I see what you did there. Although, you have always been a bit of a Joker.Quote:
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I see what you did there. Although, you have always been a bit of a Joker.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ky Fried Redleg
The AM radio version said funky kicksQuote:
Originally Posted by Ky Fried Redleg
Man, the memories of that song. When I first heard it as a youngster when it was new, I thought the lyrics were “Big Old Jed and Lionel”[emoji1787]
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Originally Posted by Revering4Blue
GREAT Song! Thank you, thank you, thank you , Paul Pena :
https://youtu.be/S9Nd-edPh6A?list=RDS9Nd-edPh6A
Btw, in Paul's original, the first line is:
"In seat forty-two, just about to go insane
I've been down before "
In Steve's version:
"Leavin' home out on the road
I've been down before"
Also, Paul was on a 747 ; Steve's plane was a 707 lol
Paul performing his original on Conan O Brien in 2001:
https://youtu.be/xUJnDbilX2U?list=RDxUJnDbilX2U
Paul's original studio recording:
https://youtu.be/Cjr5U7g6aiA?list=RDCjr5U7g6aiA
I love when there are are two interpretations of a great song and they are both terrific. Paul lays down this incredible bluesy groove and Steve does a fun ass kickin' rocker with an iconic opening riff. Well done, men.
112. Imagine being a 17 year -old senior in high school and writing a song that would someday be a hit on the Billboard charts. Now, imagine if all of that was about to happen and then a bunch of lawyers says your song can never be released. Here's the story, along with one of the oddest coincidences , that I know of, in the history of music . Our young teen songwriter was a senior in 1966 , attending high school in Alhambra, California. He started a band in high school, calling it , The Second Helping. The band even released three singles. But it is one particular song he wrote in high school that is the subject of this question. That song became a classic, beloved '70's soft rock song. But the song almost never made it to radio.
Fast forward about three years or so. The young songwriter now found himself in the position of staff songwriter for Wingate Music , making $100 a week. At Wingate, he would pen songs for other artists. One band that he pitched his songs to was a band by the name of The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. He gave them four of his songs to record for their 1970 album, including the song that he wrote back in his senior year of high school. But that's where things hit a road block.
Sometime after the deal was struck with The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band , the songwriter got a call from the band's management. They said we're sorry, but we are not gonna be able to release that song(the one from his high school days). The Nitty Grittys had been inundated with letters from lawyers from the Disney Corporation, telling them they couldn't release the song because of copyright issues. Needless to say, the songwriter was extremely bummed about not being able to release his most prized song. The young songwriter tried to shake off his blues. He had a first date scheduled with a cute girl named Marnie. Yes, that's right... Marnie.
So the young couple went out on their first date together and the songwriter was telling her he was bummed that lawyers from Disney had put the big kibosh on the release of his song. Marnie said, "Let me talk to daddy about that for you." He was, thinking , what the hell does daddy have to do with my song(well, I don't if that's exactly what he was thinking, but it's probably close)? So, sure enough, Marnie talked to daddy and he told his daughter to invite the young singer/songwriter to over to play the song for him.
The young musician went over to the house of his young girlfriend's daddy and sat in the floor and performed the song. He was so nervous that he was shaking throughout the song. Daddy liked the song and picked up the phone and called those nasty lawyers at Disney and told them to cease with the letters, that the young lad was going to be allowed to have his song recorded and released to the public. You see, Marnie--- the girl he had just met and gone out with for the first time---her daddy, Card Walker, was a high-ranking executive . Better yet, he was a high-ranking executive at Disney. In fact, he later became CEO of Disney. The kid must have been living right. The chick that he goes out with has a daddy that is a head Honcho at the company that is trying to keep his song from being heard.
The Nitty Grittys recorded the song for their 1970 album. It peaked at #53 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the spring of '71. The song's writer also included the song on an album of his , and released it later in 1971. More than twenty years later, the singer/songwriter wrote an additional verse for the song, changed the title slightly, and included it on a popular children's album(with the same title) that he released in 1994. He recorded the reimagined version of his song as a duet with a vocal cameo from Amy Grant.
Can you name this songwriter who got his start by writing songs for the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, including the classic that he wrote as a 17 year-old in high school, a song that only survived because his girlfriend appealed to her daddy for help. Also, do you know the song?
I guess the moral of this story is always ask that girl you date, Who's Your Daddy, sweetie? "
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iV4mol-Otw&list=RD_iV4mol-Otw&start_radio=1
No idea why, but this song always make tear up. It's not even a sad song.
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I've heard other people say the same thing, td. I think it's the nostalgia feel of the song and the longing for that lost innocence that Father Time ripped away from us years ago. Deep down, we all still want to be a child again.
