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Post by desousa on Dec 17, 2023 8:30:18 GMT -5
 And just to give desousa even more of a hard time here’s a comment from an article linked from that wiki: What I'll remember most about Matt is that he almost never looked up at the cameras - he was focused on the screen so all we saw was the top of his balding head (except on rare occasions.) 😂 I'm sorry I missed this. I have a lot less hair now. I was so nervous. Thanks for reminding me of one of the greatest experiences of my life. Biggest mistake of my life was not using my brother as my lifeline. The person I called wasn't home and his wife answered the phone. There's some guys on this site that would do very well on this show. |
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Post by desousa on Dec 17, 2023 8:52:38 GMT -5
Dr. John and Leon Redbone singing Frosty the Snowman.
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Post by desousa on Dec 17, 2023 9:39:30 GMT -5
Dave Grohl singing Lionel Richie.
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Post by inger on Dec 17, 2023 10:06:33 GMT -5
Hey guys, loving these music posts. I'm out of town doing the in-law circuit in the Finger Lakes and there's not much downtime for us right now, but I'll for sure get back to this at the first opportunity. It's my party and I'll cry if I want to. So there. Finger Lake-N- good… |
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Post by inger on Dec 17, 2023 10:08:49 GMT -5
Dr. John and Leon Redbone singing Frosty the Snowman. I’m digging it… |
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Post by kaybli on Dec 17, 2023 11:30:33 GMT -5
And just to give desousa even more of a hard time here’s a comment from an article linked from that wiki: What I'll remember most about Matt is that he almost never looked up at the cameras - he was focused on the screen so all we saw was the top of his balding head (except on rare occasions.) 😂 I'm sorry I missed this. I have a lot less hair now. I was so nervous. Thanks for reminding me of one of the greatest experiences of my life. Biggest mistake of my life was not using my brother as my lifeline. The person I called wasn't home and his wife answered the phone. There's some guys on this site that would do very well on this show. You did awesome Matt! Great to know someone who was on that show! |
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Post by Renfield on Dec 17, 2023 11:41:38 GMT -5
Dr. John and Leon Redbone singing Frosty the Snowman. THE best version of this song. Love it! |
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Post by pippsheadache on Dec 20, 2023 20:57:30 GMT -5
I am a bit reluctant to get into a music thread when we have all of these new posters coming over obviously primarily to discuss baseball. I don't want to drive them away when they just got here. But Inger you have served up such a hanging curve for me with your post that I am incapable of leaving it alone. Lesley Gore. 1963. Man oh man she was everywhere. She had four Top Ten hits that year before she ever turned 17 -- "It's My Party," "Judy's Turn To Cry," "She's A Fool" and "You Don't Own Me." She was constantly turning up on "The Ed Sullivan Show" and later on "Shindig" and "Hullabaloo." She was the undisputed queen of teen girl angst. If you had asked almost any teenager in the mid-60s to name the first female vocalist to come to mind, the answer would have been Lesley Gore. It seems incongruous, but her early recordings were produced by Quincy Jones. A guy who worked with Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, Ray Charles, Sarah Vaughan, Dinah Washington, Gene Krupa, Count Basie, Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett and later with Michael Jackson and James Ingram and on up through Baby Face and Amy Winehouse. Yet there he was producing songs about jealous Johnny punching out some guy flirting with Lesley at her party or Lesley alone in her room crying over her most recent breakup in school. A dollar's a dollar I guess, and Quincy certainly guided her successfully. Lesley also recorded one of the first pop offerings from a then-unknown Marvin Hamlisch, a bouncy piece of fluff called "Sunshine, Lollipops and Rainbows" which was bad enough to be featured on an episode of "The Simpsons." Hamlisch also wrote her last big hit, 1967's "California Nights." Quick side note -- "You Don't Own Me" was written by two Philly boys, Dave White and John Madera, who had previously written "At The Hop" (White was in the band Danny and The Juniors) and later wrote "1,2,3" by Len Barry. 1963 was a good year for teen girl singers. Shortly before "It's My Party" came out, an even younger (15 years old) Little Peggy March (aka Margaret Battavio, another Philly kid) had a number one hit "I Will Follow Him." That is still the youngest age of any female singer to have a Billboard Number One. And at the end of 1963, three teenagers from Detroit had their first Billboard Top 40 hit -- The Supremes doing "When The Lovelight Starts Shining Through His Eyes." It's much more raw and driving than the kinds of songs that made them famous, and I think it's actually one of their best efforts. Lesley Gore (Goldstein) grew up in Tenafly, NJ. At least then (maybe it still is) it was an affluent NYC suburb. Lots of Yankees lived there during their playing days -- Yogi Berra, Gil McDougald, Don Mattingly, Tino Martinez off the top of my head. It was also in the turf of the late great MrG, who had some passing acquaintance with Lesley Gore (and also with Bob Gaudio of the Four Seasons, who went to the same high school. Gaudio is the tall keyboard player who co-wrote most of their hits.) Lesley Gore was also one of the performers in the first multi-act concert I ever went to, August 1963 at Steel Pier in Atlantic City, hosted by Cousin Brucie of WABC. Others on the bill were Lou Christie ("The Gypsy Cried" and "Two Faces Have I"), Jan and Dean (doing "Surf City"), The Crystals ("Da Doo Ron Ron" and "And Then He Kissed Me"), Jimmy Soul ("If You Wanna Be Happy") and Randy and The Rainbows ("Denise"). There was also some guy juggling and spinning plates on a stick, but I can't recall his name. Okay, enough of that. Thanks for indulging me. Back to baseball. |
