GROOVY NOODLES
THE ELM TREASON NEWSLETTER NUMBER 78
OCTOBER 14, 2022
ELM TREASON TIDBITS
– Nothing to report… other than work on “WITHOUT A TRIBE,” our next studio album, continues.
Your Input: From Music Hate to Music Love
Hello all!
Here’s a simple yet fun question for ya!
Name a band or artist you DID NOT like as a kid but have come to LIKE (or even love) as an adult.
Simple.
We’re pretty sure we all have at least ONE we can name.
So, please… HIT that comments section. We are DYING to hear from you on this.
Have fun with it! Thanks, everybody!
Birthdays This Past Week
Some birthdays we did not mention on our Facebook page…
Turning 54 last Friday was Thom Yorke, lead singer/songwriter for Radiohead.
Martie Maguire, of Dixie Chicks, celebrated her 53rd birthday on Wednesday.
Marie Osmond turned 62 on Thursday
Jackson Browne was 74 last Sunday.
Daryl Hall of Hall & Oates had his 76th birthday on Tuesday.
Let’s Ride
Musicians on or with motorcycles..
Some actually do ride. Others just pose.
Still, some awesome imagery..
Can you name them all?
Groovy Noodles Extra: From the Pen of Andy Roman
Among the questions we often get, inquiries about some of our album cover artwork abound.
One album cover in particular gets the bulk of the attention.
That picture of a blonde girl, crouching down, holding an ax by the base of a tree…
What the hell is that all about?
Andy clears it up this week.
(A 90 second read)
Check it out —> HERE <—-
PHOTO OF THE WEEK
Having a discussion, Bethlehem, PA – Spring, 2019
A CAT SLEEPING ON SOME EGGS … AND WHY NOT?
6 YEARS AGO THIS PAST WEEK
Bob Dylan is awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, “For having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition.”
6 YEARS AGO THIS PAST WEEK
The Rolling Stones play the first night of the Desert Trip festival, which also features Bob Dylan, Paul McCartney, Neil Young, Roger Waters and the Who. The six-day event brings in $160 million, making it the highest-earning music festival ever.
21 YEARS AGO THIS PAST WEEK
Embracing the Internet at a time when broadband is rare, U2 webcasts a concert from their Elevation tour in South Bend, Indiana, for free on their website.
27 YEARS AGO THIS PAST WEEK
Alanis Morissette’s Jagged Little Pill reaches the top of the US albums chart in its 15th week. She becomes the fourth female artist to have a debut album reach #1 following Paula Abdul, Mariah Carey and Toni Braxton.
30 YEARS AGO THIS PAST WEEK
Prince releases an album with a symbol on the cover that later becomes his name.
32 YEARS AGO THIS PAST WEEK
Eddie Vedder flies from his home in San Diego to Seattle, where he meets his Pearl Jam bandmates for the first time and starts a week of recording that becomes the bulk of their debut album, Ten. Vedder was chosen based on vocals he added to a three-song instrumental demo the band made.
41 YEARS AGO THIS PAST WEEK
Opening a show for The Rolling Stones at Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, Prince gets booed off the stage. His act isn’t a good fit for this crowd, and when he opens his trench coat to reveal bikini briefs, it gets ugly. Prince never again performs as an opening act.
44 YEARS AGO THIS PAST WEEK
Sid Vicious of The Sex Pistols is arrested for the murder of his girlfriend, Nancy Spungen, who he found dead in the bathroom of their hotel room with a stab wound to her abdomen.
48 YEARS AGO THIS PAST WEEK
Renowned television host Ed Sullivan dies of esophageal cancer in New York City, at age 73. One of the biggest events in music history unfolded on his program, The Ed Sullivan Show, when a new group from Liverpool called The Beatles made their live US debut.
53 YEARS AGO THIS PAST WEEK
King Crimson releases In the Court of the Crimson King, which is considered by many as the first Progressive Rock album.
120 YEARS AGO THIS PAST WEEK
Kalamazoo, Michigan, mandolin maker Orville Gibson founds the Gibson Mandolin-Guitar Mfg. Co, Ltd. In 1936 it would create the first commercially successful electric guitar.
Another Funny
Perfectly Correct
I think the lens is filthy
True That
remember when…
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Band i hated as a kid would have to be ” Bay City Rollers” 😂
It’s funny. I (Andy) did not like them as a kid either. I did NOT take to the song “Saturday Night.” All of my other friends did.
Go figure.
The pic in Bethlehem…You guys ever play at the Bethlehem MuzicFest?? It’s pretty damned awesome!
We have not played it, but we definitely know all about it, that’s for sure. Oh hell yes.
One day…. Hopefully…
David Bowie
George Strait
VERY nice, Ann. I (Andy) dig them both. George Strait falls in that category for me.
Appreciate it much!
For the life of me, I can’t think of anyone that I disliked/hated and the came to like/love them.
Fair enough, Loraine.
That’s actually very cool. 🙂
I (Andy) do have a couple of friends who responded precisely in that way when I posed the question to them.
