Bob Dorough made it to 94 and saw generations of kids love and learn from his music. That's about as good as it gets.
I don't know about you lot but his songs still rattle round my brain at times.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Thursday, 3 May 2018 23:20 (five years ago) link
Nice tribute coming up in a few days
― Abbatari Teenage Riot (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 3 May 2018 23:48 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aU4pyiB-kq0
― Spirit of the Voice of the Beehive (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 19 January 2019 02:38 (five years ago) link
RIP Jack Sheldon https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/03/arts/music/jack-sheldon-dead.html
― TS: Kirk/Spock vs. Marat/Sade (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 2 February 2020 15:30 (four years ago) link
I hope his voice will be echoing round school rooms for centuries...
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Sunday, 2 February 2020 18:01 (four years ago) link
Man, I love each and every one of the cats associated with this music.
― He’s the Listener DJ, I’m the Listener Rapper (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 13 February 2020 16:35 (four years ago) link
Maybe already known to folks here, but news to me, via a friend's Facebook: in the early 70s, Bob Dorough cut gentle, folky vocal tracks for three Scholastic Records 7"s comprising kid-friendly covers of pretty hip contemporary hits. The bubblegummy headline name was The 44th Street Portable Flower Factory (sometimes just printed as The Portable Flower Factory) and there seem to have been twelve tracks in all, of which I can find five on YouTube. A sampling:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LoRwZUi_KHc
Runaway Child, Running Wild
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tbz7SpyCc8k
Across the Universe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qG9csC51qsI
Get Together
Would love to hear "Atlantis," "Country Road," "Who'll Stop the Rain"...
― Doctor Casino, Thursday, 16 July 2020 14:40 (three years ago) link
No, had never heard of that, and would like to hear those too. Also found these:
― Isolde mein Herz zum Junker (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 16 July 2020 14:45 (three years ago) link
youtube.com/watch?v=ge0zP--KPowThe Letter
― Isolde mein Herz zum Junker (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 16 July 2020 14:46 (three years ago) link
youtube.com/watch?v=ge0zP--KPow
― Isolde mein Herz zum Junker (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 16 July 2020 14:47 (three years ago) link
Ah, forget it, it's out there, along with Blackbird.
Thanks for posting those, Bob's voice will always be a direct route to my inner child. It's a shame there's no compilation covering Bob's career.
Incidentally: In 2019, the Schoolhouse Rock! soundtrack was selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the National Recording Registry for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
Hell yeah!
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Thursday, 16 July 2020 15:46 (three years ago) link
these are great.
― budo jeru, Thursday, 16 July 2020 16:46 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibPPqlfZocI
― Robert Gotopieces (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 4 December 2020 03:09 (three years ago) link
RIP, Dave Frishberg.
― Sterl of the Quarter (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 19 November 2021 20:10 (two years ago) link
So what Bob Dorough albums are worth hearing?
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Friday, 22 December 2023 21:59 (three months ago) link
Devil May Care!
― The Glittering Worldbuilders (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 23 December 2023 00:48 (three months ago) link
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/22/arts/music/essra-mohawk-dead.html
"In the 1970s, Ms. Mohawk sang memorable songs like “Sufferin’ Till Suffrage” and “Interjections!,” for “Schoolhouse Rock!,” the series of animated educational shorts that was a Saturday morning television staple for the children of Generation X."
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Saturday, 23 December 2023 16:10 (three months ago) link
I doubt the current Congress would even consider that bill.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Saturday, 23 December 2023 16:14 (three months ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IC3W1BiUjp0
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Saturday, 23 December 2023 18:22 (three months ago) link