There’s a new Facebook challenge going around that asks people to choose the 12 albums that have “stayed with you” over the years. I’m not sure what they mean by that exactly. “Stayed with you” like your dog does when you’ve got a half-eaten bean burrito sitting unattended on your plate while you remote control your way through 177 channels on your TV set looking for a Season 9 marathon of the ‘Simpsons’? Or “Stayed with you” like a bad one-night stand that turned into a three-year commitment, a shared bank account and pink throw pillows on the bed you’ve had since Middle School?
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JAIMIE VERNON – MUSIC BUCKET CHALLENGE
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags 10cc, 54.40, 999, Andrew Wyeth, Bob Segarini, Canadian Music, Chalk Circle, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Elvis, Forgotten Rebels, Godley & Creme, hipster, Hybrid Kids, Jaimie Vernon, Men Without Hats, microdot, Morgan Fisher, Mott the Hoople, Music Bucket Challenge, Orson, Rational Youth, THE ALARM, The Clash, The Crickets, The Enemy, The Ramones, The Sex Pistols, Tonio K., tribal, Vital Sines on February 27, 2016 by segariniJAIMIE VERNON – CAR TOONZ
Posted in Opinion with tags AC/DC, alice cooper, Arc Angels, Billy Idol, Black Sabbath, Bob Segarini, car songs, Chack Circle, Colin James, DBAWIS, Deep Purple, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Driving songs, fast songs, Fastball, Forbes, Frankie Goes To Hollywood, Generation X, golden earring, INXS, Jaimie Vernon, Jimmy Barnes, Journey, Jude Cole, Kim Mitchell, Kiss, Montrose, Motley Crue, Sammy Hagar, Sass Jordan, T-Rex, THE ALARM, Top 20, U2 on February 1, 2014 by segarini
Bravo to those that waded into the Neil Young debate with my blog from last week. I’m still getting hate mail so clearly it hit a nerve. When Neil solves the energy crisis, world peace and how to tune a guitar, let me know. I’ll retract the entire piece. Now on to something a little more frivolous…
This week Forbes magazine released their straw poll of the Top 20 best driving songs. The list is here. http://www.forbes.com/sites/jimgorzelany/2014/01/14/journey-places-two-hits-among-best-driving-songs-list-really/
DOUG THOMPSON: CONFESSIONS OF A PROFESSIONAL ROCK AND ROLL INTERVIEWER – BITS AND PIECES, ODDS AND SODS AND WATCH YOUR LANGUAGE WHILE YOU’RE AT IT
Posted in Opinion with tags ABBA, David Lee Roth, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Doug Thompson, Eddie Lawrence, Hits in foreign languages, Kyu Sakamoto, Lesley Gore, Linda Ronstadt, LORNE GREENE, marvin gaye, music, music videos, NENA, Records, THE ALARM, The Beatles, The HOLLIES, THE TEMPTATIONS on October 14, 2013 by segarini
OK, this is as good a place as any to admit this – I’m probably as close to being a ‘hoarder’ as you can get without actually being featured on the TV show. No, I don’t have piles of decades old newspapers and I can actually walk through my entire house without following a prescribed path through all the debris. My so called ‘hoarding’ is specifically related to materials from my 40+ years in the radio/advertising/interviewing/television industries.
Segarini: Don't Believe a Word I Say 