Susanna Hoffs -- solo

[jimmyjazz 47136]

Susanna Hoffs is a big fave around here, and not entirely for her looks.  An acquaintance of mine spent roughly a year writing and recording with her ~ 1999, and apparently what was a shelved project is now going to see the light of day.  I will update with order info when I get it.  Word is that it's more "artist" than "pop", and I'm very interested to hear what they did.  Lots of big players are involved.

In the meantime:

[yoladu 4190]

[Underdog 29166]

Thought I was in the IPIHB forum for a moment, or at least was wishing I was. 

[South Austin 53221]

7 hours ago, yoladu said:

I mean, she’s hot and that’s a nice gif, but that song is turrible.

[dcbc 14644]

On 9/18/2020 at 6:47 AM, South Austin said:

I mean, she’s hot and that’s a nice gif, but that song is turrible.

I'll put it in the guilty pleasure category along with their take on Hazy Shade of Winter and In Your Room while I'm at it.  Watched one of their shows from the 80s on youtube a while back, and it didn't suck.

Also, I saw her solo when she opened for somebody back in the early 90s.  It didn't suck.

[Gil Bang 26231]

Yeah, I'm down with The Bangles.  

 

I knew them when they were The Bangs.

[Buzzrock 15136]

I mean, she’s hot and that’s a nice gif, but that song is turrible.

This is a poor take.

[NWBuck 8629]

I too have spent a lot of solo time inspired by Ms. Hoffs. 

[South Austin 53221]

8 hours ago, Buzzrock said:

This is a poor take.

 

All the old paintings on the tombs
They do the sand dance don't you know?
If they move too quick (oh whey oh)
They're falling down like a domino

All the bazaar men by the Nile
They got the money on a bet
Gold crocodiles (oh whey oh)
They snap their teeth on your cigarette

Foreign types with the hookah pipes say
(Whey oh whey oh, ay oh whey oh)
Walk like an Egyptian

The blonde waitresses take their trays
They spin around and they cross the floor
They've got the moves (oh whey oh)
You drop your drink, then they bring you more

All the school kids so sick of books
They like the punk and the metal band
When the buzzer rings (oh whey oh)
They're walking like an Egyptian

All the kids in the marketplace say
(Whey oh whey oh, ay oh whey oh)
Walk like an Egyptian

Slide…

Slide your feet up the street, bend your back
Shift your arm then you pull it back
Life is hard you know (oh whey oh)
So strike a pose on a Cadillac

If you want to find all the cops
They're hanging out in the donut shop
They sing and dance (oh whey oh)
They spin the clubs, cruise down the block

All the Japanese with their yen
The party boys call the Kremlin
And the Chinese know (oh whey oh)
They walk the line like Egyptian

All the cops in the donut shop say
(Whey oh whey oh, ay oh whey oh)
Walk like an Egyptian
Walk like an Egyptian

[Buzzrock 15136]

Nothing wrong with silly pop songs if they are good silly pop songs. 

[smuggs 9397]

The slowed Alvin and the Chipmunks version is fantastic. Starts @ 6:15 -

 

 

[Jerry Callo 8958]

On 9/20/2020 at 4:44 PM, dcbc said:

their take on Hazy Shade of Winter

That's a great song - of course I was in high school when Less Than Zero came out.  I played it last night for my girls.

[Chad Fuck 18134]

3 hours ago, Buzzrock said:

Nothing wrong with silly pop songs if they are good silly pop songs. 

 

[Chad Fuck 18134]

2 hours ago, smuggs said:

The slowed Alvin and the Chipmunks version is fantastic. Starts @ 6:15 -

 

 

I'm actually digging this.

[dcbc 14644]

7 hours ago, South Austin said:

All the old paintings on the tombs
They do the sand dance don't you know?
If they move too quick (oh whey oh)
They're falling down like a domino

All the bazaar men by the Nile
They got the money on a bet
Gold crocodiles (oh whey oh)
They snap their teeth on your cigarette

Foreign types with the hookah pipes say
(Whey oh whey oh, ay oh whey oh)
Walk like an Egyptian

The blonde waitresses take their trays
They spin around and they cross the floor
They've got the moves (oh whey oh)
You drop your drink, then they bring you more

All the school kids so sick of books
They like the punk and the metal band
When the buzzer rings (oh whey oh)
They're walking like an Egyptian

All the kids in the marketplace say
(Whey oh whey oh, ay oh whey oh)
Walk like an Egyptian

Slide…

Slide your feet up the street, bend your back
Shift your arm then you pull it back
Life is hard you know (oh whey oh)
So strike a pose on a Cadillac

If you want to find all the cops
They're hanging out in the donut shop
They sing and dance (oh whey oh)
They spin the clubs, cruise down the block

All the Japanese with their yen
The party boys call the Kremlin
And the Chinese know (oh whey oh)
They walk the line like Egyptian

All the cops in the donut shop say
(Whey oh whey oh, ay oh whey oh)
Walk like an Egyptian
Walk like an Egyptian

The whistling part is catchy as hell.  This has its moments (in no small part thanks to the shots of the people in the crowd).

