edna Posted November 19, 2011 Report Share Posted November 19, 2011 "Stone Blue" Foghat Written by Lonesome Dave Peverett. Released in May 1978 as a track of the album "Stone Blue", their seventh LP. Also a single, released in the same date, with "Chevrolet" as the B-side. Produced by Eddie Kramer. By then, the band had Dave Peverett on rhythm guitar and lead vocals, Rod Price on lead and slide guitar, Craig MacGregor on bass and Roger Earl on drums. The album was certified Gold and the song was also a Top 40 hit. ...it has all the energy of a classic Foghat track and adds in some nice vocal harmonies, but it lacks the thick, bass-heavy bottom end and the bluesy edge that fuelled the band's best songs. and talked about the song -and the album as well- as some "sonic schizophrenia". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted November 19, 2011 Report Share Posted November 19, 2011 "Possum Kingdom" Toadies Written by Todd Lewis. Released in August 1995 as a CD single, the second from their 1994 album, Rubberneck. The album went gold in 1995 and platinum in 1996. The song is the most representative cut of the band, included among the main grunge songs. It reached #9 on Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks and #4 in the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks in the US. It also went up to #3 in Canadian lists. The song is inspired in Texas folklore, as the Possum Kingdom Lake is a lake in North Texas. Lewis says about the song: "It's just a story I heard long ago; it's just a really cool, eerie lake, and some stuff I heard and some stuff I just make up". "Possum Kingdom" is not about "doing the nasty." "Just a story, like most of our tunes". "Possum Kingdom" is a lake. One of the ten best fishin' spots in the U.S." Umbarger explains "They're just these silly stories he's heard his family tell... In Texas, there's just this big storytelling thing - whenever your family gets together, they sit and talk and tell all these stories. 'Possum Kingdom' is a ghost story." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted November 19, 2011 Report Share Posted November 19, 2011 "Renaissance Fair" The Byrds Written by David Crosby and Jim McGuinn. A track of The Byrds 4th album, "Younger Than Yesterday", released on February 6th 1967. Recorded between November 28th and December 8th 1966 at Columbia Studios in Hollywood, California. Also a single as the B side for "My Back Pages" released in March 13th, 1967. The song was recorded on December 5th. Jim McGuinn and David Crosby on guitar and vocals, Chris Hillman on bass and vocals and Michael Clarke on drums. Jay Migliori plays saxophone. The single reached #30 on Billboard and it was their last single to chart. they contributed a lot more to psychedelic music than a memorable guitar riff (lifted from John Coltrane, incidentally). And "Renaissance Fair" is one of their under-regarded classics in that vein. Considered a pleasant enough song today, it was actually a topical song every bit as tied to real events as Buffalo Springfield's "For What It's Worth," and was regarded as important enough to be included in the band's set at the Monterey Pop Festival during the summer of 1967. David Crosby had attended the real Renaissance Fair, which was the first "Be In" in San Francisco, a peaceful event that gathered together hippies, freaks, flower children, and musicians, among many others, and immortalized it in this song, which is variously credited solely to Crosby and as a joint Crosby-Roger McGuinn composition. What makes it special, apart from the notably peaceful and joyous vibes behind the song, is the manner in which it incorporates musical elements that were already a part of the Byrds' repertory -- the banjo-style opening, the ethereal high harmonies, the use of amplified instruments turned down so that they have almost acoustic timbres. All of that, coupled with a great Chris Hillman bass part, helped make "Renaissance Fair" a perfect synthesis of the group's original electric-folk sound evolved into a new, more contemporary form of music and songwriting, almost hippie-folk music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted November 19, 2011 Report Share Posted November 19, 2011 Of course, you can add any further info (thank you!) or even correct my mistakes ( ) Please, feel free to add facts and any info you have about those songs. Still "Molina" - CCR needing facts... