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Thursday April 7--it's....1974!!
« on: April 07, 2005, 09:58:52 AM »
Low expectations today. Hoping to be surprised.
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« Reply #1 on: April 07, 2005, 10:06:04 AM »
have to go up from here, I much prefer J.J. Cale's original version of "Call Me The Breeze".

2 pts for the first person who can tell me what J.J. stands for.
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Re: Thursday April 7--it's....1974!!
« Reply #2 on: April 07, 2005, 10:07:01 AM »
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Low expectations today. Hoping to be surprised.


Can't complain about 1974--one of my fave years!

And this version of Rebel Rebel is always good to hear, from the 45 I think (with the "li-li-li-li"s). Dave trots this out about once a year.
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« Reply #3 on: April 07, 2005, 10:07:59 AM »
Did Eddie Kendricks have any hits this year?  I just heard a hip-hop song that samples the strings from "Keep On Truckin'," and it's put me in the mood.
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Re: Thursday April 7--it's....1974!!
« Reply #4 on: April 07, 2005, 10:09:12 AM »
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Low expectations today. Hoping to be surprised.


Can't complain about 1974--one of my fave years!

And this version of Rebel Rebel is always good to hear, from the 45 I think (with the "li-li-li-li"s). Dave trots this out about once a year.


Answered my question before I posed it.

At first it souded on my desktop boombox like interference from a nearby signal.

Early BOS for "Pure & Easy".
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« Reply #5 on: April 07, 2005, 10:11:05 AM »
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Did Eddie Kendricks have any hits this year?  I just heard a hip-hop song that samples the strings from "Keep On Truckin'," and it's put me in the mood.


"Boogie Down" actually is a '73/'74 overlapper.  And I don't recall the follow-up to that. When was "Son of Sagittarius"?

Yay "Pure & Easy".
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« Reply #6 on: April 07, 2005, 10:11:27 AM »
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Early BOS for "Pure & Easy".


Ditto.

"Distortion becomes somehow pure in its wildness,
The note that began all can also destroy."
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« Reply #7 on: April 07, 2005, 10:12:47 AM »
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Did Eddie Kendricks have any hits this year?  I just heard a hip-hop song that samples the strings from "Keep On Truckin'," and it's put me in the mood.


here's what Allmusic says:

 1973  Keep On Truckin' (Part 1)   Black Singles 1
 1973  Keep On Truckin' (Part 1)   Pop Singles 1
 1974  Boogie Down   Black Singles 1
 1974  Boogie Down   Pop Singles 2
 1974   One Tear   Disco Singles 14
 1974   One Tear   Pop Singles 71
 1974   Son Of Sagittarius   Black Singles 5
 1974   Son Of Sagittarius   Pop Singles 28
 1974   Tell Her Love Has Felt The Need   Black Singles 8
 1974   Tell Her Love Has Felt The Need   Pop Singles 50

"Keep On Truckin" topped the chart Nov 10 & 17 in '73, so it was probably still on the lower reaches of the chart by Jan 1 of '74.
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« Reply #8 on: April 07, 2005, 10:15:16 AM »
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Did Eddie Kendricks have any hits this year?  I just heard a hip-hop song that samples the strings from "Keep On Truckin'," and it's put me in the mood.


"Boogie Down" actually is a '73/'74 overlapper.  And I don't recall the follow-up to that. When was "Son of Sagittarius"?

Yay "Pure & Easy".


sorry Mike, Boogie Down was #2 in late March.

I love the coda on "Pure & Easy":

there once was a note...Listen!
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« Reply #9 on: April 07, 2005, 10:16:18 AM »
Rock the Boat

Drop the Soap (Scott Peterson)
I also heard a Pope spoof on Monday to this tune.
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« Reply #10 on: April 07, 2005, 10:19:28 AM »
Where's the Princess? This is the Genesis she likes. (Wonder if we'll get the triple spin, with Hairless Heart & Counting Out Time? )


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« Reply #11 on: April 07, 2005, 10:19:48 AM »
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sorry Mike, Boogie Down was #2 in late March.


it may have peaked in late March but I'm sure it was released before the end of December.
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« Reply #12 on: April 07, 2005, 10:21:09 AM »
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Where's the Princess?

Flying transatlantic by now, I believe ...
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« Reply #13 on: April 07, 2005, 10:21:57 AM »
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Rock the Boat

Drop the Soap (Scott Peterson)
I also heard a Pope spoof on Monday to this tune.


Mop the Pope?
Top the Pope?

or perhaps a song campaiging for another Italian pontiff, "Wop the Pope"?
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« Reply #14 on: April 07, 2005, 10:22:42 AM »
Anyone besides Rod & me that are big SciFi fans & would be familiar with the classic Alfred Bester novella "The Stars My Destination"?

Set in a future space traveling society where minds can be read by the police, our protaganist is bent on committing a revenge murder.  He becomes wealthy & powerful and as part of his plan he commissions jingles for his companies' products until they come up with one that is SO catchy that it is literally impossible to get it out of your head.  He then deliberately gets it stuck in his head when he commits his crime, so that when he is mind-probed by the cops all they can get is the jingle.  This is only a small element of a sweeping & wildly imaginative story, but it exactly describes how I feel about "Rock The Boat".
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