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Post by pippsheadache on Jan 3, 2024 10:06:40 GMT -5
kaybli -- I finished the first part of my assignment. I preferred "Mellow My Man" to the other one. It was a little more accessible for a guy who grew up listening to Jan and Dean and The Four Seasons. Some elements of progressive jazz instrumentation, which I do like. I'll keep plugging! Thanks for the tutorial.
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Post by kaybli on Jan 3, 2024 10:10:26 GMT -5
kaybli -- I finished the first part of my assignment. I preferred "Mellow My Man" to the other one. It was a little more accessible for a guy who grew up listening to Jan and Dean and The Four Seasons. Some elements of progressive jazz instrumentation, which I do like. I'll keep plugging! Thanks for the tutorial. No problem pipps! Glad you enjoyed.
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Post by pippsheadache on Jan 3, 2024 10:27:18 GMT -5
I liked both of those covers more than I thought I would, especially since I really like the originals. I'd forgotten about Joan Osborne --"One Of Us" came right near the end of when I still tried to keep up, written by Eric Bazilian of The Hooters who were huge in the Philly area. I was amazed at how much a white woman could sound like a black man, but she really did sound a lot like Jimmy Ruffin. Of course it helped being backed by The Funk Brothers and those backup vocalists -- remnants of The Andantes perchance? She is quite versatile, as I am sure you know -- anybody who can credibly handle both Motown and The Grand Ole Opry deserves a tip of the topper. Alison Krauss is such a cutie, and I liked her respectful take on "Baby Now That I've Found You." Well done. Foundations lead singer Clem Curtis had a compelling voice. He has to be one of the few people in the world who had careers as an interior decorator, a professional boxer and an internationally-famous vocalist. I also liked The Foundations' other songs like "Back On My Feet Again" and "Build Me Up Buttercup" and "Bad Bad Old Days" and "I Can Take Or Leave Your Loving." Jimmy Ruffin's other big hit from around 1966 was "I've Passed This Way Before." He had a comeback of sorts in the early 80s with a Robin Gibb-penned song called "Hold On To My Love." He was a bigger star in the UK than in the US. |
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Post by pippsheadache on Jan 3, 2024 10:28:53 GMT -5
kaybli -- I finished the first part of my assignment. I preferred "Mellow My Man" to the other one. It was a little more accessible for a guy who grew up listening to Jan and Dean and The Four Seasons. Some elements of progressive jazz instrumentation, which I do like. I'll keep plugging! Thanks for the tutorial. No problem pipps! Glad you enjoyed.
We'll turn you into a hip hop head yet. Old Men With Attitude (O.M.W.A.) Have to up my profanity quotient. |
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Post by azbob643 on Jan 3, 2024 10:37:48 GMT -5
I liked both of those covers more than I thought I would, especially since I really like the originals. I'd forgotten about Joan Osborne --"One Of Us" came right near the end of when I still tried to keep up, written by Eric Bazilian of The Hooters who were huge in the Philly area. I was amazed at how much a white woman could sound like a black man, but she really did sound a lot like Jimmy Ruffin. Of course it helped being backed by The Funk Brothers and those backup vocalists -- remnants of The Andantes perchance? She is quite versatile, as I am sure you know -- anybody who can credibly handle both Motown and The Grand Ole Opry deserves a tip of the topper. Alison Krauss is such a cutie, and I liked her respectful take on "Baby Now That I've Found You." Well done. Foundations lead singer Clem Curtis had a compelling voice. He has to be one of the few people in the world who had careers as an interior decorator, a professional boxer and an internationally-famous vocalist. I also liked The Foundations' other songs like "Back On My Feet Again" and "Build Me Up Buttercup" and "Bad Bad Old Days" and "I Can Take Or Leave Your Loving." Jimmy Ruffin's other big hit from around 1966 was "I've Passed This Way Before." He had a comeback of sorts in the early 80s with a Robin Gibb-penned song called "Hold On To My Love." He was a bigger star in the UK than in the US. Local Philly guy Tim Moore wrote and recorded "Second Avenue"...a beautifully sad song. Unfortunately, it was also recorded by Art Garfunkel and released before Moore's (much better IMO) original rendition. Competing for airtime, neither did very well. www.youtube.com/watch?v=wO4TVIZQ5hw |
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Post by kaybli on Jan 3, 2024 10:38:17 GMT -5
No problem pipps! Glad you enjoyed.