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Post by kaybli on Dec 20, 2023 21:01:49 GMT -5
Hey don’t worry pipps. This is the dedicated music thread. You can talk music here anytime you want! The new posters might even join you. 🎶
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Post by pippsheadache on Dec 20, 2023 21:13:16 GMT -5
Hey don’t worry pipps. This is the dedicated music thread. You can talk music here anytime you want! The new posters might even join you. 🎶 Thanks Kaybli. Unfortunately the period I know most about pre-dates the musical interest of nearly all of the posters. There is a period in the 70s and early 80s when I coincide with more people. I'm good with Devo and The Police and even Quarterflash and The Go-Gos before I start to fade somewhere around the age of Nirvana and Green Day and Toad The Wet Sprocket and Jesus Jones. Oh yeah, and the Las. Love the Las. |
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Post by inger on Dec 20, 2023 21:13:47 GMT -5
I have a feeling we’ll discover more music fans among the new recruits…
Thanks for the synopsis of Leslie Gore as well as some of the other teeny-bopper gals of that era. Several familiar songs there as that was the first music I heard beyond my mother playing Larry Ferrari and Ed Sullivan’s guests… it definitely moved my six year old soul more than Larry Ferrari…
I still have a strong place in my heart for the old Dean Martin tunes, but Paul Williams is dead to me…
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Post by inger on Dec 20, 2023 21:18:18 GMT -5
Hey don’t worry pipps. This is the dedicated music thread. You can talk music here anytime you want! The new posters might even join you. 🎶 Thanks Kaybli. Unfortunately the period I know most about pre-dates the musical interest of nearly all of the posters. There is a period in the 70s and early 80s when I coincide with more people. I'm good with Devo and The Police and even Quarterflash and The Go-Gos before I start to fade somewhere around the age of Nirvana and Green Day and Toad The Wet Sprocket and Jesus Jones. Oh yeah, and the Las. Love the Las. Not even a mention of Jimmie Eat World… |
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Post by pippsheadache on Dec 20, 2023 21:20:28 GMT -5
I have a feeling we’ll discover more music fans among the new recruits… Thanks for the synopsis of Leslie Gore as well as some of the other teeny-bopper gals of that era. Several familiar songs there as that was the first music I heard beyond my mother playing Larry Ferrari and Ed Sullivan’s guests… it definitely moved my six year old soul more than Larry Ferrari… I still have a strong place in my heart for the old Dean Martin tunes, but Paul Williams is dead to me… Hey Inger, I'm sorry Larry Ferrari seeped down to Maryland from Philly. Sunday mornings on channel 6. Oh yeah, I love Dino's old stuff, especially "Ain't That A Kick In The Head" and of course "That's Amore." At the very pinnacle of The British Invasion in 1964, he still managed a huge pop hit with "Everybody Loves Somebody Sometime." Matt Helm was very cool, as was his TV show, sliding down the pole to his piano player Ken Lane when he felt a song coming on. Concur on Paul Williams. Sissy music. |
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Post by inger on Dec 20, 2023 21:27:23 GMT -5
I have a feeling we’ll discover more music fans among the new recruits… Thanks for the synopsis of Leslie Gore as well as some of the other teeny-bopper gals of that era. Several familiar songs there as that was the first music I heard beyond my mother playing Larry Ferrari and Ed Sullivan’s guests… it definitely moved my six year old soul more than Larry Ferrari… I still have a strong place in my heart for the old Dean Martin tunes, but Paul Williams is dead to me… Hey Inger, I'm sorry Larry Ferrari seeped down to Maryland from Philly. Sunday mornings on channel 6. Oh yeah, I love Dino's old stuff, especially "Ain't That A Kick In The Head" and of course "That's Amore." At the very pinnacle of The British Invasion in 1964, he still managed a huge pop hit with "Everybody Loves Somebody Sometime." Matt Helm was very cool, as was his TV show, sliding down the pole to his piano player Ken Lane when he felt a song coming on. Concur on Paul Williams. Sissy music. “I Take A Lot Of Pride In What I Am”… youtu.be/YQ90ZEJ83xs?si=hee7pNh7hAwltcNi |
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Post by inger on Dec 20, 2023 21:33:21 GMT -5
I have a feeling we’ll discover more music fans among the new recruits… Thanks for the synopsis of Leslie Gore as well as some of the other teeny-bopper gals of that era. Several familiar songs there as that was the first music I heard beyond my mother playing Larry Ferrari and Ed Sullivan’s guests… it definitely moved my six year old soul more than Larry Ferrari… I still have a strong place in my heart for the old Dean Martin tunes, but Paul Williams is dead to me… Hey Inger, I'm sorry Larry Ferrari seeped down to Maryland from Philly. Sunday mornings on channel 6. Oh yeah, I love Dino's old stuff, especially "Ain't That A Kick In The Head" and of course "That's Amore." At the very pinnacle of The British Invasion in 1964, he still managed a huge pop hit with "Everybody Loves Somebody Sometime." Matt Helm was very cool, as was his TV show, sliding down the pole to his piano player Ken Lane when he felt a song coming on. Concur on Paul Williams. Sissy music. I remember telling the guy that wound up being my best man at wedding numero uno about the Dean Martin Show (poor Mike passed suddenly a few months ago). He had never even heard of Dean Martin. He reported back to me that he loved the show. His take was this old man surrounded by hot chicks while imbibing reminded him of his favorites the “In Like Flynn” movies with Peter Sellers, which led me to watch those… Much love, Mike. I hope your spirit has the same smile your earthly persona did… |
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