<![CDATA[Michael Stipe Amends "When I First Heard <i>Horses</i>" Story, Acknowledges Foghat - Idolator Comments]]> http://cache.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/idolator.com.png <![CDATA[Michael Stipe Amends "When I First Heard <i>Horses</i>" Story, Acknowledges Foghat - Idolator Comments]]> http://idolator.com Sat, 17 May 2008 02:07:39 EDT Sat, 17 May 2008 02:07:39 EDT http://idolator.com/391149/michael-stipe-amends-when-i-first-heard-horses-story-acknowledges-foghat <![CDATA[Michael Stipe Amends "When I First Heard <i>Horses</i>" Story, Acknowledges Foghat]]> http://idolator.com/391149/michael-stipe-amends-when-i-first-heard-horses-story-acknowledges-foghat#c5751882 Anthony, has anyone ever told you what a great writer you are? I weep at your genius. Really.

shelo

]]> 33:391149:c5751882 Sat, 17 May 2008 02:07:39 EDT <![CDATA[Michael Stipe Amends "When I First Heard <i>Horses</i>" Story, Acknowledges Foghat]]> http://idolator.com/391149/michael-stipe-amends-when-i-first-heard-horses-story-acknowledges-foghat#c5750762 That's funny, Patti Smith makes me vomit every time I hear her, too.

kotjmfers

]]> 33:391149:c5750762 Fri, 16 May 2008 23:47:35 EDT <![CDATA[Michael Stipe Amends "When I First Heard <i>Horses</i>" Story, Acknowledges Foghat]]> http://idolator.com/391149/michael-stipe-amends-when-i-first-heard-horses-story-acknowledges-foghat#c5745807 I meant rules, of course, but tules sort of applies.

musicmope

]]> 33:391149:c5745807 Fri, 16 May 2008 17:10:38 EDT <![CDATA[Michael Stipe Amends "When I First Heard <i>Horses</i>" Story, Acknowledges Foghat]]> http://idolator.com/391149/michael-stipe-amends-when-i-first-heard-horses-story-acknowledges-foghat#c5745789 Wait, we're attacking Foghat now? Who makes these tules?

musicmope

]]> 33:391149:c5745789 Fri, 16 May 2008 17:10:07 EDT <![CDATA[Michael Stipe Amends "When I First Heard <i>Horses</i>" Story, Acknowledges Foghat]]> http://idolator.com/391149/michael-stipe-amends-when-i-first-heard-horses-story-acknowledges-foghat#c5741694 @FionaScrapple: And you are the wind beneath my wings. :)

NeverEnough

]]> 33:391149:c5741694 Fri, 16 May 2008 15:00:30 EDT <![CDATA[Michael Stipe Amends "When I First Heard <i>Horses</i>" Story, Acknowledges Foghat]]> http://idolator.com/391149/michael-stipe-amends-when-i-first-heard-horses-story-acknowledges-foghat#c5741017 @NeverEnough:

You are my hero.

FionaScrapple

]]> 33:391149:c5741017 Fri, 16 May 2008 14:36:43 EDT <![CDATA[Michael Stipe Amends "When I First Heard <i>Horses</i>" Story, Acknowledges Foghat]]> http://idolator.com/391149/michael-stipe-amends-when-i-first-heard-horses-story-acknowledges-foghat#c5740701 @NeverEnough: Yeah, what's wrong with Zep? Or Hall & Oates? Even Peter Buck said that one of his favorite bands was the Monkees (I suspect from Buck's style of playing, his fave Monkee was Papa Nez).

Anyway, that silver album cover? Daryl was pretty-pretty on it. It wasn't until I saw the sideburns on his face did I realize the blond(e) was Daryl, and when I saw it, it was post 1982. It must've blown a few minds back in '75.

