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Elvis is still the King! January 10, 2009

Filed under: Celebrities,Elvis,Movies,Musicals,Performers,Religion,Satan's Favorite Bands,Soul Music,The Beach Boys,The Beatles,The Rolling Stones — prodigalsonnybono @ 1:43 am

I know, I know, the Beatles were better at the music, the Beach Boys were better at major sevenths, Chuck Berry was better at the lyrics, and Little Richard was better at falsetto.  Carl Perkins was better at being down-home, Billy Lee Riley was better at crazed-cat rockabilly, Buddy Holly was better at bringing pop into his rock, and Bo Diddley had a better beat.  Even among the Sun Records cats, Johnny Cash did more drugs, and Jerry Lee Lewis was more dangerous.

But Elvis was an amazing performer–the biggest shining personality of the fifties–with all the moves, lots of style, great looks, and a wild personality.  The fact that he had bad management, mental problems, and an addiction to food and drugs shouldn’t tarnish that amongst modern myth-makers who tend to prefer the Bolans and Joneses to this man.

I mean, fuck, Elvis sang better than Frank Sinatra.  Last night, to celebrate Elvis’ 74th birthday, my gal TiVo’d Fun in Acapulco.  Goddam, could that boy sing!  Listen to this shit!

Fuck all contenders!  This man is the KING!  F U C K !!!

 

I am going to miss the T.A.M.I. show tonight! But Riot on Sunset Strip is alright. June 29, 2008

Filed under: Bands,Celebrities,Los Angeles,Love,Movies,Other Stuff,Performers,Personal Shit,Songwriters,Soul Music,The Beach Boys,The Rolling Stones — orangehairboy @ 6:34 pm

I am sick and tired of being sick and tired.  I’ve had a sore throat now for seven days or so and it has been one bad trip all the way through, especially now that I’ve run out of Naproxen.  I wish someone would bash my brains out and put an end to the shreeeking, clawing parasite that has laid its hooks in my throat. 

And what really pisses me off is that I was so looking forward to sitting on a blanket with my baby at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery and watching The T.A.M.I. Show, as part of the Don’t Knock the Rock Film Festival.  

There’s also a couple cool films at the Egyptian Theater I’ll be missing, including Love Story (about Arthur Lee and Love).

But one freak benefit of being sick is that I went to bed early for once on a Saturday night, and am up in time to hear Dominic Priore do his show “Riot on Sunset Strip” on LuxuriaMusic.   So I’m listening to Love and Gary McFarland on his show, which is making my morning not so horrific.

 

Mick Jagger as Alex of A Clockwork Orange? May 7, 2008

Filed under: Bands,Books,Celebrities,Movies,Performers,The Beatles,The Rolling Stones,Warhol — orangehairboy @ 12:22 am

The Guardian UK reported today that there was almost a version of A Clockwork Orange that starred Mick Jagger, with a soundtrack by the Beatles!

In a letter uncovered this week, we learn of the Clockwork Orange conceived back before Stanley Kubrick came on board and made his film with Malcolm McDowell. It reveals that Mick Jagger wanted to play the psychotic thug Alex, while the Beatles were interested in providing the soundtrack.

In the letter, executive producer Si Litvinoff tells John Schlesinger (Midnight Cowboy, Marathon Man), who was considering directing the movie: “After you’ve read the script and novel I’m sure you will see the incredible potential we all see in this project.

“This film should break ground in its language, cinematic style and soundtrack. [And] the Beatles love the project.”

One might wonder at how cool that movie would have been, though I doubt even the Beatles and Mick could have beaten Kubrick’s incredible version.  Still, perhaps they could have given Warhol a run for his money–his adaptation of the novel, renamed Vinyl, is considerably shorter and has the production values you’d expect from an early Warhol film (I still dig it, though):

 

P.S. Thanks to DJ Algonquin for the heads up!

 

 
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