I was amazed to read in Keith Richards' autobiography that Bobby Goldsboro taught Keith a Jimmy Reed guitar trick. I can't even imagine the two of them conversing, let alone swapping electric guitar lore.
--Justin
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I was amazed to read in Keith Richards' autobiography that Bobby Goldsboro taught Keith a Jimmy Reed guitar trick. I can't even imagine the two of them conversing, let alone swapping electric guitar lore.
--Justin
Yeah, that seems about as likely as Bing Crosby and David Bowie performing a Christmas duet.
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The only thing I liked about the Lawrence Welk show though was the bubbles.
Lawrence Welk was the original gangsta.
"Tank you for dat lovely tune, let's a-boogaloo till we puke. Play dat funky musik, white boyce."
Lawrence Welk & my dad exchanged x-mas cards in the 60's & early 70's.
My dad was an amateur musician. Not sure where they met, though maybe my mom remembers.
"Turn off the bubble machine!"
My dad was an amateur musician. Not sure where they met, though maybe my mom remembers.
"Turn off the bubble machine!"
The only thing I liked about the Lawrence Welk show though was the bubbles.
Oh! When I was a wee sprout I couldn't WAIT for the bubbles, when my grandma used to watch that show.
I loved bubbles at that age!!!!
Also loved cows, which I apparently referred to as 'MooMoos". But definitely loved the bubbles.
And Laser Beam - good Welk imitation!
I would have thought she would have wound up with a heck of a lot of comedic material to mine.
Well, sentiment was in fashion then. It's out of fashion now, but I still dig it.
Well, in your opinion they might be 'classics'.
However, writer Dave Barry's readers apparently would disagree with you. I believe both songs were high vote-getters in his reader survey regarding the worst songs of all time - and were included in the subsequent book entitled Dave Barry's Book of Bad Songs - one of the most hilarious books I own.
And Dave Barry is a big fat idiot.
I grew up poor in a not-so-great part of Chicago and we had a b&w TV so I also watched Star Trek (and Happy Days, Lavern & Shirley and Mork & Mindy, Good Times, The Jeffersons, etc.) in B&W when I was a lad.
My mother is a big fan of musicals, so I've seen/heard more than my share of those as well. She does some community theatre and sends me DVDs of the productions though she's just background the majority of the time - she know's I'm not a big fan, but I like to humour her.
Well, the songs do cover a lot of human experience, so it seems like a musical reference for life. For a triple-record set it's incredibly tight excepting the last side which is more like a bunch of b-sides. "Saturn" is one of my faves, however.
Well, sentiment was in fashion then. It's out of fashion now, but I still dig it.
As much as I feel silly quoting an ad for Sky TV, there was a series of adverts featuring interview snippets with film stars talking about their favourite movie moments and thoughts on film. One that stuck with me was Anthony Hopkins stating that he enjoyed sentimental movies. I think he put it like, "People say that sentimental movies are sappy, but you know life is sentimental."
I can agree with that and as I've gotten older and more sentimental I've embraced that side of me and I'm not sorry to say I really enjoy some Al Green or Marvin Gaye from time to time. Hell, I think Lionel Richie's "Easy Like Sunday Morning" is great!
And Laser Beam - good Welk imitation!
I learned it from Robin Williams himself.
"And now, da lovely Lemon sisters gonna sing 'I Can't Get No Satisfaction'...thank ya girls, that was a bitchin' boss sound. Now let's hear it from da brothas in da band, each and every one o 'dem is a badass mutha..."
Wow...so you seriously do not see the difference between what I referred to above as the "thoughtful reminiscence" of guys like Al Green/Marvin Gaye and songs like "Seasons in the Sun", "Honey", and say..."Muskrat Love", which is in that same category?
In my mind, there is a huge difference between them, especially with regard to the maturity of the emotions expressed. But okay....by all means to each their own...
And by the way, the same holds true for movies (at least in my mind), not that that is the topic of this thread. For me, there is a big difference between mature sentiment (which is likely the sort of project Anthony Hopkins would be involved with - say, for example, "Remains of the Day", which is a sentimental, yet very well made film) and pure, syrup-laden schlock that even a tear-jerker fan such as myself would gag over.
At least that is how I see it.
I grew up listening to the records my parents played, which included a lot of original-cast albums of Broadway musicals. And I saw — and enjoyed — plenty of movie musicals on their original release, and dozens of older ones on TV. I mention this because a lot of younger people today seem to have an almost ingrained prejudice against musicals, and I’ve never been able to figure out why.
Heh. I use that phrase all the time.Well, sentiment was in fashion then. It's out of fashion now, but I still dig it.
As much as I feel silly quoting an ad for Sky TV, there was a series of adverts featuring interview snippets with film stars talking about their favourite movie moments and thoughts on film. One that stuck with me was Anthony Hopkins stating that he enjoyed sentimental movies. I think he put it like, "People say that sentimental movies are sappy, but you know life is sentimental."
I can agree with that and as I've gotten older and more sentimental I've embraced that side of me and I'm not sorry to say I really enjoy some Al Green or Marvin Gaye from time to time. Hell, I think Lionel Richie's "Easy Like Sunday Morning" is great!
These days, society is going through a hard phase. There's not much room for sentiment. People are terrified of appearing weak. It makes me sad."Alone Again (Naturally)" and "One Tin Soldier" are among my favorite songs.
Well, I don't know how "Muskrat Love" got in there, but "Seasons In The Sun" and "Honey" both express very mature sentiments. "Muskrat Love" is just silly and fun. It's odd that you can't tell the difference.
Which "Muskrat Love"? America and Captain & Tennille both did versions.
I probably heard the C&T version on their variety show, and the America version is on the Greatest Hits CD I have.
I probably heard the C&T version on their variety show, and the America version is on the Greatest Hits CD I have.
That's certainly all true, but Stevie Wonder chose the title to reflect the "odd" keys the songs were in. Sir Duke in B Major, I Wish in eb minor, Isn't She Lovely? in E Major, and so on.
The Captain & Tennille version was the one that was Top 40. I don't think America ever released it as a single. At least, I've never heard it on the radio.
I cannot say I'd listen to the latter songs myself so I guess I do distinguish between them, but if you were to turn on an "easy listening" station I expect you would hear both of them. On a soul station, probably not.
They did, in 1973. It placed in various "top" lists, anywhere from the lower 30's to the upper 60's, depending on the list.
1973 was a couple years before my radio listening days, so I know I probably never heard before I had the CD.
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