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Three more for Thursday:


251. TOMORROW NIGHT-ATOMIC ROOSTER (1970)
Album: Death Walks Behind You

Carl Palmer was the original drummer in this band, although he had already left
to join Emerson, Lake & Palmer before this one came out. You'll hear more than
a bit of ELP in this song, actually.




250. FIRST OF MAY-THE BEE GEES (1969)
Album: Odessa

This barely made the Billboard Top 40, but it's my favorite Bee Gees song.
Yes, I did like the Bee Gees pre-Saturday Night Fever. The album this song
came from is also quite good, although it didn't make my Top 150. Lyrically,
this song looks back on a more innocent time..melodically, it is haunting
and beautiful. The acapella ending is a very nice touch.




249. SUSAN-THE BUCKINGHAMS (1967)
Album: Portraits

Just a nice sweet melody...the middle section is a little out of place
with the rest of the song, but hey...it was the sixties...I think it was
an attempt to be "relevant". At any rate, apparently it was the producer's
idea, not the group's. The vocal arrangement at the end is nice..

Love that "Susan" era - when I started college there was a weak-signalled AM station that specialized in that very specific style - "Don't Pull Your Love" got played just about every day, as they had a smallish playlist.

Oh, man, that BeeGees piece is sad. Nice choice, very powerful.

Ritterskoop wrote:Oh, man, that BeeGees piece is sad. Nice choice, very powerful.

Thanks Skoop. I liked this song since I first heard it back in '69, but I only discovered recently that the album it's from is also pretty good..I'd never been inclined to check out Bee Gees albums, although I liked most of their singles in the 60's/early 70's. However, when they released a remaster of "Odessa" and there was a lot of positive things written about it and its status as an overlooked achievement, I gave it a shot and was pleasantly surprised.

I still won't listen to Saturday Night Fever, though...unless someone has me tied up to a chair, that is. Even then I'd do my best to channel my inner Houdini...

Ritterskoop wrote:Oh, man, that BeeGees piece is sad. Nice choice, very powerful.

Even sadder for me.

This song reminds me of the ABC After School Special: The Last of the Curlews. My mind wants to think this was the theme song, but it is not. I remember watching the show at a friends house. His brother was a big Bee Gees fan (this was all pre- disco 1972). We must have listened to the album/song after watching that sad sad special.

To this day the two (show and song) are connected in my memory.