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Post by lonelysummer on Jun 16, 2020 19:40:47 GMT
I saw one of the Sonics reunion concerts a few years ago in Tacoma, and i gotta tell you, that was the loudest FUCKING concert i've ever been to! (apologies to Fletcher from Whiplash, lol). Saw the Wailers many times in their final years; still hard to accept that i will never see Rich, Kent, and Buck on stage again. Gotta love The Sonics! Yes, sadly all gone. You lucky fellow, seeing them in the flesh. I guess Robin (one of the great unsung heroes of pop) wasn't with them by then. I see Gail Harris was still going strong in 2017: jivetimerecords.com/northwest/gayle-harris/ Robin Roberts died very young; long before i entered this mortal coil. There are very, very few of the original NW rockers still with us today. Little Bill and the Bluenotes are still gigging locally; Merrilee Rush still does occasional performances. Paul Revere died back in 2014; the Sonics are about the last of that real deal rock and roll that are still going. Jr. Cadillac, a band that started a little later, but still plays that unique NW r&b rock sound, are still active. Or at least they were until the virus came along. I make a point of seeing them every summer.
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Post by jk on Jun 17, 2020 12:10:51 GMT
Dion was another huge star of the "doldrum years". I bought "The Wanderer" when it was released. Here's one I only heard a short while ago! It may be that "Lovers Who Wander" was regarded as sounding too much like "Runaround Sue" but I don't remember hearing it at all on European radio at the time. I must confess I much prefer "LWW".
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Post by Sheriff John Stone on Jun 17, 2020 13:10:57 GMT
Henry Mancini and Johnny Mercer wrote "Moon River" which was performed by Audrey Hepburn in the 1961 film, Breakfast At Tiffany's. The song was recorded by Andy Williams in 1962 (just as The Beach Boys were breaking), and even though "Moon River" was never released as a single by Andy, it became his theme song.
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Post by jk on Jun 17, 2020 13:45:04 GMT
Henry Mancini and Johnny Mercer wrote "Moon River" which was performed by Audrey Hepburn in the 1961 film, Breakfast At Tiffany's. The song was recorded by Andy Williams in 1962 (just as The Beach Boys were breaking), and even though "Moon River" was never released as a single by Andy, it became his theme song.
Curiously, it was the South African born Danny Williams who took it to #1 in the UK in 1961. He's probably best known abroad for "White On White", a US top ten hit in '64: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_Williams_(singer)
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Post by jk on Jun 18, 2020 9:08:45 GMT
Chris Montez seems best remembered for his later, more relaxed work (e.g., "The More I See You") but the wonderfully sparse "Let's Dance" (1962) is the one for me. I'd discovered classical orchestral music earlier that year and had abandoned pop for a few months. "Let's Dance" was one of the first tracks I heard on returning to the fold. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Montez
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Post by jk on Jun 18, 2020 9:15:26 GMT
Perhaps I should point out that my first encounter with the Boys was when "Surfin' Safari" entered the Billboard top 20 (as reproduced in the UK's New Musical Express) at #19 on 6 October, 1962. So for me, everything before then is pre-Beach Boys.
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Post by Sheriff John Stone on Jun 18, 2020 11:43:41 GMT
Chris Montez seems best remembered for his later, more relaxed work (e.g., "The More I See You") but the wonderfully sparse "Let's Dance" (1962) is the one for me. I'd discovered classical orchestral music earlier that year and had abandoned pop for a few months. "Let's Dance" was one of the first tracks I heard on returning to the fold. Chris Montez went to high school with Brian Wilson and Al Jardine:
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Post by jk on Jun 18, 2020 14:09:25 GMT
Chris Montez went to high school with Brian Wilson and Al Jardine:
Wow--yes of course. I'd forgotten all about that! Thanks, Sheriff.
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Post by jk on Jun 22, 2020 13:51:49 GMT
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Post by Kapitan on Jun 22, 2020 14:01:22 GMT
In case anyone else is also unable to access that video--it is blocked here, I'm guessing a country-specific thing?--here it is again.
I'd never heard it. Love it. Thanks, jk. That pattern of strumming, raking the pick over the strings (especially between beats 1&2) must have a formal name I'm not aware of, but it always reminds me of my dad, who employed it on any number of songs from that same era.
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Post by jk on Jul 10, 2020 21:58:50 GMT
Pat Boone had a not entirely deserved reputation for making "white-bread" cover versions back in the '50s. "Moody River" (1961) was his sixth and last US #1. It was in my pub piano repertoire for years--that little piano figure has always haunted me. It took me years to grasp that the "lonely, lonely face" looking back at the singer was his own and not that of the young lady who had thrown herself in. We live and learn. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moody_River
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Post by Sheriff John Stone on Jul 10, 2020 22:06:44 GMT
Pat did eventually catch the Beach Boys' wave!
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Post by jk on Jul 12, 2020 12:04:56 GMT
Eek. We have no NYGG topic (getting my forums confused here) so this is the place to post my favourites, starting with The Chiffons' blissed-out debut 45 "He's So Fine". Oh, the memories! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/He%27s_So_Fine
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Post by jk on Oct 5, 2020 14:22:54 GMT
And here's another from around that time -- I remember banging this one out on a harmonium in someone's garage while holidaying in the summer of '63. The Essex was an all-Marine vocal group fronted by Anita Humes. "Easier Said Than Done" was a US #1 that July. I love the lowest voice's loud "Easie-e-e-e-r" in the chorus! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Essex
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Post by B.E. on Oct 14, 2020 21:48:47 GMT
I'm curious what you guys think of this song. Mainly, the vocal performance and melody. I heard it on the radio today and something just didn't sit right with me. It's either that the minor 7th sung in "she cried" is too dissonant/exposed or it's the enunciation/diction that's throwing me off. What do you guys think? Am I making any sense or is this actually the perfect song? (By the way, I bet Tom Petty dug the percussion on this - sounds like he was going for it on "Built To Last".)
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