodstock on March 25, 2015 by segariniThe impetus, for what has now become a series, was my discovery of an old vinyl record by Maggie Bell. I came across it going through one of my many purge cycles. Suicide Sal, released in 1975, was my introduction to the blues….I just didn’t know it then. I wasn’t in the habit of labeling types of music in my younger years, I just knew what I liked. Greg Simpson, who happened to be managing the now defunct Records on Wheels in London, Ontario, recommended the album, thinking I might like it. I loved it and still do. Thank you Greg!
Pat Blythe: K-Pop and other stories
Posted in Opinion with tags 2014 KPop Girl Group Ranking (Top 22), 2NE1, A Pink, Baby One More Time, Barry Gibb, Billboard, Billboard Current Box Score, Blondie, Bobby Sherman, Boney M, Britney Spears, BSB, Bubble Pop, Captain Beyond, Christina Aguilera, Club 120, Come Back Home, cream, Crush, dance, Danny DiVito, Dave Clarke Five, David Cassidy, DBAWIS, Deep Purple, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Donna Summer, electronic, Gangnam Style, Gee, Girls Generation, hanteo, Herman's Hermits, Hip Hop, Hyuna, I Don't Need A Man, K-Pop, KC and the Sunshine Band, KPop, KPop Canada, Little Woman, metal, music, No No No, NSync, One Direction, Pop, Pop! Goes theWorld!, Psy, Pussycat Dolls, Queen, Rap, Risk, Rock, Sailor Moon, Santana, segarini, Simon Cowell, South Korea, Spirit, Sports Chosun, Stayin' Alive, Steal My Girl, The Beatles, The Bee Gees, The Monkees, TIGER beat, Time Magazine, Top 25 KPop Boy Groups of 2014, Yes, YouTube, YouTube Music Awards, Zappa on March 4, 2015 by segariniDuring a recent conversation on writing and music I was asked if I had ever heard of K-Pop. My answer was “no” although I was tempted to say “of course” me being a music junky and all. I’ve been told I don’t get out enough so I’m working on that. In the meantime…