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02-09-2019, 11:59 AM
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Originally Posted by Moonstruck
OK, guys, here's an extra for you. How many of you old farts remember a radio show on Saturday mornings that originated on WCKY Cincinnati OH. I just drove through Cincinnati and thought of it. The two main characters on the show were Big John and Sparky, and the name of the show was There's No School Today. You younger guys and gals are excused from this. This goes back to the late 1940s and early 50s.
Here's their theme song.
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Nice to know there’s something too far back for me to remember, Don. But I was on the Uncle Al TV show in Cincinnati as an eight-year-old, along with George Clooney . . . only about 12 years apart. The main thing I remember was the orangutan Uncle Al had on that threw up on live TV.
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02-09-2019, 04:32 PM
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If any of you have ever been to a shag dance they probably played Solomon Burke's Cry to Me. It has a nice, easy beach music kind of beat.
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02-09-2019, 05:24 PM
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The thought occurred to me that some may have never heard of shag dancing. There is a big worlds championship of shag dancing held at Myrtle Beach each year. Keep in mind that these two are world class shag dancers.
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02-09-2019, 11:26 PM
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Thanks Don. I enjoyed that dance and the Louis Prima too.
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02-09-2019, 11:37 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Moonstruck
OK, guys, here's an extra for you. How many of you old farts remember a radio show on Saturday mornings that originated on WCKY Cincinnati OH. I just drove through Cincinnati and thought of it. The two main characters on the show were Big John and Sparky, and the name of the show was There's No School Today. You younger guys and gals are excused from this. This goes back to the late 1940s and early 50s.
Here's their theme song.
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Don, I remember listening to WKRP in Cincinnati. They had a great news caster, Les Nesman. He did a wonderful job of reporting the great Christmas Turkey Drop disaster coining the phrase “Oh the Humanity” as the turkeys plunged to.... Oh wait, never mind.
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02-10-2019, 06:57 PM
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Most of our faithful viewers realize that I have been stuck in the 70s for awhile So it got me to thinking how the 70s became such a great decade for popular music. Then it dawned on me that the drums and electric bass guitar were in the fore front of most songs. I heard an early version of Elvis Presley;s Burning Love.. It was good but not over the top. I then heard a later version in a concert. It sounded great. What was the difference? Drums. We were also switching from the string bass to the electric bass.
In the 60s one of the hottest shows on TV was Dick Clari's American Band Stand. Almost invriably when asked what makes a great song, the kids would say a good dance beat. The 70s was the decade of Don Cornelius" Soul Train. That brought soul music into the main stream,
When I originally saw Joe Cocker live he had the biggest set of drums behind him that I have ever seen There must have been 20 drums. I recently saw him in concert on video in Baden Baden, Germany with the same drummer with about 3 drums. He had toned down his act to the point that he did Van Morrison's great song Into the Mystique He was even accompanied by an acoustic guitar. He did a great job with the song. All drummers in the 70s were not loud. Mick Fleetwood for example with his smooth druns. He never stepped on any of his singers.
Here's a little history of Soul Train that I beleive premiered in 1970.
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02-13-2019, 06:47 PM
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I have been trying to think of a song that showed the electric bass and drums and how they coordinated. Then it dawned on me that a song by Olivia Newton John and John Travolta did it very well. From the movie Grease here is Your the One I Want.
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02-14-2019, 06:44 PM
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Let's crawl out of the 70s for a little while. Here's a modern number by George Michael. No matter how you felt about his private life, I think you will have to admit what a great talent he was. Here he is with Faith.
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02-14-2019, 10:43 PM
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George Michael in the early "Wham!" days:
"Wake me up before you go-go, cause I`m not planning on going solo" Classy line!
He really could sing, but...
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02-14-2019, 10:57 PM
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I think I like the Pomplamoose cover of Wake Me Up better than the original.
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02-14-2019, 11:38 PM
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Parks, you may be right. I wonder if you, or anyone for that matter, might enjoy "The Kransky Sisters" rendition of the Beatles "Stayin Alive", with intro.
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02-15-2019, 01:04 AM
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Thanks Bruce! The Kransky Sisters are a hoot. Give this one a try. It’s an English group called the Real Tuesday Weld. The animation was done by a fellow I know named Alex Budovsky. He is a Russian living in Columbia by way of Brooklyn.
https://youtu.be/UfPxLH1cO-g
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02-16-2019, 10:11 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by HopCar
.... Give this one a try. It’s an English group called the Real Tuesday Weld. The animation was done by a fellow I know named Alex Budovsky. He is a Russian living in Columbia by way of Brooklyn.
https://youtu.be/UfPxLH1cO-g
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Thank you, 4 minutes of delightful nonsense, well worth watching.
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02-17-2019, 03:59 PM
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A great nautical themed song by Enya. Here is Sail Away.
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02-17-2019, 04:32 PM
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One of our developments was an equestrian themed project in North Georgia. In fact we had a statue of a horse in the center of a the traffic circle. Many of the homes had rear loading garages that opened off alleyways. The county planning department insisted that we give all the alleys names. Of course, I had to name one for Wilson Pickett's great song. Here's Mustang Alley. You have probably guessed the song by now.
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02-26-2019, 05:02 PM
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We haven't had one from The Eagles in awhile. This one features the great tenor voice of Don Henley. Here's Life in the Fast Lane.
And here's one that puts the drums and bass out front. The Theme from S.W.A.T.
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02-26-2019, 05:36 PM
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#937
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Here's one from a group that had some blockbuster albums the latter half of the 70s---- Fleetwood Mac This one features Lindsey Buckingham on vocal and guitar. With the ever present smooth drumming of Mick Fleetwood.
Here's Go Your Own Way.
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02-26-2019, 07:33 PM
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Greetings,
Mr. M. One of my favorites. Thanks. Listening to this currently. Probably a re-post but...
Next up...
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02-26-2019, 10:06 PM
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Quote:
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Greetings,
Mr. M. One of my favorites. Thanks. Listening to this currently. Probably a re-post but...
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Nice, RT. Not many around who recall Mott the Hoople. They opened for Jethro Tull at my school back in the day and I remember the drummer climbing on top of his kit somehow. Tull was introducing an album they had just released called Aqualung.
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02-26-2019, 11:54 PM
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#940
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I’ve built some small boats with my friend Snapper. Snapper is about twenty years younger than me and about 20 IQ points smarter than me. It isn’t often I can slip one past him. One time we were discussing what color to paint a boat. I suggested Procol Harum White. He said “What’s Procol Harum White?” I said it’s sort of a whiter shade of pale. He looked at me strangely. He knew I’d made a joke but he just didn’t get it. Later he looked it up.
https://youtu.be/valL7JWjVB4
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