My eye get moist at the end of this song as well.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s26e_86-K0k&list=RDs26e_86-K0k&start_radio=1
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A dragon lives forever, but not so little boys
Painted wings and giant's rings make way for other toys
One gray night it happened, Jackie Paper came no more
And Puff, that mighty dragon, he ceased his fearless roar
His head was bent in sorrow, green scales fell like rain
Puff no longer went to play along the cherry lane
Without his lifelong friend, Puff could not be brave
So Puff, that mighty dragon, sadly slipped into his cave
Yep. Such sad lyrics.Quote:
Originally Posted by texasdave
113. I've been pondering this question since last night. I can't imagine anyone but a rabid music fan who moonlights as a mathematician would even think about or come up with such a question, but here goes.
Can you name the four songs(at least that's how many I came up with) that were released in either the 1970's or the 1980's that had a prime number of two digits or more in the title of the song AND reached the Top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100?
I truly believe there are only four songs that meet the requirements. How many can you name?
867-5309 Tommy Tutone. Is that one them?
At 17 - Janis Ian.
Does 1999 by Prince meet the requirements?
I'm just spitballin' here.
Edge of Seventeen - Stevie Nicks.
Hey Nineteen - Steely Dan.
My brain needs a rest. Or a beer. Or both. LOL.
99 Red Balloons (or Luft Balloons) - Nena?
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Three down, one to go. Damn, you guys are good:
https://youtu.be/I0Crqbrzhik?list=RDI0Crqbrzhik # 3 (1975)
https://youtu.be/kdPFlmKzpFo?list=RDkdPFlmKzpFo #10 (1981)
https://youtu.be/6WTdTwcmxyo?list=RD6WTdTwcmxyo #4 (1982)
"1999" peaked at #12
Stevie's "Edge of Seventeen" peaked at #11 .
Nena's "99" was a #2 song but 99 isn't a prime number.
For those thinking, the Four Seasons' 1976 #1 song, "December , 1963(Oh, What a Night)," don't go there. The mathematician in me tells me 1963 is NOT prime.. 13 x 151 = 1963.
Keep thinking...
Dang, I was just ready to post this. I was a huge Loggins and Messina fan back in my OSU days. I saw them play at Mershon Auditorium around 1973-74. We did some good mushrooms.Quote:
Originally Posted by texasdave
409 by the Beach Boys?
Don't tell me it is the Stray Cat Struts. She's sexy and 17.
Mushrooms + Pooh Corner = Bet that was some wild trippin'.Quote:
Originally Posted by Roy Tucker
That's not the one I had in mind, but yes, it made it to #5.Quote:
Originally Posted by texasdave
Here was the one I had for my fourth prime number top 10. Always loved this groove. Reached #5 in 1977.
https://youtu.be/NRVA2YBhrrQ?list=RDNRVA2YBhrrQ
"409" got to #76 right around the time I was born in '62.Quote:
Originally Posted by Roy Tucker
I thought of four top 10 prime songs in the seventies and eighties, and tdave added one more. That's five. Are there any more? I don't think so, but ...
Editorial note: Donald Fa gan. Damn, he scores really high on the creep meter. Not only is he a well known ass, he is a creepy one, as well. Remember the story we talked about with "Rikki Don't Lose That Number," which told of the true account of Donald hitting on his college professor's pregnant wife at a Halloween party, while he was in college. If you listen closely to "Hey Nineteen," it's even creepier. It's about a middle-aged man seducing a 19 year-old and becoming frustrated at the generational divide and her lack of experience, and not even knowing who Aretha Franklin is. I guess we shouldn't be too surprised that Donald named his band after a fictional big rubber dick . I'm a Steely Dan fan from way back, but Fa gan has always given me the creeps.
Not 70s or 80s, but there are three songs that all feature the same two-digit prime number in the title that came out in the 90s, to varying degrees of success. Can you name them?
The 90's? The music died for me, not in '59 with the passing of Holly , but in 1989, with passing of the 80's. lolQuote:
Originally Posted by RichRed
From 1990 until the present , my radio has been tuned to the oldies stations only. :)
17 has been a popular number for a song. Nostalgic, emotive, end of childhood, youthful energy, etc... The Stray Cats 17 song was in the 80's. The Eurythmics had a 17 song but that was probably 80's , as well. Winger had a song "Seventeen" but I think that was late eighties. I'm gold from the sixties thru the eighties but when it gets past the 80's , I become the Pinball Wizard--- a deaf, dumb and blind man. lol
While you guys are pondering RR's question, here's the one I'll leave you with for the day.
114. As far as I know there have only been 9 songs in history that have reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in two different decades and for two different artists. But I'm looking for something even better than that. I want you to tell me the only song in history to be #1 in two different decades for two different artists AND reach the Top 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 in a third decade for a third artist. The three decades were consecutive.
Can you name the song and the three artists(two were solo artists and one was a group)???
