AND: Here's Meade's video of this morning's sunrise:
That's "Western Union," by The Five Americans. I played it out loud for Meade, and then I played another Five Americans song with a title that had caught my eye.
Meade liked it and asked me what it was called. I told him and he sent me another video:
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...well done Laurence. Now for the bonus round add a naked putti friend for the angel. At minus 2 there will be shrinkage...
Meade demonstrates how to make a snow angel and also how to get back up like an old man.
The "old man" imitation makes it seem as though I'd pushed him to do the snow angel, but it was 100% his idea.
Mad City's fun couple ...
Lovely completion of the snow Angel. There is always extra credit for raising fists together over the head and tapping outward two or three times for the halo.
Sounds like a Bob & Ray skit, Snow Angels restored to original specification ! Halos extra.
"There is always extra credit for raising fists together over the head and tapping outward two or three times for the halo."
Maybe somebody will find our still-incomplete angel and add the halo.
I know it is still Lent, but I hope Jamie is seeing that and ready to get her knees into, or rather recovering from, making a snow angel.
Western Union is a catchy tune of my early adolescence, probably freshman year of HS. (No middle schools for Catholics.) Still catchy today.
Those Jim Webb/Glen Campbell songs were huge hits. I find them unlistenable now, but most folks still love 'em.
rhhardin?
this is your chance!
what are they saying in that song?
"Those Jim Webb/Glen Campbell songs were huge hits. I find them unlistenable now, but most folks still love 'em."
I couldn't listen to them at the time, when they are foisted on me through the radio, so it's wonderful to rediscover them in with the freedom of streaming.
One Glen Campbell record I loved then and still enjoy is his cover of "Bonaparte's Retreat" (1974). It did very well on the country charts reaching #3.
Carol Kaye, a musical legend you may not have heard of, contributed the electric bass to that recording, including the slow walk bass line under "I hear you singin' in the wires..." Check out her bio here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carol_Kaye
I remember the song WU but not the group. Looking at the old videos like this one, I always notice right off how thin everyone is.
"Looking at the old videos like this one, I always notice right off how thin everyone is."
Check out The Turtles.
“Wichita Lineman” is one of the all time greats of popular music, IMHO. One of my favorites.
2-chord melody, 2-chord bridge. Easy on the hand.
I knew about Carol Kaye, but I read her bio in wiki, and when I saw that she played for Lalo Shifrin, I had to ask: Did Carol Kaye play the bass for the soundtrack in the movie 'Bullitt'? You might remember the famous car chase, which starts off with McQueen spotting the famous black Charger, and buckling his seat belt. There's a tense bass line that starts the film sequence which begins building then. Yep, that's her, just as I suspected.
Guest appearance: Robert Duvall.
Happy St. Patrick’s Day. Meade’s videos always have some bangers.
"I love the music he chose — "Wichita Lineman." The lush instrumentation prevented me from really liking it at the time, but it's great now. "
That was me in my teens when buying and listening to music was a statement, which precluded anything that could be considered as lame, mainstream music. But I always liked a good melody and wouldn't change then station if a Bacharach tune was paying or most Jimmy Webb songs, but would never own any records by them.
Now, I have nothing to prove and listen to what I like. I'm now secure enough to admit that I like elevator music and my body starts to move involuntarily when lsitening to Enya's Orinoco Flow.
As far as any angels getting any wings, "Hey look, mister. We serve hard drinks in here for men who want to get drunk fast, and we don't need any characters around to give the joint "atmosphere". Is that clear, or do I have to slip you my left for a convincer?"
Good to see commenters resisting urge to ask if the angel can write his name in the snow.
Angels ain't got no wangers.
The Snow Angel narration brought Ruth Gordon to my mind...The voice was Rosemary's Baby but the sentiment was Harold and Maude.
Those of us who used to watch Brit tv shows on PBS also recall the theme music for "Morse" which included a morse code reference.
“Angels ain't got no wangers.”
Mine’s got a dinger. A cold dinger 🥶
Amexpat, what sort of dance do you do to Enya!? CC, JSM
"A cold dinger"
I got a hum-dinger.
Special angel:
https://youtu.be/fl7m_gdLQfk?si=VkwJQwJD178TaeM1
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