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The Peak, 1/17/07: 1977
« on: January 17, 2007, 07:32:20 AM »
Another of Rob's superb late-'70s excursions -- sorry I missed Wreckless Eric's "Whole Wide World" and the now-obligatory Garland Jeffreys track.  But here's a little-heard Dan track, "Home at Last".
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The Peak, 1/17/07: 1977
« Reply #1 on: January 17, 2007, 07:38:16 AM »
BOS Blondie, "Always Touched...", later covered by Tracey Ullman.

"It's really not cheating!"
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The Peak, 1/17/07: 1977
« Reply #2 on: January 17, 2007, 07:44:51 AM »
BOS2 Weather Report, "Birdland".
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« Reply #3 on: January 17, 2007, 07:51:43 AM »
Wreckless Eric - Whole Wide World
Tom Petty - Breakdown
Talking Heads - Pulled Up
Neil Young - Like A Hurricane
Garland Jeffreys - I May Not Be Your Kind
Steely Dan - Home at Last
Eric Clapton - Cocaine
Blondie - (I'm Always Touched By Your)Presence, Dear
Elvis Costello - Allison
Weather Report - Birdland

Kudos to Rob as always -- he really does love this period of musical history.
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Re: The Peak, 1/17/07: 1977
« Reply #4 on: January 17, 2007, 07:05:02 PM »
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Another of Rob's superb late-'70s excursions -- sorry I missed Wreckless Eric's "Whole Wide World"


OMG - The Monkees covered this on their 1987 post-comeback album Pool It!  I had NO IDEA it was a cover!  Abs fasc.
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« Reply #5 on: January 17, 2007, 07:44:06 PM »
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BOS2 Weather Report, "Birdland".


Ditto from me.

Did I once hear Manhattan Transfer do a scattish version of this some years ago, or am I misremembering again?
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« Reply #6 on: January 17, 2007, 10:13:43 PM »
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BOS2 Weather Report, "Birdland".


Ditto from me.

Did I once hear Manhattan Transfer do a scattish version of this some years ago, or am I misremembering again?


Oh my yes -- they certainly did.  Clever lyrics, too, tho' not as clever as the Silicon Valley-themed parody someone did a decade or so ago, "Nerdland". "Jobs was king/Gates could swing" etc.

and re: Wreckless Eric, it was revived in the recent Stranger Than Fiction -- Will Ferrell sings it to Maggie Gyllenhaal.
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