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Wichita Lineman
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Posted on 04/24/2010 10:10:25 PM PDT by FlJoePa

Most underappreciated artist we'll have in our lifetime.

It doesn't get any better


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To: fieldmarshaldj

I’d lay a little bet that most of the hollywood actors look just like that when they get up in the morning...he has bed head hair, needs a shave and is pissed at his X wife...But Glen sure could sing a song...


21 posted on 04/24/2010 10:41:01 PM PDT by goat granny
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To: Judges Gone Wild
I read something somewhere on the back story of the song. Jimmy Webb was driving cross country. They got Glen to do the song and it was a big hit. A lot more to the story.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qoymGCDYzU

One of the most beautiful songs written. Rolling Stone called it the first extentential country song. Glen had paid his dues as a session musician, Beach Boy etc in LA. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqrMd5y7QXQ&feature=related

22 posted on 04/24/2010 10:41:05 PM PDT by Frantzie (McCain=Obama's friend. McCain & Graham = La Raza's favorite Senators)
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To: thecodont

He looks like John Edwards in that vid.


23 posted on 04/24/2010 10:41:57 PM PDT by o-n-money
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To: Frantzie
I liked True Grit but I didn't care the the part he played until he “died”.

At least he did not sing in either movie!

24 posted on 04/24/2010 10:45:56 PM PDT by HuntsvilleTxVeteran ((B.?) Hussein (Obama?Soetoro?Dunham?) Change America Will Die From.)
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To: HuntsvilleTxVeteran

Well, True Grit was hardly a musical. Especially at the end. He obviously sang the opening though.


25 posted on 04/24/2010 10:48:57 PM PDT by FlJoePa
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To: HuntsvilleTxVeteran

I am glad Duke did not sing either. ;-)

It was a decent movie. One of the last John Wayne made. It looked more like Colorado if I remember.


26 posted on 04/24/2010 10:49:11 PM PDT by Frantzie (McCain=Obama's friend. McCain & Graham = La Raza's favorite Senators)
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To: Judges Gone Wild
I think Wichita Lineman was their best. By the Time I Get Phoenix was very good but Wichita Lineman was genius songwriting, very moving and very simple too.
27 posted on 04/24/2010 10:51:22 PM PDT by Frantzie (McCain=Obama's friend. McCain & Graham = La Raza's favorite Senators)
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To: HospiceNurse

Well, you just misspelled his name in your reply.


28 posted on 04/24/2010 10:52:50 PM PDT by FlJoePa
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To: Frantzie
I'm sure all western fans will never forget this song by Lee Marvin.
29 posted on 04/24/2010 10:52:52 PM PDT by Loud Mime (initialpoints.net - - The Constitution as the center of politics -- Download the graph)
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To: FlJoePa
Thanks, FLJoePa. That was very gentle on my mind.
30 posted on 04/24/2010 10:53:02 PM PDT by ARepublicanForAllReasons (President Zero, walking in the footsteps of Hugo Chavez)
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To: FlJoePa
Well, you just misspelled his name in your reply.

God forgive me

31 posted on 04/24/2010 11:00:13 PM PDT by HospiceNurse
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To: FlJoePa
I don't believe THIS ARTIST is underappreciated, but this song is unquestionably one of the best folk songs ever written.
32 posted on 04/24/2010 11:03:45 PM PDT by ARepublicanForAllReasons (President Zero, walking in the footsteps of Hugo Chavez)
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To: Frantzie

I love the lines, “And I need you more than want you;
And I want you for all time.”
Also the morse code guitar bit.

Great song, great production!


33 posted on 04/24/2010 11:06:44 PM PDT by Judges Gone Wild (Who is this uncircumcised, to oppose the armies of The Living God?)
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To: HospiceNurse

I wasn’t picking on you. I was just trying to make a point.


34 posted on 04/24/2010 11:06:54 PM PDT by FlJoePa
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To: FlJoePa

He IS handsome!

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/mugshots/campbellmug1.html


35 posted on 04/24/2010 11:07:09 PM PDT by HospiceNurse
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To: FlJoePa

Excellent! Thanks for posting that. (That’s a Jim Webb song, right?)

Anyway, it’s interesting to see that Glen’s still got it. What was most interesting was his work on the Strat. I had forgotten that he’s also a very good guitar player.

Here’s a link to Glen doing the same song, circa 35 years ago.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HFCuBLAjXo&NR=1

FRegards,
LH


36 posted on 04/24/2010 11:12:38 PM PDT by Lancey Howard
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To: FlJoePa

What he was really unappreciated for was his guitar picking.


37 posted on 04/24/2010 11:12:50 PM PDT by NonZeroSum
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To: Judges Gone Wild

Jimmy was genius. He was so young when he wrote that stuff. Barely into his twenties.
He certainly had a vision, and he definitely found the right guy to deliver it.


38 posted on 04/24/2010 11:12:59 PM PDT by FlJoePa
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To: FlJoePa

I don’t know that Glen Campbell is underappreciated. He was a HUGE star from ‘68 to ‘70 or so, when he was having the hits and had his TV show. The hits stopped after ‘77. He had a good run.


39 posted on 04/24/2010 11:15:38 PM PDT by Judges Gone Wild (Who is this uncircumcised, to oppose the armies of The Living God?)
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To: FlJoePa
I can't believe he recorded this Jimmy Webb song seven years before Waylon, Willie, Kris and Johnny.
40 posted on 04/24/2010 11:23:30 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Dude! Where's my Constitution!)
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