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The Drive, 5/18/06: 1972
« on: May 18, 2006, 07:51:45 AM »
'72 = Woo Hoo!

A lovely start with Elton, "Mona Lisas & Mad Hatters"
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« Reply #1 on: May 18, 2006, 08:03:05 AM »
Early and near-definitive BOS: "Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters."  Major sledgehammer for me.
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« Reply #2 on: May 18, 2006, 08:08:35 AM »
I expect "Join Together" will get the consensus Clubhouse vote.
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« Reply #3 on: May 18, 2006, 08:14:13 AM »
In case the Dr. Hook novelty got you wondering: Probably the biggest artists who have never had their picture on the cover of Rolling Stone are Kiss and the Kinks.  I'd be interested to hear about any other oversights.
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« Reply #4 on: May 18, 2006, 08:15:49 AM »
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I expect "Join Together" will get the consensus Clubhouse vote.


It's a fine song and something of an oddity -- you make one of your best LPs (arguably your best non-concept album), and then you follow it up with a throwaway single?  That was either folly or supreme self-confidence. (or both.)

VHM Dr Hook!  Ever hear Buck Owens' country version, "Cover of the Music City News"?
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« Reply #5 on: May 18, 2006, 08:16:20 AM »
A rockstar meta-commentary twin-spin: Dr. Hook is followed by the Moodies' "Just a Singer in a Rock & Roll Band."
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« Reply #6 on: May 18, 2006, 08:18:20 AM »
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A rockstar meta-commentary twin-spin: Dr. Hook is followed by the Moodies' "Just a Singer in a Rock & Roll Band."


The '70s were the peak period for oh-woe-is-me-I'm-a-rock-star songs. Randy Newman, "Lonely at the Top", BJ's "The Entertainer", etc etc.
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« Reply #7 on: May 18, 2006, 08:18:56 AM »
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It's a fine song and something of an oddity -- you make one of your best LPs (arguably your best non-concept album), and then you follow it up with a throwaway single?


Like Tom Petty told us last hour: "We don't hear a single," sez the record company.  At best we get singles like "Elenore" and "Join Together" as responses.  At worst ... well, where shall we begin? "Soak Up the Sun"?
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« Reply #8 on: May 18, 2006, 08:23:41 AM »
proxy for Rod: the ABB eatin' a peach.  Instantly it's the spring of '72 and the trees are budding...
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« Reply #9 on: May 18, 2006, 08:28:04 AM »
as you mentioned the other day about some late-'74 release being a '75 song to you, "Do It Again" always signifies '73 to me, despite the late-'72 release date on the LP.
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« Reply #10 on: May 18, 2006, 08:29:03 AM »
In hindsight, it's rather amazing that Steely Dan didn't win a Best New Artist Grammy.  ('72's went to America.)  Anyone know if they were at least nominated?
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« Reply #11 on: May 18, 2006, 08:32:41 AM »
Hey, is this Chicago getting all sunshine-poppy?  Sounds like the theme from an unwritten sitcom.
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« Reply #12 on: May 18, 2006, 08:33:11 AM »
OMGWTF! Jamestown Massacre, "Summer Sun" -- BOS for a long-forgotten gem. (and a fine Chicago imitation)
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« Reply #13 on: May 18, 2006, 08:35:29 AM »
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Hey, is this Chicago getting all sunshine-poppy?  Sounds like the theme from an unwritten sitcom.


LOL!  "... and starring Joe McCombs as the Beaver"
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« Reply #14 on: May 18, 2006, 08:36:21 AM »
BOS2 Mr Simon & Julio & Rosie the Queen of Corona
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