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And The Stiffs Just Keep On Comin'

Because You demanded it! Well, you suggested it. Wait, maybe I suggested it. Merciful mother, I've bamboozled myself!

After arduously reviewing 112 pages, I present: The nominations for The Stiffies as culled from the good, the bad and the ugly. From the humorous, interesting and informative to the utterly inane and ponderous (much like my uncle Oscie, aunts Helen and Sophie.) The nominations take into consideration the songs, artists and bands and the posters.

So, as Emerson, Lake & Palmer once sang, "From the Beginning."


Page 1: umtrr-author, “Harry Truman” Chicago
Page 3: Jim McGrath, “Handbags & Gladrags” Chase
Page 3: John Jarrett, “Sweet Cream Ladies” Box Tops
Page 5: Carry Pall, “It Won’t Be Wrong” Byrds
Page 6: CallMeSherlock “Resurrection Shuffle” Ashton, Gardner & Dyke

Page 7: Remaster “I Beg Your Pardon” Kon Kan
Page 7: BigGuy “Can’t Find the Time” Rose Colored Glasses
Page 8: Mike Sheridan “Roses and Rainbows” Danny Hutton
Page 10: SirRoxalot “Funky Broadway” Dyke and the Blazers
Page 10: Savage “You’ve Gotta Be Loved” Tony Hatch & the Montanas

Page 11: JohnC “Emma” Hot Chocolate
Page 11: Nitro99 “Whirly Girl” Oxo
Page 12: Bill Myers “Staying After Sunday” Peppermint Rainbow
Page 13: Debaser “Calling Occupants” Klaatu, extra points for Can-Con
Page 14: JohnW “Willie the Wimp” Captain Beefheart & Frank Zappa,
extra points for Beefheart & Zappa

Page 16: qman “Georgy Porgy” Toto
Page 17: SirRoxalot “Motorcycle Mama” Sailcat
Page 20: jfc40ts “Simon Smith & His Amazing Dancing Bear” Alan Price Set
Page 21: PenrodRightout “The Lonely Surfer” Jack Nietzsche Orchestra
Page 26: nitro99 “Dreidel” Don McLean

Page 28: alw “The Flying Saucer Pt 1 & 2” Buchanan & Goodman
Page 29: Radknowski (shameless self nomination) “Make a Circuit with Me” Polecats
Page 29: Jim McGrath “Magic People” The Paupers
Page 30: yugoidar “Love-it is” Dominic Troino & Mandala
Page 30: umtrr-author “Must Have Been Crazy” Chicago

Page 31: Silkie “Yellow Balloon” Yellow Balloon
Page 31: Bill Myers “United” The Music Makers
Page 35: Savage “Run, Baby, Run” The Newbeats
Page 36: Jim McGrath “Marblehead Messenger” Seatrain
Page 39: Dow 6287, March 25, 2009, amazing, it’s up 3000 points since

Page 44: fragalicious “Green Monkey” America
Page 47: tcsnrayp props to the board. Thanks, come again.
Page 54: Desert Pete “I’m a Train” Albert Hammond
Page 58: PlayFreebird “Witchi Tai To” Everything Is Everything
Page 62: cee “Two Bit Manchild” Neil Diamond

Page 71: Savage “Look What You’ve Done” Brenda Holloway
Page 74: “Most Unusual Screen Names” (1) el chupacabras,
(2) NeedsMoreCowbell, (3) Midnight Skulker
Page74: Tom Wells “Ringo I Love You” Bonnie Joe Tyler aka Cher
Page 82: Silkie “Save Me” Silver Convention
Page 84: Savage “Captain of Her Heart” Double

Page 85: Cary Pall “Love and Happiness” Ernest Jackson
Page 86: Nitro99 “How Do I make You” Linda Ronstadt
Page 87: Mike Sheridan “Roses & Rainbows” Danny Hutton
Page 89: Firepoint525 “Sometimes a Fantasy” Billy Joel, noting cold ending on single
Page 92: cee “The Guide for the Married Man” Turtles, noting eponymous movie
Walter Matthau & Inger Stevens who died tragically

Page 94: Debaser “son of My Father” Giorgio Moroder
Page 94: Savage for noting Giorgio Moroder bankrolling the effort to restore the
Fritz Lang classic “Metropolis”
Page 97: PenrodRighout “Fire in the Twilight” Wang Chung
Page 97: Cary Pall “Through the Eye of the Needle” Ten Wheel Drive for noting Jack
Armstrong and follow up stiff “Morning Much Better”
Page 98: justmebuk “Hello, Hello” Claudine Longet

Page 98: yugoidar “Everybody Loves Matilda” Duke Baxter, noting 40th anniversary
Page 99: SirRoxalot “Bitter Brad” Melanie
Page 103: Silkie “I Got Stoned and I Missed It” Dr. Hook
Page 109: Nick Gerard “Blue Collar” Bachman-Turner Overdrive, extra points for CanCon
 
Wow-somebody has too much time on his hands!
And it's not me, so I'm not going though all the posts to see if this one has been mentioned yet:

Avenging Annie by Andy Pratt.
 
I'd been wondering a few weeks if anyone mentioned it, but here goes:
Haven't heard it since the last time I must have heard it on WLS AM in the 70's and it was a "Big Hit", but gone gone very stiff.

Jesus Christ Superstar.

The original show cast recording....went way up on the charts, and after it went down, it has
"never" been heard again on the air.

