H&O. Wow never heard this before and if you didn’t tell me, I would have never guessed Hall and Oats. Although there were snippets of their signature sound in there. Was this album later in their career?
Not sure who the next group is, The Tear Drop Explodes, or Wilder? Anyway this was interesting. Never heard of them before but am going to look for them in Amazon music
Beatles- shocked again, my dad was a huge Beatles Fan and we always listened to them. I don’t ever recall hearing this song. And Abbey Road isn’t some hidden gem. It’s a pretty popular album that got a lot of play time
The Hall & Oates track is from ’79, right before the mega-hit album Voices – with Kiss On My List, You Make My Dreams & Every Time You Go Away – that was the starting point of their 80s heyday.
The Teardrop Explodes is the band – the cut is from the Wilder album.
Her Majesty is a hidden track at the end of Abbey Road. According to Wikipedia, it was originally supposed to be a part of the medley right after Mean Mr. Mustard, Wikipedia – Her Majesty
Hall & Oates -The Woman Comes and Goes
On an album full of pure pop, over-the-top madness – 70s production style, this is a track where they reigned it in a bit. Kind of a Stonesy guitar riff, a strong, and well-punctuated, performance on the drum kit and spot on vocals by the duo. It has the production touches, but lets the band do the heavy lifting – succeeding where the APP track from last week came up short. I like, I love it.
(I think they kept the piano for Kiss On My List)
The Teardrop Explodes – Pure Joy
I am a fan of Julian Cope’s, but know his solo work better than the albums he did with this band – so this was a welcome selection. Another quick one here – packed with a lot of quirky flourishes. At its heart, it reminds me of a punchy Jam ditty. Julian’s distinctive vocals, the fun background vocals and the electro rock synths make this an apt title for how it makes me feel. Joy winning out over ignorance – yes!
(I think I may try to channel Julian, I hear a tie-in on the “glass of ignorance” warped vocal, when I work on Pop Start for my album Pop Start (demo) by Ed Bejzak)
The Beatles – Her Majesty
Barely a wisp of a song, but makes the most of its seconds. A crash and then McCartney with walking and jangling acoustic guitar. Mmmm.
Hall & Oates, “The Woman Comes and Goes.” Interesting combo of Stonesy rhythm guitar, and the proverbial blue-eyed soul of the piano, brass and, of course, vox. “She leave me weak in the KNEEEES!” I seldom feel like their stuff is essential, but I almost always like it, and no exception here.
The Teardrop Explodes, “Pure Joy.” Band with a memorable name whom I have never wittingly listened to. Nice little edge to it. Can’t understand the lyrics but I gather the title is ironic. The background harmonies were a nice surprising touch.
“Her Majesty.” It’s TOO LONG, ha. I recently saw someone jokingly calculate how much better a per-second deal “Inna Gadda Da Vida” is on Appletunes than this song. Ah, I thought, but that assumes you want to HEAR “Inna Gadda Da Vida.” My Beatles fandom goes back to “Breakfast with The Beatles” on WYSP ca. 1980, and I do remember being charmed by this song, especially the line about the “bellyful of wine.” So it’s hard to be objective about it. Still charmed.
Hall and Oates :
You can hear those Philly Soul roots coming through with a Southside Johnny vibe. Sounds “of the time” it was released.
Beatles:
The third best band from Liverpool delivers a quick little ditty. As an established non-fan, and not hearing this track before now, I can see a bit of charm.
The Teardrop Explodes:
The best band to come out of Liverpool (Bunnymen would be number two). Saint Julian is in my pantheon of musical deities. Wilder is my favourite record by the band. Pure Joy packs bits of pop, art rock, psychedelia and more into a tight package of fun.
The Woman Comes and Goes: In think I have heard that sax solo before…it feels like a distinctive feature of so many pop songs (was it the same player? ; ) . These two do know how to harmonize. Is this about a woman free spirit or Daryl rationalizing a cocaine fogged one night stand? An upbeat romp of a song, and does get the head bouncing to the rhythms…….glad I paused for the drive by listen
Pure Joy: I like when I hear music I never heard before that makes me lean in more. Never heard of this group and I enjoyed the song a lot. I have no other deep thoughts this week.
