I was 10 years old when Bobbie Gentry released "Ode to Billie Joe". I was smitten by her, convinced I was madly in love.
The song (as with others, written and composed by her) was unusual for the fact that it does not include an instrumental break (see what I mean with Tom's other offering, "Fancy" by comparison) - it is all vocals from start to finish with the music.
Fantastic!
Following is, by contrast, the first I heard of what became known as "driving songs" - it was 1973 and the portable music medium, audio cassettes, could be played in your car.
Dutch Group Golden Earring with Radar Love, crank the volume up
Wiz
Hmm, Imagine that!I was a little more mainstream......Jayne Mansfied rocked my boat ....
She made a habit of having "wardrobe malfunctions", that left me speechless (sometimes for hours )
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...all of the above with an IQ of 149........what wasnt there to like ????
OOPS.....forgot the umm...ahhh.....Music !
Hey, no problem! :3 Yeah, the song is awesome... :3 Seriously one of my favorites, as well as Electric Eye by Judas Priest. ;3Nice one, Adam! (@blackneos940 ) Thanks for sharing!
Haunting video, I love it!
Chris (on #42)
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Brian
BARNESY! Yeah, I know he was born in Scotland, but Aussie Aussie Aussie, oi oi oi.![]()
Yeah, Eminem has a good beat, but then he talks about beating people, including Cops, so.....I am always torn when I hear other people ask the loaded question .......... ? do you like music ? ? ?
It never goes as expected, they begin to tell how the Eagles were the greatest band and musicians to ever live. One of the most memorable times such as these was when a young man (young enough to be my grandson) at work asked the "do you like music" question. I said well not everybody has the same idea when it comes to what is called music, but I suppose you could say I enjoy some of it.
The door flys open with enthusiasm as he spends the next hour and a half telling me all about Eminem ( Marshall Bruce Mathers III ) and how he turned the music industry on it's ear because he is a lyrical genius. After about 5 minutes of dead silence he asked did you get what I was saying POPS ...... as poetically and as politically correct as I could muster. I said oh you mean the guy that sings about beating his Mother, girls or as he flows the hoes, and killing cops - - that guy ! Yeah I suppose as long as you don't put him up against any real talent of song writers and only compare him to a dog turd he is I would guess. My son works Law Enforcement so that guy can go ........ %$#^&*!# himself and rot in %^$@*&^! ........ as long as he compares to other 25 going on 12 trained monkeys he is good.
Oddly very silent the rest of the night shift ....... my work is done here ! ! !
now back to the music that changed so many things not just peoples minds
The songs had good times and did not need to kill or beat people.
Grand Funk Railroad was one of those that did it well, an updated version of there 1975 hit first done by the original song writer John Ellison of Soul Brothers Six in 1967.
Oh, as if your video link didn't make it obvious! XD They ARE the ones who sang that song!I am always torn when I hear other people ask the loaded question .......... ? do you like music ? ? ?
It never goes as expected, they begin to tell how the Eagles were the greatest band and musicians to ever live. One of the most memorable times such as these was when a young man (young enough to be my grandson) at work asked the "do you like music" question. I said well not everybody has the same idea when it comes to what is called music, but I suppose you could say I enjoy some of it.
The door flys open with enthusiasm as he spends the next hour and a half telling me all about Eminem ( Marshall Bruce Mathers III ) and how he turned the music industry on it's ear because he is a lyrical genius. After about 5 minutes of dead silence he asked did you get what I was saying POPS ...... as poetically and as politically correct as I could muster. I said oh you mean the guy that sings about beating his Mother, girls or as he flows the hoes, and killing cops - - that guy ! Yeah I suppose as long as you don't put him up against any real talent of song writers and only compare him to a dog turd he is I would guess. My son works Law Enforcement so that guy can go ........ %$#^&*!# himself and rot in %^$@*&^! ........ as long as he compares to other 25 going on 12 trained monkeys he is good.
Oddly very silent the rest of the night shift ....... my work is done here ! ! !
now back to the music that changed so many things not just peoples minds
The songs had good times and did not need to kill or beat people.
Grand Funk Railroad was one of those that did it well, an updated version of there 1975 hit first done by the original song writer John Ellison of Soul Brothers Six in 1967.
More homegrown (Oz) - John Farnham came our way out of England as a teenager and worked as a plumber's apprentice.
Around 1967 aged 17 he had a song "Sady The Cleaning Lady" - very pop but he soldiered on for years tuning his craft.
In 1988, at our Bicentennial he was named Australian of The Year. His album the year prior "Whispering Jack" featured the below song. I knew John's guitarist Brett Garsed, from a small sport called drugfree powerlifting I had formed in Australia.
Enjoy - The Voice.
Wizard