We'll turn you into a hip hop head yet. Old Men With Attitude (O.M.W.A.) Have to up my profanity quotient. lol
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Post by pippsheadache on Jan 3, 2024 10:42:21 GMT -5
Bomber, another one from the early days of MTV who was a one-hit wonder was Martin Briley, who did "Salt In My Tears." That was a funny video in heavy rotation in the days of Martha Quinn and JJ Jackson and Nita Blackwood. Actually, Briley's mentor, Arthur Brown, was another one-hit wonder with "Fire." "I am the god of hellfire." Did The Vapors have any hits beyond "Turning Japanese?" Musical Youth "Pass The Dutchie" was a OHW in the US, although they had one or two others in the UK. Wow, what memories!! I think I used to watch MTV as much to see Martha Quinn and Nina Blackwood as I did to see the videos. Yeah, Nina and Martha were more fun to watch than Kurt Loder or Mark Goodman. I really liked the early days of MTV, when they actually played music constantly. Everybody knows the first MTV video, but it's a more select group that knows the second one after The Buggles. It was Pat Benatar's version of "You Better Run." The first video to be repeated was The Who "You Better You Bet." Rod Stewart had the most videos played in the first 24 hours -- 11 different videos comprising 16 total plays. There wasn't such a large library of videos yet, but that changed pretty quickly. I missed the first two months of MTV because I didn't have cable until we moved to Washington DC in October of 1981. One of the videos I most associate with the early days is "Back On The Chain Gang" by The Pretenders. I recall some music critic saying it was the first time he had seen a video that enhanced rather than detracted from the song. |
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Post by pippsheadache on Jan 3, 2024 10:45:53 GMT -5
I liked both of those covers more than I thought I would, especially since I really like the originals. I'd forgotten about Joan Osborne --"One Of Us" came right near the end of when I still tried to keep up, written by Eric Bazilian of The Hooters who were huge in the Philly area. I was amazed at how much a white woman could sound like a black man, but she really did sound a lot like Jimmy Ruffin. Of course it helped being backed by The Funk Brothers and those backup vocalists -- remnants of The Andantes perchance? She is quite versatile, as I am sure you know -- anybody who can credibly handle both Motown and The Grand Ole Opry deserves a tip of the topper. Alison Krauss is such a cutie, and I liked her respectful take on "Baby Now That I've Found You." Well done. Foundations lead singer Clem Curtis had a compelling voice. He has to be one of the few people in the world who had careers as an interior decorator, a professional boxer and an internationally-famous vocalist. I also liked The Foundations' other songs like "Back On My Feet Again" and "Build Me Up Buttercup" and "Bad Bad Old Days" and "I Can Take Or Leave Your Loving." Jimmy Ruffin's other big hit from around 1966 was "I've Passed This Way Before." He had a comeback of sorts in the early 80s with a Robin Gibb-penned song called "Hold On To My Love." He was a bigger star in the UK than in the US. Local Philly guy Tim Moore wrote and recorded "Second Avenue"...a beautifully sad song. Unfortunately, it was also recorded by Art Garfunkel and released before Moore's (much better IMO) original rendition. Competing for airtime, neither did very well. www.youtube.com/watch?v=wO4TVIZQ5hwBob, I have been a fan of Tim Moore since the early 70s. Do you have some Philly connection? Because I don't think he was well-known outside of the area. I agree Tim's version is much more moving and personal than Garfunkel's. Songs I remember liking from Moore's first album in addition to "Second Avenue" were "Love Enough" and "Sister Lilac." I thought he would become much bigger, but you could say that about a million musicians. |
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Post by bomberhojoe on Jan 3, 2024 10:52:54 GMT -5
On the topic of sad songs, did anyone mention "Tears in Heaven"? This one was made even sadder by the story that inspired Clapton to write it.
