13 Aug 2007: 1970!

[Davefish]

So there was more than one vinyl tune, but I wasn't paying attention...what were they?

[mshray]

Was anyone else hearing hints of "Why Can't We Be Friends" in that final part of the Sly song?

The only bad thing about today's set is that I guess Alicat isn't going to get her request for a 1970 set for her birthday next Monday.

Oh well.

[RGMike]

VHM to the "Sesame Street" theme and clip; that show was a huge part of my childhood.

You REALLY need to see "Avenue Q".

And I remember Mashmakan's "As Years Go By" -- and always point out its seeming influence on Fastball's "The Way".

[RGMike]

08/13/2007 - Monday! Time well-spent in...1970!!
 
1.  Steve Miller Band - Going to the Country  
2.  Canned Heat - Let's Work Together (vinyl!)  
3.  Little Sister - You're the One  
4.  Guess Who - Hand Me Down World  
5.  Led Zeppelin - That's The Way  
6.  Neil Diamond - Solitary Man (BEST OF SET!!)  
7.  Paul McCartney - Every Night  
8.  Mashmakhan - As the Years Go By (vinyl!)  
9.  Three Dog Night - Mama Told Me Not to Come  
10.  Sly - Everybody is a Star  
 
BONUS TRACK:  George Harrison - What is Life

[Davefish]

VHM to the "Sesame Street" theme and clip; that show was a huge part of my childhood.

You REALLY need to see "Avenue Q".

And I remember Mashmakan's "As Years Go By" -- and always point out its seeming influence on Fastball's "The Way".

I saw "Avenue Q" in NYC.  It was great.  The show is a huge part of my manhood. :wink:

[ggould]

3 things about Kent State:

- one of the 4 killed was surnamed Schroeder, but not a relative of mine.
- hardly anyone ever puts Jackson State in the same breath with Kent State anymore.  4 dead white kids vs. 2 dead black kids...draw your own conclusions.
- the protests came with the admission, after months of flat administration denials, that the USAF had been bombing deep into Cambodia (a supposed ally) in order to disrupt the 'Ho Chi Minh' trail used by No. Vietnam to supply the Viet Cong.

While on one hand I agree about the black/white thing, the point about Kent State actually revolves around that fact.  It's historically not that unusual to find examples of the power structure killing black protesters.  But Kent State had the power structure so freaked out, they essentially killed their own children.  That was new.  Kind of like the end of the movie Joe.

[Alicat]

Every Night and As the Years go By.
Nice
One month since last 70. Due for a '73.

[RGMike]

Loved the replay -- an early Set o' the Week contender, belated BOS's to "That's the Way", one of my all-time Zep top 3 -- I got LZ3 for Xmas that year -- and to Sly. "...Star" was the flip of "TY(FBMEA)" iirc.

[RGMike]

Due for a '73.

The Drive's doin' '73 Wed morning.

[mshray]

3 things about Kent State:

- one of the 4 killed was surnamed Schroeder, but not a relative of mine.
- hardly anyone ever puts Jackson State in the same breath with Kent State anymore.  4 dead white kids vs. 2 dead black kids...draw your own conclusions.
- the protests came with the admission, after months of flat administration denials, that the USAF had been bombing deep into Cambodia (a supposed ally) in order to disrupt the 'Ho Chi Minh' trail used by No. Vietnam to supply the Viet Cong.

While on one hand I agree about the black/white thing, the point about Kent State actually revolves around that fact.  It's historically not that unusual to find examples of the power structure killing black protesters.  But Kent State had the power structure so freaked out, they essentially killed their own children.  That was new.  Kind of like the end of the movie Joe.

That's a good point Geoff, thanks.