http://genius.com/William-devaughn-be-thankful-for-what-you-got-lyrics 2channel8. GREAT idea for a thread. For me it was something from 1973/74. Going to school in Missouri. Driving around in an old Plymouth Duster. Heard a great song getting some AM airplay. Diamond in the back, sunroof top
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With a gangsta lean....Full lyrics at link above. Lost track of it over the years but it was one of those that kind of haunts you. Finally, one day in the early '90s, listening to WXPN'S "Funky Friday" show, heard it being played! Called the station. The DJ came on and gave me the low down on it: William DeVaughn's "Be Thankful for What you Got". People think Curtis Mayfield wrote it. He didn't. Read the full story on Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Be_Thankful_for_What_You_Got The production (thank you Frank Fioravanti, MFSB studio musicians, Sigma Sound and Phila. soul) is genius. What a smooth grooving ride. Hope you will check it out here.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDTXljIqxRE |
Thanks crazyeddy. I found the album on Spotify. That track is running now. I’ve seen her name around but haven’t listened to her at all. I tend to have a bad attitude about covers going in. Show me why I should listen to your version. What are you bringing to it? Similarly, the VF makes me ask "why?". Don’t mean to come across harsh. I’ll try it again later. Different strokes for different folks. Glad it is something you enjoy. BTW - your on-line name - anything to do with the old NJ electronics stores? |
Hey there eddy...got you on the Vanessa Fenandez. You can read the Crazy Eddie story here (spelling is different). "His prices are so low they're insane!". Just thought you might have taken the name from there. A long lost electronics chain for a long lost songs thread. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crazy_Eddie |
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Hello 2channel8 Glad to see you keeping this thread going. A lot more interesting than that blue fuse thread. Wish you were getting more input here. Wish I had more for you. Re-reading, I see that I never replied to your comment about the William Devaughn. I think a LOT of people thought Be Thankful for What You Got was written by Curtis Mayfield. He did a version and that probably eclipsed the original. On a more current topic, I think you are exactly right about the eeriness in Sally Go Round the Roses. The Wiki entry gets into this a bit in the section on "Interpretations". I remember the song and liked it a lot when all I had to listen to was AM radio (WABC out of NYC, mostly) on a little Japanese transistor. These years later, I would have bet it was done by Martha Reeves and the Vandellas but looks like I am wrong about that. If you haven’t read the entry you might find the "Other Versions" interesting. Keep up the good work! Thanks for the thread. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sally_Go_%27Round_the_Roses |
2channel8 - No...back in the early ’60s it would have been 77 WABC on the AM dial. At this point, WNEW was news, talk or Andy Williams kind of music. Nothing that interested me. ABC had DJs that played the hits. Sometimes I’d tune in (WFIL?) from Phila. This all would have been a few years before "Underground FM Radio" was happening. THEN I did listen to WNEW a LOT (Scott Muni, Jonathan Schwarz, Allison Steele). My first 2 channel gear (circa ’69/’70) was an HH Scott receiver w/SuperEx headphones. First song I heard on it was CCR doing SusieQ. Hahaha...Channelmaster. You would think I might remember given I did spend a lot of time with that thing. But I don’t. Something like that red Sceptre maybe in second row (see link). Used to listen with it under the pillow before getting up for school in the morning. The Beatles were happening. Lot of excitement, believe it or not. Everything was NEW; never done or heard before. https://www.google.com/search?q=japanese+transistor+radio+from+the+%2760s&source=lnms&tbm=is... |
Emmy Lou Harris... Talk about the complete package. She was and still is that. Case in point.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bbaz_T6BN3gNow, from the sublime to the ridiculous... With loss of a couple more brain cells, this could have been a "long lost song". But apparently the responsible cells are still in place and functional. Back in those AM radio days, liked this one quite a bit. (and my wife thinks I have questionable taste...go figure) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryrEPzsx1gQ |
Grew up in Central NJ. Somerville until Bridgewater got a post office. I take it you are talking satellite and not production work on the single! I remember my pop taking me outside at night and trying to help me spot the thing. Supposedly visible...a little moving dot of light (or so I seem to recall). Not sure I ever really saw it.
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Too funny, 2channel -
Was born there and worked part time in the lab there during the ’70s.
BTW - I think I had my satellites confused. That was probably Echo 1 that would have been visible to the naked eye.
Anyone here know Crabby Appleton? I remember hearing a killer song by them in 1970/71. It possibly got some airplay on WMMR but I can’t seem to find it (or at least, recognize it) in the CA tracks that are on You Tube. Ring any bells for anyone?
Does that Titanic song have any relation to the Titanic-themed song Dylan included on Tempest?
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Hey 2channel8 -
I knew nothing of Duck Duck Goose as a search engine, so thank you for that tip.
Now I do feel kind of foolish because the first video in what you linked to with CA playing Go Back (Dick Clark Am Bandstand appearance) seems like it could very well be the song I was thinking of. The year is certainly right (1970) and, after all, it was just THE hit single off their (first?) album - Track #1! I remember the tune being hooky with interesting changes; something you just wanted to put on repeat. So that matches up to Go Back too (at least for me). Not sure why I didn’t recognize it or how I managed to overlook it previously. But I think that was the song! THANKS.
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Here’s the wikipedia entry for Abandoned Luncheonette - H&O album with that great, great song. Lots of interesting background provided. In addition to Tavares, looks like Lou Rawls did a cover too. Write She's Gone, then Sara Smile, then retire! That woulda been my plan. Unfortunately just a couple of things lacking :-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abandoned_Luncheonette |
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To get italics...
-Highlight text you want to include.
-Right click (or 2 finger click with my MacBook)
-From popup menu, select FONT
-In Font, there should be an italics option
-Click on this and highlighted text should be rendered in italics
Hope that works for you.
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Sorry 2channel8. No plans to be there. Live too far away now. Have fun. Give a report on anything noteworthy that you find. Did you get a chance to try the italicizing instructions? Here's another too quickly gone/seldom heard treasure. Talking "Art in America" released in the early '80s. Heard it some time before '84. Liked it but never owned it until finding it, probably 20 years later, in a neat record shop in Berlin Germany of all places. Here are some links for anyone interested: Their "hit" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9d6ek3KDRIThe Wikipedia entry https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_in_America_(band) |
Huh...okay. Maybe I misunderstood what the meet was about. Was it some kind of swap meet? Always been curious about Stax headphones. Are they comfortable? That flat rectangular shape had me wondering about comfort level though. |
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Pleased to return the favor on the Crabby Appleton tune, 2channel8. Note the different titles here, I searched on "Don't Let Me Sleep Too Long" which happens to be the title of the version by The Myddle Class. Info about the Blues Project connection (and different title) came from one of the comments (see that by Al Riggi) about the Myddle Class single. |
2channel - No clue the Myddle Class were from NJ. The most I can claim about them is a vague recollection of seeing their name at some point. At least the spelling looks familiar - though I’m not sure where I would have seen it in print. Yeah, Y instead of I. Things were very HEAVY back then. Seems to me, given the age of these guys, it would be entirely possible they were the band you remember at that dance. Guess there's no "student council" to contact for info.... |
Ever listen to these guys out of Long Island? Not exactly lost, but long ago. Kinda fits the spirit of this thread (I think). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJNQg3lh_Y8They were still working until not that many years ago. |
