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Title: 29 Sept 2006: "sittin around in 1973" sez Dave
Post by: mshray on September 29, 2006, 09:57:50 AM
and I'll be sittin' around in a  worthless meeting.  $@#%&!
Title: Re: 29 Sept 2006: "sittin around in the 70's" sez
Post by: RGMike on September 29, 2006, 10:03:01 AM
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and I'll be sittin' around in a  worthless meeting.  $@#%&!


yer missing 1973 -- but "I'm Doin' Fine"! BOS NYC
Title: Re: 29 Sept 2006: "sittin around in the 70's" sez
Post by: urth on September 29, 2006, 10:06:29 AM
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and I'll be sittin' around in a  worthless meeting.  $@#%&!


yer missing 1973 -- but "I'm Doin' Fine"! BOS NYC


Is Long Train Runnin' #2? I just tuned in--cow orker interruption---grrr.
Title: 29 Sept 2006: "sittin around in 1973" sez Dave
Post by: RGMike on September 29, 2006, 10:06:49 AM
damn, that segue -- "I'm Doin' Fine" into "Long Train Runnin'" -- is the Summer of '73 writ large, for me...  the only thing missing is Gilbert O's "Get Down".
Title: 29 Sept 2006: "sittin around in 1973" sez Dave
Post by: RGMike on September 29, 2006, 10:10:34 AM
BOS2 Martha Mitchell -- can't WAIT to see Streep do that monologue in the movie.  That'll win her another Oscar, for sure.
Title: 29 Sept 2006: "sittin around in 1973" sez Dave
Post by: Davefish on September 29, 2006, 10:13:03 AM
BOS for Time, even though we've heard it a million times.  It's just an amazing record.
Title: 29 Sept 2006: "sittin around in 1973" sez Dave
Post by: RGMike on September 29, 2006, 10:14:30 AM
Hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way.  BOS3 PF.
Title: 29 Sept 2006: "sittin around in 1973" sez Dave
Post by: RGMike on September 29, 2006, 10:16:10 AM
BOS4 "Bloo Collah"

I've never understood, tho' --- is he caiming to BE blue collar, or is is addressing a blue collar guy who (he thinks) just can't fathom what it's like to be a creative artistic type?  if the latter, that's pretty obnoxious.
Title: 29 Sept 2006: "sittin around in 1973" sez Dave
Post by: urth on September 29, 2006, 10:18:10 AM
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Hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way.  BOS3 PF.


That was exactly the line I was going to quote--one of the more insightful descriptions of the state of Being British. Stiff upper lip and all that.
Title: 29 Sept 2006: "sittin around in 1973" sez Dave
Post by: RGMike on September 29, 2006, 10:19:21 AM
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Hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way.  BOS3 PF.


That was exactly the line I was going to quote--one of the more insightful descriptions of the state of Being British. Stiff upper lip and all that.


tally ho! pip pip! Bob's yer uncle!
Title: 29 Sept 2006: "sittin around in 1973" sez Dave
Post by: urth on September 29, 2006, 10:21:16 AM
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Hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way.  BOS3 PF.


That was exactly the line I was going to quote--one of the more insightful descriptions of the state of Being British. Stiff upper lip and all that.


tally ho! pip pip! Bob's yer uncle!


If you read Get Fuzzy in the comics page, they've been dealing with the incomprehensibility of British slang--cockney and otherwise--to Americans.
Title: 29 Sept 2006: "sittin around in 1973" sez Dave
Post by: RGMike on September 29, 2006, 10:23:04 AM
She was black as the night
Stories were whiter than white

And I still say Janis Ian adressed the problem far more impressively in 1967.
Title: 29 Sept 2006: "sittin around in 1973" sez Dave
Post by: urth on September 29, 2006, 10:26:08 AM
"There's a set goin' strong, lots o' things goin on..."

No kidding, Curtis. BOS Superfly.
Title: 29 Sept 2006: "sittin around in 1973" sez Dave
Post by: RGMike on September 29, 2006, 10:27:30 AM
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"There's a set goin' strong, lots o' things goin on..."

No kidding, Curtis. BOS Superfly.


Was this still on the charts in early '73?  I think of this as a '72 song but it could be an overlapper. But I'll BOS5 anyway.
Title: 29 Sept 2006: "sittin around in 1973" sez Dave
Post by: mshray on September 29, 2006, 10:29:43 AM
Thank heavens for cow orkers who actually know enough to keep their traps shut when it's clearly a pointless waste-of-time meeting, back out in time for the tail end of Mr. Mayfield.
Title: 29 Sept 2006: "sittin around in 1973" sez Dave
Post by: urth on September 29, 2006, 10:32:48 AM
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"There's a set goin' strong, lots o' things goin on..."

No kidding, Curtis. BOS Superfly.


