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1968 cl***ic on Fri 9/16/05
« on: September 16, 2005, 10:04:17 AM »
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1968 cl***ic on Fri 9/16/05
« Reply #1 on: September 16, 2005, 10:05:02 AM »
Human Beinz, Hugh Masakela, and now "Hurdy Gurdy", mon.
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1968 cl***ic on Fri 9/16/05
« Reply #2 on: September 16, 2005, 10:09:44 AM »
Early BOS to Donovan, hm to the eternal 68 katrina, Grazing in the grass, which I heard in a car wash last weekend.


BOS2 Eric Burdon, Sky Pilot. The l-o-o-o-ong version? Hope so!
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1968 cl***ic on Fri 9/16/05
« Reply #3 on: September 16, 2005, 10:09:52 AM »
BOS, Sky Pilot.

At my Aunt's funeral a couple of weeks ago, I made it through okay until the bagpipes (Amazing Grace).  Teared up pretty good then.  My cousin got up and said, "Sorry about that.  That was supposed to cheer everyone up."  Not a dry eye in the place.

RIP, Aunt Jean.  Great lady.
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1968 cl***ic on Fri 9/16/05
« Reply #4 on: September 16, 2005, 10:10:10 AM »
A swell start, but I really don't like "Sky Pilot".  Bad singing and dumb lyrics.  I dig the whole band playing through a phaser, though.
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1968 cl***ic on Fri 9/16/05
« Reply #5 on: September 16, 2005, 10:11:46 AM »
Quote from: "Rod"
BOS, Sky Pilot.

At my Aunt's funeral a couple of weeks ago, I made it through okay until the bagpipes (Amazing Grace).  Teared up pretty good then.  My cousin got up and said, "Sorry about that.  That was supposed to cheer everyone up."  Not a dry eye in the place.

RIP, Aunt Jean.  Great lady.


rip, aunt jean.

and bos "sky pilot."

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1968 cl***ic on Fri 9/16/05
« Reply #6 on: September 16, 2005, 10:14:07 AM »
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A swell start, but I really don't like "Sky Pilot".  Bad singing and dumb lyrics.  I dig the whole band playing through a phaser, though.


It's a big dumb overwrought piece, no doubt.  Partly why I love it.

I think I'll ask for it on Thanksgiving, it's just a wonderful Turkey.
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1968 cl***ic on Fri 9/16/05
« Reply #7 on: September 16, 2005, 10:15:40 AM »
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A swell start, but I really don't like "Sky Pilot".  Bad singing and dumb lyrics.  I dig the whole band playing through a phaser, though.


"dumb lyrics" ... wow.  Guess you had to be there, but as Dave would say "a VERY important record in its time". There was an unpopular war on, and the lyrics struck VERY close to home.  So much so that the record was banned by many radio stations.
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1968 cl***ic on Fri 9/16/05
« Reply #8 on: September 16, 2005, 10:17:45 AM »
Is this 4 Tops? Sounds like Levi singin'--but I don't know it. Great song on first listen tho.
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1968 cl***ic on Fri 9/16/05
« Reply #9 on: September 16, 2005, 10:18:25 AM »
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A swell start, but I really don't like "Sky Pilot".  Bad singing and dumb lyrics.  I dig the whole band playing through a phaser, though.


It's a big dumb overwrought piece, no doubt.  Partly why I love it.

I think I'll ask for it on Thanksgiving, it's just a wonderful Turkey.


OK, I'm really on the edge now. "turkey" implies dumb stupid and/or goofy. "Sky Pilot" is anything but. Dated, perhaps (tho' given our current prez's love of war, maybe not). But not stupid. No.
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1968 cl***ic on Fri 9/16/05
« Reply #10 on: September 16, 2005, 10:19:28 AM »
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Is this 4 Tops? Sounds like Levi singin'--but I don't know it. Great song on first listen tho.


Yup. "Yesterday's Dreams" not one of their big hits but one of their loveliest perfs, and I know a Gaz fave too.
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1968 cl***ic on Fri 9/16/05
« Reply #11 on: September 16, 2005, 10:21:05 AM »
VHM Emmit Rhodes, whoops, I mean Paul & the Beatles.
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1968 cl***ic on Fri 9/16/05
« Reply #12 on: September 16, 2005, 10:21:32 AM »
sky  pilot

He blesses the boys as they stand in line
The smell of gun grease and the bayonets they shine
He's there to help them all that he can
To make them feel wanted he's a good holy man
Sky pilot.....sky pilot
How high can you fly
You'll never, never, never reach the sky

He smiles at the young soldiers
Tells them its all right
He knows of their fear in the forthcoming fight
Soon there'll be blood and many will die
Mothers and fathers back home they will cry
Sky pilot.....sky pilot
How high can you fly
You'll never, never, never reach the sky

He mumbles a prayer and it ends with a smile
The order is given
They move down the line
But he's still behind and he'll meditate
But it won't stop the bleeding or ease the hate
As the young men move out into the battle zone
He feels good, with God you're never alone
He feels tired and he lays on his bed
Hopes the men will find courage in the words that he said
Sky pilot.....sky Pilot
How high can you fly

You'll never, never, never reach the sky
You're soldiers of God you must understand
The fate of your country is in your young hands
May God give you strength
Do your job real well
If it all was worth it
Only time it will tell

In the morning they return
With tears in their eyes
The stench of death drifts up to the skies
A soldier so ill looks at the sky pilot
Remembers the words
"Thou shalt not kill"
Sky pilot.....sky pilot
How high can you fly
You never, never, never reach the sky

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1968 cl***ic on Fri 9/16/05
« Reply #13 on: September 16, 2005, 10:23:17 AM »
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sky  pilot

He blesses the boys as they stand in line...


Thank you everso.  A song that is quite a flashback for me, as you can tell from my reactions above :wink: .
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1968 cl***ic on Fri 9/16/05
« Reply #14 on: September 16, 2005, 10:26:10 AM »
Time it was, and what a time it was...

10-way tie, a "classic" set that deserves the name. OMG! "Back-Up Train", Al Green's first "hit" (I believe it peaked just under the Top 40).
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