PS re Jeff Donnici -- have you heard anything from him? I have not heard from him in eons. He went off to work on Java Beans or some damned thing. We kept in touch for a while, nothing lately. He and his wife had a child, a daughter named Alexandra. I like the name ;-)
>Actually Rusted Root was my contribution. I was an early fan, though right at the moment I couldn't reproduce their sound in my head if my life depended on it... help me Youtube...
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsGIDFTURaY&feature=related>
>oh, yeah. (though that kind of sounds like a talking heads cover )
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>BTW this is Mercy, Mercy, Mercy ( and this cut is the real deal )
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRrFWp4DUho>
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>>Yeah. You said you had heard it on some radio station in San Francisco. Jeff Donnici was also in the discussion somewhere, and introduced us to Rusted Root IIRC.
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>>>You were the winner of "name that tune". I had just heard the song once and had no idea who did it or what it was called. I could only remember the call-response format and "What's the matter with him" and "wheel inside a wheel" and you nailed it.
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>>>>"Slippery People" -- I remember a long ago discussion on Compuserve about Talking Heads. Turn like a wheel inside a wheel....
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>>>>>Another pro vote for Benetar. "Hit Me with your Best Shot" is on the mix CD that lives on the deck in my truck, along with "Keepin' the Faith", "Slippery People" and "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy"
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Here is my favorite k.d. lang song -- >>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>OK, I'll admit, it was "OK". (Remember, I don't do touchy-feely, so that's the best you'll get out of me) :)
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>>>>>>>However, here's my opinion of a good chick ballad...
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOgxVWC4a18&feature=related>>>>>>
>>>>>>I liked Pat Benatar all right. A couple of her cassettes are with all the other cassettes down in the basement. What I remember most about her is that I was living in Southern California during her heyday and it seemed like half the dark haired women there were wearing their hair like hers.
