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Garden Party by Ricky Nelson 1972 Official | Stone Canyon Band | Original Lyrics in Description |
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"... I can't look at hovels and I can't stand fences..."
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Okay, something a bit different.
We've don a couple of female singers such as Melanie and Francois Hardy earlier in the thread, so I'd like to do probably the greatest female singer in the "popular music" genre. Not sure how this will be received by the Masses, but here goes nothing!! Karen Carpenter of The Carpenters! There, I've said it. They pretty much dominated radio and day time television from what I remember. But the woman could sing. Great control on cue, and a million other positive things one can say about singers. Her and her Brother were both products of a UC music program down South. I can't remember which school they went to, but some of the best singers I've meet in the last couple of decades since I returned to CA have studied at a UC school down in Southern California. I enjoy and appreciate the quality of her voice and how she could use it. The songs, on the other hand, can be tough to get through, but that's the subjective part, and that's all on me. I know their first few records were done by the Wrecking Crew, as was the production team. I also know that the Parental units especially the Mother were involved in production. Micromanaging has never produced Great Music in the entire History of Micromanagement. So, in my opinion, what turns some of their songs into just fucking mush were bad choices in arrangement and just production choices that shouldn't have happened. The typical side 1 for a Carpenters album was almost all cover songs. Side 2 was mostly the Brother and his friend's songs. With a voice like Karen Carpenters, high light it! For example, they doubled her voice for background a lot. Why they didn't have her do a track singing at an interval is beyond me. They chose no harmony in the background signing. Makes no sense. But, whatever! There are about 7 albums I think they recorded in the '70s. I ended up with only three, and you can see that I started out strong, but withered away towards the end. The singing is great, but the music got to me. So many other things that could've been done, but weren't. At this time period in American recording business, it was common practice to get the recording done as quick as possible to get the finished product out to market as quick as possible. No time for quality!!!!!!! Only quauntity!!!!!! from Close To You, 1970 We've Only Just Begun Reason to Believe (They Long to Be) Close to You Crescent Noon Another Song Carpenters - We've Only Just Begun Carpenters - Reason to Believe Carpenters - (They Long to Be) Close to You Carpenters - Crescent Noon Carpenters - Another Song |
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Like a midget at a urinal, I had to be on my toes--Lt. Frank Drebin
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Originally Posted By Cincinnatus: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60XTeHM9iLQ View Quote But, always happy when others love the music!!! |
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Like a midget at a urinal, I had to be on my toes--Lt. Frank Drebin
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Again, apologies to those that won't be able to get through an entire song, but for the rest, just pay attention to her voice!
from Carpenters, 1971 Rainy Days And Mondays Let Me Be The One Superstar Bacharach-David Medley - they covered a lot of Bacharach and David. That's why I'm familiar with the Carpenters. My Mother's crushes were Burt Bacharach, Jack Jones and George Preppard. Apparently she had a type!!!! Carpenters - Rainy Days And Mondays Carpenters - Let Me Be The One Carpenters - Superstar Carpenters - Bacharach - David Medley |
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Like a midget at a urinal, I had to be on my toes--Lt. Frank Drebin
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I could only get through two songs:
from A Song For You, 1972 Hurting Each Other Road Ode They killed me!!! Not really. When I think of love songs, Johnny Cash's "Ring of Fire" and "I Walk the Line" come to mind. Or "Wichita Lineman" by Glen Campbell; or a huge number of songs by Led Zeppelin with "All My Love" and "The Rain Song" just scratching the surface of what they could do for a love song. I guess the lesson here is "Don't let your stage Mother make your song choices for you." Carpenters - Hurting Each Other Carpenters - Road Ode |
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Like a midget at a urinal, I had to be on my toes--Lt. Frank Drebin
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Originally Posted By zoinks: Man, people really do love this song!!! Blows me away. I can't figure out why! LOL But, always happy when others love the music!!! View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By zoinks: Originally Posted By Cincinnatus: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60XTeHM9iLQ But, always happy when others love the music!!! Because it’s groovy and comforting. Like this Jefferson Starship - Miracles (Official Audio) |
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"... I can't look at hovels and I can't stand fences..."
