It's the Bo-cast
Posted by David Hepworth on 4 June 2008 - 8:36am.
We've been remembering Bo Diddley on the new podcast, as well as his pulchritudinous sidekick The Duchess. We're saying he invented not just rock, not just roll, but also both hip and hop.
Mark Ellen is challenged to drop to his knees and slide across the office like Bruce Springsteen manages to do at the age of fifty-eight.
We're saying that no matter how much Amy got in Brazil, Mitch Winehouse ought to have his own chat show.
We're wondering how come they never talk about this side of Johnny Cash when they're hailing him as iconoclast, serious artist and fearless battler for the little man.
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The Theatre of Jeans
As one of the few Manchester United fans who have a reasonable excuse - my dad had a season ticket in the Sixties - I can confirm Mr H's contention that footy fandom is driven by hate rather than love, and probably always has been. Even back then, it wasn't watching Best, Charlton, Law and Kidd knock five past Gordon Banks or any other glorious moment at Old Trafford that gave me the most satisfaction. No, it was one particular gruelling, miserable, scrappy, rain-sodden 1-0 win - a match so artless that even the goal was an embarrassing mess: a Denis Law mis-header that rebounded off some defender's arse and listlessly trickled over the line. But oh what joy! What bliss! We'd "slaughtered" Arsenal.
Point of order: Rock in Rio is a travelling show these days - Amy's particularly colourful performance last weekend was actually in Lisbon rather than Brazil.
Image of the Week: Bruce Springsteen and The Bash Street Band.
the al Qaeda stadium
fair play mr hepworth for refusing to set foot in the death star (the al Qaeda stadium)
unless the front wheels are the oppposition
doffs deerstalker
COYS
Fully understand
I had no problem going to see Bruce at Old Trafford, but there was no way I was going to see Macca at Anfield...
I spotted Bruce pouring water all over his lower legs at one point at Old Trafford as well - what's that all about, I thought...and then he did the knee slide. Keeps the jeans below the point of combustion no doubt, as well as providing much-needed lubrication.
Refusal to set foot in rival teams’ grounds
The sign of a diehard loyal fan?
Or a post-Hornby poseur who never goes to away games?
Surely genuine “loyal” football supporters visit rival teams’ grounds on a regular basis.
Reason To Believe
The wonderful thing about being impervious to football is having no issues whatsoever about going to the Emirates stadium, or whatever it's called. My love for the music of Bruce Springsteen exceeds even my apathy for football, so I could enjoy the gig and merely grumble about getting home late.
Can I just say that I thought this was one of the all time best podcasts? Selfishly, because I was very interested in everything that was discussed, apart from the brief football references.
Always quite liked Daddy Sang Bass as a child. I think Ring Of Fire is Cash's most clumsily written song. But I totally agree with his irritating rebirth in 1994: suddenly it was all right for people to like him. Annoys me to this day.
JC
Couldn't agree more. I always liked Johnny Cash - I remember watching the prison concert on the telly as a nipper and my Dad had the album - suddenly he acquired Nick Drake-esque name dropping status for a bit of cheap cred.
BTW - can we send "Imagine" to the billiard room too?
Maybe this is a new thread - "The billiard room" - where past the sell by date songs by great artists should disappear to.....
Before the rebirth...
...Johnny Cash's 1993 European tour featured one UK performance: Butlin's Southcoast World, Bognor Regis. The package offered: a chalet for 3 nights, meals and a ticket to see Johnny Cash for £61.
I'm not sure
what the argument about Johnny Cash is about , If people are saying that the people who have recently brought and enjoyed his tunes are prentending that conutry music does include rhinestones and schmaltz etc I think you may have point.
If what i think people are saying is how dare these people start liking country music and if you like country music you have to like every single artist/song, well that's complete nonsense.
It would mean as a rock fan you would HAVE to like Screwdriver and genesis or not be entitled to listen to anything. On the specifics of Johny cash why aren't people allowed to listen to the tunes they like and ignore the others, all the Dylan bores round here don't play the travelling wilburys everyday I bet.
This is just the nonsense argument about "real" music ie that's not "real" coutry that's not real Johnny cash.
Lastly the idea that British music fans have a mistaken romatic view of american music/musicians is hardly news it's actualy the underlaying history of pop.
so where does this leave
the scenesters who go to butlins for All tomorrow's parties?
But, before the re-birth
Cash hadn't made a good record in 20 years. No major artist has ever produced dross to the scale that our Johnny managed. And people suddenly liked him again because he was making good records again, which is reasonable - Rick Rubin's resuscitation of Cash remains the single most impressive A&R job in history.
Johnny & the kids ("Look at them beans!")
Here's "The Dinosaur Song". Dross? No! This is education:
The first rap record
Everyone always says Subterranean Homesick Blues. But if that song can be credited, then you have to really pass the hat back to Chuck Berry and Too Much Monkey Business.
the boss
the wonderful thing about not liking the "boss" is it wouldn't have been an issue, the pistols circa '76 maybe.
a football reference there for you ;-)
whoooosh
That's the sound of the football reference flying several feet above my head, I'm afraid.
Wait a minute...
...when James Brown donned the cape for the last time, didn't I read on these very pages that it was him who invented hip or hop or quite possibly both of them?
It's a continuing conversation...
...next week hip hop will have been invented by Rolf Harris.
Not hip hop...
...but Rolf's album Wombat Rock was a major influence on another genre.
Rolf Harris ain't nuthing to f' wit
The way Rolf rocks the mic on "The Court of King Caractacus" would wipe the floor at most rap battles.
Gastric Band
Wasn't the bass player formerly a member of Anal Cleft?
What about the Brighouse and
What about the Brighouse and Gastric Brass Band?
Bo - "Age is just a number"
When I saw Bo Diddley play (at the East Coast Blues and Roots festival here in sunny Queensland, Australia) two years ago, he mentioned that he was 77 and that people commented on that all the time. He said, "But age is just a number" and carried on etrancing the multi-aged crowd, playing with a teenager's energy and sense of "I'm having a great time".