Was this still on the charts in early '73?  I think of this as a '72 song but it could be an overlapper. But I'll BOS5 anyway.


I associate it with the fall of 72, but I suppose it could have lingered into 73.

From AMG:

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Selling over a million copies as the follow-up to the gold single "Freddie's Dead," "Superfly" went gold, peaking at number five R&B and number eight pop in late 1972. The Superfly LP went gold, topping the R&B charts for six weeks and the pop chart for four weeks. A tidbit for movie buffs.
Title: 29 Sept 2006: "sittin around in 1973" sez Dave
Post by: RGMike on September 29, 2006, 10:34:43 AM
BOS6 the Cat Man.

OMG! Dr Hook's on the cover of Scientific American!
Title: 29 Sept 2006: "sittin around in 1973" sez Dave
Post by: mshray on September 29, 2006, 10:35:48 AM
Rock And Roll!!!!!!!!!
Title: 29 Sept 2006: "sittin around in 1973" sez Dave
Post by: yessongs on September 29, 2006, 10:38:34 AM
BOS:   Paul Simon
BOS2:  Every other song in this set!!!!!
Title: 29 Sept 2006: "sittin around in 1973" sez Dave
Post by: RGMike on September 29, 2006, 10:39:03 AM
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Rock And Roll!!!!!!!!!


sex and drugs and... Kodachrome!  oh, fudge it -- 10 way tie!
Title: 29 Sept 2006: "sittin around in 1973" sez Dave
Post by: urth on September 29, 2006, 10:41:12 AM
And BOSX+1 for the Strawbs. Is this #10?
Title: 29 Sept 2006: "sittin around in 1973" sez Dave
Post by: mshray on September 29, 2006, 10:41:20 AM
'lay me down' one more BOS vote
Title: 29 Sept 2006: "sittin around in 1973" sez Dave
Post by: RGMike on September 29, 2006, 10:41:42 AM
lovely, lovely Strawbs. Find a best-of of theirs if you can.
Title: 29 Sept 2006: "sittin around in 1973" sez Dave
Post by: yessongs on September 29, 2006, 10:41:45 AM
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Rock And Roll!!!!!!!!!


sex and drugs and... Kodachrome!  oh, fudge it -- 10 way tie!


I never quite understood the lyrics to Kodachrome ... but still loved it anyway.
Title: 29 Sept 2006: "sittin around in 1973" sez Dave
Post by: RGMike on September 29, 2006, 10:46:30 AM
OMG, Dr Hook wins BOS -- I feel a Big Rick snark attack in the wings.
Title: list
Post by: ggould on September 29, 2006, 09:35:37 PM
9/29/2006 - FRIDAY!!! A visit to...1973!!!
 
1.   N.Y.C. - I'm Doin' Fine Now      
2.   Doobie Brothers - Long Train Runnin'      
3.   Pink Floyd - Time      
4.   BTO - Blue Collar      
5.   Stories - Brother Louie      
6.   Curtis Mayfield - Superfly      
7.   Cat Stevens - The Hurt      
8.   Dr. Hook - Cover of the Rolling Stone (BEST OF SET!!)
9.   Paul Simon - Kodachrome      
10.   Strawbs - Lay Down
Title: 29 Sept 2006: "sittin around in 1973" sez Dave
Post by: Gazoo on September 30, 2006, 06:34:30 AM
Quote from: "RGMike"
She was black as the night
Stories were whiter than white

And I still say Janis Ian adressed the problem far more impressively in 1967.


TANC: "Society's Child (Baby I've Been Thinking)" was one of the songs I was listening to while strolling Boston's Back Bay Thursday afternoon.  I had a compilation of 1967-1969 pop songs, many of which had some sort of baroque/harpsichordy constructions ("Love Is Blue," etc.).

PS: Geoff, thanks for deleting the spambot post from yesterday.  I know I get paranoid and impatient about that stuff but I've seen how such invasions can utterly ruin message boards.  Your work remains greatly appreciated.
Title: Re: list
Post by: Alicat on September 30, 2006, 11:03:03 AM
Quote from: "ggould"
9/29/2006 - FRIDAY!!! A visit to...1973!!!
 
1.   N.Y.C. - I'm Doin' Fine Now      
2.   Doobie Brothers - Long Train Runnin'      
3.   Pink Floyd - Time      
4.   BTO - Blue Collar      
5.   Stories - Brother Louie      
6.   Curtis Mayfield - Superfly      
7.   Cat Stevens - The Hurt      
8.   Dr. Hook - Cover of the Rolling Stone (BEST OF SET!!)
9.   Paul Simon - Kodachrome      
10.   Strawbs - Lay Down


hooray for the replay!
BOS Floyd, Mayfield, Cat, Hook and Kodachrome.

I was listening to all of these. Probably on KFRC.