northern exposure
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They were a Canadian band, so as a young kid I heard this song all the time on the radio. I never knew if they hit it big in the USA.
ETA- this song also features....cowbell!
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1971 NEXT 100 songs Number one with a bullet/hammer - Layla · Derek & The Dominos (1 Viewer)
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ETA- this song also features....cowbell!
lardonastick
Footballguy
I know this song from oldies radio growing up in Wisconsin. Had no idea who the band was. Interesting to find out they are Canadian. Good song.
shuke
Black Ice Skeptic
I only know it for some tv commercial we used to see all the time in the early 90's for some 70's rock compilation. It was horrible.
Bracie Smathers
Footballguy
The Guess Who were the first Canadian band to hit number one on the US charts with American Women with the strength of lead guitarist Randy Bachman who left to form BTO. Bachman left the group in a tight spot but they found his replacement in Kurt Winter who was with the band Brother. Winter was a song writer and lead guitarist and he brought this song with him which turned into the biggest single from the biggest selling album they made. Kurt Winter has two prominent guitar solos on this tune.
This song is special to me. As a college student I got a job as a DJ and knew a lot of people would be listening so I picked out the first song that I would play with care... this was it.
Released 5 October 1970
Have you been around
Have you done your share of comin' down
On different things that people do
Have you been aware
You got brothers and sisters who care
About what's gonna happen to you in a year from now
Maybe I'll be there to shake your hand
Maybe I'll be there to share the land
That they'll be givin' away
When we all live together
I'm talkin' 'bout together now
This song is special to me. As a college student I got a job as a DJ and knew a lot of people would be listening so I picked out the first song that I would play with care... this was it.
Released 5 October 1970
Have you been around
Have you done your share of comin' down
On different things that people do
Have you been aware
You got brothers and sisters who care
About what's gonna happen to you in a year from now
Maybe I'll be there to shake your hand
Maybe I'll be there to share the land
That they'll be givin' away
When we all live together
I'm talkin' 'bout together now
AAABatteries
Footballguy
Always loved this song. You are doing a pretty outstanding job, I love both lists!
squistion
Footballguy
Good choice and a different feel than their other songs. This was their last top 10 record, outside of the novelty song "Clap For The Wolfman" in 1974.
I thought Burton Cummings was one of the most underrated lead singers of the late 60s/early 70s (maybe it was that awful moustache he had).
Bracie Smathers
Footballguy
In September 2008, Billboard ranked Chicago at number thirteen in a list of the top 100 artists of all time for Hot 100 singles chart success, and ranked them at number fifteen on the same list produced in October 2015. Billboard also ranked Chicago ninth on the list of the 100 greatest artists of all time in terms of Billboard 200 album chart success in October 2015.
Originally this song was released in the debut album Chicago Transit Authority with a longer version that has an extended drum circle type of fade end. Beginnings - Chicago
They shortened the name of the band and of this single in 71 and it charted much better.
June 1971 (re-release) date
Originally this song was released in the debut album Chicago Transit Authority with a longer version that has an extended drum circle type of fade end. Beginnings - Chicago
They shortened the name of the band and of this single in 71 and it charted much better.
June 1971 (re-release) date
Bracie Smathers
Footballguy
Here is accepting the award for Billboard's and Rolling Stones' 'porn'iest rock stache' of all-time.
Bracie Smathers
Footballguy
Used for the opening credits for the classic movie 'Dog Day Afternoon'. >> Dog Day Afternoon - Amoreena (Elton John)
The album 'Tumbleweed Connection' theme was a concept of country and western punctuated with piano riffs. The title of this song came about when Elton and his manager at the time Ray Williams were considering names as Williams wife was pregnant and Elton came up with this name.
Released 30 October 1970
The album 'Tumbleweed Connection' theme was a concept of country and western punctuated with piano riffs. The title of this song came about when Elton and his manager at the time Ray Williams were considering names as Williams wife was pregnant and Elton came up with this name.
Released 30 October 1970
Bracie Smathers
Footballguy
One of two songs sung by Capaldi and IMHO highly under rated.
