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12-31-2009, 05:14 PM
|  | Running With Scissors since 1964 | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Michigan's U.P. | | | Focus
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Found this, holy moly! Are they trying to see how fast they can get through the song?
And no the singer aint tweaked at all....  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpV5InLw52U
And at 1:10 he sounds like this guy - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOjeQ...eature=related 
Seriously though,Focus is one of my favorite bands and Hocus Pocus is a great tune!
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12-31-2009, 06:39 PM
|  | C'mon man! | | Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Hawaii | | | I remember when they first came out, they kicked serious butt!
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12-31-2009, 07:06 PM
| | | | Focus blast through the cheese barrier to a different level. They are awesome. I love Thijs van Leer - he's one of the most heartful musicians I think.
Have you ever seen that video where thijs is like 'our music is evolution'. It's brilliant. Then jan akkerman makes some sarcy comment to thijs. But I was like 'thijs is so much cooler than you'. Plus jan akkerman has nasty teeth.
Thijs is the man. |
12-31-2009, 07:08 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Ohio | | Quote:
Originally Posted by ProfGumby  Found this, holy moly! Are they trying to see how fast they can get through the song?
And no the singer aint tweaked at all....
And at 1:10 he sounds like this guy - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOjeQ...eature=related
Seriously though,Focus is one of my favorite bands and Hocus Pocus is a great tune! | I think you're missing a link???
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12-31-2009, 09:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Papazita I think you're missing a link??? | By Crikey, you're right! I'll got er fixed up in a tick!
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12-31-2009, 10:15 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Fredericksburg | | | I think they might all be on CCCCCooooocaine
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01-01-2010, 11:43 PM
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She said It's a bit pornographic. Then again, I don't suppose you would crash your ship for a nice girl in sensible shoes.
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01-02-2010, 08:26 PM
|  | Basement Clef | | Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Below Ground, Detroit area | | | I saw those guys on Don Kirshner's Rock Concert. They rocked then, the tune rocks now. The band is good.
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01-02-2010, 08:35 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Steele City, NE | | | I bought the album when it came out, still have it. The studio version had a somewhat different feel to it, a little less bonkers. Great tune......great band.
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01-02-2010, 09:00 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Charlotte NC | | | Incredible musicianship Thijs is wonderful, listening to the new Eruption now. As cool as Return to Forever.
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01-02-2010, 09:23 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Lone Star State | | | who is that girl that introduces them? rawr.... |
01-04-2010, 05:07 PM
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Originally Posted by factorplayer who is that girl that introduces them? rawr.... | I'm pretty sure that's Oprah. You still keeping the rawr? |
01-04-2010, 05:59 PM
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Originally Posted by MakiSupaStar I'm pretty sure that's Oprah. You still keeping the rawr? | Are you sure? That was my first thought, too; but in '73, Oprah would have been 19 and working in Nashville (yes, I googled...for Oprah.  ).
I found one comment about this vid on another site that says it's Gladys Knight.
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Yeah... Gladys Knight, not Oprah.
Here's another of the same video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_BWSGTrzUo
The video's poster says it's Gladys. I know that doesn't prove anything, but check out pics/videos of GK from 1973. That's her.
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01-04-2010, 06:05 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Round Lake Heights, IL USA | | | I feel like I just did some blow after watching that! |
01-04-2010, 06:14 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Ohio | | Ah ha...
The clip is from an episode of The Midnight Special. Season 2, episode 4. Host was Gladys Knight.
Mystery solved. No one has to feel dirty about being attracted to a young Oprah. It ain't her. 
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She said It's a bit pornographic. Then again, I don't suppose you would crash your ship for a nice girl in sensible shoes.
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01-05-2010, 06:42 AM
| | Banned | | Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: New York City | | | Way back in 1978 my college roommate turned me on to a Focus live album that was just stunning. Jan Akkerman is a fascinatingly good guitarist, he's like the bastard offspring of Terje Rypdal and Bill Connors. |
01-05-2010, 12:46 PM
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Originally Posted by Hoover ...he's like the bastard offspring of Terje Rypdal and Bill Connors. | Very astute analysis, Hoov.
I recall Focus, too, from one of those late night Music Shows...I was thinking In Concert (aired a bit earlier than Rock Concert & The Midnight Special).
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01-05-2010, 05:03 PM
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At this tempo, and with these expressions (and some of the clams in the intro) I can only speculate as to what combination of substances was involved.
Never knew that was Jan Akkerman on guitar.
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01-09-2010, 01:27 PM
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Originally Posted by JimK | Ah, before music was so polarized and rock bands were able to stretch a little.
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