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Post by Ish Kabbible on Apr 23, 2016 11:26:11 GMT -5
One should not be reminded of Bobby Goldsboro and "Honey" so early in the day However, I'll see your "Honey" and raise you "Little Green Apples" by O.C.SmithI also have " The Candy Man by Sammy Davis" as my hold card O.C. Smith recorded some really good stuff, but I don't get why people bought (and other artists covered!) Little Green Apples. Nobody mentioned MacArthur Park yet? MacArthur Park-I loved it. The lyrics and subject matter is so wonky. The overwrought emoting is so over the top. The instrumental 2nd half is extremely catchy. Its a kitsch classic. I still prefer Richard Harris' version over Donna Summer because she tried to play it straight. Since I was listening to the radio all the time when that song came out, I know how to compare it to it's contemporaries of that time. MacArthur Park was quite decent to me. Many other songs on the AM dial had me change the station immediately. To wit Turn Around, Look At Me -The Vogues The Unicorn- The Irish Rovers Jean-Oliver
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Apr 23, 2016 11:34:02 GMT -5
One should not be reminded of Bobby Goldsboro and "Honey" so early in the day However, I'll see your "Honey" and raise you "Little Green Apples" by O.C.SmithI also have " The Candy Man by Sammy Davis" as my hold card O.C. Smith recorded some really good stuff, but I don't get why people bought (and other artists covered!) Little Green Apples. Nobody mentioned MacArthur Park yet? Honey and Little Green Apples were both written by Bobby Russell. And Roger Miller recorded his version of Little Green Apples nine months before Smith recorded his.
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Post by hondobrode on Apr 23, 2016 12:01:45 GMT -5
My daughter and son-in-law set sail for Barcelona on a 2 week cruise with stops in St. Lucia and St. Thomas. They won a trip off of Marlboro, and neither of them smokes.
No purchase necessary and all that.
At first I thought they misunderstood, or it was a "credit voucher" good to a travel package, but it's real.
My son-in-law came across it on the Internet somewhere and took a second to enter.
He's the house husband that mostly stays home, surfing the net and flipping stuff.
Good for them.
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Post by the4thpip on Apr 23, 2016 12:12:57 GMT -5
O.C. Smith recorded some really good stuff, but I don't get why people bought (and other artists covered!) Little Green Apples. Nobody mentioned MacArthur Park yet? MacArthur Park-I loved it. The lyrics and subject matter is so wonky. The overwrought emoting is so over the top. The instrumental 2nd half is extremely catchy. Its a kitsch classic. I still prefer Richard Harris' version over Donna Summer because she tried to play it straight. Since I was listening to the radio all the time when that song came out, I know how to compare it to it's contemporaries of that time. MacArthur Park was quite decent to me. Many other songs on the AM dial had me change the station immediately. To wit Turn Around, Look At Me -The Vogues The Unicorn- The Irish Rovers Jean-Oliver Della Reese once covered Macarthur Park, and oddly enough she left out all the weird lyrics. So she sang There would be another song for me For I will sing it There would be another dream for me Someone will bring it I will drink the wine while it is warm And never let you catch me looking at the sun And after all the loves of my life After all the loves of my life, you'll still be the one I will take my life into my hands and I will use it I will win the worship in their eyes and I will lose it I will have the things that I desire And my passion flow like rivers through the sky And after all the loves of my life Oh, after all the loves of my life I'll be thinking of you - and wondering why But she didn't mention the striped suit, the cake, the icing! So I would imagine Della getting the lyrics to that song, putting her hand on her hip and going "Uh-uh! I'm not gonna sing that line, or that line, or that line!"
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Post by the4thpip on Apr 23, 2016 12:14:42 GMT -5
O.C. Smith recorded some really good stuff, but I don't get why people bought (and other artists covered!) Little Green Apples. Nobody mentioned MacArthur Park yet? Honey and Little Green Apples were both written by Bobby Russell. And Roger Miller recorded his version of Little Green Apples nine months before Smith recorded his. Thanks, I did not know that! Guess it's a little like Killing me Softly, which is considered Roberta Flack's song even though she neither wrote it nor was first to release it.
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Post by Mormel on Apr 23, 2016 13:28:20 GMT -5
Honey and Little Green Apples were both written by Bobby Russell. And Roger Miller recorded his version of Little Green Apples nine months before Smith recorded his. Thanks, I did not know that! Guess it's a little like Killing me Softly, which is considered Roberta Flack's song even though she neither wrote it nor was first to release it. And, for a quite recent example, 'Valerie' by the Zutons, better known in the Mark Ronson version with Amy Winehouse on vocals, but often miscredited to Winehouse alone. Though, to be fair, she did something wonderful with it. (I think it's a bit of a shame that other songs off Ronson's "Version" album get overlooked, like the Lily Allen and Daniel Merryweather tracks.
