RE: OT: CUSA board Music thread (what are you listening to right now?)
...visited the spin board during the 'wake up pee'.....took me to my midwestern roots of crazy.....may surprise how they came with the calm of stormy.....it's easily their best musical piece IMO.....
RE: OT: CUSA board Music thread (what are you listening to right now?)
(03-04-2015 01:42 PM)PirateTreasureNC Wrote: Kenny Rogers actually had hair that wasn't white/gray?
Oh if you think that was shocking, check Kenny out in this video--he was young, slim and psychedelic even!
Artist: Kenny Rogers & The First Edition
Album: The First Edition Track: "Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)"
1967
from wiki:
"Considering the band's then low profile, Kenny Rogers had an uncertain future when he signed a solo deal to United Artists in 1975. Searching for a new image, he soon developed a more middle of the road gravel voiced style. For the rest of the decade and beyond he had hit after hit. "Lucille" was the first of no less than a combined 25 number 1 country and pop singles after he left the group. During his time with UA (later taken over by Liberty) he topped the country and pop album charts for a grand total of 90 weeks and sold more records than anyone in country music. In 1983 his status as one of the world's top stars (of any musical genre) was confirmed when RCA signed him for an advance sum of US$20 million, for six albums. His amiable stage jokes and love of performing continue to this day.
In April 2013 Rogers was inducted into the Country Music Hall Of Fame."
RE: OT: CUSA board Music thread (what are you listening to right now?)
There was a link-out there to the wonderful Mason Williams classic tune from 1968. You might not remember the artist, but you've heard the tune before:
Artist: Mason Williams
Album: The Mason Williams Phonograph Record Cut: "Classical Gas"
1968
Interesting resume from Wiki:
"Mason Williams (born August 24, 1938) is an American guitarist and composer, best known for his instrumental "Classical Gas". He is also a comedy writer, known for his writing on the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour, and Saturday Night Live. He is also an eclectic poet and lyricist who has published several books."
RE: OT: CUSA board Music thread (what are you listening to right now?)
and that song always reminds me of this rock gem from back in the day:
Sister Janet Mead "The Lord's Prayer"
c/w "Brother Sun and Sister Moon"
1973
I think the description from Wiki is pretty cool, especially considering the artist (well, she didn't write the lyric of course!):
"The Lord's Prayer" is a rock setting of the Lord's Prayer with music by Arnold Strals recorded in 1973 by the Australian nun Sister Janet Mead. Mead was known for pioneering the use of contemporary rock music in celebrating the Roman Catholic Mass and for her weekly radio programs. This recording could be considered one of the links in the development of what would become known as contemporary Christian music.
Mead was nominated for a Grammy for Best Inspirational Performance (although she lost to Elvis Presley's How Great Thou Art) and also became the first Australian artist to sell one million U.S. copies of a record produced in Australia. She donated all of her royalties from the recording's massive international sales to charity, and her record label used their share of the proceeds to build a new state-of-the-art recording studio.
In the United States, "The Lord's Prayer", picked up for American distribution by A&M Records (catalog number 1491, b/w "Brother Sun and Sister Moon"). It was certified gold for sales of one million copies. The single entered the Billboard Hot 100 chart on 23 February 1974, charted for thirteen weeks and reached a peak of number four during Holy Week in April. The record also reached number two on the Adult Contemporary singles chart.[1] It made Sister Janet the first Roman Catholic nun to have a hit record in the United States since Jeanine Deckers, the Singing Nun, hit #1 with "Dominique" in late 1963. It also became the only song to hit the Top 10, whose entire lyrical content originated from the words of the Bible. More specifically, it is the only Top 10 hit whose lyrics were attributed to Jesus Christ.
Sister Janet re-recorded "The Lord's Prayer" in 1999 for her comeback album, A Time to Sing.
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OT: CUSA board Music thread (what are you listening to right now?)
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Kenny Rogers actually had hair that wasn't white/gray?