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Re: The Drive, 1/23/09: 1973
« Reply #15 on: January 23, 2009, 08:45:44 AM »
BOS to "All the Girls Love Alice," one of Elton's very best and most politicized songs.
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Re: The Drive, 1/23/09: 1973
« Reply #16 on: January 23, 2009, 08:48:16 AM »
Quote from: Gazoo on January 23, 2009, 08:45:44 AM
BOS to "All the Girls Love Alice," one of Elton's very best and most politicized songs.

"what do you expect from a 16-year-old yo-yo?"  Ditto the BOS and your sentiment -- this was truly (for folks listening to album-rock radio in '73) a glimpse into an unseen world.

in 35 years we've gone from "All the Girls Love Alice" to "If You Seek Amy". 
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Re: The Drive, 1/23/09: 1973
« Reply #17 on: January 23, 2009, 08:48:45 AM »
Quote from: RGMike on January 23, 2009, 08:16:24 AM
relatively rare Doobs, "Without You", and now the nice surprise of Seals & Crofts' "Hummingbird". (They belonged to a religion that believed hummingbirds were sacred, or something. Seriously!)

wh-wh-wha..?!

I have to check that out. 

OT: I'm sure, then, that they've been to Costa Rica, where hummingbirds are abundant in some places, like the cloud forest regions
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Re: The Drive, 1/23/09: 1973
« Reply #18 on: January 23, 2009, 08:50:49 AM »
OK, it's off to work for me.  This has been a pretty terrible week for me, but at least tomorrow's the weekend.  Have a good one, all.
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Re: The Drive, 1/23/09: 1973
« Reply #19 on: January 23, 2009, 08:51:00 AM »
Pink Floyd - Us and Them 
Doobie Brothers - Without You 
Seals & Crofts - Hummingbird 
Led Zeppelin - D'Yer Mak'er 
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Simple Man 
Grand Funk - We're An American Band 
Chicago - Just You and Me 
Paul McCartney/Wings - Helen Wheels 
Dobie Gray - Drift Away 
Elton John - All the Girls Love Alice 
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Re: The Drive, 1/23/09: 1973
« Reply #20 on: January 23, 2009, 08:56:11 AM »
Quote from: Tinka_Cat on January 23, 2009, 08:48:45 AM
Quote from: RGMike on January 23, 2009, 08:16:24 AM
relatively rare Doobs, "Without You", and now the nice surprise of Seals & Crofts' "Hummingbird". (They belonged to a religion that believed hummingbirds were sacred, or something. Seriously!)

wh-wh-wha..?!

I have to check that out. 

OT: I'm sure, then, that they've been to Costa Rica, where hummingbirds are abundant in some places, like the cloud forest regions

I haven't been able to find it online, but when this was a hit, I specifically remember Casey Kasem saying that S&C were members of the Bah'ai religion and that it teaches that hummingbirds are the earthly presence of god among us, or words to that effect.
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Re: The Drive, 1/23/09: 1973
« Reply #21 on: January 23, 2009, 09:47:18 AM »
Quote from: RGMike on January 23, 2009, 08:37:41 AM
BOS3 "Helen Wheels" -- say ByeBye!



You know Paulie wrote this song about his Land Rover (which was called Helen), right? Back before they became luxury SUVs.
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Re: The Drive, 1/23/09: 1973
« Reply #22 on: January 23, 2009, 09:57:51 AM »
Quote from: urth on January 23, 2009, 09:47:18 AM
Quote from: RGMike on January 23, 2009, 08:37:41 AM
BOS3 "Helen Wheels" -- say ByeBye!


You know Paulie wrote this song about his Land Rover (which was called Helen), right? Back before they became luxury SUVs.

No! I love trivia like that. Yeah, the Brits were way ahead on the Land Rover thing.
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Re: The Drive, 1/23/09: 1973
« Reply #23 on: January 23, 2009, 10:10:23 AM »
Quote from: RGMike on January 23, 2009, 09:57:51 AM
Quote from: urth on January 23, 2009, 09:47:18 AM
Quote from: RGMike on January 23, 2009, 08:37:41 AM
BOS3 "Helen Wheels" -- say ByeBye!


You know Paulie wrote this song about his Land Rover (which was called Helen), right? Back before they became luxury SUVs.

No! I love trivia like that. Yeah, the Brits were way ahead on the Land Rover thing.

Guess Paul was big on writing about whatever he saw in his daily life. Dogs, cars, butterpies, stuff like that.
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Re: The Drive, 1/23/09: 1973
« Reply #24 on: January 23, 2009, 10:23:36 AM »
Quote from: urth on January 23, 2009, 10:10:23 AM
Quote from: RGMike on January 23, 2009, 09:57:51 AM
Quote from: urth on January 23, 2009, 09:47:18 AM
Quote from: RGMike on January 23, 2009, 08:37:41 AM
BOS3 "Helen Wheels" -- say ByeBye!


You know Paulie wrote this song about his Land Rover (which was called Helen), right? Back before they became luxury SUVs.

No! I love trivia like that. Yeah, the Brits were way ahead on the Land Rover thing.

Guess Paul was big on writing about whatever he saw in his daily life. Dogs, cars, butterpies, stuff like that.

not to mention fish-and-finger pie ;)
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