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joe
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Post Guilty pleasures?
on: July 28, 2012, 18:43
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Is there any music you love, but are embarrassed to admit? Fess up.
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Post Re: Guilty pleasures?
on: August 3, 2012, 12:00
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OK, I'll start. I will admit to loving The Outfield's first album Play Deep. ..........I feel better now, as though a great weight has been lifted off me.
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Post Re: Guilty pleasures?
on: August 3, 2012, 17:32
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Was going to say Hall and Oats, but will have to go with Robert Palmer. Love his early, funky stuff, but his synth pop phase, esp. w/ Gary Numan, gets a lot of repeat plays. "I Dream of Wires" still gives me shivers. But I've said too much...
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Post Re: Guilty pleasures?
on: August 3, 2012, 18:14
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The Guess Who for me, particularly the mid period stuff after Randy Bachman was gone and Kurt Winter played guitar. The Turtles (Flo and Eddie) pretty much anything they did back in the day.
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Post Re: Guilty pleasures?
on: August 14, 2012, 01:57
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The Doobie Brothers "Captain and Me". Chicago's first couple of albums with Terry Kath on guitar (RIP). The Smithereens "Especially For You" LP. Great songwriting, arrangements and accompaniment all around.
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on: August 19, 2012, 11:14
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Quote from Double D on August 14, 2012, 01:57
The Doobie Brothers "Captain and Me". Chicago's first couple of albums with Terry Kath on guitar (RIP). The Smithereens "Especially For You" LP. Great songwriting, arrangements and accompaniment all around.

I was never a big Chicago head, but a few years ago I had the chance to interview Bobby Lamm, who wrote most of the early hits, and I was just blown away by his knowledge, warmth, and modesty. He's a super-interesting dude, and he's really into cool stuff, the great tropicalista songwriters of Brazil, especially Caetano Veloso.
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Post Re: Guilty pleasures?
on: August 19, 2012, 11:15
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Okay, I managed to go several weeks without mentioning Bow Wow Wow. That's some serious self-control on my part!
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Post Re: Guilty pleasures?
on: August 20, 2012, 05:57
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Quote from joe on August 19, 2012, 11:15
Okay, I managed to go several weeks without mentioning Bow Wow Wow. That's some serious self-control on my part!

I saw Bow Wow Wow back in the day at a club in Washington DC, they really kicked ass. That was one of the best shows I was ever talked in to going to. They really worked hard on stage and played together like the fingers of a hand. I bought all their records soon after that. Very cool band.
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Post Re: Guilty pleasures?
on: August 20, 2012, 14:44
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I'm not super embarrassed about this, but I guess I do only mention it to close friends..... so I will never sell my pop orchestration LPs from the 50's and 60's. Mantovani, Kostelanentz, Mitch, Mancini, Jackie Gleason. God, Lush Moods by Jackie Gleason is a wealth of tasteful rhythm and solo arranging. Most of my gigging is on violin so I consider these recordings to be great textbooks on harmonizing, rhythmic fill, tasteful solos, bending chords/transition leading, etc. I know its not everyone's cup of tea, but you can really learn a lot from paying attention to some of those arrangements.

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Post Re: Guilty pleasures?
on: August 23, 2012, 08:36
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Quote from smgear on August 20, 2012, 14:44
I'm not super embarrassed about this, but I guess I do only mention it to close friends..... so I will never sell my pop orchestration LPs from the 50's and 60's. Mantovani, Kostelanentz, Mitch, Mancini, Jackie Gleason. God, Lush Moods by Jackie Gleason is a wealth of tasteful rhythm and solo arranging. Most of my gigging is on violin so I consider these recordings to be great textbooks on harmonizing, rhythmic fill, tasteful solos, bending chords/transition leading, etc. I know its not everyone's cup of tea, but you can really learn a lot from paying attention to some of those arrangements.

+1!!! I am SOOO into that stuff!:)
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