All My Shadows

I posted a status update about this last week, but I have to comment further. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkpjORLrFkM vs. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfqhzaRiBW4 I really do enjoy both versions of the song, but I feel like Bonnie Tyler is actually embodying the lyrics and what it means to be in love with married men whereas Bette Midler is siiiiiiiiiiiiinging a song, and the song happens to be about being in love with married men. The wailing really turns into a full-on whine by the end of the song, and there's really no emotion behind it. I do love the strings in Bette's version, though, and I REALLY love the musical bridge that is completely nonexistent in Bonnie's version.

I've been working my way through the 1979 clip packages, and I think I'm starting to see what some of you meant when you were commenting on how absolutely drab and lifeless the show was at this point. Some scenes really are good and interesting, but so much of it just plods along. I'm a huge advocate of less background music in soaps, but these extremely long scenes such as any including Grant and the police detective, sans music but very chatty, are a chore. The most interesting things at this point are Kim/John and Lisa's battle against Hester. Everything else is dreadfully boring most of the time, and that saddens me. I expected more from the show at this time, but I guess there really aren't any surprises here considering what was going behind the scenes. Three or four years earlier, and I'm sure it would have been on fire. The actress playing Betsy has one of the most annoying voices I've ever heard in daytime!

I love The Chateau and The Goalpost as well, but the Valley Inn will always have a special place in my heart because so much of the show took place there when I started watching. I loved those sets.

Are we sure that's her hair, though?

Good for him, ol' Thot Prispot! I gave up on AHS last season, but I hope it leads to other things for him.

I loved Cam Zeegahndayyyy on The OC.

Thanks!!! I'm gonna jump right into it as soon as I can. I never did get to see the last three or four episodes. Just skimming through some of the eps, I'm reminded of how lush and beautiful the music was. IMO, all of the primetime soaps of the time had great, great music, but FR's roots as a 40s movie are definitely reflected in its melodramatic scores.

Yeah I only use the blog to get info about schedule changes and what-not. I may actually look at the boards once a week or so. Just too crazy over there these days.

Absolutely. In regards to Morgan, it seemed like a true personality clash, whereas Filerman was just awful. Interesting how the writer characterized the first season as Lane-focused and the second season as Constance-focused. It's been over ten years since I've seen the show, but I honestly don't remember it feeling focused on either woman more than the other. The first season was especially balanced.

Wow, that is some very good stuff! I don't think I've ever read any first-person accounts of what making the show was like, but it all makes sense to me. Sad that she and Morgan didn't get along, though. "Could It Be Love" had to have been sung a thousand times on the show.

What Buckwild tragedy??? I hope my girl Ms. No Booty is all right!

Lol you're welcome! I'll try to see if I can find other posts. SitcomsOnline. I posted there for a good eight or so years, but I refuse to partake in any of that fuckery ever again. Y'all think SOC is bad? Shooooo.....

I would have totally watched them together on that night! Even if the LHOTP was full of Laura and Almanzo mush. I wonder how FR would have faired if paired up with Little House. LH was without a doubt NBC's biggest hit at the time, even if it was winding down. If they'd moved Flamingo Road to Mondays in January 1982, maybe it could have been granted another season. Meanwhile, I'm still waiting for a DVD release.

Bruce Boxleitner is a regular on Hallmark Channel's Cedar Cove, which returns for a second season next Sunday.

It was mostly because the YouTube channel that was posting the daily episodes suddenly stopped uploading them, but yes, it was also a time issue. Thankfully, since it's summer and the show will be on Hulu, neither one of those problems will be relevant this go-round. I did watch an episode of Corrie on Hulu yesterday with no problem (...well, except for the fact that it was Corrie), so hopefully it streams Neighbours with no issue. Care to give us a little heads up on what to expect?

Last time I checked, Hulu streams both Corrie and Hollyoaks. I really dislike working with Hulu, so I haven't really tried to watch them there. I did enjoy Neighbours when I watched a bit of it a few months ago, so I might give it another go. And yeah, it was definitely on Oxygen ten years ago with episodes from 1999.

I can't with Lis being messy as hell lol

Someone had some scattered episodes up on YT about two months ago, and I only glanced at them not thinking they'd be taken down so soon, but I have to say...the season 4 premiere "A Brand New Day" began with one of THE best sequences I've ever seen on a primetime soap. It recaps Karen and Val walking in on Gary and Abby, Val packing her suitcase and leaving the cul-de-sac and Gary running after her before fading into a shot of Val jogging on the beach while the most delicious underscore plays. WHY don't we have more seasons on DVD again?

I feel like any attempt at a Todd/Nick friendship now would just lead to Todd developing obsessive feelings for the street's supposed resident hunk. It would probably end with Todd being carted off on charges. Todd, IMO, should be written as sort of a modern version of what/who Ken was in the early years. Intelligent, a bit naive, "better" than his working class roots but not entirely ashamed of them, drawn to what's "out there" but comforted by home, etc. He should definitely be dating guys from outside of the street. I might watch a clip or two to see my boo David looking sexy, tho

The hackjob that's been done on Todd is the key reason why I'm sticking with 1976 episodes from Granada+ vs. watching the current eps.

Rita Cosby.

And now I have a reason to watch.

What if Ricki Lake joined the show? Her attempt at another solo talk show was a failure, but I think she could have success in the panel format.

The general consensus is that the organ version of La Lumiere was 1970-1974 and the orchestral version was 1974-1975. It's possible that switch occurred in 1973, though, as ATWT and AW orchestrated their music that year.

This song plays in the clothing store where I work, and we ALL thought it was just plain horrible for a long long time (mainly because of the last minute or so), but it's grown so much on me, and now I love it for its uniqueness. I love watching her do it live. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uS7dtw6lREo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_N3kwQysWak I legitimately want to learn how to "yiddle-diddle-diddle-diddle-diddle-doody-do" that.