Re: Cher - Heart of Stone.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Sun Feb 16, 2020 1:22 pm

I think I can make it at 9 o'clock or thereafter.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Sun Feb 16, 2020 1:23 pm

But which is the best version of Heart of Stone? Cher's or Bucks Fizz's? scared

by Nightjar Sun Feb 16, 2020 2:19 pm

Proper stars on the poll please.

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by Nightjar Sun Feb 16, 2020 2:21 pm

And the poll title "Heart of Stone or Fart of Gnome?".

by Guest Sun Feb 16, 2020 2:34 pm

We need to have a "comedy" option.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Sun Feb 16, 2020 2:43 pm

Merging the two threads means it's now impossible to edit the poll. bawl

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Sun Feb 16, 2020 2:46 pm

I have now managed to edit the poll. box

by Guest Sun Feb 16, 2020 2:46 pm

You can't edit the poll once someone's voted.

Well, I can't as a pleb, I dunno about forum owners. aristojar

by Nightjar Sun Feb 16, 2020 2:49 pm

by Nightjar Sun Feb 16, 2020 6:03 pm

BTW, I recall that, back in the early '90s when I used to hitchhike on the M4 to see my pals in Bath and Brizzle most weekends, I was ~~picked up~~ given a lift by a swarthy, be-stubbled, gold sovereign ringed, mirrored aviator glasses wearing Welsh trucker who insisted that I both listen to a Cher cassette and actively appreciate it.

It was a very special album for him and his ex-wife apparently.

scared

Anyway, I can always remember a song where Ms. Sarkisian crooned lyrics that went a bit "like a queen without a king, like a bell without a ring, like a bird without a wing, etc...".

After a bit I glazed over and started exploring all the lyrical possibilities: "Kong without a King, pong without a ping etc..."

bounce

by Nightjar Sun Feb 16, 2020 6:08 pm

I also remembering an anecdote he told me about how he came to spend some time behind bars a few years previously.

He explained to me that he was entirely innocent of all charges and was merely trying to help the police officer up from the pavement - before turning to me and saying - with a sunlit glint of his dark glasses, a sly grin and no small portion dark glee - "yes, with my boot".

by Nightjar Sun Feb 16, 2020 6:12 pm

Anyway, we shall see whether the 'Ping-Pong-Song' features on this venerable elpee.

I'm predicting that it will.

by cosmictanya Sun Feb 16, 2020 6:21 pm

Much unwarranted cynicism here. I know I speak for Butterfield as well when I say that those who don't appreciate Cher fail only themselves. Heart of Stone is her best work and the album is expertly assembled and arranged as a tempestuous love story of impressive depth and scope.

by Nightjar Sun Feb 16, 2020 8:06 pm

Wait till the review's over, missy. no no

It was a long time ago that that Cambrian trucker forced me to listen to that Cher album in return for 75 miles of his space-time.

I was probably only 23 or so.

Time may have tempered my bile and mellowed my disposition.

I may now find it a meisterwerk of the zeitgeist.

Of course it is a meisterwerk of the zeitgeist by default, but this time I might find it quaintly joyous.

by Nightjar Sun Feb 16, 2020 8:08 pm

Or just think it's an backside torpedo.

by Nightjar Sun Feb 16, 2020 8:11 pm

I fear I may be a bit trashed by 9pm.

by Nightjar Sun Feb 16, 2020 8:12 pm

Probably will help with the review.

by cosmictanya Sun Feb 16, 2020 8:40 pm

The great question is, is If I Could Turn Back Time the tailending of a previous relationship, and the following Just Like Jesse James the beginning of the next? With the following songs a chronological account of the second relationship?

That's what I've always thought.

I wonder how she managed to f*ck Gene Simmons. The young Rob Camiletti and the young Tom Cruise are much more enticing prospects for an ageing star, I'd have presumed.

by Nightjar Sun Feb 16, 2020 8:46 pm

You're twistin' my melon, man.

by Guest Sun Feb 16, 2020 8:48 pm

cosmictanya wrote:.

I wonder how she managed to f*ck Gene Simmons. The young Rob Camiletti and the young Tom Cruise are much more enticing prospects for an ageing star, I'd have presumed.

Why is always the hardest question.

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