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad_M Posted November 20, 2011 Report Share Posted November 20, 2011 I only have a little bit of additional info. > "The Kids Aren't Alright" - The Offspring The song also peaked at #11 on the U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. > "Stone Blue" - Foghat The peak position that it hit on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart hasn't been stated yet. It peaked at #36. >"Possum Kingdom" - Toadies The song also peaked at #40 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Airplay chart. > A correction: "Renaissance Fair" - The Byrds Of the two songs on the single, The A-side, "My Back Pages" was the song that reached #30 on the chart. "Renaissance Fair" (which was the B-side) did not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted November 20, 2011 Report Share Posted November 20, 2011 Thank you, Brad! I'll try to get some info for "Molina"... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted November 20, 2011 Report Share Posted November 20, 2011 "Molina" Creednce Clearwater Revival Written by John Fogerty. A track of their sixth album, "Pendulum", released on December 15th 1970. The song wasn't released a a single but it's included in many compilations such as "Chronicle 2" (November 1986)or "More Creedence Gold" (1973) John Fogerty produced the album and plays saxophone on "Molina", though on "Chronicle 2" the song is edited and the final solo was removed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted November 28, 2011 Report Share Posted November 28, 2011 The Songfactors' Choice Top Ten #271 This week there is one (1) song needing facts. 1. Bringin' On The Heartbreak- Def Leppard (1981) If you have any info the song please feel free to post your knowledge here. Submissions on songs will be collated and sent to the main site and you will receive credit for your contribution. As always the Songfish thanks you :guitar: :rock: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted November 29, 2011 Report Share Posted November 29, 2011 (edited) "Bringin' On The Heartbreak" Def Leppard Written by Steve Clark, Pete Willis and Joe Elliott. A track of their second album, "High 'n' Dry". Also the second single issued from the album, it was released in November 13th 1981 with "Me and My Wine" and "You Got Me Runnin'" as the B-side. The whole album was produced by R.J."Mutt" Lange,who declared about the single that his first impression was that the band was looking for a guitar sound like "Stairway To Heaven". Yet, as their manager recalls, the song was mostly a ballad and he thought it would be better for other sort of performers, like Bonnie Tyler. It was called at first "A Certain Heartache". The sigle didn't chart in the US but by then, MTV aired the video and this made the band and the album very popular. "High and Dry" sold more than 2 million copies and was released in Spanish for Mexico. A remix was released in 1984 as a single and it reached #61 in the lists. Mariah Carey released her cover in 1986. Edited November 29, 2011 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucky Posted November 29, 2011 Report Share Posted November 29, 2011 Once again edna et al, thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted November 29, 2011 Report Share Posted November 29, 2011 Thank YOU for letting me in the game... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted December 2, 2011 Report Share Posted December 2, 2011 (edited) The Songfactors' Choice Top Ten #273 This week there are 6 (six) songs needing facts. 1. Slider, The - T-Rex (1972) 2. Wedding Bell Blues - Laura Nyro (1966) 3. Glad - Traffic (1970) 4. Man On The Silver Mountain - Rainbow (1975) 5. Walk Don't Run - The Ventures (1960) 6. A Matter of Trust - Billy Joel (1986) If you have any info on any of the songs mentioned anywhere in this thread, please feel free to post your knowledge here. Submissions on songs will be collated and sent to the main site and you will receive credit for your contribution. As always the Songfish thanks you :guitar: :rock: We already have facts about "Nel Blu, Dipinto di Blu (Volare)" by Domenico Modugno, not the version by Dean Martin. Edited December 11, 2011 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted December 2, 2011 Report Share Posted December 2, 2011 "The Slider" T.Rex Written by Marc Bolan. A track of T.Rex's LP from July 21st 1972, it was never reeased as a single (though the album was released in the beginnings of the band's new glam style and it brought two hits: "Metal Guru" and "Teelegram Sam"). The song (and the album as well) was recorded at Château d'Hérouville, near Paris, as Elton suggested them, so they could avoid the taxes from the UK. Produced