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John Cougar Lunchbucket Feb 15 2010 09:09 AM

Here's the quote: Why isn’t this monumental hitmaker getting more respect from his peers? Specifically, they point out that he’s never been elected to the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame. That’s something that bewilders me as well – if you consider all the big ’70s and ’80s rock acts already in there (Bob Seger, Tom Petty, Abba, Madonna, et al) and how, at the time, _________ was just as important (if not more) in terms of defining the sound of his era. Unfortunately, thanks to ["redacted song title"] and ["redacted song title"], ________ gets thought of as a lightweight – nothing more than a novelty act, which tends to disguise what a master guitarist he is. Or how successfully he brought synthesizers into the mainstream. Or how he – in a different way than Led Zeppelin – reimagined blues licks and turned them into classic rock and roll. Can you fill in the blanks above? Answer revealed in an interesting 2 part retrospective at this below address.... (editing for sucking at html 11 years later) Would you support the candidacy? [url]http://popdose.com/the-popdose-guide-to-the-steve-miller-band-part-1/

batmagadanleadoff Feb 15 2010 09:25 AM Re: Name the musician...

It's that "Joker" whose box set you acquired last Spring.

TransMonk Feb 15 2010 09:44 AM Re: Name the musician...

He's got 3 #1 songs, but I don't think his overall body of work matches up with even Seger or ABBA. He is levels below Petty and Madonna in terms of success and influence. Miller only has 19 songs that reached the US Billboard Top 100. That means one disc of greatest hits isn't missing anything. Personally, I think he is a joker.

Edgy DC Feb 15 2010 10:29 AM Re: Name the musician...

I imagine a reconstitued Wings with him replacing Jimmy McCulloch would be a good last hurrah for him and McCartney. (And why is McCartney in as a solo act but not Wings, huh?) Who is this? In 1986, Time magazine called David Byrne “Rock’s Renaissance Man”. As much as Byrne’s music and songs are enticing and enjoyable (especially his tenure with Talking Heads), the term “Rock’s Renaissance Man” might have been better suited to ____________. Apart from being a sought-after record producer, despite his prolific output, what _______ lacked is a string of (pop/rock) hits. Being recognised for "______________" is one thing, but that hardly tells the whole ______________ story. Starting with simple (or classic) pop, ________ has delved into power pop (long before the genre became respectable); Philly soul; the bossa-nova; progressive rock; gone experimental (recording live albums by telling the audience to be silent!); took on electronica and ventured into interactive technology and music videos. Instead of being hailed by the masses, ________ developed a cult following with both fans and critics acknowledging _________ (____) and __________ (____) as _______’s key albums.

TransMonk Feb 15 2010 10:44 AM Re: Name the musician...

Rundgren. He's a joker, too. At least they play his song at many football arenas after a touchdown is scored.

metsguyinmichigan Feb 15 2010 11:00 AM Re: Name the musician...

My 17-year-old loves "Jet Airliner." Steve Miller strikes me as one of those guys where people like a lot of his songs, but you don't hear of too many people declare themselves big Steve Miller fans. I don't think I've ever seen anyone in a Steve Miller T-shirt, not that that's the bees all. I like "Hearts like a Wheel," which was a bitch to find on CD.

Edgy DC Feb 15 2010 11:10 AM Re: Name the musician...

Forever linked in my mind:

TransMonk Feb 15 2010 11:21 AM Re: Name the musician...

Without looking, can anyone name Seger's only #1 US single?

themetfairy Feb 15 2010 11:21 AM Re: Name the musician...

Night Moves?

TransMonk Feb 15 2010 11:22 AM Re: Name the musician...

Nope.

DocTee Feb 15 2010 11:36 AM Re: Name the musician...

Turn the Page?

TransMonk Feb 15 2010 11:50 AM Re: Name the musician...

Nope.

Frayed Knot Feb 15 2010 11:54 AM Re: Name the musician...

Hollywood Nights

TransMonk Feb 15 2010 11:58 AM Re: Name the musician...

Nope. Hint - You know the song, but it is not one of the first several to come to mind when you think of Bob Seger. In fact, it is not even included on his Greatest Hits album released in 1994, even though the song was released well before 1994. It did appear on Greatest Hits II in 2003.

Edgy DC Feb 15 2010 12:05 PM Re: Name the musician...

"Tenemos Esta Noche"

Edgy DC Feb 15 2010 12:07 PM Re: Name the musician...

Well, I peeked, and I'm wrong.

TransMonk Feb 15 2010 12:08 PM Re: Name the musician...

Nope. Hint 2 - This song was for a soundtrack album and was originally supposed to be sung by Glen Frey.

Edgy DC Feb 15 2010 12:52 PM Re: Name the musician...

Hint number three: Without these hints, this song would have been my 124th guess.

Chad Ochoseis Feb 15 2010 01:05 PM Re: Name the musician...

