From: owner-shindell-list-digest@smoe.org (shindell-list-digest) To: shindell-list-digest@smoe.org Subject: shindell-list-digest V9 #9 Reply-To: shindell-list@smoe.org Sender: owner-shindell-list-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-shindell-list-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk shindell-list-digest Tuesday, January 30 2007 Volume 09 : Number 009 Today's Subjects: ----------------- [RS] Re: [Roxylee ] [RS] Re: Macarthur Park [B Gallagher ] [RS] Re: News about the new CD (well, not really) ["David Bell" Subject: [RS] Re: Toby says: > Oh but Macarthur Park too, please! That rainy cake thing chokes me up > everytime... Yes, Gene, and and please include "She Bang" and "Achy Breaky Heart." ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2007 10:41:14 -0500 From: B Gallagher Subject: [RS] Re: Macarthur Park >Toby in PA said: Oh but Macarthur Park too, please! That rainy cake thing chokes me up everytime... > Toby in PA - ---- I know, I know. And it took sooooooo loooooong to make it. Then he had to bake it. Or is the "bake it" included in the "make it"? Interesting thought Gene. I vote for "Build Me Up Buttercup" by the band that holds buildings up. One of my first 45s. Bart ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2007 21:01:33 -0500 From: "David Bell" Subject: [RS] Re: News about the new CD (well, not really) And here I was hoping for a Cowsills cover...curses and drat! - -Dave in NY (back to lurking...) > Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2007 09:44:05 -0500 > From: "Gene Frey" > Subject: [RS] News about the new CD (well, not really) > > Hey you guys, > > Since there has been no news about the new CD in weeks, I thought I'd > simply > make some up. Here goes. > > Inspired by recent viewings of VH-1's "I Love the '70s" and VH-1 Classic, > Richard has abandoned his idea of covering folks like Bruce Springsteen, > Woody Guthrie, Bob Dylan, Peter Gabriel and Jeffrey Foucault. Instead he > will be recording tributes to the artists that shaped him during his > formative years, the teen-pop idols of the early '70s. > > Expected tracks will include: > > I Think I Love You (Partridge Family) > Heartbeat, It's a Lovebeat (DeFranco Family) > Ben (Michael Jackson) > Easy Come, Easy Go (Bobby Sherman) > Sugar, Sugar (The Archies) > Billy, Don't Be A Hero (Bo Donaldson and the Heywoods) > Saturday Night (Bay City Rollers) > and, of course, three songs honoring Richard's true inspiration, Donny > Osmond > Go Away, Little Girl > One Bad Apple > I'm A Little Bit Country, I'm a Little Bit Rock & Roll (duet with Lucy > Kaplansky) > > Additional guests include John Gorka (as several Osmond Brothers), Tito > Jackson, two or three miscellaneous Heywoods, and Suzanne Crough on > tambourine. > > Simple analysis shows the affect this era had on Richard's music. 'Billy, > Don't Be a Hero' is clearly the inspiration for 'Sparrows Point,' and can > there be any doubt that the kid singing to 'Ben' ultimately became the > customer in 'Confession?' Or, that once Donny told that little girl to go > away, she joined a convent and became Sister Maria? Dylan shmylan. These > songs were Richard's muse. > > > Just another reminder that the Shindell List's own Jim Colbert will be > opening for the amazing Red Molly at our house concert on February 11. > We're > located in Merrick, on Long Island, NY. More info is available at > www.courthouseconcerts.com > > Gene F. ------------------------------ End of shindell-list-digest V9 #9 *********************************