tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post1097443247578375135..comments2024-03-28T21:17:32.757+00:00Comments on Steve Does Comics: The Marvel Lucky Bag - June 1970.Steve W.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09191442559702617745noreply@blogger.comBlogger38125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-29456900268469003892020-06-04T10:57:29.359+01:002020-06-04T10:57:29.359+01:00Karaoke is proof that Satan is real.Karaoke is proof that Satan is real.Killdumpsternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-70170607277642213102020-06-04T08:02:20.255+01:002020-06-04T08:02:20.255+01:00Thinking about Mungo Jerry’s crummy-sounding Trium...Thinking about Mungo Jerry’s crummy-sounding Triumph. It’s a weird thing, but I’m pretty sure cars USUALLY sound kinda cruddy in songs.<br /><br />Roger Taylor’s daft auto-erotic epic “I’m In Love With My Car” ends with the object of his affection “vroom vrooming” away, and it doesn’t sound like the kind of car that would make MY heart skip a beat, I can tell you that. Everything else on that fershlugginer album is over-dubbed and polished to perfection, and the car sounds like it’s just some random junker they happened to point a microphone at and then said, “Yep, that’ll do”. Poor thing sounds like it’ll barely make it out of the neighborhood.<br /><br />And then there’s “Detroit Rock City”. That whole cinematic opening bit with the guy leaving the house, digging out his keys, revving up the car and driving away towards his doom — you’d think they would have put some effort into finding a badass muscle car or something but nope, sounds like it’s just some crappy old car with a bad muffler. The climactic crash sounds pretty good, I have to admit.<br /><br />-b.t.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-46131726582253088482020-06-04T07:39:18.089+01:002020-06-04T07:39:18.089+01:00Just thought I'd point out that Feels Like I&#...Just thought I'd point out that Feels Like I'm In Love by Kelly Marie is my karaoke go to. Been a while since I've been drunk enough to perform though.dangermash aka The Artistic Actuaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15669793446608643884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-7463976150040395462020-06-04T02:50:34.919+01:002020-06-04T02:50:34.919+01:00Hmmmm, I never saw any of those films until adulth...Hmmmm, I never saw any of those films until adulthood. At that point in time I was limited to Disney fare. Probably saw "The Love Bug" or some such that summer. <br /><br />That Love Story book looks incredible. Colan inked by Romita! I'd love to get a look at that. But for now, I'd better go shish my gurge... Redartzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08221459636234713619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-79406981084924595352020-06-04T02:05:10.010+01:002020-06-04T02:05:10.010+01:00I would have bought a ticket for that show.I would have bought a ticket for that show.Killdumpsternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-60335557541628051242020-06-04T00:36:35.905+01:002020-06-04T00:36:35.905+01:00I think the UK 33 had an extra track rather than a...I think the UK 33 had an extra track rather than an extended mix. Its main advantage was that someone's drunk aunt, at some early 70s party, could put it on at the wrong speed. Obviously much hilarity would follow as several other aged relatives will attempt the can't dance shuffle at the wrong speed. Or perhaps that was just my relatives...<br /><br />DWAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-11601414677086480032020-06-03T22:57:50.363+01:002020-06-03T22:57:50.363+01:00Charlie, there is a copy of Crazy Horses sitting n...Charlie, there is a copy of <i>Crazy Horses</i> sitting no more than 12 feet away from me, right now.<br /><br />While we're dwelling on <i>In the Summertime</i>, I feel we should acknowledge the existence of the noticeably similar <i>Pushbike Song</i> which was a global hit a year later: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LZ9TGOGt04Steve W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09191442559702617745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-55982296859014501412020-06-03T22:40:41.072+01:002020-06-03T22:40:41.072+01:00Shish your gurge sn't that a banjo rather than...Shish your gurge sn't that a banjo rather than a uke on In The Summertime? <br />I suppose it could be a banjolele. Still, either way, you have to give it to them getting a hit as late as 1970 with a sound like that - sorta the last gasp of skiffle.<br />"Ey, wheres me washboard?"<br /><br />-seanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-51436606175279840952020-06-03T21:44:05.145+01:002020-06-03T21:44:05.145+01:00b.t.-
