QuoteCousinC Now I know why I always liked this song although no BB's fan. Marcella and Hollands Sail on Sailor. Good period for the Beach Boys. Wasn't our Blondie on both? Yes, Blondie's on both - he sings backup on Marcella and the lead on Sail On Sailor.
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Quotetheimposter My thoughts exactly. When I saw him and his band he played the keyboard for all of 20 seconds on "Mrs. O'Leary's Cow" and otherwise left it alone. But he really got into the singing part and engaging the audience. I read an interview recently where he said the voices in his head get even louder and meaner when he gets on stage, so I think it's pretty brav
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Quotetatters Still undecided about whether or not I want to see this tour. Can't really take the sight of Brian propped up at the piano with his arms hanging limp at his sides, not even pretending to play. On all his solo tours (since he returned to the road in 1999), he basically just sat in front of the keyboard without playing...but sang lead vocals on ALL the songs...seen him many time
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QuoteWry Cooter Blondie doesn't sing lead on the studio version, but I'm sure he's in there. And I imagine he contributes to the rocking opening on the '73 live version. My understanding is that the original lyrics were about Brian's "masseuse" (happy ending style) and some members of the band weren't too thrilled about that and tweaked the lyrics. Ye
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Been a Beach Boys fan forever and never heard that before, but it's interesting to listen to the track in that context. Always enjoyed this tune over the years, and will look forward to hearing it this Saturday at the Hollywood Bowl! One Stones connection for sure...Blondie sings on the studio version! Also, I think this was the only BB song to feature Blondie, Ricky Fataar AND Bruce Jo
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QuoteFeelslikeaGhost Besides "If You Can't Rock Me//Get Off Of My Cloud" have the band ever done a medley or combined songs on stage? "Get Off Of My Cloud//Yesterday's Papers" in '67.
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Quotestargroover Strip away the nonsense of the Sphere and the high tech stuff and your left with a band who would struggle to make a dent at the Racket club. They were pretty damn good at the Apollo back in 2018. video:
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Quotegeorgie48 QuoteCaptainCorella Quotegeorgie48 Slowly amazing information will come forward. A relative of the man in the middle was staging with the founder of the Rolling Stones in that same year ... ... goosebumps ... So which relative of John Lennon stayed with Brian Jones in 1959-or thereabouts? Do tell. I can't until "Charles" put the lights on green. I know it may
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Live version from The Midnight Special... RIP Eric
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I was in high school and college in the '80s, so I remember the "Phil era" quite well...stone66 summed it all up quite nicely!
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From the footage I've seen from his recent tour, he's not in great shape - he has to sit in a chair due to a variety of neck and back issues over the years, which have resulted in nerve damage. His voice is still pretty good, but it's sad to see.
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Not sure if already posted...Jeremy Spencer!
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QuoteRollingFreak Oh I'm aware. I just wouldn't say his voice is stronger or has gotten stronger over the years. It is, bless it, what it is. Not an insult at all, it just seemed like an exaggeration to call it stronger than it ever has been in the last 30 years. Its all essentially been the same. Agreed.
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Elton had vocal cord surgery in 1987 (removing a benign lesion), resulting in more resonance and a lower register - between that and age, he obviously doesn't sound the way he used to in his heyday, but is still quite good within a certain range (check out his studio work this century). This isn't a recent development - if you go back to the surgery, it's been like this to some de
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Quotefootlooseman What about Tetsu? Retired from the music biz long ago.
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Quotekv2915 Quoteroryfaninva Its all about the franchise. Just like Lynyrd Skynyrd. If people go to see the show and have a good time, whats the harm? Never a huge fan but Ive gained some appreciation for the original Leadon-Meisner-Frey-Henley line up, basically following the path Poco blazed with their proto-country rock. Seems kinda corporate now. Bernie Leadon and Don Felder were not a
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All seven Eagles - Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, 1998.
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QuoteRollingFreak In the end, we all know what the real Eagles band was. It was never a rotating cast. It was 4 guys, which became 5 and 6 when they added Don and replaced Bernie. Thats really it. Not sure how we've started pushing the idea they're the Grateful Dead or Fleetwood Mac or something. Thats a falsehood, if we're trying to bring facts into this. There were 6 members up t
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QuoteHairball My wife and I are seeing Steely Dan again in June at the Bowl, though this will be the first I've seen them without Walter Becker... Not sure I'd go if it was just "Steely Dan" alone on the bill, but Steve Winwood is opening and he's always fantastic. Glad I saw them when Walter was around, and the same with the Fleetwood Mac Rumours lineup a couple of ti
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QuoteHairball Yeah Jah Paul - didn't intend to lump all Eagles fans together, and in a previous post I did say "...most Eagles fans". Still think it would be WAY more difficult for the Stones to try and replace Keith - even the most causal fan (even a non fan) would realize something major was missing. I agree on that. I've always been sort of a purist (as much as possi
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QuoteHairball QuoteWoz Timothy B. Schmidt have both been in the band since the 70's. From the first album to Hotel California you had three constant members, Henley, Frey and Mesiner. The band has been a rotating cast from the beginning. It was Glen Frey's band, for sure, but it was also ever changing. Sq the current line up last year at the Giants Ballpark (whatever it's named aft
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Just glad I saw them in 2014 with Glenn (and Bernie)...no interest in the remnants and replacements.
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QuoteNilsHolgersson "Nobody wants to hear anything from your new album"
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QuoteRocky Dijon She should have made you sing "Joy to the World" (Three Dog Night, not the Christmas carol). We sang that one...included in one of our evening music programs where our parents and siblings would attend, probably '73 or so (third grade for me). I remember rehearsing it a lot!
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QuoteHairball My older sister had a greatest hits album around that time, but my first true memory of them is hearing Close To You repeatedly on the radio in the summer of '70. "On the day that you were born the angels got together, and decided to create a dream come true..." - such a nice tune (written by Burt Bacharach). I remember after I heard the news of Karen's passi
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QuoteHairball As a ten year old in 5th grade in '73 , our teacher forced our class to sing this song every morning. She was a true quack of a teacher, but admit I kind of liked the song then and still do now - in fact I liked most Carpenters songs . I was in 3rd grade in '73...for us on occasion, it was "Sing" - which was also heard on Sesame Street. My cousin had the &qu
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Quote24FPS Got to be the event that opens the new $2.6 Billion Dollar stadium in Los Angeles. It opens this summer. The Stones are suckers for new, exciting venues. They played L.A. last go round, but this is special. This is where the Super Bowl will be in 2022, and the main venue for the Olympics in 2028. Taylor Swift is opening the new stadium in Inglewood with two shows on July 25th and 26t
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I don't mind outdoor concerts in smaller venues (Greek Theatre in Los Angeles, for example), but I "retired" from stadium shows years ago (The Police in 2007 was the last one - and I only went because I had never seen them)...distant seats, plus crowd/traffic issues are among the reasons I don't do it anymore. When I saw the Stones at the Rose Bowl in '94, a girl one r
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QuoteHairball Well, I asked my old pappy why he called his brew White lightning 'stead of mountain dew I took a little sip and right away I knew As my eyes bugged out and my face turned blue Lightning started flashin', thunder started clashin' Fshhhhhoooo..........white lightnin'........................ The Big Bopper!
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QuoteHairball Thanks for the updates crholmstrom - watching the news and it's a tragic scene - only about 30 miles from where I live. News conference at 2:00 PM Pacific time. So sad...it's wall-to-wall local coverage here in L.A. Listening to Jerry West being interviewed right now - he's absolutely devastated.
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