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
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.
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.
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_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.
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!!!
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.
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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Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
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!
Bill Withers - Use Me
Number One Of All Time.
Also, anything/everything Nilsson.
shit. these fucks just took over our only golden oldies station too. fuck this bullshit.
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...
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
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.
We're getting a little out of hand here, guys.
I like "Summer Rain" by him, that's a hard one not to sing along with.
You will, I SWEAR!
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
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.
I think I named the wrong song. I'll edit my previous post.
Peace,
Big Stacks from Kakalak
Hello, Stranger - Barbara Lewis
Yeah I am fully in tears right now.
....come and get your love.
dude on the left looks like raj to me
player in another lifetime....
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!!!
He looks EXACTLY like Raj Mahal. The dude next to him looks like Ridge from The Bold & The Beautiful.
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
OH SHIT! YOU DIDN'T JUST SAY EDDIE RABBIT??? DAYUMMM.
yeah, I see it!
The black stations in Chicago actually added "Tin Man" to their playlist - it was a big stepper's cut, you see.
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]