This time Alice, Kristen, and Byron discuss “Borrowed Time” and “Charity Ball” as these songs are used for the podcast introduction and ending. You’ll never listen to “Charity Ball” the same after this podcast! Also, Alice answers a fan question about who she was first star-struck by. And our first CONTEST! Listen to see how you can win a copy of the “Fanny: Live in 1972” CD.
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Great podcast! Thanks!
Great hearing everyone’s voice! I want to ruminate a bit before responding in full but thought you might enjoy this early glimpse. I call it Outline of A Comment To Be (taking the positive of Mr. Hamlet’s equation) some of which appears below the result of some weird auto-type feature of my keyboard. Or a previous out-of-body experience? I don’t know. I’m not a scientist!
A few notes. Incomprehensible to me now, but I wrote them down (apparently), as I listened. *shrug emoji*
– Pre-Spinal Tap 11 is the quality call out!
– Something about Carnival Barking Madness? Love it
– indecipherable
– lip sinking? Yipes!!
– oh! I get it, lip syncing! still shitty
-the contest is at once awesome and impossible! Ha!
– Wait… what? (written several times. I have no idea)
Peace!
“Wait… what?” Is how I respond to most of my conversations with my sons. Thanks for listening and the creative comment!
HA! Once again, Jim, I loved your comments/insights, which are clever, funny, and spot on! Thanks for being a part of the ride! Did you hear your shout out? 🙂
I’m glad to be a part of this adventure, Dr. K! And I DID hear my shout out! Thank you. I’m that much closer to being famous now! Ha!
I think I mentioned in a comment to a previous episode that I was working on a blog post inspired by Fanny Rocks and I am working on it. It’s just that the story of my youth I wanted to tell ended up making me and my friend’s look like complete a@@holes. In fact we were complete a@@holes. I guess maybe that’s the point? But the story needs still something! Stay tuned!
Jim,
“Wait” goes a long way in keeping the three of us sane……. Thanks so much for you ALWAYS fun to read comments!
Alice
I do what I can!
Since I’d heard you, beautiful “Fanny” I felt in love with your voices and style. You were and continue being an Amazing rock band.
My 2 daughters (25 & 20 years old) like to sing music in English just like I do.
Blessings.
PD : I hope you can understand my English. Greetings from Lima-Perú
I understand you just fine! We all speak the universal language of music. Thanks for listening!
PD,
I’ve long said that music is the ONLY universal language, and it’s really the only one we need. How else can you explain the happiness of music lovers in different countries all loving the same songs? It IS magical!
Keep singing!
Alice
I’m not sure how to pose questions. FANNY is in my top 5 all-time great rock bands and geniuses. So tight, so right on the money, extremely talented writers and excellent musicians. June’s slide playing blew my mind…no slight to other 3. 4 gifted musicians who meshed perfectly. Years ago I had some back and forth e-mails with Alice and she was so kind as to put up with all my questions and really informative. What a treat. Lots of good stuff. I could go on and on with the accolades and yadda, yadda, yadda. I won’t enter the contest because I HAVE the fanny Live CD. What an incredible ride that was.
I heard the 1st album at a record shop (read: head shop) and was blown away. Nobody I knew, knew who they were. Back then it was “so fucking hard” to convince people they were writing, singing and playing their own stuff…well except for the ridiculously cool covers of “Ain’t That Peculiar” “Hey Bulldog” and “Last Night I Had a Dream”.
I love the story behind “Solid Gold” and why Alice sounds the way she did.
What a nice memory. I remember head shops. Good times! Glad to have you along for the ride.
This is a great story/memory – so glad you shared it with us! As for already having the Fanny Live CD, this just means we’ll have to come up with another contest soon. Byron? Alice? What do you think? 🙂
Hi (again!) Steve,
I think when I get too busy to respond to emails, I will really have to “hang it up!” I, too, remember head shops and how absolutely fun they were to hang in. Stay tuned for more contests. We’ll change the prize so it might be something you want enough to play along with everyone else.
Best,
Alice
I’m all in! LOL
Thanks for the birthday shout out, real cool of everyone. I am super stoked to be putting in for the contest. Fanny Live, NOW that’s what I am talking about! Alice’s drumming back to back like that sounds killer. #AwesomeAlice…… just a suggestion LOL… even though I for sure have a lot of questions to Ask Alice about her drumming.
I love #AwesomeAlice! It’s definitely apropos. And, again, Happy Bday! Keep writing in questions for Alice. 🙂
Awesome podcast…Really great to hear Alice June and Jean
Keep it up!
Thanks, Guy! We’re having a blast!
Hi Colleen,
I’m so glad you heard the shout out for your birthday. We all felt badly that we’d missed it in June, and knew we had to make up for it! AND, I LOVE #AwesomeAlice, and even if we change that…or maybe, we just add it….you can ask me any questions you want answers to. I’ll try to answer them all!
Again, Happy Belated Birthday!
Alice
Hi Guy,
I’m so glad you’re having fun right along with us!
Best,
Alice
How much I like these girls! They are so refreshing to me, genuine and openhearted. Many bands nowadays have lost this rock attitude and have often no sense of humor. I suspect that the mould of musicians like Fanny has been lost!
I loved every single second of the podcast and the tales are simply brilliant.
And of course, I am truly touched and honoured for the mention 🙂 🙂
A send you all a huge hug!
Hello, Francesca “Happy Betty”! We SO LOVE your support and encouragement – thank you! You are now an integral part of the “Get Behind Fanny” podcast and the Fanny family, so stay tuned for more shout outs! Oh, and I couldn’t agree more about Fanny’s rock attitude and sense of humor, as well as being all-around awesomely talented. Sending you a huge hug too! <3 🙂
Francesca,
I can feel the hug all the way from Austria, so, thank you!
Lovin’ it!
Alice
That story about the origins of Charity Ball, by itself, was worth the price of admission!!! You just turned a quirky song, that I didn’t quite know what to do with, into an anthem of righteous indignation!! I will be singing the profane version from now on!!
Hi Dave,
You’ll be joining the legions of people learning to curse and keep the beat at the same time! HA!
Thanks for your comment!
Alice
Hi Dave! I only sing the profane version too. And righteous indignation is perfect! So glad you’re liking the podcast, and we appreciate your comments. Keep ’em coming!
Thanks for the wonderful podcasts; I’m learning so much about Fanny and music in general, while being thoroughly entertained.
I saw a Fanny gig at Birmingham University after happening on their setting-up and rehearsal in the afternoon. The ladies were kind enough to let us in to watch and listen, and everyone seemed very impressed. I know I was! I stayed for the show, and loved it.
Good PR, of course – Fanny were little known then and word-of-mouth was essential – but you were very welcoming of anyone who was interested in your music, I think more so than some other bands.
Also at Birmingham University Union, in 1967 I saw the probable originators of the word “outro”: the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band. “The Intro and the Outro” was the title of one of that zany madcap outfit’s singles. One of the funniest (and rudest) live shows I’ve ever seen, and musically great. The first documented use of “outro” is dated to that year, so it must have been coined by the Bonzos, probably Viv Stanshall.