I would have thought the inclusion of either GTBT or YTIGC in the background when Leo approaches the Manson dopes in their piece of shit car would have been perfect.

I cannot say for sure but at least in 77' I don't think Jimmy did shit to his hair including washing it most of the tour. Now Robert likely either coiffed his own hair or had some groupie attend to it post pre-show coitus. I would hazard to guess the groupies likely tended to most of the bands needs while on the road but, I could be wrong.

Trying to prove Taurus influenced STH when other songs such as Cry Me a River by Graham had been out for over a decade. So when does it end> Does Graham's estate then sue California's estate? To your post about California being in poverty during his lifetime and thus the reason he could no sue, that is just silly. If there were a case lawyers would have been beating down California's door begging to work the case on a contingency basis, you know, like EVERY lawyer does under such circumstance. Randy California did not sue because he had no case and would have lost. California's Estate decided to sue due to the recent open interpretation of copyright law in regard to music, AND because their jackass lawyer is, get ready for it, working on contingency. Also, the differences between the songs are staggering, completely different in tone, approach, melody, etc. Taurus starts out meanderingly, sounding like some crappy New Age tune to cure insomnia. Only after almost a full minute does the disputed passage begin. The real irony here is the disputed section sounds very similar to Journey's song Little Girl from a Japanese movie from 1980, but it sounds almost nothing like the opening chords to STH. Strange how California did not sue Journey especially as the similarities are more obvious... oh I know why he did not sue, because: 1. Little Girl was not a hit, and 2. the arpeggio used on both is a standard motif used in countless songs.

That is simply stunning Blue, I would have loved your version with Robert singing. Just the beautiful acoustic and his voice. If they would have done that on the album & live I really believe the song would have been an even bigger hit. By distilling the song down as you did, it became bigger, more lyrical, and a greater contrast between light and shade during the movements. Hats off to Blue (Congo)...

I loved Vaccaro in just about everything she did but she was hilarious in Zorro, the Gay Blade.

I believe the majority of this movie is supposed to be the recollections of Cliff Booth after the fact and the true end of the movie was Cliff walking out the door with his dog, everything after that is the result of Cliff's "choice" to smoke the "cigarette" which resulted in what happened next. The scene above is another clue to this line of reasoning as that one scene involved Cliff whereas the other two did not and showed Lee more accurately. What do you think?

Probably, make sense, however Shannon Lee is less than thrilled at her fathers portrayal. Then again, it's obvious from the ending that, well, nevermind.

It is simply amazing to watch Bruce Lee in action. The man was so damn fast, almost inhumanly fast yet powerful as well. Lee during martial arts demonstrations would often face off against another, tell that person exactly how he was going to punch, where he was going to punch him, and even let him know when he was going to strike yet even knowing all of this they still could not evade his punch.

Poor Mort puts together such an eclectic list and your answer is Vision Quest. Absolutely priceless You Sir made my day

No one, Jack Bruce would show up and bitch about how awesome he is and how everyone else sucks, look around and notice JPJ failed to show as he has better things to do. Bruce would then leave in a huff, grab a pint, and bore the whole bar to death telling stories of how great he is.

I love Tarantino movies because I love good dialogue and interaction between the characters. The way he assembles a scene pulls you in, makes you feel part of the conversation. I like Mamet's movies as well for the same reason except Mamet gives his characters and dialogue more space and more depth of meaning. Tarantino movies are like hanging out with really messed up friends; Mamet's movies are philosophy on film.

BINGO!

Honestly, I cannot contest anything regarding the Kennedy assassination. Just about anything is possible at this point. The Warren Commission buried the facts so deep we will find Jimmy Hoffa's body before we ever discover the truth about the Kennedy Assassination.

But seriously, I doubt it was the CIA guy who accidentally killed Kennedy and for several reasons. First, such an accidental shot is almost impossible, statistically Kennedy could have won the lottery before such an accidental shot could be made. Second, and this is the importaint one, more than 1/4 of Kennedy's head was completely blown off and no bullet was found, only shrapnel fragments within the existing brain cavity. I was in the service and have been around military grade weapons all my life and there is no way in hell a .223 jacketed round would have done that to Kennedy's head. If it was the new M-16 which accidentally fired the fatal round there would have been a small entrance hole and his brain would have been turned into scrambled egg with no exit would. Reason being is the .223 round was designed to cause massive internal damage to a human being and making medical care near impossible. Case in point, a 7.62 WARSAW Pact round could cause the damage to Kennedy's head but the .223 could not, especially as the rounds used are jacketed. The .223 is a very small but very high velocity round, when it hits a human being the bullet is unstable and bounces around inside the human body. It is not uncommon for a person to get shot in say the left shoulder and have the bullet found in the leg as that is what the round was designed to do. It essentially is a workaround to the Geneva Convention ban on hollow point or soft rounds for combat use. The CIA & FBI both use jacketed rounds in their weapons. The only possibility would be if the agent was using his own, non-approved rounds but that would be almost impossible as the .223 round was brand new and only available through government sources in 1963. Also, both the wound itself and the Zapruder Film appear to imply the round came from the front-right of Kennedy and not from behind but again this too is debatable due to several factors. Bottom line is we will never know what happened to Kennedy unless be can invent a time machine. 56 years and the greatest sanitation job in government history has made sure of that.

