The Peak, 12/7/06: 1969!

[RGMike]

well, you talk about the midnight rambler...

he's the one who says "Mah-na-mah-na"!

I've always only known the "artist" on that song as "Sweden Heaven & Hell soundtrack" but The Peak's listing it as Piero Umiliani (!)

[RGMike]

OMFG! Mary Hopkin, "Goodbye", her lovely follow-up to "Those Were The Days" (and a Macca composition, iirc) that should've been a bigger hit. BOS and the treat of the week so far.

[RGMike]

Who - Overture/It's a Boy
Janis Joplin - Try (Just A LIttle Bit Harder)
Beatles - Old Brown Shoe
Meters - Cissy Strut
Band - Up On Cripple Creek
Sly & The Family Stone - Everyday People
Rolling Stones - Midnight Rambler
Piero Umiliani - Mah Na Mah Na
Crosby, Stills & Nash - 49 Bye-Byes
Mary Hopkin - Goodbye

A fine mix of the familiar and some nuggets.

[Gazoo]

BOS to one of the most underrated of all Beatles (yay) songs, "Old Brown Shoe."  For years I owned it without ever having heard it -- I simply skipped over it whenever playing my 1967-1970 cassette comp, no idea why.  When I finally listened to it in high school it blew me away, and still kinda does, the way the piano stabs seem out of key and ever so slightly before the beat until you realize that's where they're *supposed* to be, and then it sounds perfect.

"For your sweet top lip I'm in the queue,"
Gaz.

[RGMike]

BOS to one of the most underrated of all Beatles (yay) songs, "Old Brown Shoe."  For years I owned it without ever having heard it -- I simply skipped over it whenever playing my 1967-1970 cassette comp, no idea why.  When I finally listened to it in high school it blew me away, and still kinda does, the way the piano stabs seem out of key and ever so slightly before the beat until you realize that's where they're *supposed* to be, and then it sounds perfect.

This is interesting (I love it too, B-side of "Ballad of J&Y" iirc)... are you the one who hates the Harrison song from Let it Be, "For You Blue"?  (maybe I'm confused?)  Anyway, I've always considered those 2 songs rather like 2 peas in a pod.

[urth]

BOS to one of the most underrated of all Beatles (yay) songs, "Old Brown Shoe."  For years I owned it without ever having heard it -- I simply skipped over it whenever playing my 1967-1970 cassette comp, no idea why.  When I finally listened to it in high school it blew me away, and still kinda does, the way the piano stabs seem out of key and ever so slightly before the beat until you realize that's where they're *supposed* to be, and then it sounds perfect.

This is interesting (I love it too, B-side of "Ballad of J&Y" iirc)... are you the one who hates the Harrison song from Let it Be, "For You Blue"?  (maybe I'm confused?)  Anyway, I've always considered those 2 songs rather like 2 peas in a pod.

I thought it was "I Dig a Pony" that Gaz detested. But the Let it Be thing still applies.

Gaz, if you like that sort of semi-dissonant style of piano playing, have you listened to much Thelonious Monk? He made that his stock in trade, thrashing at the keys in what seems to be a random fashion but always hitting the right sound. It's step or two beyond what you hear in OBS, but they're kin, trust me. (Terry Adams of NRBQ is a Monk disciple from the get-go, which is how I came to hear his stuff.)

[Gazoo]

BOS to one of the most underrated of all Beatles (yay) songs, "Old Brown Shoe."  For years I owned it without ever having heard it -- I simply skipped over it whenever playing my 1967-1970 cassette comp, no idea why.  When I finally listened to it in high school it blew me away, and still kinda does, the way the piano stabs seem out of key and ever so slightly before the beat until you realize that's where they're *supposed* to be, and then it sounds perfect.

This is interesting (I love it too, B-side of "Ballad of J&Y" iirc)... are you the one who hates the Harrison song from Let it Be, "For You Blue"?  (maybe I'm confused?)  Anyway, I've always considered those 2 songs rather like 2 peas in a pod.

I thought it was "I Dig a Pony" that Gaz detested. But the Let it Be thing still applies.

Gaz, if you like that sort of semi-dissonant style of piano playing, have you listened to much Thelonious Monk? He made that his stock in trade, thrashing at the keys in what seems to be a random fashion but always hitting the right sound. It's step or two beyond what you hear in OBS, but they're kin, trust me. (Terry Adams of NRBQ is a Monk disciple from the get-go, which is how I came to hear his stuff.)

Hee.  I detest "For You Blue" and am kind of lukewarm on "I Dig a Pony" (though I'd be hard pressed to find another song that uses the verb "syndicate").  Sadly, I've not heard a note from T. Monk, but this is a great reminder to.  Any particular recommended entry point to the catalog?