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TALKING HEADS-MORE SONGS ABOUT BUILDINGS AND FOOD

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-JULY 7, 2019…FORTY ONE YEARS AGO THE TALKING HEADS GAVE US THEIR SECOND STUDIO ALBUM ‘MORE SONGS ABOUT BUILDINGS AND FOOD’

THIS ALBUM PRODUCED THE GROUP’S FIRST TOP 30 SINGLE, A COVER OF AL GREEN’S ‘TAKE ME TO THE RIVER’. THIS SONG REALLY PROVED TO BE A BREAKTHROUGH FOR THE GROUP, WHOSE ONLY APPEARANCE ON THE CHARTS WAS ‘PSYCHO KILLER’ WHICH REACHED #92. THEIR RENDITION OF ‘TAKE ME TO THE RIVER’ EARNED THE BAND AN INVITATION TO PERFORM ON “AMERICAN BANDSTAND” WHICH GAVE THE TALKING HEADS THEIR FIRST HUGE TV EXPOSURE.

ACCORDING TO THE TALKING HEADS’ BASSIST TINA WEYMOUTH, THE TITLE OF THE ALBUM CAME ABOUT KIND OF ACCIDENTALLY:

“When we were making this album I remembered this stupid discussion we had about titles for the last album, At that time I said, ‘What are we gonna call an album that’s just about buildings and food?’ And Chris said, ‘You call it more songs about buildings and food.”

THE FRONT COVER OF THE ALBUM IS UNIQUE. IT’S AN ACTUAL PHOTOMOSAIC OF THE BAND COMPRISED OF 529 CLOSE UP POLAROID PHOTOGRAPHS.

HERE ARE THE TALKING HEADS WITH A LIVE VERSION OF ‘TAKE ME TO THE RIVER’

 

IT WAS LOUD ON THIS DAY @ SHORELINE IN ‘91

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-JULY 13, 2019…TWENTY EIGHT YEARS AGO THE SHORELINE AMPHITHEATRE WAS A ROCKIN’ WITH THE”OPERATION ROCK & ROLL” TOUR. THE TOUR FEATURED FIVE BANDS, ALICE COOPER, JUDAS PRIEST, MOTORHEAD, DANGEROUS TOYS, AND METAL CHURCH. THE TOUR WAS IN SUPPORT OF THE U.S. TROOPS INVOLVED IN OPERATION DESERT STORM DURING THE GULF WAR.

THIS WOULD ALSO BE JUDAS PRIEST’S FINAL TOUR WITH ROB HALFORD UNTIL 2004.

HERE’S A PORTION OF THE SHOW WITH ALICE COOPER AND JUDAS PRIEST

AND HERE’S MOTORHEAD

photo thanks-Solange Rennó e Felipe Flumignan

A HARD DAY’S NIGHT

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-JULY 13, 2019…AMERICA FIRST HEARD THE SONG ‘A HARD DAY’S NIGHT’ ON JUNE 26TH, 1964 ON THE SOUNDTRACK TO THE MOVIE ‘A HARD DAY’S NIGHT’. THE SONG WAS RELEASED AS A SINGLE ON THIS DATE 55 YEARS AGO.

THE PRODUCER FOR THE MOVIE TOLD JOHN LENNON HE NEEDED A THEME SONG FOR THE GROUP’S UPCOMING MOVIE. THAT NIGHT THE BEATLES WENT INTO THE STUDIO AND 3 HOURS LATER THE SONG WAS FULLY PRODUCED. THE NINTH TAKE OF ‘A HARD DAY’S NIGHT WAS THE ONE THAT WAS USED AS THE SINGLE. THE RECORDING HAD TO BE DONE QUICKLY WHEN THE FILM NAME WAS CHANGED FROM “BEATLEMANIA” TO “A HARD DAY’S NIGHT.”

THE RECORD MARKED THE SIXTH OF SEVEN SONGS WRITTEN BY LENNON-MCCARTNEY TO HIT NUMBER ONE IN 1964. THAT MARKED AN ALL-TIME RECORD ON THE U.S. CHARTS FOR WRITING THE MOST SONGS TO HIT NUMBER ONE IN THE SAME CALENDAR YEAR !

AMAZINGLY, THE BEATLES WON JUST FOUR GRAMMY AWARDS IN THE 1960’S, AND ONE OF THEM WAS FOR THIS SONG. THE BEATLES ALSO WON THE “BEST NEW ARTIST” GRAMMY AT THE SAME AWARDS CEREMONY.

HERE’S THE OFFICIAL VIDEO FROM THE BEATLES

BORN TO BE WILD

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-JULY 13, 2019…ON THIS DATE IN 1968 STEPPENWOLF RELEASED THE SINGLE ‘BORN TO BE WILD.’ THE SONG HAS BEEN SYNONYMOUS WITH BIKERS AS IT GAINED INSTANT NOTORIETY APPEARING IN THE COUNTERCULTURE MOVIE “EASY RIDER.” IN THE MOVIE, DENNIS HOPPER AND PETER FONDA ARE BIKERS WHO RIDE FROM LOS ANGELES TO NEW ORLEANS WITH JACK NICHOLSON ALONG FOR THE RIDE.