BULLSHIT! It was the Comedian, Smoking Man & Woody Harleson's dad on the grassy knoll. Do not besmirch the fine character of this CIA agent as your comment is obviously very, very silly. Yes, you are a very silly man. SILLY!!!

Meh, just ignore that nasty old git, he is not on here anymore since the accident with a water buffalo. Poor bastard. Anyway, you're in Albany eh? I have family upstate in Saratoga Springs. Beautiful country.

He also wrote most of the monologue himself. Very talented guy.

U2 & Sondheim, two entities extremely close in financial outlook yet completely blind to the bigger historical picture. Bono is such a joke that he has become a caricature. Not to say these are not immensely talented musicians, they are, however their ego's far exceeded their respective talent decades ago.

Don't know about that, after all Buzz Aldrin is on record about this stuff.

Thanks Strider. Yes, Parsons & Gang were an interesting group indeed. Just to think of the many interlinks between Parson's group and other famous, influential people is fascinating. Now for some real fun... I recently heard that the first words out of Armstrong's mouth were not the iconic, "One small step for man..." but rather when he first stepped out of the LM he said, "My god...there are several ships lined up on the far side of the crater, I believe they are watching us." Now I don't know if this is true or not but I do know Buzz Aldrin did admit, on camera, to some seriously strange shit on the moon and eluded to alien structures on several occasions. However I always thought Armstrong was tight lipped and never said anything unusual. What I do know is that NASA, on orders from congress, immediately killed the remainder of the lunar schedule and the lunar program after Apollo 18 even though at least four other missions were planned up to 1975 with full budgeting granted. No real reason (no reasonable explanation that is) was ever given just, gone.

Howdy Strider, You mentioned your dad worked for JPL, did he by chance ever meet Jack Parsons? I know Parsons died in 52' but maybe you dad was working for them back then? Either way, your dad must of had an interesting time at JPL.

I watched it, launch, landing, moon-walk, the full Monty. However I was only 1 year old and likely shitting myself while my good mother held me but, at least I was there, even if I don't remember it.

Not sure I agree with your assessment as Neal Schon used an acoustic mounted on a stand to pick the acoustic arpeggio opening to Wheel in the Sky and then immediately switched to his Les Paul for the remainder of the song. He did this live and it was seamless. Jimmy could quite easily have used the Vox 12 string for TSRTS and had Raymond slowly come up from behind Jimmy as he played the closing chord, they could have switched guitars in plenty of time to begin RS with time to spare. Robert's vocal coda on TSRTS was at least a good 5 seconds after Jimmy rang out the final chord and before the RS would begin. I figure it was a combination of him (Jimmy) liking the tone of the second, un-played neck vibrating in sympathy with the played 6-string neck which he could not get on just the six string alone. Plus, as you mentioned it was easier to just stick with the double neck for both songs. Then there is the visual affect of the double neck, so visibly stunning many rock guitarists would use one live just because it was so damn cool looking. In the end who knows. Someone needs to ask Mr. Page damnit!

Some people seem to think those old 70's porno's shot on film were the shit. Almost art house if art house was made by some 14 year old in the midst of sexual frustration and a taste for very bad jazz. I look back on those movies and cringe. Even the best of the lot, Behind the Green Door does not age well due to the opening scenes (abduction). I realize it was supposed to be about a sexual awakening but did they have to violently kidnap Marylin Chambers to get the point across? Porno is just weird no matter what. No one balls like that, people don't act like that when they ball, and half the shit they say is said either so half-assed or so over the top you just can't take it seriously. Porn when watched with a group of friends is just like watching MST2K, just one big goof-fest.

Damn, who would think two tiny orbs dropping could make such a difference. He would have been pretty decent if they made him a Castrati.