DownGoesFrazier Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 This is not low-hanging fruit, but can be easily reached with a stepladder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misswonderly3 Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 Well, here's some more low-hanging fruit. This song came up recently on another thread (I think the Woody Allen one.) I tried to find a video taken directly from the film "The Graduate", but no luck. Still, it's a pretty darn good song. Cu-Cu-Cachoo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 This "fruit" is so low-hanging that it's touching the ground. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkblue Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 What a great album 'Bookends' is. Here's the album closer: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 The two best songs on "Bookends" (which happen to be higher-hanging fruit--I promise that I'm finished with this) are "Hazy Shade of Winter" and "At the Zoo". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casablancalover2 Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 Hum, on the related side, of low hanging fruit, I went to the Moody Blues concert in Sarasota last night. Justin has still got it, and the band was great. But, they didn't play Go Now, the song I remember first about them. But they played this, and I love it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casablancalover2 Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 My favorite S & G, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misswonderly3 Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 Paul Simon was and still is a very talented song-writer. Here's one of my favourites of his solo works. The lyrics are so wise and contemplative. And isn't it true, it's so true, that when you hear that train whistle in the distance, it evokes feelings you can't even always define. "Yearning", I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 ..and coincidentally, that was one of the songs that my ipod played this morning while I was on the bike. ("Story in Your Eyes") Edited by: finance on Mar 25, 2014 2:57 PM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkblue Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 One of the best Moody Blues tracks of the 80's is John Lodge's 'Talking Out of Turn' . Very nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misswonderly3 Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 That song has a soporific quality to it. I mean that in a good way, it's kind of hypnotic and relaxing. (As many of the older Moody Blues tunes were.) Watch out, fi, I'm going for a double whammy of that low hanging fruit. First, since we're talking about The Moody Blues, here's a piece of MB fruit that's practically lying on the ground: And since we're on the topic of being in a rock 'n' roll band, here's The Byrds, with some more accessible musical fruit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCBo3lWXDqw Char, I saw the Moody Blues live about ten years ago. It was a really impressive show. They did everyone's favourites, plus some higher-hanging fruit, and a splendid time was had by all. Glad you enjoyed the show you attended too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 Perhaps the earliest song about being a rock and roll singer was, from the '50s, Bill Parsons' "All American Boy", which I haven't heard or thought of in ages. Edited by: finance on Mar 26, 2014 12:56 PM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkblue Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 Seems likely that the song was written as a reaction to the drafting of Elvis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesJazGuitar Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 The Moody Blues must of done some fine picking to get to that higher-hanging fruit! Back when the US invaded Iraq (the second time), I had the band I was in play The Story of Your Eyes since I felt this was a good anti-war song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casablancalover2 Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 they had everyone on their feet many times, and this one -- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misswonderly3 Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 Hm, Char, you do know I posted that very song yesterday, right? But "it's all good", because your version is different from mine. We can compare. The one I posted is the original, I think yours' is from a few years later. Besides, you can't have too much "Singer in a Rock n Roll Band." ps: I watched your clip again, and they're quite different. For one thing, the guys are old. Well, old-ER. And what is fun to see is that, age notwithstanding, they are playing and rocking it out as much as ever. There's a lot of energy in the performance, and clearly the guys are having fun, maybe even more fun than on their original version. Change of pace...Here's Bruce with a little-known but great rocker, with an equally great message. Turn it up really loud, if poss. (for some reason the album cover is the wrong one, not the album for "Tunnel of Love", which this track is from. Oh well.) Edited by: misswonderly on Mar 27, 2014 1:30 PM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkblue Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 Now that you got me thinking about Bruce - I'm reminded of how perfect his cover of this 50's classic was. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbh-6N1IB98 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 You just stated that you don't like disco. I think your lack of familarity with the real good stuff may be coloring your view. For starters, listen to the 4 tracks I recommended on the Motown thread, and get back to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casablancalover2 Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 Concerning the MBs.. Yeah, mw, I posted it for contrast. It's been more than a few years, but they still make the house rock, and that was the point. They still got it. that's what it's aboot. btw- the Moody Blues still haven't made it into the R&R Hall of Fame. Injustice. Bruce made it in 1999, but the E Street Band not until 2013, I believe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misswonderly3 Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 Sorry, Char, for being so thick. Although when I did go back and listen/watch again to your link, the contrast was apparent to me, as I commented. And yeah, they did still make the house rock ! You say the Moody Blues have still not yet been initiated into the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame? That's very strange. They certainly deserve it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misswonderly3 Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 Here's a beautiful song by Gram Parsons (who was equally beautiful.) First, the Bryds version. Gram brought a country sound to the Bryds' line-up. When I was younger I disliked it, especially the steel guitars. But now I love it. Funny how people's tastes can change. This is a song that takes its time. A sweet 3/4 time, at that. And here's his rendering of the song with the lovely Emmylou Harris: (ps: I'm very excited ! I'm going to see Emmylou Harris, along with producer Daniel Lanois, in April. Cant' hardly wait !) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
traceyk65 Posted March 30, 2014 Share Posted March 30, 2014 Here's a completely random interjection into this thread... Came across this the other day and even though it's not my cup of tea, I found it interesting that Lori Black, Shirley Temples daughter was the bass player for this band, the Melvins: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
traceyk65 Posted March 30, 2014 Share Posted March 30, 2014 re: the Byrd's song--Ive never heard that one before, but I like it. It swings country, but still has that unique Byrds sound. Nice. I think my favorite Byrds song is My Back Pages. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FUGzwUTN80 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkblue Posted March 30, 2014 Share Posted March 30, 2014 That rather inferior rendition of 'Candy-O' got me instantly craving some Cars tracks. Since You're Gone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misswonderly3 Posted March 30, 2014 Share Posted March 30, 2014 tracey, a lot of people don't seem to know about the Byrds' country phase. This came about as a result of the talented and country music-loving Gram Parsons, who joined the band at the latter stage of their career. Going back (appropriate phrase to use when speaking of the Byrds), Gene Clark was as much a founder of the Byrds as Roger McGuinn was. Clark was also their original song-writer, in the beginning as productive and as good as McGuinn. Unfortunately, for a variety of personal reasons, Gene left the Byrds in 1966. But he went on to record some solo work. Here's an obscure but very poignant and beautiful song he wrote.But again, it needs a little careful listening. It's one of those songs that reward you if you pay attention to it. The combination of the rich acoustic guitar work he plays and his melancholy voice on this stay in your head. "Dark of My Moon": Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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