How many of you can answer this trivia question without peeking: What super-funky jazz drummer was LaLa Brooks once married to?
― Barkis Garvey (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 11 August 2017 05:13 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RUOp6Qjn9U
― Barkis Garvey (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 11 August 2017 05:16 (six years ago) link
I know I can't vote for this so I am putting it here:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KH6e_6O_dE
― Barkis Garvey (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 11 August 2017 05:25 (six years ago) link
That was the TNT show, this is Shindig:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrVbawRPO7I
Would post Ronnie on the Sha Na Na show, except you'd have to sit through Sha Na Na
― Barkis Garvey (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 11 August 2017 05:29 (six years ago) link
Didn't Brian Wilson write "Don't Worry Baby" as an answer song to that?
― Barkis Garvey (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 11 August 2017 05:33 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwABXrExhiE
― Barkis Garvey (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 11 August 2017 05:38 (six years ago) link
Those concert films are a blessing, amazing footage of Ronettes, also those killer Lesley Gore performances from the T.A.M.I show.
― abcfsk, Friday, 11 August 2017 05:54 (six years ago) link
Recommending you all read the book mentioned at this post if you haven't already.
― Barkis Garvey (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 11 August 2017 19:08 (six years ago) link
Only one part of a book, so obviously not nearly so detailed, but I'd also recommend the Carole King section in Sheila Weller's Girls Like Us. There's lots in Greenwich and the Brill Building in there--I think it was the Weller book that got me to buy the Greenwich compilation where I was introduced to the Raindrops' "The Kind of Boy You Can't Forget."
― clemenza, Friday, 11 August 2017 21:15 (six years ago) link
So wondering now if the Charlie Gillett book The Sound of Music got its title from the lyrics of "I Can Hear Music."
― Lucas With The Lydian F (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 13 August 2017 03:42 (six years ago) link
i love the larry lurex version of "i can hear music".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5tr6O1XvjM
― The Saga of Rodney Stooksbury (rushomancy), Sunday, 13 August 2017 03:50 (six years ago) link
this poll needs an "all of them" option. but since there isn't: "train from kansas city." every single thing about this song is perfect, including but not at all limited to the melody of "baby, baby" (i mean, christ, this song has completely destroyed me by the time it gets to the second syllable of the first word); the line "i'll be back in the time it takes to break a heart"; and the reverb on the snare drum in the last verse, which i realize is not technically considered a "penned by" part of this song, but every detail in this song works with every other detail in this song, and all of them are necessary. there are obviously other songs on this list for which this is similarly true.
― fact checking cuz, Sunday, 13 August 2017 04:59 (six years ago) link
also my vote and yeah, the bit when the drums come back in is one of the greatest pop moments ever
honourable mention to
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFrecN_dsPc
― Number None, Sunday, 13 August 2017 09:24 (six years ago) link
Neko Case version of "Train From Kansas City" is good too.
― Lucas With The Lydian F (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 13 August 2017 12:48 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMhp_YqR08w
― Lucas With The Lydian F (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 13 August 2017 12:51 (six years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Thursday, 14 September 2017 00:01 (six years ago) link
I had to go for 'River Deep Mountain High', which is a perfect package of song, production and artist!
― more Allegro-like (Turrican), Thursday, 14 September 2017 05:46 (six years ago) link
Couple of neat songs not on this list:
Too much fun:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SaIOa6A1Row
This minor Shirelles cut is icky sweet one moment and sensual the nexthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNEtp07uT1E
― abcfsk, Thursday, 14 September 2017 06:57 (six years ago) link
Want to rep the Connie Francis song that is on this list and probably won't be anyone's #1 as a great, cool modern piece of pop. Should've been a hit. https://youtu.be/yvq6_GXp1js
― abcfsk, Thursday, 14 September 2017 06:59 (six years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Friday, 15 September 2017 00:01 (six years ago) link
Suitably wide spread!
― abcfsk, Saturday, 16 September 2017 06:46 (six years ago) link
Kinda pleased Leader of the Pack didn't get a vote
― albvivertine, Saturday, 16 September 2017 07:56 (six years ago) link
Should do a "Grand Final" with tv he top five against "Be My Baby"
― Mark G, Sunday, 17 September 2017 08:23 (six years ago) link
Remarkable that "Train from Kansas City" was only a b-side
― Josefa, Sunday, 17 September 2017 14:46 (six years ago) link
yup
― Star Star City Slang (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 17 September 2017 14:52 (six years ago) link
Also, only one vote for the Ronettes!
("I can hear music" is Beach Boys, c'mon)
― Mark G, Sunday, 17 September 2017 15:06 (six years ago) link
Doesn't really seem like there were enough votes to go around.
― Star Star City Slang (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 17 September 2017 15:10 (six years ago) link
I actually questioned whether my impulse not to vote for "Leader of the Pack" was just song fatigue. It's an absolutely amazing song.
― timellison, Sunday, 17 September 2017 16:26 (six years ago) link
Introducing Be My Baby again could be interesting.
All of her work with the Ronettes is amazing, but you'd just listen to their greatest hits and then find other artists standout songs to vote for.
― abcfsk, Sunday, 17 September 2017 17:15 (six years ago) link
It's probably been spoiled for me by a stupid ad from when I was a kid ("That's when I fell for/the Cadbury Pinky Bar")
― albvivertine, Monday, 18 September 2017 01:26 (six years ago) link