Posted on 08/30/2016 11:30:35 AM PDT by simpson96
Hope you enjoy.Smile A Little Smile For Me
music *ping*
So many good memories
I like songs where the vocals are off-kilter just enough that I can sing along and not feel like I sound terrible.
But just walk away Renee, and then along comes Mary.
And let us not forget Smith from the West Coast
Smith - Baby It’s You (1969)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIGo31k-qkw
Is this the James Taylor outfit? I had an LP of theirs, with “Knockin’ Around the Zoo” and “Night Owl”.
Classic studio musician one hit wonder.
I always associate it with another Rosemary one hit wonder song, Love Grows Where My Rosemary Goes.
I believe Taylor was with them early on - 1966?
My Baby Wrote Me A Letter, by The Box Tops.
Another gem of that time. Simply done, and done with style.
Ahh — thus, the name of the album, James Taylor and the Original Flying Machine.
One of the BEST renditions of "Mac the Knife."
You mean that in 1000 years from now no one will CARE about these folks?
1000 years from now folks WILL STILL be listening to Mozart, Wagner, Beethoven, etc. Same ole "classical" music.
That's gotta tell you something about the caliber of modern popular music.
For those who know zilch about opera, there was a book about opera called: "What's All That Screeching About?"
People STILL listen to the GLORIOUS operas of the 1700 and 1800...because the music and songs are absolutely TIMELESS.
I have several arias that I love from the biggies.
Operas: Marriage of Figaro, Das Rheingold, Carmen, Gotterdammerung, Lohengrin, Madama Butterfly, Tannhauser, La Traviata, La Boheme, Don Giovanni, Parsifal, Rigoletto, Der Ring des Nibelungen, The Barber of Seville, Tosca, Aida, Siegfried, The Magic Flute, Cosi Fan Tutte, Turadot, Pagliacci, Il Trovatore, Die Walkure, Tristan und Isolde, Flying Dutchman.
They were produced hundreds of years ago and they are still being put on, watched/listened to and LOVED. THAT is timelessness.
Wouldn't hurt you to listen to a few of them, even just a few bars. They are all on-line for anyone to hear.
Though both groups had the same name, this is not the Flying Machine that James Taylor was in.
BTW, I just saw him in concert a few weeks ago, and he still puts on a great show.
In 1948, my father played the lead in I Pagliacci in an English-language performance. I've only seen that one once--a rather weird movie version set in Montalto, Italy during the Fascist era.
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