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Song you wondered how they they ever got played on Top 40 radio
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I didn't want to go through all the pages and posts, but were "Timothy" and "Cinderella" mentioned? Rupert Holmes and Firefall certainly did a lot better moving in an Adult Contemporary direction.
They were.
Nobody seemed to recognize the irony of Bob Crewe and Kenny Nolan writing both "My Eyes Adored You" and "Lady Marmalade"? They were both Number 1 Hot 100 in two consecutive weeks and played back to back on several weeks of American Top 40 by Casey Kasem. I think Casey did point out that both songs were written by the same songwriters on at least one occasion. After Lennon-McCartney and Holland-Dozier-Holland, Crewe-Nolan were only the third songwriting team to replace themselves at #1 Hot 100 in two consecutive weeks. The fourth was probably The Bee Gees writing team.
Rolling Stone Magazine, traditionally no fans of Frankie Valli or The Four Seasons, even had Lady Marmalade around #479 on the 500 Greatest Hits Of All Time. RS wanted to make amends when Jersey Boys became a huge Broadway smash. Bob Gaudio refused to be interviewed, citing their history of snubs.
Rolling Stone Magazine, traditionally no fans of Frankie Valli or The Four Seasons, even had Lady Marmalade around #479 on the 500 Greatest Hits Of All Time. RS wanted to make amends when Jersey Boys became a huge Broadway smash. Bob Gaudio refused to be interviewed, citing their history of snubs.
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Songwriters write songs. McCartney wrote “Why Don’t We Do It In The Road” and “Silly Love Songs”.
I think Sir Paul had wisely recognized that "The Times They [Were] A Changing" again after "The Summer Of Love" in 1967 and the end of the Vietnam War.
I think "Cinderella" and the baby stayed. The last two lines seem to imply that.
You should've left that mornin', left that day
Took your love and your child away
You should've left that mornin', left that day
Took your love and your child away
It’s what leads up to that:
Cinderella, can't you see?
Don't want your company
You better leave this mornin', leave today
Take your love and your child away
No, no-no-no-no, no-no-no
No, no-no-no-no, no-no-no
No, no-no-no-no, no-no-no
No, no-no-no, no, no-no-no
No, no-no-no-no, no-no-no
No, no-no-no-no
Whoa-whoa, no
Whoa-whoa, no
Whoa-whoa, no
Whoa-whoa, whoa-whoa-whoa, no
Rockin' a chair on my front porch
Well, I'm thinkin' about
All the things that I did as a young man
Now that I'm old
And I remember her and the boy
Did he have all the toys and the joys
That a young man should have
Before he gets too old?
Cinderella, couldn't you see?
I didn't want your company
You should've left that mornin', left that day
Took your love and your child away
Something really bad happened. Those last two lines read like “I warned you”.
Maybe they reconciled? I like happy endings.
Anyway, I liked "Just Remember I Love You" and "Strange Way". They both had a late Fall feeling, that feeling that precedes Seasonal Affect Disorder, and many AM stations went off the air or became unlistenable at 5:00 PM. As Barry Manilow sang, "I hate to see October go". Late life Fanilow, Johnny Mercer, wrote the lyrics.
I took a very good course in Literary Analysis in my undergraduate years. My Professor told us that Literary Analysis is to English Majors what Organic Chemistry is to Science Majors, a major stumbling block.
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Richard Holler wrote "Snoopy vs. The Red Baron" and "Abraham, Martin and John."
Can we just stipulate that there is nothing at all remarkable about songwriters writing songs that are polar opposites?
Like, y'know, before that becomes 25 pages on its own?
Like, y'know, before that becomes 25 pages on its own?
Same with Producers and Arrangers.
Sir Paul was just going with the flow, not writing vastly different songs for no reason.
George Martin was going with the jazz fusion flow, started by BST and the Chicago sound of the era, when he produced Seatrain.
Sir Paul was just going with the flow, not writing vastly different songs for no reason.
George Martin was going with the jazz fusion flow, started by BST and the Chicago sound of the era, when he produced Seatrain.
Barry Manilow did not actually write the song "I Write the Songs". But he did write a song called "I Really Do Write the Songs".
Okay, fine.
Harry Nilsson wrote this:
And this:
Harry Nilsson wrote this:
And this:
I doubt that they reconciled. I liked (and still do like) quite a few songs from Firefall -- but I have to admit that the attitudes expressed towards women/romantic partners in a lot of their songs weren't particularly positive. That said, the album version of "So Long" can hit the right note after a breakup. It was the follow up to "Just Remember I Love You", and it stiffed, peaking at #48 on the Billboard Hot 100 but it is actually a pretty good rock song. Unfortunately for the band, it definitely isn't what many people were expecting after "Just Remember I Love You".
So, I did some digging and the good news is the song isn't autobiographical.
Turns out bandmember Larry Burnett wrote it when he was 16 years old and didn't have a pregnant girlfriend---or any girlfriend at all.
It was fiction---a short story he made up and set to music based on what he'd seen happening to girls who got pregnant in high school and whose boyfriends didn't want anything to do with them or the baby.
Even he doesn't know what the ending means.
The song sat in a drawer for ten years before he pitched it to the band he was in at age 26.
I don't listen to lyrics. I like music that I like.
And that is a song I like.
Another song I like.