1973 on Tues 3/8/05

[Gazoo]

One of the strangest things I've ever seen was Kevin Spacey taking on this song in the post-9-11 John Lennon tribute concert.  He aimed at notes like an imprecise skeet shooter, leaving a trail of destruction behind him.  Yet I kind of enjoyed it.

[princessofcairo]

Easy BOS, "Kodachrome."  That refrain has certain notes that make my hair stand on end (in the good way).  "Sunny day, oh, yeah" -- that ascension of notes, ahhh.  What notes are those?

i don't know what notes they are, but the harmonies are a third apart (a third being the difference, say, between the "c" note and the "e" note), and the top note moves up a half a step on "oh," and another on "yeah," while the lower note moves down a half a step on those words. at least that's what it sounds like to me. i'll have to verify on an instrument later.

anyway, i think the fact that the top note is going up and the lower note is going down is what makes for the neat-o sound.

day.
oh.
yeah.

mind games, indeed.

[RGMike]

Re: "Pig Pen" obit... you gotta do a LOT of drugs and alcohol to die of cirrhosis at age 26!

[Gazoo]

[Gazoo's Three Songs, Special Chart Geek Edition:

1. Gun Hill Road, "Back When My Hair Was Short"

2. Keith Barbour, "Echo Park"

3. The Puppies, "Funky Y-2-C"

all peaked at #40.

Well done, good sir!  Although more specifically, I was going for One-Hit-Wonders whose sole hit peaked at #40.  A true rarity.

On the other hand, the Divine Miss M has had three songs peak at #40, which I find wonderfully curious.  And I think the Cars had three songs peak at #41.

[princessofcairo]

now talk about some harmonies! vhm to "thinking of you!"

[RGMike]

VHM John, the only Beatle to NOT have a #1 single in 1973.

ooo! L&M, "Thinking of poc"

[RGMike]

now talk about some harmonies! vhm to "thinking of you!"

so short and sweet!

[RGMike]

shouldn't that be "se-person-tic foolishness"? :shock:

[Gazoo]

The Stories try to explain why brown sugar tastes so good.  Or something like that.  I like this song more than I should -- I mean, really, those lyrics couldn't have taken more than seven minutes to write.

[RGMike]

The Stories try to explain why brown sugar tastes so good.  Or something like that.  I like this song more than I should -- I mean, really, those lyrics couldn't have taken more than seven minutes to write.

I remember really disliking it at the time... I thought it trivialized a subject treated much better by "Society's Child" and even "Does your Mama Know About Me?"  Would love to hear their follow-up, a Trini Lopez cover (!) called "Mammy Blue".

[princessofcairo]

so short and sweet!

unlike "brother louie." i like this song, too, more than i should. something about the strings. the desperation of it all. the song isn't fighting for equality. it's just saying, 'hey man, i *never* cross the tracks, and i *know* what it's like."

[Gazoo]

I remember really disliking it at the time... I thought it trivialized a subject treated much better by "Society's Child" and even "Does your Mama Know About Me?"

Good calls, both.  The ink is black, the page is white ...

[princessofcairo]

I remember really disliking it at the time... I thought it trivialized a subject treated much better by "Society's Child" and even "Does your Mama Know About Me?"

Good calls, both.  The ink is black, the page is white ...

yes, "society's child" mut be one of my favorite songs. that haunting harpi intro...the sweet, sad lyrics.

[princessofcairo]

shouldn't that be "se-person-tic foolishness"? :shock:

oh, now i get it. i couldn't figure to what you were referring. how could anyone "person"age to keep it all straight?

[RGMike]

Brother Louie introduced her to his Redneck Friend!