I'm going to use the terms "shish&...b.t.-<br /><br />I'm going to use the terms "shish" and "gurge" in everyday conversations now, until they appear in Webster's Dictionary.Killdumpsternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-51604260300988980502020-06-03T21:32:02.189+01:002020-06-03T21:32:02.189+01:00Man, I thought for sure it was a motorboat. It sou...Man, I thought for sure it was a motorboat. It sounded just like the clunky one my dad had in the 60's.<br /><br />Guess I "shished" right into a "gurge the spa" moment. Lol.<br /><br />New blog site coming soon... because you demanded it!<br /><br />STEVE DOES MUNGO JERRY!! LMAO!!!Killdumpsternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-34674637412307718482020-06-03T21:03:34.146+01:002020-06-03T21:03:34.146+01:00I am delighted to hear that it’s a Triumph feebly ...I am delighted to hear that it’s a Triumph feebly revving up in that “In The Summertime” music break — I always thought it sounded like a ratty old sports car, not a motorbike or a motorboat. Honestly, I was already reeling from the idea that there are ukuleles in the song, and that there are, in fact, no such verbs as “shish” and “gurge”. I don’t think I could have handled one more thing.<br /><br />- b.t.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-65625058539402653212020-06-03T20:37:25.928+01:002020-06-03T20:37:25.928+01:00Did you know Joe Rush played the washboard for Mun...Did you know Joe Rush played the washboard for Mungo Jerry? CHarlie didn't... until today!Charlie Horse 47https://www.blogger.com/profile/00906538705798228800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-81667884688786649022020-06-03T20:33:35.900+01:002020-06-03T20:33:35.900+01:00Did you know that the cat who designed Elvis's...Did you know that the cat who designed Elvis's jump suit also designed same for the Osmond family?<br /><br />Sean, Steve, Colin, KD, and the rest of you lot! I beg of you to watch the attached link. It may go a long way towards evening the scales of justice for the indignities you tortured Charlie with: Plastic Bertrand, Japanese, Boy, Boney M... (It is safe for home viewing... just like the aforementioned videos LOL)<br /><br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXcj8dFOd1E<br />Charlie Horse 47https://www.blogger.com/profile/00906538705798228800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-51521806367391387932020-06-03T20:24:55.955+01:002020-06-03T20:24:55.955+01:00Today is a day of many startling revelations:
Fir...Today is a day of many startling revelations:<br /><br />First Charlie learned that it's a Triumph sports car making the "In the Summertime" noise.<br /><br />Second Mungo Jerry is a Brit group. I figured they were from Kentucky! I swear! (Sheffield?)<br /><br />Third, this thing sold 30,000,000 copies! Charlie Horse 47https://www.blogger.com/profile/00906538705798228800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-40194020197131348302020-06-03T20:21:56.658+01:002020-06-03T20:21:56.658+01:00Well, that song is one of those things that just s...Well, that song is one of those things that just sticks in your head... And per the Wikipedia the mystery is finally solved: <br /><br />In an interview with Gary James, Dorset (the lead singer and writer of in the Summer Time) explained the origin of the "motorcycle" sound towards the false ending in the middle of the song: "I said, 'We'll just get a recording of a motorcycle, stick it on the end of the song and then re-edit the front and then put the front off to the motorcycle so it starts up again.' But I couldn't find a motorcycle. Howard Barry, the engineer had an old, well, it wasn't old then, a Triumph sports car, which he drove past the studio while Barry Marrit was holding the microphone. So, he got the stereo effects from left to right or right to left, whatever. And that was it."Charlie Horse 47https://www.blogger.com/profile/00906538705798228800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-16149389659140071072020-06-03T18:52:44.584+01:002020-06-03T18:52:44.584+01:00It's amazing that "In The Summertime"...It's amazing that "In The Summertime" had so many mysteries that needed solved!Killdumpsternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-6194092997451810722020-06-03T18:26:46.983+01:002020-06-03T18:26:46.983+01:00Good grief! I've just discovered Ray Dorset wr...Good grief! I've just discovered Ray Dorset wrote <i>Feels Like I'm in Love</i> for Elvis Presley!<br /><br />Tragically, The King never got round to recording it.