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Post by kungfuzu on Nov 22, 2020 20:37:49 GMT -8
Do any of you remember this song?
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Post by timothylane on Nov 22, 2020 20:52:41 GMT -8
I don't recognize the song, but it also mentions "Walk Away, Renee" and "Lazy Day", both of which I'm familiar with. In fact, when we went to a concert featuring the Association and the Lovin' Spoonful sponsored by local firefighters, the former sang "Walk Away, Renee" (though it wasn't one of their hit songs).
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Post by kungfuzu on Nov 22, 2020 20:56:22 GMT -8
I got sidetracked, but I was going to include "Walk Away, Renee." Here it is. I love both these songs.
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Post by kungfuzu on Nov 22, 2020 20:59:13 GMT -8
Another great song by a group I like. Spanky and Our Gang.
Another good song.
And finally, this one.
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Post by timothylane on Nov 22, 2020 21:04:50 GMT -8
The version I have is on an anthology CD called "Flower Power" and is slightly different and thus slightly inferior.
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Post by kungfuzu on Nov 22, 2020 21:10:10 GMT -8
The sixties were horrible in many ways, but there is no doubt that there was a huge flowering of music. As a result there was more good quality music written and performed during that decade than probably any decade before or since. There were many groups which produced one, two or several excellent songs and then faded, but what they produced could be wonderful.
There is no doubt that today's musicians are generally technically superior to those of the 1960s, but few today seem to have the creativity to come up with beautiful or even memorable music.
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Post by kungfuzu on Jan 4, 2021 13:14:41 GMT -8
Gerry Marsden of "Gerry and the Pacemakers" has died. He and his group were very big in the mid 1960s, both in the U.K. and America. I loved them. Here are two videos of them appearing on the Ed Sullivan show. I saw these appearances as they happened. As I recall, Sullivan considered Gerry and the Pacemakers the most polite group of English-Invasion musicians to appear on his program. The above is a partial from the Ed Sullivan Show. Below is the whole song on the BBC.
Here is the story of how "Ferry Cross the Mersey" came about.
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Post by timothylane on Jan 4, 2021 14:35:43 GMT -8
I'm familiar with both songs from our anthology MP3s, which have them. There may be others by them as well (the only one I specifically linked to them was "Ferry Cross the Mersey", which presumably indicates that they're Liverpudlians like the Beatles).
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Post by kungfuzu on Feb 1, 2024 19:42:43 GMT -8
It has been some time since I read Mark Steyn's blog, which I once did on a regular basis. I don't know why I stopped reading it. Perhaps because there was so much news going on around the world that it dropped off my reading list. For some reason, I looked in on his blog last week and was gratified to see that his long-delayed day in court had finally come round. The scumbag Michael Mann sued NRO and Steyn for a piece he wrote for NRO about 12 years ago. NRO being the scurrilous-backboneless-faux-conservative-pimps for the moneyed class that they are, dropped Steyn and decided to settle the case on the side. Steyn, being a man of honor and virtue decided to stand his ground and has had to spend his fortune on the constant delays and such which have been thrown in his way by the D.C. court. In the meantime, he has had three heart attacks and is acting as his own counsel. I pray he triumphs and then goes after Mann and if possible NRO. That said, I looked over his webpage and came upon an article which exemplifies the excellent quality of Steyn's work in the area he performs best. Nobody else covers music like this. The Look of Love |
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Post by Brad Nelson on Feb 2, 2024 13:55:44 GMT -8
Diana Krall is not hard on the eyes. In that song, she is practically having sex, there and then, with her audience. Yep. That's the version I immediately thought of when recalling this song. By coincidence, she was on a rerun of The Carol Burnett Show the other night. I never liked her severe hair but she had a wonderful voice. I, too, happened by chance to read one of Steyn's musings on a song. The song was Buttons and Bows. Very good article. I'm still working my way through the movie. Jane Russell. Va-voom. |
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Post by kungfuzu on Feb 2, 2024 15:14:40 GMT -8
Mdm. Flu saw Warwick live in Perth, Australia many years back. Mdm. Flu's comment and Warwick was, "a great singer, but lousy entertainer" or something to that effect.
I like the original by Dusty Springfield, but this is my favorite version.