Released November 1971
LA to London is a mighty long time
Eight hours flying can bring you down
Sitting near a suit who's a red-neck going,
Eyes are moving but there's no life showing...
Released November 1971
LA to London is a mighty long time
Eight hours flying can bring you down
Sitting near a suit who's a red-neck going,
Eyes are moving but there's no life showing...
BobbyLayne
Footballguy
Bracie Smathers
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Young claimed the song was more about the civil rights movement than the South in particular, but many Southern men (and women) didn't appreciate the generalization. In his 2012 biography Waging Heavy Peace, Young apologized for the song, writing: "I don't like my words when I listen to it. They are accusatory and condescending, not fully thought out, and too easy to misconstrue."
Love that Neil owns up to making a poor generalization.
Released September 19, 1970
Lynyrd Skynyrd wrote "Sweet Home Alabama" as a response to this song. Young is mentioned in the line "I hope Neil Young will remember, a Southern man don't need him around anyhow." Lynyrd Skynyrd were big fans of Young. "Sweet Home Alabama" was meant as a good-natured answer to this, explaining the good things about Alabama. Skynyrd lead singer Ronnie Van Zandt often wore Neil Young T-shirts while performing.
Young was quite happy with "Sweet Home Alabama." He said, "They play like they mean it, I'm proud to have my name in a song like theirs."
After the release of "Sweet Home Alabama," Neil Young wrote several songs for Lynyrd Skynyrd as means of reconciliation, including his eventual standby "Powderfinger." However, the band had their infamous plane crash before they could use the songs, and Young ended up keeping them for himself.
Love that Neil owns up to making a poor generalization.
Released September 19, 1970
Lynyrd Skynyrd wrote "Sweet Home Alabama" as a response to this song. Young is mentioned in the line "I hope Neil Young will remember, a Southern man don't need him around anyhow." Lynyrd Skynyrd were big fans of Young. "Sweet Home Alabama" was meant as a good-natured answer to this, explaining the good things about Alabama. Skynyrd lead singer Ronnie Van Zandt often wore Neil Young T-shirts while performing.
Young was quite happy with "Sweet Home Alabama." He said, "They play like they mean it, I'm proud to have my name in a song like theirs."
After the release of "Sweet Home Alabama," Neil Young wrote several songs for Lynyrd Skynyrd as means of reconciliation, including his eventual standby "Powderfinger." However, the band had their infamous plane crash before they could use the songs, and Young ended up keeping them for himself.
Bracie Smathers
Footballguy
Have to note the 'special' circumstances of this tune for 71. It originally came out in 70 but was re-released again in 71 because it kept selling so the release date noted below is correct for the re-release date.
Released March 1971
How well has this single sold?
Its the third highest selling single of all-time.
Released March 1971
How well has this single sold?
Its the third highest selling single of all-time.
zamboni
Footballguy
Roy L Fewks
Footballguy
Almost seems like the original release of "In The Summertime" inspired "Sweet City Woman," which then inspired the re-release of "In The Summertime."
squistion
Footballguy
Anyone notice in the video there was no drummer in the band? Can't remember if they had one who quit or they never had one (I have seen them described as a jug band).Bracie Smathers said:
Piano player is Colin Earl, brother of Foghat guitarist Roger Earl. Colin played on several Foghat tracks over the years and even served as their road manager for a brief spell. Here is an interview with him on those years with Mungo Jerry and Foghat.
https://www.classicrockrevisited.com/show_interview.php?id=1071
zamboni
Footballguy
At first glance, I thought the piano player was Gregg Rolie of Santana/Journey and had to confirm that he was never in Mungo.
As for a drummer, I don’t think they had a regular one.
Bracie Smathers
Footballguy
It had to happen at some point. I screwed up and misread the release date of this song by Dave Mason. >>> Dave Mason - Only You Know & I Know because it was covered by Bonnie and Delany in May of 71 but Dave's original version was released in July of 1970.
To rectify this grave error I will submit two songs both will be mystery songs. Both on a short list of songs that did not make my lis
To rectify this grave error I will submit two songs both will be mystery songs. Both on a short list of songs that did not make my lis
- First mystery song choice by John Lennon - ???
