Posted on 03/02/2017 5:48:50 PM PST by fatima
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Sugar Kane Kowalczyk
I worked at a large Summer retreat in 1966. I had a great job along with 3 other guys. We picked up and delivered laundry to all the dorms and hotels on campus.
We had our own truck and would drive into town to deliver and pick up from the laundry. We pretty much were our own boss. We would sometimes stop at a drug store and read the sports magazines especially Street & Smith. Other times we would go and watch the Atlanta Falcons practice at Blue Ridge Assembly.
One day we were in a hall delivering clean laundry when we heard someone rocking out on a piano. I mean he was playing it like a hurricane. It was “Double Shot.”
Three of us ran into the building to see who was playing it and it was the fourth of our group, Duncan Bridewell. I can still hear that piano.
Mick looks demented. But fun.
I often tire of all the Top 40 studio versions that got so much airplay, and The Rolling Stones are no exception. But, I still love them, such a catalog, and occasionally you come across gems such as:
The Rolling Stones - “Wild Horses” (Stripped version)
Nashville and country music sure done right by the Stones.
“The Cure: singer Roger Smith in pieces like : A. The Disintegration Album. The Wish Album.
B. Just Like Heaven
C. In Between Days
D. Close to Me
E. Why Cant I Be You?”
??? ROBERT Smith .
Two from It’s a Beautiful Day
White Bird. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XUNgQ03D2qA
Hot Summer Day. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wD14t_rlk4A
Sweet Melissa Alberta’s Child Hugs.
Allman Brothers,
“Melissa” featuring Jackson Browne and Gregg Allman
Hi harry Hugs.
Linda LaFlamme, oh yeah!
Saw them live back in the day. Both of those songs are great but I’ve always liked Hot Summer Day the most.
XTC - The Mayor of Simpleton
A band I am seriously sad I have never seen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rOHeVdp1MI
Author Brown “Mad world of Author Brown” Is weak on vocals here but Richard Chadwick (Drums), and Alan Davey (Bass) are like a machine
Huw Loydd Langton and Dave Brock at tearing up guitar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLihAANqPic
Oops! Yes, his real name is Robert Smith.
I just recall pondering the contrast between his basic, generic western name, and his creative, elaborately innovative music. That group is not a topic that would ever come up in a discussion with my coworkers.
That being now settled, which Cure songs worth hearing did I miss from your perspective?
Robert Smith
My favorite: Blue Bayou
Such a beautiful voice ...
I love “Bye Bye Love.” Maybe it’s because I once knew a wonderful girl with “eyes of porcelain and of blue” that shocked me into sense. Unfortunately, always there’s some other guy. Oh well, that was 1981, and I couldn’t be happier to have wound up with Mrs. Henkster.
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