C.Bogle Posted May 9, 2011 Share Posted May 9, 2011 Captain Beyond was a short-lived second (or third) tier "supergroup" made up of some of the leavings of Deep Purple and Iron Butterfly. They did a sort of mix of hard rock with a little prog rock thrown in, including enough self-important song titles to fill a Yes album. Their first album wasn't too bad and it had a cool 3-D cover. One far out groovy 1970s band. Captain Beyond with Raging River of Fear in a video of equal pretension to the group itself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misswonderly3 Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 Wow, how many images did that guy fit into one 4 minute video? Well, moving on to simpler things...here's Arthur Alexander, king of under-recognized soul singers, singing the blues as usual, this time about Detroit City : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKztKevVmjQ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 Was Alexander actually known as the "King......", or are you just crowning him all by yourself? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.Bogle Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 The video has the feel of the early anarchic 1970s, though many of the images are more modern. Captain Beyond was all right, though I wouldn't call them one of the best under-appreciated bands of the 1970s. Someone might be smokin' something. Nice cover by Mr. Alexander. The instrumentation has a slight reggae sound to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.Bogle Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 Reliable as Old Faithfull, Red Hot Chili Peppers from a Parallel Universe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misswonderly3 Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 Well, you'll notice I did not use a capital "K", which would imply an official designation ( I suppose...I haven't consulted the rules on these matters.) The lower case "k" suggests Mr., Alexander is enjoying the title on an informal basis. I do feel that the poor guy was very talented, in both his singing and song composition, and that his name is to this day undeservedly obscure. Certainly many of his songs were covered by other more well-known musicians. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 You are correct. I know soul, but I don't know him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 Rumor has it that you are looking for some great obscure Philly soul-----I aim to please. Edited by: finance on May 10, 2011 5:21 PM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 Now I'm getting carried away. I haven't heard this one in years. It's sure great to hear it again! This is the greatest obscure song I've ever posted. Edited by: finance on May 10, 2011 5:39 PM Edited by: finance on May 10, 2011 5:52 PM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misswonderly3 Posted May 11, 2011 Share Posted May 11, 2011 It may have been a misnomer for me to refer to Arthur Alexander as a "soul" singer, especially when compared to someone like, say, Bobby Womack. He was more just a singer, a good one, who wrote sad and soulful songs. If we had to label him, I'd say he was a "rocknroll/pop/blues/ chanteur." (But then, I don't like labels - I understand their usefulness, but they never tell the whole story.) So, yeah, those are some heavy soul tunes you posted there, finance. I've never heard of The Trampps, but I'm a little familiar with Bobby Womack - although not that obscure number you found. Looks like you're having fun, rediscovering all this great old soul stuff on youtube. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted May 11, 2011 Share Posted May 11, 2011 This was one of the first releases of the Trammps, who turned out to be pretty well-known ("Disco Inferno", "Where the Happy People Go", etc.). Womack may have been the real king of the underrated soul singers. He had a number of great songs other than this one (e.g., "Daylight") Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misswonderly3 Posted May 11, 2011 Share Posted May 11, 2011 Speaking of labels, I've always thought the Red Hot Chili Peppers' tag was elusive; they changed their sound a bit over the years ( as many creative bands do), so it's not the easiest task to pin them down, labelically -speaking (yes, I know that word doesn't exist.) They often have kind of a funky vibe, especially their earlier stuff. That was pretty good, pretty typical RHCP fare, although I can't say I liked the giant bug. A word I have always disliked and never use myself except in quotation marks is "****". I won't go all political and feminist here, but it's undeniably misogynistic. There's a new post-feminist movement to "reclaim" the word, but I have my doubts. Having said all that, I'm going to post the great Todd Rundgren anthem to the above. If the song is good enough, I toss all poe-faced political/sociological considerations aside. Here we go, with **** http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Os6DO2NuPy8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted May 11, 2011 Share Posted May 11, 2011 Is it possible to misspell a word that doesn't exist?........Todd Rungren was a Philadelphian who got his start with a band called Woody's Truck Stop. His next band was Nazz, which first recorded the great "Hello, It's Me". