Dancing to the Post-Mortem Juke Box in 2025

[Edgy MD]

Wayne Osmond was easily the most dorkward of the Osmonds in his stage presence — the go-to joke with him was to forget his name during the introductions — but he had perfect pitch, played lead guitar, and came up with the funky rumbling heavy metal riff that led to "Crazy Horses."

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

This may be too big a generalization but all Mormons are insane

[Edgy MD]

I should have said that Wayne was the most awkward ... until Jay got out from behind the drum kit to sing lead on that one, and decided that the best way to dance to that big Zeppelesque riff was to do The Funky Chicken.

[Edgy MD]

This Deep Purple-leaning track by the Osmonds was credited to three of them, but supposedly it was primarily Wayne's baby.

[Edgy MD]

When one of the Stax acts would get booked on Ed Sullivan, they'd bring a full horn section with them.

Except for Sam & Dave. They'd bring two full horn sections with them.

Clap your hands, Ed!



There was a self-assessment that Arthur Ashe shared in his memoir. He had captained the US Davis Cup team, and he chose his friends Sam Smith and Bob Lutz to handle the doubles match in order to save John McEnroe (who with Peter Fleming was half of the #1 doubles team in the world) for the second singles match. A lot of people disagreed with him, but he wouldn't acknowledge he was wrong until somebody (possibly Stan Smith) presented him with this logic:

"Who's the best doubles team in the world?"

　"John McEnroe and Peter Fleming."

"Who's the second-best doubles team in the world?"

　"Smith and Lutz."

"Nope."

　"Really? Then who?"

"John McEnroe and anybody else."

Similarly, you put Sam Moore with anybody and you were looking at a championship pairing.



Some bonus action there from Don Was, Kenny Aranoff, Paulinho da Costa, Benmont Tench, and others. Amazingly, that was Conway's final recording before dying shortly after, having collapsed onstage in Branson.

[Edgy MD]

With a chick in a leather mini, a guy in scary mime makeup, grainy black and white, fascists on the march, coin-op videogame action, and an atomic explosion, Marianne Faithfull might have had the most quintessentially 80s video, if only MTV ever touched it. Somehow turned into a dancefloor filler despite there not being a major chord in the whole damn song.

Rest in peace, British-invader-turned-postemodern-chanteuse.

[cal sharpie]

Her chanteuse period was pretty special. I had tickets to see her once but the concert was cancelled so never got the chance.

[Bob Alpacadaca]

The guy in the suspenders is serious nightmare fuel.

[Frayed Knot]

I liked this Van Morrison cover

[Edgy MD]

Jerry Butler, singer and composer for The Impressions is heading to the hereafter, but he always sang like an angel.



Also offer a moment of time to acknowledge the passing of Rick Buckler, author of the neo-mod machine-gun drum fills that made The Jam sound like The Jam.

[Edgy MD]

One can live many lifetimes and never find a song like this one that came out of Jesse Colin Young back in 1969.

[MFS62]

I'd never seen that before. It brought back many memories, but I don't know if I could dance to it.
Later

[metirish]

I absolutely love the drums in Going Underground, especially one drum roll

[metirish]

Greatest collaboration ever ?

[whippoorwill]

Wayne Osmond was easily the most dorkward of the Osmonds in his stage presence — the go-to joke with him was to forget his name during the introductions — but he had perfect pitch, played lead guitar, and came up with the funky rumbling heavy metal riff that led to "Crazy Horses."

I have one of those five year journals, the ones that for one full year, you answer a question for each day, then again for the next four years, you answer the same question for that date. It's interesting. It's my third journal.
Anyway, today's entry was "something that made me laugh today" and I was starting to worry it wasn't going to happen.

Then I watched this...

Thanks Edgy for the funky chicken comment

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

Greatest collaboration ever ?

I like how the metal guys were left out of Band Aid and USA for Africa and had to form their own fundraiser.

Hilarious guitar solo.

Who the f is Rough Cutt?

[metirish]

It's so cringe

When Dio asks and answers his own question to start the song , classic

Rough Cutt never made it big, various memories, notable Jake E Lee went onto better things

[Marshmallowmilkshake]

The Canadian version, "Tears are Not Enough," is a hoot, too. Geddy Lee gets a prime part, and there is a whole section in French.

Why do all these folks have to hold on to the headphones while they sing - or pretend to sing? Do they fall off? Do they hear better? Just a pose?

[Edgy MD]

Headphone grip is important. Trust me on this.

I'm just confused as to what recent passing got Hear 'n' Aid posted to this thread. Did Kevin DuBrow's wig die?

[metirish]

Headphone grip is important. Trust me on this.

I'm just confused as to what recent passing got Hear 'n' Aid posted to this thread. Did Kevin DuBrow's wig die?

I am never sure what the criteria is for some of these threads , anyway, it passed on something I was watching and I posted it