'Noop dog went home :-( But I do think the remaining ones are better than the ones that went home last night.
On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 10:16 AM, Gatornet Admin <[email protected]>wrote: > Ok, I'll "wade" in out of boredom... > > I told my wife during Tuesday night's performance that with the exception > of just a couple of songs, I didn't think ANY of them were "disco". When I > think of disco, I always conjure up an image of Travolta in Saturday Night > Fever (I THINK I have the movie name right, but I'm no disco fan), but I > just couldn't "see" that image on Tuesday night. Plus, I admit that I'm > getting old, overweight, and POSSIBLY not as smooth on the dance floor as I > once was, so there is NO WAY I'm going to get on national TV and huff and > puff my way through a song while stumbling around out of step with a bunch > of other geezers. Sheesh! > > By the way, did I mention I hate disco? Give me classic hard-rock any day! > > Randy > > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* John Vega <[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Thursday, April 23, 2009 10:01 AM > *Subject:* [gatortalk] Re: So, what are we going to talk about for the > next 90 days? > > > On Apr 22, 2009, at 5:37 PM, <[email protected]> <[email protected]> > wrote: > > The pictures of Randy's pink vehicles were pretty funny. > > I hate the offseason. > > I figure if their first game is like September 5 then they start fall > practice either 4 weeks or 30 days before which means August 5 or 10. > > If we lie to ourselves and say it is May 5th and practice starts August 5th > - then we only have to suffer for 3 months. > > > We could talk about American Idol and how it is rewriting history. > > Disco is a genre of music that peaked in popularity between 1974 and 1979. > The Hues Corporation is often seen as heralding the beginning of the era on > the charts with Rock the Boat. There are songs that date back a couple of > years (Soul Makossa by Manu Dibango being one) that have elements of disco, > and people argue as to which was the first disco song much like they do what > was the first rock song (some fun nominees "Birmingham Bounce" by Hardrock > Gunther and the original "Hound Dog" by Big Mama Thornton). > > That said, not one argues that disco stretches back to 1970 to include the > Holland/Dozier/Holland composition "Band of Gold" sung by Freda Payne, yet > AI led of its "disco" medley last night with that song. > > It is also important to remember that not all songs released between 1974 > and 1979 were disco. If that were true, Anne Murray would have had a number > of disco hits - yet I never heard her at the disco. R&B, AOR, Funk, Easy > Listening, even Spoken Word all charted during that time. > > So, who allowed Lil Rounds to sing "I'm Every Woman," an R&B song if there > ever was one? While I can see the argument for The Jacksons' "Shake Your > Body Down to the Ground," I'd stick the song in either Pop or Funk before > I'd consider it Disco. > > So, are we re-writing musical history? Even radio stations are getting into > the act. Our local "Oldies" station plays nothing but 70s music. > > -Zeb > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
