Derailing my own thread, when I read that line about where Paul McCartney was located, I flashed back to Gary Hart's infamous yacht, Monkey Business. I'm glad you happened by this thread and that you enjoyed recalling "Things We Said Today". Realizing the song was from 1964, but totally new to me, it's taken 50 years off my age and I feel like I'm a spry 23 again! :)
Ain't Free Republic a great place.
FR indeed is a grand place. OT, but here are some interesting trailways that occurred over the last 45 minutes starting with your thread here.
1. In #21, Yardstick wrote “The minor feel and thrummy spaghetti western guitar are reminding me of Yardbirds’ Heart Full of Soul (1965).” Haven’t heard that in years, either, so listened to that on YouTube.
2. While listening up to Heart Full of Soul, I began reading up on the Yardbirds (one of my favorite bands as I was starting high school) and suddenly remembered the band had Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page, and Eric Clapton in it during my high school years.
3. Then listened to Yardbirds cover of “I’m a Man,” a song written and recorded by Bo Diddley in 1955. That got me to wondering why the lyrics and sound by the Yardbirds were so different from what was recorded by The Spencer Davis Group in 1967.
4. So I listened to “I’m a Man” by The Spencer Davis Group (what a great opening to the song!) and Wikipedia then reminded me that Chicago Transit Authority did a cover of it on their debut album in 1969 (I’m a high school senior now) which I really enjoyed, so I listened to that. Reading up on CTA, I had forgotten that the bluesy guitar playing of Terry Kath is what infused the group with such a signature jazz/blues sound that I loved.
5. Chicago’s Kath accidentally killed himself in 1978, one week short of his 32nd birthday.
6. Kath’s widow, Camelia Emily Ortiz, was married to actor Kiefer Sutherland from 1987 to 1990.
7. Finally, last week I started watching the new “24” series “Live Another Day” starring none other than Kiefer Sutherland.
So my musical journey tonight started with your post and brings me directly to 24 on my Tivo tonight!