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Unusual Rock Trivia?
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A random meme in my Facebook feed inspired this post.
Australian band The Angels wrote this song called Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face Again? (possibly inspired by Status Quo's Lonely Night) and recorded it three times during the '70s. Somehow the song turned into call and response game between the band and the crowd. The response is a certain phrase that I cannot reproduce there, but it's clearly visible on the lead singer t-shirt in the video. I understand that it's obligatory to any Australian to yell this phrase wneh he or she hears the song chorus.
For more information, check the Wikipedia page: Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face Again - Wikipedia
Australian band The Angels wrote this song called Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face Again? (possibly inspired by Status Quo's Lonely Night) and recorded it three times during the '70s. Somehow the song turned into call and response game between the band and the crowd. The response is a certain phrase that I cannot reproduce there, but it's clearly visible on the lead singer t-shirt in the video. I understand that it's obligatory to any Australian to yell this phrase wneh he or she hears the song chorus.
For more information, check the Wikipedia page: Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face Again - Wikipedia
One more thing that's makes the original so much better aside from that classic guitar tone...
It's the way the guitar riff is played. In the original, the last note of the riff is allowed to drag, and in combination with that sleazy (and I mean that in the best way!) tone, it really hits. Other versions tend to cut off that last note, so that neither the tone nor the way it's played have the same impact.
A lot of people think of Disco when they hear Bee Gee’s (me included) but like the Everly's they can really harmonize! Midnight Special live only acoustic guitars and vocals.
If Michael McDonald became the lead singer of Steely Dan it would have ruined their sound the same way he ruined the Doobie Brothers.
I’d have to disagree, it worked out the way it should have. Aside from the fact that I find McDonald’s vocal style annoying, in the beginning they had an excess baggage vocalist, David Palmer, who had a generic voice, and wasn’t even featured on the first two hits. Considering the twisted nature of the lyrics of so many Dan songs, where the protagonists are a collection of freaks, misfits, weirdos, losers, criminals (including a guy on a killing spree), and so on, Fagan’s idiosyncratic vocals fit the material much better.
How come I didn’t put it together that Thundercat was in Suicidal Tendencies? I grew up with ST back in high school and I love Thundercat but somehow I didn’t make that connection.
Eddie Chacon, half of Charles & Eddie (of "Would I lie to you baby?" fame), was in a band with Cliff Burton and Mike Bordin (Faith No More drummer) back in the day.
Eddie is doing awesome music today by the way:
Eddie is doing awesome music today by the way:
Charles Pettigrew, the other half of that duo, used to sing in a band called Down Avenue that a couple of my friends were in circa 1985.
The Flame is a 1970 album released by South African band The Flames produced by Beach Boys member Carl Wilson. It's the only non-Beach Boys album to be released on their Brother Records label. The Flames were a South African musical group formed in 1962, with their best-known lineup consisting of guitarists and vocalists Steve Fataar and Blondie Chaplin, bassist Edries "Brother" Fataar, and drummer Ricky Fataar. Considered one of the most important and unique bands of 1960s South Africa, they stood out with their blend of soul and rock music, Indian background, and material centered around albums and covers rather than singles and original songs.
They performed across London in the late 1960s, where they met Brian Jones, Keith Moon, Keith Richards, Jerry Garcia, Miles Davis and Carl Wilson. They later traveled to Los Angeles to record an album for The Beach Boys' record label Brother Records in 1970, for which they changed their name to The Flame. The group disbanded shortly afterward, with Blondie Chaplin and Ricky Fataar subsequently joining the Beach Boys, but reunited for some performances in 2000 and 2011.
A self-titled album was released in 1970. It was the first ever rock album recorded in quadraphonic sound and the only non-Beach Boys album on the Brother records label. It was produced by Carl Wilson. One track, "See The Light" reached the Billboard Hot 100. They sound more Beatlesque then Beach Boys to me.
They performed across London in the late 1960s, where they met Brian Jones, Keith Moon, Keith Richards, Jerry Garcia, Miles Davis and Carl Wilson. They later traveled to Los Angeles to record an album for The Beach Boys' record label Brother Records in 1970, for which they changed their name to The Flame. The group disbanded shortly afterward, with Blondie Chaplin and Ricky Fataar subsequently joining the Beach Boys, but reunited for some performances in 2000 and 2011.
A self-titled album was released in 1970. It was the first ever rock album recorded in quadraphonic sound and the only non-Beach Boys album on the Brother records label. It was produced by Carl Wilson. One track, "See The Light" reached the Billboard Hot 100. They sound more Beatlesque then Beach Boys to me.
If Carl Wilson was impressed enough to produce them, that's good enough for me! Carl's lead vocals always blew me away. (Darlin'; I Can Hear Music; Kokomo; Don't Worry, Baby' etc...)
And Ricky also played Stig O'Hara, the George character in the Rutles.
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Clare Fischer: noted American keyboardist, composer, arranger, and bandleader on his long term relationship with Prince who never met. He wrote many string arrangements for Prince.
According to Fischer, his collaboration with Prince was pleasant and fruitful. The somewhat odd couple joined forces on more than forty pieces. “Prince is intelligent. He never visits the studio when I am working for him; and I have never met him in person. He sends me memos and we talk over the phone. Once I sent him my “2+2″ Grammy winning CD. I heard from people that were present at the time that while he took out the disc he looked away from the cover, saying, ‘I don’t want to know what he looks like. It is working just fine as it is.’ Prince does not want to meet me because he knows that the minute he walks into a studio he will start interfering. It is uncommon that a person with such a strong ego realizes that I have an ego too,” said Fischer.
Clare & Brent Fischer
Indeed, Prince even acknowledged Clare Fischer in the album liner notes of the Parade album: “With special thanks 2 Clare Fischer 4 Making Brighter the Colors Black and White.”
According to Fischer, his collaboration with Prince was pleasant and fruitful. The somewhat odd couple joined forces on more than forty pieces. “Prince is intelligent. He never visits the studio when I am working for him; and I have never met him in person. He sends me memos and we talk over the phone. Once I sent him my “2+2″ Grammy winning CD. I heard from people that were present at the time that while he took out the disc he looked away from the cover, saying, ‘I don’t want to know what he looks like. It is working just fine as it is.’ Prince does not want to meet me because he knows that the minute he walks into a studio he will start interfering. It is uncommon that a person with such a strong ego realizes that I have an ego too,” said Fischer.
Indeed, Prince even acknowledged Clare Fischer in the album liner notes of the Parade album: “With special thanks 2 Clare Fischer 4 Making Brighter the Colors Black and White.”
