MLT Club Member Tim Arnold
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Even though this wasn’t the type of music I normally listened to when I was younger, I have always liked this song just for the groovy bassline. For the Aquarius part of the song the bass is outstanding but when they go into the Let The Sunshine In part I think it becomes maybe the coolest bass line ever recorded in pop music. I always thought it was the great Wrecking Crew bassist Carol Kaye that played it but the description in the video says it was Joe Osborn from Mound Louisiana. There is a great documentary on YouTube about that group of musicians that played on literally hundreds of the great records of the 60’s. I think even Carol says she played this bassline (I could be wrong, just going by a weak memory, I may have to watch that documentary again) but the fact was so many great players were used during studio recordings and they did so many takes of the songs that sometimes they couldn’t be sure which artist’s take actually was used on the finished record. A very interesting documentary. No matter who is acually playing the bass it is one of the coolest and maybe my favorite. https://youtu.be/vbCH5lnZ6sA?feature=shared
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Jung, here’s another great tune driven by a great bassline. It’s odd that the Dutch band Golden Earring had only two big hits in a career that spanned over 50 years, but they were two of the best (imo) rock n roll songs ever. Great song to listen to on a road cruise. https://youtu.be/te31-9r0K_w?feature=shared
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Jung, Mona’s performance on this song is stellar indeed and that tone Lisa has on her Gretsch is just insane. This is a rocker for sure.
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I’ve been learning a lot about Joe Osborn since this post. From documentaries and interviews I learned he played on at least 100 top 40 records and even more than 100 on the country charts once he moved to Nashville. He played on hits with Ricky Nelson, The Carpenters, Mamas and Papas, 5th Dimension and many more. Today I learned he played on one of my favorite albums from my childhood. One of my older brothers had the Johnny Rivers album “Live at the Whiskey Go Go. I thought it was the coolest album ever at the time and just loved the bass guitar through all the great tracks. Here’s one of the tracks I loved with a groovy bassline. https://youtu.be/gqjx7huJLwI?feature=shared
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JP, Thanks for posting that. I knew they had appeared on probably every variety show of that time and was quite sure they had their own show too. Good to know my brain did retain some memory of the 70’s.
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David, I was thinking about this after I left the last comment. You hear so much about the tragic lives of so many celebrities do to drugs, infidelity or whatever and you never hear about the ones that had great careers and also led positive and honorable lives. People like Billy and Marilyn should be the ones honored by the media as role models.
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Hi David, That’s a great interview, I’ve watched a few of his videos on his channel. I never heard that story before, pretty amazing how it happened. I love Marilyn and Billy’s attitude, so pleasant and upbeat. That really is one of the greatest songs of all time. If it was used on The Simpson’s it had to be great.
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Hi Jung, that’s one of my favorite Beach Boys songs too. I don’t know if I ever shared this cover of that song but I like it and hope you do too. I discovered Josh Turner a couple years ago by listening to Reina Del Cid’s covers, she often collaborates with Josh and some of his friends. I like Josh’s guitar playing and singing but I especially like the fact that he is always having fun and they cover a lot of the songs that I’ve always liked. I hope you enjoy it. The guy playing the bass does a good job too. https://youtu.be/Xy1nPA9tBjQ?feature=shared
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Thanks Bud, yeah they were very good singers and appeared on TV a lot during the 70’s. It almost seems I can remember Billy and Marilyn having their own show at some point, maybe one of those summer replacement shows they aired when the regular shows were on break. Anyways, good to hear they are still around and together and still enjoy making music. I may have to look for their Beatles covers, take care.
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That’s interesting Jacki, I hope the lady that plays that everyday has ear plugs, that would be loud. There’s something really cool about using heavy machinery and equipment to play music. Gives a new meaning to the term “heavy metal”.
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Hi Jung, I love the power of those big pipe organs. I’ve heard back in the silent movie days they would use those organs in the big theatres to set the mood of the different scenes in the movie, sort of like a live soundtrack. I would have loved to heard that. I bet the right notes at the right time could make you jump out of your seat. So cool.
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I enjoyed that one Chris, That girl is very talented with a beautiful smooth voice. I never heard of her before but she is very good, the whole band is good.
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Jurgen, I’m right with you as far as what I enjoyed growing up. I was never a fan of funk music or any bands with horns in them. I mostly enjoyed the harder, driving, rock n roll, but there were exceptions. Some of the Rolling Stones albums had horns on them and I really liked the Edgar Winter Group and Edgar played the saxophone on some songs. I guess I’ve mellowed out in my old age and enjoy just seeing really good musicians no matter what instrument they play. I’m still not a fan of bands like Earth, Wind and Fire but I can appreciate how good they are at their craft.
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Hi Jurgen, That bass player is really good and fun to watch. The guitar player is pretty good also, funky music is right.
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David, Airplane is the first thing that comes to my mind when I hear Stayin’ Alive. What a classic comedy movie. I guess I learned about music from my older brothers and sisters. A couple older sisters played piano and accordian and loved gospel music. My oldest brother Bud played guitar and liked Johnny Cash. My brother Denny played guitar and loved Elvis and Waylon Jennings. Brother Rod played bass in the family band and liked The Mamas and Papas and Charlie Pride. My brother Tom could play any instrument and loved CCR, Hank Williams, John Denver and everything else and he could play it all. My two youngest sisters, still 5 years older than me loved the Beatles and Simon and Garfunkel. I wished my sister Nita was alive to hear Mona and Lisa, she loved singing harmony with the boys and loved the bands that could really harmonize. She would absolutely love MLT. I guess I had a lot of music influences and nowdays there really isn’t any music that I don’t like so bring on the ABBA and Bee Gees.