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46 Years Ago: Glen Campbell Gets First Gold Single With ‘Wichita Lineman’
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Posted on 01/24/2015 3:09:51 PM PST by FlJoePa
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To: FlJoePa
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posted on
01/24/2015 3:40:57 PM PST
by
Liberty Valance
(Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
To: FlJoePa
Thanks for the memories, FLJoePa. Those were wonderful years
“And I miss you more than want you, and I want you for all time
”
And the entire populace could relate. No romance out there any more, just sex and violence. I pity today’s kids.
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posted on
01/24/2015 3:44:05 PM PST
by
Veto!
(Opinions freely dispensed as advice)
To: Liberty Valance
Thanks for that one Liberty. We’re fortunate he did so much recording in the last 6-8 years. Very fortunate. He will leave us with some gems.
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posted on
01/24/2015 3:44:49 PM PST
by
FlJoePa
To: Fast Moving Angel
Yes, Glenn played lead guitar and bass on so many hit records over the years before he hit it big as a solo artist. Some that come mind are many of the Beach Boys hits including “Good Vibrations” (yes, that’s Glenn’s guitar there), “Viva Las Vegas” with Elvis and so many more. He is one of the most underrated top guitarists of all time.
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posted on
01/24/2015 3:45:26 PM PST
by
Inyo-Mono
(Just say to NO Rhinos in 2016.)
To: Autonomous User
I Bought the 45 thinking it was a song about a football player. You'ree right. It is about a football player, at least as I see it.
A Wichita Indian plays on the offensive line for a county community college--very likely Coconino College in Flagstaff, Ariz. His job is to "drive the main road," or open holes for his running backs. Meanwhile, he's "searching in the sun" to see whether the defense is overloading its line. He can hear his girl friend leading cheers over the PA system even though the crowd is booing ("I can hear you through the whine")
He and his team mates are preparing for a home game against a team from "down south"--probably the Scottsdale College Fighting Artichokes--who run the Stretch, a pass-oriented offense, which will be ineffective if it snows, as it often does in Flagstaff during the late fall.
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posted on
01/24/2015 3:45:58 PM PST
by
Fiji Hill
(Io Triumphe!)
To: FlJoePa
I always liked GLen Campbell, he is a true talent. It hurts me to see him, or anyone, suffer from Alzheimers. Although finding the cure for cancer is my main dog in the fight, I support Alzheimers research with the same zeal. Earlier this year, I helped a friend, whose mother has Alzheimers, in a fund raiser. The world is going to Hell though, but if I want a few warm moments of sanity and good feelings, Glen Campbell and Andy Williams fit the bill.
A side note: I remember Mom in 2012 watching old reruns of Andy Williams Christmas shows and she started to cry. I knew why, I felt it too, but I asked her "why?" She said, "I miss the world of Andy Williams" among othwrs. I'm sure she would feel the same if she saw the "Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour." Now I get tears when I hear songs from them two. I miss that world too.
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posted on
01/24/2015 3:46:39 PM PST
by
Nowhere Man
(Mom I miss you! (8-20-1938 to 11-18-2013) Cancer sucks)
To: FlJoePa
BTW,I like his song, “Galvaston,” too, especially the video he did where he was a soldier in Vietnam thinking about a girl he met there.
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posted on
01/24/2015 3:49:27 PM PST
by
Nowhere Man
(Mom I miss you! (8-20-1938 to 11-18-2013) Cancer sucks)
To: FlJoePa
Awesome tune. I didn't know that the composer's royalties were going to someone other than Campbell.
"I won't miss you" is just a bit too creepy for me tho he still sounds great.
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posted on
01/24/2015 3:49:31 PM PST
by
9thLife
("Life is a military endeavor..." -- Pope Francis)
To: FlJoePa
I always liked “Galveston”.
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posted on
01/24/2015 3:50:25 PM PST
by
yarddog
(Romans 8:38-39, For I am persuaded.)
To: FlJoePa
Wichita Lineman is a hauntingly beautiful song. Of course, I love just about anything by Jimmy Webb. He studied music theory under one of my teachers at San Bernardino Valley College (Russell Baldwin), and he used to talk about how talented he was. Jimmy went there for a couple of semesters a year or two ahead of me. Small world, lol.
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posted on
01/24/2015 3:51:13 PM PST
by
Prince of Space
(Be Breitbart, baby. LIFB.)
To: PapaNew
Mr. Campbell and his gracious wife, Mrs. Campbell, were members of our church in Phoenix for a number of years. You're correct in saying he was born again. When he got into some trouble, he and Mrs. Campbell left the Phoenix area and moved to California where, we understand, he and his wife joined a Messianic fellowship. I am grateful to God that we will see him again There one day.
I am still so very sorry about his Alzheimer's.
God bless him and his family.
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posted on
01/24/2015 3:52:07 PM PST
by
righttackle44
(Take scalps. Leave the bodies as a warning.)
To: Nowhere Man
Funny, I was actually wondering if anyone else was going to mention Galveston. I decided no one was so I posted.
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posted on
01/24/2015 3:52:11 PM PST
by
yarddog
(Romans 8:38-39, For I am persuaded.)
To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
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posted on
01/24/2015 3:59:52 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: Inyo-Mono
He had an enormous amount of hits over the years, mostly on the country charts. One “lost hit” from the 1970s is “Southern Nights” which topped the pop charts in 1977.
To: All
Not sure what kind of music this is. It isn't country. It certainly isn't rock. I guess it's 70's pop of a sort.
Whatever it is is fantastic. Glen is Pat Boone at the start and Hendrix at the 5:00 mark. Macarthur Park Live
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posted on
01/24/2015 4:01:04 PM PST
by
FlJoePa
To: FlJoePa
A Jimmy Webb song that I have always wanted to know the background of is “All My Love’s Laughter"', performed by Art Garfunkel in his “Watermark” album. It has a beautiful but hauntingly melancholy quality to it.
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posted on
01/24/2015 4:01:16 PM PST
by
Nevadan
To: Nowhere Man
I miss that world tooYes, you're right, it goes beyond nostalgia to hear songs or watch old TV shows from that era. I miss that World too.
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posted on
01/24/2015 4:02:11 PM PST
by
Inyo-Mono
(Just say to NO Rhinos in 2016.)
To: FlJoePa
Glen Campbell was an very talented man.
And a really mean jackass.
To: SamAdams76
“Southern Nights” is one of my all time favorites.
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posted on
01/24/2015 4:04:42 PM PST
by
Inyo-Mono
(Just say to NO Rhinos in 2016.)
To: jaz.357
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