Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Dead Cowboys

One of the wonders of the K-TEL years was that I heard about two lines from every song ever made, the entirety of which would be delivered to me in 2, 3, or 4 record collection filled with other songs I also knew two lines of (from the same commercial), sung by musical groups I often hadn't heard of.

One of those albums was a Statler Bros. collection, and they were singing about the movies and how neurotic and sexualized they had become. Not knowing anything else, it seemed sort of quaint a notion. Heck, I used to walk or drive by a porn theater daily as a youngster--itself a quaint notion these days.

Anyway, someone put that song "Whatever Happened To Randolph Scott?" along with a Sons of the Pioneers (?) song "Cool Water" to a bunch of photos of dead actor-cowboys. (At this point, long dead, many before I was born.)

Maybe some of y'all will enjoy that.

6 comments:

  1. Ah, yes the K-tel years. My brain is imprinted with "Boxcar Willie" and "Slim Whitman" songs thanks to those commercials.

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  2. And Credence.

    I shouldn't complain, though: I wouldn't know any of the songs of the '80s if not for those commercials.

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  3. Blake! How are you?

    I saw Roger Daltry pitching a 'greatest of' set in an infomercial, and he looked right at the camera at one point and said, "I'd call that a bargain...the best I ever had!"

    If Keith Moon were still here, he'd have clubbed and eaten him no doubt!

    Film person, yes?
    Have you seen this cool site?
    http://greenbriarpictureshows.blogspot.com/

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  4. Hi, Ron!

    You know you're on my list, right?

    That Greenbriar site looks cool; I'll have to give it a serious look after hours.

    That Daltry thing is a little weird. An infomercial? For what?

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  5. The infomercial was for a K-Tel like oldies collection! With the Who in it!

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  6. Hahaahahah! No way! Seriously? That's awesome! Moon would've force-fed Roger some 8-tracks!

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