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Seamstress for the band
Pretty eyes, pirate smile
You'll marry a music man
Ballerina, you must have seen her
Dancing in the sand
And now she's in me, always with me
Tiny dancer in my hand
Jesus freaks out in the street
Handing tickets out for God
Turning back, she just laughs
The boulevard is not that bad
Piano man, he makes his stand
In the auditorium
Looking on, she sings the song
The words she knows, the tune she hums
But, oh, how it feels so real
Lying here with no one near
Only you, and you can hear me
When I say softly, slowly
Hold me closer, tiny dancer
Count the headlights on the highway
Lay me down in sheets of linen
You had a busy day today
Hold me closer, tiny dancer
Count the headlights on the highway
Lay me down in sheets of linen
You had a busy day today
Blue jean baby, L.A. lady
Seamstress for the band
Pretty eyes, pirate smile
You'll marry a music man
Ballerina, you must have seen her
Dancing in the sand
And now she's in me, always with me
Tiny dancer in my hand
But, oh, how it feels so real
Lying here with no one near
Only you, and you can hear me
When I say softly, slowly
Hold me closer, tiny dancer
Count the headlights on the highway
Lay me down in sheets of linen
You had a busy day today
Hold me closer, tiny dancer
Count the headlights on the highway
Lay me down in sheets of linen
You had a busy day today
thanks Greg!

Well I thought it was "count the head lice on the highway."
Turns out some scenes were filmed here in Tucson, AZ, and The Loft, our local awesome indie theater, played Almost Famous a few months ago in honor of Tucson's birthday. Back in 2000 I was broke and starting college, so this was my first chance to enjoy it on the big screen.
As a cool bonus, Jeff, The Loft's artistic director, led the entire audience in group-karaoke style sing-along of Tiny Dancer before the show. Now this song brings back both magical moments.
PS I miss you very much, Phil. At least I know where to find you when I'm feeling uncool and could use a little company.
Ahh - The Loft! Loved seeing films there
This was the first song he sang
I just cried in gratitude in being able to see my idol - a life moment I will never forget
I have been so lucky to see him 5 times more since that first time...xo

Love this song, what memories, Peter Schkrutz, the toughest guy on the hockey team, singing this out load in the cafeteria.

I can't hear this song without remembering this brilliant scene. And then I get all weepy and happy.

I can't hear this song without remembering this brilliant scene. And then I get all weepy and happy.
please play other songs from this stunning album, The Greatest among some greats.

Turns out some scenes were filmed here in Tucson, AZ, and The Loft, our local awesome indie theater, played Almost Famous a few months ago in honor of Tucson's birthday. Back in 2000 I was broke and starting college, so this was my first chance to enjoy it on the big screen.
As a cool bonus, Jeff, The Loft's artistic director, led the entire audience in group-karaoke style sing-along of Tiny Dancer before the show. Now this song brings back both magical moments.
PS I miss you very much, Phil. At least I know where to find you when I'm feeling uncool and could use a little company.
Steely_D wrote:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qX-uwMKd5k
But the song wasn't written for the movie, as far as I know. Bernie wrote it about his wife/girlfriend at the time.
IMDB shows TD 'uncredited', I guess the song was so well-known by then they didn't feel the need.
I wore the grooves off this record. Even lesser tracks like Rotten Peaches were way above everything else being written then.
c.
"Count the head lice on the highway..."




Indeed.
Highlow
American Net'Zen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qX-uwMKd5k


I can't hear this song without remembering this brilliant scene. And then I get all weepy and happy.

"Count the head lice on the highway..."
Good one!!
I still do this, but with headphones that would have cost my entire week's paycheck back then. I'm not rich now, I just made next to nothing then. But Madman still hits my heart, and helps when I"m confused, afraid and anxious as a grown up.
Amoreena
When it rains the rain falls down
Washing out the cattle town
Are you far away somewhere in your eiderdown
Do you dream of crystal streams?
Whoops, I digress.
Great post.
Here is a great version of a time when Elton and I were younger dudes...
Hopefully said madman is an Elton John fan! ; )
And, He's across the water!
I still do this, but with headphones that would have cost my entire week's paycheck back then. I'm not rich now, I just made next to nothing then. But Madman still hits my heart, and helps when I"m confused, afraid and anxious as a grown up.
Koss? I thought you were a Bose man.
Don't ever lose that memory. Beautiful.





perfect.

