tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-116501776625667465.post6286081302023407716..comments2023-07-15T20:50:59.779-07:00Comments on Clicks and Pops: Songs About Bands Singing Those SongsAlexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13372496375739714441noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-116501776625667465.post-86760068294957037752013-09-23T01:49:12.383-07:002013-09-23T01:49:12.383-07:00I'm glad it's not just me that thinks abou...I'm glad it's not just me that thinks about these things :-)<br /><br />Listening to "On the Road" by The Kinks, another "song about the band singing that song" led me here:<br />http://www.kindakinks.net/discography/showsong.php?song=327Sam Beckwithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02639944453645211934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-116501776625667465.post-52617429095612676722009-09-22T21:46:02.639-07:002009-09-22T21:46:02.639-07:00Robert,
That's great! I forgot all about Mot...Robert,<br /><br />That's great! I forgot all about Mott the Hoople -- maybe because I didn't really discover them until after Ian Hunter's <i>You're Never Alone with a Schizophrenic</i> (still an amazing record).<br /><br />Speaking of Amazing, Mott the Hoople is reforming for a series of 40th anniversary reunion shows at the Hammersmith Apollo in Early October. And if you're in New York on October 17, Ian Hunter and Graham Parker are doing a "conversation with music" as part of the New Yorker Festival.Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13372496375739714441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-116501776625667465.post-25228177303975301852009-09-22T21:01:33.318-07:002009-09-22T21:01:33.318-07:00For me, Ian Hunter's Ballad of Mott The Hoople...For me, Ian Hunter's Ballad of Mott The Hoople captures the essence of life with a rock n roll band: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKqFdBr3oZk<br /><br />All The Way From Memphis is a true story, too.<br /><br />@rtkmusicRoberthttp://rtkmusic.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-116501776625667465.post-22232628608173682702009-09-22T19:00:32.558-07:002009-09-22T19:00:32.558-07:00Yup, you're right Kinky... my bad.
Guess no...Yup, you're right Kinky... my bad. <br /><br />Guess now I have to fire my army of highly paid proofreaders!<br /><br />Songfacts said the song came out of conversations Scholz had with sometime Boston drummer Jim Masdea.<br /><br />I'd read somewhere that Scholz had never played live before he got his deal with Epic, but that might be wrong, too...Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13372496375739714441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-116501776625667465.post-54472458564264802872009-09-22T16:12:44.066-07:002009-09-22T16:12:44.066-07:00Not to be jerky, but it's Tom Scholz, not Schu...Not to be jerky, but it's Tom Scholz, not Schultz.<br /><br />Also, I would imagine Scholz gigged around (before the first album was recorded) with many of the musicians who later became Boston.<br />I can imagine that the events in the song happened, just not in the order cited and not to the precise lineup of five people credited on the record.<br /><br />What I want to know is, how could Tom Scholz write a song about his band without mentioning Sib Hashian's prodigious Afro?Kinky Paprikahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03671644487825647000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-116501776625667465.post-41568836126275997162009-09-21T22:55:40.963-07:002009-09-21T22:55:40.963-07:00Wow. I always thought that song was about the ban...Wow. I always thought that song was about the band!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com