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Post by Phil Maurice on Apr 23, 2016 14:09:11 GMT -5
Well, a frightening, ugly, and very public spectacle played out with my neighbors yesterday, one that I'm unable to find any humor in. I arrived home at 3:30 PM and my wife and I went out to sit on the front porch and chat. Here is what we witnessed.
Wyatt (24) and his mother Cindy were on their front porch when a violent disagreement erupted between the two, seemingly out of nowhere. I'm afraid I have no clue as to what instigated it, but suddenly Wyatt was enraged, bellowing at his mother to shut up. Cindy calmly pleaded with him to lower his voice, but this only escalated his anger. I'm not exaggerating when I say he was screaming so loud that his voice was shredding at the top of its register. He was 100% dangerously out of control and nearly incoherent. It was then that we realized they were not alone. Also on the porch was Wyatt's young wife and 2 year-old daughter. The wife too pleaded with Wyatt to calm down, a wasted effort.
Wyatt, roaring with anger, shrieked at his mother that if she didn't shut up, he was going to destroy the porch. He loudly described exactly how he would do it, step by step, if she uttered one more single syllable. Poor Cindy let the word "Wyatt" fall from her lips, and that was that. With a tremendous wrenching, tearing, and cracking, Wyatt tore the railings and spindles from the porch, hurling them into the yard, never interrupting the stream of epithets issuing from his mouth.
Because of the two year-old, I overrode my own policy of never getting involved, and went inside to grab my phone to call 911. When I emerged, Wyatt had climbed into his truck and was leaving, alone. Fine. I resolved not to make the call unless he returns.
A few minutes later, he returned, and in a baffling turn of events, Wyatt backed into his parents' driveway, hooked a trailer holding a jet ski to his truck, and drove off. We learned later that the jet ski belongs to Wyatt's wife. This prompts Cindy to call the police. They send a cruiser to the house and dispatch another to intercept Wyatt on the road. So, while a sobbing Cindy attempts to explain the whole sordid scene to the officer, she receives a call. It's Wyatt, who sheepishly complains that he's just been stopped by the police and needs someone to come and collect his truck. Can Cindy please call someone to help him (Cindy doesn't drive, because prescription meds).
Astonishing. The woman he just publicly castigated and violently threatened is the person he calls to help him out of a jam. I'm gobsmacked. As I said, I found nothing funny about any of this, and I don't know that I'll write of this any further. The boy clearly needs professional help, but given where we live, I'm highly skeptical he'll receive it. I'm terrified for his wife and daughter. What an abominable state of affairs.
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Post by the4thpip on Apr 23, 2016 16:25:15 GMT -5
Thanks, I did not know that! Guess it's a little like Killing me Softly, which is considered Roberta Flack's song even though she neither wrote it nor was first to release it. And, for a quite recent example, 'Valerie' by the Zutons, better known in the Mark Ronson version with Amy Winehouse on vocals, but often miscredited to Winehouse alone. Though, to be fair, she did something wonderful with it. (I think it's a bit of a shame that other songs off Ronson's "Version" album get overlooked, like the Lily Allen and Daniel Merryweather tracks. Daniel Merriweather owes the world a second album.
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Post by Mormel on Apr 24, 2016 4:22:20 GMT -5
Geez, Phil, that's a terrible story. What's this guy's problem that he would act like such an arse in front of his little kid. That's terrifying. Why don't his mother and his wife get him admitted into therapy or something, this doesn't sound like a situation that can end well if the guy doesn't get professional help.
