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1970 on Tue 5/17/05
« on: May 17, 2005, 07:59:43 AM »
Off to a nice start with Joe Cocker's take on "The Letter."
“The choir of children sing their song.  They've practiced all year long.  Ding dong.  Ding dong.  Ding dong.”

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1970 on Tue 5/17/05
« Reply #1 on: May 17, 2005, 08:02:28 AM »
"Zee mad dogs... zee englishmen... et Zho co-KAIR!"

lotta great stuff on this album that doesn't get played any more, especially Bonnie Bramlett's "That's What My Man is For."

"can you give us some red lights, 'cause this is a red light song..."
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1970 on Tue 5/17/05
« Reply #2 on: May 17, 2005, 08:07:23 AM »
Our IT department changed our server time, and now it seems to be about 5 minutes slow.  So I keep missing the beginning of sets.  HM, van the man.
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1970 on Tue 5/17/05
« Reply #3 on: May 17, 2005, 08:08:06 AM »
Ah, Bonnie Bramlett.  Who else is so obscure yet can claim being known for such a wide array of things:

1. her work with Delaney, Cocker et al
2. being off-rhymed with "mushroom omelet" in "Life Is a Rock"
3. punching Elvis Costello in the snout after he called Ray Charles a "nigger"
4. acting in "Roseanne"
“The choir of children sing their song.  They've practiced all year long.  Ding dong.  Ding dong.  Ding dong.”

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1970 on Tue 5/17/05
« Reply #4 on: May 17, 2005, 08:09:19 AM »
"I want you to hold it between your knees."

Right up there with Jack's best moments ever.  In fact, that line might be my favorite, even more than his hamming up "The Shining."

Oh, and WOS to "Travelin' Band."
“The choir of children sing their song.  They've practiced all year long.  Ding dong.  Ding dong.  Ding dong.”

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1970 on Tue 5/17/05
« Reply #5 on: May 17, 2005, 08:11:07 AM »
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"I want you to hold it between your knees."

Right up there with Jack's best moments ever.  In fact, that line might be my favorite, even more than his hamming up "The Shining."

Oh, and WOS to "Travelin' Band."


Agreed on "Five Easy Peices," but there's nothing wrong with CCR.
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1970 on Tue 5/17/05
« Reply #6 on: May 17, 2005, 08:12:44 AM »
Oh Katriiiiina!  I'm down on my knees...
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1970 on Tue 5/17/05
« Reply #7 on: May 17, 2005, 08:14:42 AM »
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Oh, and WOS to "Travelin' Band."


See Geoff's comments yesterday :roll:

I can't think of a more consistently good (and well-loved) run of singles -- all of them big hits -- than CCRs from '69 to '71.

VHM "Roadhouse Blues". Proxy BOS for mshray to "Cecilia"
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1970 on Tue 5/17/05
« Reply #8 on: May 17, 2005, 08:18:39 AM »
Ooh!  BOS to Crabby Appleton's "Go Back," sounding a lot more modern than most of 1970's output.
“The choir of children sing their song.  They've practiced all year long.  Ding dong.  Ding dong.  Ding dong.”

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1970 on Tue 5/17/05
« Reply #9 on: May 17, 2005, 08:19:46 AM »
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Ooh!  BOS to Crabby Appleton's "Go Back," sounding a lot more modern than most of 1970's output.


OMGWTFLOL!!

On this we can agree -- very Raspberries-ish before there were Raspberries. A great single.
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1970 on Tue 5/17/05
« Reply #10 on: May 17, 2005, 08:19:51 AM »
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Oh, and WOS to "Travelin' Band."


See Geoff's comments yesterday :roll:

I can't think of a more consistently good (and well-loved) run of singles -- all of them big hits -- than CCRs from '69 to '71.

VHM "Roadhouse Blues". Proxy BOS for mshray to "Cecilia"

Hey, I like a *lot* of those songs.  It's just "Travelin' Band" that grates on me.  I hate the line about the state militia and those kinds of '50s-reminiscent sax lines just don't do anything for me.
“The choir of children sing their song.  They've practiced all year long.  Ding dong.  Ding dong.  Ding dong.”

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1970 on Tue 5/17/05
« Reply #11 on: May 17, 2005, 08:23:34 AM »
anybody here see the fuzzy wuzzy love-n-touch explosion?

Preposterous lyrics but hey it was 1970. VHM Burton & the boyz.
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1970 on Tue 5/17/05
« Reply #12 on: May 17, 2005, 08:32:15 AM »
extra-special VHM Badfinger -- last nite I saw the commercial for the Def Leppard anthology -- their new single is a remake of "No Matter What". That's just wrong.
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1970 on Tue 5/17/05
« Reply #13 on: May 17, 2005, 08:40:59 AM »
I'd completely forgotten that Crabby Appleton was a cartoon character on Captain Kangaroo. Probably because I almost never watched the good Captain.
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« Reply #14 on: May 17, 2005, 11:23:02 AM »
My BOS'es would be a tie between Neil and Badfinger!

TEN @ 10 LOG FOR 05.17.05
1970

  1.  Joe Cocker  -  The Letter
  2.  Van Morrison  -  And it Stoned Me
  3.  Creedence Cleawater Revival  -  Travelin' Band
  4.  Simon & Garfunkel  -  Cecelia
  5.  The Doors  -  Road House Blues
  6.  Crabby Appleton  -  Go Back
  7.  The Guess Who  -  Hand Me Down World
  8.  Neil Young  -  Southern Man
 9.  Badfinger  -  No Matter What
10.  Elton John  -  Take Me To the Pilot

The spirit of '76 takes flight on tomorrow's Ten @ 10 with great songs from the Bicentennial year on 97.1 FM The Drive.
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