A Salty Dog: Procol Harum
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September 10, 2013 at 12:39 pm
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September 10, 2013 at 2:11 pm
Excellent! Made me go rushing to another of my favorite nautical tunes:
September 10, 2013 at 4:14 pm
im6,
I haven’t heard this in a long time. It reminds me me of how much I liked Jefferson Airplane. This was an easy sing-a-long. I remembered all the words (okay most of them).
September 10, 2013 at 7:52 pm
We all know the CSN version, but have you heard this one? It’s by the same group that did “Vehicle” and they really Chicago it up. I like a song that can be interpreted so many different ways.
September 10, 2013 at 8:29 pm
im6,
I haven’t ever heard of this group before. That introduction is amazing, and the lead singer is excellent. I went looking to learn more about them.
I was surprised by how many are in the band and how old they looked until I saw they started in the 60’s.
You know so many bands and musicians I haven’t ever heard of. I love being introduced.
September 10, 2013 at 8:40 pm
Ides of March was pretty much a one hit wonder band (even though they had a few other songs that charted). That hit was “Vehicle” which went to #2 in 1970. So it doesn’t surprise me they look old (I’m not sure if you meant they look old NOW or they looked old THEN — I’m guessing then, since those of us who were around back then ain’t exactly spring chickens now either!) I guess this as good a place as any to be disagreeable and say I really like “Whiter Shade Of Pale”. I like it by PH, but I LOVE this:
September 10, 2013 at 2:57 pm
Probably best known for the rather sickly “Whiter shade of pale” Procol Harum’s production was notoriously uneven drifting into over orchestrated discs such as Grand Hotel. Yet somehow Gary Brooker threw in a classic “Exotic Birds and Fruit”, still a great album
Meanwhile Robin Trower sort of exited the Southend band and went to guitar hero and offered the wonderful “Bridge of Sighs”, which if played at full volume after a trip to the Leg of Mutton and Cauliflower would cause beer influenced young men to expound on the virtues of “Too Rolling Stoned”
September 10, 2013 at 4:17 pm
My Dear Hedley,
I have always liked the album A Salty Dog.
I think that unevenness kept them from getting their due. They sang and played some excellent music.
September 10, 2013 at 4:41 pm
Kat, I agree with you, inconsistency ruined their legacy
September 10, 2013 at 5:04 pm
MDH,
I have introduced some of their music to people who couldn’t believe it was Procol.
September 10, 2013 at 9:17 pm
im6,
I also liked Whiter Shade of Pale. It was our friend Hedley who didn’t. I have posted the PH version as well as other covers including Annie Lennox.
September 10, 2013 at 9:44 pm
Hedley’s just a sourpuss because Lenny never did a cover of WSOP. I checked my hard drive and found the next best thing. And wonder of wonders, it’s on YouTube (isn’t it amazing that you can find just about any and everything on YouTube these days?!)
September 10, 2013 at 10:54 pm
im6,
Noel Harrison, Yikes! I remember his Windmills of My Mind which wasn’t half bad. The psychedelic pictures were the best part of this.
September 10, 2013 at 10:59 pm
Was I right though, Kat? I don’t think I could get much closer to Lenny than the melodic Noel. And FYI, it’s the windmills of YOUR mind, the Academy Award-winning theme from “The Thomas Crown Affair.” (How does my brain hold all this crap?)
September 10, 2013 at 11:20 pm
im6,
You were perfectly correct. I also knew it was the theme from The Thomas Crown Affair. It was the last movie I saw before I left Ghana two days later when my service was finished. The movie was filmed in and around Boston for the most part.
I still remember the movie theater (they were all outside) and where I sat. It is one of my last memories of Ghana.
September 10, 2013 at 11:27 pm
I remember I saw it in Tupelo Mississippi. (Elvis wasn’t there) Funny the things we remember. I also remember how impressed I was with the (then) new multi-image technique which was quickly copied right and left (hello “Woodstock”!).
September 11, 2013 at 10:19 am
im6,
The movie theaters in Ghana were outside ( may still be but I don’t know). You bought a ticket then went inside to go outside. There were overhangs along the sides so if it rained, you picked up your chair and moved to the overhang. I loved listening to the rain and watching the movie.
September 11, 2013 at 8:57 am
Wasn’t the Thomas Crown Affair the movie where Renee Russo was, like, smoking hot and stuff ?
Why are you justifying WSOP with some brutal Noel Harrison version. Procul Harem were just a band from Southend on Sea. Go wax lyrical about the greatness of “Exotic Birds and Fruit” or how Trower could really play or something
Lennie rules AND it is almost his birthday
September 11, 2013 at 10:03 am
MDH,
This was the 1968 original with Steve McQueen and Faye Dunaway.
Not justification from im6, a version he knew you would hate!
September 11, 2013 at 10:15 am
OOOHHHHH !
I definitely liked the Renee Russo version.
WSOP is one of those songs. I have always been a gigantic fan of Bruce Springsteen’s but dislike Born to Run – go figure.
That naughty im6 always trying to cause trouble.
