A word about Wilburys...

I was thinking recently about one of my favorite bands of all time...

...The Traveling Wilburys.

Bob Dylan, Jeff Lynne, Tom Petty, George Harrison and Roy Orbison. 

Together. 

I've heard of musicians creating cover bands and playing hits, but just think of what you could do with this.

In my mind, I'm George, and we'd play not just Wilbury hits but also some singles...

"Rainy Day Women #12 and 35"

"Don't Bring Me Down"

""You're So Bad"

"All Those Years Ago"

and of course,

"Pretty Woman".

We'd might even get away with some Beatles stuff...

...maybe.

Then I started thinking: "Who else would could be a Wilbury?"

Definitely.

Absolutely.

Would have been awesome.

See, at first I thought yes...but he drinks alone, so no.

Then I thought: "What's the criteria?"

Well, Wilburys should be guitar players.

So that sadly means...

...nope...

...nope...

...and nope.

I would, however, include bass players. So...

...yes...

...and yes.

Okay, but what about...?

Not laid back enough.

Any other musicians?

Definitely.

Possibly.

Without question.

Absolutely.

The youngest of the bunch, but yes.

I could go on for days, but I think I'll just put in my old cassettes of Volumes 1 & 3...

...and start enjoying my vacation.

This'll keep me happy all day...

This takes me back to the wonderful days of my youth.

Granted, several of these clips are from films I've never seen...and probably never will...but if ever there was a dance-themed movie montage made just for me, this is it.

I especially like the bit that happens roughly halfway through the vid.

Sheer genius.

"That '80's Sound..."

Glee is one of the shows out now that my wife, daughter and I watch together as a family. There've been some hits and misses this season, but all in all not bad.

I bring this up because most times after watching, my wife and I torture our kid with Youtube videos of songs that were either played in the episode, or inspired by songs that were played in the episode.

We showed her Michael Jackson's "Smooth Criminal", and she said she liked it once she got over "that 80's sound".

I have to say...it kinda hurt. Then I realized I was the same way at her age whenever my parents brought out '60's music. Not The Beatles or Stones mind you, I'm talking Peter, Paul and Mary...early Bee Gees...stuff like that.

It got to the point where I could tell the songs after the first three notes.

I'm at the point now where I can listen to that stuff and appreciate their place in history, and acknowledge that that music laid the foundation for "that '80's sound"...and the crap my daughter listens to today.

So I'll wait for someone to come along not 5 years from now and start a revival of "that '80's sound".

...Which, by the way...is still cool...