AT40 - This Week In 1972 (1 Viewer)

[Uruk-Hai]

Is that Rod Argent from the Zombies?

Yep

 

[wikkidpissah]

10. "Backstabbers" - O'Jays

The most ominous opening piano line in rock history. And the record gets better! It's paranoid and frightening and both leads sing the #### out of it.

This is what the world sounded like in 1972 (except for Yes & ELP fans)

this may be my favorite soul group song. i also have an O'Jays story.

Poker players will bet on anything. One week, the O'Jays played the casino i was workin at. I was the walkin boss so i went and checked out most of the shows. Brought a whale backstage with me the 1st nite & the O'Jay's (two of the three originals, i think) all had matching iridescent orange suits and they did a change during the show to a color i cant remember. The whale went back to the table & told the other players about it. Soon enough and for the rest of the week, they had a pool going (thousands of bucks) on what color the O'Jay suits would be and i had to go confirm each time.

 

[wikkidpissah]

Is that Rod Argent from the Zombies?

Argent put on a damn fine prog-lite show backinaday

 

[Uruk-Hai]

3. "Still In Love With You" - Al Green

And THERE'S Al! There's no way to sing better than this.

 

[wikkidpissah]

3. "Still In Love With You" - Al Green

And THERE'S Al! There's no way to sing better than this.

it is to ache

 

[rockaction]

Argent put on a damn fine prog-lite show backinaday

Talented dude.  

 

[Uruk-Hai]

2. "Long Cool Woman" - Hollies

They out-CCR'd CCR. 

 

[Zegras11]

Man, thanks for doing this today.  I caught this in New Meadow , Id,  at number 35.  Now we are in Grangville on a 4 hour trip to show a 3000 sq ft log cabin home for a client.  

This has been the best at40 for me ever.  I was almost 13. This is right when I really got into music. 13 all the way down to number 1 now all have just amazing memories for me involving different friends and family.  

 

[Uruk-Hai]

1. "Alone Again" - Gilbert Whatever

Crap. Had a good top 10 until this....this.....THING

Keep reaching for the stars and don't stub a toe

 

[Uruk-Hai]

Man, thanks for doing this today.  I caught this in New Meadow , Id,  at number 35.  Now we are in Grangville on a 4 hour trip to show a 3000 sq ft log cabin home for a client.  

This has been the best at40 for me ever.  I was almost 13. This is right when I really got into music. 13 all the way down to number 1 now all have just amazing memories for me involving different friends and family.  

I was 10 and thus believed everything that was told to me. That said, my snark when I posted some of these songs was just that - snark. I loved listening to AT40 back then. 

Safe travels, sir

 

[Van Dyman]

2. "Long Cool Woman" - Hollies

They out-CCR'd CCR. 

I always assumed this song was by one of the guys from CCR. My boss corrected me just this week.  

 

[Binky The Doormat]

1. "Alone Again" - Gilbert Whatever

Crap. Had a good top 10 until this....this.....THING

Keep reaching for the stars and don't stub a toe

this song is a truckload of ####.  

 

[Leroy Hoard]

25. "Daddy Don't You Walk So Fast" - Wayne Newton

lmfao

 

[Leroy Hoard]

this song is a truckload of ####.  

Naturally.

 

[Leroy Hoard]

I have a local am station at the bottom of the dial that plays a ton of this stuff. Everything from the dreck like that Gilbert Godawful song to the gems like the Raspberries song. Great entertainment when on the road latenight.

 

[zamboni]

7. "Goodbye To Love" - Carpenters

Sweet baby jeebus, that woman could sing

An added bonus here is the sweet out-of-context fuzz guitar solo by Tony Peluso.

 

[Uruk-Hai]

An added bonus here is the sweet out-of-context fuzz guitar solo by Tony Peluso.

Yeah, I'm not sure what Richard Carpenter was thinking there. He was usually so careful about how his records sounded. That solo is just so jarring. It's like if Hendrix payed "Purple Haze" over Sinatra's "Strangers In The Night"