H&O. Wow never heard this before and if you didn’t tell me, I would have never guessed Hall and Oats. Although there were snippets of their signature sound in there. Was this album later in their career?
Not sure who the next group is, The Tear Drop Explodes, or Wilder? Anyway this was interesting. Never heard of them before but am going to look for them in Amazon music
Beatles- shocked again, my dad was a huge Beatles Fan and we always listened to them. I don’t ever recall hearing this song. And Abbey Road isn’t some hidden gem. It’s a pretty popular album that got a lot of play time
The Hall & Oates track is from ’79, right before the mega-hit album Voices – with Kiss On My List, You Make My Dreams & Every Time You Go Away – that was the starting point of their 80s heyday.
The Teardrop Explodes is the band – the cut is from the Wilder album.
Her Majesty is a hidden track at the end of Abbey Road. According to Wikipedia, it was originally supposed to be a part of the medley right after Mean Mr. Mustard, Wikipedia – Her Majesty
Hall & Oates -The Woman Comes and Goes
On an album full of pure pop, over-the-top madness – 70s production style, this is a track where they reigned it in a bit. Kind of a Stonesy guitar riff, a strong, and well-punctuated, performance on the drum kit and spot on vocals by the duo. It has the production touches, but lets the band do the heavy lifting – succeeding where the APP track from last week came up short. I like, I love it.
(I think they kept the piano for Kiss On My List)
The Teardrop Explodes – Pure Joy
I am a fan of Julian Cope’s, but know his solo work better than the albums he did with this band – so this was a welcome selection. Another quick one here – packed with a lot of quirky flourishes. At its heart, it reminds me of a punchy Jam ditty. Julian’s distinctive vocals, the fun background vocals and the electro rock synths make this an apt title for how it makes me feel. Joy winning out over ignorance – yes!
(I think I may try to channel Julian, I hear a tie-in on the “glass of ignorance” warped vocal, when I work on Pop Start for my album
Pop Start (demo) by Ed Bejzak)
The Beatles – Her Majesty
Barely a wisp of a song, but makes the most of its seconds. A crash and then McCartney with walking and jangling acoustic guitar. Mmmm.
Hall & Oates, “The Woman Comes and Goes.” Interesting combo of Stonesy rhythm guitar, and the proverbial blue-eyed soul of the piano, brass and, of course, vox. “She leave me weak in the KNEEEES!” I seldom feel like their stuff is essential, but I almost always like it, and no exception here.
The Teardrop Explodes, “Pure Joy.” Band with a memorable name whom I have never wittingly listened to. Nice little edge to it. Can’t understand the lyrics but I gather the title is ironic. The background harmonies were a nice surprising touch.
“Her Majesty.” It’s TOO LONG, ha. I recently saw someone jokingly calculate how much better a per-second deal “Inna Gadda Da Vida” is on Appletunes than this song. Ah, I thought, but that assumes you want to HEAR “Inna Gadda Da Vida.” My Beatles fandom goes back to “Breakfast with The Beatles” on WYSP ca. 1980, and I do remember being charmed by this song, especially the line about the “bellyful of wine.” So it’s hard to be objective about it. Still charmed.
Hall and Oates :
You can hear those Philly Soul roots coming through with a Southside Johnny vibe. Sounds “of the time” it was released.
Beatles:
The third best band from Liverpool delivers a quick little ditty. As an established non-fan, and not hearing this track before now, I can see a bit of charm.
The Teardrop Explodes:
The best band to come out of Liverpool (Bunnymen would be number two). Saint Julian is in my pantheon of musical deities. Wilder is my favourite record by the band. Pure Joy packs bits of pop, art rock, psychedelia and more into a tight package of fun.
The Woman Comes and Goes: In think I have heard that sax solo before…it feels like a distinctive feature of so many pop songs (was it the same player? ; ) . These two do know how to harmonize. Is this about a woman free spirit or Daryl rationalizing a cocaine fogged one night stand? An upbeat romp of a song, and does get the head bouncing to the rhythms…….glad I paused for the drive by listen
Pure Joy: I like when I hear music I never heard before that makes me lean in more. Never heard of this group and I enjoyed the song a lot. I have no other deep thoughts this week.
Her Majesty: a fantastic 25 seconds