This song was for a soundtrack album and was originally supposed to be sung by Glen Frey. Fire Lake. I think there was a lot of Eagles involvement in that song. Without the hint, I probably would have guessed Against the Wind.

TransMonk Feb 15 2010 01:10 PM Re: Name the musician...

Nope. Fire Lake only made it to #6...but it did feature Frey and other Eagles on backing vocals. Against the Wind is wrong as well. Hint 4 - The movie that this song was made for was a sequel. Glenn Frey had a hit that was featured in the original movie, which is presumably why he was slated to sing the song from the sequel.

Edgy DC Feb 15 2010 01:52 PM Re: Name the musician...

And while we wait for somebody to smack that one off the tee, name this musician: (Musician) was poised to join the (tour theme) Here & Now tour in January 2002, but was unable to do so after he was charged with throwing a car alternator through a pub window and then threatening patrons with an imitation firearm. When (Musician)showed up, some of the pub patrons made fun of his appearance and told him that the man he was looking for was not present. (Musician) angrily told them he would be back before storming off and finding the car alternator in the street. (Musician) was brought to court at Old Bailey. The charges against him (which included criminal damage and threatening members of the public) were reduced to a single count of causing affray, to which he pleaded guilty. He was fined £500 and ordered to psychiatric care with a suspended sentence. In June 2003, (Musician) was arrested again by police after a conflict with a neighbour resulted in his attempting to smash the neighbour's patio door in with a shovel and then lying down on the concrete floor of a cafe basement with his trousers pulled down, curled up and trying to sleep. Once again he was charged with affray and criminal damage and spent time in psychiatric wards. In September of that year, he was sectioned under the Mental Health Act 1983 and spent a further six months of in-patient psychiatric care. He was eventually granted a conditional discharge by the judge at Highbury Magistrates Court.

G-Fafif Feb 15 2010 01:52 PM Re: Name the musician...

Shakedown

TransMonk Feb 15 2010 01:55 PM Re: Name the musician...

[quote="G-Fafif":3ka18qfl]Shakedown[/quote:3ka18qfl] Woot! G-Fafif is our winner!

G-Fafif Feb 15 2010 02:01 PM Re: Name the musician...

I liked "Shakedown," but I remember thinking, "This doesn't sound like a Bob Seger song at all." It's a little in that realm of Chuck Berry's only No. 1 single being "My Ding-A-Ling".

TransMonk Feb 15 2010 05:14 PM Re: Name the musician...

You're busted.

RealityChuck Feb 15 2010 05:37 PM Re: Name the musician...

Steve Miller? His claim to greatness ended with Rock Love. His first five albums are good ones, but after that, he did nothing worth listening to. Now, "Space Cowboy," "Living in the USA," "Your Saving Grace," showed some great talent, but his later work was pure crapola.

Kong76 Feb 15 2010 06:29 PM Re: Name the musician...

Not a big Seger fan. I'll confess first time I heard link below many moons ago, I thought he finally hit one out ... of course, it wasn't him ... [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bomv-6CJSfM C'mon, it sounds like him!

Edgy DC Feb 15 2010 06:34 PM Re: Name the musician...

All threads lead to the SG.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Feb 15 2010 07:13 PM Re: Name the musician...

[quote="RealityChuck"]Steve Miller? His claim to greatness ended with Rock Love. His first five albums are good ones, but after that, he did nothing worth listening to. Now, "Space Cowboy," "Living in the USA," "Your Saving Grace," showed some great talent, but his later work was pure crapola.

It's not like I am out to change anyone's mind, but the point sort of for the post and especially the linked article was to prompt a reconsideration, as Miller to me seems one of those artists who've people made their minds up on ages and ages ago. I dunno. I don't need my mind changed to enjoy confronting some old opinions every now and then. Edgy's whodunnit was either the Gallaher brother from Oasis or Boy George

Edgy DC Feb 15 2010 08:53 PM Re: Name the musician...

You're in the park.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Feb 15 2010 09:08 PM Re: Name the musician... Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Feb 16 2010 07:10 AM

Let down... your guard... honey... just about the time you're thinkin' it's alriiiight... with the Glenn Frey song being "The H is O." Am I right? OE: Read better/more thoroughly, me.

metsguyinmichigan Feb 16 2010 05:30 AM Re: Name the musician...

Seger music was inescapable here in Michigan wen we first moved to the state in 1990 -- especially since we lived on the Detroit side. (Grand Rapids has a bit of a Chicago lean, and a certain resentment toward Detroit) It seemed like whenever we turned on a radio, he was there -- no matter for format. I swear the all-talk stations seemed to take a Seger break! Got to the point where we'd yell "NO!" in unison when he came on. That said, the music writers at both papers I've worked with here say he's a nice guy to deal with.

TransMonk Feb 16 2010 06:38 AM Re: Name the musician...

[quote="LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr"]Let down... your guard... honey... just about the time you're thinkin' it's alriiiight... with the Glenn Frey song being "The H is O." Am I right?

