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Cowgod, thoughts on "Nintendo: White Knuckle Scorin'"?
| Ass Sunstein | 09/18/24 |
| Ass Sunstein | 09/18/24 |
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Date: September 18th, 2024 12:23 AM Author: Ass Sunstein https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo:_White_Knuckle_Scorin%27 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5596854&forum_id=2/en-en/#48102395) |
Date: September 18th, 2024 12:26 AM Author: Ass Sunstein Nintendo: White Knuckle Scorin' is a compilation album licensed by Nintendo and released by MCA Records in 1991. It was dedicated to Bobby Brooks, a talent agent who died in the 1990 helicopter crash that also killed Stevie Ray Vaughan. The stated purpose of the compilation was to promote literacy among children (one of Brooks' favorite causes) and "tap the Nintendo youth market" (he was described as a Nintendo fan). Most of the artists featured on the record had employed Brooks in some capacity.
A booklet enclosed with the CD featured a comic story based loosely on the Super NES game Super Mario World. Despite these connections, only one track on the album references the Super Mario franchise, "Ignorance Is Bliss", performed by the power pop band Jellyfish, who were asked to contribute to the record. Frontman Andy Sturmer modeled the song's lyrics after the comic, which depicts the character King Bowser's resentment for literacy. Also included on the album was a previously unreleased song recorded by the late Roy Orbison, "I Drove All Night".
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Date: September 18th, 2024 12:27 AM Author: Ass Sunstein According to a contemporary report by the Los Angeles Times, White Knuckle Scorin' was dedicated to booking agent and "Nintendo player" Bobby Brooks, who died in the helicopter crash that also killed Stevie Ray Vaughan in 1990. The report says that "MCA Chairman Al Teller had long been thinking about doing an album to tap the Nintendo youth market (he’s a Nintendo ace himself) and he decided to combine that idea with a tribute to Brooks, who was widely admired in the industry. Some proceeds from the album will go to start a foundation to benefit a favorite Brooks cause: literacy."[1]
Brooks was the agent of many of the other artists who appear on the record: Roy Orbison, Crosby Stills & Nash, Dire Straits, Flesh for Lulu and Sheena Easton. The compilation marked the debut of "I Drove All Night", the first new song by Orbison (who died in 1988) since the release of his last album Mystery Girl (1989). In the Los Angeles Times article, widow Barbara Orbison said: "I know about the obsession some kids have with these games. But this project will give to kids with literacy problems and maybe even get to kids that are playing Nintendo too much."[1] |
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Date: September 19th, 2024 10:38 PM Author: Karlstack (Retired) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5596854&forum_id=2/en-en/#48111536) |
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Date: September 20th, 2024 10:30 AM Author: Ass Sunstein (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5596854&forum_id=2/en-en/#48112820) |
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Date: September 20th, 2024 12:07 PM Author: Alien vs Predator vs Brown vs Board of Education (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5596854&forum_id=2/en-en/#48113177) |