The GRAMMYS, a Lifetime Achievement Tribute, and...The Beatles?

[sleepy]

Eh, something bothering me. Somebody posted the setlist on their blog for last Monday, and they have Stevie Wonder listed as requiring "Two Takes" for his contribution. And they have no Comments section.

I would love to say this on that page, but his first take was Excellent. The song finished and the audience response was wonderful, and then the director's PA informed him that they needed a second take on the song. Either the director or the stage management had forgotten to place the backup singers onstage in the mix (or they wanted the song with and without the backup in order to choose which version later, though Stevie seemed not to know about it) and so, Take 2 with backup singers was done without missing a beat.

Imagine a live studio audience and the energy and anticipation and the desire for a natural response from that audience to a surprise tune, and the artist hitting every mark that he could and earning that well-deserved applause, and then...having to do it all over again with audience responses after we've all heard it once because somebody forgot to place the backup singers. Incredible.

The harmonica intermezzo was flubbed on the second take, it was GREAT! on the first take, and I am thinking Stevie did it deliberately to force the use of the excellent first take, with or without backup singers.

The original version back in '66-67 had backup singing, except that it was overdub
by him.

 

[sleepy]

This is a link to The Sound FM, which is one of two classic rock stations I end up choosing from. Sometimes it drags, but they were playing deep grooves the last time I tuned in. Don't know about now.

http://thesoundla.com/

The other station, KLOS, either laid off or lost their DJs to The Sound.

 

[sleepy]

I just stopped by the Abbey Road Webcam at Earthlink.
They have four lampposts that are blinking. All other lights are solid.

http://search.earthcam.com/search/ft_search.php?s1=1&term=london

 

[LeeVanCleef]

I don't know about The Sound, sleepy. I admit I wasn't there long, but from what they were playing and the playlist, it seemed like same-old, same-old. Even worse, they seem to be taking the piss out of Two-for-Tuesday with Three-for Thursday! Utterly moronic. In my radio days, my first boss absolutely refused to do TforT. His reasoning, impeccable from my point of view, was that it's much easier to expect the average listener to sit through one song by a group they don't particularly care for, but not two. And, with that, you've lost a listener. Frankly, in all the hunting I've done in recent months using the fantastic TuneIn Radio app for my Ipod (or http://tunein.com for the more computer-based), of all the great stations I've found, everything from classic rock to beautiful music, from lounge to Americana, not a single one has been a terrestrial radio station. Apparently, there's a site that, for a monthly fee, allows you to broadcast your own internet radio station, while the site takes care of all the royalty nonsense. There's a lot of great amateurs out there playing amazing music to rival some of the satellite and cable music channels. And, of course, there is nothing even close to it on terrestrial radio. It reminds me of that thread you started awhile back asking if anyone listens to the radio anymore. At the time I would have said, excepting NPR, no, not at all. Now, all this time later, I probably listen to 2 to 3 hours of radio a day. But it ain't on AM or FM, brother!

 

[LeeVanCleef]

BTW, missed night-time Abbey Road. It was what passes for "daylight". Hard to believe I'd stumble across a shitty, cloudy, rainy day in London!

 

[Coil_Smoke]

Raining...? Again ? In Merry 'OL London ?

BTW, missed night-time Abbey Road. It was what passes for "daylight". Hard to believe I'd stumble across a shitty, cloudy, rainy day in London!

What's with the blinking street lamps? Looks like they mark the ends of pedestrian crosswalks...That area of the Atlantic has been battered by one storm after another this year. Now This http://www.express.co.uk/news/natur...nging-150MPH-KILLER-winds-heavy-rain-and-SNOW

I just checked and that news/weather story is for today Friday Jan.31
What will the "Abbey Road" video look like later in the day?http://search.earthcam.com/search/ft...=1&term=london

 

[Isaac Sauvage]

hey billy et al-- what's the most eclectic / interesting online station you've found, lately?


i mean, i have some great haunts, but they kinda aren't haunting me so well these days. :/

 

[sleepy]

But you know, I did say it dragged sometimes, and I wasn't sure given the personnel shift from KLOS. Prior to that, The Sound was definitely playing deeper grooves, Savoy Browne, and rarities.

KLOS is/was the standard playlist "classic rock" station, except for Jim Ladd, but he left for Sirius a couple of years ago.

