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Main Discussion Area => KFOG's 10@10 => Topic started by: RGMike on March 29, 2013, 07:29:00 AM
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renee's clue: "the last episode of All in the Family aired". Assuming she hasn't conflated Archie Bunker's Place with AITF, that would mean 1979.
Predictions: "Cruel to Be Kind", "My Sharona", "Heart of Glass", something from The Wall.
Wish list: BeeGees "Love You Inside Out", Cher "Take Me home", Shoes "Too late", XTC "10 Feet tall", David Johanssen "Melody", Kermit, "Rainbow Connection"
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wow: nice start with JJ, "Friday" -- a worthy TOTHK (despite the censorship of "shit"). BOS1.
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Joe Jackson "Friday"
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Joe Jackson "Friday"
A fine TOTHK.
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ZZ Top "Cheap Sunglasses"
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borderline LN: ZZT in they cheap sunglasses. They come into classes. they're sweet as molasses. these rhymes are made by asses.
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The Clash "Lost in the Supermarket"
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BOS2 Clash, "Lost in the Supermarket" -- if only Renee could buy "guaranteed personality" at Safeway.
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Atlanta Rhythm Section "Spooky"
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VHM ARS's smooth but rather unnecessary remake of "Spooky"
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BOS for "10". I enjoyed that one, though the commercial is kinda lame.
Very good set so far, I reckon. I'm enjoying every sandwich tune.
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The Eagles "The Long Run"
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VHM ARS's smooth but rather unnecessary remake of "Spooky"
There are certainly hundreds if not thousands of more worthy songs from 1979 than this one.
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Oy: uber-uber-uber-LN the Iggles. In the long run, just about anything else from this LP (well, except "Heartache Tonite") woulda been a cool rarity. I'm partial to "The Greeks Don't want No Freaks" myself.
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a 10:30 meeting beckons. But VHM the gay rights clip.
BOS3 Herb Alpert!
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Herb Alpert "Rise"
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Oy: uber-uber-uber-LN the Iggles. In the long run, just about anything else from this LP (well, except "Heartache Tonite") woulda been a cool rarity. I'm partial to "The Greeks Don't want No Freaks" myself.
That would be a welcome revelation. I dig Those Shoes, personally.
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Herb Alpert "Rise"
Good to hear, though funny thing about this tune, the trumpet is the weakest link in the song. Not the playing so much as the chart itself.
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a 10:30 meeting beckons. But VHM the gay rights clip.
BOS3 Herb Alpert!
A Dave-worthy segue!
Really hoping the Clash and JJ tunes weren't the only nods we get to punk/new wave today.
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Herb Alpert "Rise"
Good to hear, though funny thing about this tune, the trumpet is the weakest link in the song. Not the playing so much as the chart itself.
Herb was never exactly Freddie Hubbard or Maynard Ferguson, but he did own the label so I assume he was granted a bit of slack.
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Pink Floyd "Run Like Hell"
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Herb Alpert "Rise"
Good to hear, though funny thing about this tune, the trumpet is the weakest link in the song. Not the playing so much as the chart itself.
Herb was never exactly Freddie Hubbard or Maynard Ferguson, but he did own the label so I assume he was granted a bit of slack.
Indeed. This is much more in the mold of Chuck Mangione's "Feels So Good", which is pretty lightweight too, but has probably twice as many notes as "Rise" ;)
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Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers "Here Comes My Girl"
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Haha, love that ad for "Tomorrow's Stars", which I've never heard of.
John Ritter hosts with Cheryl Tiegs, somebody else and the Captain and Tenille!
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The Cars "It's All I Can Do"
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HM for not overplayed "It's All I Can Do" from the Cars.
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Herb Alpert "Rise"
Good to hear, though funny thing about this tune, the trumpet is the weakest link in the song. Not the playing so much as the chart itself.
Herb was never exactly Freddie Hubbard or Maynard Ferguson, but he did own the label so I assume he was granted a bit of slack.
Indeed. This is much more in the mold of Chuck Mangione's "Feels So Good", which is pretty lightweight too, but has probably twice as many notes as "Rise" ;)
He probably needed a breather from all his work with the Tijuana Brass. :)
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ELO "Don't Bring Me Down"
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So much for "rarities" this set. If I had to guess I'd say that only the Joe Jackson and ARS tracks didn't sell a million-plus. (Albums, not singles, that is.)
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So much for "rarities" this set. If I had to guess I'd say that only the Joe Jackson and ARS tracks didn't sell a million-plus.
Hey, don't bring me down, Brrrrrrruce. You don't mind if I call you Bruce, do ya? (Do ya do ya?)
