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Dec 11, 2019 - 8:49 AM
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Jim Phelps
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When I was younger and picking up all these space-age bachelor pad albums for 50 cents a throw, I instinctively went for the wild Jetsons stuff, with bongos, vibes on the fast setting, Theremin, steel guitar, and vocal "Pows" and "Zu zu zus." I passed up on many Jackie Gleason records, because I found them unchallenging and "boring."
Now, in middle age, as one who has tasted life's sweet and bitter, and has lived and loved like Sinatra, I adore these Gleason albums for the very reason I once passed them by. I love their subtle, sedate quality. There are no surprises. These records were the equivalent of ambient and downtempo electronica for the WWII generation. And they do indeed go very well with a nice Scotch.
While strip-mining YouTube for Gleasonesque sounds I will often stumble upon attractive 1950s and '60s albums with that exotic, frenetic flair; the kind of stuff when I was in my 20s. These days, I largely avoid such musical cacophony and instead cling to the reflective, atmospheric sounds of Gleason and most recently--thanks to you--Stu Phillips' Feels Like Lovin' album. It's exactly the mellow sound I seek.
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When I was younger and picking up all these space-age bachelor pad albums for 50 cents a throw, I instinctively went for the wild Jetsons stuff, with bongos, vibes on the fast setting, Theremin, steel guitar, and vocal "Pows" and "Zu zu zus." I passed up on many Jackie Gleason records, because I found them unchallenging and "boring."
Now, in middle age, as one who has tasted life's sweet and bitter, and has lived and loved like Sinatra, I adore these Gleason albums for the very reason I once passed them by. I love their subtle, sedate quality. There are no surprises. These records were the equivalent of ambient and downtempo electronica for the WWII generation. And they do indeed go very well with a nice Scotch.
NOBODY has " lived and loved like Frank".
Not you, not TAP...NOBODY
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Talking about not ' getting it'!
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Dec 15, 2019 - 8:26 AM
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OnyaBirri
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Yes, the overlap is fascinating. Less so is the appearing hopelessly behind the times. "To thine own self be true" and all that rot.
The establishment was always a couple of years behind the counter establishment, as most any late '60s-early '70s TV show will indicate.
1973 was the last gasp of hippiedom and the 1960s ethos, wasn't it? Patty Hearst voluntary kidnapping notwithstanding, 1974 brought in the brown-and-tan color palette; a reaction to the garish color of 1965-73. Disco replaces psychedlia, and the suddenly addluent, sold-out Boomers' new drug of choice would also change.
"Psychedlicide", indeed.
I never listen to real "rock" music, but instead listen to only fake rock as heard in library music, soundtracks, and interpretations by aging jazz and easy listening artists. Consequently, I sometimes feel that I have a totally warped perspective of 60s/70s counterculture, like I've fallen into an alternate reality.
My wife experiences a fashion equivalent of the same phenomenon: She hates the hippie aesthetic, but loves Vogue's take on hippie fashions.
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Ah! A June Christy Christmas album! And all original songs. I've been getting interested in her recordings (thanks to Something Cool), so I must track this one down.
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Ah! A June Christy Christmas album! And all original songs. I've been getting interested in her recordings (thanks to Something Cool), so I must track this one down.
Hey.Marky,
Do.you post on the Sergio Leone Forum?
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Ah! A June Christy Christmas album! And all original songs. I've been getting interested in her recordings (thanks to Something Cool), so I must track this one down.
Hey.Marky,
Do.you post on the Sergio Leone Forum?
I'm not even aware of a Leone forum. Why do you ask? Is there a Mark R.Y. on it?
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