Live MSU Sports Chat With Graham Couch Today at 1:00 PM..

Death Roe - wtf? You referred to a "random message board poster".. but failed to name the MESSAGE BOARD.

You are dead to me.

Robert J Sakimano wrote:

Comment From Robert J Sakimano
hi Graham - love your work - do you have a favorite cover of a Springsteen song? If not, I can make a recommendation.

Graham Couch
I'll always take a recommendation. But 10,000 Maniacs playing "Because the Night" is still probably my favorite Springsteen cover of all time.

(I'm not going to tell him that "Because the Night" was written by Patti Smith - and Springsteen actually covered it. I hate to be that guy)

And the Maniacs' cover is 10x better than either version.

Da Mayor wrote:

Robert J Sakimano wrote:



(I'm not going to tell him that "Because the Night" was written by Patti Smith - and Springsteen actually covered it. I hate to be that guy)

And the Maniacs' cover is 10x better than either version.

I'm glad you enjoy it.

Robert J Sakimano wrote:

Da Mayor wrote:

And the Maniacs' cover is 10x better than either version.

I'm glad you enjoy it.

What column is he referring to?

Da Mayor wrote:

Robert J Sakimano wrote:



(I'm not going to tell him that "Because the Night" was written by Patti Smith - and Springsteen actually covered it. I hate to be that guy)

And the Maniacs' cover is 10x better than either version.

Opened his mouth and confirmed fooldom. Patti's remains the definitive version.

Comment From Belinda
My band (the Go-Gos) covered Born to Run once. We killed it. Who the heck are the 10,000 Maniacs?

Floyd Robertson wrote:

tGreenWay wrote:Dear Graham,
Do you know how Germans tie their shoes?

How?

In little knotsies.

Got a bourbon plug in. Wooo!

maybe the only Springsteen cover that even approaches the original. This is pretty damn good.

Saw him do this in Lizards

I.B. Fine wrote:
Saw him do this in Lizards

Better than Bruce.

tGreenWay wrote:

Floyd Robertson wrote:

How?

In little knotsies.

That's not a joke I want to steal for my next date with the Russian chemist lady.

LooseGoose wrote:

I.B. Fine wrote:
Saw him do this in Lizards

Better than Bruce.

Umm yeah, no.

LooseGoose wrote:

I.B. Fine wrote:
Saw him do this in Lizards

Better than Bruce.

Was it called Lizards at the time? Probably late '80 early '81. We were close enough to smell the liquor on his breath.

Floyd Robertson wrote:

LooseGoose wrote:
Better than Bruce.

Umm yeah, no.

OK. how about this one?

Better than Bruce

I.B. Fine wrote:
Saw him do this in Lizards

They either warmed up the Doobie Brothers or Foghat at Castlefarms back in the day.  The mind dulls, but even a faded memory is that they entertained nicely.  Only saw them once.

LooseGoose wrote:

I.B. Fine wrote:
Saw him do this in Lizards

Better than Bruce.

I'm glad you enjoy it.

Town Mountain - a bluegrass band from the great city of Asheville, North Carolina.. covering "I'm on Fire".. not too bad.

DWags wrote:

They either warmed up the Doobie Brothers or Foghat at Castlefarms back in the day.  The mind dulls, but even a faded memory is that they entertained nicely.  Only saw them once.

Dulls now, was dulled then or both?
In my case, both.

DWags wrote:

I.B. Fine wrote:
Saw him do this in Lizards

They either warmed up the Doobie Brothers or Foghat at Castlefarms back in the day.  The mind dulls, but even a faded memory is that they entertained nicely.  Only saw them once.

I remember listening to Foghat on 8-track in my Dad's '74 Ford truck. Thing was candy apple red and white. 3-speed on the column.

Freakin' sweet-ass truck. I'd give anything to have that sitting in my driveway right now. He kept it in mint-condition, white wall tires.

this is a '73..

Bob do you like U2

Robert J Sakimano wrote:

DWags wrote:


They either warmed up the Doobie Brothers or Foghat at Castlefarms back in the day.  The mind dulls, but even a faded memory is that they entertained nicely.  Only saw them once.

I remember listening to Foghat on 8-track in my Dad's '74 Ford truck. Thing was candy apple red and white. 3-speed on the column.

Freakin' sweet-ass truck. I'd give anything to have that sitting in my driveway right now. He kept it in mint-condition, white wall tires.

this is a '73..

Would you ever drive it?

DWags wrote:

Robert J Sakimano wrote:
I remember listening to Foghat on 8-track in my Dad's '74 Ford truck. Thing was candy apple red and white. 3-speed on the column.

Freakin' sweet-ass truck. I'd give anything to have that sitting in my driveway right now. He kept it in mint-condition, white wall tires.

this is a '73..

Would you ever drive it?

now? heck yeah.

Back then? He wouldn't let near the drivers seat.

I remember being amazed as he'd drive, drink coffee, smoke a cigarette, work the clutch all while changing gears at the same time.

Other Teams Pursuing That wrote:Bob do you like U2

early U2 was okay - pretty much The Unforgettable Fire and anything before that. After that, not so much.

I will say that "One" is a great song.

Robert J Sakimano wrote:

DWags wrote:


They either warmed up the Doobie Brothers or Foghat at Castlefarms back in the day.  The mind dulls, but even a faded memory is that they entertained nicely.  Only saw them once.

