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Post by tourist on Apr 9, 2011 3:40:22 GMT -5
Turn Up Your Radio - The Master's Apprentices
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Post by Kinkcan on Apr 9, 2011 7:56:41 GMT -5
Alison - Elvis Costello
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Post by Smiley on Apr 9, 2011 8:52:29 GMT -5
bearing witness Collective Soul
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Post by gary on May 8, 2011 19:51:32 GMT -5
Peachtree Road, an Elton John album from several years ago that I never heard before. I stopped keeping up with Elton decades ago, but his new album with Leon Russell brought me back into the fold. Peachtree sounds similar to the new one, down-homey and quite enjoyable.
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Post by HollyH on May 9, 2011 9:31:36 GMT -5
I'd never heard of that album either, Gary -- I must look it up. I think Elton John's mass-audience commercial instincts have always obscured his songwriting talent. I loved his first album so much but over the years he's disappointed me. The Leon Russell collaboration was a step back in the right direction!
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Post by mrlennie on May 28, 2011 12:39:42 GMT -5
Richie and Ruben, from the upcoming album by Fountains of Wayne!!!
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Post by HollyH on May 28, 2011 22:41:25 GMT -5
Hooray! Love FoW...
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Post by HollyH on May 28, 2011 22:45:56 GMT -5
Dance With Me -- Old 97s
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Post by mrlennie on Jun 2, 2011 6:10:56 GMT -5
Lonely Financial Zone/Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers
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Post by HollyH on Jun 2, 2011 22:28:35 GMT -5
California Girls -- The Beach Boys
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Post by Smiley on Jun 2, 2011 22:38:07 GMT -5
Daydream Believer -- The Monkees
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Post by gary on Jun 9, 2011 22:57:16 GMT -5
Lots of Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass, of all things. The antique mall down the street from where I work had an almost complete collection of their records, mostly in very good condition, and the guy gave me a special price for the lot. I couldn't resist!
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Post by HollyH on Jun 11, 2011 21:01:59 GMT -5
Love that Herb Alpert! A great introduction to Latin jazz -- Alpert had incredibly acute commercial instincts.
Pastime Paradise -- Stevie Wonder
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Post by bamajohn1 on Jun 11, 2011 22:36:43 GMT -5
Love that Herb Alpert! A great introduction to Latin jazz -- Alpert had incredibly acute commercial instincts. Pastime Paradise -- Stevie Wonder Very interesting ! Tim listened to my Stevie Wonder boxset a couple of months ago and found out the true origins of Coolio's 'Gangstas Paradise'. If Weird Al needed permission for a parody, he should have had to contact Stevie ! As far as Herb Alpert, I'll never forget 'Rise' playing during the disco post rape scene on General Hospital in 1979 that cemented the Luke and Laura storyline as a part of pop culture ! It's been replayed a few times since in commemorative reruns. I actually love the song, one of his 5 #1 songs I believe! He definitely had great commercial instincts, as he hit big with 'Diamonds' with Janet Jackson in the later 80s! I'm more familiar with that period because it was when I was growing up but I have his Classics Vol. 1 of his 60s hits and enjoy that quite a lot !
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Post by gary on Jun 11, 2011 23:32:57 GMT -5
Gee, that's definitely not the sort of thing I've been thinking about while listening to my stack of Herb Alpert records this weekend!
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