also, Vicki Lawrence was a regular on the Carol Burnett Show for its entire '67-78 run, and was only 29 when it ended.
now how are you gonna bring this up without mentioning Mama's Family, morbs? so that means she was all of 34-35 when she put on that wig. and that butt.
― andrew m., Tuesday, 7 August 2018 21:44 (five years ago) link
they've been making promo videos (if you're generous with the definition) since there's been sound film
I've seen some good ones from the mid-late '60s ("Itchycoo Park," "Rain," "Happy Jack"), and I know they pick up again with "Heroes" in the late '70s. Having a hard time thinking of any from the early '70s, though.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 7 August 2018 21:49 (five years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Wednesday, 8 August 2018 00:01 (five years ago) link
I see I was the difference between Loudon or Albert tying for 2nd.
― Ubering With The King (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 8 August 2018 00:09 (five years ago) link
Things I Learned From This Poll:
--Hurricane Smith was Norman Smith, Engineer/Producer for the Beatles, early Floyd, and the Pretty Things' S.F. Sorrow.
--"Drift Away" writer Mentor Williams was Paul Williams brother, and he was Lynn "Rose Garden" Anderson's partner for decades.
I also did a little research on the K-Tel tributes by Pravda Records, finding This Article with this relevant track from the last one linked...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=274&v=pXHBHfi9ddE
― Ubering With The King (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 8 August 2018 00:30 (five years ago) link
Have you not being following these threads?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0e0qYP_PTlY
― Father Ted in Forkhandles (Tom D.), Wednesday, 8 August 2018 00:58 (five years ago) link
I will pay closer attention posthaste.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 8 August 2018 04:16 (five years ago) link
i wouldve voted for Hammond or Stealers Wheel but lots of classiks on here
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 8 August 2018 06:23 (five years ago) link
I was the only vote for the DeFranco Family? And you call yourselves poptimists!!
― Eliza D., Wednesday, 8 August 2018 10:23 (five years ago) link
I could have put Albert Hammond into a 3-Way Tie (For Second) but I’m glad I gave Looking Glass’s slept on other hit its sole vote.
― Suspicious Hiveminds (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 8 August 2018 10:26 (five years ago) link
Wow, that's a surprising result.
I worked as a sales rep for a small distributor back in the late 80s/early 90s. Rhino was one of our best selling labels. I remember these things coming out one after another, and thinking, There is no way there was this much from that part of the 70s worth saving. Thirty years on, I realize I was wrong.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Thursday, 28 April 2022 00:41 (two years ago) link
Note the pathos in the Edward Bear song. The singer is writing "the last song I'll ever write for you" for someone who'll never hear and couldn't care less if they did. The singer's powerlessness is paralleled in the limp, hazy production.
― Halfway there but for you, Thursday, 28 April 2022 00:55 (two years ago) link
In an interview published on the website for the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame, composer Larry Evoy states that the song was inspired by his own personal experience. "It was written over a period of time and was literal. I would actually go to sleep with my light on, hoping that she’d think I was still awake and would drop by, and she did."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Last_Song_(Edward_Bear_song)
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Thursday, 28 April 2022 00:57 (two years ago) link
I don't feel like hunting for it downstairs, but I used to work with (in a record store) and once interviewed the guy who produced Edward Bear, Paul White, when he was at Capitol. He told me the same story, more or less, in the interview, that he never got over the woman he wrote the song for.
― clemenza, Thursday, 28 April 2022 01:03 (two years ago) link
I'm picturing now a whole melodramatic scenario where he leaves the light on all night, staring into space with his turntable on automatic replay playing "Last Song" over and over so loudly he can't hear her banging on the door.
― Halfway there but for you, Thursday, 28 April 2022 01:11 (two years ago) link
The lukewarm production and the sentimental backstory somehow still have not ruined this childhood favorite for me. I also enjoyed its appearance in the Canadian film Weirdos - the main character has an Edward Bear poster in his bedroom! He is also obsessed with Andy Warhol, who keeps showing up throughout the picture to give him advice. #onethread
― Eric B. Mash Up the Resident (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 28 April 2022 01:11 (two years ago) link
Not to be confused with the Canadian novel The Bear, by Marian Engel.
― Eric B. Mash Up the Resident (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 28 April 2022 01:13 (two years ago) link
Was the bear's name Edward?
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Thursday, 28 April 2022 01:14 (two years ago) link
Ha, don’t think so.
― Eric B. Mash Up the Resident (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 28 April 2022 01:15 (two years ago) link
I was at grad school with a woman who had obtained rights to film Bear but it doesn't look like that ever came to completion.
― Halfway there but for you, Thursday, 28 April 2022 01:18 (two years ago) link
Oh right, no “The.” Maybe I should put it on my other thread.
― Eric B. Mash Up the Resident (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 28 April 2022 01:20 (two years ago) link
It's just called Bear? I don't think I've ever heard . . . oh, wait, is this the one about the woman who has sex with a bear?
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Thursday, 28 April 2022 01:22 (two years ago) link
Couldn’t tell you, haven’t read it.
― Eric B. Mash Up the Resident (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 28 April 2022 01:23 (two years ago) link
Ayup. "The shocking erotic novel of a woman in love."
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Thursday, 28 April 2022 01:24 (two years ago) link
The Skylark song is the only one I didn't immediately recognize but I sat with it for two seconds and remembered that it's the 'let her cryyyyyy for she's a lady' song. I may have listened to this series way too much.
― When the Pain That You Feel is the Bite of an Eel, That's a Moray (Old Lunch), Thursday, 28 April 2022 02:10 (two years ago) link
Same for me except I haven’t tried to listen to it yet
― Eric B. Mash Up the Resident (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 28 April 2022 02:39 (two years ago) link
Listening now. Still don’t recognize it.
― Eric B. Mash Up the Resident (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 28 April 2022 02:45 (two years ago) link
I don't know how many times I saw The Neville Brothers over the years, 10 or 15 maybe, and Aaron pretty much always sang "Wildflower." He must have had a thing for that song.
― Three Rings for the Elven Bishop (Dan Peterson), Thursday, 28 April 2022 13:59 (two years ago) link