Unusual Rock Trivia?

[58kites]

Was moseying through YouTube and found this one for Linda Ronstadt in 1973.
Lo and behold! You only get a 3 second head shot of him, but he's just it nailing on congas the entire tune.

It's Jeff Skunk Baxter. The man who can just about do it all when he's not missile consulting.

Below Linda, is him playing them with the Doobies.



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What would happen if a band today had to go on live television and perform with as little "help" in production as bands had in those days?
No autotune, backing tracks, people playing behind the curtain and tons of other things.
I think that often the vocals were close to dry.

 

[Richland123]

How to write a hit song in five minutes.

"Suspicions" by Eddie Rabbitt reached #1 on the Billboard Country Singles Chart August 1979. The song was also a crossover hit at #13 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. It was also a Top 10 Adult Contemporary hit on the charts of both the U.S. and Canada.

Rabbitt said that he wrote the song "in five minutes in the studio during a lunch break.

"Suspicions" was named Broadcast Music Incorporated (BMI) Song of the Year a year later.

 

[Michedelic]

What would happen if a band today had to go on live television and perform with as little "help" in production as bands had in those days?
No autotune, backing tracks, people playing behind the curtain and tons of other things.
I think that often the vocals were close to dry.

Just check out KEXP or Tiny Desk concert videos on Youtube, and you’ll get your answer.

While that was some sort of a Dick Clark show, and he did the intro, it was then cutaway to a previously recorded performance. There was a long shot at the end that suggested that it was a regular theater concert gig, one that just happened to have a camera crew in the pit filming it. They had all night to warm up, as opposed to being on a variety show, and suddenly having to ‘turn on’ and perform one or two songs.

I’ve met people who had been in the audience for Midnight Special, and was told that, aside from those shows being taped on
a sound stage and controlled environment, several takes of a particular song were done for the best results, and while there kids on the floor appearing as an audience, what you saw on air was quite edited, so there’s never been any purity in TV appearences, even back then.

 

[IMMusicRulz]

The song Mrs. Robinson by Simon and Garfunkel famously features the lyric, "Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio?
Our nation turns its lonely eyes to you
Woo, woo, woo."

Paul Simon obviously wrote this lyric about his love and respect for New York Yankee Joe DiMaggio. Years later, when Simon appeared on The Dick Cavett Show alongside Mickey Mantle, the Mick asked why he wasn't mentioned in the song, to which Simon responded tongue in cheek, he needed extra syllables.

 

[TyBo]

The song Mrs. Robinson by Simon and Garfunkel famously features the lyric, "Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio?
Our nation turns its lonely eyes to you
Woo, woo, woo."

Paul Simon obviously wrote this lyric about his love and respect for New York Yankee Joe DiMaggio. Years later, when Simon appeared on The Dick Cavett Show alongside Mickey Mantle, the Mick asked why he wasn't mentioned in the song, to which Simon responded tongue in cheek, he needed extra syllables.

Simon may have been speaking tongue in cheek to answer a slightly awkward question, or he may have simply been speaking truthfully. "Joe Dimaggio" scans better in that spot than does"Mickey Mantle"

 

[nickpc]

Simon may have been speaking tongue in cheek to answer a slightly awkward question, or he may have simply been speaking truthfully. "Joe Dimaggio" scans better in that spot than does"Mickey Mantle"

And there's always the point that Paul Simon would have no reason to ask "Where have you gone, Mickey Mantle?" since Mickey was right there!

 

[Michedelic]

Simon may have been speaking tongue in cheek to answer a slightly awkward question, or he may have simply been speaking truthfully. "Joe Dimaggio" scans better in that spot than does"Mickey Mantle"

Mrs. Robinson, being a MILF of the 60’s, would find Joe Dimaggio a bit more relatable or relevant to her life experiences/time frame.

 

[Jeff K]

I seem to remember seeing DiMaggio commenting on that song. I'm paraphrasing because I don't remember the exact quote, but he said something, "I don't understand what he's talking about. I haven't gone anywhere..." He appeared to have missed Simon's complimenary intent completely and seemed to be a little offended.