- Second mystery song choice by Harry Nilsson - ???
squistion
Footballguy
zamboni
Footballguy
Was going to say the same - great use in Goodfellas.
For Lennon, I’ll say “Jealous Guy”.
Encumbrance
Footballguy
There was a really funny thread with otb_lifer riffing a real-life situation off of Harry's song where the woman tells the cab driver to keep the change.
krista4
Footballguy
Encumbrance
Footballguy
Whoops. You're so right. Nilsson is #####cats, right? I thought they were the same guy for a minute. Carry on.
Encyclopedia Brown
Footballguy
Binky The Doormat
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Bracie Smathers
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Bracie Smathers
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From animated TV story 'The Point',
The Point 1971 which had celebrities helping with the vocals like Ringo Starr. Brings back happy childhood memories and it was on a list but not the short list.
For anyone with kids click on the link. They will love it.
Talk about childhood memories. The child who played Eddie Corbett (Brandon Cruz) and myself were doppelgangers when I was a kid, the girls at school would call me 'Eddie'.
EDIT: Just thought many young'uns would never have heard this >>> Harry Nilsson - Best Friend
'Whoops'
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Bracie Smathers
Footballguy
Santa's version from the album Abraxas dropped the brass section in the original done by Tito Puente and replaced it with Carlos's electric guitar. Great version but we know that all the cool kids listened to >> Tito Puente
Released September 23, 1970
Released September 23, 1970
Don Quixote
Footballguy
Bracie Smathers
Footballguy
I loved this tune long ago when I first heard it but stumbled upon the the term 'changeling' which Jim knew when he wrote the song.
A changeling, also historically referred to as an auf or oaf, is a human-like creature found in folklore and folk religion throughout Europe. A changeling was believed to be a fairy child that had been left in place of a human child stolen by the fairies. The theme of the swapped child is common in medieval literature and reflects concern over infants thought to be afflicted with unexplained diseases, disorders, or developmental disabilities.
His senior year English teacher said, "Jim read as much and probably more than any student in class, but everything he read was so offbeat I had another teacher (who was going to the Library of Congress) check to see if the books Jim was reporting on actually existed. I suspected he was making them up, as they were English books on sixteenth- and seventeenth-century demonology. I'd never heard of them, but they existed, and I'm convinced from the paper he wrote that he read them, and the Library of Congress would've been the only source."
L.A. Woman opens with the Morrison-penned track "The Changeling", which the Doors wanted to be the album's first single. Taken from one of Morrison's notebooks written in 1968.
Uh! Uha!
Released April 19, 1971
A changeling, also historically referred to as an auf or oaf, is a human-like creature found in folklore and folk religion throughout Europe. A changeling was believed to be a fairy child that had been left in place of a human child stolen by the fairies. The theme of the swapped child is common in medieval literature and reflects concern over infants thought to be afflicted with unexplained diseases, disorders, or developmental disabilities.
His senior year English teacher said, "Jim read as much and probably more than any student in class, but everything he read was so offbeat I had another teacher (who was going to the Library of Congress) check to see if the books Jim was reporting on actually existed. I suspected he was making them up, as they were English books on sixteenth- and seventeenth-century demonology. I'd never heard of them, but they existed, and I'm convinced from the paper he wrote that he read them, and the Library of Congress would've been the only source."
L.A. Woman opens with the Morrison-penned track "The Changeling", which the Doors wanted to be the album's first single. Taken from one of Morrison's notebooks written in 1968.
Uh! Uha!
Released April 19, 1971
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squistion
Footballguy
I can see why it wasn't released as a single - despite being danceable, it was out of step (so to speak) with what was going on with music that was popular at the time, outside of James Brown inspired funk. And way too long at 4:22 to be released as a single in 1971.