USA 2 Mexico 0 – and a trip to the World Cup has been secured for us. Meanwhile poor Mexico are in the 5th and first elimination spot with two matches to play including a critical game against Panama. Oh my.
September 11, 2013 at 10:22 am
MDH,
I went back and forth to that game from the Sox game and the second season debut of Buchholtz. Poor Mexico!
Im6 does a wonderful job at causing a bit of trouble!!
September 11, 2013 at 10:43 am
I put my name in to the lottery for World Cup Final tickets. I would be ok flying in for the Final but as much as I want to see Rio I am concerned about security. So I have skipped the group stages which would involve a longer stay
I guess if the World Cup goes off ok, I could reconsider for the Olympic Games in 2016
September 11, 2013 at 10:46 am
MDH,
I was in Rio in 1977 before there were so many street people and shacks on the hills. It was far safer then as we were two women traveling alone. I didn’t feel anything but safe.
I vote for World Cup if you get the tickets!
September 11, 2013 at 11:37 am
Kat, If I get Final tickets I will roll.
September 11, 2013 at 11:52 am
Great choice!!
September 11, 2013 at 10:52 am
When it comes to being a troublemaker, I’m an amateur, a complete novice compared to MDH. I try not to sit on Mt. Olympus acting all high and mighty like my opinion is somehow superior. I’m willing to accept the fact that I have my musical preferences and others have theirs (and you know who I mean by “others” !). Lord Grantham almost lost Downton Abbey because of his short-sighted, superior ways!
And pretty as Reneé Russo may be, we’re talking about Faye Dunaway, hot off her portrayal of Bonnie Parker and cool as a cucumber in Thomas Crown — and before she went completely crazy and started thinking she was the greatest actress who ever lived. Sort of reminds me of someone. 😛
September 11, 2013 at 11:00 am
im6,
I too prefer Faye Dunaway and the original movie. I mean we’re talking Steve McQueen here too!
I’m laughing at your first paragraph-it amuses me!!
September 11, 2013 at 11:34 am
How can we take you seriously im6? , you moved to Austin and dared to suggest that Betty Midler’s version of “In these shoes” was superior to Kirsty.
Faye Dunaway’s talents were most exposed in Chinatown. I really enjoyed Renee in the windmill movie.
September 11, 2013 at 11:53 am
MDH,
We?
September 11, 2013 at 11:59 am
One word can have so much power, Kat. That pretty much justifies my not bothering with a response.
September 11, 2013 at 12:02 pm
im6,
Indeed!
September 11, 2013 at 1:36 pm
Semantics.
Ever since im6 moved to Austin he has been seriously media confused. It could be the heat
Heck all that good material on Faye and Renee was totally wasted
September 11, 2013 at 1:37 pm
My Dear Hedley,
I’ll stay here outside the ropes and watch!
September 11, 2013 at 1:45 pm
ooohhh, a wrestling reference,
Wait until im6 announces that Ms Elizabeth wasn’t hot and he preferred the Iron Sheik to Nikolai Volkoff….then we are going to have trouble 🙂
September 11, 2013 at 1:54 pm
Nothing to see, Kat.
September 11, 2013 at 3:32 pm
im6,
Here I thought i’d see the Great Debate!
September 11, 2013 at 3:33 pm
MDH,
It seems im6 is done for the day!
September 11, 2013 at 3:41 pm
I believe I’ve mentioned it before, but I’ve had so much drama and arguments and just general discord over the past year that I’m simply not up to prolonged disagreements anymore. Non productive even if they are well-meaning or in jest. (Honestly, sometimes I’m not so sure, but maybe I’m being paranoid). So, yes, I’ve closed the book on Procol Crown. (Hope I’m not reminding you of someone who will remain nameless, Kat!)
September 11, 2013 at 4:27 pm
im6,
Sorry, but that name popped into my head before I got to the last sentence. All I could think of was no, not im6.
September 11, 2013 at 4:33 pm
I was afraid of that, Kat. Truly, I’m not thin-skinned. And I know it’s all in fun, but sometimes a joke goes on too long and it’s no longer funny (I’m just as guilty). Like I said, the fight has been taken out of me. That and the heat have taken their toll!
September 11, 2013 at 4:53 pm
im6,
At least you didn’t say Interesting!
Heat makes people grumpy.
September 11, 2013 at 4:58 pm
Dang, and I had so hoped that somehow we had morphed in to a discussion of the great wrestlers from times gone by. I was on a plane to LA and there was my travelling companion – Hulk Hogan, the guy was absolutely gigantic. Friendly as could be.
I like the progression of thought and debate – guess I blew a tire on this one.
September 11, 2013 at 5:03 pm
MDH, you and Kat are free to discuss wrestling. I know as much about it as I do about football/soccer (or half of your references for that matter 😉 ). Patch that tire.
September 11, 2013 at 8:10 pm
im6,
I know nothing at all about wrestling. I’m good with baseball, basketball and the basics of football.
September 11, 2013 at 8:11 pm
MDH,
I saw him recently in a film, and I thought he looked much less muscular, smaller somehow. I do like his mustache.
September 11, 2013 at 8:11 pm
MDH,
I think it’s the heat. People get grumpy and less tolerant.