A LOT OF MUSIC AFICIONADOS ALSO CALL THIS THE FIRST EVER HEAVY METAL SONG, WITH THE TERM “HEAVY METAL THUNDER” IN ‘BORN TO BE WILD’ THE FIRST EVER REFERENCE TO HEAVY METAL IN ANY SONG. INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, THE WRITER OF ‘BORN TO BE WILD’ WROTE THE SONG AS A BALLAD ! STEPPENWOLF SPED IT UP AND PUT SOME OOMPH INTO IT ON THEIR ALBUM.

HERE’S ‘BORN TO BE WILD’ FROM EASY RIDER

LAMONT & TONELLI PRESENT ONE BALL PAUL

Here is Lamont and Tonelli’s latest video for “One Ball Paul.”

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ANTHONY KIEDIS AND MOTORCYCLE TROUBLE

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-JULY 12, 2019…ON THIS DATE 22 YEARS AGO ANTHONY KIEDIS WAS RIDING HIS MOTORCYCLE IN LOS ANGELES, WHEN ACCORDING TO KEIDIS, A CAR MADE AN UNEXPECTED U-TURN, FORCING A COLLISION BETWEEN THE CAR AND KEIDIS’ BIKE. THE ACCIDENT DISLOCATED HIS WRIST AND SHATTERED IT AGAINST HIS FOREARM. THE RESULT WAS KIEDIS UNDERWENT 5 HOURS OF SURGERY AND NUMEROUS HOURS OF PHYSICAL THERAPY. THE DOMINO EFFECT WAS A DELAY IN THE CHILI PEPPERS SUBSEQUENT ALBUM AND TOUR, AND KIEDIS SUFFERING A DRUG RELAPSE BECAUSE OF HIS USE OF PAINKILLERS.

AN OUT OF COURT SETTLEMENT WITH THE MOTORIST WHO CUT KIEDIS OFF WAS REACHED IN 1999.

HERE’S KIEDIS WITH THE RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS CIRCA 1991

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHRISTINE MCVIE

 

 

 

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-JULY 12, 2019…HAPPY 76TH BIRTHDAY TO FLEETWOOD MAC’S CHRISTINE MCVIE . HERE’S SOME CHRISTINE MCVIE TRIVIA:

 

-HER MAIDEN NAME IS CHRISTINE PERFECT.

 

-HER FATHER WAS A CONCERT VIOLINIST AND MUSIC LECTURER

 

-SHE STARTED PLAYING PIANO AT THE AGE OF FOUR AND WAS CLASSICLY TRAINED UNTIL THE AGE OF FIFTEEN

 

-CHRISTINE GRADUATED FROM COLLEGE WITH A TEACHING DEGREE

 

-UPON GRADUATION SHE WORKED BRIEFLY AS A DEPARTMENT STORE WINDOW DRESSER

 

-SHE DID SESSION WORK FOR FLEETWOOD MAC BEFORE JOINING THE GROUP.

 

-SHE MARRIED BASSIST JOHN MCVIE IN 1970 AND JOINED THE GROUP IN 1970

 

-IN 1976 SHE BEGAN AN ON-ROAD AFFAIR WITH FLEETWOOD MAC’S LIGHTING DIRECTOR WHICH INSPIRED HER TO WRITE ‘YOU MAKE LOVING FUN’ A HUGE HIT ON THE ALBUM ‘RUMOURS’

 

– HER BIGGEST HIT WAS ‘DON’T STOP’ ALSO FROM THE ‘RUMOURS’ ALBUM

 

-BY THE END OF THE RUMOURS TOUR IN 1976, THE MCVIES WERE DIVORCED

 

-IN 1998 SHE DECIDED NOT TO CONTINUE WITH FLEETWOOD MAC DUE TO A FLYING PHOBIA

 

-SHE TREATED HER FEAR OF FLYING WITH PSYCHOTHERAPY ENABLING HER TO TOUR AGAIN

 

-FROM 1979-1982 SHE WAS ENGAGED TO DENNIS WILSON OF THE BEACH BOYS

 

-SHE MARRIED KEYBOARDIST EDDIE QUINTELA IN 1986. THEY WERE DIVORCED IN 2003

HERE’S CHRISTIE WITH FLEETWOOD MAC CIRCA 1977

 

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LAMONT & TONELLI TALK TO JO KOY ABOUT HIS NEW NETFLIX SPECIAL COMIN’ IN HOT

Lamont & Tonelli talked to friend of the show, comedian Jo Koy about his new Netflix special “Comin’ In Hot” streaming now. Jo Koy revealed his next Netflix special will be filmed in the Philippines. Plus, Jo Koy talked about his Mom using empty Cool Whip and Country Crock containers as Tupperware and his sister doing the Bottle Cap Challenge. Lastly, Jo Koy teased that he will be announcing a big Bay Area show in the near future.

Jo Koy’s new Netflix special “Comin’ In Hot” is streaming now.

Listen to Lamont and Tonelli’s interview with Jo Koy below.

Watch the promo for Comin’ In Hot below.

Follow Jo Koy here.