by Tony Visconti, Flo&Eddie sang back-up vocals. The title track to the brilliant T. Rex album from 1972, "The Slider" succeeded note for note at capturing a more fragile side to Marc Bolan's persona while losing none of his patented sense of steamy, purring sexuality. Similarly, the music balanced out tenderness and bite, making the song one of the fans' most favored over the years, though it never appeared as a single. Tony Visconti's skill at production was rarely clearer than here, his deft, abbreviated orchestrations filling out the main track just enough while the warm blend of voice and music sounded just lush and right enough. Starting with a great intro courtesy of Bill Legend's drums, the whole band hits a slow, slinky groove from the start and never lets up, and even though Bolan may sing lines like "I could never see that the cosmic sea was like a bumblebee," somehow it all works. When the chorus hits, Bolan sings, then sighs, "When I'm sad, I slide!," with Flo and Eddie's wordless backing vocals and a layer of flange to boot, the final touch. Bolan's riff here was one of his best, adding a touch of snarl and feedback for effect -- all that was needed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinkstones Posted December 2, 2011 Report Share Posted December 2, 2011 Since I nominated it: Wedding Bell Blues Laura Nyro "Wedding Bell Blues" is a song written and recorded by Laura Nyro in 1966 that became a number one hit for The 5th Dimension in 1969 and subsequently a popular phrase in American culture. The song is written from the perspective of a woman whose boyfriend has not yet proposed to her, who wonders, "am I ever gonna see my wedding day?" The song carries dual themes of adoring love and frustrated lament. Nyro wrote "Wedding Bell Blues" at the age of 18 as a "mini-suite", featuring several dramatic rhythmic changes — a trait Nyro explored on future albums. It was to be recorded in 1966 for Verve Folkways label as part of what would become her More Than a New Discovery album. However, producer Herb Bernstein did not allow Nyro to record this version, which led to Nyro more or less disowning the entire album. What was recorded was fairly similar in content and arrangement to the later, much more familiar 5th Dimension version, albeit with a somewhat more soulful vocal line. It was released as a single in September 1966 and remained on the Billboard Pop Singles "Bubbling Under" charts segment for several weeks, peaking at #103. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted December 3, 2011 Report Share Posted December 3, 2011 Thank you pinkstones... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted December 3, 2011 Report Share Posted December 3, 2011 "Glad" Traffic Written by Steve Winwood. The first track of Traffic's fourth studio album, "John Barleycorn Must Die". It was recorded in February, March and April 1970, at the Island Studios and Olympic Studios in London. Produced by Chris Blackwell, Steve Winwood and Guy Stevens. "Glad" is an instrumental nearer to jazz than rock. It lasts for almost 7 minutes. It has three parts, the first one with Winwood playing piano and Hammond, Chris Wood on amplified saxophone and Jim Capaldi on percussions. Then Winwood plays a solo on saxophone and finally, back to their original instruments, the band' s song becomes moody and soft, sliding and fading into the next track of the album "Freedom Rider". The song was performed on almost every live show by Traffic, lasting more than the original version. Eric Clapton has played it along with Winwood onstange quite often too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted December 3, 2011 Report Share Posted December 3, 2011 "Man On The Silver Mountain" Rainbow Written By Ronnie James Dio. A track of "Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow", the first album by Rainbow, the solo band of Ritchie Blackmore, former member of Deep Purple. The song was released as a single with "Snake Charmer" as the B-side. It was recored in Munich, between February and March 1975 and released on August th the same year. Ronnie James Dio sings vocals, Ritchie Blackmore plays guitar, Micky Lee Soule's on mellotron, clavinet and organ; Craig Gruber plays bass and Gary Driscoll, drums. It's one of the band's biggest hits. In fact, it was their first song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted December 3, 2011 Report Share Posted December 3, 2011 (edited) "Walk Don't Run" The Ventures Written by Johnny Smith in 1955. Smith was a jazz guitar player and, according wikipedia, the tune is