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Re: 7 June 2013: it's... 1968
« Reply #30 on: June 07, 2013, 10:32:05 AM »
Quote from: RGMike on June 07, 2013, 10:30:55 AM
Timothy Leary's dead. And so is the hope of hearing genuine rarities on 10@10.

VHM and proxy of shray, Moodies.
I wonder what Timothy Leary thought of this song when it came out, being not dead and all.
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Re: 7 June 2013: it's... 1968
« Reply #31 on: June 07, 2013, 10:33:49 AM »
"And over on your right, the house where the notorious Grateful Dead Hippie Band lives!"

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Re: 7 June 2013: it's... 1968
« Reply #32 on: June 07, 2013, 10:34:38 AM »
Quote from: Davefish on June 07, 2013, 10:32:05 AM
Quote from: RGMike on June 07, 2013, 10:30:55 AM
Timothy Leary's dead. And so is the hope of hearing genuine rarities on 10@10.

VHM and proxy of shray, Moodies.
I wonder what Timothy Leary thought of this song when it came out, being not dead and all.

He probably thought it was groovy.  Or, perhaps, far out.

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Re: 7 June 2013: it's... 1968
« Reply #33 on: June 07, 2013, 10:34:52 AM »
Quote from: Davefish on June 07, 2013, 10:32:05 AM
Quote from: RGMike on June 07, 2013, 10:30:55 AM
Timothy Leary's dead. And so is the hope of hearing genuine rarities on 10@10.

VHM and proxy of shray, Moodies.
I wonder what Timothy Leary thought of this song when it came out, being not dead and all.

Probably "I'll have to change that". Took him 28 years.
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Re: 7 June 2013: it's... 1968
« Reply #34 on: June 07, 2013, 10:37:23 AM »
Continuing our trip through the Haight,  Big Brother's "Summertime"

I'm OK with hearing this.

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Re: 7 June 2013: it's... 1968
« Reply #35 on: June 07, 2013, 10:38:07 AM »
"Summertime" is certainly better than "Piece of My heart" (which played over the closing credits of Mad Men Sunday nite).  BOS4
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Re: 7 June 2013: it's... 1968
« Reply #36 on: June 07, 2013, 10:38:16 AM »
Quote from: ggould on June 07, 2013, 10:33:49 AM
"And over on your right, the house where the notorious Grateful Dead Hippie Band lives!"



We moved to the Bay Area in '66.  Some time after (spring of 67, I would guess), Dad packed us all in the old Station Wagon and took us on a tour of the more interesting neighborhoods in the area.  When we got to the Haight, we were instructed to "roll up the windows and lock the doors".  What I remember best were the mini-skirts -- and I was only 8.
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Re: 7 June 2013: it's... 1968
« Reply #37 on: June 07, 2013, 10:40:14 AM »
BOS, Janis.  Most of her stuff I don't really ever need to hear again, but I never tire of "Summertime".
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Re: 7 June 2013: it's... 1968
« Reply #38 on: June 07, 2013, 10:42:40 AM »
Sorry, but on the backsell, she should at least acknowledge it was Big Brother and the Holding Company.
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Re: 7 June 2013: it's... 1968
« Reply #39 on: June 07, 2013, 10:49:25 AM »
Renee sez The Moodies beat Janis/Big Brother and the Holding Company, Aretha and TJ/Shondells for BOS by one vote.
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Re: 7 June 2013: it's... 1968
« Reply #40 on: June 07, 2013, 10:56:59 AM »
Quote from: CapnJack on June 07, 2013, 10:49:25 AM
Renee sez The Moodies beat Aretha and TJ/Shondells for BOS by one vote.

Is it me, or does it seem like quite often the BOS winner (according to RR), is one of the last couple of songs in the set? If so, I suspect something funny is going on.
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Re: 7 June 2013: it's... 1968
« Reply #41 on: June 07, 2013, 11:16:25 AM »
Quote from: urth on June 07, 2013, 10:56:59 AM
Quote from: CapnJack on June 07, 2013, 10:49:25 AM
Renee sez The Moodies beat Aretha and TJ/Shondells for BOS by one vote.

Is it me, or does it seem like quite often the BOS winner (according to RR), is one of the last couple of songs in the set? If so, I suspect something funny is going on.
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Re: 7 June 2013: it's... 1968
« Reply #42 on: June 07, 2013, 07:25:26 PM »
Finally listening to the entire set now...

2013-06-07 - FRIDAY!! Peter Sellers in The Party, 1968
 1. Steppenwolf - Magic Carpet Ride
 2. Tommy James and the Shondells - Crimson And Clover
(Movie: The Party - Peter Sellers)
 3. Fever Tree - San Francisco Girls (Return Of The Native)
 4. The Doors - Love Street
 5. Aretha Franklin - Think
 6. The Beatles - Martha My Dear
 7. Simon & Garfunkel - Mrs. Robinson
(News: The Heidi Bowl - Oakland 43, NY Jets 32)
 8. Otis Redding - The Happy Song (Dum-Dum)
 9. The Moody Blues - Legend Of A Mind
10. Big Brother and the Holding Company - Summertime
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Re: 7 June 2013: it's... 1968
« Reply #43 on: June 07, 2013, 10:31:15 PM »
Quote from: Big Fingers McGee on June 07, 2013, 10:07:46 AM
"Crimson And Clover", overplayed but I'll spot it an HM.

I've always associated this song with 1969, which is when I heard it a lot.  DM & AL both
played it in one of their 1969 sets.
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Re: 7 June 2013: it's... 1968
« Reply #44 on: June 07, 2013, 10:53:07 PM »
Quote from: ggould on June 07, 2013, 10:16:32 AM
but such a blockbuster year is usually reduced to touristy choices.  Good songs, but '68 was so much
more.

"Touristy choices" indeed.  Great phrase, and it really encapsulates so much of what is lacking
in 10@10 sets these days.  Yes, it's damn hard to go wrong in such a stellar year like 1968,
but there is so much untapped potential that in a way it's sad.  I did really enjoy hearing most
of these songs again.  I found it interesting that, even though I did not discover some of these
songs until years later, I had strong memories associated with each of the times I first started
listening to them.  In particular, thinking about Summertime was almost enough to induce
a flashback.  (grin)  I can't believe some of the things I did back then.
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