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Originally Posted By Cincinnatus: Because it's groovy and comforting. Like this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7m8izf-oXY4 View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By Cincinnatus: Originally Posted By zoinks: Originally Posted By Cincinnatus: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60XTeHM9iLQ But, always happy when others love the music!!! Because it's groovy and comforting. Like this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7m8izf-oXY4 |
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Like a midget at a urinal, I had to be on my toes--Lt. Frank Drebin
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Neil Sedaka - Bad Blood (1975) |
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"... I can't look at hovels and I can't stand fences..."
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Haven't clicked on this thread in a bit... and it has taken a turn.
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Originally Posted By zoinks: I could only get through two songs: from A Song For You, 1972 Hurting Each Other Road Ode They killed me!!! Not really. When I think of love songs, Johnny Cash's "Ring of Fire" and "I Walk the Line" come to mind. Or "Wichita Lineman" by Glen Campbell; or a huge number of songs by Led Zeppelin with "All My Love" and "The Rain Song" just scratching the surface of what they could do for a love song. I guess the lesson here is "Don't let your stage Mother make your song choices for you." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQy01w-yyo4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBLMvKN8db0 View Quote from the heart of me From the Heart of Me (2013 Remaster) this is more of my kind of "love song" jaded lover Jaded Lover |
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Budgie - Nude Disintegrating Parachutist Woman (1971) Heavy Rock Jam track from UK |
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Originally Posted By THOT_Vaccine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPTShCTNo4g View Quote Also: I own this LP. |
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And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him.
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Al Green was a huge part of the '70s sound, and he wasn't even associated with neither Motown nor LA. Musically, he has some distinct periods starting back in the late '50s. Huge Elvis fan!
The first part of the '70s is where he is becoming popular with each record release. Life is good! Until '73 when he meets a woman. By 1974, he and his music are even more popular than ever, but his life is in turmoil. You can find it in the lyrics of the songs. They upped the tempo, but the lyrics are on the depressing side. The Woman he was involved with was married, had three kids, and one day burned Al Green with boiling water. Within hours of this she would succeed in her second suicide attempt. You can start picking up the change in the music with the last album we look at today. The last part of the '70s, he had become an ordained Minister, and his music reflected this until he decided no more public music, but only his ministry. Al Green!!!! Al Green Gets Next To You - 1971 I Can't Get Next to You Are You Lonely for Me, Baby Tired of Being Alone I'm A Ram Driving Wheel You Say It Al Green - I Can't Get Next to You (Official Audio) Al Green - Are You Lonely for Me, Baby (Official Audio) Al Green - Tired of Being Alone (Official Audio) Al Green - I'm A Ram (Official Audio) Al Green - Driving Wheel (Official Audio) Al Green - You Say It (Official Audio) |
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Like a midget at a urinal, I had to be on my toes--Lt. Frank Drebin
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Ha! Don't have to type in the titles!!!!
I'm Still In Love With You - 1972 ETA: I guess I do have to do at least one title: Love and Happiness is the third clip down. Al Green - I'm Still in Love with You (Official Audio) Al Green - I'm Glad You're Mine (Official Audio) Al Green - Love and Happiness (Official Audio) (Featured in Ozark) Al Green - What a Wonderful Thing Love Is (Official Audio) Al Green - Simply Beautiful (Official Audio) Al Green - Look What You Done for Me (Official Audio) |
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Like a midget at a urinal, I had to be on my toes--Lt. Frank Drebin
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Another 1972 release: Let's Stay Together
Al Green - Let's Stay Together (Official Audio) Al Green - La La For You (Official Audio) Al Green - So You're Leaving (Official Audio) Al Green - What Is This Feeling (Official Audio) Al Green - It Ain't No Fun To Me (Official Audio) |
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Like a midget at a urinal, I had to be on my toes--Lt. Frank Drebin
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So far, we've had a lot of love songs about love that goes well and also love that goes South. While a lot of the songs pose questions as to why, there's still hope throughout the lyrics.
It starts changing here!! 1973! His next two albums would be the height of Al Green's popularity and album sales and appearances. But, even with up-tempo songs and brighter arrangements (Church organ almost disappears for these next three albums) the lyrics are becoming more sad and less hopeful, so enjoy this one from 1973 as we already know the how it's going to end in 1974. Al Green - Call Me (Come Back Home) [Official Audio] Al Green - Stand Up (Official Audio) Al Green - Your Love Is Like The Morning Sun (Official Audio) Al Green - Here I Am (Come and Take Me) [Official Audio] Al Green - You Ought To Be With Me (Official Audio) |
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Like a midget at a urinal, I had to be on my toes--Lt. Frank Drebin
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View Quote Ramblin, Scramblin Ramblin', Scramblin' |
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Happy Holidays!
