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| From | Marty Rudnick <mrudnick@marturo.com> |
| Subject | Re: Hollies (was "60's pop advice) |
| Date | Mon, 21 Jun 2004 22:46:22 -0700 |
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FINALLY, a little Hollies chatter.
I am a lifelong, hardcore fan, and I love the Hollies for all of their
great songs and harmonies. Unfortunately, they also released a whole
lot of mediocre schlock. Is it possible they couldn't tell the difference?
Will they ever make it into the RRHOF? I think that after 40 albums and
40 years, they are long overdue for induction, but I think that it'll be
a cold day in hell. If they ever do get in, they damn well better have
Terry Sylvester front and center, because he deserves every bit as much
recognition as Graham Nash.
Marty
P.S. Favorite Nash-era LP: Evolution
Favorite Sylvester-era LP: Another Night
Billy G. Spradlin wrote:
>"Sandy" is a awesome cover, fantastic engineering by Alan Parsons btw. I wish
>they would have cut a long version with all of Springsteen's verses, but the
>edited lyrics work for radio. It should have been a worldwide monster hit
>like
>"Air That I Breathe" was.
>
>"Clarke, Hicks, Slyvester etc" is Epic's compliation of the 1976 UK Polydor
>albums "Write On" and "Russian Roulette". Epic didnt hear a hit on them so
>they tacked on "Sandy" from 1975's "Another Night" album for a single. That
>lousy cover looks like it was for Poco or the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. It shows
>Epic didnt give a damn about promoting the Hollies in the USA.
>
>"Write On" is very orchestrated and lush like "Another Night". While "Russian
>Roulete" is one of thier best-ever 70's abums - they sound like a real band
>again and rock out convincingly.
>
>Billy
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>At 11:58 PM 6/20/2004 -0500, you wrote:
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>>Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2004 15:44:53 -0500
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>>... which is why, for my money, the best song that the band did in their
>>later years was their cover of Bruce Springsteen's "4th Of July, Asbury Park
>>(Sandy)" off of their 1977 album, *Clarke, Hicks, Sylvester, Calvert and
>>Elliott*. For a band whose harmonies were their trademark, that Springsteen
>>cover was a tremendous latter-day peak performance.
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>>Gregory Sager
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>Billy G. Spradlin
>http://listen.to/jangleradio
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