misswonderly3 Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 cujas, I'm guessing that was a memorable learning experience. I think, as you say, that as often as not the actual in-the real-world teachers are more effective than those in the academic tower (no offense to anyone who posts frequently on this thread, whom I suspect is a university professor. Or maybe not) .From Crosby Stills Nash and Young to the Byrds (there is a personnel connection). Here's Roger McGuinn's mysterious Lover of the Bayou. McGuinn was a master of that haunting ringing guitar sound, so effective in so many of his songs. By the way, I forgot to add to my comment about that Party at Ground Zero video that the ending is reminiscent of Kiss Me Deadly. Edited by: misswonderly on May 5, 2011 11:11 AM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.Bogle Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 Yeah, what exactly was in that box? Kaboooommmmm. Isolated, some of the images in the video are a bit scary, but in the context of the end of the Cold War, with its endless repetition of nuclear dooms days, it's not quite as spooky, especially 25 years later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.Bogle Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 10 cc with their first hit single, Donna, with vocals by a guy with one of the coolest names in rock history, Lol Creme. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 His parents obviously anticipated internet lingo.........LOL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdGVleVi-9k Following your lead, another group connected to CSN&Y----This song is dedicated to you, Miss W. Edited by: finance on May 5, 2011 6:05 PM Edited by: finance on May 5, 2011 6:06 PM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misswonderly3 Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 Well, finance, I take that as a very nice compliment. As it happens, I do resemble that lady in blue on the right of the album cover, by the tree. At least, I used to. Yes, common denominator person is Stephen Stills. And Neil Young. And the Byrds element is David Crosby, although as far as I know he never sang with Buffalo Springfield. Or maybe he did, those California hippy guys were always fraternizing with one another, getting stoned, "jamming", who knows what else. Another "Byrds" tidbit...that riff in Rock and Roll Woman sounds a lot like the one in the Byrds' song, Renaissance Fair. Edited by: misswonderly on May 5, 2011 6:40 PM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted May 6, 2011 Share Posted May 6, 2011 The center for all this jamming and socializing at that time for all the LA musicians was Mama Cass's place in Laurel Canyon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.Bogle Posted May 6, 2011 Share Posted May 6, 2011 It does detract a little from the cool factor. At least he wasn't named **** Creme. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.Bogle Posted May 6, 2011 Share Posted May 6, 2011 Tammy Wynette, walking the straight and narrow, I Don't Wanna Play House. Tammy always kept her cosmetologist's license up to date, just in case the singing gig went south. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXu9QDLL4Bo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misswonderly3 Posted May 6, 2011 Share Posted May 6, 2011 Tammy seems to specialize in how marital angst affects the kiddies. A few weeks ago a blues legend called "Pinetop Perkins" died. What delightful nicknames a lot of these old blues gents had. His forte was blues and boogie-woogie piano, and here's a sample. Take it Easy, Baby : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_OZrMpNOA8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted May 6, 2011 Share Posted May 6, 2011 We can't exclude poor Graham Nash. Edited by: finance on May 6, 2011 4:11 PM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misswonderly3 Posted May 6, 2011 Share Posted May 6, 2011 Great little pop song ! The Hollies were really good. Bus Stop is way up there, along with Carrie Ann . One of the unusual things about Bus Stop is, it's in a minor key. And still very upbeat ! I like Graham Nash, but an irony about him is, he left the Hollies because he thought they weren't "heavy" enough. So he goes to America and joins Crosby Stills Nash (and Young). Much heavier, yes. But all the songs that Nash wrote for them are regarded as the most "lightweight" of the group's output.. Nash was the wuss of the band. Not that there's anything wrong with it. Personally, I like his contributions very much - except for Marakesh Express. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cujas Posted May 6, 2011 Share Posted May 6, 2011 The Hollies are one of the few Brit Invasions bands that I still listen to. My all time favorite was "I Can't Let Go". And "Look through Any Window" a perfect example of how a Brit Invasion band should sound. George always liked them best--as a group they were so well-meshed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted May 7, 2011 Share Posted May 7, 2011 George? George who? George Bush?..........Was there any band other than CS&N that had both Americans and Brits? Edited by: finance on May 7, 2011 10:48 AM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted May 7, 2011 Share Posted May 7, 2011 Crosby probably also called him a wuss because he wasn't stoned out of his mind 95% of the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misswonderly3 Posted May 7, 2011 Share Posted May 7, 2011 How could I have said Bus Stop is my favourite Hollies song when it is actually I Can't Let Go ? I even posted it here a few weeks back. This is what happens when I try to "rate" things -there are just so many good ones, it doesn't make sense to me to put them in order. I don't like doing that with movies either, - I might say, "Today, the first ten movies that come to mind as favourites of mine are these..." but the list might be different on another day. Same with British pop. Anyway, moving on...I wanted to post Dave Edmunds' version of It's Almost Saturday Night, on account of its being almost Saturday night. But there's no such thing on youtube, and the John Fogarty video was off-putting (not the song, the images- nothing to do with Saturday night.) Blah blah blah...here's Dave Edmunds and Rockpile, with Girls' Talk : Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted May 7, 2011 Share Posted May 7, 2011 You were just trying to make me feel good about my post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misswonderly3 Posted May 7, 2011 Share Posted May 7, 2011 Bus Stop is a great pop song, it doesn't require nice manners to praise it. I also like all those Phillie soul/funk songs from the 60s and 70s that you post now and then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.Bogle Posted May 7, 2011 Share Posted May 7, 2011 I've heard the name Pinetop Perkins, but never knew much about him. A little more light-hearted and swinging than some of the other old blues guys.Too bad there was never a Mafia bluesman, Anthony "Fat Tony" "Hamhock" Spaganuto. Yep, CSN&Y gave Black Sabbath and Deep Purple a run for their money during the late 1960s and early 1970s. Nash was pretty double twee, but Teach Your Children and Our House are fairly decent. I remember one year in the 1970s when Rolling Stone named Joni Mitchell Old Lady of the Year. Those were the days. Fleetwood Mac turned into an Anglo-American band when Bob Welch joined, and even more so with Buckingham and Nicks later on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cujas Posted May 7, 2011 Share Posted May 7, 2011 You were joking about George who, weren't you? I never know when you're joking--But that's a big part of your charm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted May 8, 2011 Share Posted May 8, 2011 Of course I was joking. I know that "George" is George Costanza. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted May 8, 2011 Share Posted May 8, 2011 The Monkees were also mixed. Three Americans and Brit Davy Jones. ("Pleasant Valley Sunday" wasn't a bad song) Edited by: finance on May 8, 2011 1:33 PM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misswonderly3 Posted May 8, 2011 Share Posted May 8, 2011 George Brent? George Clooney? Oh, I know...Curious George. A sweet Mother's Day song by Mr. Springsteen: The Wish : Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misswonderly3 Posted May 9, 2011 Share Posted May 9, 2011 Pure 80s dance pop: Depeche Mode's I Just Can't Get Enough . Whatever are they talking about? Must be Uncle Bob's intros. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.Bogle Posted May 9, 2011 Share Posted May 9, 2011 Forgot about the Prefab Four. In hindsight they did have some good pop songs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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