Good Make Out Music

[Sarah]

hahaha, what was that in reference to?  Rollins is quite the character. 

I don't even remember what album it's from.  It's just a short little thing that starts off with him saying "in . . . out . . . in . . . out" and then something like "Yeah, your man's home after a long day, and now you've got to make him feel good.  You know how to do it, girl:  you do it with your mouth," etc.  And then more "in . . . outs" and, finally, "You reach up, under the pillow, grab the knife, and  [whomp sound effect] cut it off.  Yeah, cut it off, cut the whole thing off, put it in a box, and send it to me, Henry Rollins, at [address]. . . . Ladies, no one understand you like I do."  It's great.

[erika]

Morphine Cure for Pain, Led Zepplin Number 1, Stereolab (pretty much any of them)

[Amplituden]

C&C Music Factory's song "Things that make you go Hmmmmm" always seems to get it started.

[erika]

C&C Music Factory's song "Things that make you go Hmmmmm" always seems to get it started.

do you have a special dance that goes along with it? because i'm all about a man who can shake his ass to early nineties dance/hip hop. It sets the mood for romance.

well, this most certainly makes ME go hmmmm...

[Amplituden]

My dance usually involves suspenders, bike shorts and a bowler hat but I don't want to get into details.

[Laurie]

I used to make out with boys to The Make Up. Oh yes.

[John Junk]

I used to make out with boys to The Make Up. Oh yes.

Woah!  Good one!  Which album?  I could see "Save Yourself" or maybe the last track on "Live! At Cold Rice" but not Sound Verite.

[Laurie]

Totally "Save Yourself." I also liked the compilation, which is for housewives and little girls*. It has "Born on the Floor" on it, which is on my FAVORITE SONGS EVER list. It's not an actual list I've taken the time to write down or anything. Perhaps I'll tag these songs on last.fm or something. I don't know.

*Oh, hold up. Those are "greatest hits" CDs. I don't know if the Make-Up ever had a hit, but they certainly had some great songs.

[Tim K in DC]

Two words: Led Zep. That four-cd box set (is it "box set" or "boxed set"?) always worked wonders back when I was young and foolish. Soundgarden worked too, but that was basically gateway back to Zep heh-huh-vennnn. Or, if you're in a car in Rhode Island, particularly in a beachside parking lot in the summer and at night (okay, typing that last detail just made me feel like a complete sicko), just keep it tuned to The Home Of Rock N' Roll: NINETY-FOUR W. H. J. Y. ... PROVIDENCE. That station still plays basically the same thing they were playing back in 1989 when I and my high school buddies were chopping bad coke on cassette cases. It's like a time warp to go home.

(This may be the grossest thread I have ever participated in.)

[KickTheBobo]

Two words: Led Zep. That four-cd box set (is it "box set" or "boxed set"?) always worked wonders back when I was young and foolish. Soundgarden worked too, but that was basically gateway back to Zep heh-huh-vennnn. Or, if you're in a car in Rhode Island, particularly in a beachside parking lot in the summer and at night (okay, typing that last detail just made me feel like a complete sicko), just keep it tuned to The Home Of Rock N' Roll: NINETY-FOUR W. H. J. Y. ... PROVIDENCE. That station still plays basically the same thing they were playing back in 1989 when I and my high school buddies were chopping bad coke on cassette cases. It's like a time warp to go home.

(This may be the grossest thread I have ever participated in.)

oh yes, HJY. what memories! my first Rock Moment was circa 1982, when (in secret) I recorded Crazy Train & Aqualung off that station on my brother's Sanyo boombox. I'd listen to that tape and just rock the hell out.

I found myself recently (with some regret) huffing major Clear Channel Dong™ when I entered HJY's "15 seconds of Fame" contest. They solicited folks to make their own videos, and the best one would be their new TV commercial. The prize was $10,000 so I had to whore myself out for a shot at it.

Unfortunately, most of the entries that made the top-10 had a theme that I feel was pretty much requisite: the middle-aged guy with a cool car and hot babes either dancing or lip-syncing to Foreigner.

My humble entry

[Tim K in DC]

I found myself recently (with some regret) huffing major Clear Channel Dong™ when I entered HJY's "15 seconds of Fame" contest. They solicited folks to make their own videos, and the best one would be their new TV commercial. The prize was $10,000 so I had to whore myself out for a shot at it.

Unfortunately, most of the entries that made the top-10 had a theme that I feel was pretty much requisite: the middle-aged guy with a cool car and hot babes either dancing or lip-syncing to Foreigner.

My humble entry

Stellar effort! And don't feel bad about trying to take their money; they obviously have plenty to blow if they can continue on playing the stuff they did as if the last 20 years never existed (not that commercial radio elsewhere is doing any better; I'd actually rather hear Foreigner -- which I did hear the last time I was in RI -- than the ten "new" songs that WBCN plays non-stop these days).

What I will also say in HJY's favor is that their Sunday night local show, Soundcheck, is solid. RI's home grown talent base isn't nearly what it was 10 years ago when bands like Six Finger Satellite, Scarce, Boss Fuel, and Ashley Von Hurter & The Haters were laying waste on a regular basis, but at least if you tune in these days you have a good chance of hearing a good old nugget from Verbal Assault or Backwash.

[dave from knoxville]

Shaggs gets me hooked up every time

[Laurie]

Oooooh Elysian Fields makes for good make out music. I also like the the Sephardic CD Oren and Jennifer did for Tzadik. I know, okay, just trust me on this. Jewish music can be sexy.

[bruce]

than the ten "new" songs that WBCN plays non-stop these days).

What I will also say in HJY's favor is that their Sunday night local show, Soundcheck, is solid. RI's home grown talent base isn't nearly what it was 10 years ago when bands like Six Finger Satellite, Scarce, Boss Fuel, and Ashley Von Hurter & The Haters were laying waste on a regular basis, but at least if you tune in these days you have a good chance of hearing a good old nugget from Verbal Assault or Backwash.

I listen to a bit of WBCN but not for the music thats for sure. Usually when I'm driving in the afternoon. Well you could always listen to WBRU, boy talk about a station going from somewhat ok to utter crap.

HJY has stunk all the time I mean that play list is pretty much the same from 1982. Except with less Zebra. OK there is no good Backwash or whatever name they changed their name to. Since there are countless other Backwashes out there. Yeah Boss Fuel are missed along with Six Finger, Scarce, Velvet Crush, Small Factory, Von Ryan's Express, and Thee Hydrogen Terrors.


So Tim K your saying you like to go get bombed at the Ocean Mist and hang out by the parking lot.

[Tim K in DC]

Nah. Sachuest Beach in Middletown, RI was it. I was an Aquidneck Islander through and through (which explains my Backwash allegiance; the few recordings they had didn't do them or Mother Jefferson justice; the One Ton Shotgun/Backwash combo The Motormags have had better luck since then). Going to the Ocean Mist would have required Stillborn Pell Memorial Bridge tokens. Few islanders leave unless it's for a Neighborhoods show at the old Living Room.