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.Bogle Posted May 11, 2011 Share Posted May 11, 2011 Apparently Mr. Alexander was sometimes called a country soul artist. Whatever. As long as it's a good song, who cares. The RHCP were more funkier when they first started out. George Clinton produced one of their early albums. Lately they've been more into a pop/metal/funk/arena/kitchen sink vibe. Their last three or four albums just sound fantastic to me. The last thing I want to see while listening to the Chili Peppers is a blown-up stomach virus traveling through deep space. Yuck. But the only other decent live video was with Flea in that skeleton costume, so it was an easy call. I guess if one makes the word up, one can spell it whatever way one wants. Labelically, have to be careful about that one. **** is really non-PC, but it's hard to resist. I still remember the chorus, though it's been a while since I've listened to it. Sounds good to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.Bogle Posted May 11, 2011 Share Posted May 11, 2011 Traffic jammin' on Dear Mr. Fantasy. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_nwbTeIN4Y Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted May 11, 2011 Share Posted May 11, 2011 Brings back memories of "Jane, you ignorant ****!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cujas Posted May 11, 2011 Share Posted May 11, 2011 When I lived in Chicago, many moons ago, I went to see Bobby Womack at the Lincoln Park venue across from the original Chicago Playboy Club--talk about Sexist-- I went because the song he wrote for The Stones was my favorite-- "I used to love her, but it's all over now". I ended up that night at the Playboy Club with Chuck Mangione--of all people--he'd just hit it big with some song. And I can testify that a pro-feminist woman can have a very nice time at the Playboy Club--it's bar and food were superb. I don't know if they have them anymore. PS--Where I come from we call a questionable girl "Fast".--You can guess why. Edited by: cujas on May 11, 2011 7:47 PM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misswonderly3 Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 You hung out with Chuck Mangione at the Playboy Club? cujas, based on that and on other tidbits of incidents in your life which you've revealed here from time to time, I think you should write your autobiography. Hey, I'd buy it ! finance, I do remember "Jane, you ignorant **** !", and I never thought it was funny. I suppose if there was anything funny about it, it was Jane Curtain's deadpan ( or should I say "poe-faced" ) non-response to the epithet. Edited by: misswonderly on May 12, 2011 10:37 AM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 .....and Chuck Mangione wooed her by talking about plumbing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misswonderly3 Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 I love that song, Dear Mr. Fantasy. If there had to be one song that represented the group Traffic, that would be it. You may remember, many months ago, I posted the studio version of this iconic song- the video that accompanied it was some strange and ancient little film from about 1910, with a kid in a toyshop. Steve Winwood has a medieval look in that performance, like something out of a Botticelli painting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misswonderly3 Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 Martha Wainwright is a Canadian singer, sister of Rufus Wainwright and daughter of Loudon Wainwright III and Kate McGarrigle. She has a swooningly lovely voice which is used to maximum effect in this dreamy song, Factory. The song itself is an exquisitely beautiful melody, one of those tunes that evokes emotions of yearning and restlessness, and one doesn't even know why. Another "yearning" song. This is what she looks like (to make up for no visual on the youtube link) : Edited by: misswonderly on May 12, 2011 10:06 AM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrroberts Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 I still listen to my Cowboy Junkies' CDs a lot. I love listening to Margo Timmins, and she's also nice to look at. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misswonderly3 Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 Hey, mrroberts, how was the Burton Cummings concert? (or has it not occurred yet? I can't remember the date you said you were going to it.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.Bogle Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 And the ironic part was that it was Laraine who was really the ignorant ****. (Just kiddin' Lainey). I used to get a kick out of that one. Jane's look was comical, but Dan's delivery was funny too. Say, isn't Danny a Canadian? Nttawwt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.Bogle Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 The best yearning is unspoken yearning. The yearning that dare not speak its name. It is a sweet song, and she has a lovely voice, partly little girl and a bit of Marianne Faithfull. I do remember that interesting video now that you mention it. I missed Traffic for the most part the first time around, but I've gone back and now have most of their albums. Very impressive. That stage looked a little cramped to me, but maybe that's the way they liked it. Chuck was never very subtle when it came to pick-up lines: Hey babe, want to see my far out PVC pipe? We can groove, honey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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