― Walter, Tuesday, 16 May 2006 06:29 (seventeen years ago) link
― mark grout (mark grout), Tuesday, 16 May 2006 07:06 (seventeen years ago) link
― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Tuesday, 16 May 2006 07:55 (seventeen years ago) link
I just heard Scott Walker's 'lights of cincinnati' and it reminded me of this song.
― the pinefox, Wednesday, 23 February 2011 14:27 (thirteen years ago) link
Perhaps you could also connect it to 'streets of Baltimore'.
― the pinefox, Wednesday, 23 February 2011 14:28 (thirteen years ago) link
I worked out that if Gene Pitney was 24 hours from Tulsa, he was most likely in the atlantic ocean.
― Mark G, Wednesday, 23 February 2011 14:31 (thirteen years ago) link
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http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2011/06/glen-campbell-alzheimers-ghost-canvas.html
― buzza, Wednesday, 22 June 2011 23:16 (twelve years ago) link
saw that.
gives me the sads. :(
― Alpaca Lips (Johnny Fever), Wednesday, 22 June 2011 23:19 (twelve years ago) link
yep i wondered why this tour was listed as his farewell one. very sad but super glad i got to see him a year ago, and will get to see him on this tour. also my wife got to work on promoting meet glen campbell so it's been a good glen related few years!
― I'm A Genius, Too! (Jamie_ATP), Wednesday, 22 June 2011 23:27 (twelve years ago) link
I had no idea :'-(
― ...wow! (Le Bateau Ivre), Thursday, 23 June 2011 00:58 (twelve years ago) link
Bummer :(
― BIG TOONCES aka the steendriving cat (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 23 June 2011 01:03 (twelve years ago) link
very, very sad. glen campbell does not get the props from musicophiles that he deserves. he has an extremely musical sense that made a lot of his albums much better than they had any right to be. even some of his odder, more idiosyncratic moves--like having a celtic tune on each of his albums for a while--actually work out pretty well. and he is a beautiful singer--if you need proof beyond the hits, get that reunion album w/ jimmy webb. he navigates some knotty lyrics and soaring melodies very powerfully.
anyone know where i could write this guy? not that it will mean much, but i do hold a ton of respect and admiration for him and would like an opportunity to express that.
― by another name (amateurist), Thursday, 23 June 2011 01:07 (twelve years ago) link
That sucks. As to the O.P.'s question, it seems obvious he's starting in L.A., being a Jimmy Webb song and all.
― Ktulu says, I've come to hate my body (wk), Thursday, 23 June 2011 04:22 (twelve years ago) link
l.a. to phoenix is just a few hours, though.
― by another name (amateurist), Thursday, 23 June 2011 05:35 (twelve years ago) link
6, if you take the interstate. 10 otherwise.
― by another name (amateurist), Thursday, 23 June 2011 05:36 (twelve years ago) link
i suppose that's more than a few.
:( i saw him last year at our local horrendously cheesy casino. i didn't have high expectations but i wanted to see him because <3 and i was very glad i did; his guitar playing was really great and he sang a lot better than i expected, and he had a good band and he talked with fine sensibility about music and he was generous and sincere in his praise of his peers. he was a little confused at times though so this news is not completely surprising. now i'm even gladder i took the opportunity and i hope he's at peace.
― estela, Thursday, 23 June 2011 05:52 (twelve years ago) link
Glen was starting from Hollywood.― gygax! (gygax!), Thursday, September 23, 2004 10:05 AM (6 years ago)
sorry you guys can't read upthread.
― it's a meme i made and i like (Steve Shasta), Thursday, 23 June 2011 05:55 (twelve years ago) link
Want to reiterate that he is indeed still fantastic live - the show i saw was with an orchestra and he came out to Wichita Lineman - almost cried it was so good. And also people should definitely check out that Meet Glen Campbell album. Dude even made me like a U2 song.
Also:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBexPuk-qK8
― I'm A Genius, Too! (Jamie_ATP), Thursday, 23 June 2011 07:25 (twelve years ago) link
this is a great video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtznA8yKyAA
― I'm A Genius, Too! (Jamie_ATP), Thursday, 23 June 2011 07:39 (twelve years ago) link
could just keep posting these all day
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5OXKRIyaxQ
― I'm A Genius, Too! (Jamie_ATP), Thursday, 23 June 2011 07:40 (twelve years ago) link
glen campbell does not get the props from musicophiles that he deserves.
Amen to that. Love him. All the best, Glen.
― R. Stornoway (Tom D.), Thursday, 23 June 2011 09:40 (twelve years ago) link
He gets plenty of props! Musicophiles who don't respect are not worth anyone's time. My only beef is that many young people don't know about Glen Campbell, he's not being sold to them as a canonical artist. But he's a pop country and some people will never respect that.
― There are lots of people named Dennis in this world (u s steel), Thursday, 23 June 2011 10:51 (twelve years ago) link
glen campbell does not get the props from musicophiles that he deserves
Ooh, he does!
(ah you just said that. OK, still posting this)
― Mark G, Thursday, 23 June 2011 11:06 (twelve years ago) link
Would suggest sending him one of our many "Wichita Lineman" threads to show how much we love him but that's probably not appropriate.
― BIG TOONCES aka the steendriving cat (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 23 June 2011 22:20 (twelve years ago) link
My one friend in the "music biz" told me about this a couple years ago, so sadly it's probably progressed pretty far by now.
He's got one of the greatest voices in the history of music. My favorite has always been this:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3sjzvHqtiA
― kornrulez6969, Thursday, 23 June 2011 22:46 (twelve years ago) link
some of his odder, more idiosyncratic moves--like having a celtic tune on each of his albums for a while
Have a dim memory of seeing him, on some chat show or something, whipping out a set of bagpipes and tootling away on them (in celebration of his "Scottish heritage").