<br /><br />I feel like the world missed out on something truly awesome.Steve W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09191442559702617745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-31771820268783588372020-06-03T18:21:03.180+01:002020-06-03T18:21:03.180+01:00Bt and KD, I can exclusively reveal that, in In Th...Bt and KD, I can exclusively reveal that, in <i>In The Summertime</i>, Ray Dorset is singing, "You can stretch right up and touch the sky."<br /><br />Obviously, he's wrong. You can't.<br /><br />Unless you're Reed Richards.<br /><br />Charlie, KD, DW, that was a motorboat? I've always assumed it was just a not very good sports car.<br /><br />Cerebus, that sounds like a super-hero team that could have rivalled The Champions for popularity.<br /><br />Sean and Charlie, I don't know about Namor but I loved Whizzer and Chips equally.<br /><br />Tim, did they just do that song, or were there others from their repertoire? From what I remember, Ray Dorset also wrote Kelly Marie's Disco smash <i>Feels Like I'm in Love</i>. I would've loved to hear Mungo Jerry do that one with a washboard.Steve W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09191442559702617745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-88675013297823354402020-06-03T18:19:16.212+01:002020-06-03T18:19:16.212+01:00Now, I may have liked to "gurge the spa"...Now, I may have liked to "gurge the spa" with a young Shirley MacLaine.Killdumpsternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-78100272560207557492020-06-03T17:57:36.062+01:002020-06-03T17:57:36.062+01:00Man, "gurge the spa" is putting unpleasa...Man, "gurge the spa" is putting unpleasant thoughts in my head.Killdumpsternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-47329892471718424262020-06-03T17:34:33.765+01:002020-06-03T17:34:33.765+01:00I thought it was "shish right up and touch th...I thought it was "shish right up and touch the sky"<br /><br />Maybe "shish" was slang for "jump"?Killdumpsternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-38331838813995811982020-06-03T16:08:34.148+01:002020-06-03T16:08:34.148+01:00Oh, and as for ‘In the Summertime’ — can anyone te...Oh, and as for ‘In the Summertime’ — can anyone tell me what ‘you can shish right out and gurge the spa’ means?<br /><br />-b.t.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-80992806090378301412020-06-03T16:05:57.870+01:002020-06-03T16:05:57.870+01:00
DW: yes, OUR LOVE STORY 5 wins Best Art of this b...<br />DW: yes, OUR LOVE STORY 5 wins Best Art of this batch, hands down. Steranko’s super-stylish Bob Peak / Peter Max mash-up pastiche gets all the attention but the other two stories are gorgeous too. Funny story — I bought my copy of this comic from Steranko himself at San Diego Comic Con about 15 years ago. It was pretty beat-up, cover still attached but barely, and wrinkly as hell. He wanted $40 for it. I said, ‘40 bucks, seriously? In this condition?’ He kinda sheepishly said ‘Okay, twenty’ , I handed over the dough and walked away well pleased with myself. Until I realized I hadn’t gotten him to sign the thing! Dumb-ass.<br /><br />I used to love the Thomas/Kane/Adkins run of CAPTAIN MARVEL. I still dig the art but find Roy’s writing almost unbearable these days. Mar-Vell’s OTT pompous incantatory speechifying reads like a bad parody of Stan Lee at his worst. <br /><br />- b.t.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-46843237125482714642020-06-03T15:25:34.038+01:002020-06-03T15:25:34.038+01:00Triton was a member of a made-up team when I drew ...Triton was a member of a made-up team when I drew comics & covers in grade school. He was primarily in it because he was fun to draw.<br /><br />You never know, though. There might have been some serious swimming business that needed taken care of.<br /><br />Cerebus660-<br />Roy thought about a Red Raven, Bucky(?), Triton team? Must've been a bit of LSD floating around the bullpen.Killdumpsternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-40227517889727579592020-06-03T15:20:16.107+01:002020-06-03T15:20:16.107+01:00KD, DW - that weird sound in the middle of Summert...KD, DW - that weird sound in the middle of Summertime, when the music stops, is a motorboat??? Seriously? I've never met anyone who knew what it was!<br /><br />ANyhow, if the didn't have that "washboard" click... click-click sound in the middle it would not be the same. The washboard made it.<br /><br />The motor boat... i remember endless discussions about "what the heck is that." LOLCharlie Horse 47https://www.blogger.com/profile/00906538705798228800noreply@blogger.com