The Boney 500: Album #140
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The Boney 500: Album #140
Picking up from where we left off on Friday:
140. TALKING BOOK-STEVIE WONDER (1972)
Early in the string of albums in which most everything he did was pure gold,
not everything on this album works for ME (2 others that came in the next few
years are yet to come in this countdown), but what does grab me really grabs
tight. "You Are The Sunshine Of My Life" is so amiable you sort of feel guilty
if you DON'T like it, "Blame It On The Sun" is heartbreaking, "Superstition" is,
well... "Superstition"..pretty hard to resist that funky clavinet and drums groove,
especially when the horns kick in, and "I Believe (When I Fall In Love It Will Be
Forever)", with its sweeping, hypnotic accompaniment, is simply one of my favorite
love songs period.
140. TALKING BOOK-STEVIE WONDER (1972)
Early in the string of albums in which most everything he did was pure gold,
not everything on this album works for ME (2 others that came in the next few
years are yet to come in this countdown), but what does grab me really grabs
tight. "You Are The Sunshine Of My Life" is so amiable you sort of feel guilty
if you DON'T like it, "Blame It On The Sun" is heartbreaking, "Superstition" is,
well... "Superstition"..pretty hard to resist that funky clavinet and drums groove,
especially when the horns kick in, and "I Believe (When I Fall In Love It Will Be
Forever)", with its sweeping, hypnotic accompaniment, is simply one of my favorite
love songs period.
"#$%&@*&"-Donald F. Duck
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Re: The Boney 500: Album #140
I've been hoping one of these albums would speak to me and this is the one I'm ordering first.
If you fail to pilot your own ship, don't be surprised at what inappropriate port you find yourself docked. - Tom Robbins
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At the moment of commitment, the universe conspires to assist you. - attributed to Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
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Re: The Boney 500: Album #140
Turns out I was able to get the album for free in my Amazon Prime library.
It's not the same as being able to pop in the disc in the car, but I played a little of it on the computer and it was just fine. That disc thing just makes me feel old.
It's not the same as being able to pop in the disc in the car, but I played a little of it on the computer and it was just fine. That disc thing just makes me feel old.
If you fail to pilot your own ship, don't be surprised at what inappropriate port you find yourself docked. - Tom Robbins
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At the moment of commitment, the universe conspires to assist you. - attributed to Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
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At the moment of commitment, the universe conspires to assist you. - attributed to Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
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Re: The Boney 500: Album #140
T_Bone0806 wrote:Picking up from where we left off on Friday:
140. TALKING BOOK-STEVIE WONDER (1972)
I see what you did there.Ritterskoop wrote:I've been hoping one of these albums would speak to me and this is the one I'm ordering first.
..what country can preserve it’s liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? let them take arms.
~~ Thomas Jefferson
War is where the government tells you who the bad guy is.
Revolution is when you decide that for yourself.
-- Benjamin Franklin (maybe)
~~ Thomas Jefferson
War is where the government tells you who the bad guy is.
Revolution is when you decide that for yourself.
-- Benjamin Franklin (maybe)
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Re: The Boney 500: Album #140
Ritterskoop wrote:I've been hoping one of these albums would speak to me and this is the one I'm ordering first.
Hurrah! There are 139 albums and over 300 songs to go, so hopefully you'll find more goodies along the way..
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Re: The Boney 500: Album #140
BackInTex wrote:T_Bone0806 wrote:Picking up from where we left off on Friday:
140. TALKING BOOK-STEVIE WONDER (1972)I see what you did there.Ritterskoop wrote:I've been hoping one of these albums would speak to me and this is the one I'm ordering first.
This album originally spoke in many ways...on the cover, the artist and album name were also written in Braille, as well as a message that said "Here is my music. It is all I have to tell you how I feel. Know that your love keeps my love strong.
— Stevie".
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Re: The Boney 500: Album #140
That's pretty cool. Good trivia , too.T_Bone0806 wrote:...the artist and album name were also written in Braille
..what country can preserve it’s liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? let them take arms.
~~ Thomas Jefferson
War is where the government tells you who the bad guy is.
Revolution is when you decide that for yourself.
-- Benjamin Franklin (maybe)
~~ Thomas Jefferson
War is where the government tells you who the bad guy is.
Revolution is when you decide that for yourself.
-- Benjamin Franklin (maybe)