Also: Foghat did "Slow Ride"? Huh. That song makes me snore-y.

aprilsimnel

]]> 33:391149:c5740701 Fri, 16 May 2008 14:25:13 EDT <![CDATA[Michael Stipe Amends "When I First Heard <i>Horses</i>" Story, Acknowledges Foghat]]> http://idolator.com/391149/michael-stipe-amends-when-i-first-heard-horses-story-acknowledges-foghat#c5740304 @How do I say this ... THROWDINI!: They're no Marcy's Playground, but I get sad and ranty over LFO.

pantycrickets

]]> 33:391149:c5740304 Fri, 16 May 2008 14:09:33 EDT <![CDATA[Michael Stipe Amends "When I First Heard <i>Horses</i>" Story, Acknowledges Foghat]]> http://idolator.com/391149/michael-stipe-amends-when-i-first-heard-horses-story-acknowledges-foghat#c5739214 @JohnnyBacardi: I'm not ashamed to say it: I like Foghat. Very much. Their bass player was awesome and they had two songs predominantly featured in Dazed and Confused.

The Cosmic Kid

]]> 33:391149:c5739214 Fri, 16 May 2008 13:28:08 EDT <![CDATA[Michael Stipe Amends "When I First Heard <i>Horses</i>" Story, Acknowledges Foghat]]> http://idolator.com/391149/michael-stipe-amends-when-i-first-heard-horses-story-acknowledges-foghat#c5738759 I dunno. Maybe it's because I was 16 in 1976- just the right age at the right time for that sort of thing- but I've always kinda had a soft spot for the 'Hat. They were a solid (if occasionally plodding) BritBluesBoogie band that strove to entertain, make money, and get laid, nothing more...and I can find no fault in that. Plus, they could play a little, and their second LP has one of the best covers ever.

And I don't know if they're the greater artistes, but I certainly got more enjoyment from any Hall & Oates album (well, pre-1983 anyway) than I ever have any Patti Smith LPs...

JohnnyBacardi

]]> 33:391149:c5738759 Fri, 16 May 2008 13:11:56 EDT <![CDATA[Michael Stipe Amends "When I First Heard <i>Horses</i>" Story, Acknowledges Foghat]]> http://idolator.com/391149/michael-stipe-amends-when-i-first-heard-horses-story-acknowledges-foghat#c5738144 @Chris Molanphy: 'Sara Smile' is the one song containing my name that doesn't make my vulva recoil back into my body cavity in sheer horror. I won't even mention what the Jeffereson Starship song does to me...

NeverEnough

]]> 33:391149:c5738144 Fri, 16 May 2008 12:49:42 EDT <![CDATA[Michael Stipe Amends "When I First Heard <i>Horses</i>" Story, Acknowledges Foghat]]> http://idolator.com/391149/michael-stipe-amends-when-i-first-heard-horses-story-acknowledges-foghat#c5737834 Lessee...late '75, early '76...I guess Stipe bought the "Silver" album? (I.e., Daryl Hall & John Oates, the S/T record.) That's the one with "Sara Smile" on it; so he gets points for picking a decent single.

I suppose he also could've bought Abandoned Luncheonette, which is a better all-around album; or War Babies, which was produced by Todd Rundgren, thus preserving his 16-year-old, prepunk cred.

Chris Molanphy

]]> 33:391149:c5737834 Fri, 16 May 2008 12:38:34 EDT <![CDATA[Michael Stipe Amends "When I First Heard <i>Horses</i>" Story, Acknowledges Foghat]]> http://idolator.com/391149/michael-stipe-amends-when-i-first-heard-horses-story-acknowledges-foghat#c5737137 @NeverEnough: It all makes me sad and ranty.

Well, if you're gonna be sad and ranty about a band, this is place to do it. See every post on Weezer. I guess the good thing is that the band must've been great at one time to conjure up sad and ranty. I mean, do you think there's anyone that gets sad and ranty about, say, Marcy's Playground?

How do I say this ... THROWDINI!

]]> 33:391149:c5737137 Fri, 16 May 2008 12:13:55 EDT <![CDATA[Michael Stipe Amends "When I First Heard <i>Horses</i>" Story, Acknowledges Foghat]]> http://idolator.com/391149/michael-stipe-amends-when-i-first-heard-horses-story-acknowledges-foghat#c5736283 @Camp Tiger Claw: Apologies. Few things in life have disappointed me more then the quick devolution of REM. Remember when they were amazing? It all makes me sad and ranty.

