JGalanos Posted October 15, 2008 Posted October 15, 2008 I'm going to see Jimmy Webb in concert this weekend. Sooo excited. He's written some awesome songs. This one is probably my favorite ... IMHO one of the greatest songs ever written. I prefur Glen Campbell's classic version, but there is something to be said for seeing a talented songwriter perform his/her own work. I caught Melissa Manchester and Paul Williams on tour together several years ago ... One of my best Sunday afternoons ever.
JGalanos Posted March 7, 2009 Posted March 7, 2009 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MopbhuZ2Bh0 One of my favorite songs ... Performaed by one of my favorite singer/songwriters ... At night the stars put on a show for free And, darling, you can share it all with me
JGalanos Posted March 17, 2009 Posted March 17, 2009 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oZYqAeIdYk I went to a Beatles tribute concert this past weekend. It was great ... but I had a little trouble believing they didn't do this classic song. Let it be, let it be .....
JGalanos Posted April 2, 2009 Posted April 2, 2009 I've heard this song on the radio multiple times in the past week ... Felt nostalgic and looked up the 80's music video. Gotta love youtube.
Worker 11811 Posted April 2, 2009 Posted April 2, 2009 Gotta love Captain Lou Albano! If you like that one, you'll love "She Bop!" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuGSx-2UGjo&feature=channel_page
JGalanos Posted April 2, 2009 Posted April 2, 2009 If you like that one, you'll love "She Bop!" Cool! I had not seen the music video before.
JGalanos Posted April 7, 2009 Posted April 7, 2009 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnkvhi1XOR8 I've heard this song multiple times the past few days ... Had never seen the video ... Kinda cool. Cause you know I'd walk A thousand miles If I could Just see you If I could Just hold you Tonight
Worker 11811 Posted April 7, 2009 Posted April 7, 2009 She's a hottie too! I'd like to see her doing that same video wearing a nice fur coat!
JGalanos Posted April 8, 2009 Posted April 8, 2009 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQgDnZQogDM Heard a rendition of this song on Idol tonight ... Made me want to hear the original. One of my favorite songs ... Hard not to sing along.
ThoughtFox Posted April 16, 2009 Author Posted April 16, 2009 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oZYqAeIdYk I went to a Beatles tribute concert this past weekend. It was great ... but I had a little trouble believing they didn't do this classic song. Let it be, let it be ..... There has never been anything in pop that has come within a million miles of what they achieved. Amazingly, it all happened in the space of around 7 years.
JGalanos Posted May 1, 2009 Posted May 1, 2009 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlbB7qt6v_0 I heard this song on the radio multiple times today so thought I'd check out the video. Pretty cool. You'll be the prince and I'll be the princess It's a love story - baby just say 'Yes.'
Worker 11811 Posted May 1, 2009 Posted May 1, 2009 Listen to the banjo and the bass line in that song. Pay good, close attention. Then listen to this song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnejNGprm3I Compare that to the guitar part and the bass part. They are almost exactly the same.
JGalanos Posted July 8, 2009 Posted July 8, 2009 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ylgchWR-Ig I must admit I was not a Daughtry fan when he was on Idol ... But he has pleasantly surprised me post Idol. Another great song ... Now that we're here, Now that we've come this far, Just hold on. There is nothing to fear, For I am right beside you. For all my life, I am yours.
Worker 11811 Posted July 8, 2009 Posted July 8, 2009 The song is pretty good but I'm sorry to say the PRODUCTION is awful! The melody is all right. The words are meaningful. I can even get behind the sentiment. But, I'm sorry to say it. The instrumentation is strictly "cookie cutter." How many songs do you hear with the fuzz-box guitar, the ricketty-ticketty electronic drum track and the distorted chorus effect on the voice? Way too many! And, to me that distortion on the voice sounds like NOISE to me. Back in the 1970's when I was a kid, the sound tech would get booed off the stage if he set up a band with vocals that sounded like that. Now it is de rigeur. People might like it today but, to me it sounds like the sound man couldn't straighten out his gain structure. It's annoying! Clean up those vocals. The guy is a good singer. Let's listen to his VOICE, not some electronic gizmo. Get rid of the fake drum track. (Yes, it is fake. It's too even to be human.) Add in a human drummer. Just a snare, a kick and a cymbal. Get rid of the synth. Play it on a baby grand piano like the one Elton John plays. Ditch the buzz-saw guitars. Play it on an Ovation acoustic like at the beginning of the song "Roundabout" by Yes. The song is meaningful in its own right. It doesn't need all those electronic gewgaws to make it good.
JGalanos Posted July 14, 2009 Posted July 14, 2009 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkqPEMPvsaU&NR=1 Two versions of possibly my favorite Elvis song ... I reached out one night And you were gone Don't know why you'd run, What you're running to or from All I know is I want to bring you home
JGalanos Posted July 15, 2009 Posted July 15, 2009 Great song ... And cool video ... It's kind of a special feeling When you're out on the sea alone Staring at the full moon, like a lover
JGalanos Posted July 15, 2009 Posted July 15, 2009 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BARLfUmyBJA&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFCGn_bU_kI&feature=related Ahh ... The 70's ... Long haired furs galore ... And Styx ... I'm sailing away, set an open course for the virgin sea I've got to be free, free to face the life thats ahead of me On board, I'm the captain, so climb aboard We'll search for tomorrow on every shore And I'll try, oh lord, I'll try to carry on The best of times are when I'm alone with you Some rain some shine, we'll make this a world for two Our memories of yesterday will last a lifetime We'll take the best, forget the rest And someday we'll find these are the best of times
Worker 11811 Posted July 15, 2009 Posted July 15, 2009 Excellent! Music from the "old days" when people actually PLAYED instruments, not simply turn then on and press the START button!
White Fox Posted July 15, 2009 Posted July 15, 2009 It's kind of a special feelingWhen you're out on the sea alone Staring at the full moon, like a lover I've done EXACTLY that many times in my life. And........ it is a special and strange feeling indeed. Especially when you look away from the moon and back down again, and don't know which way the boat turned while you were looking up so you don't know if you are headed up stream or down any more. With no tide sheets to tell you which direction the current would be flowing at that particular time. Yes, I've had that happen. Luckily I guessed right and found the correct turn two miles of paddling up stream. A strange feeling indeed ... W
JGalanos Posted July 28, 2009 Posted July 28, 2009 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTYBaV9b5go One of my favorite songs ... The Carpenters ... The 70's at their best ... I know I need to be in love I know I've wasted too much time I know I ask perfection of a quite imperfect world And fool enough to think that's what I'll find
JGalanos Posted July 31, 2009 Posted July 31, 2009 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WU_fkxJ2dmY Classic Elton tune ... I'm not the man they think i am at home Oh no no no i'm a rocket man Rocket man burning out his fuse up here alone
Worker 11811 Posted July 31, 2009 Posted July 31, 2009 One of the few true professional musicians in the world. Can't have Rocket Man without Bennie and the Jets!
JGalanos Posted August 5, 2009 Posted August 5, 2009 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpeahgdzYp4 Ahh ... The sounds of my youth ... I would climb any mountain Sail across a stormy sea If that's what it takes me baby To show you how much you mean to me
JGalanos Posted August 16, 2009 Posted August 16, 2009 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIt_uYZTkZk Ahh ... The 70's ... So stop your running around Cause now you've found what was cloudy is clear Oh honey, there'll be no cheering from the crowds Just two hearts beating out loud There'll be no parade No tv or stage Only me till your dying day
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