On That Note - "OTN, The First Year"

[IsUaClone2]

I thought I knew my oldies 50's, 60's, and some 40's but it didn't take long for Mean Dean to show me what I missed. Even though this thread causes my computer to warn "This webpage is using significant memory. Closing it may improve the responsiveness of your Mac." I still look forward to this every week even if I have to reload the page a couple of times.

 

[cyclones500]

A bonus of having @CycloneRulzzz in the fold is his archiving ability.

In connection with that, list below are OTN topics thru (roughly) Memorial Day week.

It might appeal to longtime followers/contributors, jar some memories about some of your favorite subjects we've covered.

I should've been building on Rulzzz's work and added to the list each week since then, and maybe sorted the list chronologically, but ... alas, I have failed to do so. I'm gonna make that one of my goals for Year 2.

Some of these reference the thread title we used, others are basic description. Kinda cool to see all of it in one place. (Thanks again for compiling, Rulzzz)

• General music discussion regarding your favorite music
• Paisley Underground (series)
• Twin Cities 1988-93 (series)
• Long and Short of It (songs with duration under 2 minutes/over 7 minutes)
• Good-mood songs
• Songs mistakenly attributed to another artist
• Songs that didn't get recognition
• Songs referencing another artist
• Duos
• Screen Gems (songs that refer to a movie)
• Iowa Rock and Roll (series)
• The Zombies
• Beck
• Instrumentals
• Burt Bacharach
• Crowded House
• Songs with titles not lncluded in the lyrics
• I'm Down (Songs that make you melancholy/sad)
• Recorded in Ames?
• Jackie DeShannon
• Songs of the working man
• Legend That Will Last a Lunchtime" (The Rutles)
• Late Musicians 2017 (music legends who died in ’17)
• I Like Angela, Pamela, Sandra and Rita (songs/titles containing names of girls/women)
• Don’t Know Much About History (songs with historic references)
• “Greats From the 8s” series (favorite LPs of ’68, ’78, ’88 and ’98)
• Summer Days (and Summer Nights) - (songs you associate with summer)
• I Come From a Land Down Under (Aussie rock)
• Molly Hatchet? I love her songs! (Bands people mistake for solo artists)
• Bad lyrics
• Reeling in the Years (songs that define a decade)

 

[BoxsterCy]

I am pretty sure these threads give me ear worms, even more than normal.

 

[cyclones500]

Note: I updated the archive list above to include *most* of the topics we've posted since Rulzzz compiled the list. Also revised a few of the entries to include the official thread title (a few titles escape me, I'd have to dig further).

 

[MeanDean]

Of the ones I created my favorite is the Iowa Artists series. Probably because it is one of my newer sub-areas of interest. It's always fun to share with others things that are interesting to you. And it also made me do more research on more and different artists that even before that I was unfamiliar with - so I actually made myself find music I hadn't heard before.

Unfortunately it also made me want to OWN those records and most of the really good ones are rare and pricey. So I may never get there. And, by the way, that was also by far the most labor intensive series I did, too. Also it proved to me the product produced locally was every bit as good as the national stuff. Just never really had much chance to get national exposure much.

Of the others I guess the Australia one. I always had some interest in foreign music and their local chart info so had delved into it in a very limited way. But I was really amazed at how many posts were made of artists I had forgotten about or never knew about. The amount of knowledge on this site can really be astounding sometimes.

 

[cyclones500]

Impossible for me to pinpoint a favorite OTN topic of the first year. It's kind of like "ranking your favorite child," or some-such.

I do have a special spot for Greats on the 8s. It's, the first series that involved collaborative effort from Dean, Rulzzz and me in the planning/structural phase. Additionally, those segments drew fairly strong engagement and discussion, which is a bottom line focus.

 

[jcyclonee]

I am pretty sure these threads give me ear worms, even more than normal.

Charma-charma-charma-charma charmachameleon

 

[ImJustKCClone]

Charma-charma-charma-charma charmachameleon

CHarma???

 

[jcyclonee]

CHarma???

Close enough. I really don't know how Boy George spelled it.

 

[BoxsterCy]

Charma-charma-charma-charma charmachameleon

Too late, that ear space if already occupied. Apeman by the Kinks, and I have no idea where THAT came from!

 

[ImJustKCClone]

Too late, that ear space if already occupied. Apeman by the Kinks, and I have no idea where THAT came from!

You're right...that one is really out there!

 

[ImJustKCClone]

Close enough. I really don't know how Boy George spelled it.

 

[drlove]

Too late, that ear space if already occupied. Apeman by the Kinks, and I have no idea where THAT came from!

 

[ImJustKCClone]

Deet DEEEEE, Deh Dee Dee...

 

[Clone83]

"Hey all"

That's how I kicked off the On That Note series a year ago. . . . .

This is the first installment from a year ago. August 2, 2017, to be exact. It says On That Note was not the official title. I guess at this point it HAS become that.

https://cyclonefanatic.com/forum/th...-meandean-weekly-wednesday-music-post.229952/


*** OT - OFFICIAL cyclones500 & MeanDean Weekly Wednesday Music Post ***

Also we'd like to hear any specific favorite or interesting tidbits you readers might remember or would like to comment on from the year. What were some favorite topics? Memories, etc.? Was there a specific topic that first lured you to the series? And/or keeps you coming back? We'd like to make it as interesting as possible.

So, HAPPY ANNIVERSARY ON THAT NOTE!

Well Happy Birthday then!

To add a little more . . .

On That Note 1978 — and today — some footage of the Ramones at the old Music Box in Omaha, which I didn’t post before:


The audio was spliced onto the video from another Ramones show somewhere else that year.

The video inside the old Music Box is pretty rare.


Built during the big band era of the 1940s, it was demolished in 1980. It sat maybe 600 or 700 people for a show. They served alcohol, but I think were only open during performances. The Grateful Dead did two shows there in 1969 (recordings available at Internet Archive).


I saw Asleep at the Wheel there in 1978 and am not sure you will ever see anything like it again. Our tables were front row, balcony, in front of the band. The dance floor was full the whole time — with all obviously experienced at Western Swing.

Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen also used to play there. They are — somewhat — or probably as close as possible, to the same genre as Asleep at the Wheel. Both are pretty rare. They started in Ann Arbor, and I think were all UM students, before moving west, where they might open for the Dead. I think Cody was from California but not the Bay Area. Their only big radio hit was Hot Rod Lincoln.

A couple of clips:

Midnight Shift (title seems apropos here)


One with Cody on the piano


From Asleep at the Wheel Served Live (Jan. 1979)


Years later on their signature hit

 

[Clone83]

Nugget: If you haven’t yet clicked MeanDean’s link to OTN Volume 1: The first person to respond was @IsUaClone2: “I'm looking forward to these articles.”

Additional CF’ers who posted on Day 1: @Clone83, @Angie and @jcyclonee.

That interview about the writing of Light My Fire in MeanDean’s first post is well worth listening to.

In addition, I had listened to the Doors a lot before. But in poking around on YouTube for the related links I posted there, I learned how great a genius Jim Morrison was (an English major if I recall correctly). I didn’t know that before. That he would become a musician and a huge rock star isn’t something people who knew him well would necessarily have expected.