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The Peak 12/29/06: It's 1975
« on: December 29, 2006, 07:07:39 AM »
The Peak year ends on yet another -5 note with John Fogerty's "Rockin' All Over the World" (which I initially only knew as a Staytus Quo song) and "Lady Marmalade."  I'm told the latter speeds up considerably over the course of the song and would enjoy confirmation of this if anyone has a means of measuring BPM.

Ooh, and now That Sexy Voice takes his place in the singles bar!  Dim the lights, you can guess the rest.
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« Reply #1 on: December 29, 2006, 07:12:31 AM »
OMFG! Murray Head's orig version of "Say it Ain't So, Joe", later covered by Roger Daltrey.

So Gaz, has NY changed since you've been gone? :wink:
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« Reply #2 on: December 29, 2006, 07:17:03 AM »
loved that commercial with "Bob Larynx" -- he sure sounded like Thurl Ravenscroft to me.
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« Reply #3 on: December 29, 2006, 07:19:28 AM »
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OMFG! Murray Head's orig version of "Say it Ain't So, Joe", later covered by Roger Daltrey.

So Gaz, has NY changed since you've been gone? :wink:


That was Murray Head?!  I thought it *was* Daltrey singing!
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« Reply #4 on: December 29, 2006, 07:21:44 AM »
OMFG2! Patti Smith. "Jesus died for somebody's sins... but not mine."

BOS3 after Mr Head and the Mighty Zep.
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« Reply #5 on: December 29, 2006, 07:26:58 AM »
BOS4 Paul Simon, "You're Kind", one you NEVER hear from Still Crazy...

Rob's ending the year on a high note today.
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Re: The Peak 12/29/06: It's 1975
« Reply #6 on: December 29, 2006, 07:30:21 AM »
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"Lady Marmalade."  I'm told [it] speeds up considerably over the course of the song and would enjoy confirmation of this if anyone has a means of measuring BPM.



You MUST read Turn the Beat Around: The Secret History of Disco as soon as you possibly can. Amazing stuff.
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« Reply #7 on: December 29, 2006, 07:32:02 AM »
OMFG3 and BOS5: Kinks, "Ducks on the Wall" another one you never hear. Is this from Schoolboys in Disgrace?
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« Reply #8 on: December 29, 2006, 07:34:37 AM »
OMFG4! Don Johnson in A Boy and His Dog. Was that really a '75 release? It didn't make it to NY theaters until summer of '76.
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« Reply #9 on: December 29, 2006, 07:39:08 AM »
Dear Lord! Television! "Little Johnny Jewel" -- BOS6.  This may be the most quirky and original 1975 set EVER. I urge everyone else to catch this on the replay tonite.  Essential listening, as they say.
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« Reply #10 on: December 29, 2006, 07:45:27 AM »
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OMFG3 and BOS5: Kinks, "Ducks on the Wall" another one you never hear. Is this from Schoolboys in Disgrace?


oops, my bad -- it's from Soap Opera.
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« Reply #11 on: December 29, 2006, 09:20:23 AM »
John Fogerty - Rockin' All Over the World
Labelle - Lady Marmalade
Roxy Music - Love Is The Drug
Murray Head - Say it Ain't So, Joe
Led Zeppelin - Houses Of The Holy
Patti Smith Group - Gloria
Paul Simon - You're Kind
Kinks - Ducks on the Wall
Fleetwood Mac - Landslide
Television - Little Johnny Jewel Pt. 1 & 2
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« Reply #12 on: December 29, 2006, 10:33:26 AM »
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OMFG3 and BOS5: Kinks, "Ducks on the Wall" another one you never hear. Is this from Schoolboys in Disgrace?


oops, my bad -- it's from Soap Opera.


Pretty much the only song worth mentioning from that album. A Soap Opera is one of Ray's meager attempts at writing a rock opera. Ray plays a pompous show-biz svengali who thinks he can make anyone a star. I came across a copy of a BBC broadcast of this production and it was barely watchable. And I love the Kinks.
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« Reply #13 on: December 29, 2006, 10:37:15 AM »
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OMFG3 and BOS5: Kinks, "Ducks on the Wall" another one you never hear. Is this from Schoolboys in Disgrace?


oops, my bad -- it's from Soap Opera.


Pretty much the only song worth mentioning from that album. A Soap Opera is one of Ray's meager attempts at writing a rock opera. Ray plays a pompous show-biz svengali who thinks he can make anyone a star. I came across a copy of a BBC broadcast of this production and it was barely watchable. And I love the Kinks.


LOL!  Schoolboys was also '75, tho', yes?  Or am I confused? I had a couple friends back then who were Kinks fanatics, but I can't remember either LP getting much NYC airplay.
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« Reply #14 on: December 29, 2006, 10:59:24 AM »
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OMFG3 and BOS5: Kinks, "Ducks on the Wall" another one you never hear. Is this from Schoolboys in Disgrace?


oops, my bad -- it's from Soap Opera.


Pretty much the only song worth mentioning from that album. A Soap Opera is one of Ray's meager attempts at writing a rock opera. Ray plays a pompous show-biz svengali who thinks he can make anyone a star. I came across a copy of a BBC broadcast of this production and it was barely watchable. And I love the Kinks.


LOL!  Schoolboys was also '75, tho', yes?  Or am I confused? I had a couple friends back then who were Kinks fanatics, but I can't remember either LP getting much NYC airplay.


Yep, per AMG both were released in 75--I assume Soap Opera was early in the year and Schoolboys was late, but they don't give specific release dates. RDD and/or The Kinks were really prolific during that period, releasing eleven official albums between 1970 and 1979 (Lola vs. the Powerman & the Moneygoround Part 1 [there was no part 2]; Percy; Muswell Hillbillies; Everybody's in Show Biz; Preservation Act 1; Preservation Act 2; Soap Opera; Schoolboys in Disgrace; Sleepwalker; Misfits; Low Budget) plus a compilation of late 60s sides called The Great Lost Kinks album in 73, which I don't recall ever seeing. But comsidering they put out 10 albums of new material between 64 and 69, maybe their 70s output was no big deal.
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