I Just Love Three Dog Night's Greatest Hits

SOOOOOO hard
FAM'ly of MAN
SOOOOO hard
DOO DOO DOOOOO

I knew that would be you.

Last year I was *this* close to buying a used copy of Chuck Negron’s autobio. Guy knew how to party I guess.

Ooh, that concert looks great, bookmarking to watch later. TDN were my first arena rock concert, right about this time.

haha i'm a simple man

I probably mentioned it on the Fargo thread, but "Shambala" was used really well in S2, just the daughter driving and singing along with it over the radio.

Picking up right where I left off...I was comparing notes with a friend today on how well they've been used in films and on TV.

"Mama Told Me Not to Come," Boogie Nights - Jack Horner's pool party. A+
"Shambala," Fargo - As described above. A
"Easy to Be Hard," Zodiac - A song I never liked growing up, but in Zodiac--opening scene, 4th of July fireworks--it's perfect. A
"One," Magnolia - I don't remember particulars (a montage of different characters?), but I recall it being used effectively. A-
"Joy to the World," The Big Chill - So-so on the film, but I liked this at the end. A-

Anything else?

I think this clip may have been put together for a PTA series that played in Toronto a couple of years ago.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwpzwqmJPe0

I thought I'd seen every PTA film, but I'm drawing a blank on the black-and-white stuff there...is that one of Magnolia's "this happened" flashbacks?

out in the country is the one i'm loving these days

Beat Club Jam...Chuck Negron offstage somewhere doing drugs and/or breaking his penis

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4l6FU74pUY

Floyd Sneed's got one of oh-so-'70s clear drum kits. Would be kinda cool to have a power trio with one of those and two Ampeg Dan Armstrongs.

oops

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aAlOysB8z4

u gotta admit that yelling "jeremiah was a bullfrog" is just a gloriously deranged way to start a song

— lil jon lovitz (autumn version 🦃🍂) (@liljonlovitz) November 21, 2021

Missed this sad news in January - Floyd Sneed passed away at 80:

https://bestclassicbands.com/floyd-sneed-obituary-three-dog-night-drummer-1-29-23/

Spending time with the Dog and this thread over the past decade has really gotten me to pay attention to his drumming. Truly great imho, deserves to be much more in the conversation. Not a one of their hits would have had half the energy and momentum with somebody else at the kit. "Family of Man," my big obsession of late, is as good as proof of that as you could ask for.

Just heard "Liar" on an archival American Top 40 (8-14-71) on Sirius XM--Such a banger and maybe the best production they ever got.

One of my speculative picks for the final Mad Men song!

That would have been wild.

"Indian Reservation" is also in this countdown, and it could totally pass for a more serious 3DN song/recording ala "Liar" or "Out In The Country".