Johnny Cash. I love his music now ❤️
Great one. I (Andy) think there are a lot of people like that, Shelley. For many, they either heard Cash through their parents (and didn’t dig it), or they dismissed him outright as country. I know two people like that. One has become a HUGE Johnny Cash fan but couldn’t stand him as a kid.
When I was a kid, I just assumed theatrics was just a way to make you not notice that the music sucked. I dismissed Alice Cooper and I dismissed David Bowie. Later I dismissed Kiss. Now that I’ve been exposed to a lot more music from Cooper and Bowie, I have become a fan of both. I have since learned that Bowie and Cooper were performance artists. I didn’t understand that concept as a boy.
yes, I know what you mean about Alice Cooper and Bowie. I heard my older brother playing Bowie and Alice in the house. It took a while for me to catch on. Brilliant songwriters and revolutionary as far as the performance art goes. They influence a whole slew of artists to come…
Very well said.
Fantastic admission. And perfectly legit. Thank you for that, Bill. I (Andy) suspect you are not alone in your thinking there.
“A long-time friend of mine – let’s call him Shane (which works out well, because that’s his name)”
Hahaha! Dug that line, did you?
I don’t think you intended it to be hilarious. It’s a chuckle aside, a bonus, and part of what I like about your writing style. I like your sense of humor. I like Bobby’s too. Mine is similar.
Thanks for saying that, Bill. Truly. I (Andy) know I like to write in a way that reflects the styles I like to read … dry, droll, a rapier twist, witty, but always accessible and never arrogant.
Cher.
VERY INTERESTING pick, Bob.
Was there a particular song that help turn the tide for you?
Name a band or artist you DID NOT like as a kid but have come to LIKE (or even love) as an adult.
Bee Gees
Jackson 5
Bob Seger
All stellar picks, Al.
I (Andy) dug the Bee Gees as a kid. My Mom played them a TON – especially their pre-disco work.
And as a little boy, I admit, I dug the Jackson 5.
My Mom AND my wife are huge Seger people.
Led Zepplin
Very cool, Katie. Appreciate it!
Are there any favorites you’ve really grown to like by them?
Kashmir, Going to California and (of course) Whole Lotta Love. Also love Hot Dog.
You just outlined the start of my (Andy’s) next playlist!
Rock on, Katie!
Can’t think of any to be honest.
Fair enough, brother. 🙂
I hated Aerosmith, cuz my @$$hole brother used to blast it all the time.
But now I love Aerosmith and listen to them often, and he’s still the same and I have nothing to do with him… 🤣
HAHAHA!
Funny how that works. Chances are if there weren’t so directly tied to your brother, you probably would have dug them back in the day.
Of course, there is no expiration date or “use by” date on great music.
That’s the beauty of it.
I could not think of one and then it hit me there she was 27 years ago Alanis Morissette could not stand that voice and guess what? I still do not like her..
Hahaha! Not EXACTLY what we were asking for… but we LOVE hearing from you regardless.
Thanks Ellen! HAHAHA!
As I got older I’ve come to appreciate Pink Floyd a lot more than I did when i was younger; especially the songwriting and Dave Gilmour. I was living too fast as a young guy in my 20s. I didn’t take time to appreciate the soul and poignant lyrics that i do now.
Last few years I’ve also developed an appreciation for Tom Petty. I dismissed him as “mediocre” as a youngster. But I’ve come to realize what an excellent songwriter he was; perhaps a little too late. I wish I could’ve seen him live.
Lynyrd Skynyrd was another band i didn’t pay much attention to (even though the first chord progression i ever learned on guitar was the chords in the solo section of Free Bird G Bb D when i was 9 years old after watching a band of counselors playing the song at summer camp. I also learned the rest of the song just watching them play. I guess I had too much going on musically at once. I kinda dropped them, but now I really love and enjoy their music. Another band I wish I saw during their heyday.
Funny how things like that happen, isn’t it?
Outstanding, brother. Just outstanding.
Love the detail. Love the honesty.
Megadeath….
I guess holding animosity when Mustaine was let go from Metallica
Great music
Agreed, brother. I (Andy) feel EXACTLY the same way.
Was not crazy about led zeppelin when i was a kid. Robert just sounded like he was screaming to me then, although led IV was one of the first albums i bought and i thought most of it was good. Now i love them and dont see how i thought that
Excellent comment, brother.
Sometimes, I (Andy) just want to go back in time and slap my younger self.
A little more than “sometimes,” actually…
Duran duran
Very very mice, Barb! They have aged well for many in our Elm Treason eco-system.
Appreciate the input very much.
Bob Dylan. Not that I didn’t like him I just never really listened to him as a kid. I was too busy listening to Kiss, Ted Nugent, Black Sabbath, and Zeppelin, he wasn’t in that genre.
Understood, Eric.
I (Andy) have always listened to Dylan in a different way than everyone else. I love to go through his early catalog – say, 1962 through 1969 – and just lose myself in the pictures he paints. His choice of words has always fascinated and intoxicated me. For me, it doesn’t matter how he sings… he is a different kind of cat with a different world to weave in and out of.