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  • Sundown- Gordon Lightfoot with Bass by Spike Lee's Dad

    Yeah, that's what I meant instead of "Carefree Highway" which kind of annoys me..."Sundown" is the one that starts out

    I can see her lying back in a satin dress
    In the room where you do things
    that you don't confess

    Right?
    That one is awesome.
    Nothing beats "If You Could Read My Mind" though. That track is next-NEXT-level

    Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald

  • DrWuDrWu 4,021 Posts
    this whole post is like reading the inside of Anthony Pearsons skull

    See mahfahkas who was listening to the radio in the 70s get weepy on some "Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald".

  • this whole post is like reading the inside of Anthony Pearsons skull

    See mahfahkas who was listening to the radio in the 70s get weepy on some "Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald".


    ...on the lake that they call Gitcheegoomee!!!![/b]



  • DrWuDrWu 4,021 Posts
    this whole post is like reading the inside of Anthony Pearsons skull



    See mahfahkas who was listening to the radio in the 70s get weepy on some "Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald".





    ...on the lake that they call Gitcheegoomee!!!![/b]








    I just had to print these lyrics. Shit was so elemental in my household. The way he pronounces Detroit (Dee-troy-it) is so next level and the part where he sings



    "The church bell chimed till it rang twenty-nine times

    For each man on the edmund fitzgerald"



    always gave me chills. Plus, rhyming "Cleveland" with "well seasoned" is really AM Shakespeare if you ask me.





    The legend lives on from the chippewa on down

    Of the big lake they called ???gitche gumee???

    The lake, it is said, never gives up her dead

    When the skies of november turn gloomy

    With a load of iron ore twenty-six thousand tons more

    Than the edmund fitzgerald weighed empty.

    That good ship and true was a bone to be chewed

    When the gales of november came early.



    The ship was the pride of the american side

    Coming back from some mill in wisconsin

    As the big freighters go, it was bigger than most

    With a crew and good captain well seasoned

    Concluding some terms with a couple of steel firms

    When they left fully loaded for cleveland

    And later that night when the ship???s bell rang

    Could it be the north wind they???d been feelin????

    The wind in the wires made a tattle-tale sound

    And a wave broke over the railing

    And every man knew, as the captain did too,

    T???was the witch of november come stealin???.

    The dawn came late and the breakfast had to wait

    When the gales of november came slashin???.

    When afternoon came it was freezin??? rain

    In the face of a hurricane west wind.



    When suppertime came, the old cook came on deck sayin???.

    Fellas, it???s too rough to feed ya.

    At seven p.m. a main hatchway caved in, he said

    Fellas, it???s been good t???know ya

    The captain wired in he had water comin??? in

    And the good ship and crew was in peril.

    And later that night when his lights went outta sight

    Came the wreck of the edmund fitzgerald.



    Does any one know where the love of God goes

    When the waves turn the minutes to hours?

    The searches all say they???d have made whitefish bay

    If they???d put fifteen more miles behind her.

    They might have split up or they might have capsized;

    May have broke deep and took water.

    And all that remains is the faces and the names

    Of the wives and the sons and the daughters.



    Lake huron rolls, superior sings

    In the rooms of her ice-water mansion.

    Old michigan steams like a young man???s dreams;

    The islands and bays are for sportsmen.

    And farther below lake ontario

    Takes in what lake erie can send her,

    And the iron boats go as the mariners all know

    With the gales of november remembered.



    In a musty old hall in detroit they prayed,

    In the maritime sailors??? cathedral.

    The church bell chimed till it rang twenty-nine times

    For each man on the edmund fitzgerald.

    The legend lives on from the chippewa on down

    Of the big lake they call ???gitche gumee???.

    Superior, they said, never gives up her dead

    When the gales of november come early!

  • speaking of Sussex:

    Bill Withers - Use Me

  • CosmoCosmo 9,768 Posts
    witchita lineman




    Number One Of All Time.



    Also, anything/everything Nilsson.

  • BTW,as if anyone really cares........

