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Post by rayge on Mar 31, 2020 14:22:01 GMT
A Johnny Rivers - Going Back to Big Sur
if that does not work, try this
B Tom Scott & The L.A. Express – Sneakin' in the Back
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Post by Deleted on Mar 31, 2020 15:41:12 GMT
The first link needs replacing. I've told Ray. I've listened to it on youtube.
My first reaction would be that it's dated, but it kinda fits that timeless endless summer feel of the song.
The introduction to B was good. Smooth and funky. But come time for the "verse" part initially there seems to be little there. Or was I expecting too much from them? I know their work of course from the albums they did with Joni Mitchell.
I feel like I'm betraying them but B disappoints and A unexpectedly charms.
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Post by toomanyhatz on Mar 31, 2020 17:35:22 GMT
Is this G vs. G? They both seem like his picks.
As 'session player jams' go, B is charming and has a great groove. But A is ultimately almost a perfect example of the Wrecking Crew at its peak, and on an admirably 'deep cut' at that. (Love the bass line - Joe Osborn, not Carol Kaye, apparently - in particular.)
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Post by Mr. FOLLARD on Mar 31, 2020 19:18:18 GMT
A was tasteful, musically proficient, pretty dull really.
B did a little more for me. But I wouldn't invite it to my party
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Post by Deleted on Mar 31, 2020 23:47:43 GMT
B sounds like the theme to a late night talk show..A is relatively dull..this category has been a giant missed opportunity...Marginal vote A
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Post by Deleted on Apr 2, 2020 7:13:57 GMT
The sound of A was great, particularly the bass and strings. Unfortunately for all the care lavished on it, the song itself doesn't really hold its own, which is one reason why it's not better known. B's a bit of a classic. It's updating the cool jazz of Getz and Mulligan for the funky 70s. The instrumentation, particularly the Rhodes and drumming, are top notch and the whole thing is done with such a laid back swagger.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 2, 2020 7:18:53 GMT
I As 'session player jams' go Not sure what this means btw. They've done a number of albums as a band.
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Post by osgood on Apr 2, 2020 15:17:46 GMT
B is nice but not enough to overcome the lack of relation with the theme (the name of the band? ffs!) and being up against a beautiful and pleasant tune as
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Post by Sneelock on Apr 2, 2020 15:22:53 GMT
for this round only I'm subjecting the tracks to a simple test. Imagine a party where each track is playing. Which party would I rather be at?
that's easy! B
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Post by toomanyhatz on Apr 2, 2020 17:09:48 GMT
I As 'session player jams' go Not sure what this means btw. They've done a number of albums as a band. Yes, but they made their main living as session players. Those albums all put together didn't sell as much as any of the Joni Mitchell albums they're on did in the first week. You think this was ever Tom Scott's main gig? And do you really hear most of what they did as developed songs? Jamming in a way that showed off their chops was the very point of their existence!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 2, 2020 17:20:55 GMT
Not sure what this means btw. They've done a number of albums as a band. Yes, but they made their main living as session players. Those albums all put together didn't sell as much as any of the Joni Mitchell albums they're on did in the first week. You think this was ever Tom Scott's main gig? And do you really hear most of what they did as developed songs? Jamming in a way that showed off their chops was the very point of their existence! Yes absolutely to answer your question. It doesn't sound like something knocked off between sessions for Joni Mitchell and I doubt it was, it's too well crafted and conceived for that and of course it has achieved it's own fame ( sampled by Massive Attack, big on the rare groove and acid jazz scenes), for me it has a bigger profile than whatever they did with Joni.
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Post by DarknessFish on Apr 3, 2020 20:31:49 GMT
Johnny Rivers? Thats a place I don't want to swim. A is a big widescreen production effort again, lots of space between the instrumentation, even though there's quite a bit of it. The bass is big which is always good. Not the kind of thing I'd choose to listen, it's a touch open shirt and medallion, but there've been worse picks this cup.
B makes me think of Frasier. I don't know why, but Kelsey Grammer definitely popped into my head, and my head don't lie. Very smooth, very professional. I could well have waited for football scores to appear on Teletext to this when ITV shut down at night.
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Post by oleandermedian on Apr 4, 2020 14:17:29 GMT
A was OK but I’ve kind of gone off it. Maybe the silk purse/pig’s ear problem. Now if it had been Midnight Train to Georgia … I’m not that keen on B either though. I gave A one last listen but no.
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Post by fonz on Apr 4, 2020 15:19:33 GMT
B.
Although I was hoping that the video was going to be one of those meme-type things, where the jeans and panties come off, to reveal...a 12” wang.
Alas!
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Post by fange on Apr 7, 2020 12:05:54 GMT
A is really nice, wonderful arrangements wrapping a mellow little song. Pretty, like leaves on the wind. I might have voted for it in some ties, but not against B which just hits more of my '70s pleasure spots.
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