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CG/KPOO/KCDX etcetcetc for the week of 2/9/09
« on: February 09, 2009, 08:53:27 AM »
'LNG gives me Frank'n'Nancy, "Somethin' Stupid", which is anything but (even Nicole Kidman & Robbie Williams couldn't screw it up).  I wanna do a Karaoke duet with the princess on this one.

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Re: CG/KPOO/KCDX etcetcetc for the week of 2/9/09
« Reply #1 on: February 09, 2009, 10:51:14 AM »
my buddy Brian "the Cannon" Bannon on 'LNG played the Carpenters and wondered if they listened to 'LNG "growing up in Connecticut" -- I emailed to remind him they grew up in Downey, CA. Apparently they moved to Downey from CT in 1963, when Karen was 13; 'LNG signed on in the fall of that year, so he conceded that they weren't listeners -- and promised to play "Tarzan Boy" later (and I didn't even ask!)

Meanwhile, here's the 2nd Macca memory of the morning: "No More Lonely Nights", one of his nicest '80s efforts.
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Re: CG/KPOO/KCDX etcetcetc for the week of 2/9/09
« Reply #2 on: February 09, 2009, 11:53:26 AM »
Quote from: RGMike on February 09, 2009, 10:51:14 AM
my buddy Brian "the Cannon" Bannon on 'LNG played the Carpenters and wondered if they listened to 'LNG "growing up in Connecticut" -- I emailed to remind him they grew up in Downey, CA. Apparently they moved to Downey from CT in 1963, when Karen was 13; 'LNG signed on in the fall of that year, so he conceded that they weren't listeners -- and promised to play "Tarzan Boy" later (and I didn't even ask!)


No "Tarzan Boy" yet, but he did play Tony Bennett, "I Left My Heart in SF"!

ETA: 3-1/2 hours later, and he's still making on-air references to my e-mail!
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Re: CG/KPOO/KCDX etcetcetc for the week of 2/9/09
« Reply #3 on: February 09, 2009, 10:04:32 PM »
Quote from: RGMike on February 09, 2009, 08:53:27 AM
'LNG gives me Frank'n'Nancy, "Somethin' Stupid", which is anything but (even Nicole Kidman & Robbie Williams couldn't screw it up).  I wanna do a Karaoke duet with the princess on this one.

If it would get you to get up on the stage - and if it would get the Princess to visit the States - I would totally fly to SF for this.

Just sayin'.
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Re: CG/KPOO/KCDX etcetcetc for the week of 2/9/09
« Reply #4 on: February 10, 2009, 08:11:10 AM »
JJ scores with Joe Tex's spectacular, forgotten "I Believe I'm Gonna Make It", a letter-from-Vietnam song that's truly one for the time capsule.
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Re: CG/KPOO/KCDX etcetcetc for the week of 2/9/09
« Reply #5 on: February 10, 2009, 08:22:13 AM »
LAWD! Etta James, "Fool That I Am". Take *that*, Ms. Knowles!
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Re: CG/KPOO/KCDX etcetcetc for the week of 2/9/09
« Reply #6 on: February 10, 2009, 08:51:42 AM »
Holy Flaming Mother of Pop Argot! The Hesitations (who?) doing a soulful cover of... "Born Free"?!?  OMG, I've *never* heard this before. . "I'm so glad I'm born free -- hallelujah!"
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Re: CG/KPOO/KCDX etcetcetc for the week of 2/9/09
« Reply #7 on: February 10, 2009, 09:13:59 AM »
Bob Shannon pauses in his "Behind the Hits" tribute to Beatles-on-Ed Sullivan long enough to play the orig version of Sandy Posey's "Born a Woman" by Patty Michaels (who?), a much more upbeat '60s girl-singer-sounding version (think "I Will Follow Him" as it might've been done by Jackie DeShannon).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCxkgbzYLSM

followed -- holy crap! -- by Bobby Rydell's version of "World Without Love", also NTM. 
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Re: CG/KPOO/KCDX etcetcetc for the week of 2/9/09
« Reply #8 on: February 10, 2009, 09:52:44 AM »
Quote from: RGMike on February 10, 2009, 08:51:42 AM
Holy Flaming Mother of Pop Argot! The Hesitations (who?) doing a soulful cover of... "Born Free"?!?  OMG, I've *never* heard this before. . "I'm so glad I'm born free -- hallelujah!"

The song nudged into the Top 40 in February 1968 - in a tragic irony, their lead singer was killed that month.  (I know not how; this comes from my Whitburn.)
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Re: CG/KPOO/KCDX etcetcetc for the week of 2/9/09
« Reply #9 on: February 10, 2009, 12:47:20 PM »
"oh Carol... I am but a queen fool". This 1972 retro chart I'm listening to on CG includes a re-released Sedaka hit from the early '60s.  And a NTM Johnny Nash hit, "More Questions Than Answers", which is quite nice. And -- OMG -- the Strawbs' glorious "Lay Down".
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Re: CG/KPOO/KCDX etcetcetc for the week of 2/9/09
« Reply #10 on: February 10, 2009, 12:55:05 PM »
speaking of reissues, here's Jeff Beck (in his Hippie Hat), getting a 2nd go-'round with "Hi-Ho Silver Lining".
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Re: CG/KPOO/KCDX etcetcetc for the week of 2/9/09
« Reply #11 on: February 10, 2009, 01:00:32 PM »
Discovery of the week: Junior Campbell (a founding member of Marmalade) and a UK hit from late '72, "Hallelujah Freedom":

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSFl5414vik
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Re: CG/KPOO/KCDX etcetcetc for the week of 2/9/09
« Reply #12 on: February 10, 2009, 01:06:03 PM »
10cc's "Donna", the only record of theirs that's more annoying than "Dreadlock Holiday".
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Re: CG/KPOO/KCDX etcetcetc for the week of 2/9/09
« Reply #13 on: February 10, 2009, 01:11:15 PM »
The woman doing the newscast on CG is named Verity Gear -- is that a Bond Girl name, or what?
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Re: CG/KPOO/KCDX etcetcetc for the week of 2/9/09
« Reply #14 on: February 10, 2009, 01:18:43 PM »
Archie Bell's fab "Here I Go Again" was a huge UK hit but sadly did little on these shores:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjmjf5PMChk

and it's followed by the J-5's "Lookin' Thru the Windows", one of my favorites of their lesser-charting hits.
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