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Post by davey on Feb 19, 2024 16:06:23 GMT
I’m going to start of this thread with this track, in order to hopefully steer a specific direction:
My Faith - The Fi-Tones (1957)
Maybe it’s a function of my age, but really - there’s no other kind of music I love more than the slightly ethereal doo-wop ballad. I probably venerate this kind of record vastly out of proportion, but I’m okay with that.
A record like this is a study in contrasts. It’s both musically simple, but also harmonically sophisticated. Its emotional landscape is both naive and deep and wise. The lyrics are simultaneously moon/June/spoon and kind of profound.
I can fill a thread full of my favorite doo-wop ballads. But I’m hoping y’all understand what I’m looking for and have a few favorites of your own to share.
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Post by fearlessfreap on Feb 19, 2024 16:14:50 GMT
The Charts - Deserie
The Channels - The Closer You Are
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Post by davey on Feb 19, 2024 16:21:13 GMT
Yes!
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Post by adamcoan on Feb 19, 2024 16:23:33 GMT
I liken doo-wop to the sound of a birds morning song. It is always welcome.
I don't want it doing it all day tho. The magic would fade.
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Post by fange on Feb 19, 2024 16:39:06 GMT
I'm knackered from a long day, but i will leave this here and come back again tomorrow...
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Post by quaco on Feb 19, 2024 17:02:55 GMT
I just bought the 12-disc East Side Story CD set, so maybe I'll have some suggestions later. It's maybe the genre with the highest "great" ratio.
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Post by Charlie O. on Feb 19, 2024 17:24:57 GMT
Sometime in the very early 1990s I was going through a depressive phase, and one night I thought I need a CD of doo wop ballads. So I went to Tower Records and bought one. It did what I needed it to do. Even though I already had it on the American Graffiti soundtrack, I probably wouldn't have bought that collection if it didn't include this, which just might be my favorite record ever: |
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Post by Stacy Heydon on Feb 19, 2024 17:29:09 GMT
That's my favourite one by far. It has a mysterious quality that makes it stand out.
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Post by Stacy Heydon on Feb 19, 2024 17:43:03 GMT
This has a similar vibe though..
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Post by Charlie O. on Feb 19, 2024 17:46:51 GMT
Yes!!
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Post by rayge on Feb 19, 2024 18:40:05 GMT
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Post by rayge on Feb 19, 2024 18:49:14 GMT
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Post by davey on Feb 19, 2024 20:14:45 GMT
Sometime in the very early 1990s I was going through a depressive phase, and one night I thought I need a CD of doo wop ballads. So I went to Tower Records and bought one. It did what I needed it to do. Even though I already had it on the American Graffiti soundtrack, I probably wouldn't have bought that collection if it didn't include this, which just might be my favorite record ever: Certainly the greatest doo-wop record, and short-list for greatest record period. |
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Post by loveless on Feb 19, 2024 20:20:53 GMT
I mean, in that shortlist of "you'll forever remember where you were the first time you heard it" songs - my file photo for "I Only Have Eyes..." is as firmly fixed as can be.
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Post by davey on Feb 19, 2024 20:22:06 GMT
On My Mind - The Darts
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