What Are You Listening To? August 2023
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Ojai Sam
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Chicago - Chicago Transit Authority (1969)
Vinyl Spin Of The Day.
Another vinyl album that I cast off during the early days of the CD. That wasn't a wise move, since the digital remasterings have received a lot of richly deserved criticism. So, I went back to vinyl and was lucky enough to find a super clean original pressing. This double LP set was one of the cornerstones of my college days and ever won over my first girlfriend at UCI. It sounds just as good today. Chicago has been around so long that it's easy to forget that their aggressive brassy sound powered by the edgy guitar of Terry Kath, mixed with their unblinking political stance, earned them a lot of cred back in the day. Times changed, Chicago changed, but it all began here. Anyway, does anybody really know what time it is?
Vinyl Spin Of The Day.
Another vinyl album that I cast off during the early days of the CD. That wasn't a wise move, since the digital remasterings have received a lot of richly deserved criticism. So, I went back to vinyl and was lucky enough to find a super clean original pressing. This double LP set was one of the cornerstones of my college days and ever won over my first girlfriend at UCI. It sounds just as good today. Chicago has been around so long that it's easy to forget that their aggressive brassy sound powered by the edgy guitar of Terry Kath, mixed with their unblinking political stance, earned them a lot of cred back in the day. Times changed, Chicago changed, but it all began here. Anyway, does anybody really know what time it is?
Unsomnambulist
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Kaki King - Modern Yesterdays (2020)
Unsomnambulist
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King Tubby & The Aggrovators - Shalom Dub (1975)
Unsomnambulist
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The Re-Stoned - 10π (2019)
axolotl
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I note your surprise, Sam.Shahram Nazeri ~ Motrebe Mahtab Rou (1991)
Persian Classical Music, Kurdish Folk Music
Are you casting aspersians on my music choices?
Ojai Sam
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Au contraire. I’m expressing my sense of wonder and awe at your off the Beatle track selections.
axolotl
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Sorry if I came off as unduly kurtish. I suppose I should have italicized aspersians, tho'.Au contraire. I’m expressing my sense of wonder and awe at your off the Beatle track selections.
Ojai Sam
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The Beatles - Meet The Beatles! (1964)
Vinyl Spin Of The Day.
When Capitol released their first album on The Fab Four, no one really knew or cared that the label had begun its program of slicing and dicing their output for the American market. All we knew was that we had a dozen new songs to enjoy and share with our friends.
Likewise, those of us with allowances big enough to pay extra for the stereo version ($3.39 vs. $2.69 at Fedco) were blissfully unaware that our heroes had little or nothing to do with it. Having the guitars come at us separately from two directions was well worth the extra cash (and I do mean cash).
Dropping the needle and spinning this platter today, it's surprisingly easy for me to crank up the volume and forget everything except how much I love this batch of songs. I appreciated the 1987 CD reissues at the time they were released, but like Dylan by way of McGuinn once said, "I was so much older then. I'm younger than that now."
Vinyl Spin Of The Day.
When Capitol released their first album on The Fab Four, no one really knew or cared that the label had begun its program of slicing and dicing their output for the American market. All we knew was that we had a dozen new songs to enjoy and share with our friends.
Likewise, those of us with allowances big enough to pay extra for the stereo version ($3.39 vs. $2.69 at Fedco) were blissfully unaware that our heroes had little or nothing to do with it. Having the guitars come at us separately from two directions was well worth the extra cash (and I do mean cash).
Dropping the needle and spinning this platter today, it's surprisingly easy for me to crank up the volume and forget everything except how much I love this batch of songs. I appreciated the 1987 CD reissues at the time they were released, but like Dylan by way of McGuinn once said, "I was so much older then. I'm younger than that now."
Unsomnambulist
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The Beatles - Meet The Beatles! (1964)
Vinyl Spin Of The Day.