― R. Stornoway (Tom D.), Friday, 24 June 2011 11:06 (twelve years ago) link
It's a fairly scottish name, tbf
― Mark G, Friday, 24 June 2011 11:21 (twelve years ago) link
Fo sure, and at least he wasn't claiming to be Irish, like most of them do.
― R. Stornoway (Tom D.), Friday, 24 June 2011 11:22 (twelve years ago) link
Of ocurse, being a supremely talented geezer, he could actually play the pipes!
― R. Stornoway (Tom D.), Friday, 24 June 2011 11:23 (twelve years ago) link
He is really talented. I believe he was one of the only if not the only guys in the Wrecking Crew/Shindig crowd who couldn't really read music, but the stuff he came up with was so good they didn't care.
― BIG TOONCES aka the steendriving cat (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 24 June 2011 11:30 (twelve years ago) link
Sad, yes. I still remember his variety show from the early '70s, when everybody got their own variety show--I think I may have had one myself for a while. From Wikipedia: "With Campbell's session-work connections, he hosted major names in music on his show including: the Beatles (on film), David Gates and Bread, the Monkees, Neil Diamond, Linda Ronstadt, Johnny Cash, Merle Haggard, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Roger Miller and helped launch the careers of Anne Murray, Mel Tillis and Jerry Reed who were regulars on his Goodtime Hour program." Grammar aside, an impressive list.
― clemenza, Friday, 24 June 2011 11:42 (twelve years ago) link
Sad, yes. I still remember his variety show from the early '70s, when everybody got their own variety show--
Indeed, even Scott Walker had one
― R. Stornoway (Tom D.), Friday, 24 June 2011 11:45 (twelve years ago) link
The Scott Walker One-Day-I'm-Going-to-Be-a-Rockist-Cult-Figure Hour? I remember that.
― clemenza, Friday, 24 June 2011 11:52 (twelve years ago) link
"But for now, here's the Young Generation!!"
― Mark G, Friday, 24 June 2011 11:53 (twelve years ago) link
"... and their interpretation of a song from my last album, 'My Death'"
― R. Stornoway (Tom D.), Friday, 24 June 2011 11:56 (twelve years ago) link
Has anyone noticed the similarity between Bennie Hill's "Ernie" and Scott's "Jackie" ?
Still, Glen Campbell, eh?
― Mark G, Friday, 24 June 2011 12:00 (twelve years ago) link
/some of his odder, more idiosyncratic moves--like having a celtic tune on each of his albums for a while/Have a dim memory of seeing him, on some chat show or something, whipping out a set of bagpipes and tootling away on them (in celebration of his "Scottish heritage"). --R. Stornoway (Tom D.)
Have a dim memory of seeing him, on some chat show or something, whipping out a set of bagpipes and tootling away on them (in celebration of his "Scottish heritage"). --R. Stornoway (Tom D.)
― Naive Teen Idol, Friday, 24 June 2011 13:01 (twelve years ago) link
Never though much about Glen Campbell until this last week...
Just finished watching the Wrecking Crew film a few days ago and previously had no idea how many classic records of the 60's he played on.. Then next day the story about his illness hit the news..
Today I bought a copy of Wichita Lineman LP for a euro, and i'm really enjoying it..
His version of These Days posted by Jamie upthread is breathtaking...
― Night Nurse with Wound (Jack Battery-Pack), Friday, 24 June 2011 18:25 (twelve years ago) link
I know everybody does this song, but... damn
― winoa ryder sexes creatures of the night (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 24 June 2011 18:36 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah, pretty great. I think it's one of those indestructible songs, like "Only Love Can Break Your Heart."
― clemenza, Friday, 24 June 2011 18:54 (twelve years ago) link
Was thread about those types of songs once, but can't think of how to find it.
― BIG TOONCES aka the steendriving cat (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 24 June 2011 19:05 (twelve years ago) link
"Bandproof" songs?
― BIG TOONCES aka the steendriving cat (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 24 June 2011 19:10 (twelve years ago) link
/some of his odder, more idiosyncratic moves--like having a celtic tune on each of his albums for a while/Have a dim memory of seeing him, on some chat show or something, whipping out a set of bagpipes and tootling away on them (in celebration of his "Scottish heritage").--R. Stornoway (Tom D.)
Which records were those? I was looking on AMG and couldn't find them.― Naive Teen Idol, Friday, June 24, 2011 8:01 AM (11 hours ago) Bookmark
among others: basic, old home town (both really good albums)
― by another name (amateurist), Saturday, 25 June 2011 01:03 (twelve years ago) link
have to wonder...which Pollard tune is he covering?
― You Post on ILX (Simon H.), Saturday, 25 June 2011 05:42 (twelve years ago) link
nvm, Wikipedia tells us it's "Hold On Hope"
― You Post on ILX (Simon H.), Saturday, 25 June 2011 06:13 (twelve years ago) link
I missed the AD news til today. damn. like clemenza I remeber the variety show from my childhood, as well as the late '60s albums.
― incredibly middlebrow (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 30 August 2011 20:01 (twelve years ago) link
more talk on this other thread also:
Glen Campbell: Outlaw!
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 30 August 2011 20:24 (twelve years ago) link
Sometimes a journey can be a state of mind. What if all his hits only happened in his mind? A possibly inconclusive Then Play Long piece.
― Here he is with the classic "Poème Électronique." Good track (Marcello Carlin), Wednesday, 4 July 2012 12:17 (eleven years ago) link