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Post by Icctrombone on Apr 24, 2016 6:01:00 GMT -5
Well, a frightening, ugly, and very public spectacle played out with my neighbors yesterday, one that I'm unable to find any humor in. I arrived home at 3:30 PM and my wife and I went out to sit on the front porch and chat. Here is what we witnessed. Wyatt (24) and his mother Cindy were on their front porch when a violent disagreement erupted between the two, seemingly out of nowhere. I'm afraid I have no clue as to what instigated it, but suddenly Wyatt was enraged, bellowing at his mother to shut up. Cindy calmly pleaded with him to lower his voice, but this only escalated his anger. I'm not exaggerating when I say he was screaming so loud that his voice was shredding at the top of its register. He was 100% dangerously out of control and nearly incoherent. It was then that we realized they were not alone. Also on the porch was Wyatt's young wife and 2 year-old daughter. The wife too pleaded with Wyatt to calm down, a wasted effort. Wyatt, roaring with anger, shrieked at his mother that if she didn't shut up, he was going to destroy the porch. He loudly described exactly how he would do it, step by step, if she uttered one more single syllable. Poor Cindy let the word "Wyatt" fall from her lips, and that was that. With a tremendous wrenching, tearing, and cracking, Wyatt tore the railings and spindles from the porch, hurling them into the yard, never interrupting the stream of epithets issuing from his mouth. Because of the two year-old, I overrode my own policy of never getting involved, and went inside to grab my phone to call 911. When I emerged, Wyatt had climbed into his truck and was leaving, alone. Fine. I resolved not to make the call unless he returns. A few minutes later, he returned, and in a baffling turn of events, Wyatt backed into his parents' driveway, hooked a trailer holding a jet ski to his truck, and drove off. We learned later that the jet ski belongs to Wyatt's wife. This prompts Cindy to call the police. They send a cruiser to the house and dispatch another to intercept Wyatt on the road. So, while a sobbing Cindy attempts to explain the whole sordid scene to the officer, she receives a call. It's Wyatt, who sheepishly complains that he's just been stopped by the police and needs someone to come and collect his truck. Can Cindy please call someone to help him (Cindy doesn't drive, because prescription meds). Astonishing. The woman he just publicly castigated and violently threatened is the person he calls to help him out of a jam. I'm gobsmacked. As I said, I found nothing funny about any of this, and I don't know that I'll write of this any further. The boy clearly needs professional help, but given where we live, I'm highly skeptical he'll receive it. I'm terrified for his wife and daughter. What an abominable state of affairs. The young man has an anger problem. My step son has one too. I wonder if that can be treated at all( without drugs of course).
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on Apr 24, 2016 9:48:34 GMT -5
My folks had quite an assortment of 45's that I remember. Blue Swede's Hooked on a Feeling; Lobo's Me, You & a Dog Named Boo Right there are 2 of, IMHO, the WORST songs in creation. The opening chant of Blue Swede's remake of the BJ Thomas hit makes me want to puke and that Lobo song is how I would define the word "mewly" .Those were 2 songs that I ,thank the heavens, FM rock radio avoided My folks has both Blue Swede and BJ Thomas'. For some reason young me liked Blue Swede's. As for Lobo, that was the B side of I'd Love You To Want Me, if I recall correctly. That song I still like. Boo, meh, I don't own it or actively listen to it but it's not like it's an Eagles song Ish. Geez. ;-) And since we're on covers ... Alison Krauss did When You Say Nothinh At All the best. I heard the guy that wrote it sing it and it's "ick" too honky tonk. I like that Ms Krauss' bluegrass feel and much prettier voice.
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on Apr 24, 2016 9:55:52 GMT -5
Geez, Phil, that's a terrible story. What's this guy's problem that he would act like such an arse in front of his little kid. That's terrifying. Why don't his mother and his wife get him admitted into therapy or something, this doesn't sound like a situation that can end well if the guy doesn't get professional help. Im so terrible at having even the minutest measure of sympathy for people that can't control their anger like that. However I deal with mental illness on the opposite side of that spectrum. But aside help for him, his wife and child could be a victim at some point and will hopefully seek all the legal and protective services she needs to be separated from him if he doesn't seek help. The situation Phil described reminds me off the boyfriend of a gal I worked with the informal gatherings we would have. And in his case alcohol only amplified what an asshole he was.
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Post by Spike-X on Apr 24, 2016 19:11:39 GMT -5
I've had a similar situation with a neighbour a while back. I hope he gets the help he needs.
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Post by Phil Maurice on Apr 25, 2016 16:11:11 GMT -5
Geez, Phil, that's a terrible story. What's this guy's problem that he would act like such an arse in front of his little kid. That's terrifying. Why don't his mother and his wife get him admitted into therapy or something, this doesn't sound like a situation that can end well if the guy doesn't get professional help. Well, the problem IMO is that the boy grew up witnessing his parents having violent, public altercations on a routine basis. These fights were never physical, but horrendously verbal. They called each other every filthy, hateful thing you can imagine, in full voice, out of doors. The fights occur indoors as well, and at such volumes that they can be heard nearly as well. Time of day is not a factor. I've heard them row at 5:30 in the AM as often as I've heard them at eleven at night. Given this upbringing, it's miserably unsurprising that Wyatt would adopt similar methods of conflict resolution. There is nothing I can do apart from dial 911 in the most extreme of circumstances. We're not friends in any sense, and my interceding would be most unwelcome, I daresay even dangerous for us.
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Post by Cei-U! on Apr 26, 2016 19:14:57 GMT -5
I needed to take a break from working so I decided to watch "Dark Knight Rises," which I hadn't seen before.
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I should've worked.
Cei-U! I summon the two-and-a-half hours I'll never get back!
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