Last week the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame did a virtual induction of its 2020 nominees that included Whitney Houston, The Doobie Brothers, Depeche Mode, Nine Inch Nails, Notorious B.I.G., and T. Rex. Typical of past years during the induction process, the public and media got their panties into a bunch over how their favourite artist has been snubbed.
Archive for Cheap Trick
WHEATFIELD EMPIRE by Jaimie Vernon
Posted in music, Opinion, Review with tags Bob Segarini, Buffalo Springfield, Burton Cummings, Cheap Trick, DBAWIS, Depeche Mode, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Guess Who, Jaimie Vernon, Jann Wenner, John Einarson, Nazareth, Notorious B.I.G., randy bachman, Razma-Naz!, Ringo Starr and The All-Starr Band, Robert Lawson, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Rush, Steppenwolf, Still Competition, T-Rex, The Band, The Doobie Brothers, The Guess Who, Wheatfield Empire, Whitney Houston on November 16, 2020 by segariniJAIMIE VERNON – CLEVER HAS A NAME: JAMES CLARK INSTITUTE
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags Badfinger, Beatles, Blair Packham, Bob Segarini, Canadian Music, Cheap Trick, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Fastball, Garry Flint, Jaimie Vernon, James Clark Institute, John Dinsmore, Moe Berg, Power Pop, Raspberries, Smithereens, Squeeze, The Byrds, The Kinks, The Odds, The Pursuit of Happiness, The Who, Todd Rundgren on October 23, 2016 by segarini
We’re in an interesting transitional period with music. Not the industry part that I’ve frequently beaten up and kicked to the curb time and time again. No, I’m talking about musical direction. I had hoped upon hope that post-9/11 the singer-songwriter would make a massive mainstream comeback to usher in the silver age of thinking man’s music. To say I was disappointed would be an understatement. The simpletons in charge of what we listen to doubled down on the stupid with the vacant tap dancing and lip-syncing of nubile females, effeminate boy bands and reality stars-turned-prime-time-embarrassments. ‘American Idol’ was the new A & R department for the future of music.
JAIMIE VERNON – POP GOES THE WORLD
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags Adele, Barry Manilow, Blue Ash, Bob Segarini, Bruno Mars., Canadian Music, Cat Stevens, Cheap Trick, Dana Countryman, DBAWIS, Dead Beat Poets, Don't Believe a Word I Say, ear candy, ELO, Fastball, Fountains of Wayne, Frank Secich, Herb Eimerman, Jaimie Vernon, jangly guitars, Jeff Lynne, Mark Hershberger, Mark Ronson, Motown, Old School Pop, Paul Anka, Pop Detective Records, Power Pop, Spiral Staircase, Taylor Swift, The Byrds, The Dahlmanns, The Enemy, The Go Wows, Uptown Funk on September 26, 2015 by segarini
For the last 15 to 20 years the idea of pop music – like the good old guitar/piano driven stuff we grew up with on the CHUM Top 30 and Billboard Top40 charts – has been Verboten and buried like a forgotten dog bone in the backyard. Like some nerdist guilty pleasure there’s been a counter movement which has dubbed itself the keepers of Power Pop though its supporters can never agree on the definition of the term.
JAIMIE VERNON – HEY, NINETEEN
Posted in Opinion with tags Anniversary., BMG Music, Bob Segarini, Bryan Adams, Bullseye Records, Canadian Music, Cheap Trick, DBAWIS, Derek Longmuir, divorce, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Donny Osmond, Duke Street Diner, El Mocambo, Great White Noise Magazine, Honeymoon Suite, Jaimie Vernon, Jeff Healey, Kings X, Kingswood, little black dress, Liverpool, Made In Canada, Maureen Leeson, Moving Targetz, P.A.M., Paul Anand, Paul White, record collection, rock and roll love letter, Sharon Vernon, Spare Parts, Spin Doctors, The Bay City Rollers, The Eagles, The Kings on March 14, 2015 by segarini
As you read this my wife Sharon Vernon and I have just celebrated our 19th anniversary. We went to Cleveland to see two of her favourite bands – the American act Red Wanting Blue and Canadian rock darling The Trews who I introduced her to (musically) in 2003 after seeing them in a club in Halifax during the ECMA’s. We’ve done a lot of that on our anniversaries – going to see live acts. That includes Lighthouse on our 17th and Ian Mitchell of the Bay City Rollers (see story below).
Cameron Carpenter: Rock’n’Roll Rewind – A Cheap Trick Encore
Posted in Opinion with tags Cameron Carpenter, Cheap Trick, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Harbour Castle Hotel, Kitchner, music, music videos, Records, The New Music Magazine, Toronto on February 19, 2015 by segarini
This week we rewind to August 1979. The New Music Magazine is celebrating its first anniversary (it would not celebrate a second) and once again I was hanging around with Cheap Trick.
“Well we made it. One year after the fact, The New Music is still here. Some things, like the price, have changed, but for those of you who were with us at the beginning, things are still the same; you’re getting a full-colour rock magazine delivered to your doorstep every month for free. Anyway, there is a point to be made.
