Costellogirl75

I have been hearing a lot of buzz about Diana taking it all. I really don't care who wins because it's simply not my kind of music, but I think Fantasia is the most talented.

Be glad you don't have the same name as the ear-bleedingly falsetto 70s cheese-fest "Shannon" as I do. Thank goodness the song is so forgotten that no one even connects it to my name. I had a roommate my freshman year named Tara after the O'Hara plantation. She was an actress, and she was overly dramatic and theatrical, just like the movie.

Manfred mann's version of "The Mighty Quinn" by Dylan.

For me it's the fact that the people here are diverse, and quite knowlegable, yet not so stuck in their opinions that they can't see another person's point. Everyone here has personal favorites, but appreciates many other styles of music. I post on another message board where many trolls post, simply because they know people will be hostle and complain about the trolling, then some one complains about the complaining, and everyone makes snarky comments, and it's like jr. high all over again. Here everyone just seems to want to help everyone because we all love music.

Thanks for the thorough lists. I did a little research on my own and was pleased to find some songs I already have on CDs and some I planned to download. Most of the songs from 1975 were songs I love, but some were songs that make me violently ill, like "Bertha Butt Boogie." My list so far is When Will I be Loved-Linda Rondstadt Fox on the Run-Sweet Born To Run-Bruce Springsteen At Seventeen-Janis Ian Lady Marmalade-LaBelle Shining Star-Earth, Wind, and Fire Rhinestone Cowboy-Glen Campbell Sister Golden Hair-America Black Water-The Doobie Brothers Love Will Keep Us Together-The Captain and Tenille Bloody Well Right-Supertramp Miracles-Jefferson Starship You Are So Beautiful-Joe Cocker if any of these are inaccurate, please let me know. I think I'll pick more from your lists, as that should give me enough (with what I already picked) for two CDs. Again, thanks much!

I want to make a CD with songs from 1975 (the year I was born). So far I have Lady Marmalade, This Will Be (an Everlasting Love), and Shining Star. Plese help me think of some more songs.

My two favorite female singers are Janis Joplin and Ella Fitzgerald, who could not be more opposite in both singing and life styles. Male singers, I would have to say Roger Daltry and Ryan Adams.

again, not classic rock, but The Corrs and Bono did a gorgeous rendition of my man Ryan Adams' "When The Stars Go Blue."

Denamark- E.C.'s father-Ross Mcmanus, band leader, mother-sold records in a department store, how could he not be destined for musical greatness.

I've looked up the song reviews on AMG and I think they are bunk. Basically the thing to remember about the Ramones is they wanted to play loud, fast rock n roll at a time when Disco (and cocaine and quaaludes) were numbing minds everywhere. They wanted to pay hommage to 50's and 60's rock (listen to "Do You Remember Rock & Roll Radio?") I've always thought "Bleitzkreig Bop" was a diatribe against conformity using the metaphor of Nazism ("They're forming in a straight line/They're going through a tight wind/They kids are losing their minds".) "Beat On The Brat" probably is an expression of boredom, ie, there is nothing better to do than beat up some one with a baseball bat. "Teenage Lobotomy" mentions DDT, a now outlawed pesticide that did much damage to the environment. "I Wanna be Sedated" is just like all other Ramone's songs: Wry, witty and catchy as heck. If you are new to The Ramones, I suggest the CD Ramones Mania, which is a collection of their most well known songs and should get you indoctrinated pretty quickly. I am pretty new to the Ramones too, but the more I hear them, the more I love them, and I plan on reading books about them and learning as much as I can about these arbiters of American punk.

One more thing-AMG (www.allmusic.com) has a song review function, which I did not know until now. Amen to them for that.

I have been looking for the meaning to this song for over an hour now, and thanks to AMG, I think I have a solid explanation. The song is from his third album, 1979's Armed Forces, an album full of political songs. Oliver is Oliver Cromwell, Puritan Leader in the 1600's. Oliver Cromwell serves as a metaphor for Puriticanical, conservative English attitudes. Mr. Churchill is of course Winston Churchill. Outside of kings and queens, Cromwell and Churchill are probably the two most recognizable figures in British History, atleast probably to Americans. Basically the song is a warning to British youth that if you aren't careful, the British Army could suck you into their ranks to fight unjust political battles. The great irony is that Costello disguised this message with a catchy pop melody. The song is a pastiche of political situations (Johanesburg=Apartheid, Checkpoint Charlie=The Berllin Wall, etc.) As AMG puts it " 'Oliver's Army' sounds like the sort of recruitment song Costello could have been warning about, with the truth of its meaning hidden in plain sight." I think the meaning of the song is lost to us in America, simply because we are not British, but many of the songs nuances are lost today, given the end of Apartheid and the Berlin Wall. As far as Costello's lyricism, his song writing is often layered and nuanced, especially his earlier works when he was representative of the angry young man (see his performance on SNL that got him banned from the show.) I appreciate how he plays with words because so many artists have zero originality and probably have never seen a thesaurus. (Britney, Avril, I'm talking to YOU!) Of course you would expect such a long rant from one called Costellogirl, and I must take every opportunity i can get to slam Avril Levine. I will stop now.

I stopped watching when Amy was voted off. She and Fantasia were my favorites from the auditions. I think La Toya and Fantasia just cancelled eachother out on voting. But if either one truly has the talent to win, they both will find a career.

although it's not classic rock, I really like both The White Stripes' and Joss Stones' "Fell In Love With A Girl(Boy)"

muzic-he's British, not Irish. His mum is from Liverpool. As far as naming himself Elvis, he says he was just a cheeky young lad then. Maybe he chose Elvis because he wanted to get music back to Rock and Roll and away from disco (he made his debut in 1977). P.S. When I see your pic, I can't help but sing "Easy reader that's my name..."

Fish Heads Fish Heads, Roly Poly Fish Heads. Mickey Bette Davis Eyes Rock Me Amadeus All I Need

E.C.-Elvis Costello ELO-Electric Light Orchestra ELP-Emerson, Lake, and Palmer LZ-Led Zeppelin

A Hard Day's Night

um mine is pretty dang obivious 1. I love Elvis Costello 2. I am a girl 3. I was born in 1975 I wish I could have thought of something more obscure, but, my love for Mr. Costello must be expressed.

Kansas City was the only K I found. Maxwell's Silver Hammer No Reply I could do this all day.

I downloaded the CD this afternoon and I am really liking it.

I've Just Seen A Face Julia

No Clash. No Sex Pistols. No female led bands like Pretenders or Go-Go's? Not such a great list.

Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except For Me and My Monkey

As far as I know, the first time Led Zep ever let a TV show or movie use one of their songs was when Cameron Crowe used "Tangerine" in Almost Famous ("That's The Way" appears on the sound track). D'Yer Maker is a pun on an old joke that goes I took my wife to the islands for vacation. Jamaica? (Did you make her=D'yer Maker) No, she was happy to go.