Adventures in Radio
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I am suffering in a number of ways since my Sirius receiver got stolen and I am stuck listening to terrestrial radio. (And, I mean, they can't even use the Sirius receiver! It's just a useless thing with buttons on it to them! Cripes!)Anyway, I heard Rick Derringer's "Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo" the other day on the radio, and I just really hate that song. And then about two thirds of the way through the song, Rick asks, "Somebody say keep on rockin'?" Now, I don't know about you, but I am pretty sure that I have never told Rick Derringer to keep on rockin'. It occurs to me that we all might have been spared a lot of heartache over the years if, on that fateful day, nobody had told Rick Derringer to keep on rockin'.I also heard Trio's "Da Da Da" the other day. It brought back all kinds of memories, as I am the only person in the United States of America to ever own not one but two Trio albums. (one's an import and has a great cover of that "sittin' in the la la waitin' for my ya ya") song. Anyway, I'd love to revisit Trio, but I am currently without any means to play my vinyl. But it occurs to me that Trio, a German, uh, Trio with guitar, drums, and casiotone keyboard, might be more influential than your average German one-hit wonder from the '80's, which is to say Nena, Taco, or Falco. (Not actually sure if Taco was German or not, and maybe Falco was Austrian, but anyway...) There was just something in "Da Da Da": the simple melody? The low, deadpan vocals? The female voice on the chorus? that reminded me of Magnetic Fields. Also the spare instrumentation and production surely influenced the White Stripes. Unless it didn't. But something like, for example, "Ich Lieb Den Rock and Roll" could be a White Stripes song. Except, you know, in German. My favorite Trio song is an almost instrumental casiotone showcase in which the chorus consists of off-key singing, with occasional coughing, the phrase "Drei Mann Im Doppelbett". That's "Three Men in a Double Bed." Whatever. Not really any point to all this, and no music, just my annoying rambling.
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