I prefer the alternate version or take:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hugOYSB8QgE&feature=youtu.be
squistion
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zamboni
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Bracie Smathers
Footballguy
I never knew what the song was about till I found this picture of the band. >> Picture of band Spirit
The drummer is Ed Cassidy. He was 20 years older than the rest of the members of the band and was known as the oldest rock-and-roll star in the early 70s when this song about him came out. Here is the story. Jay Ferguson (Thunder Island) was in the band, this is the story.
Another one of Jay Ferguson's musical salutes to one of his favorite bands, Traffic, "Mr. Skin" provided Spirit with a huge FM radio hit. The lyrics are a colorful character sketch of Spirit drummer Ed Cassidy, who was, and still is, quite baldheaded. According to legend, Ferguson walked into Cassidy's hotel room and found the drummer in a compromising situation with a girl, and all he saw was "skin."
I don't know if Jay Ferguson or Randy California sang the lead vocals but I love the sneering-snarling lip-curling delivery.
Released November 27, 1970
Oh, I'm rollin' flowin' through the whole population
(Mr. Skin you know where you've been)
Oh, the high and the low born are my friends and relations
(Mr. Skin you know where you've been)
The drummer is Ed Cassidy. He was 20 years older than the rest of the members of the band and was known as the oldest rock-and-roll star in the early 70s when this song about him came out. Here is the story. Jay Ferguson (Thunder Island) was in the band, this is the story.
Another one of Jay Ferguson's musical salutes to one of his favorite bands, Traffic, "Mr. Skin" provided Spirit with a huge FM radio hit. The lyrics are a colorful character sketch of Spirit drummer Ed Cassidy, who was, and still is, quite baldheaded. According to legend, Ferguson walked into Cassidy's hotel room and found the drummer in a compromising situation with a girl, and all he saw was "skin."
I don't know if Jay Ferguson or Randy California sang the lead vocals but I love the sneering-snarling lip-curling delivery.
Released November 27, 1970
Oh, I'm rollin' flowin' through the whole population
(Mr. Skin you know where you've been)
Oh, the high and the low born are my friends and relations
(Mr. Skin you know where you've been)
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zamboni
Footballguy
Pretty sure that Ferguson sang lead here. As I'm sure you know, Ed Cassidy wasn't only much older than the rest of the band, he was Randy California's stepfather.
squistion
Footballguy
Probably my all time favorite Spirit song.
And it was Jay Ferguson on the vocals. After he and bass player Mark Andes split to form Jo Jo Gunne there were several songs on the first JJG LP that were in the "Mr. Skin" vein.
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Bracie Smathers
Footballguy
Another re-release from Chicago where they chopped off an extended intro and put out a radio-friendly single. The existential smart-alec response to a simply question is the backstory told by Chicago singer and keyboard player Robert Lamm:
"I was a teenager walking down the street in Brooklyn, New York where I grew up. I walked by a movie theater and there was an usher standing outside taking a cigarette break. I said to him, 'Hey man, what time is it?' and he said, 'Does anybody really know what time it is?'
Released October 1970
"I was a teenager walking down the street in Brooklyn, New York where I grew up. I walked by a movie theater and there was an usher standing outside taking a cigarette break. I said to him, 'Hey man, what time is it?' and he said, 'Does anybody really know what time it is?'
Released October 1970
Ghost Rider
Footballguy
I can’t hear this song now without thinking of American Hustle. I didn’t really get into Chicago’s early stuff until a few years ago, but there’re some gems there, this one included
squistion
Footballguy
Talk about a song being overplayed. I was never that fond of it to begin with, but it got really tiresome after repeatedly hearing these trite lyrics that the songwriter apparently thought offered a profound message of some sort.
It got to the point that I could not change the station on my car radio fast enough when it came on.
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Footballguy
Another re-release. The Shondells broke up, this was a solo by Tommy. The B-side that got more airplay than the A-side so James went back to the studio, slapped on some horns and had a hit. How'd it come about?
We wrote it, and it was a very repetitious track, and a very sort of hypnotic track. ... We looped it and looped it and looped it, and created the hypnotic rhythm... when we had three-plus minutes of it put together we stopped, and then we wrote the song around the track.
"It's almost like the bass guitar was speaking. And it just seemed to say 'draggin' the line' to me.
