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The Peak, 12/14/07: It's 1972
« on: December 14, 2007, 07:14:48 AM »
John and Yoko bade us Happy Xmas to start.  Now caught on the Roundabout.
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“The choir of children sing their song.  They've practiced all year long.  Ding dong.  Ding dong.  Ding dong.”

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Re: The Peak, 12/14/07: It's 1972
« Reply #1 on: December 14, 2007, 07:21:46 AM »
Bowie's got a really good thing going with those Spiders from Mars.  VHM.
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Re: The Peak, 12/14/07: It's 1972
« Reply #2 on: December 14, 2007, 07:25:43 AM »
BOS2 (following J&Y) to Stevie, "Superstition."
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Re: The Peak, 12/14/07: It's 1972
« Reply #3 on: December 14, 2007, 07:29:10 AM »
John and Yoko bade us Happy Xmas to start.  Now caught on the Roundabout.

"Happy Xmas" was released in '71, no?  But big BOS to Big Star!!  Why they didn't make it at the same time the 'berries were having hits is a mystery.
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Re: The Peak, 12/14/07: It's 1972
« Reply #4 on: December 14, 2007, 07:33:40 AM »
John and Yoko bade us Happy Xmas to start.  Now caught on the Roundabout.

"Happy Xmas" was released in '71, no? 

I thought so too, and in fact had initially mislabeled this thread "1971" before hearing them say the year.

VHM to the Dan, the things that pass for knowledge I can't understand.
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Re: The Peak, 12/14/07: It's 1972
« Reply #5 on: December 14, 2007, 07:37:02 AM »
Paging Mr. Gould, Paging Mr. Gould: "Bare Trees" on Line 1.
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Re: The Peak, 12/14/07: It's 1972
« Reply #6 on: December 14, 2007, 07:40:09 AM »
John and Yoko bade us Happy Xmas to start.  Now caught on the Roundabout.

"Happy Xmas" was released in '71, no? 

I thought so too, and in fact had initially mislabeled this thread "1971" before hearing them say the year.

I remember it vividly. Howard Smith, a Village Voice music writer (he later became a filmmaker and won an Oscar for the docu Marjoe) had a Sunday night show on WPLJ. He was good friends with J&Y and did the "world premiere" of "Happy Xmas" the Sunday nite of Thanksgiving weekend '71. Within a week or 2 WABC was playing it and the rest, as they say...
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Re: The Peak, 12/14/07: It's 1972
« Reply #7 on: December 14, 2007, 07:41:14 AM »
and speaking of the 'berries... MAH MO YEAH!
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Re: The Peak, 12/14/07: It's 1972
« Reply #8 on: December 14, 2007, 07:42:14 AM »
and speaking of the 'berries... MAH MO YEAH!

Your stream is running ahead of mine; I was just on my way to what would have been a jinx.
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Re: The Peak, 12/14/07: It's 1972
« Reply #9 on: December 14, 2007, 07:46:07 AM »
Is that my beloved Grace on the harmonies in "Jack Straw"?  BOS3.
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Re: The Peak, 12/14/07: It's 1972
« Reply #10 on: December 14, 2007, 07:49:52 AM »
Is that my beloved Grace on the harmonies in "Jack Straw"?  BOS3.

Jack Straw's from Witchita? Does he know Mr Turnkey?
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Re: The Peak, 12/14/07: It's 1972
« Reply #11 on: December 14, 2007, 07:52:14 AM »
John Lennon Happy Xmas (War is Over)
Little Feat Cold, Cold, Cold
Yes Roundabout
David Bowie Hang Onto Yourself
Stevie Wonder Superstition
Big Star Feel
Steely Dan Reeling In The Years
Fleetwood Mac Bare Trees
Raspberries Go All the Way
Grateful Dead Jack Straw

great stuff, even if J&Y are from the wrong year.

Yikes this NY Lottery commercial using the Spoonful's "Daydream" is quite hokey.
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