tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post3975213435459420859..comments2024-02-06T16:17:25.826+00:00Comments on THE GRĂNMARK BLOG: My favourite songs about sex workersScott Gronmarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15118026157459333174noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-10661280269031091532015-08-06T23:41:29.016+01:002015-08-06T23:41:29.016+01:00Also, when Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers were w...Also, when Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers were writing their first big hit, "Le Freak", it was actually called "Fuck Off!" - because they wrote it after not being allowed into Sudio 54 on the grounds that they weren't famous. I think, on the whole, the right call was made in both cases.Scott Gronmarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15118026157459333174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-89732133835759594742015-08-06T23:36:52.800+01:002015-08-06T23:36:52.800+01:00Not a bad idea - but it would have needed to inclu...Not a bad idea - but it would have needed to include the line "Every one a wirgin" from "Wilkommen". Also, whenever I think of Liza Minnelli, I also think of David Gest, and, as Kevin Keegan used to say, nobody's a fan of that.Scott Gronmarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15118026157459333174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-16165809624903757162015-08-04T23:24:34.635+01:002015-08-04T23:24:34.635+01:00A propos next to nothing, I sat through Neil Brand...A propos next to nothing, I sat through Neil Brand's <i><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/37QlHzXTkLzC45fdx8wG9JT/sound-of-song-reeling-and-rocking" rel="nofollow">Sound of Song</a></i> series on BBC4 the other night. In Episode 2 he interviews Mike Stoller, who reminisced about a song he wrote and produced with Mr Lieber: "Jerry said he wanted to call it <i>Mother****er</i> but I said I was comfortable with <i>Hound Dog</i>".David Mosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12345636878071983416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-11622675625819338192015-08-04T23:15:55.068+01:002015-08-04T23:15:55.068+01:00... I was trying not to be too predictable.
I pre...<i>... I was trying not to be too predictable.</i><br /><br />I predicted the inclusion of <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxpTPmCyJ5M" rel="nofollow">this quiet little ditty</a> but maybe that really would have been too predictable.David Mosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12345636878071983416noreply@blogger.com