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OT: ABC's of Music

N! N comes after friggin m! not G, and H is right out! sheesh, and here I spent all this time looking for a happy tune cuz a poster said 'I need happy tunes today. imma happy tunes fan.
I Can See Clearly Now Johnny Nash
 
aaaaaaaaargh. I'll give up for now, and stick to happy beats. u ain't harshin my ups.
elo livin' thing. always works for me.
 
Ozimoto said:
The, in my opinion, best version of "Mony Mony" by Tommy James and the Shondells

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:eek: Uh...I'm pretty sure I didn't realize that Billy Idol's version of this isn't the original. He didn't even bother to change it much.
 
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Don't know if I've ever used any Kelly Joe Phelps in a song thread. Local Northwest guy. (I think O got ahead of N so I think I'm okay here)

 
For R, let me post this one, if you have never seen it, its a gem- Ray Manzarek describing how the Doors composed "Riders on the Storm"
 
nwhoopfan said:
:eek: Uh...I'm pretty sure I didn't realize that Billy Idol's version of this isn't the original. He didn't even bother to change it much.
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And I didn't know anybody besides Tommy James and the Shondellls recorded it. ;)
 
Scud49 said:
For R, let me post this one, if you have never seen it, its a gem- Ray Manzarek describing how the Doors composed "Riders on the Storm"
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I saw that awhile back. As you've probably picked up, I love stuff like this. I knew Riders on the Storm for a long time before I ever heard Ghost Riders in the Sky, and thought that latter was reminiscent of the former. It still had never occurred to me that they were thinking of Ghost Riders when the put the song together.
 
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Bigboote said:
And I didn't know anybody besides Tommy James and the Shondellls recorded it. ;)
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The Billy Idol version was probably played at every high school dance I attended. There was a lewd call and response we would all yell at each other somewhere in the middle of the song. I have no idea how that got started, but it was a thing. Ah, youth.
 
nwhoopfan said:
The Billy Idol version was probably played at every high school dance I attended. There was a lewd call and response we would all yell at each other somewhere in the middle of the song. I have no idea how that got started, but it was a thing. Ah, youth.
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Wow, the Billy Idol version came out when I was in college. I just listened to it, and you’re right, it sounds just like the original. In my altered state, I probably thought I was hearing Tommy James in college.
 
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And back to "A" with a very pretty song. "Angel on My Shoulder" by Shelby Flint.

 
C is for another girl group from the 60’s. The Cookies had a hit in1962 with Chains. In 1963 an up and coming British group covered the song which was included in their British debut album. The Beatles would go on to have a few hits of their own.
 
bantamlaker said:
C is for another girl group from the 60’s. The Cookies had a hit in1962 with Chains. In 1963 an up and coming British group covered the song which was included in their British debut album. The Beatles would go on to have a few hits of their own.
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Haha...! Love it Banta, great way to cleverly give some credit to a certain up and coming group. :D:D:D
 
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Manhattan Transfer's terrific version of a classic - "Fair and Tender Ladies"
 
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