OT/Music again.
 

Since OT seems to be the holiday theme....
On Friday I went into Costco for my usual healthy choice afternoon meal, a large hot dog & drink for $1.50. After inhaling this combo, I walked back into the store with no particular thing in mind. I moseyed down the CD aisle. Three disc compilation of The Mamas & the Papas - $18.00. Hmmm... I loved this group (especially Michelle, heh-heh) & have the vinyl & cassettes scattered about the house somewhere.
But I considered that I had an holiday party to attend that evening & it was raining, & the party was a good hour's drive away.
So I bought the CD package to keep me company. I walked past a Y****w Suby Baja on display at the store's exit. This has no bearing upon this thread, but maybe somebody cares.

So, after going home to shower & change clothes, I set off in the darkness & rain with my beloved '60s group compressed into shiny plastic pancakes lying on the passenger seat.
I slip disc 1 into the totally stock SVX CD with its totally stock paper speakers everywhere, & listen to the start-up silence between slaps of the wipers. Then I hear California Dreamin'. Then more.
Forgive the continued geezin', but John, Michelle, Denny & my real true love, Mama Cass, created something almost 40 odd years ago that
still enraptures me. What a sound. What a time it was. The party was fine, but I couldn't wait to get back in the car to play Disc 3 on the way back home. It was still raining. I didn't care.
I know - 40 years from now the "kids" will be saying the same things about Eminem & "What ever happened to (good) music"?, as they're transported in their propulsion modules with the music chips imbedded
in their molars blasting away the "oldies".
Oh, well - I've had a good run. Life is good.

"Words of Love" (Thanks again, Cass)- Ron.

Thanks, Ron - that was a fun read. When I have my molar chips implanted, I'll make sure to listen to a little 'The Mamas & The Papas' just for you. :D

MOR music
 

Ron, you are showing our age here. I do agree the Mamas and the Papas were unique, and their music has a timeless quality to it. Lot of the Carpenters' stuff and Burt Bacharach will be just as enduring.

On a more negative note, I have recently had an Eagles compilation with me on my travels, and I am less enchanted. What you get is a lot of well produced country pop, nothing much to mark it out, other than the rollercoaster success they were in their time.

Hell just thawed out again, unfortunately.:(

Joe:)

I think they're all right (the mamas and papas). Here are some older bands I really dig:

CCR, The Doors, Santana (old stuff), Hendrix, ... but overall CCR is my fave.

- Ca$h

Ron,

If Mama Cass had given that ham sandwich to Karen Carpeter instead of wolfing it down, they both might be with us today.

:D :D

Oh, you cruel b'stard!:D

Yeah, I guess you might be right at that.

Cass Elliot, Karen Carpenter and Janis Joplin are three exceptional artists and brilliant performers. All lost to lifestyle problems.

C'est la vie.:(

Uh,oh. Does Rosie know about your dark side, Larry?

Cass Elliott's real name was Ellen Naomi Cohen. Not exactly a candidate for a ham anything. The choking story was a myth (I heard it was a chicken bone). She actually died of a massive heart attack, not related to anything recently devoured, but definately related to what she had devoured for many years. Big woman - big voice - big loss.

Ron.

PS - Joe. Did you ever get my PMs or e-mail?

PM blues
 

No Ron

Got no emails from forum for a long time. Wonder if my email address has been corrupted or something??

Will PM you

Joe

Ron,
I have to agree that CD is the best to listen to on road trips!!! I bought the greatest hits CD last year and I love to listen to it on long drives.

Good call Ron!
 

For some reason, California Dreamin' gives me the shivvers everytime I hear it. What a great song!

Todd

Re: MOR music
 

I have to agree. But I loved The James Gang and Poco. Go figure. :rolleyes: :cool:

Hey Ron!
Mama Cass also went to Forest Park High School right here in Good Old Maryland.

Re: Re: MOR music
 

I still love Poco. Listen to them often. Ron, supplement your M&P with a little "Spanky" just for fun. I really need to get to work on transferring my vinyl to CD so's I can take those trips and never leave the farm (legallly, this time). Some Lovin' Spoonful would be great . . . Cash, I've got some great old CCR and Doors. I appreciated Hendrix, and loved his "mainstream" stuff (Foxy Lady, Purple Haze, All Along the Watchtower, Hey Joe) but, never got into his more obscure stuff. I still listen to Beach Boys and The Ventures, when I'm in a "surfin'" mood. I need to find some "Chad and Jeremy" -- used to love them and some Gerry and the Pacemakers. I'm also fond of a lot of the old Psychodhelic music (Can anybody say "Innagoddadavida?"), the Blues Magoos and Moby Grape . . . golly, Ron, you've put me on a sixties/seventies flashback that's making me want to go out and get Billboard's best of the perspective decades. Meanwhile, I'll burn some incense and have some peppermints. :D:D:D

If I may quote Bob Hope: "Thaaaaanks for the mem-o-reees" :D

one of the little things i like about the svx is the single disc cd player. i have other cars with changers in the trunk and am too f***ing lazy to ever go in and change the discs. with the svx i take my wallet with 20-30 single discs and pop what ever i am in the mood for.

Yeah, Joe - I knew she spent some time in our home state as a kid. I think her family moved to northern VA later.
How's the beast runnin'?

Ron.