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Post by Brad Nelson on Feb 3, 2024 9:31:15 GMT -8
That's a real nice version by Dusty Springfield. I piped via Bluetooth to my stereo and it sounded great.
By coincidence I saw that on the Filmrise Music channel (via the Sling TV service...perhaps you can find this for free on Roku) there is a Diana Krall concert. "Live in Rio." I literally caught the very end where there was an empty stage and fading applause. At 10:40 am this morning it will be replayed. I'm going to try to watch some of it.
Interesting distinction between "great singer" and "lousy entertainer." I can't think of anyone else who comes to mind in that regard. But there must be a few.
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Post by kungfuzu on Feb 3, 2024 15:01:59 GMT -8
In short, Mdm. Flu observed that Warwick was very robotic. She sang one song after another with almost no interaction with the audience. No charisma at all. Like she was bored. Might as well have been a phonograph.
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Post by kungfuzu on Sept 6, 2024 18:32:41 GMT -8
Just read that Sergio Mendes has died. I remember when he and Brazil 66 burst upon the music scene in America. I was always a fan.
A few years back I saw some program about his career. He was interviewed and talked about his development and success. Of course, there was a fair amount of his music included.
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Post by Brad Nelson on Sept 6, 2024 19:02:30 GMT -8
That first video: Back when women used to be women. Very refreshing. And two of my favorites: silver and gold. Can't say I've listened to much Sergio over the years. I'll get my little brother looking out for some old vinyl of his.
Red and Yellow ain't bad either in that second video. I wonder of those are the same babes. If they are lip-syncing they are very good at it.
Now, Mr. Kung, could I see a pair in burgundy and green?
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Post by kungfuzu on Sept 6, 2024 19:43:03 GMT -8
Mendes changed band members fairly often. I am sure the chicks in the second video are not the same as those in the first. I didn't have to look at their faces or listen to the voices to notice, although I did both. 
I believe neither video is "live" in the sense we think of.
The girls' voices in the first are clearly run through some electronics as, I believe, are those in the second.
In the second video, Mendes is seated at a grand piano, but the audio is that of an electric piano. Note the difference between the piano sound in the first and the second, although they are ostensibly both grands. There is also some background accompaniment going on.
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Post by Brad Nelson on Sept 7, 2024 8:19:39 GMT -8
So, maybe Don Henley isn't the chiseling fraudster that many think he is for substituting pre-recorded vocals for ostensibly live ones. This kind of manipulation has been going on for a long time apparently. Still, the show much go on. And it's all about putting on a good show.
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Post by kungfuzu on Sept 7, 2024 10:21:21 GMT -8
Live TV caused heart attacks for the cast, crew and producers in the early days. The object of taped TV was to get a good product in front of the audience regardless how many takes. I would guess that virtually all guest bands appearing on shows like The Ed Sullivan Show were dubbed. I would have to go back and watch them to see if I am correct.
I remember the first time I saw something different. This was a clip of the Beatles not pretending to play their instruments, rather fooling around in, what they hoped, was an entertaining way. It was a precursor to the 1980s music videos. I believe it was for the song, "Day Tripper" or "Ticket to Ride." As I recall, the announcer introduced the clip saying that the law in the U.K. had changed and bands had to actually be playing their instruments if they wanted to film them as such.
I can't help but have great respect for show bands like those of the Tonight Show. Doc Severinsen was a real musician. By the way, he is still alive.
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Post by Brad Nelson on Sept 7, 2024 13:55:15 GMT -8
That's good to hear. I was just the other night watching Johnny interview Bob Newhart. Ed must have been away that day because Doc was in the third seat and Newhart made a few funny quips about Doc...but also (strange for him) quite seriously said that Doc and his band were fantastic performers, or something like that.
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Post by Brad Nelson on Sept 19, 2024 7:29:43 GMT -8
I watched this video that supposedly explained the conflict between Simon and Garfunkel. I can't say that it really accomplished that in a specific way. I don't recommend it. It would be a waste of time. However, I was interested in the musical history of it all.
And then I read the comments by what I call vast number of ignorant people. Artie was better. No, Paul was better. Artie was lucky to have accidentally met Paul in school. Any competent singer could have sang his song. Etc.
Having watched my older brother in his on-stage musical endeavors (no matter how humble), none of these conflicts is a particular mystery to me. I wrote:
What's your take on this, Mr. Kung?
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