Bump.
Amen.
dboseman wrote:
If you were to ask anybody who grew up in the '70s they'd tell ya, Almost Famous wasn't it.
Agreed. Seems like everyone I know loves Almost Famous, but for me it just didn't work. I was always aware that I was watching actors act, in their 70s wardrobe; it never felt real to me. The Tiny Dancer scene in particular. As soon as I heard the opening notes I knew we were in for the obligatory, feel-good singalong scene. Ack. Great song though!
...... agree, that sums it up very well
Second that. Wonderful movie that you can sit and watch with your ex-hippie Dad. Then, wait for the stories.
Used much more effectively in Aloha Bobby and Rose, a perfect 70's time capsule all filmed during the period in question.
If you were to ask anybody who grew up in the '70s they'd tell ya, Almost Famous wasn't it.
him, Chicago, Billy Joel, Kenny Loggins great early work and then.........
Edit: yes Bill, this one needs to be listened to the album as a whole, side 1, flip side 2
Second that. Wonderful movie that you can sit and watch with your ex-hippie Dad. Then, wait for the stories.
Thirds on the first comment and seconds on the above.
You're not a Forest fan? All in fir forest.

That scene completely changed this song for me. I love it so much more now.
Second that. Wonderful movie that you can sit and watch with your ex-hippie Dad. Then, wait for the stories.
Just sayin'.
Highlow
American Net'Zen
I totally agree Highlow!
Just sayin'.
Highlow
American Net'Zen
I'll be okay. I'm just really, really tired, but nowhere near as tired as others who've posted at the journals. This song will always be my bright light - that one that beckons me towards a more positive place.
Thanks, whoever uploaded it. You may have saved my life tonight, in a convoluted way.
Miss you so much, Cynaera...
love this song...
rtrudeau wrote:
I'm beginning to agree. I really must listen to some more of his older stuff. I've tended to ignore him due to his later output.

Count the head lice on the highway.
Hear, Hear!! Named my daughter after Bailey Quarters.

My college cafeteria in Brooklyn had a great juke box and though I didn't play I used to hang out there at lunch with the school's hockey team.
One time, when Tiny Dancer came on, one of the team's really tough guys (I believe he led the league in penalty minutes) got up on the cafeteria table and began to sing along to this sweet beautiful love song at the top of his lungs.
People knew who was at the table - and knew how tough Pete was - so no one dared make fun of this big guy singing this sweet song.
It helped me understand how an appreciate for art, music and sensitive emotional issues like love was not at all incompatible with being a so called "manly man."
Songs are not just silly things. This one hits me right in my teenaged heart. Now, I remember... and will be looking for my tiny dancer for ever.
You gave this a 7?
10.
You gave this a 10?
crap. . . 10 it is, can't find the 11. . .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Qn3tel9FWU

It would be Tiny Dancer.
In fact, I'd even pick it without the gun.
Hopefully said madman is an Elton John fan! ; )
It would be Tiny Dancer.
In fact, I'd even pick it without the gun.
Your love is like baaaaaad venison/Bad venison is what I need
LMAO. Cannot be topped.
The more I hear of Elton's older stuff, the more I'm impressed. (Never really paid attention to him in his heyday). But this is one of those songs that FM radio simply beat. to. death. Sadly, I can't recall the scene in "Almost Famous" with this song, although really liked the movie.
Yes, Bob, it was a good movie.

That scene completely changed this song for me. I love it so much more now.
7.
You gave this a 7?
10.
Hillarious! I was like....wtf? Now I get it!
love - Love - LOVE it!!

"This week on Vinyl Tap Randy Bachman will turn his attention away from guitars and onto another key part of a song... the lyrics. Only in this case it will be miss-heard lyrics. And even better... miss-heard lyrics as submitted by Tap listeners. In print or spoken word they are called malapropisms or spoonerisms. Sometimes the words and letters get all mixed up by accident, sometimes it's intentional. The accepted musical term is a mondegreen. The term was coined by writer Sylvia Wright who recalled a poem called "The Bonny Earl O'Murray"... she remembered the final two lines of the first stanza as "they hae slain the Earl Amurray and Lady Mondegreen". In fact the poet wrote "... and laid him on the green". And so begins an entire episode of Vinyl Tap. It's pretty amazing to hear what some people thought those pop singers were saying in tunes by The Band, Eurythmics, Kiss, Maria Muldaur and Creedence Clearwater Revival among many. "Excuse me while I kiss this guy" and tune in to the Tap this week. "
Your love is like baaaaaad venison/Bad venison is what I need
This is a great song... how can you not nod along to this tune...
Russell Hammond: I never said I was a golden god... or did I?
I'll be okay. I'm just really, really tired, but nowhere near as tired as others who've posted at the journals. This song will always be my bright light - that one that beckons me towards a more positive place.
Thanks, whoever uploaded it. You may have saved my life tonight, in a convoluted way.

Try Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy for "Some one saved my Life tonight"!
Hang in there, we all have our bad days, bad ways, life goes astray.

I'll be okay. I'm just really, really tired, but nowhere near as tired as others who've posted at the journals. This song will always be my bright light - that one that beckons me towards a more positive place.
Thanks, whoever uploaded it. You may have saved my life tonight, in a convoluted way.

7.
I love Holliday Inn form Madman Across the Water: let's get that one played.