 

Edited September 23, 2020 by dcbc

[smuggs 9397]

43 minutes ago, Chad Fuck said:

I'm actually digging this.

You Keep Me Hangin' On @ 27:17 is also great.

[jimmyjazz 47136]

Did that live clip of "Walk Like An Egyptian" actually include a single live note from any instrument or voice?  

[Deej 77811]

At leadt they didn't pull Courtney Cox out of the audience.

[South Austin 53221]

52 minutes ago, Deej said:

At leadt they didn't pull Courtney Cox out of the audience.

[dcbc 14644]

1 hour ago, jimmyjazz said:

Did that live clip of "Walk Like An Egyptian" actually include a single live note from any instrument or voice?  

Definite drum track, and the guitar leads were iffy.  The rest of that show is not tracked and has some tasty bits.

It was the 80s, or something.  And with that said, I'm going to watch Talking Heads Live in Rome for some real 80s music.

Edited September 23, 2020 by dcbc

[jimmyjazz 47136]

1 minute ago, dcbc said:

Definite drum track,

Well, yeah.  There was nobody sitting at the drum kit and the tambourine started about a measure before she started waving it around.

 

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and the guitar leads were iffy. 

You are too kind.  She wasn't even trying to look like she was playing those leads.

I say this as a fan of Susanna Hoffs (I mean, I started the thread) and a moderate Bangles fan.

[dcbc 14644]

1 minute ago, jimmyjazz said:

Well, yeah.  There was nobody sitting at the drum kit and the tambourine started about a measure before she started waving it around.

 

You are too kind.  She wasn't even trying to look like she was playing those leads.

I say this as a fan of Susanna Hoffs (I mean, I started the thread) and a moderate Bangles fan.

The amount of sarcasm present in my brain when I typed that didn't transfer well with the post.  The leads weren't even close. 

When they all were waving their hands over their heads while I heard guitar sounds was a bit of a tell.

[DougO 5264]

On 9/17/2020 at 10:25 PM, jimmyjazz said:

 Lots of big players are involved.

 

 

 

Oh yeah, I bet they were.

[DougO 5264]

4 hours ago, Deej said:

At leadt they didn't pull Courtney Cox out of the audience.

The move that ruined both the music and TV industries in one fell swoop.

[Buzzrock 15136]

I’m trying to wrap my head around why I like that slowed down Chipmunks music. It sounds like Bauhaus or something.

[hullabelew 3730]

On 9/24/2020 at 11:26 PM, Buzzrock said:

I’m trying to wrap my head around why I like that slowed down Chipmunks music. It sounds like Bauhaus or something.

Perfect. "Refugee" is awesome.  

Marti Jones (Don Dixon's brilliantly talented wife) recorded the demo of Egyptian that was taken to the Bangles.   I'd love to hear that. 
She ended recording/releasing another Liam Sternberg song, "The Crusher".

 

[C-Man 27778]

On 9/24/2020 at 10:26 PM, Buzzrock said:

I’m trying to wrap my head around why I like that slowed down Chipmunks music. It sounds like Bauhaus or something.

Same.

[PittsburghTiger 6340]

On 9/23/2020 at 2:40 PM, dcbc said:

The whistling part is catchy as hell.  This has its moments (in no small part thanks to the shots of the people in the crowd).

 

I remember that show. That was at the Syria Mosque which was on Pitt's campus. I did not go as I was a serious student 🤣and that show was on a weeknight, and I didn't want to. 

That building is no longer there. It is a parking lot. One night, after a Pitt hoops game we were walking down the hill from the game to go have a beer and noticed a lot of police cars across the street from the Syria Mosque. On closer inspection there were a ton of people, and lights and cameras and police cars that did not look like they were from around Pittsburgh, because they were not. A scene from The Silence of the Lambs was being filmed there, directly across the street. The scene where Hopkins is held in the cage was filmed inside Soldiers and Sailors Memorial. https://www.soldiersandsailorshall.org

Some very big acts played there. From Buddy Holly, Bob Dylan, Grateful Dead, Allman Brothers, Pink Floyd, Marvin Gaye, The Supremes, The Band, ELO, SRV and many, many, more.

Edited September 28, 2020 by PittsburghTiger