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awful song: Lido Shuffle
Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 1:52 am
by steve_Archive
Also he looks a lot like Chris Brokaw in that video. We gotta get Brokaw some nice white slacks...
awful song: Lido Shuffle
Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 8:05 am
by placeholder_Archive
Haha! My instinct was crap, but this is strangely irresistible. I don't understand it.
I didn't realize I'd heard this song before until I clicked on the link. Now I'm wondering if I've ever heard any other Boz Scaggs songs.
I might like this song okay if they lost everything but:
- the synths
- the drums
- the bass
- the backup singers; as perdothegit said--leave them on stage, but without the actual singing
- most importantly, Jeff Porcaro's shriek a few seconds into the song
awful song: Lido Shuffle
Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 3:21 pm
by holly golightly_Archive
I like it. I like the chorus. It's infectious. It reminds me of being in Ypsillanti, Michigan a few summers ago.
awful song: Lido Shuffle
Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 5:12 pm
by MF Nightmen_Archive
The first minute or so of this song is boss. The chorus, synths, and horns,...meh. Overall i'll give it a not crap. it's the only decent tune on the greatest hits record.
Some things on this video
- "plus-size" back-up singers: not crap
- yamaha SG guitar: not crap
- having your "O-face" on constantly while you are singing: crap
awful song: Lido Shuffle
Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 5:38 pm
by Don_Archive
Brett Eugene Ralph wrote:jazzy mid-70's AOR rock... vague "genre"
These two bits from Mr. Ralph's post impressed me because lately I've been fascinated by a lot of stuff that might vaguely fit into these categories, redundant as that might seem. Rafferty, 10cc, Steely Dan, other studio nerds whose music just sorta drifts in and out, trying carefully not to disturb anyone yet bordering on creepy in its perfection. Like I said, I'm fascinated by it, but I'm not quite ready to commit to liking it.
awful song: Lido Shuffle
Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 9:37 pm
by FuzzBob_Archive
Don wrote:Brett Eugene Ralph wrote:
jazzy mid-70's AOR rock... vague "genre"
These two bits from Mr. Ralph's post impressed me because lately I've been fascinated by a lot of stuff that might vaguely fit into these categories, redundant as that might seem. Rafferty, 10cc, Steely Dan, other studio nerds whose music just sorta drifts in and out, trying carefully not to disturb anyone yet bordering on creepy in its perfection. Like I said, I'm fascinated by it, but I'm not quite ready to commit to liking it.
I think "marina rock" was J.D. Ryznar's catch-all term for that eery AOR session hotshot rock that didn't quite make it to the smooth upper "yacht rock" echelon... could be wrong, though.
awful song: Lido Shuffle
Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 9:54 pm
by Octopus Alaska_Archive
like that damned fly I had never heard. It just makes me long for some beheading in some kind of movie montage.... american psycho anybody?
awful song: Lido Shuffle
Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 9:56 pm
by lemur68_Archive
FuzzBob wrote:I think "marina rock" was J.D. Ryznar's catch-all term for that eery AOR session hotshot rock that didn't quite make it to the smooth upper "yacht rock" echelon... could be wrong, though.
I wanna hear some "rowboat rock".
awful song: Lido Shuffle
Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 11:59 pm
by Don_Archive
FuzzBob wrote:Don wrote:Brett Eugene Ralph wrote:
jazzy mid-70's AOR rock... vague "genre"
These two bits from Mr. Ralph's post impressed me because lately I've been fascinated by a lot of stuff that might vaguely fit into these categories, redundant as that might seem. Rafferty, 10cc, Steely Dan, other studio nerds whose music just sorta drifts in and out, trying carefully not to disturb anyone yet bordering on creepy in its perfection. Like I said, I'm fascinated by it, but I'm not quite ready to commit to liking it.
I think "marina rock" was J.D. Ryznar's catch-all term for that eery AOR session hotshot rock that didn't quite make it to the smooth upper "yacht rock" echelon... could be wrong, though.
I'm not sure I've heard it referred to as such. That's pretty good, though I prefer my friend Todd's characterization of it "cocaine hot-tub" rock.
Baker Street serves as the prime example of "cocaine hot-tub" rock in this friend's estimation.
awful song: Lido Shuffle
Posted: Sat Aug 09, 2008 12:41 pm
by steve_Archive
Just found these and confirmed that the lyrics to this song are incredible and great.
Boz Scaggs wrote:Lido missed the boat that day he left the shack
But that was all he missed, and he ain't comin' back
At a tombstone bar in a jukejoint car he made a stop
Just long enough to grab a handle off the top
Next stop Chi-town, Lido put the money down, let it roll
He said, one more job oughta get it
One last shot 'fore we quit it, one for the road
Lido, whoa, he's for the money, he's for the show
Lido's a waitin' for the go
Lido, whoa, he said, one more job oughta get it
One last shot 'fore we quit it, one more for the road
Lido be runnin' havin' great big fun until he got the note
Sayin' toe the line or blow it, and that was all she wrote
He be makin' like a beeline headin' for the borderline
Goin' for broke
Sayin' one more hit oughta do it, this joint, ain't nothin' to it
One more for the road
Lido, whoa, he's for the money, he's for the show
Lido's a waitin' for the go
Lido, whoa, one more job oughta get it
One last shot and we quit it, one more for the road