Holiday in Cambodia father christmas Father Christmas |
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Bad Brains - Banned in D.C. (Black Dots) |
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"... I can't look at hovels and I can't stand fences..."
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thats what love will make you do
That's What Love Will Make You Do - Jerry Garcia Band - The Keystone, Berkeley - (1975-11-17/18?) |
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Originally Posted By hbilly: thats what love will make you do https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIZXi9LWBKA View Quote |
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Like a midget at a urinal, I had to be on my toes--Lt. Frank Drebin
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Al Green was a guest on our next Band's first TV special: Chicago.
Chicago is actually a Super Group on the World Stage. Well over 100,000,000 records sold Worldwide. One of their albums, from the '80s, is Platinum 6X over. Mind boggling that the World could agree on something! The Band was formed in Chicago where they were mostly a cover band. I don't recall correctly, and I guess I could have looked it up, but I just thought of that right now, but a Hollywood guy named Bill Guercio asked them to move to LA. So, essentially, they are an LA Band much to the chagrin of the rest of us. If you've ever watched a movie called "Electric Guide in Blue," that's one of Guercio's movies that he produced and directed. A few of the guys from the Band had bit parts in the film and the Band did a big chunk of the Original Sound Track. We're doing the Chicago double album from 1970. Crazy popular album as was their first album and as is almost all of their albums. The other major connection to Chicago we've done is Bill Champlin from Sons of Champlin a number of pages back. After Terry Kath killed himself through an ND, the Band had stability problems for a couple of albums. Champlin was brought in to fix it. Record Labels know a cash cow when they see one and will protect it as best as possible, or if they can't, they outright destroy a Band. It's the "if you don't dance with me, you'll dance with nobody" story. Last thing I saw before the music is that as I was selecting songs from the double album, I just realized that I played most of these songs in one of the bands I was in with one of the instruments I've played when I was a kid in the '70s. (Kind of neat!) Chicago - 1970 (Chicago II) Movin' In In the Country Wake Up Sunshine Movin' In (2002 Remaster) In the Country (2002 Remaster) Wake up Sunshine (2002 Remaster) Make Me Smile (2002 Remaster) |
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Like a midget at a urinal, I had to be on my toes--Lt. Frank Drebin
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The Best way to hear the album is all the songs including the ones that are only a minute and 10 seconds long. It's classical style passages that connect the songs to each other. I think they included that thought in the sleeve notes, plus the nod to the Revolution. Also, Terry Kath was one of the greatest guitarists the World has seen. An amazing band! I stopped listening though after Kath died, and they dropped the Jazz fusion style in favor of power ballads.
Colour My World
25 or 6 to 4 It Better End Soon (First Movement) Colour My World (2002 Remaster) Fancy Colours (2002 Remaster) 25 or 6 to 4 (2002 Remaster) It Better End Soon (1st Movement) (2002 Remaster) I shall return to edit with the whole album for those that are interested. ETA: okay, I hope this link gives the whole album. Posting two different ways: Failed To Load Title All 11 songs with their identified Movements for 23 songs. One last thing: Peter Cetera, when he was a scruffy looking kid, was one of my favorite Bassists. Then he got a haircut and sang ballads. It hurt when he left the Brotherhood. |
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Like a midget at a urinal, I had to be on my toes--Lt. Frank Drebin
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Dig some Rare Earth, Brothers!
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There are many like it, but this one is mine.
"Leaders love to point." - C. Hathcock |
Doc Watson - Tennessee Stud |
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"... I can't look at hovels and I can't stand fences..."
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Hey, here's a thought!! Let's listen to a Band where every single member is an asshole!!!!!!
