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Do you know/love these songs?

Posted: Jun 24, 08 7:30pm

Hi all,

On You Tube last night I watched old black-and-white performance footage of :

Mel Harris singing "Hold me, hold me, thrill me". I couldn't find the year it came out. This performance seemed like mid-late 60's.

Gerry and the Pacemakers " Ferry Cross the Mersey"

Lesley Gore "It's my Party and I'll cry if I want to" and "You don't own me." Gosh she was a militant "feminist!"

Tonight, I am going to look for "To Sir With Love" by Lulu and

David Soul's "Don't give up on us Baby"

Glen Campbell's " Wichita Lineman (I am a lineman for the county)."

Bread " I found her diary underneath a tree"

I am also a huge Johnny Cash fan.

These types of songs resonate for me as if I was around experiencing my formative years when they came out. Unfortunately, NONE of my friends feel the same way. They like much more modern songs.

I hope to hear back from people who are "transported" when they hear Marivn Gaye and Tammi Terrel singing "You're all I need to get by" or the Stylistics doing masterful harmonies in "Have you seen her?" ; "You are everything" or the pathos of the Spinners lamenting on "How could I let you get away?"

Renesoul

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Darlong

Posted: Jun 25, 08 3:14am

Renesoul wrote:

Hi all,

On You Tube last night I watched old black-and-white performance footage of :

Mel Harris singing "Hold me, hold me, thrill me". I couldn't find the year it came out. This performance seemed like mid-late 60's.

Gerry and the Pacemakers " Ferry Cross the Mersey"

Lesley Gore "It's my Party and I'll cry if I want to" and "You don't own me." Gosh she was a militant "feminist!"

Tonight, I am going to look for "To Sir With Love" by Lulu and

David Soul's "Don't give up on us Baby"

Glen Campbell's " Wichita Lineman (I am a lineman for the county)."

Bread " I found her diary underneath a tree"

I am also a huge Johnny Cash fan.

These types of songs resonate for me as if I was around experiencing my formative years when they came out. Unfortunately, NONE of my friends feel the same way. They like much more modern songs.

I hope to hear back from people who are "transported" when they hear Marivn Gaye and Tammi Terrel singing "You're all I need to get by" or the Stylistics doing masterful harmonies in "Have you seen her?" ; "You are everything" or the pathos of the Spinners lamenting on "How could I let you get away?"

Renesoul

I have most of that stuff...either on vinyl, or repurchased on CD (and likely to be ripped into digital format *sigh* CH-CH-CH-Changes...)

Some great Johnny Cash Memories...aside from the stuff that was more popular..."Flushed From The Bathroom of Your Heart" From the Live at Folsom Prison LP...catch it if you can. Great stuff.

I just had a chorus go through my mind..."You Make Me Feel Brand New" The stylistics

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Rhiannnonn

Posted: Jun 28, 08 6:10pm

Renesoul wrote:

Glen Campbell's " Wichita Lineman (I am a lineman for the county)."

Bread " I found her diary underneath a tree"

Oh lord you make me feel old! LOL!!! But, so do my grandchildren.

GC's song title was simply, "Wichita Lineman" and, if I remember right, it was one of many songs written by Jimmy Webb. Another would be "Gentle On My Mind."

As for Bread, I used to have all their albums and all their sheet music,and the album that David Gates did separately at the time. That particular song was called simply "Diary."

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kevinrr

Posted: Jun 29, 08 5:23am

I know and love most of those songs. Glen Cambel would sing that song and it resonated with me though I was only about 15 or so when it came out. I always felt so lonely. Have you seen her, same thing, lost the one I loved to another and that song hit home.

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Debbie17

Posted: Jul 6, 08 9:22pm

My daughter recently got The Best of Bread (I've taught her well. :o) And I do love Wichita Lineman. I like the chord changes in that. Kind of a mellow, meditative feeling. I like to write/play stuff like that.

Mellow and blue. Music that takes you somewhere else. Maybe I'm not making sense. I might need to start a thread about what music makes you feel like.

Anyhow, these are great songs.

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Rhiannnonn

Posted: Jul 7, 08 3:51am

Debbie17 wrote:

Mellow and blue. Music that takes you somewhere else. Maybe I'm not making sense. I might need to start a thread about what music makes you feel like.

Have you ever noticed that it's usually the people who play who **feel** the music?

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Julie Hershey

Posted: Jul 7, 08 9:33am

okokok, i think i found a group here! the marvin gaye and tammy terrel song was "my" song when i was 14(?), i still love it. lesley gore had some great lesser known songs, like "she's a fool" and "maybe i know." so glad to find a lesley gore fan - my daughter will never see me quite the same since she heard me playing those songs - ms. gore wouldn't exactly be considered a feminist today, haha! funny, some of the pop artists that faded early on sound even better to me now, and some of their unknown songs were actually as good or better than their hits. ("it's gonna be alright" by gerry and the pacemakers) johnny cash, glen campbell, classic country guys that i will never tire of. i think it may have been mel carter who sang "hold me, thrill me, kiss me" and was done in the early 60s, another of my favorites. and one of the prettiest songs ever made was "aubrey" by bread, like a beautiful lullabye. i would love to share these with you if i knew how - if you are able to find these on itunes or elsewhere please listen to them and let me know if you agree.

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Julie Hershey

Posted: Jul 7, 08 9:51am

another song to look for - "young boy blues" by ben e. king. there is a robert plant version on youtube, not bad, but the original is one of those songs that transport me to the days of young love, when i dreamed that if only i could meet this lonely boy, i would make him happy ever after.

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