tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post4890987133572165040..comments2024-03-19T04:46:24.598-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: WEDNESDAY, Nov. 22, 2006 - Edward AlchRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-476581105313245382006-11-23T10:52:00.000-05:002006-11-23T10:52:00.000-05:00That's not how Electric Avenue goes? I *still* hea...That's not how Electric Avenue goes? I *still* hear it that way. Off to the Wiki. Should probably review Paul Young there too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-51256613829216950222006-11-23T00:37:00.000-05:002006-11-23T00:37:00.000-05:00My personal peak mondegreen was in Eddy Grant's "E...My personal peak mondegreen was in Eddy Grant's "Electric Avenue": I coulda sworn it was "Deep in my heart, I abhor ye."<br /><br />Actually, the LA Times, Newsday, NY Sun, and Wall Street Journal crosswords often have <a href="http://home.everestkc.net/nytxword/alias.htm">pseudonyms</a> when the puzzle's editor constructs a puzzle. They like to go in drag, with names like Lila Cherry, Natalia Shore, and Anna Stiga.Orangehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12433254398377357737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-76864446371886946122006-11-22T20:44:00.000-05:002006-11-22T20:44:00.000-05:00I'm laughing quite loud at the WTP video you have ...I'm laughing quite loud at the WTP video you have generously guided us to. It's Everything Wrong With 1987-1991 Music Wrapped In A Neat, Horrifying Little Shell. Her hair! I haven't seen hair that big since, uh, T'Pau? And that guy who is very ugly playing three notes on a keyboard. And then the random dude on the keyboard-guitar (worst instrument ever). Whew, it's a rich tapestry alright. Wait, go back to the part where you say it's a "wonderful dance song"! I mean, you don't even do drugs or drink, so you have no excuse for liking that song for any reason beyond its profound camp value.Rex Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-4404520579224656092006-11-22T19:21:00.000-05:002006-11-22T19:21:00.000-05:00That one song was dreadful, but Will To Power put ...That one song was dreadful, but Will To Power put out several wonderful dance songs including "Say It's Gonna Rain" and "Fading Away." I miss Power 106.<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zVlgc9yf80<br /><br />I can't believe how big the hair on the WTP singer was. Since we were in college then, I wasn't seeing the videos. I thought the singer was black. She looks non-black.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-38869899369146172662006-11-22T16:37:00.000-05:002006-11-22T16:37:00.000-05:00I'm surprised there has been no comment on the Tij...I'm surprised there has been no comment on the Tijuana Bible link, the finding of which I consider a total coup -> I imagined that something might exist, and then found that it did. It was like someone was reading my mind ... many years before I was born. Oh, it's totally pornographic, so if you're morally opposed to such things, then, uh, don't click on the link, I guess.Rex Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-52632363894377260942006-11-22T15:06:00.000-05:002006-11-22T15:06:00.000-05:00John Waite did not sing your misheard song - you'r...John Waite did not sing your misheard song - you're thinking of Paul Young. Same era, same country (UK), equally bad haircut.<br /><br />"I quest the rains down in Aaaaafrica" makes a Hell of a lot more sense than the allegedly correct "I bless the rains..." Who is he to bless anything? "Rosanna! Rosanna!"<br /><br />Mmmm, remembering Toto.Rex Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-24632093799564176492006-11-22T14:56:00.000-05:002006-11-22T14:56:00.000-05:00Should have added that I'll never forget John Wait...Should have added that I'll never forget John Waite's solo career, b/c it's the source of one of my best song mishearings ever, one that I was convinced of for some time: "If we can solve any problem / Why do we lose so many teeth?"<br /><br />Right up there with Questing the Rains (Reins? Reigns?).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-39242464645167966642006-11-22T14:20:00.000-05:002006-11-22T14:20:00.000-05:00Don't you mean "Free Bird / Baby I Love Your Way"?...Don't you mean "Free Bird / Baby I Love Your Way"? Oh, I see that "Free Baby" is an alternate title. INteresting. That band was very Nietzschean, in that they were bad enough to convince me that God is Dead. That song may represent the nadir of pop music. I'll have to check the exact dates and get back to you.<br /><br />WILLANDGRACE - that's the puzzle's problem, not mine. "&" is not a spelling issue. It stands for the word "and" and thus writing out AND can't really be said to be wrong. And yet I believe in the sanctity of the ampersand. In theory.<br /><br />And the pseudonym thing ... uh, I wasn't serious. I would think you'd get that about most of what I say ... by now. And of course I remember John WAITE! He was the singer for the BABYS (now There's a plural) before his massive one-song solo success.Rex Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-69021883087545494742006-11-22T13:52:00.000-05:002006-11-22T13:52:00.000-05:00OK, I have to confess my slow-wittedness and ask y...OK, I have to confess my slow-wittedness and ask you to explain your "Ind." clueing -- "Place for a driver to . . . " Oh -- I just figured it out. <br />Further proof of slow-wittedness: for the ___-power theme and "Will & Grace" I could not get past thinking that it should be "Will to Power," because who's ever heard of "willpower." <br />I took a seminar on Nietzsche around the time "Free Baby" came out, so I guess the phrase is very firmly rooted in my memory, in contrast to my weak personal knowledge of willpower.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-86295138474021636282006-11-22T13:31:00.000-05:002006-11-22T13:31:00.000-05:00Maybe in Fresno they taught kids to watch TV but n...Maybe in Fresno they taught kids to watch TV but not so closely that they would read credits?<br /><br />It's "Will & Grace," not "Will And Grace" - I don't know how the puzzle world deals with ampersands.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-51473036285695948252006-11-22T12:27:00.000-05:002006-11-22T12:27:00.000-05:00Remember John Waite of '80s pop? With "Missing You...Remember John Waite of '80s pop? With "Missing You"?<br /><br />Wasn't Annie Lennox once Clinton aide Sandy Berger's mistress?<br /><br />Better than OTSEGO: Stratego! (Which must be pronounced in an exhortative sing-song from the '70s TV commercials.)<br /><br />And the NYT byline never includes pseudonyms.Orangehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12433254398377357737noreply@blogger.com