Gentlemen, I give you Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. I like the music, but I wouldn't want to be trapped in a stuck elevator with any of them. This will be from Deja Vu, a 1970 release. They had one of their many fall outs with each other when the tour that supported this release ended. The next album release was a live album of this tour because they needed "space" from each other. They also needed "space" from each other during the recording process. Young did his stuff in LA while the other three did their recordings in San Francisco. Still a lot of talent packed into what recordings they did over the decades. I'm pretty sure many of us are fans of Buffalo Springfield. They all meet through that association. Now that they're all sober, more or less, they still do perform together on the same stage at the same time during the same concert. Let the healing begin!! Deja Vu - 1970 1 Carry On 2 Teach You Children - Their worst song on any of their albums. 3 Almost Cut My Hair - Their Best song on any of their albums - and they're conveniently next to each other! 4 Helpless 5 Woodstock Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Teach Your Children Almost Cut My Hair |
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Like a midget at a urinal, I had to be on my toes--Lt. Frank Drebin
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Side 2 for us Americans, and for those of us that are British, Side B
1 Deja Vu 2 Our House 3 4 + 20 4 Country Girl 5 Everybody I Love You CROSBY, STILLS, NASH & YOUNG - Country Girl Everybody I Love You |
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Like a midget at a urinal, I had to be on my toes--Lt. Frank Drebin
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grateful dead
black throated wind Black-Throated Wind (Live at Cow Palace, Daly City, CA, March 23, 1974) |
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"... I can't look at hovels and I can't stand fences..."
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jerry jeff walker
old five and dimers like me Old Five and Dimers Like Me - Jerry Jeff Walker |
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"... I can't look at hovels and I can't stand fences..."
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Okey dokey, riddle me this...name a group that started with band members from several parts of the US, then went completely Canadian of all things, then went to entirely composed of New Yorkers, then went back to having human beings in the band again with the odd Canadian thrown in there for border crossings? This band also had well over 110 members in it over the years, a number of which were Jazz greats and another number of which made up the Blues Brothers Band in both live performances, the first album and the movie??? Huh Smart Guy????? NAME IT????????????
Well, if you said Blood, Sweat & Tears, then go right on in to your favorite club or bar and have a drink on me!!!!! Literally a Band that you need a program to follow. Yikes. On the other hand, a pretty damn good band even when they were hated by the leftist youth of America! There first two album came out in 1968 and 1969. Great Albums. We start with 1970 and 1971: Albums 3 and 4. They kept it simple for us. David Clayton Thomas (a Canadian with a Criminal record!!) was the lead singer for these two albums. The one thing that always really impressed me as a kid listening to his voice was that it had "credibility" with the lyrics. He sang with conviction (literally!) (I went a long way for a joke. Sorry.) You could take the words as true. That's a pretty powerful gift. About half the songs they did were covers. They did a lot of Laura Nyro songs for those of you who know who she was. Enough talk!!!! Blood Sweat & Tears 3 - 1970 Hi-De-Ho Lucretia Mac Evil Lonesome Suzie He's A Runner Somethin' Comin' On Blood, Sweat & Tears "Hi-De-Ho" Blood, Sweat & Tears "Lucretia Mac Evil" Blood, Sweat & Tears "Lonesome Suzie" Blood, Sweat & Tears "He's A Runner" Blood, Sweat & Tears "Somethin' Comin' On" |
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Like a midget at a urinal, I had to be on my toes--Lt. Frank Drebin
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Blood Sweat & Tears 4 - 1971 - choices and consequences; these selections of songs and the rest of the album are all about choices and consequences. It's a fairly religious in nature album. (For those of you who check out the rest of the album, the song John the Baptist isn't the biblical John, so no need to get mad that they got all the details wrong, but the gist correct.)
Go Down Gamblin' Cowboys and Indians Redemption Lisa, Listen to Me High on a Mountain Mama Gets High Go Down Gamblin' Cowboys and Indians Redemption Lisa, Listen to Me High on a Mountain Mama Gets High |
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Like a midget at a urinal, I had to be on my toes--Lt. Frank Drebin
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As an added Bonus!!!!
Did you know that Blood Sweat & Tears were at Woodstock? Yes, correct, they weren't in the three hour movie!!! The stated reason was that there was no agreement about being filmed between the Promoters/documentarians on one side and band "management" on the other. It sounds like management asked for, but didn't receive a greasing of the palm, if you know what I mean. Here's the missing audio recording: 1 More and More 2 Just One Smile 3 Somethin' Comin' On 4 I Love You More Than You'll Ever Know 5 Spinning Wheel More and More (Live at Woodstock) Just One Smile (Live at Woodstock) Somethin' Comin' On (Live at Woodstock) I Love You More Than You'll Ever Know (Live at Woodstock) Spinning Wheel (Live at Woodstock) |
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Like a midget at a urinal, I had to be on my toes--Lt. Frank Drebin
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6 Sometimes in Winter
7 Smiling Phases 8 God Bless the Child 9 And When I Die 10 You Made Me So Very Happy Sometimes in Winter (Live at Woodstock) Smiling Phases (Live at Woodstock) God Bless the Child (Live at Woodstock) And When I Die (Live at Woodstock) You've Made Me So Very Happy (Live at Woodstock) |
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Like a midget at a urinal, I had to be on my toes--Lt. Frank Drebin
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grateful dead 12/31/78 winterland
Stagger Lee Grateful Dead - Stagger Lee (Winterland 12/31/78) |
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Wow! I can't believe I don't know this band. That was awesome. Will be exploring...
