Comments on: The Spin I’m In: A Superstar, Well Right You Are http://firedoglake.com/2006/12/08/the-spin-im-in-a-superstar-well-right-you-are/ Firedoglake weblog Sat, 18 Feb 2012 02:36:50 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: William http://firedoglake.com/2006/12/08/the-spin-im-in-a-superstar-well-right-you-are/#comment-412262 William Sat, 09 Dec 2006 00:58:45 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/12/08/the-spin-im-in-a-superstar-well-right-you-are/#comment-412262 <p>I was in high school, one of four or five students with our black armbands on looking at each other and wondering why somebody would shoot a Beatle? #9 Dream has always been a fave and John’s last “new” stuff (Nobody told me there would be day like these/Starting over). I loved Steel and Glass and loved both his “How do you sleep?” and Paul’s “Too many people”. It’s funny calling them both by their first names like I knewknow them. I guess it’s also ironic that I still miss him and his influence.</p> I was in high school, one of four or five students with our black armbands on looking at each other and wondering why somebody would shoot a Beatle? #9 Dream has always been a fave and John’s last “new” stuff (Nobody told me there would be day like these/Starting over). I loved Steel and Glass and loved both his “How do you sleep?” and Paul’s “Too many people”. It’s funny calling them both by their first names like I knewknow them. I guess it’s also ironic that I still miss him and his influence.

]]> By: rfkjunior http://firedoglake.com/2006/12/08/the-spin-im-in-a-superstar-well-right-you-are/#comment-412231 rfkjunior Sat, 09 Dec 2006 00:36:30 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/12/08/the-spin-im-in-a-superstar-well-right-you-are/#comment-412231 <p>I was 10 years old when he died. I was already a pretty big Beatles fan, as my grandma had turned me on to Yellow Submarine at a young age and as the years passed, I became more and more interested in the more complex stuff. The reality of it though is that up until that exact moment, I had never realized the power the music had over people in general and me in specific. </p> <p>I remember when Elvis died, and what a big deal it was, but it wasn’t a big deal to me in a personal sense. Sure, I remember thinking that it was too bad, but I was 7 and it was just a thing that happened. When Lennon died, I found out from Granny Bettye, and I remember she was crying on the phone. I don’t know if it was her crying or me realizing at that moment how devestating that was to the world (probably a little of both), but it really shook me up. </p> <p>I ran to turn on WNEW in NY just in time for Scott Muni to play “Watching the Wheels”. He could barley contain himself. </p> <p>I sat and listened. REALLY listened. It may have been the first time I understood, for real, the true feeling of “getting it”. I remember hearing him say </p> <p>People say Im lazy dreaming my life away<br /> Well they give me all kinds of advice designed to enlighten me<br /> When I tell them that Im doing fine watching shadows on the wall<br /> Dont you miss the big time boy youre no longer on the ball </p> <p>and how it struck me that he was actually saying something. It wasn’t just words and melodies set to music. It was feeling. It was “hey man, I’m doing alright”. And I cried. Mostly because I understood what he was saying, and how he felt when he said it, but that it was all gone. He was feeling peace in his life, and wanted to let everyone know that he was cool, and that was taken away from him. </p> <p>So in some ways, the day the John Lennon was shot was the day that music died. But in many more ways, that was the day music was really born for me. And to this day, when I hear that song, I can immediately feel like a 10 year old kid in tears, lying on the ugly red shag carpet in my childhood home with a transistor radio listening to one of the greatest songwriters who has ever lived. And it’s not neccesarily a bad feeling.</p> <p>So… now I work in the music biz… and since we’re talking about great music, I’d love to hear some opinions of my guys</p> <p><a href="http://www.reidgenauer.com/audio_video/audio/Assembly of Dust - 03 - Track 3.mp3">Assembly of Dust — Honest Hour</a></p> I was 10 years old when he died. I was already a pretty big Beatles fan, as my grandma had turned me on to Yellow Submarine at a young age and as the years passed, I became more and more interested in the more complex stuff. The reality of it though is that up until that exact moment, I had never realized the power the music had over people in general and me in specific.

I remember when Elvis died, and what a big deal it was, but it wasn’t a big deal to me in a personal sense. Sure, I remember thinking that it was too bad, but I was 7 and it was just a thing that happened. When Lennon died, I found out from Granny Bettye, and I remember she was crying on the phone. I don’t know if it was her crying or me realizing at that moment how devestating that was to the world (probably a little of both), but it really shook me up.

I ran to turn on WNEW in NY just in time for Scott Muni to play “Watching the Wheels”. He could barley contain himself.

I sat and listened. REALLY listened. It may have been the first time I understood, for real, the true feeling of “getting it”. I remember hearing him say

People say Im lazy dreaming my life away
Well they give me all kinds of advice designed to enlighten me
When I tell them that Im doing fine watching shadows on the wall
Dont you miss the big time boy youre no longer on the ball

and how it struck me that he was actually saying something. It wasn’t just words and melodies set to music. It was feeling. It was “hey man, I’m doing alright”. And I cried. Mostly because I understood what he was saying, and how he felt when he said it, but that it was all gone. He was feeling peace in his life, and wanted to let everyone know that he was cool, and that was taken away from him.

So in some ways, the day the John Lennon was shot was the day that music died. But in many more ways, that was the day music was really born for me. And to this day, when I hear that song, I can immediately feel like a 10 year old kid in tears, lying on the ugly red shag carpet in my childhood home with a transistor radio listening to one of the greatest songwriters who has ever lived. And it’s not neccesarily a bad feeling.