What to call such a tune that burns out SO quickly?
Is it a stiff, or does it define a new category, "Songs that defy longevity"?
 
Tom Wells said:
Love that tune. Sounded great coming out of CKLW's TOTH jingle! There were quite a few religious-themed singles in the early 1970s. Do you think they don't "test" well? Or are broadcasters afraid of them? (I have no idea myself). I will say this: the less often you hear an oldie (like "Superstar"), the MORE it brings back a flood of memories. On the other hand, when I hear "Twist And Shout", it reminds me of no year in particular...it never "went away".
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I'd been wondering a few weeks if anyone mentioned it, but here goes:
Haven't heard it since the last time I must have heard it on WLS AM in the 70's and it was a "Big Hit", but gone gone very stiff.

Jesus Christ Superstar.

The original show cast recording....went way up on the charts, and after it went down, it has
"never" been heard again on the air.

What to call such a tune that burns out SO quickly?
Is it a stiff, or does it define a new category, "Songs that defy longevity"?
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Tom Wells said:
I'd been wondering a few weeks if anyone mentioned it, but here goes:
Haven't heard it since the last time I must have heard it on WLS AM in the 70's and it was a "Big Hit", but gone gone very stiff.

Jesus Christ Superstar.

The original show cast recording....went way up on the charts, and after it went down, it has
"never" been heard again on the air.

What to call such a tune that burns out SO quickly?
Is it a stiff, or does it define a new category, "Songs that defy longevity"?
Click to expand...

In the same vein of 70s religious hits that haven't been heard since the 70s would be Sister Janet Mead's "The Lord's Prayer". I'll be even Legends doesn't play that one! :)
 
Tom Wells said:
I'd been wondering a few weeks if anyone mentioned it, but here goes:
Haven't heard it since the last time I must have heard it on WLS AM in the 70's and it was a "Big Hit", but gone gone very stiff.

Jesus Christ Superstar.

The original show cast recording....went way up on the charts, and after it went down, it has
"never" been heard again on the air.

What to call such a tune that burns out SO quickly?
Is it a stiff, or does it define a new category, "Songs that defy longevity"?
Click to expand...
But I bet everyone who has read this is stilling humming the tune
 
Tom Wells said:
I'd been wondering a few weeks if anyone mentioned it, but here goes:
Haven't heard it since the last time I must have heard it on WLS AM in the 70's and it was a "Big Hit", but gone gone very stiff.

Jesus Christ Superstar.

The original show cast recording....went way up on the charts, and after it went down, it has
"never" been heard again on the air.

What to call such a tune that burns out SO quickly?
Is it a stiff, or does it define a new category, "Songs that defy longevity"?
Click to expand...

Murray Head ("One Night in Bangcock") and the Trinidad Singers did the vocals on the original show cast recording, then there was the 1973 movie, which featured Carl Anderson ("Friends and Lovers") as Judas. Yvonne Elliman played Mary Magdalene in both the Broadway and film versions.
 
JimMcGrath said:
But I bet everyone who has read this is stilling humming the tune
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Ain't it the truth/? Ain't it the truth\!

Now if jus' every body knew how to hum "Serutan Yob" ( "Nature's Boy" backwards ) as sung by Red Ingle and the
Unnatural Seven, this'd be a perfec' world.


How 'bout that "Oh Happy Day" by the Edwin Hawkins Singers?
Can't stop humming that either.
One of the songs I love to hear right after a really depressing Henry Rollins ( Black Flag ) kind of song.
 
Forty years ago. The opening track of the band's debut LP. It stiffed as a single, peaking at #80 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, but was one of the best tracks on the album. Especially befitting the change to Standard Time, I submit Led Zeppelin's seminal "Good Times, Bad Times."
 
From about the same year as "Good Times, Bad Times", another song that got lots of airplay then TOTAL oblivion:

The Overture from Tommy by The Assembled Multitude.
 
I might already have noted this one:

Will You Be Staying After Sunday - The Peppermint Rainbow
 
Radknowski said:
Silkie said:
I might already have noted this one:

Will You Be Staying After Sunday - The Peppermint Rainbow
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Page 12, Bill Myers, who received a Stiffy Award nomination for his post. Check the list. ;)
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Yes! A new game. Stump the Painter. Mention a stiffie and see if it's already been used. ;) I am impressed by the stiffie list and honored to have been included... :)
 
John C said:
Radknowski said:
Silkie said:
I might already have noted this one:

Will You Be Staying After Sunday - The Peppermint Rainbow
Click to expand...

Page 12, Bill Myers, who received a Stiffy Award nomination for his post. Check the list. ;)
Click to expand...

Yes! A new game. Stump the Painter. Mention a stiffie and see if it's already been used. ;) I am impressed by the stiffie list and honored to have been included... :)
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Same here.
 
"Make Believe" by Wind '68?
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--and what was that song by The Arbors?
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"Evry Day I Have To Cry Some" - Steve Alaimo '63. (cheerful song, sad title)
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"Pin A Medal on Joey" - James Darren
 
I was in a grocery store this evening, and the in-store music system coulda been doin' a "Stiffs Just Keep On Comin' Weekend." Radknowski should have been doing the backsells along with the treasures to be found in the produce aisle.

Most notable: Tommy Roe: "Jam Up and Jelly Tight." In my callow teenage naivete I never got the salaciousness of that one.

Nick Seneca
 


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