essentially a counter-melody to the chord changes of the old standard, "Softly, As in the Morning Sunrise". The Ventures released their version in a surf style, in June 1960 with "Home" as the B-side ("The Mac Coys" would be the B-side when it was later released by Dolton Records in the US) It's the first surfing song to hit the charts: it went up to #2 on Billboard and #3 on Cash Box magazine in the Summer of 1960. The drummer, Skip Moore, was payed 25$ for his session work (though the band offered him a part of the royalties... but he prefered the 25$) The Ventures released a new version in 1964 and it made the Top ten again. Chet Atkins, The Shadows, Penguin Caffe Orchestra, John Barry Seven or Steve Howe are among the many artists who covered this song. Edited December 3, 2011 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted December 3, 2011 Report Share Posted December 3, 2011 "A Matter of Trust" Billy Joel Written By Billy Joel. A track of his 10th album, "The Bridge", produced by Phil Ramone. Recorded in 1985 and released as a single in 1986, with "Getting Closer" as the B-side in the UK. It was the second single released from the album. It reached # 10 on Billboard Hot 100, #14 on Billboard Mainstream Rock and #17 on Billboard Adult Contemporary charts. Billy Joel performs the song in the video playing a Gibson guitar signed by Les Paul. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted December 3, 2011 Report Share Posted December 3, 2011 Please, if you have any further info, add it... I couldn't find much details on the songs this week, so any comment or fact about them would be appreciated. Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad_M Posted December 3, 2011 Report Share Posted December 3, 2011 "Walk Don't Run" The Ventures The Ventures version of the song sparked America's early-1960s surf instrumental craze. The Ventures discovered this song in a 1957 version on a Chet Atkins album, Hi-Fi In Focus. By the time they had stripped it back to a minimalist rock'n'roll chord sequence overlaid by a single-note melody line, it was virtually a new song. Johnny Smith himself later told the band that if they hadn't named it "Walk - Don't Run" he wouldn't have recognized it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted December 3, 2011 Report Share Posted December 3, 2011 Thank you, Brad!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miamisammy29 Posted December 5, 2011 Report Share Posted December 5, 2011 "Man On The Silver Mountain" Rainbow Written By Ronnie James Dio. A track of "Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow", the first album by Rainbow, the solo band of Ritchie Blackmore, former member of Deep Purple. The song was released as a single with "Snake Charmer" as the B-side. It was recored in Munich, between February and March 1975 and released on August th the same year. Ronnie James Dio sings vocals, Ritchie Blackmore plays guitar, Micky Lee Soule's on mellotron, clavinet and organ; Craig Gruber plays bass and Gary Driscoll, drums. It's one of the band's biggest hits. In fact, it was their first song. It was the first song Ronnie James Dio ever wrote for Rainbow. It was also the first song MiamiSammy ever nominated in the Songfactors Top Tens (many moons ago). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted December 5, 2011 Report Share Posted December 5, 2011 It was the first song Ronnie James Dio ever wrote for Rainbow. It was also the first song MiamiSammy ever nominated in the Songfactors Top Tens (many moons ago). We love you, Sammy!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted December 11, 2011 Report Share Posted December 11, 2011 (edited) The Songfactors' Choice Top Ten #273 This week there are 7 (seven) songs needing facts. 1. First Cut Is The Deepest, The - Rod Stewart (1976) 2. Harder They Come, The - Jimmy Cliff (1972) 3. Someone Like You - Adele (2011) 4. Sitting - Cat Stevens (1972) 5. Grand Illusion, The - Styx (1977) 6. Pagan Baby – Creedence Clearwater Revival (1970) 7. Volare - Dean Martin (1958) If you have any info on any of the songs mentioned anywhere in this thread, please feel free to post your knowledge here. Submissions on songs will be collated and sent to the main site and you will receive credit for your contribution. As always the Songfish thanks you :guitar: :rock: We already have facts about "Nel Blu, Dipinto di Blu (Volare)" by Domenico Modugno, not the version by Dean Martin. Edited December 11, 2011 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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