Paul Anka-Who Knew???

Bruce Hamilton · Post by **Bruce Hamilton** » 9 Oct 2009 7:19 pm

My daughter pointed this out to me and I still am not sure what the point is
?? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHn1zOwfGnA

Andy Sandoval · Post by **Andy Sandoval** » 9 Oct 2009 9:55 pm

A bottle of beer would go better with a steel guitar

Clete Ritta · Post by **Clete Ritta** » 10 Oct 2009 1:13 am

I met Paul Anka a few years ago in NJ.
Have you heard his "Rock Swings" CD? ...Its very amusing I must say.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsS811o21-k

Swing band versions of Nirvana, Soundgarden, Van Halen, and more!

Eye of the Tiger! rrrrowwwwrrrr great arrangements. I dig it.
Just add C6!
-CLete

Mike Perlowin RIP · Post by **Mike Perlowin RIP** » 10 Oct 2009 5:46 am

Since he's singing about a steel guitar. Shouldn't there be one on the record instead of a (zither?)?

And why did he dump Annette?

Barry Blackwood · Post by **Barry Blackwood** » 10 Oct 2009 6:10 am

Swing band versions of Nirvana, Soundgarden, Van Halen, and more!

I'm not sure who would be the audience for this stuff. Years ago, a band I was in used to do a kind of exaggerated Las Vegas parody of rock tunes, but only for our own amusement - never took it serious ....

Roger Miller · Post by **Roger Miller** » 10 Oct 2009 6:55 am

I always wondered what it would sound like to have Gearge Jones sing Purple Haze, but now after the Paul Ankle thing, I guess I can figure it out.

Stephen Gregory · Post by **Stephen Gregory** » 18 Oct 2009 6:45 pm

Has anyone heard the famous "Shirt rant" by Anka. I haven't, but have heard it's pretty crazy.

Clete Ritta · Post by **Clete Ritta** » 18 Oct 2009 8:36 pm

Stephen Gregory wrote:Has anyone heard the famous "Shirt rant" by Anka. I haven't, but have heard it's pretty crazy.

Its here
And yes thats a crazy rant! Wheres Joe?

Eric West · Post by **Eric West** » 18 Oct 2009 8:46 pm

We were just talking about that and the "Buddy Rich Rant". I always liked them. Buddy was right as rain, and googling ANY of those guys on "the bus" will bring a big fat zero...

Just something about him..

Hey, Paul bought them shirts...

EJL

Mike Perlowin RIP · Post by **Mike Perlowin RIP** » 19 Oct 2009 1:09 am

Why did he dump Annette?

Cartwright Thompson · Post by **Cartwright Thompson** » 19 Oct 2009 2:28 am

Mike,
I think you're confusing Mr. Anka with Frankie Avalon.

Andrew Roblin · Post by **Andrew Roblin** » 19 Oct 2009 2:28 am

Wow...

Thanks for the link, Clete.

Mike Perlowin RIP · Post by **Mike Perlowin RIP** » 19 Oct 2009 5:11 am

Cartwright Thompson wrote:Mike,
I think you're confusing Mr. Anka with Frankie Avalon.

Cartwright. Frankie Avalon and Annette worked together on all those movies and were (and still are I understand) close friends. But Annette and Paul Anka were engaged at one time, and broke up before the wedding.

I'm not sure who dumped who though. She might have dumped him.

David Mason · Post by **David Mason** » 19 Oct 2009 5:38 am

That zither/mandolin-y thing is supposed to fake you out - they didn't have a steel guitar on hand in the studio, but hey, one weird ethnic instrument is as good as another.

Stephen Gregory · Post by **Stephen Gregory** » 19 Oct 2009 6:49 am

Wow, the "shirt rant" really exposes the real Mr. Anka. I've lost any respect I had for him.

Pete Finney · Post by **Pete Finney** » 19 Oct 2009 7:19 am

I'm surprised that nobody's mentioned that he's the co-writer of the "new" Michael Jackson song. Don't have much use for Anka myself but you've got to hand it to someone who can keep himself relevant in the game that long...

http://www.popcrunch.com/paul-anka-mich ... co-writer/

"Paul Anka - Who Knew???" Exactly what all the lawyers at Sony are probably saying about now...

Mike Perlowin RIP · Post by **Mike Perlowin RIP** » 19 Oct 2009 7:31 am

Stephen Gregory wrote:Wow, the "shirt rant" really exposes the real Mr. Anka. I've lost any respect I had for him.

Maybe he was the one who was dumped. (the dumpee?) Maybe Annette was the one who broke it off because she saw that side of him.

Twayn Williams · Post by **Twayn Williams** » 19 Oct 2009 1:16 pm

Clete Ritta wrote:
Stephen Gregory wrote:Has anyone heard the famous "Shirt rant" by Anka. I haven't, but have heard it's pretty crazy.
Its here
And yes thats a crazy rant! Wheres Joe?

Wow. I think he musta been coked up or somethin'. That's just nuts.

Kevin Hatton · Post by **Kevin Hatton** » 19 Oct 2009 1:57 pm

Ole Paul is spending way too much time in the tanning booth. He looks like a carrot.

Stephen Gregory · Post by **Stephen Gregory** » 20 Oct 2009 12:32 pm

The worst part is that his "rant" exposes the fact that he didn't even supply full uniforms for the band just "shirts"!

Barry Blackwood · Post by **Barry Blackwood** » 26 Oct 2009 8:39 am

Maybe he wanted the boys to look just right while he's crooning, "You're Havin' My Baby ..."

Sorry, Paul, you're still a putz, because, to coin a phrase, "That's just the ----ing way it is."

Ron Whitfield · Post by **Ron Whitfield** » 26 Oct 2009 9:19 am

That wasn't a rant. That was a boss laying down the law to employees who admitted having blown it repeatedly. He didn't rave, he just laid it out as any boss should when needed. If anything, my respect for the guy has just gone up.
That's just the way it f'n is.

Barry Blackwood · Post by **Barry Blackwood** » 26 Oct 2009 11:23 am

Hey, one man's putz is another man's prince...

Mike Perlowin RIP · Post by **Mike Perlowin RIP** » 26 Oct 2009 11:52 am

I'm still hung up on the whole Annette thing.

b0b · Post by **b0b** » 26 Oct 2009 12:27 pm

Get over it, Mike. This is The Steel Guitar Forum. Post your celebrity gossip topics on Facebook.

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