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tikistitchSo, we've been thinking about the song, "Beth." If you're as ancient as tiki, you may have heard it on FM radio in the 70s. It was KISS's ballad, and thus, as with all contemporary metal groups, the band's song they tended to play as it actually had some evidence of a melody.
We hadn't really thought about the song since the 70s which, if you know the song, is probably appropriate. But it came to mind as we recently purchase, as you might too, the CD About a Girl, from FDR. It's a breast cancer benefit, so there's a bit of do-goodiness about it, and FDR is a scrappy little music label, for which we are suckers. The hook of the CD is it consists of covers of songs for which the titles are girls names, and there's a few nice ones, like Sweet Jane, and a few fun somewhat obscure ones, like a cover of the Monkees' Mary, Mary.
Anyways, there's also a cover of Beth, and, unlike when it was played 30 years ago on the radio and we paid it little heed, we were listening on headphones, and actually understood the lyrics for perhaps the first time. It's basically a lament by a musician whose jealous girlfriend is whining for him to come home from practice.
It includes the lyrics, "Me and the boys are playing, and we just can't find the sound." Uh, ok, but remember, the original band was KISS. Under exactly what circumstances can a band like KISS be in the studio and not finding "the sound?" Did they need to run out to the drug store for more mascara? Did Gene Simmons' tongue get stuck? Did KISS even have a "sound?" (We mean, other than smoke bombs going off?) Like, huh?
We hadn't really thought about the song since the 70s which, if you know the song, is probably appropriate. But it came to mind as we recently purchase, as you might too, the CD About a Girl, from FDR. It's a breast cancer benefit, so there's a bit of do-goodiness about it, and FDR is a scrappy little music label, for which we are suckers. The hook of the CD is it consists of covers of songs for which the titles are girls names, and there's a few nice ones, like Sweet Jane, and a few fun somewhat obscure ones, like a cover of the Monkees' Mary, Mary.
Anyways, there's also a cover of Beth, and, unlike when it was played 30 years ago on the radio and we paid it little heed, we were listening on headphones, and actually understood the lyrics for perhaps the first time. It's basically a lament by a musician whose jealous girlfriend is whining for him to come home from practice.
It includes the lyrics, "Me and the boys are playing, and we just can't find the sound." Uh, ok, but remember, the original band was KISS. Under exactly what circumstances can a band like KISS be in the studio and not finding "the sound?" Did they need to run out to the drug store for more mascara? Did Gene Simmons' tongue get stuck? Did KISS even have a "sound?" (We mean, other than smoke bombs going off?) Like, huh?
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Date: 2007-10-30 09:37 pm (UTC)Or I could be wrong.
Also, I hate you for giving me that "Beth" soundworm. Make it stoppppp!!!
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Date: 2007-10-30 10:32 pm (UTC)btw ... Mr. Spazzygirl used to be a huge fan ... his mother even had the window decorator from the local Licorce Pizza decorate Mr. Spazzygirl's entire bedroom like a KISS window display. Of course ... there is no photo documentation *ever* taken of this ... by anyone.