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Not a bad set.
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Renee sez Pink Floyd gets BOS.
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Renee sez Pink Floyd gets BOS.
figures -- the song most-frequently-(over-)played on K-Fox and The Bone.
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For me 1979 is a shoulder year, as popular music climbs out of the pit that was the late '70s.
So I wasn't expecting much, and I wasn't disappointed. It was very rock-centric, ignoring
then-current musical trends like punk, funk, and disco. I'm not sure how to rate 10@10 sets
these days. Should I grade on a curve, or stick to strict standards of excellence?
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For me 1979 is a shoulder year, as popular music climbs out of the pit that was the late '70s.
So I wasn't expecting much, and I wasn't disappointed. It was very rock-centric, ignoring
then-current musical trends like punk, funk, and disco. I'm not sure how to rate 10@10 sets
these days. Should I grade on a curve, or stick to strict standards of excellence?
I am conflicted about late 70's sets, especially 77 and 78. But I became a Joe Jackson fan almost immediately, which helped with the transition to "new wave".
I grade sets on a whim. If I enoyed it, YAY. But I'm not that much of a geek. I am more of an enthusiast.
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I am conflicted about late 70's sets, especially 77 and 78. But I became a Joe Jackson fan almost immediately, which helped with the transition to "new wave".
I grade sets on a whim. If I enoyed it, YAY. But I'm not that much of a geek. I am more of an enthusiast.
I am not conflicted at all. 1976, 1977, and 1978 were all poor years for
pop/rock, in my opinion. Of course, one can always cherry-pick a set of
good tunes -- no year is completely void of worthwhile material -- but overall
it was a bad time for the mainstream. The truly interesting stuff was happening
in other genres. And in apparent contradiction to this, some of my all-time
favorite albums were released in those years.
If I grade RR sets to DM or even AL standards, then they almost always fail. If
I grade them against themselves, some will be above average. (I'm speaking
in general here; I don't have a formal grading system for 10@10 sets.)
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so, no list?
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so, no list?
Sorry, I'm avoiding FB during work hours.
1. Joe Jackson - Friday
2. ZZ Top - Cheap Sunglasses
3. The Clash - Lost In The Supermarket
(Movie: "10")
4. Atlanta Rhythm Section - Spooky
5. The Eagles - The Long Run
(News: Gays march for equality.)
6. Herb Alpert - Rise
7. Pink Floyd - Run Like Hell
(TV: The Love Boat)
8. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - Here Comes My Girl
9. The Cars - It's All I Can Do
10. ELO - Don't Bring Me Down
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thank you.
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For me 1979 is a shoulder year, as popular music climbs out of the pit that was the late '70s.
So I wasn't expecting much, and I wasn't disappointed. It was very rock-centric, ignoring
then-current musical trends like punk, funk, and disco. I'm not sure how to rate 10@10 sets
these days. Should I grade on a curve, or stick to strict standards of excellence?
Here is my pseudo 1979 10@10:
1. Wings - Goodnight Tonight
(TV: WKRP In Cincinnati - Mama Carlson asks about format change.)
2. The Sports - Who Listens To The Radio?
3. Daryl Hall & John Oates - Portable Radio
(TV: WKRP In Cincinnati - Judge not the behavior of the employees but the profits.)
4. The Nervebreakers - Hijack The Radio
5. Joe Jackson - On Your Radio
(News: Disco Demolition Greg Gumbel news report)
6. Chicago - Street Player
(News: Disco Demolition Steve Dahl interview)
7. George Harrison - Not Guilty
(Movie: The Muppet Movie - Kermit and Fozzie meet The Electric Mayhem)
8. Kermit (Jim Henson) - Rainbow Connection
9. Olivia Newton-John - Deeper Than The Night
10. Marvin Gaye - A Funky Space Reincarnation
I attempted to cover as many different genres as possible for this one. This one comes close to 1 hour in length!
https://soundcloud.com/capnjack-1/06-10-10-1979
Enjoy! :D
ETA: Taking this file down to add another. If you want to listen to it, let me know, and I will reupload it.
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For me 1979 is a shoulder year, as popular music climbs out of the pit that was the late '70s.
So I wasn't expecting much, and I wasn't disappointed. It was very rock-centric, ignoring
then-current musical trends like punk, funk, and disco. I'm not sure how to rate 10@10 sets
these days. Should I grade on a curve, or stick to strict standards of excellence?
Here is my pseudo 1979 10@10:
1. Wings - Goodnight Tonight
(TV: WKRP In Cincinnati - Mama Carlson asks about format change.)
