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DEAD THREAD 2017: "This guy here is dead!"..."Cross him off, then!"

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SonofSouthie said:
jmo, I'd remove Boston and add The Pixies.
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Well personally I'd remove Aerosmith and J. Geils and add Mission of Burma and HSR. :-)

But I meant from a standpoint of who was selling out at the Beacon and moving product.
 
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Kepler said:
But I meant from a standpoint of who was selling out at the Beacon and moving product.
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Not sure if this link answers your question or not....

If you’re a Bostonian of a certain age, you may want to watch “Where Have All the Good Times Gone?,” a documentary about Boston’s rock scene. It’s narrated by WBCN legend Charles Laquidara and features interviews with Aimee Mann, Steven Tyler and Tom Hamilton of Aerosmith, Dan Zanes of the Del Fuegos, Greg Hawkes of the Cars, Dave Minehan of the Neighborhoods, T.T. the Bear’s Place owner Bonney Bouley, and many other familiar faces from back in the day.
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I also offer for your perusal this link: http://archive.boston.com/ae/music/packages/topbostonacts/ They include folk and disco (James Taylor #3; Joan Baez #7, Donna Summer # 4). For rock:

Aerosmith #1
Pixies # 2
The Cars # 5
J. Geils Band/Peter Wolf # 6
Boston # 11.

I like the Dropkick Murphys (# 16) not sure where in the "taxonomy of music" I'd place them though.
 
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FreshFish said:
Not sure if this link answers your question or not....



I also offer for your perusal this link: http://archive.boston.com/ae/music/packages/topbostonacts/ They include folk and disco (James Taylor #3; Joan Baez #7, Donna Summer # 4). For rock:

Aerosmith #1
Pixies # 2
The Cars # 5
J. Geils Band/Peter Wolf # 6
Boston # 11.

I like the Dropkick Murphys (# 16) not sure where in the "taxonomy of music" I'd place them though.
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It's funny that the greatest rock and roll song about Boston, and in fact one of the 10 greatest rock and roll songs of all time -- a song so f-cking driving and iconic it actually makes me nostalgic for my time living in Boston for the duration of its runtime, is not included in that group. :)
 
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Kepler said:
It's funny that the greatest rock and roll song about Boston, and in fact one of the 10 greatest rock and roll songs of all time -- a song so f-cking driving and iconic it actually makes me nostalgic for my time living in Boston for the duration of its runtime, is not included in that group. :)
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BTW, a Comment on that video claims the keyboardist on that song went on to the Talking Heads, and the drummer went on to the Cars. Is either statement true? I had no idea.

(I actually had no idea the Cars were a Boston band. Growing up I imagined that sound to be from west of the Mississippi.)
 
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Kepler said:
BTW, a Comment on that video claims the keyboardist on that song went on to the Talking Heads, and the drummer went on to the Cars. Is either statement true? I had no idea.

(I actually had no idea the Cars were a Boston band. Growing up I imagined that sound to be from west of the Mississippi.)
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Yep, true. Not sure if either were original members, but both Jerry Harrison and David Robinson spent time in the Modern Lovers.
 
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rufus said:
Yep, true. Not sure if either were original members, but both Jerry Harrison and David Robinson spent time in the Modern Lovers.
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That's one helluva band. Almost a shame they didn't stay together, though from what I've read Richman's personality can best be described as... unpleasant.
 
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Kepler said:
That's one helluva band. Almost a shame they didn't stay together, though from what I've read Richman's personality can best be described as... unpleasant.
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People forget (or don't know) that The Runaways had Joan Jett, Lita Ford, and Mickey (can't remember last name), but she ended up in the Bangles. That's a darn good lineup, too.
 
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French Rage said:
He and Prince can have a rematch!
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Maybe he can party with Rick James again, too.

"What did the five fingers say to the face?"
 
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Brenthoven said:
People forget (or don't know) that The Runaways had Joan Jett, Lita Ford, and Mickey (can't remember last name), but she ended up in the Bangles. That's a darn good lineup, too.
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Yep, and their skeezy manager nailed each of them. Micki Steele. Cherie married Robert Hays -- strange.

It's odd how much talent that band had, since they were invented like the Monkees or the S-x Pistols to be a gimmick.
 
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Whoa. Whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa. Whoa.

The body of Sheila Abdus-Salaam, the first female Muslim judge in the United States, was found floating in the Hudson River Wednesday afternoon.

The New York Post reports that Abdus-Salaam was discovered by witnesses who called 911. Abdus-Salaam, who was an associate judge on the Court of Appeals, had been reported missing from her Harlem home earlier Wednesday.

Abdus-Salaam was not only the first female Muslim judge in the county; she was also the first black woman to be appointed to the Court of Appeals. She graduated from Columbia Law School and started her career as a staff attorney at East Brooklyn Legal Services and was elected to the Supreme Court in 1993. In 2013, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo appointed her to the Court of Appeals in 2013.

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Sources said to the Post that there appeared to be no signs of foul play and that her death was likely a suicide.
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Kepler said:
Yep, and their skeezy manager nailed each of them. Micki Steele. Cherie married Robert Hays -- strange.

It's odd how much talent that band had, since they were invented like the Monkees or the S-x Pistols to be a gimmick.
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Even Joan? Cause I thought she didn't play that way.
 
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rufus said:
Even Joan? Cause I thought she didn't play that way.
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This was before lesbianism.
 
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Kepler said:
Whoa. Whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa. Whoa.
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where were hilly and bubba yesterday?!?!?! her honor living in Foster's home for imaginary friends?? :D
 
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Kepler said:
Yep, and their skeezy manager nailed each of them. Micki Steele. Cherie married Robert Hays -- strange.

It's odd how much talent that band had, since they were invented like the Monkees or the S-x Pistols to be a gimmick.
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Hays?! Really?! Wow. Did not know that.

And they were kind of invented. The Hollywood "Runaways" movie was a lot of BS. There's a doc out there, can't remember the name, but Jett wanted no part of it (and no Runaways music was used, due to that), b/c "don't need to relive the drama" and yet she heavily influenced and had input on the Hollywood version, from what I know.

I would also say the Sex Pistols were kind of invented. How both bands were marketed and how they toured, definitely tools of the music industry, and they were exploited to no end, and talents wasted.
 
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Emma Morano, 117.

Oldest living person. Last living person born in the 1800s.
 
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Wow. End of a century.
 
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