Yeah! Oh, yeah. Burnin', burnin', burnin. Woohoo. The heat is....on.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Feb 16 2010 07:14 AM Re: Name the musician...

[quote="TransMonk"]Yeah! Oh, yeah. Burnin', burnin', burnin. Woohoo. The heat is....on.

Deeply odd digital short from about ten years back, courtesy of Adam McKay and pre-overexposure Will Ferrell.

Ashie62 Feb 16 2010 03:18 PM Re: Name the musician...

[quote="TransMonk":2faiugiu]Rundgren. He's a joker, too. At least they play his song at many football arenas after a touchdown is scored.[/quote:2faiugiu] "I don't wanna work,I wanna bang on Jerry all day" OK..thats gay

Ashie62 Feb 16 2010 03:21 PM Re: Name the musician...

My music kinda begins and ends with the Sex Pistols, New York Dolls, CBGB's Stones and first wave punk. And most of those people who are still alive have a big Old Jet Airliner

RealityChuck Feb 17 2010 07:55 AM Re: Name the musician...

[quote="John Cougar Lunchbucket"][quote="RealityChuck"]Steve Miller? His claim to greatness ended with Rock Love. His first five albums are good ones, but after that, he did nothing worth listening to. Now, "Space Cowboy," "Living in the USA," "Your Saving Grace," showed some great talent, but his later work was pure crapola.

It's not like I am out to change anyone's mind, but the point sort of for the post and especially the linked article was to prompt a reconsideration, as Miller to me seems one of those artists who've people made their minds up on ages and ages ago. I dunno. I don't need my mind changed to enjoy confronting some old opinions every now and then.I find my opinion confirmed whenever I hear his later music. In fact, it wasn't until recently that I went back and reconsidered his good stuff; I had forgotten how good his early music was because all you heard was the crap. I don't mind reconsidering, but when I hear the stolen riff in "Rock 'N Me," it shows me just how badly he had fallen.

Edgy DC Feb 20 2010 04:34 PM Re: Name the musician...

OK, while you dullards chew on that last one, name this musician/band. ______’s trademark rough and gruff vocals always made (him/her) sound like a sincere soul (man/woman) who has suffered for (his/her) art, even when (he/she) sings a happy song. And the blaring horn and pounding percussion sections of _______ turned every tune into a life and death match for the heart of the listener. These cats didn’t make just music. They went to war.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Feb 20 2010 04:44 PM Re: Name the musician...

Otis Redding/the Bar-Kays?

Edgy DC Feb 20 2010 04:50 PM Re: Name the musician...

Good guessie. Not correct, however.

batmagadanleadoff Feb 20 2010 05:19 PM Re: Name the musician...

Bruce Springsteen came to mind before I was even done reading your teaser. Not because I think that The Boss is the answer to your teaser, but because for me, gruff voice and horns are Springsteen's calling cards.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Feb 20 2010 05:40 PM Re: Name the musician...

The other one-- Boy George?

John Cougar Lunchbucket Feb 20 2010 05:47 PM Re: Name the musician...

[quote="Edgy DC"]OK, while you dullards chew on that last one, name this musician/band. ______’s trademark rough and gruff vocals always made (him/her) sound like a sincere soul (man/woman) who has suffered for (his/her) art, even when (he/she) sings a happy song. And the blaring horn and pounding percussion sections of _______ turned every tune into a life and death match for the heart of the listener. These cats didn’t make just music. They went to war.

Southside Johnny and the Jukes

Edgy DC Feb 20 2010 05:48 PM Re: Name the musician...

Boy George has been guessed. Both of you are close-ish, though by different degrees.

Edgy DC Feb 20 2010 05:48 PM Re: Name the musician...

[quote="John Cougar Lunchbucket":2wpddcxj]Southside Johnny and the Jukes[/quote:2wpddcxj] Ka-pow.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Feb 20 2010 05:51 PM Re: Name the musician...

Paul Weller.

Edgy DC Feb 20 2010 05:55 PM Re: Name the musician...

Jeez, I hope not. I think I once voted for Paul Weller for Senator.

batmagadanleadoff Feb 20 2010 06:12 PM Re: Name the musician...

Aha. Southside Johnny. Gruffer than The Boss. And hornier, too.

Ashie62 Feb 21 2010 01:56 PM Re: Name the musician...

Southside makes "The Boss" look like a piker

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Feb 22 2010 12:56 PM Re: Name the musician...

[quote="Edgy DC":1m20okog]Jeez, I hope not. I think I once voted for Paul Weller for Senator.[/quote:1m20okog] What, trying to Kick Out the 'Cans? How about Bob Geldof? Adam Ant? Simon LeBon? Howard Jones?

Edgy DC Feb 27 2010 10:00 PM Re: Name the musician...

Rapid-fire guessing sucks, but Adam Ant is correct. You control the board.