2. The Sports - Who Listens To The Radio?
3. Daryl Hall & John Oates - Portable Radio
(TV: WKRP In Cincinnati - Judge not the behavior of the employees but the profits.)
4. The Nervebreakers - Hijack The Radio
5. Joe Jackson - On Your Radio
(News: Disco Demolition Greg Gumbel news report)
6. Chicago - Street Player
(News: Disco Demolition Steve Dahl interview)
7. George Harrison - Not Guilty
(Movie: The Muppet Movie - Kermit and Fozzie meet The Electric Mayhem)
8. Kermit (Jim Henson) - Rainbow Connection
9. Olivia Newton-John - Deeper Than The Night
10. Marvin Gaye - A Funky Space Reincarnation
I attempted to cover as many different genres as possible for this one. This one comes close to 1 hour in length!
https://soundcloud.com/capnjack-1/06-10-10-1979
Enjoy! :D
Slow-ish day at work, so I listened again and did a stream-of consciousness commentary as it played.
1. This song illustrates what I was talking about in the other thread--a song I remember but haven't heard in ages. Not something I'd put on myself, and Wings had definitely gone downhill by this time (London Town, anyone?) but definitely a song of its time.
2. Again, a song I haven't heard in a long while, and illustrative of the new wavish singles that were one of the best things about '79, imo. (I thought this was Joe Jackson on first listen--very derivative of his sound/vocal inflection). Nice segue from the WKRP bit, too.
3. Can't say I remember this one at all, but it works with the "radio" theme of this sequence of songs. Not one of H&O's best, imo.
Love the second WKRP clip. The Red Wigglers jingle kills me.
4. Another song I have minimal memory of, but boy does it work in the context of this set. Also, a nice not-so-subtle dig at DC/RR.
5. The *real* JJ. My earlier comment about song #2 applies to 3, 4, and 5, too.
Disco demolition clip #1: Great segue, and a great moment in 79 music history. I seem to remember that the charge they used to blow up the disco records also took a big chunk out of the turf in center field.
6. If you wanted to pick an appropriate song to show how bad disco could be, you did a fine job. Slick, cheezy, and far longer than it needed to be.
Disco demolition clip #2: Boy, was Steve Dahl a jerk.
7. The segues just keep on coming--it really works out of that last clip. Wish George had done a better job with this song however. Not much beat, not much melody; I give it a 65, Dick.
8. Rainbow Connection is a nice flashback for anyone who was a kid in the late 70s or has a fondness for the Muppet Movie, but otherwise kind of sappy.
9. ONJ isn't doing it for me with this one. No recollection of it at all, but looking at the tracklisting for this album I don't recognize anything else either. Not sure what I would have substituted here--maybe a post SNF BeeGees tune?
10. Still another song I have no memory of, but I kinda like it. Midtempo, but funky.
None of the last four songs were very upbeat. Another dip in the new wave pop genre would have been great--perhaps the Fabulous Poodles or something else of that ilk?
Four of the 10 songs did not ring any bells in my memory. Good that you're digging deep for these, but almost too much so. A big part of 10@10's appeal is to trigger a bit of nostalgia. I could have used just a little bit less obscurity.
Production values again were stellar. Very nicely put together. Are you using ProTools or some other audio editing software to assemble these, or doing it old-school, with a turntable and a cassette recorder? :)
No wonder this set ran so long. Between the Wings and Chicago tunes, that's about 17 minutes right there, and if you add the Marvin Gaye, we're up around 26 minutes. And this was before CDs, when 22 minutes or so was about the most you could cram onto one side of an album.
All in all, some nice work. My hat is off to you for the effort you're obviously putting into this, digging up songs and finding appropriate clips to go with them, or vice versa. How much time does it take to pull everything together?
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Slow-ish day at work, so I listened again and did a stream-of consciousness commentary as it played.
1. This song illustrates what I was talking about in the other thread--a song I remember but haven't heard in ages. Not something I'd put on myself, and Wings had definitely gone downhill by this time (London Town, anyone?) but definitely a song of its time.
This set was originally inspired by Annalisa's final 10@10 set (Radio Songs):
http://10at10club.com/forum/index.php?topic=9057.msg157301#msg157301
I initially had a pair of tracks from Wings' Back To The Egg to open the set ("Reception"/"Getting Closer"), continuing the radio theme, but I went with the seldomly heard (these days) hit (disco) single instead.
2. Again, a song I haven't heard in a long while, and illustrative of the new wavish singles that were one of the best things about '79, imo. (I thought this was Joe Jackson on first listen--very derivative of his sound/vocal inflection). Nice segue from the WKRP bit, too.