I only just now realized this but these three songs were released in three consecutive years in the ‘90s. Because I’m nothing if not impatient, I’ll kick it off with the first one. Here’s “29 Ways”, a track that appeared on Marc “Walking in Memphis” Cohn’s 1991 debut album.Quote:
Originally Posted by RichRed
The song was written by blues musician Willie Dixon, who died just a few months after Cohn’s version was released. It’s unclear if Dixon liked Cohn’s adaptation or if he died upon hearing it so he could get a head start on turning over in his grave. A belated RIP to Mr. Dixon.
https://youtu.be/ok7gJtB9r8Y?si=6V_rNppqA2i8I8LU
I did not know this so I looked it up. Which then caused me (as I was cleaning house) to listen to one of the band’s albums on Amazon Music. Which then made me realize I must have had some poor taste or smoked too much dope because the album was really *bad*.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ky Fried Redleg
115. To my knowledge there have only been two songs in history that have charted in the top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100 for four different artists in four different decades. Can you name the two songs???
Bonus points for each artist you can name.
Seeing Willie Dixon’s name made me go back and listen to Cream's live version of “Spoonful” off “Wheels of Fire”. Still pretty good.Quote:
Originally Posted by RichRed
I haven’t listened to that since the early 80’s. If then.
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Originally Posted by Ky Fried Redleg
#1 in 1962:
https://youtu.be/z4Gt7kQGtK8?list=RDz4Gt7kQGtK8
#1 in 1974: (My personal favorite version)
https://youtu.be/qMea_kj9gRY?list=RDqMea_kj9gRY
# 3 in 1987 :
https://youtu.be/4xiHfuyGVkE?list=RD4xiHfuyGVkE
I knew the first 2 but not the 3rd. I listened to this Grand Funk off Amazon. It’s pretty bad. I actually have the album somewhere in the basement.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ky Fried Redleg
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I loved 1974. The music was so good that year. SO many good songs released in '74. GF's "Locomotion" was one of my favorites. Little Eva's version from '62 is really good also. Her version hit #1 just 39 days before I was born.Quote:
Originally Posted by Roy Tucker
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Originally Posted by Ky Fried Redleg
Here's a hint on these two songs.
One song reached #13 in 1967; #6 in 1974(my favorite version); #32 in 1981 ; #27 in 1995
The second one reached #11 in 1964 ; #20 in 1978 ; #20 in 1985 ; #6 in 1990 .
Ky Fried, you may want to go look at this old RZ thread from 2010
https://www.redszone.com/forums/show...-have-attended
Thanks, Roy, I enjoyed reading that. I guess my favorite concert would have to be my first, for a number of reasons. Something about your first that's hard to top. Saw Elton John in Rupp in 1980. Elton's always so good. Ticket was 9 bucks . My mom went with me. That's right, my mom. :) She complained after the show about not being able to hear. LOL I'd give anything for her to be able to attend a show with me again. She passed away in 2023. She had just attended a Tom Jones concert two weeks before the stroke that took her life. Tom was her favorite.Quote:
Originally Posted by Roy Tucker
Pretty cool. That’s a nice memory of your mom. I can’t even envision going to a concert with my mom and dad. Different times.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ky Fried Redleg
I did take my kids to a concert back in the day. We saw Savage Garden at the Ohio State Fair in the late 90’s. That’s when admission to the show was included in your ticket. It was at the band’s high point of Truly Madly Deeply. Such a cheesy song. My kids thought they were so cool.
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Originally Posted by Ky Fried Redleg
Here are the artists who took each song to the top 40 of Billboard Hot 100 :
1st song :
Robert Knight - 60's
Carl Carlton - 70's
Rex Smith & Rachel Sweet - 80's
Gloria Estefan - 90's
2nd Song:
The Temptations - 60's
Rita Coolidge - 70's
Hall & Oates - 80's
UB40 - 90's
1st song ???
2nd song ???
I am drawing a blank with the first song. The second is The Way You Do The Things You Do.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ky Fried Redleg
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Originally Posted by Ky Fried Redleg
#13 in 1967 :
https://youtu.be/bCMmyT33Gic?list=RDbCMmyT33Gic
#6 in 1974 :
https://youtu.be/sstglpSkWzk?list=RDsstglpSkWzk
#32 in 1981 :
https://youtu.be/rKmKHkxVlPg?list=RDrKmKHkxVlPg
#27 in 1995 :
https://youtu.be/RfQXhP2os8s?list=RDRfQXhP2os8s
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#11 in 1964 : (No one can touch the Tempts on this one, imo)
https://youtu.be/w6ql5fdBfSk?list=RDw6ql5fdBfSk
#20 in 1978 :
https://youtu.be/sZt4jQERaxI?list=RDsZt4jQERaxI
#20 in 1985 :
https://youtu.be/51jRTB5gB6g?list=RD51jRTB5gB6g
#6 in 1990 :
https://youtu.be/xviBqhV-Ga0?list=RDxviBqhV-Ga0