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Supposed to be watching Ancient Aliens right now, but only listening to it since I am typing this right now...
 
A little late for the show here, but last week, Snowman posted a link to the Classics 4; and it was followed by a post from Kusojiji of the Atlanta Rhythm Section. Musical Trivia: The guitarist and keyboardist from Classics 4 were among the founding members of ARS. The guitarist James Cobb, who didn't sing, wrote Spooky, Stormy and Traces for the Classics; and went on to write Champagne Jam for ARS. Technically he co-wrote Spooky by adding lyrics to an already published jazz instrumental. The keyboardist, Dean Daughtry co-wrote Imaginary Lover.
I enjoyed hearing both videos this morning.
 


This one can be hard to pin down as it's battled through copyright issues, ownership issues, and dozens of revisions, but I do think this is a, pretty clear and not too muddy, copy of the original from "Risky Business." There is no video, so just listen.

There is another version of the same, including album cover, also on Youtube, but the audio just isn't as clean.

 
trailrider said:
Rockies lost again, to Houston 6-7. Blew a 3-0 lead in the 3rd due to 2 errors and poor pitching.
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The Rockies used up twenty years of future luck with the nearly impossible winning streak that got them into the 2007 World Series.

But, that was then and we are coming up on twenty years now. Just sayin'. :cool:
 
santafewillie said:
A little late for the show here, but last week, Snowman posted a link to the Classics 4; and it was followed by a post from Kusojiji of the Atlanta Rhythm Section. Musical Trivia: The guitarist and keyboardist from Classics 4 were among the founding members of ARS. The guitarist James Cobb, who didn't sing, wrote Spooky, Stormy and Traces for the Classics; and went on to write Champagne Jam for ARS. Technically he co-wrote Spooky by adding lyrics to an already published jazz instrumental. The keyboardist, Dean Daughtry co-wrote Imaginary Lover.
I enjoyed hearing both videos this morning.
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As Johnny Carson would say: "I did not know that." But I also don't have to because I know that YOU generally do. And you'll tell if asked.

Thanks for this bit willie. But for you I would never have made the different era connection, let alone the band member connection.
 
Rubicon said:
Went to the grocery store this morning. Strange how the songs of our youth are the shopping music of today.

Gordon Lightfoot - Carefree Highway
Gary Wright - Dream Weaver
Nina - 99 Luft Ballons (in German no less)
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Many of us are long since used to this sad discovery--that your entire, most prized music collection has become today's "Elevator Muzak." Even worse, it will someday become "YESTERDAY'S Elevator Muzak." But that's also around the point where your own hearing is going, you can't read the album covers and you are tired and ready to move on "to other things. And other experiences."

That said I know all three you mentioned, and will ever and always be a Gordon Lightfoot devotee. And I owe his music so much more too. One of his songs got me through the worst night of my life one night when still a teen.

Personal losses: John Denver and Gordon Lightfoot both in the music world. For me, these are the two biggest losses, but there are and will be others every day now. Maurice White (Earth, Wind and Fire) a long time back, and more recently Brian Wilson (Beach Boys).

The other two? Gary and Nina? Oh yeah. Unfortunately my LPs were all stolen, but Gary's was in there, and with that song.
 
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Kusojiji said:
Mine is Olivia Newton John. GF of the 70's, 80's.
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Yeah, I get that. For my part, when I get to thinking about the gals it's different. Actresses figure in. The most beautiful, IMO, of them all, and not the least because of her charitable works with and for UNICEF as she got older:

Audrey Hepburn:

She sang it and it played the guitar both for the soundtrack, I do believe, string overlays added later aside.

Most of us know lip-synch when we see it. This isn't. Moreover, you can also see the slightly slower pace of her thumb moving across the lower strings and it's a perfect match to the audio.

IMO this is the real deal, but for the orchestrals/strings overdubbed in later.

Sadly, following generations will have these moments and visions of history taken from them by AI. They probably won't be able to tell.

I will be glad to leave all this behind when it's my time to go. I was lucky to be here then and now.
 
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