Music I like, what do you like??
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Mick Doobie
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Those two songs...
The Rapper sounds like something maybe War would have done, Eric Burdon laying down a groovy vocal track. Ah Leah, I could have seen maybe done by The Tubes.
Funny thing, listening to The Rapper last night something occured to me. The chorus, that lick, and the cowbell, sounds an awful lot like Mississippi Queen by Mountain. Leslie West. Hm. I just looked, The Rapper released Jan 1970, Mississippi Queen, Feb 1970. Might be interesting to check wiki to see if upon release of the two if there was any finger pointing going on.
Mick Doobie
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Badass.
dogooder
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I played bass in a "wedding" band for awhile. We had a gal singing lead, she sang this song pretty darn good. I didn't know Cyndi Lauper did this?
Did she do it originally? Cyndi may be a little weird but damn she could sing. I see Roy Orbison did it also?
Did she do it originally? Cyndi may be a little weird but damn she could sing. I see Roy Orbison did it also?
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Mick Doobie
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TalismanRich
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It was the 60s, a time where you could experiment with anything, sometimes it got critical acclaim from the avant-garde press. (Number 9.. Number 9... Number 9) I'm sure it was a case of the drugs making it sound more cool than it turned out. Vanilla Fudge did some really nice reworks of other songs (Season of the Witch, Shotgun, Keep Me Hangin' On, Some Velvet Morning) In this case, the Beat didn't go on too well.
Speaking of the Fudge:
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TalismanRich
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DG, When I was a wee lad attending teen dances, I was at a local dance where a fellow from a local radio station tossed something like a half dozen albums out into the crowd. I managed to pull down a new album titled "Sailor" by a group called the Steve Miller Band. I took it home and put it on the Sony turntable and donned the headphones. VERY cool! My brother then bought Children of the Future, and I got Brave New World. Can't remember which one of us bought Your Saving Grace. We were both big Steve Miller fans.
dogooder
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I bought it when it came out and still think it is a damn good album. I love the lounge jazz and the constant theme in various motifs woven throughout. It didn't do well, not because it wasn't any good but because it was way above the average listener and had nothing to do with drugs. I love their harmonies. My wife says it sounds like they are in hell trying to get out. The bass player on most of my recordings hates their harmonies and sometimes he reminded me of them when we played and sang. He could do Edith singing the All in the Family theme "Those were the Days" song to a T, it would crack me up.
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dogooder
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This thread is great. Surfin the earliest ones and turn on "Sky Pilot". Then I turn on LIve At Leeds, My Generation, both playing at the same time. Okay great, lets see what else we can add lol. Reminds me of the days when I would drop and listen to more than one composition at the same time.