Comments on: Let’s Get The Show On The Road Again… http://www.aquariumdrunkard.com/2008/11/14/lets-get-the-show-on-the-road-again/ Los Angeles Based MP3 & Music Blog Sat, 20 Mar 2010 18:01:20 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: michele http://www.aquariumdrunkard.com/2008/11/14/lets-get-the-show-on-the-road-again/comment-page-1/#comment-587173 michele Wed, 19 Nov 2008 13:02:23 +0000 http://www.aquariumdrunkard.com/2008/11/14/lets-get-the-show-on-the-road-again/#comment-587173 I remember looking for Michael Stanley's records in Rome (where I'm from) back in the late eighties: a quote from My Town stood as an epigraph at the beginning of Stephen King's IT, my favorite book when I was a kid. Stanley's stuff was impossible to find, actually: then I have just forgot about it and it's weird to finally hear how it sounds like. Thanks! I remember looking for Michael Stanley’s records in Rome (where I’m from) back in the late eighties: a quote from My Town stood as an epigraph at the beginning of Stephen King’s IT, my favorite book when I was a kid. Stanley’s stuff was impossible to find, actually: then I have just forgot about it and it’s weird to finally hear how it sounds like. Thanks!

]]> By: daniel rubin http://www.aquariumdrunkard.com/2008/11/14/lets-get-the-show-on-the-road-again/comment-page-1/#comment-586175 daniel rubin Tue, 18 Nov 2008 01:16:01 +0000 http://www.aquariumdrunkard.com/2008/11/14/lets-get-the-show-on-the-road-again/#comment-586175 This was the song that opened the last night of K94 in Norfolk, Va., back in the early '80s before it went to an urban format. A good ol' boy anthem. This was the song that opened the last night of K94 in Norfolk, Va., back in the early ’80s before it went to an urban format. A good ol’ boy anthem.

]]> By: AB http://www.aquariumdrunkard.com/2008/11/14/lets-get-the-show-on-the-road-again/comment-page-1/#comment-585936 AB Mon, 17 Nov 2008 18:58:42 +0000 http://www.aquariumdrunkard.com/2008/11/14/lets-get-the-show-on-the-road-again/#comment-585936 Nice post. After being selected as a panelist for the 2007 Pop Conference in Seattle, Washington, I prepared, presented, and defended a paper titled "Greatest Hints: How Michael Stanley Almost Made Cleveland Famous," examining the role the civic image of an artist's hometown plays in their attempt at national stardom, focusing on late '70s and early '80s Cleveland and the Michael Stanley Band. Here are links to my paper, along with my thoughts on the conference: http://www.fieldsedge.com/MichaelStanleyBand.html http://randomthoughtsescaping.blogspot.com/2008/04/pop-conference-revisited-part-1-putting.html http://randomthoughtsescaping.blogspot.com/2008/04/pop-conference-revisited-part-2.html Nice post. After being selected as a panelist for the 2007 Pop Conference in Seattle, Washington, I prepared, presented, and defended a paper titled “Greatest Hints: How Michael Stanley Almost Made Cleveland Famous,” examining the role the civic image of an artist’s hometown plays in their attempt at national stardom, focusing on late ’70s and early ’80s Cleveland and the Michael Stanley Band.

Here are links to my paper, along with my thoughts on the conference:
http://www.fieldsedge.com/MichaelStanleyBand.html
http://randomthoughtsescaping.blogspot.com/2008/04/pop-conference-revisited-part-1-putting.html
http://randomthoughtsescaping.blogspot.com/2008/04/pop-conference-revisited-part-2.html

