The Drive, 5/9/07: 1974

[RGMike]

Frankly, I think EC shot the deputy too.

[RGMike]

if you're easy at fishin' you can be a musician...

BOS BTO TCB  (I like writing that!)

BTO TCB Jinx!


BOS2 Ms King, singing to her Maidenform bra one mo' time. And the Gaz Man's testifyin'!

[mshray]

In 1974 I was in 7th grade & we had this really hip music teacher, Ms. Mickens, who was black in a lily white school district, and she subscribed to some kind of Pop music eduation prgram where every week she'd get a just-released 45, along with score for her & lyric sheets for us, and we'd practice them as part of our class every Thursday.

Among those songs was Cat man's "Another Saturday Night".

Other songs we did included America "Lonely People", OMD "Jackie Blue", Elton "Bennie & The Jets" & Neil Sedaka "The Immigrant".

[mshray]

a faithless man believes...that Carole King gets the last BOS of the hour.

[Gazoo]

WOS to one of my least-favorite covers (and to my perspective, one of the most cynical): "Another Caturday Night."

cynical? in what way?

In the sense of going WAY out of character to score a hit with a cover-by-numbers.  Just seemed like a record exec's idea: "Hey, Cat, we need some new product to push this greatest-hits set, why don'tcha work up this happy song?"

No fewer than 4 covers in this set, by my count: GFR, Cat, Crapton, and Iggles.

[RGMike]

In 1974 I was in 7th grade & we had this really hip music teacher, Ms. Mickens, who was black in a lily white school district, and she subscribed to some kind of Pop music eduation prgram where every week she'd get a just-released 45, along with score for her & lyric sheets for us, and we'd practice them as part of our class every Thursday.

Among those songs was Cat man's "Another Saturday Night".

Other songs we did included America "Lonely People", OMD "Jackie Blue", Elton "Bennie & The Jets" & Neil Sedaka "The Immigrant".

Hip teachers rule!  Did you discuss the fact that "The Immigrant" was about John Lennon?

[mshray]

In 1974 I was in 7th grade & we had this really hip music teacher, Ms. Mickens, who was black in a lily white school district, and she subscribed to some kind of Pop music eduation prgram where every week she'd get a just-released 45, along with score for her & lyric sheets for us, and we'd practice them as part of our class every Thursday.

Among those songs was Cat man's "Another Saturday Night".

Other songs we did included America "Lonely People", OMD "Jackie Blue", Elton "Bennie & The Jets" & Neil Sedaka "The Immigrant".

Hip teachers rule!  Did you discuss the fact that "The Immigrant" was about John Lennon?

Don't recall that, mostly we were learning how to sing 4-part harmony.  Don't think I have heard that song since.

[RGMike]

WOS to one of my least-favorite covers (and to my perspective, one of the most cynical): "Another Caturday Night."

cynical? in what way?

In the sense of going WAY out of character to score a hit with a cover-by-numbers.  Just seemed like a record exec's idea: "Hey, Cat, we need some new product to push this greatest-hits set, why don'tcha work up this happy song?"

Well, yeah, but you've just described half the hit covers in chart history.  Indeed its being out-of-character is what makes it seem inspired to me (like many of the best remakes). Love the arrangement & the horns.