The Drive, 8/24/09: 1973

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Just you'n'me'n'Bob'n'Chicago.

[Tinka Cat]

HocusPocusbyFocus comes after TheJokus  bySteveMiller

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and Todd continues with "Hello-cus it's Me"

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BOS EJ, "Harmony" -- one of the many great deep tracks from GYBR that should've been a single.

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Macca does his patented let's-link-some-unfinished-song-snippets-together-and-have-a-hit thing.

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TANC: GunHill Road! Casey mentioned this was one of those OHWs that peaked at #40.  BOS2 to that rare song that is critical of the counterculture (or at least of people who faddishly dropped in and out of it).

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least necessary: Aerosmith, a song that shows up too often in 2 diff years ('73 and '76).

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4 young chiquitas in Omaha say "come on dudes -- let's get it AWN!"  We're an Amurrican Band, woo-ooo.

I prefer Montreaux to Omaha.

[Tinka Cat]

does he say "the Rolling Drunk Stones?"

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does he say "the Rolling Drunk Stones?"

I always thought so, but the lyric sites say otherwise:

"We ended up at the grand hotel
It was empty cold and bare
But with the rolling truck stones thing just outside
Making our music there"

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Chicago   Just You and Me   
Steve Miller   The Joker 
Focus   Hocus Pocus   
Todd Rundgren   Hello It's Me   
Elton John   Harmony   
Paul McCartney   Band on the Run   
Gunhill Road   Back When My Hair Was Short   
Aerosmith   Dream On   
Grand Funk   We're An American Band   
Deep Purple   Smoke on the Water   

tomorrow: "10 Rock'N'Roll Girls"!

[Tinka Cat]

does he say "the Rolling Drunk Stones?"

I always thought so, but the lyric sites say otherwise:

"We ended up at the grand hotel
It was empty cold and bare
But with the rolling truck stones thing just outside
Making our music there"

I think we have it right..   

Smokus On The Water