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Hi Nigel. Welcome to the best music club on the planet. Nice to see someone from Lancaster, UK on board.
I too discovered the MLT while browsing YouTube.
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Hi Refugio. Welcome to the best music club on the planet. Nice to see someone from Mexico on board.
I too discovered the MLT while browsing YouTube.
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Nice to have you on board Andrew. And a nice selection of favourites there.
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Welcome to the Club Will. It’s awesome you have big band era music in your DNA. Fantastic also that you have the opportunity to share MLT music with people. We’ve had some twenties style music from the Twins, but I don’t think we’ve had any Dorsey, Miller and Goodman etcetera. Not really their style but I’m sure they could do justice to it if they had the time for a project like that. I can see the Wagner family playing trombones, trumpets, saxophones and clarinets etcetera. It would be a terrific show.
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There are so many, Jacki, but I’d have to go with “Count On Me”. The special relationship that exists between father and daughter is related so poetically and sensitively. Following is a sample.
“Sometimes I throw a stone into the darkness
Just to see what sound it makes
I listen closely when it hits the surface
It says a little trust is all it takesSometimes I light a candle in the darkness
I watch the shadows dancing on the wall
And now it’s up to my imagination
What it is I’m making of it allNo matter how many turns a river makes
It will always meet the sea
No matter how many times a promise breaks
You can always count on me
As time will go by you’ll see
You can always count on meSometimes I look for guidance in the darkness
To find the hidden path that takes me home
But by the time I’ve come around full circle
I’m off again to make it on my own” -
Surely you remember this one. LOL!
Laurie Lingo & The Dipsticks – ‘Convoy G.B.’ (1976)
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Nice songs Joe, but remember David was looking for sixties songs in his Topic. you can always start a new Topic.
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Love the Doobie Brothers recording of this song but I love this version even more. Excellent work Stephen.
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Very nice Jacki. I’ve never heard this before. Thank you for sharing. I think I need to look up more Glass Tiger.
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Well to be honest, they’d be lip syncing there David, and when playing live, I’m sure Manfred would take over the bass part on his organ.
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“Don’t Worry Baby” has always been one of my favourite Beach Boys numbers. Wilson’s falsetto lead vocals in particular, supported by the groups harmonies.
I don’t know if Mona or Lisa have ever tried to sing in falsetto, but if they did, I think this could be the perfect vehicle for them.
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You’re not alone there David. I, along with most of my school mates of the time dismissed the Monkees out of hand. It was definitely unhip to appreciate them. However, I had an epiphany during the seventies (and I’m not suggesting it was drug related), and my musical tastes expanded.
The Monkees were fortunate in having a clever creator and some of the best song writers the sixties had on offer. Plus, they harmonised well.
I had a girl friend in the eighties who was surprised to find I had an EP and CD of Monkees’ hits, but please don’t tell anyone. I don’t want to be considered uncool!
I even got over my initial difficulties with ABBA and eventually came to appreciate what they had achieved. Sometimes the hysteria surrounding particular groups gets in the way!
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Maybe there’s a lesson for us all here David. Setting strict boundaries in order to keep posts on Topic as set out in the guidelines – “Before you post, search the forum and stay on topic.” It does help to keep posts neat and relevant, and also more professional.
The other parameter you set was songs that “featured flute solos”. Strictly speaking, this could be interpreted as meaning a section of a piece of music where the flute took the lead break, like guitars usually do in Rock bands. You gave two good examples with Mona’s flute solos in “I’ll Follow the Sun” and “Here, There and Everywhere”. These are both songs from the sixties featuring flute solos. This criteria would eliminate songs that are written for or played entirely by flutes.
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And it sure is one strange looking flute David.
“The ocarina is an ancient wind musical instrument—a type of vessel flute. Variations exist, but a typical ocarina is an enclosed space with four to twelve finger holes and a mouthpiece that projects from the body. It is traditionally made from clay or ceramic, but other materials are also used—such as plastic, wood, glass, metal, or bone. en.wikipedia.org”
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Yes, it is a lovely piece and with some beautiful photos to match. Your ‘El Condor Pasa’ scrapes in like my two 1970 selections. However, ‘Fernando’ from 1976 is opening things up to a whole bunch of new possibilities with all those seventies progressive rock groups like Genesis (Peter Gabriel -transverse flute)