    THEY KILLED OLDIES FM CBS 101.1 in NYC one of the FEW PLACES TO HEAR AM GOLD
    they would drop:
    scorpio
    misdeamenor
    soulfulstrut
    a bunch of obvious James Brown hits
    green onions
    blueberry hill
    all that obvious Motown/STAX/HI/Invictus/SUSSEX/,,,,,,,


    Now its some "new" radio format that uses like 1200 songs as a base as oppossed to the 300 that most stations use
    It's called "The Jack" and it is beyond Bacterial/Fungal/Maggotted/Syphlitic/Herpeated/Aids Encrusted Dildo Dust RIDDEn FOUL
    BROWN ENTRAIL LADEN PAP


    I sent them a nasty email about changing formats
    vile profit spreadsheet obessed CEO wall street pandering reptillian cretins


    'JACK ME OFF' Westinhouse who incidently owns CBS TV/RADIO



    now i gotta get satellite in the whip fo my AM GOLD

    shit. these fucks just took over our only golden oldies station too. fuck this bullshit.

  • SoulOnIceSoulOnIce 13,027 Posts
    How about AM Gold that you loved that got killed by commercials/movies/puff daddy usage, etc...

    my #1, I fucking LOVED this song until it became "Comeback Song of the Year, 2002!"



    Now I can't hear it without feeling like I'm chewing on tinfoil...

  • Big_StacksBig_Stacks "I don't worry about hittin' power, cause I don't give 'em nuttin' to hit." 4,670 Posts
    Hey,



    Here are some more:



    1. "The Logical Song"-Supertramp.

    2. "Never Can Say Goodbye"-Gloria Gaynor.

    3. "You're No Good"-Linda Ronstadt.

    4. "You Light Up My Life"-Debbie Boone.

    5. "Hearts"-Marty Balin.

    6. "Keep On Lovin' You"-Reo Speedwagon.

    7. "Black Water"-The Doobie Brothers.

    8. "Summer Rain"-Johnny Rivers.

    9. "Here it Comes Again"-Dolly Parton.

    10. "Raindrops"-B.J. Thomas.



    Peace,



    Big Stacks from Kakalak

  • BTW,as if anyone really cares........

    THEY KILLED OLDIES FM CBS 101.1 in NYC one of the FEW PLACES TO HEAR AM GOLD
    they would drop:
    scorpio
    misdeamenor
    soulfulstrut
    a bunch of obvious James Brown hits
    green onions
    blueberry hill
    all that obvious Motown/STAX/HI/Invictus/SUSSEX/,,,,,,,


    Now its some "new" radio format that uses like 1200 songs as a base as oppossed to the 300 that most stations use
    It's called "The Jack" and it is beyond Bacterial/Fungal/Maggotted/Syphlitic/Herpeated/Aids Encrusted Dildo Dust RIDDEn FOUL
    BROWN ENTRAIL LADEN PAP


    I sent them a nasty email about changing formats
    vile profit spreadsheet obessed CEO wall street pandering reptillian cretins


    'JACK ME OFF' Westinhouse who incidently owns CBS TV/RADIO



    now i gotta get satellite in the whip fo my AM GOLD

    shit. these fucks just took over our only golden oldies station too. fuck this bullshit.

    Yes. About 6 months ago our oldies station became the monster that is 100.7 the River. I've yet to pin down what's going on with the format. At first glance its a lot of U2 and Natalie Merchant but they're playing a lot of stuff I've never heard (At one point I was informed what was on was the Jayhawks (anyone?)). My guess is its popular college rock from the nineties including stuff that didn't make it to the radio (or I wasn't paying proper attention to the channels playing it) but had large followings. Europeans seem to really like it.

    What's basically happened is that studies show people in the over 50 demographic are not influenced by advertising. In other words their buying habits don't change when something is pushed on them. So even though all these oldies stations had a lot of listeners they were of no value to the advertisers so they wouldn't support them and they became wasted air. They're getting cycled out all over the country because if half as many younger people listen to a station it's more valuable economically.

    Oh yeah, I heard Ace's "How Long" on the way home and I'd really like to hear doubles of that intro rocked in the aforementioned WHITE HEAT mix.

  • CosmoCosmo 9,768 Posts

    4. "You Light Up My Life"-Debbie Boone.

    We're getting a little out of hand here, guys.

  • SoulOnIceSoulOnIce 13,027 Posts
    8. "The Way We Live"-Johnny Rivers.

    I like "Summer Rain" by him, that's a hard one not to sing along with.

  • CosmoCosmo 9,768 Posts

    Oh yeah, I heard Ace's "How Long" on the way home and I'd really like to hear doubles of that intro rocked in the aforementioned WHITE HEAT mix.

    You will, I SWEAR!

  • Big_StacksBig_Stacks "I don't worry about hittin' power, cause I don't give 'em nuttin' to hit." 4,670 Posts

    4. "You Light Up My Life"-Debbie Boone.

    We're getting a little out of hand here, guys.