]]> By: jon http://www.aquariumdrunkard.com/2008/11/14/lets-get-the-show-on-the-road-again/comment-page-1/#comment-580942 jon Sat, 15 Nov 2008 00:05:38 +0000 http://www.aquariumdrunkard.com/2008/11/14/lets-get-the-show-on-the-road-again/#comment-580942 widespread played a chilling version of this song last summer at Radio City Music Hall. one of my favorites. Great post. love the lyrics to this song Let's Get The Show On The Road (Michael Stanley) Let's get the show on the road At the curtain take a bow New Haven just a rendevous to take you to A lover who was then but never now And Susan paid the lady Who called the players' song Just a figurine of stagehand reveries I guess up-and-coming can't be that wrong Let's get the show on the road, babe The spotlight's on the stage Somehow it seems that I heard these words before Did you forget to turn the page? Just remember what they told you About how the show goes on How can you come back if you've never been away? How can you sing without a song? And today is for sale and it's all you can afford Buy your own admission The whole things got you bored Well the Lord chooses the good ones And the bad ones use the Lord Let's get the show on the road, babe Won't you take a look a round? It seems so easy climbing to the top You better know the way back down I can't believe you really stumbled But I always knew you'd fall It seems so easy to say I knew you when I'd rather it was not at all And today is for sale and it's all you can afford Buy your own admission The whole things got you bored Well the Lord chooses the good ones And the bad ones use the Lord widespread played a chilling version of this song last summer at Radio City Music Hall. one of my favorites.

Great post. love the lyrics to this song

Let’s Get The Show On The Road
(Michael Stanley)

Let’s get the show on the road
At the curtain take a bow
New Haven just a rendevous to take you to
A lover who was then but never now

And Susan paid the lady
Who called the players’ song
Just a figurine of stagehand reveries
I guess up-and-coming can’t be that wrong

Let’s get the show on the road, babe
The spotlight’s on the stage
Somehow it seems that I heard these words before
Did you forget to turn the page?

Just remember what they told you
About how the show goes on
How can you come back if you’ve never been away?
How can you sing without a song?

And today is for sale and it’s all you can afford
Buy your own admission
The whole things got you bored
Well the Lord chooses the good ones
And the bad ones use the Lord

Let’s get the show on the road, babe
Won’t you take a look a round?
It seems so easy climbing to the top
You better know the way back down

I can’t believe you really stumbled
But I always knew you’d fall
It seems so easy to say I knew you when
I’d rather it was not at all

And today is for sale and it’s all you can afford
Buy your own admission
The whole things got you bored
Well the Lord chooses the good ones
And the bad ones use the Lord

]]> By: Jeff S http://www.aquariumdrunkard.com/2008/11/14/lets-get-the-show-on-the-road-again/comment-page-1/#comment-580844 Jeff S Fri, 14 Nov 2008 21:49:49 +0000 http://www.aquariumdrunkard.com/2008/11/14/lets-get-the-show-on-the-road-again/#comment-580844 Michael Stanley had some other solid tunes, "My Town", "He Can't Love You","Baby If You Wanna Dance", "Lover." Michael Stanley is a staple of Cleveland radio and of our hearts. Michael Stanley had some other solid tunes, “My Town”, “He Can’t Love You”,”Baby If You Wanna Dance”, “Lover.” Michael Stanley is a staple of Cleveland radio and of our hearts.

]]> By: Jeff http://www.aquariumdrunkard.com/2008/11/14/lets-get-the-show-on-the-road-again/comment-page-1/#comment-580425 Jeff Fri, 14 Nov 2008 13:57:59 +0000 http://www.aquariumdrunkard.com/2008/11/14/lets-get-the-show-on-the-road-again/#comment-580425 Stumbled across your blog due to the Panic references. Here's something else I recently across while googling the Blossom Music Center in Ohio: "The Michael Stanley Band, intensely popular in Northeast Ohio but virtually unknown elsewhere, set an attendance record of 74,404 at the venue with four sold out shows in August 1982." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blossom_Music_Center Stumbled across your blog due to the Panic references. Here’s something else I recently across while googling the Blossom Music Center in Ohio:

“The Michael Stanley Band, intensely popular in Northeast Ohio but virtually unknown elsewhere, set an attendance record of 74,404 at the venue with four sold out shows in August 1982.”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blossom_Music_Center

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