 

[sleepy]

Would you like a ticket? But it was for last Monday, and it's not much to look at.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/vyyewdqz7m1tqxj/BeatlesTributeTicket2014.pdf

 

[Isaac Sauvage]

actually, my indy pop go-to station did come up with a nice song just now after i went and complained.

definitely recalls some earlier eras to me, notably the mid-60's and maybe a little punk - new wave fusion.

Thee Oh Sees - Wait Lets Go - YouTube

 

[LeeVanCleef]

Nice song! Definitely a '60s thang going on there! Okay... here's some of the best of what I've found. I should warn you that since I started smoking again a few months back I have been listening to classic rock almost exclusively... so that's what most of these are.
http://psychedelicized.com/ I know my rock... I am up on my rock... I didn't think anything rock related would surprise me again... then I found this station. Out of any given hour, I've probably heard about three of the songs they've played. With a strict "late '60s/early '70s" playlist, these guys find some true rarities. And some pretty funny commercials from the time period (yes, the Stones actually did a Rice Krispies commercial!)
http://www.stlouisclassicrock.com/ The psychedelic stuff can get a little wearing after awhile. Sometimes you want a station that strikes a good balance between the familiar and the new. This station does the best job of it of any of the classic rock stations I've found.
http://www.americana-nirvana.net/ I was always a fan of alt country, so this station's a good fit for me. But what this guy does is mix in a little rock and soul to truly make a nice variety. If you listen for awhile, you do tend to notice that there is a bit of repetition, but great for a few hours of listening.
http://loudcity.com/stations/amityville-community-radio I got a confession to make...there's few things I like better then cranking up the elevator music and reading a good book. It's like pb&j to me! I'm sure you saw the name... yep, it's that Amityville. I have it listed in my Itunes as Amityville Horror Easy Listening. Elevator music stations are a dime-a-dozen, but this one is just adorable! Every morning a 6AM there's a real short "devotion" from a cleric in the community, they do little history segments (no, haven't heard one on the haunting yet), they give an ocean weather forecast which is just weird for a lifelong land-lubber like me. If you want to listen to elevator music, this is the place to be!

 

[Isaac Sauvage]

wow, nice response, bro! that was mostly unexpected material, but then, that's what my point was, ey.

well, gonna be a busy weekend starting very soon. but i look forward to checking the stations out and reporting back here to ridicule them mercilessly. or praise them to high hell... either way is good. :)

 

[sleepy]

Is this the one?

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[LeeVanCleef]

That would be it! I didn't know anything about it until it was worked into the plot of a Mad Men episode a few years back! Don Draper even goes to a Stones concert to see if he can get them to shill for one of their clients, and one of the cast members mentions that the Trade Winds are opening for the Stones. That gave me a smile, because the Trade Winds are responsible for one of the best non-Brian-Wilson surf songs ever!

 

[sleepy]

The Trade Winds (or somebody messin' with the goods!) branded a copy of that song to include the backup lines, "And there's no KRLA...Sure do miss KRLA", in a custom print for that L.A. radio station. I had a Take 6 KRLA album ("Son of KRLA") with the version on it. Take 6 was an aftermarket company for custom relases under various radio station banners. You can see the
album cover and hear the branded version in this YouTube. I think they did it for the money:

The Trade Winds - New York's A Lonely Town (KRLA Version) - YouTube

The Trade Winds have the serious side down pat.
My favorite faux Beach Boys Pop/fun tune is "Yellow Balloon" featuring Don Grady: 1967, It was also on the "Son of KRLA" release:

THE YELLOW BALLOON- "YELLOW BALLOON" (W/ LYRICS) - YouTube

I would have said something by Jan and Dean, but I think they carried themselves apart from The Boys.

This is a Take 6 discography page:
http://www.bsnpubs.com/la/take6/take6.html

 

[sleepy]

On the subject of The Boys, Paul McCartney is on record as saying that his favorite Beach Boys song is, "God Only Knows"
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[Coil_Smoke]

New? Beatles....

I have been listening to some rare 'Beatles' from "their" 'Anthology' series of CD's.
Attached> finally released in 1996 from 1968 "Not Guilty" strikes me as a true find.
Is this an indication of the direction Beatles music may have taken if they had survived Yoko Ono?
This song seems advanced for '68.
A more "Modern",sophisticated, electronic sound with hints of flanging on the guitar.
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History

An acoustic demo of the song was recorded during May 1968 at Harrison's Esher home. This version has never been officially released, but is available on numerous bootlegs. Although the Beatles worked on the song for at least three days in 1968 during the White Album sessions, that version was not officially released until 1996 on Anthology 3, using "take 102" as edited and remixed by Geoff Emerick in 1984 for the aborted Sessions album.
The Beatles Personnel

• George Harrison - Vocals, Guitars
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[show] The Beatles

 

[sleepy]

My, what a splork!

