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Post by skaschep on Jun 23, 2017 11:07:10 GMT -5
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Post by skaschep on Jun 23, 2017 11:07:31 GMT -5
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Post by skaschep on Jun 23, 2017 11:08:16 GMT -5
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Post by skaschep on Jun 23, 2017 11:09:18 GMT -5
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Post by skaschep on Jun 23, 2017 11:11:54 GMT -5
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Post by skaschep on Jun 23, 2017 11:19:20 GMT -5
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Post by mszue on Jun 23, 2017 11:19:42 GMT -5
For whatever reason, the first song I thought of re the radio play or popularity of was the release of Janis Joplins Mercedes Benz. Silly i know.....but nobody would expect that to get play, but it did. The reasons for release were different, of course (the album was posthumous) but..... I don't get the connection between these two songs but I hope that TWOFUX charts better than "Mercedes Benx" because I don't believe MB charted on the airplay charts in the U.S. I really could be wrong - just going by memory cause I am traveling. ETA Of course, we Don't know if this song will be prompt eff d or just used as a buzz track. You made me think and wonder just why I did make that connection...and strongly. I also went looking for information re whether it charted at all, or not. There is much written about the back story of the Pearl album and Janis's death and this song but not a lot about 'chart' positions...other than the album sat at #1 for 9 weeks. The big hit was Me and Bobby McGee, of course and the only other hit specifically from Pearl was 'Cry Baby' and that was considered minor. What was interestingly written in a book "The Guide to United States Popular Culture" is that Mercedez Benz was the B side of the release 'Cry Baby' but much more widely known than Cry Baby. So does that make it a hit...not at all. But pretty sure it was played quite a bit up here in Canada...and ALL my friends knew it. It is still one of those songs that regularly gets sung about the campfire or in my singing family, after supper and my brother brings out the guitar. I suppose that is my connecting dots...this is a little complex for around the fire singing...but there will be lines it that that will do the modern equivalent...both songs are a form of social commentary with sass....we can only home that Two Fux resonates the same way that Mercedez Benz did!! People rarely make the leaps of connections I do and it is hard trying to even trace how I got there sometimes...lol...just the way my twisted brain works, I suppose. What a great era we are heading into.
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Post by skaschep on Jun 23, 2017 11:21:36 GMT -5
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Post by Q3 on Jun 23, 2017 11:38:25 GMT -5
I don't get the connection between these two songs but I hope that TWOFUX charts better than "Mercedes Benx" because I don't believe MB charted on the airplay charts in the U.S. I really could be wrong - just going by memory cause I am traveling. ETA Of course, we Don't know if this song will be prompt eff d or just used as a buzz track. You made me think and wonder just why I did make that connection...and strongly. I also went looking for information re whether it charted at all, or not. There is much written about the back story of the Pearl album and Janis's death and this song but not a lot about 'chart' positions...other than the album sat at #1 for 9 weeks. The big hit was Me and Bobby McGee, of course and the only other hit specifically from Pearl was 'Cry Baby' and that was considered minor. What was interestingly written in a book "The Guide to United States Popular Culture" is that Mercedez Benz was the B side of the release 'Cry Baby' but much more widely known than Cry Baby. So does that make it a hit...not at all. But pretty sure it was played quite a bit up here in Canada...and ALL my friends knew it. It is still one of those songs that regularly gets sung about the campfire or in my singing family, after supper and my brother brings out the guitar. I suppose that is my connecting dots...this is a little complex for around the fire singing...but there will be lines it that that will do the modern equivalent...both songs are a form of social commentary with sass....we can only home that Two Fux resonates the same way that Mercedez Benz did!! People rarely make the leaps of connections I do and it is hard trying to even trace how I got there sometimes...lol...just the way my twisted brain works, I suppose. What a great era we are heading into. Thanks for the info. 😀
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Post by Deleted on Jun 23, 2017 11:42:11 GMT -5
Since there are two streams I am going to try instagram to post. www.instagram.com/grandduchesspf/Have no idea what the wifi is like but photos I will take and hope can post as it is happening. Hope to see all that are going at the after party! Temp is tolerable after the sun goes down! We are in Monsoon mode now just hope it holds off until I get home. Usually happens before the 4th of July. Leaving hotel now to go check shit out at the venue. Well in the theme of today i do give two fux!
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