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And The Stiffs Just Keep On Comin'
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Savage said:
Now you've gone and done it, Bob. What about "Fool On The Hill" by Sergio Mendes and Brazil 66, 77, 88, 99 or whatever decade they were in at the time. For the record, it was '66 and the song, a smooth, jazzy take on the Beatles' original, wasn't quite a stiff, reaching #6 on Billboard's Hot 100 in 1968. Hipsters liked the Beatles' version, upper demos grooved on Brazil 66, which was pretty hip in its own right.
Savage said:
Another "Western Union" was performed by Jerry Butler (maybe the earliest rap on the opening? "Hey, Western Union Man"), which then takes us to "The Morse Code of Love", by The Capris ("dit dot ditit"), later covered by The Manhattan Transfer.
The Sandpipers also had a pretty sound. "Come Saturday Morning", "Guantanamero".
Silkie said:
Two other great cuts on "I Robot" are "The Voice" and "Don't Let it Show." Speaking of APP, that brings to mind an album Alan Parsons produced: the debut release for Ambrosia in 1975 with their first hit, "Holdin' On to Yesterday."
The four members of Ambrosia all played on The Alan Parson Project's first album "Tales of Mystery and Imagination" in 1976. Ahh, these all bring back memories of working AOR in the 70s. Songs on 4x6 John Rook Cards, pull from the front and don't go more than 5 deep in the cardfile...
Dang, the card file!! And who followed the rules??
Since somebody mentioned "Goodbye Columbus" (from the movie of the same name), here's a REAL obscure one for ya: The Association's follow up to "Cherish" was a real stifferoo: "Pandora's Golden Heebee Jeebies," which we actually played for 5 minutes on WDRC (which had a 60 record play list at the time).
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Debaser said:
Does anyone remember John Sebastion's "You're A Big Boy Now" also from a movie with the same name?(1966-Coppola)
Didn't that also feature the only Jazz bagpipe player Rufus Harley in one of the dream sequences? Talk about obscuro stuff!
Can a stiff remain on the charts for 10 whopping weeks? And hit #18! The forgotten "Telephone Man" from Mari Wilson in '77. Previously mentioned Benny Bell's "Shaving Cream" in '75.... let's pause to wonder what we were thinking in the Mid 70's!!!
"What were we thinking in 1975?"
Two words: Jessi...Colter. ("I'm Not Lisa.")
Hey, wait! Two MORE words: Minnie...Riperton. (Pause for respect for the departed) ("Lovin You," a/k/a "garage door opener test record.")
Wasn't this also the year we elected Jimmy Carter POTUS?? (And we're all still here, proving that "God watches out for drunks, idiots and the United States Of America.")
Two words: Jessi...Colter. ("I'm Not Lisa.")
Hey, wait! Two MORE words: Minnie...Riperton. (Pause for respect for the departed) ("Lovin You," a/k/a "garage door opener test record.")
Wasn't this also the year we elected Jimmy Carter POTUS?? (And we're all still here, proving that "God watches out for drunks, idiots and the United States Of America.")
6758 reads and Savage treads close to sending this wacky thread to the junkyard that is known as Take It Outside.
I'll attempt to get the thread back on a non-political course, nominating "Voices" by the extremely talented songwriter, producer and performer, Russ Ballard. This song has a wicked groove. Apparently it was too hip for the room, although not for Miami Vice.
I'll attempt to get the thread back on a non-political course, nominating "Voices" by the extremely talented songwriter, producer and performer, Russ Ballard. This song has a wicked groove. Apparently it was too hip for the room, although not for Miami Vice.
Not so much a wicked groove as beautifully eerie has this one by It's A Beautiful Day.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7ixKWmYux8
I'm thinking everybody has their copy of Whitburn next to their cordless mice right about now, OR the brew is flowing (no offense to Mr. Radnowski). Ironically, as these tunes (loose interpretation) keep resurfacing, it dawned on me that these puppies provided paychecks for the airstaff back then. (Who invented 20-20 hindsight?) Take that thought wherever you want :-\
Sidebar - Watching Ugly Betty last week (don't ask!!), a scene contained a filp of a switch to "romantic" and the musical ambiance was "FM" (Steely Dan) from 1978!! I don't have to detail the wow-ities of that. Have at that too if you want ;D
Sidebar - Watching Ugly Betty last week (don't ask!!), a scene contained a filp of a switch to "romantic" and the musical ambiance was "FM" (Steely Dan) from 1978!! I don't have to detail the wow-ities of that. Have at that too if you want ;D
heydaybegone said:
Motivated me to get out the vinyl, slap it on the Technics SL 1200 and listen to "Breakdown" by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers... a great song.
JimPastrick said:
My SL 1200 still serves me well, and, complete with cue burn, Englebert Humperdink's "After The Lovin" from 1976 is a memory from when I did a show broadcast live midnight-3am from the top of the Landmark Hotel in Vegas. It was right before disco so we called it a "Discotheque." Another favorite was MFSB and "The Sound of Philedelphia"