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At work also. I remember getting home from work and watching the coverage all afternoon and evening while listening to "Play" by Moby again and again. One of the days I think I'll remember until the day I die.
Yes, living in the U.S., I think the stigma is gone (for the most part).
Yes, very much...I think every office has a "Wally" in it! 😃
Yes, very well done! Tommy James and the Shondells is the artist.
I've been thinking about this one ever since it was posted and it finally hit me tonight...I guess insomnia isn't always a bad thing! 😃
"Hey Nineteen"--Steely Dan
Yes...well done! Artist is Bob Seger...I know you knew that! 😃
Late 60s classic rock...you never hear this song mentioned when it comes to great guitar playing, but I love it. A masterpiece of a song, IMO:
Maybe tomorrow
When he looks down
On every green field (ooh, ooh)
And every town.
All of his children
And every nation
There'll be peace and good, brotherhood...
Early 70s classic rock...just love this song to pieces. 2 great guitar solos in this song:
Good ol' Sunday morning bells are ringing everywhere.
Goin' to Carolina, it won't be long and I'll be there.
I think that's the correct answer. Also, Pell was one of those guys who acted real big in front of his group of friends, but get him alone and you realize what a coward and wimp he really was. Kudos to Brad Dourif for a great performance of a really despicable character.
I just re-watched this great movie earlier today and was coming here to post about Gailard Sartain. In a film loaded with great actors/actresses and performances, he really was terrific also.
I mostly recognize Sartain from "Hee Haw" and the Ernest movies he was in (RIP, Jim Varney 😢). He really did a great job of playing a very despicable character.
Early 90s alternative rock...this group had several hits and a lot of great songs. This is one of their "deeper cuts"...love the ending to this song:
How can I hold the part of me that only you can carry?
It needs a strength I haven't found.
But if it's frightening, I'll bear the cold.
And on the telephone
You offer warm asylum.
I'm listening
Flowers in the garden
Laughter in the hall
Children in the park.
1982 country/rock (crossover hit by a normally "classic rock" artist). This song was written by a great songwriter named Rodney Crowell:
Once inside a woman's heart
A man must keep his head.
Heaven opens up the door
Where angels fear to tread.
Some men go crazy, some men go slow.
Some men go just where they want
Some men never go.
1990 country music...group artist, I've always liked this song a lot:
I'm standing at the crossroads in life
And I don't know where to go
You know you've got my heart, babe
But my music's got my soul
Let me play it one more time
I'll tell the truth and make it rhyme
And hope they understand me
Now I lay me down to sleep
I pray the Lord my soul to keep
If I die before I wake
(Title of song)
Mid-80s country music...pretty well-known male singer, sang and narrated the theme of a hit TV series (this is my favorite song of his):
She was a flower for the taking
Her beauty cut just like a knife
He was a banker from Macon
He swore he'd love her all his life.
He bought her a mansion on the mountain
With a formal garden and a lot of land
But paradise became her prison
That Georgia banker was a jealous man.
Every time he'd talk about her
You could see the fire in his eyes
He'd say, "I would walk through Hell on Sunday
To keep my (title of song)."
One of my favorite groups..."You Can Do Magic" by America.
Thank you for posting these clips! I had never heard them before...I agree, you realize how important Garfunkel's contributions to the song were after hearing these!
I think it's a great movie. I had a cousin who fought in Vietnam and remember him telling me how realistic he thought the movie was when it first came out. It's a hard watch at times, but it really left an impression on me.
No, there were still racial issues/stereotypes involved with respect to basketball. Think back to the movie "Airplane" that came out in 1980 and the basketball scene there. More seriously, back in the late 80s, I remember Isiah Thomas and Dennis Rodman causing controversy regarding their comments about Larry Bird (what a series that was...part of the "glory days" of the NBA).
I'm not going to pretend that everything was all rosy back then, because it wasn't. But you didn't have the division back then that you do today. As a "white guy who couldn't jump," you'd think I'd have been a Celtics' fan...but I loved the Lakers and their "Showtime." And no one accused me of "cultural appropriation" or questioned why I rooted for the Lakers. Finally, I will say that I do agree with your line, "A time when you saw the person and not their genetic makeup." I do think that, in general, that was truer then than it is today.
I'm with mxtmind...I think Garfunkel is the better "pure singer." "Bridge Over Troubled Water," "For Emily (Whenever I May Find Her)," etc. Great stuff.
If you've never listened to "The Paul Simon Songbook," I would recommend it, especially if you're a Paul Simon fan. I do love his versions of "He Was My Brother" and "A Church Is Burning" on that recording. Supposedly, Simon was a "starving artist" when he made that recording and you can kind of hear that hunger, frustration, desperation, etc., come out in his voice.
Also, when you factor in musicianship (I think Simon is a vastly underrated guitarist...I love his guitar playing), songwriting ability, etc., I would definitely take Simon over Garfunkel in that regard. I love their music, though, and did they ever sound great together.