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Post by rmichaelpyle on Mar 19, 2015 20:37:31 GMT
Their song "Hocus Pocus" on their album they released here got my son so enthused that he memorized all the guitar parts. They are truly monumental for rock. I sold all my albums a few years ago because I didn't want to keep so much vinyl around. Too many movies, too many books; there's only so much room.
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Post by dash on Mar 20, 2015 13:55:34 GMT
Yes, I got rid of a lot of lp's years ago too (discarded many of them—and now I regret it!).
Jan Akkerman was the guitar genius in Focus.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 20, 2015 21:54:34 GMT
Before I got rid of 3/4s of my LPs a number of years ago I checked online first to see if they were transferred to CD. If they were I didn't have any qualms about getting rid of them, but if they had never been transferred I kept them. For instance, I bought a Nana Mouskouri LP in 1974 when I was in Greece and that was never transferred to a CD for American audiences, so of course no one could pry that out of my fingers decades later.
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Post by moderator on Mar 20, 2015 22:39:26 GMT
Speaking of LPs, I've decided to give one of mine another listen... (let's try this again )
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Post by Deleted on Mar 20, 2015 22:40:30 GMT
What is it, it's upside down?
Now it's much bigger but still upside down?
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Post by moderator on Mar 20, 2015 22:42:24 GMT
Aw man, is the image really upside down? It's right side up on my screen.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 20, 2015 22:49:30 GMT
Speaking of Nana Mouskouri, been listening to her again today, and I was surprised to learn a song of hers called Over And Over Again was used as the end song for every episode of the 2002 K-drama Glass Slippers (an early vehicle for So Jisub). Then I stopped to consider that they used another song of hers in 49 Days (2012) and another song of hers for Summer Scent (2003) so obviously the Koreans are well aware of her. I guess she really IS an internationally known singer.
I uploaded the MP3 for you, it's fun to sing. Also the lyrics so you can sing along! Have fun, it's a very catchy song! Brings back my memories again of seeing her singing live at Lincoln Center. Ah, those were the days, living in NY and getting to see so many great shows in Manhattan. That's about the only thing I miss about living there!
NANA MOUSKOURI sings Over And Over Again - MP3
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Post by moderator on Mar 20, 2015 22:58:09 GMT
It is catchy! I can't wait 'til I'm alone so I can sing along.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 20, 2015 23:01:21 GMT
Oh go ahead and sing! I sing all day long and don't care if my kids shut their doors. LOLOL!
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Post by moderator on Mar 20, 2015 23:05:30 GMT
Oh, I'm far too shy.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 20, 2015 23:08:50 GMT
Speaking as an old mom here, I love to hear my kids sing, it means they are happy!
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Post by moderator on Mar 20, 2015 23:14:40 GMT
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Post by moderator on Mar 21, 2015 1:37:35 GMT
Here's a song called Daily Prayer, by an obscure band called the Art of Lovin' - they only ever released one album in 1968, but then decided that they didn't want to be in a band full time as a career. Oh, well! Their singer, Gail Winnick, is given plenty of chances to shine on the album, taking lead vocals in 7 of the 11 songs. I always found her voice rather androgynous sounding, myself. And Paul Applebaum, the chief songwriter on the album, has, to me, very nice, poetic lyrics; just listen to the first words and chorus of Daily Prayer:
All the words come flashing by me watch the letters fly And the sequence has an ember burning so high
Causes spaces far between us dealing with our minds Thinking only to talk in letters that can only rhyme
And we follow in our blindness and we read the daily prayer And we walk the streets of kindness frozen by the stares Daily PrayerHere's another, more haunting song of theirs called What The Young Minds Say:
What The Young Minds Say
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Post by Deleted on Mar 21, 2015 2:35:49 GMT
Amazing. Even if you hadn't said it was from the late 1960's I would have known immediately from the sound of the music that it was. Isn't it amazing how we can hear a popular song and immediately identify which era it came from?
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Post by Fritz on Mar 21, 2015 3:24:57 GMT
Amazing. Even if you hadn't said it was from the late 1960's I would have known immediately from the sound of the music that it was. Isn't it amazing how we can hear a popular song and immediately identify which era it came from? Yeah, that is so quintessential 1967-68.
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