NeverEnough

]]> 33:391149:c5736283 Fri, 16 May 2008 11:44:12 EDT <![CDATA[Michael Stipe Amends "When I First Heard <i>Horses</i>" Story, Acknowledges Foghat]]> http://idolator.com/391149/michael-stipe-amends-when-i-first-heard-horses-story-acknowledges-foghat#c5735940 Am I the only one who now wishes he could listen to the latest Stipe & Buck blue-eyed soul single instead of Accelerate?

Thierry

]]> 33:391149:c5735940 Fri, 16 May 2008 11:32:42 EDT <![CDATA[Michael Stipe Amends "When I First Heard <i>Horses</i>" Story, Acknowledges Foghat]]> http://idolator.com/391149/michael-stipe-amends-when-i-first-heard-horses-story-acknowledges-foghat#c5735912 @NeverEnough: My head just exploded reading that.

Camp Tiger Claw

]]> 33:391149:c5735912 Fri, 16 May 2008 11:31:25 EDT <![CDATA[Michael Stipe Amends "When I First Heard <i>Horses</i>" Story, Acknowledges Foghat]]> http://idolator.com/391149/michael-stipe-amends-when-i-first-heard-horses-story-acknowledges-foghat#c5735909 THIS EXPLAINS EVERYTHING

/kills self

Rob Iracane

]]> 33:391149:c5735909 Fri, 16 May 2008 11:31:15 EDT <![CDATA[Michael Stipe Amends "When I First Heard <i>Horses</i>" Story, Acknowledges Foghat]]> http://idolator.com/391149/michael-stipe-amends-when-i-first-heard-horses-story-acknowledges-foghat#c5735658 Hall & Oates > Foghat > Patti Smith

The Cosmic Kid

]]> 33:391149:c5735658 Fri, 16 May 2008 11:22:13 EDT <![CDATA[Michael Stipe Amends "When I First Heard <i>Horses</i>" Story, Acknowledges Foghat]]> http://idolator.com/391149/michael-stipe-amends-when-i-first-heard-horses-story-acknowledges-foghat#c5735417 @Ned Raggett: Ahahahahahaha!

NeverEnough

]]> 33:391149:c5735417 Fri, 16 May 2008 11:12:40 EDT <![CDATA[Michael Stipe Amends "When I First Heard <i>Horses</i>" Story, Acknowledges Foghat]]> http://idolator.com/391149/michael-stipe-amends-when-i-first-heard-horses-story-acknowledges-foghat#c5734754 Ian Curtis riding a unicorn

Worst goth slash ever.

Ned Raggett

]]> 33:391149:c5734754 Fri, 16 May 2008 10:47:17 EDT <![CDATA[Michael Stipe Amends "When I First Heard <i>Horses</i>" Story, Acknowledges Foghat]]> http://idolator.com/391149/michael-stipe-amends-when-i-first-heard-horses-story-acknowledges-foghat#c5734059 I remember reading an interview with a friend of the teenaged Michael Stipe and she said he was a huge Led Zeppelin fan but would rather die than admit that now. What, he's too cool for Zeppelin? REM has been irrelevant since 'Green' and would have greatly benefited from a fiery plane crash.

That said, Hall & Oates is a million times better than Patti Smith and her pretentious dreck.

NeverEnough

]]> 33:391149:c5734059 Fri, 16 May 2008 10:19:26 EDT <![CDATA[Michael Stipe Amends "When I First Heard <i>Horses</i>" Story, Acknowledges Foghat]]> http://idolator.com/391149/michael-stipe-amends-when-i-first-heard-horses-story-acknowledges-foghat#c5733964 Obviously you haven't been in the Pitchfork Party Van (a '73 Econoline with Ian Curtis riding a unicorn airbrushed on the side). It's Acapulco Gold and "Slow Ride" all night, bro.

natepatrin

]]> 33:391149:c5733964 Fri, 16 May 2008 10:15:11 EDT