Arthur Frommer, travel guide author
Dropping Like Flies
Thomas Kurtz, BASIC man
Andy Paley, a power pop legend who collaborated with Brian Wilson, produced Jonathan Richman, NRBQ and Jerry Lee Lewis, and wrote songs for SpongeBob SquarePants.
https://variety.com/2024/music/news/andy-paley-brian-wilson-collaborator-spongebob-dead-1236216365/
He was also a staff producer at Sire and worked with Greenberry Woods among many others
This a bit of a bonkers bio
Soon renamed the Sidewinders, the band included future members of The Modern Lovers, including Jerry Harrison, who would go on to become a member of Talking Heads. They were joined by Billy Squier and relocated to New York where they played Max’s Kansas City and signed to RCA Records with Lenny Kaye producing. After the Sidewinders broke up, Paley played on sessions and performance dates with Elliott Murphy, Patti Smith and Jonathan Richman, for whose later recordings Paley would serve as producer.
https://variety.com/2024/music/news/andy-paley-brian-wilson-collaborator-spongebob-dead-1236216365/
He was also a staff producer at Sire and worked with Greenberry Woods among many others
This a bit of a bonkers bio
Soon renamed the Sidewinders, the band included future members of The Modern Lovers, including Jerry Harrison, who would go on to become a member of Talking Heads. They were joined by Billy Squier and relocated to New York where they played Max’s Kansas City and signed to RCA Records with Lenny Kaye producing. After the Sidewinders broke up, Paley played on sessions and performance dates with Elliott Murphy, Patti Smith and Jonathan Richman, for whose later recordings Paley would serve as producer.
kosmo wrote:
Andy Paley, a power pop legend who collaborated with Brian Wilson, produced Jonathan Richman, NRBQ and Jerry Lee Lewis, and wrote songs for SpongeBob SquarePants.
https://variety.com/2024/music/news/andy-paley-brian-wilson-collaborator-spongebob-dead-1236216365/
He was also a staff producer at Sire and worked with Greenberry Woods among many others
This a bit of a bonkers bio
Soon renamed the Sidewinders, the band included future members of The Modern Lovers, including Jerry Harrison, who would go on to become a member of Talking Heads. They were joined by Billy Squier and relocated to New York where they played Max’s Kansas City and signed to RCA Records with Lenny Kaye producing. After the Sidewinders broke up, Paley played on sessions and performance dates with Elliott Murphy, Patti Smith and Jonathan Richman, for whose later recordings Paley would serve as producer.
With that CV I expected he would have been 80-something but he was only 72.
Justin wrote:kosmo wrote:
Andy Paley, a power pop legend who collaborated with Brian Wilson, produced Jonathan Richman, NRBQ and Jerry Lee Lewis, and wrote songs for SpongeBob SquarePants.
https://variety.com/2024/music/news/andy-paley-brian-wilson-collaborator-spongebob-dead-1236216365/
He was also a staff producer at Sire and worked with Greenberry Woods among many others
This a bit of a bonkers bio
Soon renamed the Sidewinders, the band included future members of The Modern Lovers, including Jerry Harrison, who would go on to become a member of Talking Heads. They were joined by Billy Squier and relocated to New York where they played Max’s Kansas City and signed to RCA Records with Lenny Kaye producing. After the Sidewinders broke up, Paley played on sessions and performance dates with Elliott Murphy, Patti Smith and Jonathan Richman, for whose later recordings Paley would serve as producer.
With that CV I expected he would have been 80-something but he was only 72.
Leaves behind a wife and twin 12 year olds. It always amazes me when 60 yr old men choose to have kids.
Ultimately, men really only have so much “choice” in whether or not to have kids?
Julian, wrote:
Ultimately, men really only have so much “choice” in whether or not to have kids?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iF_dB09IVAI
Julian, wrote:
Ultimately, men really only have so much “choice” in whether or not to have kids?
Erm. It takes two.
It's hard to judge at 60. Lots of people are reasonably active into their 90s now.
But then, having kids at 90, yeah, that'd be a bit different (though great if everything still works at 90).
But then, having kids at 90, yeah, that'd be a bit different (though great if everything still works at 90).
More_Coffee wrote:
It's hard to judge at 60. Lots of people are reasonably active into their 90s now.
But then, having kids at 90, yeah, that'd be a bit different (though great if everything still works at 90).
How sure was the active 90 year old about how his health was going to be when he was 60? At 57, I feel like I'm going to live a lot longer based on my current lifestyle, but what do I know? My dad was dead at 57 and his dad was dead at 52.
And overall, American life expectancy is going down.
Anyway, I did recognize the name. I didn't realize how much great music he had his hands in.
Mind your own beeswax
grateful wrote:Correct but you know what I’m saying. There’s a way to terminate a pregnancy and a man cannot (and obviously should not) be able to make that decision for someone else.Julian, wrote:
Ultimately, men really only have so much “choice” in whether or not to have kids?
Erm. It takes two.
nkotb wrote:One of my favorite lines from a movie all time. A++.Julian, wrote:
Ultimately, men really only have so much “choice” in whether or not to have kids?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iF_dB09IVAI
al Pacino had a kid at 84!
Dejecty-hatch wrote:Space wants to get up in his urethra and understand how this happened.
al Pacino had a kid at 84!
Nothing against Andy Paley (RIP) but to call him a legend…come on now….that’s laughable
hutch wrote:
Nothing against Andy Paley (RIP) but to call him a legend…come on now….that’s laughable
Kosmo didn't call him a legend, he called him a "power pop legend." See the difference?
And if you read the article, you saw that Brian Wilson called him a "genius." So there's that.
He was described by Wilson as “the most frighteningly talented person that I’ve met and the greatest musical genius I’ve come across in many years… maybe my whole life.”
for the record Stephen Thomas Erlewine called him a Power Pop Legend, I'm guilty of pilfering on that one. Was going to say he had "well respected" status as a producer. But, writing songs for Spongebob Squarepants = LEGEND.
True that. Ween are legends…