Here's one of my favorites. Mona - Quicksilver Messenger Service |
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For a people who are free, and who mean to remain so, a well-organized and armed militia is their best security.
Thomas Jefferson "He didnt punch anybody. He punched an idea." DrFrige |
Wow! I can't believe I don't know this band. That was awesome. Will be exploring...
Here's one of my favorites. Mona - Quicksilver Messenger Service |
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For a people who are free, and who mean to remain so, a well-organized and armed militia is their best security.
Thomas Jefferson "He didnt punch anybody. He punched an idea." DrFrige |
https://youtu.be/gCDQ9EABNtQ
Firefall Strange Way original official studio video |
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Originally Posted By Det0nate: It takes a special kind of retard to argue the wrong side of second grade spelling.
What made you pick that particular quote for your sig-line? --Swindle1984 |
almost got laid listening to this in 76
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Originally Posted By zoinks: Okay, something a bit different. We've don a couple of female singers such as Melanie and Francois Hardy earlier in the thread, so I'd like to do probably the greatest female singer in the "popular music" genre. Not sure how this will be received by the Masses, but here goes nothing!! Karen Carpenter of The Carpenters! There, I've said it. They pretty much dominated radio and day time television from what I remember. But the woman could sing. Great control on cue, and a million other positive things one can say about singers. Her and her Brother were both products of a UC music program down South. I can't remember which school they went to, but some of the best singers I've meet in the last couple of decades since I returned to CA have studied at a UC school down in Southern California. I enjoy and appreciate the quality of her voice and how she could use it. The songs, on the other hand, can be tough to get through, but that's the subjective part, and that's all on me. I know their first few records were done by the Wrecking Crew, as was the production team. I also know that the Parental units especially the Mother were involved in production. Micromanaging has never produced Great Music in the entire History of Micromanagement. So, in my opinion, what turns some of their songs into just fucking mush were bad choices in arrangement and just production choices that shouldn't have happened. The typical side 1 for a Carpenters album was almost all cover songs. Side 2 was mostly the Brother and his friend's songs. With a voice like Karen Carpenters, high light it! For example, they doubled her voice for background a lot. Why they didn't have her do a track singing at an interval is beyond me. They chose no harmony in the background signing. Makes no sense. But, whatever! There are about 7 albums I think they recorded in the '70s. I ended up with only three, and you can see that I started out strong, but withered away towards the end. The singing is great, but the music got to me. So many other things that could've been done, but weren't. At this time period in American recording business, it was common practice to get the recording done as quick as possible to get the finished product out to market as quick as possible. No time for quality!!!!!!! Only quauntity!!!!!! from Close To You, 1970 We've Only Just Begun Reason to Believe (They Long to Be) Close to You Crescent Noon Another Song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJuDxwhaiSk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1Gcnz8dTbM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuymYUrsdEk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KG0rEu4IEDU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xq0ubHKFDk4 View Quote Agreed. Her brother was an innovator in the studio, layering her voice with more tracks than ever before. She had the voice of an angel. |
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When we last heard from our Heroes, they just released Who's Next in 1971. If you remember, that was a failed attempt at a rock opera, and they just turned the songs that were finished into an album with some added extra songs done by the others in the group. I should digress here and write that Pete Townsend writes the vast majority of the songs.