3. Can't say I remember this one at all, but it works with the "radio" theme of this sequence of songs. Not one of H&O's best, imo.
Love the second WKRP clip. The Red Wigglers jingle kills me.
4. Another song I have minimal memory of, but boy does it work in the context of this set. Also, a nice not-so-subtle dig at DC/RR.
Somebody noticed! ;)
5. The *real* JJ. My earlier comment about song #2 applies to 3, 4, and 5, too.
Disco demolition clip #1: Great segue, and a great moment in 79 music history. I seem to remember that the charge they used to blow up the disco records also took a big chunk out of the turf in center field.
6. If you wanted to pick an appropriate song to show how bad disco could be, you did a fine job. Slick, cheezy, and far longer than it needed to be.
Disco demolition clip #2: Boy, was Steve Dahl a jerk.
7. The segues just keep on coming--it really works out of that last clip. Wish George had done a better job with this song however. Not much beat, not much melody; I give it a 65, Dick.
The Beatles' version of the song (from '68) is heavier. George's '79 output was very mellow.
8. Rainbow Connection is a nice flashback for anyone who was a kid in the late 70s or has a fondness for the Muppet Movie, but otherwise kind of sappy.
This was a very last minute addition, as I originally had Raydio's "You Can't Change That" here. Filled a request of RGMike's, I believe,
http://10at10club.com/forum/index.php?topic=9397.msg162609#msg162609
although I think I should haven chosen his other request, Shoes "Too Late", as it would have been more uptempo.
9. ONJ isn't doing it for me with this one. No recollection of it at all, but looking at the tracklisting for this album I don't recognize anything else either. Not sure what I would have substituted here--maybe a post SNF BeeGees tune?
"Love You Inside Out" or a deeper cut from Spirits Have Flown, perhaps?
10. Still another song I have no memory of, but I kinda like it. Midtempo, but funky.
None of the last four songs were very upbeat. Another dip in the new wave pop genre would have been great--perhaps the Fabulous Poodles or something else of that ilk?
How about the Fabulous Poodles' cover of the Everly Brothers "Man With Money"?
Four of the 10 songs did not ring any bells in my memory. Good that you're digging deep for these, but almost too much so. A big part of 10@10's appeal is to trigger a bit of nostalgia. I could have used just a little bit less obscurity.
If I were actually doing this for real, I would have probably posted something on Facebook asking for requests. Wonder if I'd get requests for "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?", "My Sharona", and "Heartache Tonight"? :)
Production values again were stellar. Very nicely put together. Are you using ProTools or some other audio editing software to assemble these, or doing it old-school, with a turntable and a cassette recorder? :)
Currently I'm only using CDs, youtube (for some clips), and Audacity to create what you hear.
No wonder this set ran so long. Between the Wings and Chicago tunes, that's about 17 minutes right there, and if you add the Marvin Gaye, we're up around 26 minutes. And this was before CDs, when 22 minutes or so was about the most you could cram onto one side of an album.
I probably went a bit overboard with the long songs. I could have used the single edits of the Wings and Chicago tunes, but I think the Chicago one needed to be at full length for the point to get across.
All in all, some nice work. My hat is off to you for the effort you're obviously putting into this, digging up songs and finding appropriate clips to go with them, or vice versa. How much time does it take to pull everything together?
Thanks for your commentary! It takes between 90 minutes to 2 hours to put a set together, as long as I'm inspired.
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Here is my pseudo 1979 10@10:
1. Wings - Goodnight Tonight
(TV: WKRP In Cincinnati - Mama Carlson asks about format change.)
2. The Sports - Who Listens To The Radio?
3. Daryl Hall & John Oates - Portable Radio
(TV: WKRP In Cincinnati - Judge not the behavior of the employees but the profits.)
4. The Nervebreakers - Hijack The Radio
5. Joe Jackson - On Your Radio
(News: Disco Demolition Greg Gumbel news report)
6. Chicago - Street Player
(News: Disco Demolition Steve Dahl interview)
7. George Harrison - Not Guilty
(Movie: The Muppet Movie - Kermit and Fozzie meet The Electric Mayhem)
8. Kermit (Jim Henson) - Rainbow Connection
9. Olivia Newton-John - Deeper Than The Night
10. Marvin Gaye - A Funky Space Reincarnation
I attempted to cover as many different genres as possible for this one. This one comes close to 1 hour in length!
https://soundcloud.com/capnjack-1/06-10-10-1979
Enjoy! :D
thanks! I did enjoy this...!~