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Jefferson Airplane Drummer Dies (Spencer Dryden, 1938-2005)
AP/Yahoo ^ | 1/13/05 | AP/Yahoo

Posted on 01/13/2005 4:21:14 PM PST by TFFKAMM

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To: djf

Actually, the first Starship album was the source of my screen name here.

"It's a fresh wind that blows against the empire".

In my heart I have a feeling, and I don't know what I'm gonna do;
Oh, what a beautiful world, the world, what should I do? What should I do?
Don't you know what I have found? Maybe you've found it too;
Today is made up of yesterday and tomorrow,
Young girl Sunday blues and all her sorrow.

One side of me is filled with brightness, no matter what I might say;
The days are made with waterfall colors, couldn't I make you stay?
If rain slides the sides of my face must be a rainy day;
But I get lost in yesterday and tomorrow, tomorrow,
Young girl Sunday blues and all her sorrow.

I walk beside you laughing and I'm high, don't try to touch me with words;
When I tell you I dream it might seem like silence, but so much can be heard;
I think of things, what loving you brings, maybe my thing is her;
Today is made of yesterday and tomorrow
Young girl Sunday blues, and all her sorrow;

Ah! come into my mind, let yourself wander free and easy;
Ah! come into my life, Sunday blues girl, young and new girl,
You're the only true girl here can please me
I said, "Please me, yeah! Please me! Please me! Please me!"


41 posted on 01/13/2005 5:36:04 PM PST by Fresh Wind (Where does bandwidth go when it is wasted?)
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To: GodBlessRonaldReagan

Yeah, I have the Crabby Appleton album that has "Go Back." One of my all time favorites too!! Once again proof we will always meet kindred spirits on FR. Don't suppose you remember The Illusion ("Have You Seen Her Eyes") or Last Word ("Can't Stop Loving You")?


42 posted on 01/13/2005 5:37:43 PM PST by speedy
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To: 537cant be wrong

My Joel Whitburn book simply calls them "A West Coast band led by Michael Fennelly." I am pretty sure they are Bay Area. At least, the album cover has them there. And talk about bad hair!!


43 posted on 01/13/2005 5:40:36 PM PST by speedy
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To: TFFKAMM

RIP bump


44 posted on 01/13/2005 5:42:30 PM PST by Semaphore Heathcliffe
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To: nothingnew
Re:Jefferson Starship...diff tastes for diff folks.
I have all the same albums you do and also like the Starship. Get in a quiet place and listen to "Have You Seen The stars Tonight?"
A beautiful song about the journey.

p.s. I am a looonnnggg time Quicksilver fan...;-)

45 posted on 01/13/2005 5:43:06 PM PST by Khurkris (That sound you hear coming from over the horizon...thats me laughing.)
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To: Paladin2
and don't forget...HOT TUNA
46 posted on 01/13/2005 5:44:35 PM PST by Khurkris (That sound you hear coming from over the horizon...thats me laughing.)
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To: Rebelbase

Another one from that time and place was Pacific Gas and Electric ("Are You Ready").


47 posted on 01/13/2005 5:46:12 PM PST by speedy
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To: muir_redwoods

Drummer for one of America's best 60's bands died in a "shack". Shame & sad. RIP


48 posted on 01/13/2005 5:47:43 PM PST by MrLee
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To: GodBlessRonaldReagan

Actually, I've heard of Crabby Appleton, also...but from my mom. :)


49 posted on 01/13/2005 5:52:05 PM PST by exnavychick (There's too much youth; how about a fountain of smart?)
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To: fuzzycat

That was my favorite too, and I thought the 1st album was easily the best....gonna go dust off a pillow now.


50 posted on 01/13/2005 5:52:21 PM PST by 1john2 3and4
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To: annyokie
The story at your link missed part of the Tricia Nixon/Grace Slick episode. Slick was invited to the White House because she was one Tricia's sorority sisters.
51 posted on 01/13/2005 5:54:54 PM PST by Hillarys Gate Cult ("Don't get eliminated!" - MXC)
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To: TFFKAMM

One thing they sang about is now coming to pass-Counterrevolution, Counterrevolution!


52 posted on 01/13/2005 5:57:02 PM PST by SnuffaBolshevik
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To: djf

Actually "Bless its Pointed Little Head" w/ headphones is best.


53 posted on 01/13/2005 5:57:04 PM PST by Paladin2 (SeeBS News - We Decide, We Create, We Report - In that order! - ABC - Already Been Caught)
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To: js1138

SP was the first CD I bought (the record and tapes thereof were wrecked by then).


54 posted on 01/13/2005 5:59:29 PM PST by Paladin2 (SeeBS News - We Decide, We Create, We Report - In that order! - ABC - Already Been Caught)
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To: djf

Speaking of Balin, one of my favorites, short, obscure piece, "Today", quite possibly responsible for my second, and happy, marriage. Going back to rebelbase, as my kids would say, "What's an album?" If nothing else, the passing of vinyl killed a lot of great artwork on the covers. Transition to postcards just doesn't seem to inspire the same talent.


55 posted on 01/13/2005 6:04:13 PM PST by barkeep
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To: Paladin2
Headphones? Headphones?

Here is a pic of one of the channels of an SDS-SRS:


5'3" tall, 185 lbs each.

When Stereo Review test them in '85 they put 1,750 watts through them before the amp blew up...
;-> I only have a paltry 180 wpc.
56 posted on 01/13/2005 6:07:09 PM PST by djf
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To: barkeep

There was a time when I had a large collection of YES albums. Topographic Oceans, etc. All on vinyl, all with the artwork. Someday, that stuff is gonna be worth some real bux.


57 posted on 01/13/2005 6:10:17 PM PST by djf
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To: TFFKAMM

"...was in the middle of two hip replacement surgeries and was facing heart surgery at the time. His Petaluma home and all his possessions had been destroyed in a fire in September 2003. He also had been diagnosed with stomach cancer."

He answered to the nickname "Lucky."


58 posted on 01/13/2005 6:16:57 PM PST by Kerfuffle
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To: djf
It only takes so much sound pressure to mess with ones ears.

We used to "make" louder headphones by taking two speakers, and using the floor as a third side, make a triangle to stick ones head inside and "crank it up".

I inadvertantly tested my hearing at home using a home written basic program to test my PC speaker. I wasn't using microphones to check the frequency rolloff of a PC speaker and thought that it cutoff a little early. As I was demonstrating this "fact" to one of my kids, he pointed out that he could easily hear the speaker at much higher frequencies than I could.

Well, it was good while it lasted. ;-)

59 posted on 01/13/2005 6:19:49 PM PST by Paladin2 (SeeBS News - We Decide, We Create, We Report - In that order! - ABC - Already Been Caught)
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To: TFFKAMM

Maybe you have to be a woman to appreciate it, but IMO, "Miracles" is one of the best love songs ever written. The emotion in Marty Balin's voice and Grace Slick's backup are incredible.


60 posted on 01/13/2005 7:23:31 PM PST by SilentServiceCPOWife
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