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The Story of Black Betty by Ram Jam
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Posted on 01/15/2022 7:41:57 PM PST by FLNittany

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To: FLNittany

Was originally a Leadbelly song. The things you learn.


41 posted on 01/16/2022 10:13:08 AM PST by SamAdams76 (I am 39 days away from outliving John Hughes)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

Especially since it came out right in the middle of that dark period called “The Disco Era”.


42 posted on 01/16/2022 10:15:16 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: FLNittany
Wish we had more threads on obscure songs from the past. Why can't we have more of them?

I was just listening to to the Carpenters "Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft" and it blew my mind.

Karen was channeling David Bowie in the most peculiar way.

I so wish I was married to her back then, I would have given her more protein pills and kept her with us a bit longer.

Carpenters - Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft

43 posted on 01/16/2022 10:17:56 AM PST by SamAdams76 (I am 39 days away from outliving John Hughes)
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To: SamAdams76

That was a cover of a song by Klaatu, a Canadian band, that at the time some thought was actually The Beatles.


44 posted on 01/16/2022 10:19:29 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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Yes it was and Capitol Records did nothing to dispel those rumors while rocketing their record sales.

Another great Klaatu song was Sub-Rosa Subway.

Very Beatlesque.

45 posted on 01/16/2022 10:26:11 AM PST by SamAdams76 (I am 39 days away from outliving John Hughes)
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46 posted on 01/16/2022 10:39:11 AM PST by SaveFerris (The Lord, The Christ and The Messiah: Jesus Christ of Nazareth - http://www.BiblicalJesusChrist.Com/)
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Yeah, I wish I could have caught him live too. Had all his stuff growing up though. :)


47 posted on 01/16/2022 12:32:30 PM PST by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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