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Post by pippsheadache on Jan 3, 2024 10:52:57 GMT -5
I know you're a Traffic guy Chi, even though they were before your time. So much talent in that group, especially Steve Winwood and Jim Capaldi and Dave Mason. Hard to believe that this was Winwood's second major group and he was barely 19 when they formed after he left Spencer Davis Group, of which "Gimme Some Lovin'" was the main hit song. And then on to the short-lived Blind Faith along with Clapton, Ginger Baker and Ric Grech, who also did time with Traffic. Occasionally somebody prints out one of those rock band family trees and Winwood and Clapton are all over the place. Yeah, Winwood and Clapton are talented guys but they liked to jump around when it came to working in other bands and with other people. Winwood co-wrote songs, like "I'm a Man" and "Gimme Some Lovin'" when he was still a teenager. By the way, the group Chicago did a great cover of "I'm a Man" on their debut album. I remember that Chicago version very well. When I was in college their albums were just about the most ubiquitous around. They didn't expend much energy coming up with titles for them, though. I guess you could say the same about Led Zeppelin, another universally present musical force in those days. |
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Post by pippsheadache on Jan 3, 2024 10:54:58 GMT -5
On the topic of sad songs, did anyone mention "Tears in Heaven"? This one was made even sadder by the story that inspired Clapton to write it. Yeah, that one was a little too real to laugh about. Not like "Leader Of The Pack." Or the spoof of that song "Leader Of The Laundromat" by The Detergents. |
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Post by azbob643 on Jan 3, 2024 10:55:56 GMT -5
Local Philly guy Tim Moore wrote and recorded "Second Avenue"...a beautifully sad song. Unfortunately, it was also recorded by Art Garfunkel and released before Moore's (much better IMO) original rendition. Competing for airtime, neither did very well. www.youtube.com/watch?v=wO4TVIZQ5hwBob, I have been a fan of Tim Moore since the early 70s. Do you have some Philly connection? Because I don't think he was well-known outside of the area. I agree Tim's version is much more moving and personal than Garfunkel's. Songs I remember liking from Moore's first album in addition to "Second Avenue" were "Love Enough" and "Sister Lilac." I thought he would become much bigger, but you could say that about a million musicians. Like you, I expected him to become huge. Never happened...can't explain why. Last I looked for him he was playing somewhere in Vegas. Yes..."Love Enough" & "Sister Lilac" were very good, as was "Charmer", which as I recall won some type of award on an early "American Idol-like" songwriters TV show. The only Philly connection I have is thru music. In fact, I was living in SoCal when I first heard "Second Avenue". Don't remember where I heard it, but I immediately looked for and found the album. It was eventually "lost", but I was able to find the CD, which I still have somewhere. |
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Post by pippsheadache on Jan 3, 2024 11:02:24 GMT -5
I'll throw out a few more curiosities from the Sunshine Pop genre before I have to go. Wonder if anyone remembers any of these from the late 60s, all moderately successful.
"Sunshine Girl" by The Parade.
"Yellow Balloon" by Yellow Balloon (featuring Don Grady of My Three Sons fame.)
"I Could Be So Good To You" by Don and the Goodtimes.
"Back On The Street Again" by The Sunshine Company.
"Baby You Come Rolling Across My Mind" by The Peppermint Trolley Company. Not to be confused with..
"Will You Be Staying After Sunday" by the Peppermint Rainbow.
Most people don't remember these, even people who were around at the time, but they all charted nationally.
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Post by pippsheadache on Jan 3, 2024 11:07:19 GMT -5
Bob, I have been a fan of Tim Moore since the early 70s. Do you have some Philly connection? Because I don't think he was well-known outside of the area. I agree Tim's version is much more moving and personal than Garfunkel's. Songs I remember liking from Moore's first album in addition to "Second Avenue" were "Love Enough" and "Sister Lilac." I thought he would become much bigger, but you could say that about a million musicians. Like you, I expected him to become huge. Never happened...can't explain why. Last I looked for him he was playing somewhere in Vegas. Yes..."Love Enough" & "Sister Lilac" were very good, as was "Charmer", which as I recall won some type of award on an early "American Idol-like" songwriters TV show. The only Philly connection I have is thru music. In fact, I was living in SoCal when I first heard "Second Avenue". Don't remember where I heard it, but I immediately looked for and found the album. It was eventually "lost", but I was able to find the CD, which I still have somewhere. We were listening to the same stuff. I don't suppose you had The Electric Prunes album from a few years earlier? Early psychedelia. "I Had Too Much To Dream Last Night" and "Get Me To The World On Time." Lots of pretentious stuff on the liner notes, something along the lines of "Hail to thee, Electric Prunes" or some such nonsense. Harmless fun. |
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Post by chiyankee on Jan 3, 2024 11:09:25 GMT -5
On the topic of sad songs, did anyone mention "Tears in Heaven"? This one was made even sadder by the story that inspired Clapton to write it. Just heartbreaking. As a parent, I couldn't imagine how awful that would be to go through. |
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