Quadrophenia is the next album from The Who, and it is another rock opera. Tommy was a big hit, and somebody turned it into a movie which made it an even bigger hit. Quadrophenia would be...successful...ultimately. Tommy had an inspiring story about overcoming hardships. Quadrophenia has a real Man with the Golden Arm vibe to it. There is no happy ending here. It simply isn't in the cards. Musically, the songs are much more impressive than the music from Tommy. It's really one of the high points of the Hard Rock genre. Maybe even it's zenith or apogee for those you like their words to come from one group over another group. The Story takes place in '60s England when the wheels really started to come off for English Society. England has a problem that they haven't been able to solve since the end of WWI. They still have a Class system that has a real death grip choke hold on thinking about the future. The English still can't decide whether they should be socialist or fascist, so they keep going back and forth, unlike in Europe where they have socialist parties run things as if they were fascists running things. It's a compromise, and it seems to work for them for maybe 60% of the time which is not bad actually. England has never found the balance. Instead they choose to tear themselves apart. It really comes out in the musical styles they've developed over the last 60 years. Punk is just the most extreme, but all of the mod, teddy boy, rude boy, uh, can't remember the rest, of the '60s and '70s just morphed itself into soccer hooliganism of the '80s and so on. Yup, things are pretty fucked up there. "1984" has turned into "the master plan" instead of being a cautionary tale. Ultimately, you can say that Quadrophenia is what happens when politics is your guide for living life instead of concentrating on "life, liberty and the pursuit of Happiness." Take that, John Bull!!!! PS - only selected songs to show the main styles of the songs. Quadrophenia - 1973 The Real Me The Punk and The Godfather I'm One Helpless Dancer Is it in My Head The Real Me The Punk And The Godfather Helpless Dancer Is It In My Head? |
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Like a midget at a urinal, I had to be on my toes--Lt. Frank Drebin
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I've Had Enough
5:15 Drowned Bell Boy Doctor Jimmy Love Reign O'er Me - Roger Daltry's voice in this song. It's the most intense you'll ever hear of a voice in Rock. He sings right at the edge and keeps himself in Tune. I can't even imagine how it was possible in an era without digital processing. I've Had Enough Doctor Jimmy Love Reign O'er Me ETA: The complete Opera: The_ W_ho - Qu_adrophe_nia (Full Album 1973) |
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Like a midget at a urinal, I had to be on my toes--Lt. Frank Drebin
SixtyNine (7AUG21) "very interesting, thanks " Pres. Joe Biden (16FEB21) Biden dismisses Uighur genocide as part of China’s ‘different norms’ |
(I'm way behind schedule!! Still not ready to post Christmas Songs!!!)
You guys remember The 5th Dimension!!! Perhaps, or at least in anyone's Top 10 lists of Popular Music Artists/Groups, they're right there at the Top. Boy, were people surprised they turned out to be Black. Quite the shock to a lot of them. Good Times! If you remember the group, then you remember Marylin McCoo. Very Easy on the eyes, and tall, and could really sway her hips when she moved. Important considerations when first entering puberty. No joke, People! Picked out some songs to show case Marylin McCoo's voice; other songs to show case their "Harmony"; and two songs featuring the other chick.....LaRue! Damn. old age. By the time I post, I should remember her first name!!! Puppet Man One Less Bell To Answer On the Beach (In the Summertime) Love's Lines, Angles and Rhymes Changed (Last Night) I Didn't Get to Sleep at All Puppet Man The 5th Dimension - One Less Bell To Answer (Official Audio) On The Beach (In The Summertime) Love's Lines, Angles And Rhymes The 5th Dimension - (Last Night) I Didn't Get to Sleep at All (Official Audio) |
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Like a midget at a urinal, I had to be on my toes--Lt. Frank Drebin
SixtyNine (7AUG21) "very interesting, thanks " Pres. Joe Biden (16FEB21) Biden dismisses Uighur genocide as part of China’s ‘different norms’ |
The Adult Contemporary Category is not really a favorite music genre of mine. Mostly, it's covers of good songs that were first tortured and then "beaten to
The 5th Dimension I always considered better than that. They should have tried to enter the Jazz Vocal market. Always room for groups that can harmonize accurately! Florence LaRue!!! Did it!!!!!!! Yea me!!!!! If I Could Reach You Medley: The Declaration; A Change Is Gonna Come; People Gotta Be Free Viva Tirado - we did this song when I posted El Chicano. I get a big smile when I tell certain people the writer is a Black Jazz musician. Dimension Five If I Could Reach You Viva Tirado Dimension 5ive Going to try and get the two Florence LaRue featured songs here. She too had a hell of a voice. Very very Powerful. And a great body. Again People, and I can't stress this enough, Puberty is no joke!!! All Kinds Of People Let Me Be Lonely |
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Like a midget at a urinal, I had to be on my toes--Lt. Frank Drebin
SixtyNine (7AUG21) "very interesting, thanks " Pres. Joe Biden (16FEB21) Biden dismisses Uighur genocide as part of China’s ‘different norms’ |
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