    Trust me, Cos, I'm NOT a fan. It just played on the radio every fuckin' morning when I was a kid. Hell, I used to know the words

    Peace,

    Big Stacks from Kakalak

  • CosmoCosmo 9,768 Posts
    All that remains is the faces and name sof the wives and the sons and the daughters.

  • SoulOnIceSoulOnIce 13,027 Posts
    witchita lineman

    Number One Of All Time.




    werd
    the young holt version is flugel/french/trumpet? horn heatness maximus

    I just played the Fatback Band version on the radio last week, it's smoothness defined. Dee Felice version is a beauty, too. Dells for the vocal is aces, although the Johnny Cash version from a couple years back is prolly my favorite of them all.

  • Big_StacksBig_Stacks "I don't worry about hittin' power, cause I don't give 'em nuttin' to hit." 4,670 Posts
    8. "The Way We Live"-Johnny Rivers.

    I like "Summer Rain" by him, that's a hard one not to sing along with.

    I think I named the wrong song. I'll edit my previous post.

    Peace,

    Big Stacks from Kakalak

  • bassiebassie 11,710 Posts
    Ambrosia's hits
    Hello, Stranger - Barbara Lewis

  • CosmoCosmo 9,768 Posts
    All that remains is the faces and name sof the wives and the sons and the daughters.

    Yeah I am fully in tears right now.

  • Man, everybody's got me pulling out my Epic records 45s....


    ....come and get your love.

  • AserAser 2,351 Posts
    but, really, can you believe guys who looked like this could be known as "Player"?


    dude on the left looks like raj to me

    player in another lifetime....

  • witchita lineman

    Number One Of All Time.




    werd
    the young holt version is flugel/french/trumpet? horn heatness maximus

    I just played the Fatback Band version on the radio last week, it's smoothness defined. Dee Felice version is a beauty, too. Dells for the vocal is aces, although the Johnny Cash version from a couple years back is prolly my favorite of them all.

    HELL JEAH
    How could I forget that one? But don't let all the dope jazz / funk / soul covers obscure the beauty of the Glen Campbell OG!

    And I need you more than want you[/b] (classic)
    And I want you for all time
    And the Wichita Lineman
    is still on the LIIIIIIIIINE


    That is some beautiful schitt, mane. You think I be trippin' over old ass rap and "that real schitt"? Y'all REALLY got me in my zone now, batches!!! LITE ROCK WAS MY SCHITT EVEN BEFORE THAT REAL SCHITT WAS MY SCHITT!!!






  • dude on the left looks like raj to me

    He looks EXACTLY like Raj Mahal. The dude next to him looks like Ridge from The Bold & The Beautiful.


  • The_NonThe_Non 5,691 Posts
    THIS THREAD HAS A SERIOUS DEARTH OF LEO SAYER AND THREE DOG NIGHT FOLLS!!![/b]


    Along with what has been mentioned for the most part:

    Poor Side of Town-Johnny Rivers

    Up Up and Away-Fifth Dimension

    Fire And Rain-James Taylor






  • RAJRAJ tenacious local 7,782 Posts

    DCastle made me a custom Michael Martin Murphey 45 sleeve, but
    he left out the "e" in Murphey.

    We'll consider this a pressing error, and bids start at 75 dollers
    on this one-of-a-kind work of art.

    RAJ, I'll see your "Lady" by LRB, raise you a "Lady" by Styx,
    a "Lady" by the Commodores and a "Lady" by Kenny Rogers.

    On the late, and countrypolitan end of AM Gold to follow lady
    we have an Eddie Rabbit THREEFER:
    "I Love A Rainy Night"
    "Drivin' My Life Away"
    "Step By Step"

    ]

    OH SHIT! YOU DIDN'T JUST SAY EDDIE RABBIT??? DAYUMMM.

  • hcrinkhcrink 8,729 Posts







    dude on the left looks like raj to me




    He looks EXACTLY like Raj Mahal. The dude next to him looks like Ridge from The Bold & The Beautiful.



    yeah, I see it!

  • "Tin Man"-America.

    OH SCHITT I FORGOT ABOUT THAT ONE!!!!

    The black stations in Chicago actually added "Tin Man" to their playlist - it was a big stepper's cut, you see.



  • See mahfahkas who was listening to the radio in the 70s get weepy on some "Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald".

    It's amazing that this was a huge hit record in the year of "Play That Funky Music" and "Disco Duck" - I mean, "Edmund Fitzgerald" just kinda goes on and on, it doesn't even have a recognizable hook line![/b]
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