MLT Club Member David Herrick
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Perhaps the best-known two song of all time:
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Ah, I should have thought of that one, Diana! It used to be my favorite song to sing along with when I needed to exercise my falsetto. I don’t feel that need as much anymore.
Here’s a two song by the My Guy gal:
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Will, I was born after the doo-wop era ended, but it’s long been my favorite genre, ever since I was introduced to snippets of it on Happy Days as a kid. The songs may be formulaic, but they never fail to make me smile and relax, no matter which group it is. Some of the harmonies are to die for.
From the first time I heard it, I thought Close to You was almost a doo-wop tune. It certainly has that distinctive beat. Maybe if the lead guitar part were replaced with vocalizations it would cross over the line. And in Questionable, the background vocals during the “question after question” part sound pretty doo-woppy to me.
Will MLT actually record any doo-wop songs? I don’t think they’ve ever hinted that they would. It may be a branch of music history that they bypassed, or perhaps it just doesn’t call out to them the way the Beatles do. But they did say a couple of years ago that they were exploring music from the 1920’s, so maybe they’ll get around to it eventually. And given their diverse repertoire and talents, there’s no doubt that they would render it beautifully.
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This one just came racing up to the surface after having been buried deep in my memory for a long time:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sks0x_GJIDs
I just found out it was written by Peter Yarrow of Peter, Paul & Mary.
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Of course Sesame Street was chock full of songs about the number two, but this one was by far the trippiest. It freaked my little four-year-old mind. I learned much later that the vocalist was Grace Slick.
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Not only is it the second day of the week, but it’s TWOsday!
This song is originally by Marvin Gaye, but this is what I remember it from:
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Okay, here we go on our Questionable journey! As usual I’ll provide daily updates around midnight local (New York) time in this same post until the editing capability expires after about four days, and then I’ll continue with another post to cover the rest of the first week. After that I’ll go to weekly updates for about a month.
From 11 AM to noon on Feb. 21st, V = 31080 and C = 82.7. From 11 PM to midnight on Feb. 21st, V = 19704 and C = 52.5. For Feb. 22nd (averaging over the whole day now), V = 19635 and C = 52.3. For Feb. 23rd, V = 18540 and C = 49.4. For Feb. 24th, V = 14769 and C = 39.3.
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Averaged over the past eight days, for Tonight You Belong to Me, V = 914 and C = 1.65.
Stand by for some Questionable data, starting in about 24 hours!
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Back when I was listening to oldies radio, I’d often challenge myself to see how quickly I could identify each song after it began. This one always threw me for a loop, because the first part of the intro doesn’t really match the rest of the song at all. Then it abruptly changes character, and finally I would recognize it and start bobbing my head (apparently a frequent reaction for me) as it led smoothly into the vocals.
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Diana, I’ve found by trial and error that it usually posts the video rather than the link if you copy and paste the URL in two separate pieces.
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Nicholas, for January, The Wide Wide Land had V = 104 (ranked #67) and C = 0.27 (ranked #69). So there’s your baseline. If you manage to bump those numbers up significantly, I’ll let you know in the next report!
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Yeah, that was me! Except I think that was the Muppet Show.
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You’re probably right about that, Tom. That show has always thrown bones to the parents who are watching.
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Band on the Run is basically three great songs stitched together, each with its own intro. I’ve often wondered whether Paul originally intended to develop and record each of them as separate tracks.