I remember listening to Foghat on 8-track in my Dad's '74 Ford truck. Thing was candy apple red and white. 3-speed on the column.

Freakin' sweet-ass truck. I'd give anything to have that sitting in my driveway right now. He kept it in mint-condition, white wall tires.

this is a '73..

I actually went to see Foghat at Cobo, 1977 I think. Twas a fine show when I was into that kind of scene at 17.

Floyd Robertson wrote:

Robert J Sakimano wrote:
I remember listening to Foghat on 8-track in my Dad's '74 Ford truck. Thing was candy apple red and white. 3-speed on the column.

Freakin' sweet-ass truck. I'd give anything to have that sitting in my driveway right now. He kept it in mint-condition, white wall tires.

this is a '73..

I actually went to see Foghat at Cobo, 1977 I think. Twas a fine show when I was into that kind of scene at 17.

yep - the greatest era of rock and roll.

No love for Joshua Tree or Achrun Baby? Those are the best two albums. ZooRopa has some good shit as well.

DWags wrote:

Robert J Sakimano wrote:
I remember listening to Foghat on 8-track in my Dad's '74 Ford truck. Thing was candy apple red and white. 3-speed on the column.

Freakin' sweet-ass truck. I'd give anything to have that sitting in my driveway right now. He kept it in mint-condition, white wall tires.

this is a '73..

Would you ever drive it?

My Grandpa had a similar '68. He went to town one day a week on Wednesday when the stockyard had their auction. Starting in the summer of '72 when I was 11/12 he had me drive him to town. Locals, Sheriff or State Police never bothered us as Grandpa at age 79 was a notoriously bad driver. His motto was "I let the other guy worry about getting out of the way".

steveschneider wrote:No love for Joshua Tree or Achrun Baby? Those are the best two albums. ZooRopa has some good shit as well.

The Joshua Tree was so/so - after that, they went downhill in a hurry.

(keep in mind, I'm old and no fun).

LooseGoose wrote:

DWags wrote:
Would you ever drive it?

My Grandpa had a similar '68.   He went to town one day a week on Wednesday when the stockyard had their auction.  Starting in the summer of '72 when I was 11/12 he had me drive him to town.  Locals, Sheriff or State Police never bothered us as Grandpa at age 79 was a notoriously bad driver.   His motto was "I let the other guy worry about getting out of the way".

nice..  

I started driving when I was 14.. of course, my parents didn't know about it. I'd badger my (older) brother until he'd let me drive.. I'd drop him off at his job and take the car, come back and pick him up when he got off.  

if I couldn't get the car, we'd usually jump a train to get across cross town, which was kinda fun.

And the Arizona media I've seen doing it, has "Wildcat" in their title. It's not objective media, I don't think. That said, if facts are wrong, those need to be pointed out

This is bullshit. Oh, they don't seem very objective, but, ya know, maybe there is some truth, so its ok in that case.

Go fuck yourself Couch, you stupid motherfucker. You don't want to come off as a homer, so you will just ignore the facts that probably are true?

InTenSity wrote:

And the Arizona media I've seen doing it, has "Wildcat" in their title. It's not objective media, I don't think. That said, if facts are wrong, those need to be pointed out

This is bullshit. Oh, they don't seem very objective, but, ya know, maybe there is some truth, so its ok in that case.

Go fuck yourself Couch, you stupid motherfucker. You don't want to come off as a homer, so you will just ignore the facts that probably are true?

Intensity bringing it strong, i love it. Fuck yoCouch.

InTenSity wrote:

And the Arizona media I've seen doing it, has "Wildcat" in their title. It's not objective media, I don't think. That said, if facts are wrong, those need to be pointed out

This is bullshit. Oh, they don't seem very objective, but, ya know, maybe there is some truth, so its ok in that case.

Go fuck yourself Couch, you stupid motherfucker. You don't want to come off as a homer, so you will just ignore the facts that probably are true?

dude, we're busy talking music and cars.. take this sports stuff elsewhere. Thanks.

Robert J Sakimano wrote:

InTenSity wrote:
This is bullshit. Oh, they don't seem very objective, but, ya know, maybe there is some truth, so its ok in that case.

Go fuck yourself Couch, you stupid motherfucker. You don't want to come off as a homer, so you will just ignore the facts that probably are true?

dude, we're busy talking music and cars.. take this sports stuff elsewhere. Thanks.

My bad. Go on. Momentary loss of finger control.

Graham seems like a decent dude. Just a little lacking in conviction to do the right thing. I don't blame him too much though. Doing so will probably put him out of his comfort zone. It is what is is I guess. Would be nice if someone other than Valenti started digging into all of this a bit harder.

InTenSity wrote:

Robert J Sakimano wrote:dude, we're busy talking music and cars.. take this sports stuff elsewhere. Thanks.

My bad. Go on. Momentary loss of finger control.

I like it when you talk dirty..

Watch Out Pylon! wrote:Graham seems like a decent dude. Just a little lacking in conviction to do the right thing. I don't blame him too much though. Doing so will probably put him out of his comfort zone. It is what is is I guess. Would be nice if someone other than Valenti started digging into all of this a bit harder.

yeah, I think Graham is a good dude.

Valenti, I don't know - he's an adult who wears a baseball cap backwards. Can't quite commit on that.