So… now I work in the music biz… and since we’re talking about great music, I’d love to hear some opinions of my guys

Assembly of Dust — Honest Hour

]]> By: sparchessy http://firedoglake.com/2006/12/08/the-spin-im-in-a-superstar-well-right-you-are/#comment-412073 sparchessy Fri, 08 Dec 2006 23:04:33 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/12/08/the-spin-im-in-a-superstar-well-right-you-are/#comment-412073 <p>Valid excuse! love Donita’s music. Please post on ITunes soon.</p> <p><a href="#comment-411817"><em>Fini FiniTOOBZ! @ 4 </em></a></p> <blockquote><p>Sorry no podcast this week Firepups, Donita needs her voice for the studio this week! YAY! New Donita music!</p></blockquote> Valid excuse! love Donita’s music. Please post on ITunes soon.

Fini FiniTOOBZ! @ 4

Sorry no podcast this week Firepups, Donita needs her voice for the studio this week! YAY! New Donita music!

]]> By: rumi http://firedoglake.com/2006/12/08/the-spin-im-in-a-superstar-well-right-you-are/#comment-412026 rumi Fri, 08 Dec 2006 22:16:05 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/12/08/the-spin-im-in-a-superstar-well-right-you-are/#comment-412026 <p>Egregious!</p> <p>yay!</p> <p>yeehaw?</p> Egregious!

yay!

yeehaw?

]]> By: Mendo420 http://firedoglake.com/2006/12/08/the-spin-im-in-a-superstar-well-right-you-are/#comment-412021 Mendo420 Fri, 08 Dec 2006 22:12:51 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/12/08/the-spin-im-in-a-superstar-well-right-you-are/#comment-412021 <p>official grateful dead site-dead.net- finally has a tapers section yay- rhino records- this week’s gem- run run rudolph- w/pigpen 12/4/71- priceless, heh. this week’s deadhour feature- revolution ‘91- pretty slack but ok. beware the brown acid. out.</p> official grateful dead site-dead.net- finally has a tapers section yay- rhino records- this week’s gem- run run rudolph- w/pigpen 12/4/71- priceless, heh. this week’s deadhour feature- revolution ‘91- pretty slack but ok. beware the brown acid. out.

]]> By: jackitch http://firedoglake.com/2006/12/08/the-spin-im-in-a-superstar-well-right-you-are/#comment-412016 jackitch Fri, 08 Dec 2006 22:02:32 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/12/08/the-spin-im-in-a-superstar-well-right-you-are/#comment-412016 <p>Hi Donita, I was so excited to hear Mazzy Star! I love Hope Sandoval!! That’s great to hear your in the studio!!</p> Hi Donita, I was so excited to hear Mazzy Star! I love Hope Sandoval!! That’s great to hear your in the studio!!

]]> By: Crazy Horse http://firedoglake.com/2006/12/08/the-spin-im-in-a-superstar-well-right-you-are/#comment-411991 Crazy Horse Fri, 08 Dec 2006 21:26:29 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/12/08/the-spin-im-in-a-superstar-well-right-you-are/#comment-411991 <p>whoever was in SanFrandisco when Lennon was killed can remember the remarkable candlelight vigil on Marina Green, with loudspeakers and boomboxes and love and shared sadness. As we felt the onslaught of that sinking feeling.</p> whoever was in SanFrandisco when Lennon was killed can remember the remarkable candlelight vigil on Marina Green, with loudspeakers and boomboxes and love and shared sadness. As we felt the onslaught of that sinking feeling.

]]> By: Jacqrat http://firedoglake.com/2006/12/08/the-spin-im-in-a-superstar-well-right-you-are/#comment-411986 Jacqrat Fri, 08 Dec 2006 21:20:09 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/12/08/the-spin-im-in-a-superstar-well-right-you-are/#comment-411986 <p>Ok, I gotta share this Vince Gill Video. It’s rockin’ my world right now:</p> <p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znRiSxvH35E">My Kind of Woman, My Kind of Man</a></p> <p>With the personality-challenged but fantastically talented Patty Loveless. (the music director at KSAN once told me she had the personality of a wet washcloth… but I *love* her singing. Guess she gives it all she has for that.)</p> Ok, I gotta share this Vince Gill Video. It’s rockin’ my world right now:

My Kind of Woman, My Kind of Man

With the personality-challenged but fantastically talented Patty Loveless. (the music director at KSAN once told me she had the personality of a wet washcloth… but I *love* her singing. Guess she gives it all she has for that.)

]]> By: gvtv http://firedoglake.com/2006/12/08/the-spin-im-in-a-superstar-well-right-you-are/#comment-411978 gvtv Fri, 08 Dec 2006 21:08:12 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/12/08/the-spin-im-in-a-superstar-well-right-you-are/#comment-411978 <p>I painted a peace on the sky today.<br /> I imagined it enveloped the earth.<br /> I saw John smile.</p> I painted a peace on the sky today.
I imagined it enveloped the earth.
I saw John smile.

]]> By: Eureka Springs, AR http://firedoglake.com/2006/12/08/the-spin-im-in-a-superstar-well-right-you-are/#comment-411977 Eureka Springs, AR Fri, 08 Dec 2006 21:07:01 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/12/08/the-spin-im-in-a-superstar-well-right-you-are/#comment-411977 <p>wtg! jacqrat, congrats.</p> wtg! jacqrat, congrats.

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