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Yes...it was especially big during my college years. Loved "Head Detective" and just about everything Jim Carrey was in.
But the guy who deserves the biggest mention of all was the great blues singer Calhoun Tubbs! π
https://youtu.be/IHnP7Rk6wFM?si=0fLJkO5HWo8i-co9
I love The Eagles and "Wasted Time" is such a great song...part of the masterpiece that is "Hotel California." β€οΈ
Did you ever watch the TV show "Cold Case?" With your love and knowledge of music, I have a feeling you'd like it if you haven't watched it (although it was a pretty depressing/sad show at times). Anyway, my wife and I watched this show together when we were first married...a couple of the sad endings really got to us:
1) "Catch The Wind" - Donovan https://youtu.be/_TrgdWKvCTg?si=lNcl6ZqPJiZL9KW2
2) "Somewhere Over The Rainbow/"What A Wonderful World" - Israel KamakawiwoΚ»ole https://youtu.be/HufzvFSeS9A?si=COMhkI7Nu_j7pss0
Also, I could pick several songs by Karen Carpenter, but I'll choose this one ("Solitaire"). Such a massively talented lady, but it seems like she was so unhappy in her personal life, unfortunately. I love this song...this one brought some tears to my eyes around 20-25 years ago:
https://youtu.be/v2rMlzxPCFQ?si=Zs5NTaY_7rNWHPUD
Hard to beat "El Paso" by the late, great Marty Robbins or "Hey, Joe" by the late, great Jimi Hendrix. Both of these definitely deserve a mention.
An underrated gem with "Murder" in the title: "A Murder Of One" by Counting Crows.
It just made me so sad to see this. I can remember watching him do commentary on "ABC's Monday Night Baseball" when I was a kid (along with Howard Cosell), then the Miller Lite commercials, and then the first two "Major League" movies. I actually never watched "Mr. Belvedere" for some reason (I was in school and probably just didn't have the time to see it). He was awesome!
Here's a YouTube link to his MLB Hall Of Fame speech. It's a bit lengthy, but what a great speech this is (and kind of sad at the same time now, since several of the MLB Hall Of Famers that you see in the video have passed as well). I think what he said was so true...he really was a "baseball guy" at heart. He loved the game (I can identify with that... baseball was my favorite sport growing up as a kid). RIP, Mr. Baseball. π₯
https://youtu.be/h7dG5HCKeWA?si=427jTSOnmOwKlthz
Thank you! Great to read that and right back at you! π
I have to disagree with you here. I think Van Halen was a great name for the band. It's not a very common last name, but it's memorable and kind of "rolls off the tongue," so to speak. I've been known at certain fast-food restaurants to use "Van Halen" for the name on my order. I've gotten some interesting reactions from people when the name gets announced! π
If I remember correctly, even though Eddie and Alex were from California, their ancestry is mostly Dutch. Truthfully, as great as Eddie was as a guitarist, the band could have called themselves any name and they still would have become famous. Finally, a lot of DJs used to refer to them as "The Mighty Van Halen" and I thought that sounded so cool as well.
I love the frosted ones...cherry, blueberry, and strawberry being my favorites. I think they make a great snack for when you're hungry but don't want to eat a large meal and pressed for time (which I usually am). I don't toast them either...I eat them "as is."
I would never end a friendship with someone because they didn't like Pop Tarts, though! π
Yes. "Crossroads" (the one with Ralph Macchio, Joe Seneca, and Steve Vai, not the Britney Spears one) is one of my Top 3 favorite movies. I watched that one so much that I knew just about every line of dialogue at one time. It also contains what I think is the best depiction of The Devil of all time (portrayed by the late Robert Judd). Just a great, great movie if you're a fanatical guitar player like I am! π
Trying to think of some others...I liked "Almost Famous" a lot. I thought "Walk The Line" was OK, but not great... Joaquin Phoenix did a good job portraying Johnny Cash, but Cash was just such a unique personality and talent that I don't think anyone can really fully capture him onscreen. I usually love movies with great soundtracks..."O Brother! Where Art Thou?," "Saturday Night Fever," "Rocky," just to name a few. I love a lot of Pink Floyd's music, but I thought "The Wall" was just too weird for me. But a lot of movies about music artists just don't quite live up to expectations for me. I have a pretty trained ear for music, so I'm a tough critic in that regard. π
Ha! There was a recent thread about The Muppets and several people mentioned Dr. Teeth! That thread brought back a lot of memories! π
I forgot to mention (much to my chagrin) The Doobie Brothers in my first post. There was a DJ I listened to all the time in the 80s who frequently referred to them with, "They ain't related, but they Doobie Brothers!" π Great band, though.
I never really listened to a lot of the Butthole Surfers' music, but there is one song of theirs that I love and that's "Pepper." I love the guitar playing in that song... one of the many great songs of the 1990s, IMO.
I'm not much of a Pink fan either. However, a couple of my co-workers saw her in concert around a month or so ago and they raved about her performance. A lot of people like her music.
Hard to narrow it down to 5:
1) In My Room
2) Surfin' USA
3) Little Surfer Girl
4) Help Me, Rhonda
5) Barbara Ann
Indeed he was! I love "Tin Cup" up until the ending, when they're playing the final hole. I despise the ending to that movie! "Bull Durham" is probably my favorite Costner movie (It's probably in my Top 10 favorite movies...I love it!).
But, even so, I have to go with Mel Gibson on this. "Braveheart," "The Passion Of The Christ," and "Apocolypto" (which is my favorite Gibson movie)... that's a pretty strong trio right there!
Mel Gibson
Sometimes yes, sometimes no. I thought The Butthole Surfers' name worked by naming the band after their guitar player Harry Butthole. Marshall Tucker was such a big part of The Marshall Tucker Band. And, of course, Pink Floyd was so important to the group Pink Floyd ("Which one's Pink?").
She also appeared on at least one episode of "The Rockford Files" also. They really did have great chemistry together.
I really like Dylan's singing voice as well, through probably "Time Out Of Mind." Unfortunately, his voice really seemed to really go downhill after that. I've always thought "Dignity" was one of the most underrated songs of the 1990s...his voice still sounded OK on that.
I haven't seen the movie yet (I know Bob Dylan's history pretty well, but I'd like to watch this one day). You're definitely right about him being a fantastic songwriter (probably the most influential songwriter of all time). He's a very underrated guitar player also...I really love his acoustic playing a lot.
James Garner and Mariette Hartley. When they did their Polaroid commercials back in the late 70s/early 80s, people thought they were actually married in real life.
That would be one heck of a match! If Mr. Larson were kept away from the course, then I think Shooter just might have a shot! π
"The Legend Of Bagger Vance" could very well be my all-time favorite movie, so Robert Redford for me also.
I'm not a huge fan of Ryan Day either (If I had been the OSU AD, I'd have fired him the second after the Michigan game ended). I guess the players and coaches had a huge meeting after that game... whatever was said/done as a result of that meeting sure did something, because they've played like a different team the past two games than they have all season.
I'm also not a big fan of this 12-team playoff and feel like the college football that I've known and loved for years is a thing of the past now (NIL, allowing players to immediately transfer, the instant replays and rule changes, especially considering what is/is not targeting, etc.--college football is now pretty much professional football, akin to AAA baseball). It makes me sad to think about it.