A dysfunctional family heading home for the Christmas holidays is a familiar cinematic theme (think The Family Stone as a recent American example), and this scenario forms the basis of Arnaud...
Studio: Acorn Media Group
Rated: NR
Film Length: app. 468 minutes
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 (enhanced for 16:9)
Audio: English DD 2.0, English DD 5.1
Subtitles: English SDH
MSRP: $59.99
Package: Box with...
Toshiba enters the Blu ray world with their first player. Toshiba with universal had gone with HDDVD a few years back and lost. now they are here with the first blu ray player. I had a Toshiba HD-a2...
I've been hearing this lately on an internet radio station and it's one of the few they don't identify. The station only plays '50s and '60s music, so it's in that era (not that I need to tell you that once you hear it). The most identifiable part is around 55 seconds, I imagine.
I hope somebody knows because this is killer and I want to own it and I want more like it!
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The song title is just "Topsy." That particular recording (and title) is just one of many, and to be honest, it is rather weak. If it is the drum solo you like, I'd recommend looking up some Louie Bellson, as well as many other far more exciting and interesting drummers.
FWIW, probably my favorite recording of "Topsy" is found on THIS album. Definitely scaled back from the Cole version.
I just listened to DH's version of Topsy and talk about swinging. It may be more subtle than Cole, but you'll never hear a group swing better than on that one.
They flutter behind you, your possible pasts. Some bright-eyed and crazy, some frightened and lost.
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I mainly like the organ. It gives it a nice Halloween feel. I'm not a total neophyte when it comes to this era's jazz or pop. I just hadn't run across this particular track.
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Originally Posted by Greg_S_H
I mainly like the organ. It gives it a nice Halloween feel. I'm not a total neophyte when it comes to this era's jazz or pop. I just hadn't run across this particular track.
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I've never liked a Hammond B-3 in anything... I don't know why, I just don't.
Not even in Sinatra's That's Life.
There's Jessie the yodeling cowgirl. Bullseye, he's Woody's horse. Pete the old prospector. And, Woody, the man himself. Of course, it's time for Woody's RoundUp. He's the very best! He's the rootinest, tootinest cowboy in the wild, wild west!
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I could only hope those knife wounds were fatal...for the Hammond.
There's Jessie the yodeling cowgirl. Bullseye, he's Woody's horse. Pete the old prospector. And, Woody, the man himself. Of course, it's time for Woody's RoundUp. He's the very best! He's the rootinest, tootinest cowboy in the wild, wild west!
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Sorry, Greg.
I didn't do it though. It was that stinkin' Keith Emerson! I always said he was bad news...
There's Jessie the yodeling cowgirl. Bullseye, he's Woody's horse. Pete the old prospector. And, Woody, the man himself. Of course, it's time for Woody's RoundUp. He's the very best! He's the rootinest, tootinest cowboy in the wild, wild west!
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Hey!
Some people like chocolate, while others like vanilla. I always thought this was a place where people could agree to disagree...
To my ears, Hammond B-3 = cheesy.
And, if I didn't know better...I'd say Greg was trying to bait me with that Arthur Rhodes question. Next thing you know, he'll be putting up some Doors, Light My Fire.
There's Jessie the yodeling cowgirl. Bullseye, he's Woody's horse. Pete the old prospector. And, Woody, the man himself. Of course, it's time for Woody's RoundUp. He's the very best! He's the rootinest, tootinest cowboy in the wild, wild west!
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I'm laughing uncontrollably about my having intermixed Arthur Brown & Fender Rhodes into Arthur Rhodes! Arthur Rhodes wasn't even that good of a pitcher! But he had a menacing look on the mound.
I'm okay with the Fender Rhodes sound. I actually have a fair amount of Gap Mangione & Bob James in my LP collection. It's pretty limited, however. Nothing will ever replace the sound of acoustic piano. Does the electric piano still get much use these days? It seems like a sound stuck in the late '70s/early '80s.
I noted with sadness that Gerry Niewood...a saxophonist with both Gap & his brother Chuck (and many others)...was on that plane that crashed in Buffalo last week.
There's Jessie the yodeling cowgirl. Bullseye, he's Woody's horse. Pete the old prospector. And, Woody, the man himself. Of course, it's time for Woody's RoundUp. He's the very best! He's the rootinest, tootinest cowboy in the wild, wild west!
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I don't like the Doogie Howser sound.
Yet you like the Fender Rhodes? At least that was the impression I got a few posts ago.
Color me confused...
There's Jessie the yodeling cowgirl. Bullseye, he's Woody's horse. Pete the old prospector. And, Woody, the man himself. Of course, it's time for Woody's RoundUp. He's the very best! He's the rootinest, tootinest cowboy in the wild, wild west!
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They are polar opposites. The Rhodes is warm with an incredible sustain. The electric piano used for Doogie is clipped and cold. Listen to Angela and then click on one of the speaker emblems on this page. The difference is stark.
Ugh. Sorry for the Yoko cleavage on the example pic there. You could add Still Crazy After All These Years to the list, but I couldn't find the studio version at YT. You know it anyway.
Edit: Cool. After the clip plays, you can type in another search and play something new right here in the existing window.
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Gotcha. I'll have to go and find Doogie. I haven't heard it in quite awhile.
There's Jessie the yodeling cowgirl. Bullseye, he's Woody's horse. Pete the old prospector. And, Woody, the man himself. Of course, it's time for Woody's RoundUp. He's the very best! He's the rootinest, tootinest cowboy in the wild, wild west!
album. Definitely scaled back from the Cole version.
Next thing you know, he'll be putting up some Doors, Light My Fire. 
