3 April 2013: it's... 1976

[ggould]

the end of the Santana song makes me want to put on roller skates!

[RGMike]

the end of the Santana song makes me want to put on roller skates!

and Renee's backannounce makes me want to pull out my eardrums. 

[Lightnin' Rod]

the end of the Santana song makes me want to put on roller skates!

LOL.

[ggould]

I don't usually like to go to deep in the GS jungle to root out the sets, but is this the way you currently do it?

040313 - Wednesday - 1976

1. Stevie Wonder - Sir Duke
2. Paul McCartney and Wings - Silly Love Songs
3. Blue Oyster Cult - Don't Fear The Reaper
(News: Mao dead)
4. Bellamy Brothers - Let Your Love Flow
5. JJ Cale - Cocaine
(TV: Match Game PM)
6. Orleans - Still The One
7. Boston - More Than A Feeling
8. Jefferson Starship - With Your Love
9. Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band - Turn The Page
10. Santana - Dance Sister Dance (Bailar Mi Hermana)

[CapnJack]

Renee sez Santana gets BOS.

[RGMike]

I don't usually like to go to deep in the GS jungle to root out the sets, but is this the way you currently do it?

yes -- thanks! I won't get home till after 9 tonite.  I grab it from their thread and I usually edit the snarky descrpitions of the news/TV/movie clips. Sometimes they're amusing, sometimes not.

[dischead]

Ugh.  That was awful.  I had to listen to a bit of a DM 1971 set that
was handy in order to cleanse myself.  (BOS to Santana for me as well.)

Yes, I recently said that 1976 was one of the worst years for pop/rock,
and here was a set that aptly illustrates that.  The sad thing is, you
could probably chose a "deeper" track that is as good or perhaps better
than what was played from most of the albums represented today and it
would have been a much more interesting set.

What saves 1976 from being the worst year -- that ignominy goes to 1978
-- is that some of the best albums ever recorded were released that
year.  And it's not just that these gems stand out among the other
pedestrian efforts, although of course they do.  For me, they have truly
stood the test of time.  I could listen to any one of these today, in
their entirety, twice in a row -- and enjoy the experience.  BTW, AL
played tracks from two of them.  (I'm sure not everyone will agree about
Joni, but the other two are superlative.)

Hejira - Joni Mitchell
801 Live - Brian Eno, Phil Manzanera, et. al.
Go! - Stomu Yamashta, Al Dimeola, Klaus Schulze, Michael Shrieve, Steve Winwood

[CapnJack]

it's the season. for the reason. it's so pleasin'!  VHM Bellamys. Their country output is an excellent bunch o' tunes.

I was reminded that the Bellamy Brothers' recording was actually the second version of the song.
The first version was recorded by Gene Cotton in 1975.  For anyone curious about it, here it is:

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

[Big Fingers McGee]

ACK!  WOS, "Silly Love Songs".

gotta agree there. and another total LN. (can a WOS ever be necessary? discuss!)

I'd nominate Whitney's "I'll Always Love You" after she passed.

[Big Fingers McGee]

ACK!  WOS, "Silly Love Songs".

gotta agree there. and another total LN. (can a WOS ever be necessary? discuss!)

I thought that Papa Roach a few weeks ago was N, despite being WOS.

I concur. Something that both sucks, yet that also represents its time would qualify.

[ggould]

Hejira - Joni Mitchell
801 Live - Brian Eno, Phil Manzanera, et. al.
Go! - Stomu Yamashta, Al Dimeola, Klaus Schulze, Michael Shrieve, Steve Winwood

agreed, although I like the 801 album cover a bit more than the music!


'76 nominees from me:

[CapnJack]

'76 nominees from me:

TANC - I just read an article today in the latest issue of Rolling Stone (Jon Hamm on the cover) titled
"The Knights Of Soft Rock", which focused on a group of session musicians (nicknamed "The Section")
who played on the two albums above: Danny Kortchmar, Russ Kunkel, Leland Sklar, Craig Doerge,
Waddy Wachtel, and David Lindley.  It's a terrific read.

[ggould]

TANC - I just read an article today in the latest issue of Rolling Stone (Jon Hamm on the cover) titled
"The Knights Of Soft Rock", which focused on a group of session musicians (nicknamed "The Section")
who played on the two albums above: Danny Kortchmar, Russ Kunkel, Leland Sklar, Craig Doerge,
Waddy Wachtel, and David Lindley.  It's a terrific read.

Typical Rolling Stone cluelessness.  Yes, these guys have played for people like James Taylor, but calling them the "Knights of Soft Rock" seems like a slam to me.  I have seen some pretty savage/intense playing from these musicians.  Oh well.

[RGMike]

TANC - I just read an article today in the latest issue of Rolling Stone (Jon Hamm on the cover) titled
"The Knights Of Soft Rock", which focused on a group of session musicians (nicknamed "The Section")
who played on the two albums above: Danny Kortchmar, Russ Kunkel, Leland Sklar, Craig Doerge,
Waddy Wachtel, and David Lindley.  It's a terrific read.

Typical Rolling Stone cluelessness.  Yes, these guys have played for people like James Taylor, but calling them the "Knights of Soft Rock" seems like a slam to me.  I have seen some pretty savage/intense playing from these musicians.  Oh well.

indeed -- Zevon hardly qualifies as "soft" anything.  Now, Larry Knechtel might qualify for his Bread membership alone, but he also worked with S&G, the Ms&Ps, and is even on Streisand's "Stoney End"

[CapnJack]

TANC - I just read an article today in the latest issue of Rolling Stone (Jon Hamm on the cover) titled
"The Knights Of Soft Rock", which focused on a group of session musicians (nicknamed "The Section")
who played on the two albums above: Danny Kortchmar, Russ Kunkel, Leland Sklar, Craig Doerge,
Waddy Wachtel, and David Lindley.  It's a terrific read.

Typical Rolling Stone cluelessness.  Yes, these guys have played for people like James Taylor, but calling them the "Knights of Soft Rock" seems like a slam to me.  I have seen some pretty savage/intense playing from these musicians.  Oh well.

indeed -- Zevon hardly qualifies as "soft" anything.  Now, Larry Knechtel might qualify for his Bread membership alone, but he also worked with S&G, the Ms&Ps, and is even on Streisand's "Stoney End"

I think the title of the article is misleading.  They talk about being typecast ("Mellow Mafia"), but the article goes in-depth on their session/touring work with Taylor, Zevon, Jackson Browne, Linda Ronstadt, Carole King, David Crosby/Graham Nash, John Lennon/Harry Nilsson, etc.