And hey, you know, I'm not going to blame Yoko at all for the breakup, but then I have a better memory of the Alan Klein vs. Lee Eastman disputes involving legal battles between the one and the three. And though I don't know the details, or can't remember, I could have sworn that the disagreements over the legal representation of the band and of Apple Corps. were at the heart of the breakup, and not who was sleeping with who.

Given that argument, I would blame Eric Clapton for losing to George Harrison, and blame Harrison for breaking up Cream.

 

[Shockman]

I bought each Anthology set when they were first released. Some of the stuff on them is really great. This thread reminded me that I don't have it on this new computer yet (I've always had mp3 of it), so I am downloading the entire set in .flac format (2 gig ... Not guilty is 20.1 meg in that lossless format) as I type.

I lost the CDs loaning them out to my kids.

 

[sleepy]

I remember when they told us that CDs were permanent.

 

[sleepy]

Saw this at the Paul McCartney site. Billboard is counting down the top 50 Beatles singles, ten a day from last Monday to tomorrow, with a youtube for each.

It almost always surprises me to see the difference between what I thought was popular, what was popular locally, and what was actually popular on the national / world scale:

http://www.billboard.com/articles/l...s-top-50-songs-biggest-billboard-hot-100-hits

 

[Coil_Smoke]

Splork?

My, what a splork!
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=splork
And hey, you know, I'm not going to blame Yoko at all for the breakup, but then I have a better memory of the Alan Klein vs. Lee Eastman disputes involving legal battles between the one and the three. And though I don't know the details, or can't remember, I could have sworn that the disagreements over the legal representation of the band and of Apple Corps. were at the heart of the breakup, and not who was sleeping with who.

Given that argument, I would blame Eric Clapton for losing to George Harrison, and blame Harrison for breaking up Cream.

Do I want to know what a "Splork" is in your vernacular ?
Over the years I have seen various levels of conspiracies against certain members of the music business.(John Lennon's assassin?) I never liked Yoko Ono. I never Trusted Yoko Ono. I don't like the name Yoko Ono. I don't like typing Yoko Ono.(It's Awkward, Bad Karma about it) (Fuck Yoko Ono; With Somebody Else's Dick!) I began to believe she was an operative sent to destroy The Beatles. Sure there it a lot of wiggle room here. I don't know about the dynamics of other relationships and wives regarding the Beatles breakup. I know the Beatles got plenty of bad press. And even small things ( Like all of a sudden every one was saying "Ringo Is Not That Great Of A Drummer") Where did that come from? David Frost?(With which I disagree, "That Is I Think I Disagree" Listen to Strawberry Fields- That can't be easy, It sounds simple but with complex timing) Dragged them down. Maybe Yoko just wanted John for herself.
FAB

 

[Isaac Sauvage]

trying to catch up with bill's homework... crazy women around here... long story... long-ass month... need more time, buddy... need more time, mofo. :)

 

[sleepy]

Either CBS or the producers re-edited Stevie Wonder and went with the second take.
They truncated the intermezzo to Here Comes the Sun and the climax to Hey Jude,
and they deleted the song Magical Mystery Tour.

Any questions?

 

[LeeVanCleef]

Aw, dammit! I missed the show! I hope they shoot it to the newsgroups. Did Ringo shit himself? I bet Ringo shat himself.

@sleepy: just noticed that Yellow Balloon song you posted up there... what a wonderful slice of forgotten pop! And featuring Don Grady, as well... the suavest, coolest of all the Douglas brothers on My Three Sons. You never expected trouble from those two four-eyed pussies Ernie and Chip, but Robbie... you knew Robbie would come at you with a shiv.

@nic: better get busy on those radio stations! I will brook no excuses, not even the fact that you've apparently got 99 problems but a bitch ain't one!

@Steve: Awhile ago, you were posting some Australian rock videos. So... you're a major rock star who just finished up his first South African tour opening up with "Free Nelson Mandela". So whaddaya do when you go to Perth? Why, pay respects to the demigod that was born there! Raise a glass... a big glass.. to good ol' Bon Scott!

Highway To Hell - Bruce Springsteen - Perth Arena 8-2-14 - YouTube