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Post by shiloh on Apr 27, 2014 23:16:03 GMT
Boy, I remember this one well. I remember all their songs. I even had "The Best of Bread" album......when there were still albums.
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Post by elizabeth on Apr 27, 2014 23:34:21 GMT
Oh yes, I remember that song Shiloh, do you remember Jim Croche, The Seekers, and Gale Garnett (We'll Sing in the Sunshine)?
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Post by elizabeth on Apr 27, 2014 23:39:02 GMT
I remember this song being rather shocking when it came out, maybe it was just me.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 27, 2014 23:43:27 GMT
It's amazing how a song can bring out so many memories, isn't it?
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Post by elizabeth on Apr 27, 2014 23:58:31 GMT
I know John. I remember listening to We'll Sing in the Sunshine, while eating and ice cream cone, at the lake, in the summertime. I don't remember a whole lot of songs, but the ones I do remember, I have associations with them. Same thing with Downtown, I have a specific story about that one too.
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Post by shiloh on Apr 28, 2014 0:23:16 GMT
What is that memory, Liz? If you don't want to say, I completely understand. I hope it's not a bad one. Yes, I remember all those, Liz. Funny how you forget about songs you haven't heard in a long, long time. I agree. Certain songs trigger memories. The ice cream one sounds good. You know that song you mentioned, "We'll Sing In The Sunshine"? I remember that one really well too. Probably because my mom used to love that song and she sang it so good. I was still very little. Years later, I thought about the words after I happened to hear it on an oldies station and I was outside planting flowers in the back of the house. I thought, "That's kind of a depressing song for having such a melodic tune.
Here's another one. Remember this?
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Post by LS on Apr 28, 2014 0:54:36 GMT
Thanks for bringing up, "We'll Sing in the Sunshine", Elizabeth, I remember that song fondly as well. And Shiloh, thanks for the heads-up on the lyrics to that song! To say they're bizarre would be an understatement And how about, "Don't Sleep in the Subway" by Pet Clark? Those are some strange lyrics as well. The female subject from "We'll Sing in the Sunshine" deserves the male sung about in "Don't Sleep in the Subway" ... it makes me wonder what kind of experiences those writers had to come up with lyrics like that? Did Gale Garnett's father really tell her, " 'Hey, don't you love you any man' 'Just take what they may give you' 'And give but what you can' " ?
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Post by shiloh on Apr 28, 2014 1:29:34 GMT
Jim, that's is so funny! Yeah, the two can be mixed! Wait....
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Post by LS on Apr 28, 2014 2:04:30 GMT
Or better yet, the woman from "We'll Sing in the Sunshine" could connect with the guy from "Gentle On My Mind" and they could have a contest to see who leaves first (my money's on the guy )
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Post by elizabeth on Apr 28, 2014 2:29:56 GMT
When you point it out Jim, you are right, the lyrics are so ridiculous, but hey, we were children, I doubt we heard anything beyond a catchy tune or phrase. The whole theme of the 60's was that life was easy, take it like it comes, and that nothing is forever, that kind of thing, it was pretty sad. And Shiloh, the Downtown memory, is nothing memorable. I was on my way to school after lunch. I stopped at my friends house and I was inside waiting for her to get ready and the song came on. We listened to it together before we had to leave for school. There were particular reasons why Daphne's house's this day stays in my memory, but for boring reasons. It's not an interesting story, just one that stayed in my mind.
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Post by shiloh on Apr 28, 2014 2:31:56 GMT
Oh, I always liked Glen Campbell. We had all of his albums. I like that song. We went to see him a few years back with my sister and brother-in-law at a concert and were up close. This was before he was diagnosed with Alzheimer's. He sounded just like he used to and he's a heck of a guitar player. Remember Classical Gas? He played that and he had the guitar above his head, practically playing it blind-folded.
I'll tell ya who the guy who would leave would be...How about this dude?...lol....I remember my parents would slow dance to this sometimes and I would think, "If I have to hear this one more time, I'm going to have a stroke!"....which was really something since I didn't even know what a stroke was at 7 years old.
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Post by LS on Apr 28, 2014 3:18:25 GMT
That is hilarious, Shiloh!!! Check out the name of one of the co-writers of "I See The Want To In Your Eyes" : Mischa Scorer (along with Wayne Carson). You can't make this stuff up Btw, I really like Glen Campbell too. It's funny how much I learn when researching a topic. Here's the original version of "Gentle On MY Mind" by the writer, John Hartford.
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Post by shiloh on Apr 28, 2014 3:36:09 GMT
LOL! Who ARE those people and where did they come from? That's hysterical about Scorer. I laughed so hard. Leave it to you to notice that. That is just way too fitting and funny.
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Post by shiloh on Apr 28, 2014 3:48:47 GMT
That was good. I saw one on youtube where him and Glen Cambell sang that as a duet. I can't remember if I posted it on this thread. It's getting harder to navigate on this thread now because of all of our songs. We might have to start a second thread. I remember Benjamin saying that too many videos don't work out well on one thread.
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Post by LS on Apr 28, 2014 4:04:43 GMT
Yes, I noticed that my computer freezes up on the first page of this thread.
So you'd heard of John Hartford? I'd never heard of him before, but I like his style.
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Post by shiloh on Apr 28, 2014 12:57:57 GMT
I only learned of him through youtube while looking for that song. They mentioned about him being the writer of that song..and then, you know how one youtube leads to another....
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