Cameron Carpenter – Rock’n’Roll Rewind – I Want You To Read Me, I Need You To Read Me
Posted in Opinion with tags Anchor Bar, Buffalo NY, Cameron Carpenter, Cheap Trick, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Harvey and Corky, Kensington Lodge, music, Records, REO Speedwagon, segarini, The Bovine, The New Music Magazine, Toronto on February 12, 2015 by segarini
This week we rewind to June 8, 1978. If I am not mistaken this was the first story I was ever paid for (and looking back they paid far too much). It appeared in the debut issue of The New Music Magazine which arrived in mailboxes across the country in August of 1978. It was produced by the CHUM radio chain and I was fortunate to write in every issue.
JAIMIE VERNON – THE POWER OF POP
Posted in Opinion with tags American music, Amplifier Magazine, Badfinger, Beatles, Big Star, Big Takeover, Bob Segarini, British Invasion, Britpop, Buddy Holly, Canadian Music, Cheap Trick, Chuck Berry, crooners, Dana Countryman, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, doo-wop, Elvis, Enuff Z'nuff, Fastball, Fountains of Wayne, International Pop Overthrow Festival, Jaimie Vernon, Jam Recordings, Jellyfish, Jerry Lee Lewis, Kool Kat Music, Little Richard, Material Issue, Matthew Sweet, Monkees, Not Lame Recordings, paul revere, Paul Revere & The Raiders, Permanent Press Recordings, Pop music, Power Pop, Spongetones, Terry Melcher., The Association, The Beach Boys, The Beau Brummels, The Byrds, The Jackson 5, The Knack, The Masticators, The Osmonds, The Raspberries, The Rolling Stones, The Shoes, The Turtles, The Ventures, The Who, Tommy Keene, Viet Nam War, Wackers, Weezer on October 11, 2014 by segarini
This week Paul Revere of 1960s pop band Paul Revere & The Raiders passed away at the age of 76. He and his band were one of the second generation of pop stars who took the post-Elvis world by storm on the back of Beatlemania.
JAIMIE VERNON – 50 YEAR CONFLUENCE
Posted in Opinion with tags Bob Segarini, Cheap Trick, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Ed Sullivan Show, ELO, George Harrison, George Martin, I Want To Hold Your Hand, It Was 50 Years Ago Today, Jaimie Vernon, Jellyfish, John Lennon, Klaatu, Liverpool, Paul McCartney, Polyphonic Spree., Ringo Starr, The Beatles, The Fab Four, The Wackers on February 8, 2014 by segarini
As the media has been very cognizant of pointing out all week, Sunday, February 9th marks the 50th Anniversary of the night the Beatles stepped on stage at the Ed Sullivan Theater in Manhattan and destroyed America – one sobbing, hormone filled teenager at a time. It was a typical scenario that had become de rigueur to Rock and Roll dating back to the Elvis Presley hip swivel and even Frank Sinatra simmering blue-eyed allure before him. The media and parents alike were quick to write these four Liverpool lads off as yet another passing adolescent fad. But they were so wrong.
Roxanne Tellier: I Like Dreaming …
Posted in Opinion with tags Aretha Franklin, Billy Ocean, California Dreaming, Cheap Trick, Crowded House, Dan Hartman, Day Dreaming, DBAWIS, Don Cornelius, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Dream Weaver, Dreaming, Dreams, Eurythmics, Galway Bay, Gary Wright, Glen Campbell, Hall and Oates, Heart, John Lennon, Katy Perry, Kenny Nolan, Mama Cass, Marilyn Manson, music, Patsy Cline, Records, Roxanne Tellier, Roy Orbison, Sh-Boom, Soul Train, Supertramp, Sweet Dreams, The Crew Cuts, The Electric Prunes, The Mamas and the Papas, The Moody Blues, Wildest Dreams on October 2, 2013 by segarini
Those who know me too well say I’m an “insta crash.” I have the ability to fall asleep in the most awkward of places and the strangest of times. It’s a gift.
And I dream. I dream in colour, the dreams have plot lines, no matter how insane, and if I don’t like my dream, I can wake up, figure out how to change the plot, and fall back asleep to finish off the story. In the words of that insipid 1977 Kenny Nolan song, I like dreaming. And I do it very well.
Cameron Carpenter: The ABC’s Of Rock’n’Roll _ Finishing Off The Bobo
Posted in Opinion with tags Aerosmith, BBC's Joy of the Single, Cameron Carpenter, Cheap Trick, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Jay Sparrow, music, segarini, Shanghai Cowgirl on November 29, 2012 by segarini
And now the conclusion of my Bob Segarini cover story from the November 1979 issue of “Music Express”. Punctuation and grammar appear as they did in print. Many of you read Justin Smallbridge’s first DBAWIS column last week but the three of us go back a long way.
Part Five – An Introduction To The Bobo (Or Reading The College Papers)
Segarini: Don't Believe a Word I Say 