 

[TyBo]

I seem to remember seeing DiMaggio commenting on that song. I'm paraphrasing because I don't remember the exact quote, but he said something, "I don't understand what he's talking about. I haven't gone anywhere..." He appeared to have missed Simon's complimenary intent completely and seemed to be a little offended.

Joe was busy hawking his Mr. Coffee machine, he was somewhat visible

 

[tubedude]

Mrs. Robinson, being a MILF of the 60’s, would find Joe Dimaggio a bit more relatable or relevant to her life experiences/time frame.

More a cougar than a MILF...or technically a MILILF I guess.

 

[Michedelic]

More a cougar than a MILF...or technically a MILILF I guess.

True dat…Ben was reluctant. To a certain extent.

 

[Michael Stanley 2112]

True dat…Ben was reluctant.

Ben was a fool (in my estimation).

 

[roccobass]

The song Mrs. Robinson by Simon and Garfunkel famously features the lyric, "Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio?
Our nation turns its lonely eyes to you
Woo, woo, woo."

Paul Simon obviously wrote this lyric about his love and respect for New York Yankee Joe DiMaggio. Years later, when Simon appeared on The Dick Cavett Show alongside Mickey Mantle, the Mick asked why he wasn't mentioned in the song, to which Simon responded tongue in cheek, he needed extra syllables.

Yeah, I agree with Paul. It’s also DiMaggio just sounds more musical too! Maybe it’s the vowel at end of his name that does it.

 

[Michedelic]

Joe was busy hawking his Mr. Coffee machine, he was somewhat visible

The Mr. Coffee gig came along well after the movie/song.
I always thought that Simon, in creating the worldview of someone theoretically Mrs. Robinson’s age(at that time), was poking a little fun at her or them in general. The phenomenon of thinking that a public figure with a certain talent of one era was still relevant, or bemoaning that a new generation of such people didn’t measure up to the previous. It happens here all the time.

 

[Polish Thunder]

This discussion reminds me of this...

 

[HP Hovercraft]

What would happen if a band today had to go on live television and perform with as little "help" in production as bands had in those days?
No autotune, backing tracks, people playing behind the curtain and tons of other things.
I think that often the vocals were close to dry.

Bands who have used studio trickery, vocal effects, overdubs, and backing tracks in the studio have been successfully performing live since the '50s.

 

[IMMusicRulz]

In addition to her work as a member of The Go-Go's, Charlotte Caffey has indluged in a few other musical projects. She famously was the guitarist and keyboardist for another all female rock band called The Graces, and also played the piano on and arranged the original version of Foolish Games by Jewel.

 

[Richland123]

According to Tommy James, The Shondells hit song "Mirage" came about at a songwriting session when producer Bo Gentry accidentally inserted a master copy of "I Think We're Alone Now" and it played backwards in his reel-to-reel tape player. The group instantly liked the reverse chord progression and recorded it as "Mirage" with new lyrics by Ritchie Cordell, who had also written "I Think We're Alone Now".

"Mirage" was the follow up single to "I Think We're Alone Now" and both songs were on the same album titled "I Think We're Alone Now".

 

[IMMusicRulz]

In 2002, Family Feud host Richard Karn made an appearance in The Strokes' music video for "Someday", which featured segments of the band on a fictional showing of Family Feud against the band Guided by Voices.

 

[SubHuman]

Although his face probably wouldn’t be recognized by even a hardcore rock and roll scholar the name Larry Williams is still familiar to millions of rock fans worldwide. That’s because, if you checked the writing credits on some of The Beatles’ earliest albums, there’s a decent chance you’ll find Williams’ name. Lennon was a fan, so much that he wound up singing three of Williams songs which eventually made it onto singles and Beatle records: ‘Slow Down’ was the B-side to the ‘Matchbox’ single, ‘Bad Boy appeared on the American album Beatles VI, and ‘Dizzy Miss Lizzy’ was the closing track to Help! All of these were Larry Williams recordings. He was recorded by many British Bands in the early years also.