When Capitol released their first album on The Fab Four, no one really knew or cared that the label had begun its program of slicing and dicing their output for the American market. All we knew was that we had a dozen new songs to enjoy and share with our friends.
Likewise, those of us with allowances big enough to pay extra for the stereo version ($3.39 vs. $2.69 at Fedco) were blissfully unaware that our heroes had little or nothing to do with it. Having the guitars come at us separately from two directions was well worth the extra cash (and I do mean cash).
Dropping the needle and spinning this platter today, it's surprisingly easy for me to crank up the volume and forget everything except how much I love this batch of a dozen songs. I appreciated the 1987 CD reissues at the time they were released, but like Dylan by way of McGuinn once said, "I was so much older then. I'm younger than that now."
Jeeze, a CD would've been cheaper!
Zeeba Neighba
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Roy Ayer's Ubiquity - He's Coming (1972)
Zeeba Neighba
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Laura Marling - Once I Was An Eagle (2013)
axolotl
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I know it's a silly little love song, but [boy/man] those lyrics are super-creepy.
I walked down the street like a good girl should
He followed me down the street like I knew he would
Because a guy is a guy wherever he may be
So listen and I'll tell you what this fella did to me
I walked to my house like a good girl should
He followed me to my house like I knew he would
Because a guy is a guy wherever he may be
So listen while I tell you what this fella did to me
I never saw the boy before
So nothin' could be sillier
At closer range his face was strange
But his manner was familiar
So I walked up the stairs like a good girl should
He followed me up the stairs like I knew he would
Because a guy is a guy wherever he may be
So listen and I'll tell you what this fella did to me
I stepped to my door like a good girl should
He stopped at my door like I knew he would
Because a guy is a guy wherever he may be
So listen while I tell you what this fella did to me
He asked me for a good-night kiss
I said, "It's still good day"
I would have told him more except
His lips got in the way
So I talked to my ma like a good girl should
And Ma talked to Pa like I knew she would
And they all agreed on a married life for me
The guy is my guy wherever he may be
So I walked down the aisle like a good girl should
He followed me down the aisle like I knew he would
Because a guy is a guy wherever he may be
And now you've heard the story of what someone did to me
And that's what he did to me
He followed me down the street like I knew he would
Because a guy is a guy wherever he may be
So listen and I'll tell you what this fella did to me
I walked to my house like a good girl should
He followed me to my house like I knew he would
Because a guy is a guy wherever he may be
So listen while I tell you what this fella did to me
I never saw the boy before
So nothin' could be sillier
At closer range his face was strange
But his manner was familiar
So I walked up the stairs like a good girl should
He followed me up the stairs like I knew he would
Because a guy is a guy wherever he may be
So listen and I'll tell you what this fella did to me
I stepped to my door like a good girl should
He stopped at my door like I knew he would
Because a guy is a guy wherever he may be
So listen while I tell you what this fella did to me
He asked me for a good-night kiss
I said, "It's still good day"
I would have told him more except
His lips got in the way
So I talked to my ma like a good girl should
And Ma talked to Pa like I knew she would
And they all agreed on a married life for me
The guy is my guy wherever he may be
So I walked down the aisle like a good girl should
He followed me down the aisle like I knew he would
Because a guy is a guy wherever he may be
And now you've heard the story of what someone did to me
And that's what he did to me
Ojai Sam
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Hey, mores were different in the early 18th Century. Wiki fills us in thusly:
"A Guy Is a Guy" is a popular song written by Oscar Brand. It was published in 1952.
The song is reputed to have originated in a British song, "I Went to the Alehouse (A Knave Is a Knave)," dating from 1719. During World War II, soldiers sang a bawdy song based on "A Knave Is a Knave," entitled "A Gob Is a Slob," a seduced-and-abandoned lyric recorded in Vol. 2 of Oscar Brand's "Bawdy Songs and Backroom Ballads" collections released in the 1940s and '50s.
"A Guy Is a Guy," a hit for Doris Day in 1952, is less bedroom-explicit."
axolotl
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