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Dappled

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  1. Chestnut Mare is a great song, much because of the spoken parts. I like songs that tell a story. One of my favourites is Procol Harum’s Whaling stories; great lyrics by Keith Reid partly spoken by Gary Brooker and fantastic guitar work by Robin Trower. One of their best songs.
  2. 1. Sky Pilot - Eric Burdon & The Animals 2. Going to California - Led Zeppelin 3. Man Of The World - Fleetwood Mac 4. Brown Eyed Girl - Van Morrison 5. Gimme Some Lovin' - Spencer Davis Group 6. My Generation - The Who 7. Heart Full of Soul - The Yardbirds 8. Purple Haze - Jimi Hendrix 9. The Sound Of Silence - Simon & Garfunkel 10. Nights In White Satin - The Moody Blues Hmm, looks like there's only music from the 60s in that list. Excepting Going to California, of course. All of these songs left a lasting impression on me when I first heard them and they bring back sweet summer memories. Me and my pals used to go swimming in a lake some 8 miles from the city I grew up in. Halfway there was our favourite ice cream shop where we bought huge cones (I still miss them) and on the other side of the street was a cafe where we used to play the jukebox while we enjoyed the ice cream.
  3. 6. A 1000 light years from home - Stones 4. A horse with no name - Kansas 9. Girls just want to have fun - Cindy Lauper
  4. This is One Clown Cried from The 4 Seasons' Working My Way Back to You-album. Frankie Valli did the talking (and singing, of course).
  5. Man of the World ~ Fleetwood Mac Sky Pilot ~ Eric Burdon and the Animals
  6. Neither of them, 55, but that phrase The show must go on is part of the lyrics. It's a mid 60s song. The Shangi-Las talked a lot in their songs too to great effect. Remember Remember, Footsteps on the Roof, Past, Rresent and Future?
  7. The Animals - I'm Crying The follow up to The House of the Rising Sun; pulsating rhythm, great singing and chorus, sounding different from anything else released at the time (1964 or so).
  8. Yes, and that's one of my favourite Donovan songs too. Love that spoken part and the background music. Lou Rawls starts out Dead End Street with this monologue: I was born in a city that they call "The Windy City" And they call it the Windy City because of "the Hawk" The Hawk The Almighty Hawk Mister Wind Takes care of plenty business 'Round winter time The place that I lived in Was on a street that uh Happened to be one of the dead-end streets Where there was nothing to block The wind the elements Nothing to buffer them for me To keep 'em From knockin' my bed down d'y'hea'm I mean really sockin' it to me When the boiler would bust and the heat was gone d'y'hea'm I had to get fully dressed before I could go to bed Course I couldn't put on my "goulashes" 'cause they had buckles on 'em And my folks didn't play that They said "don't you tear up my bed clothes wit' dem boot hushies on" But I was fortunate Soon as I was big enough to get a job and save enough money Get a ticket Catch anything I split And I said "one day I'm 'onna return And I'm gonna straighten it all out" And I'm 'bout ready to go back now So I thought I'd tell you about it Ah they say this is a big rich town But I live in the poorest part I know I'm on a dead-end street In a city without a heart I learned to fight before I was six The only way I could get along When you're raised on a dead-end street You've gotta be tough and strong Now all the guys I know gettin' in trouble That's how it's always been When the odds are all against you How can you win
  9. That was fast, 55! Another one, and this time from a regular song: To make people laugh, that's what I do Even though my heart is broken, broken into. Who sang what song??
  10. A quiz: Who said "Whatever happened to my Transylvania twist?" in what song?
  11. What do you think about songs with a spoken part? Like when Elvis says “You know, someone said that the world's a stage and each must play a part," and so on in Are you lonesome tonight. What do they add to the song? Would the song be better off without it? What kind of songs do have spoken parts, romantic songs, sad songs, songs with a serious touch? Did the Beatles or the Rolling Stones ever record a song with a spoken part? What about songs which are spoken in their entirety, like Lorne Greens Ringo?
  12. Hi all! Hope you get the next nominations going before Friday, because I'm eager to nominate my favourites and have no access to the internet on holidays! Great list of songs though!
  13. Dappled

    Word Up II

    Wish i was a Kellog's cornflake Floatin' in my bowl, taking movies Relaxin' a while, livin' in style Simin & Garfunkle "Punky's Dilemma" Word-up: curtain
  14. Space Guitar by Johnny 'Guitar' Watson (recorded in 1945) is one of my favs.
  15. Agree that Jimmie Page is an outstanding guitarist. Here're some great solos by a other artists: Loud Green Song ~ Patto (Ollie Halsell) Forgotten Roads ~ If When the Music's Over ~ Doors Rattlesnake Shake ~ Fleetwood Mac Screamin´ ~ Paul Butterfield Blues Band Lost Angeles ~ Colloseum
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