So Tommy, what sort of flowers does your dog Sam eat?
Released June 1971
We wrote it, and it was a very repetitious track, and a very sort of hypnotic track. ... We looped it and looped it and looped it, and created the hypnotic rhythm... when we had three-plus minutes of it put together we stopped, and then we wrote the song around the track.
"It's almost like the bass guitar was speaking. And it just seemed to say 'draggin' the line' to me.
So Tommy, what sort of flowers does your dog Sam eat?
Released June 1971
squistion
Footballguy
Purple flowers and "We ain't got much, but what we've got's ours."
Those lyrics were always cringe worthy to me. Seriously, is that the best Tommy James could come up with?
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Binky The Doormat
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I FEEL FINE ...TALKIN' BOUT PEACE OF MIND ...I'M GONNA TAKE MY TIME ...
GETTIN' TO GOOD TIMES ....
shuke
Black Ice Skeptic
Again, HOW DO THESE NOT MAKE THE TOP 100?????????????!??!!!!!!!!!!!!!?????!?!!?!?!!?!?!?@??!$!@#$%?#%$^46H856Y78
squistion
Footballguy
If you talking about Tim's list, I imagine he probably never heard Mr. Skin until it appeared in this thread. Doesn't impress me as a big Spirit fan or of the subsequent Jo Jo Gunne first LP which was released in 1972 (perhaps he actually liked Run Run Run, but I wouldn't want to see his Top 100 of 1972 to find out).
Jump Into The Fire is rather, um, quirky, with all the echoes and reverb and it wasn't everyone's cup of tea in 1971 and probably still isn't today.
I can also excuse the omission of Draggin The Line due to the incredibly corny lyrics.
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Bracie Smathers
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Just back from an extended power outage. Powering forward.
Featuring brothers Edward (who wrote most of their songs) and Carter with sisters Billie Jo and Rose Cornelius, the soulful pop group started as an idea when they sung in church. She and her brothers formed "Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose" in 1969. Cleveland E. Barrett (a childhood friend), an original member of the group, was killed in a car accident before their chart success.
Released April 1971
Featuring brothers Edward (who wrote most of their songs) and Carter with sisters Billie Jo and Rose Cornelius, the soulful pop group started as an idea when they sung in church. She and her brothers formed "Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose" in 1969. Cleveland E. Barrett (a childhood friend), an original member of the group, was killed in a car accident before their chart success.
Released April 1971
zamboni
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Bracie Smathers
Footballguy
Soul Train not to be confused with the Germanic Soul Less Train hosted by Yan Cornelious.
>> LINK
Super 70s Sports@Super70sSports
I believe this is a clip from the popular German music show Soulless Train ...
Bracie Smathers
Footballguy
zamboni
Footballguy
Bracie Smathers
Footballguy
The "land of ice and snow" is Iceland, where the band played in June 1970. Robert Plant explained: "We weren't being pompous. We did come from the land of the ice and snow. We were guests of the Icelandic Government on a cultural mission. We were invited to play a concert in Reykjavik and the day before we arrived all the civil servants went on strike and the gig was going to be canceled. The university prepared a concert hall for us and it was phenomenal. The response from the kids was remarkable and we had a great time. 'Immigrant Song' was about that trip and it was the opening track on the album that was intended to be incredibly different."
The hiss at the beginning is feedback from an echo unit. It was intentional.
Valhalla is a hall in Asgard where the souls of fallen warriors are taken by the "Valkyries," which are spirits of war who carry up heroes who have been slain. Only heroes are taken to Valhalla, where they will wait for their certain doom.
Released 5 November 1970
Creepy tidbit. Allister Crawley made a note on the album cover.
The hiss at the beginning is feedback from an echo unit. It was intentional.
Valhalla is a hall in Asgard where the souls of fallen warriors are taken by the "Valkyries," which are spirits of war who carry up heroes who have been slain. Only heroes are taken to Valhalla, where they will wait for their certain doom.
Released 5 November 1970
Creepy tidbit. Allister Crawley made a note on the album cover.
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