Monday, Monday
Odd day.
One of my cats is sick. One of my friends is going through some major emotional upheavals. One of my brain cells is functioning…I think. (Or it does.)
Tuesday should be more productive.
Songs About Writing Songs? “I Write the Songs” is pretty much the definitive answer, isn’t it? (Read the comments to my previous post, and this will make sense. Of a sort.)
December 12th, 2006 at 4:01 AM
You are really doing it? *gasp* And even more then 3 lines.
What kind of cat do you have? I hope it isn’t too sick. Our “Tuerkish Angora” (no clue what it is in english) is thankfully very healthy.
December 12th, 2006 at 5:42 AM
I grew up adoring Manilow’s music and as a high school student in the mid-1980’s it was a very closely guarded secret…. how I was able to internally rationalize my love for Manilow at the same time that I was digging RATT and Quiet Riot, I’ll never fully be able to explain.
December 12th, 2006 at 7:56 AM
“Across the Universe”.
December 12th, 2006 at 7:59 AM
“The Hook,” Blues Traveler
Not sure about nagging you, Steve. There’s a fine line between badgering you to write something, and badgering you to write more about the lame topics I, personally, am interested in.
December 12th, 2006 at 8:29 AM
I am sorry one of your kitties is not feeling well – they are the warm engines of affection which keep us going.
December 12th, 2006 at 11:34 AM
We’re going to hold you to that.
December 12th, 2006 at 11:36 AM
(Although obviously the health of yourself, your friends and your pets should take precedence.)
December 12th, 2006 at 1:49 PM
I would have said pretty much every Who album starting with Who’s Next has a Pete Townshend song about writing a song.
And “I Write The Songs” was written by Bruce Johnston, not Barry Manilow, and it was written about Brian Wilson.
December 12th, 2006 at 4:21 PM
Steve, blog when you can and when you feel like it — I think we’ll all understand. If we don’t, remind us that we ain’t exactly paying admission here.
As for a song about songwriting, here’s one (sort of) — “I Never Wrote Those Songs,” recorded by the one-and-only accept-no-substitute Alice Cooper and featured on his “Lace and Whiskey” album.
Ahh, The Coop. Sweet memories.
Looking forward to Doctor Fate!
December 13th, 2006 at 12:16 AM
Just to be clear: I didn’t say I *liked* “I Write the Songs”. I just meant it would be difficult to find a more definitive song about writing songs. It’s also one of the definitive songs about self-congratulation, of course.
December 13th, 2006 at 12:37 AM
“Songwriter” by the Good Rats (who are monstrously famous on Long Island, I hear).
Come to think of it, there have been lots of comic book stories about comic book writers, from “Scribbly” to “Dan Pussey.” Seem to recall a few by Steve as well…
December 13th, 2006 at 3:13 AM
Steve, what do you think of Alan Moore?
I was reading some zombie comics by you yesterdat, from the seventies. You mention something along the lines of being beaten up by bikers or something? What was that? The zombie title seemed fun to do. Was it?
A question about writing: how is your writing routine? Do you outline everything before starting, all the scenes, etc? How does it work for you? You work from what time to what time? Do you write on WORD software or something else?
Thanks
December 13th, 2006 at 2:28 PM
I think Alan Moore is among the most brilliant writers ever to work in comics. His stuff frequently leaves me awestruck.
I recently reread the Zombie stories myself. (They’ve been reprinted in a Marvel *Essential Tales of the Zombie* collection.) My reaction was…complicated. They still have a certain charm about them, but they’re clearly the work of a writer whose style was in its formative stages.
December 13th, 2006 at 8:13 PM
I just wish he hadn’t stolen from SUPER FOLKS so much (I believe I bought SUPER FOLKS and GIANT-SIZED MAN-THING #3 & #4 on the same trip to the same bookstore).
December 14th, 2006 at 5:16 AM
And then there are songs about not writing songs, such as “Antiprocrastination Song” by the metal parody band Stormtroopers Of Death. (It’s two words long…)
Unrelatedly, searching YouTube for “yellow matter custard” turns up interesting things.