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| From | "floatingunder" <Steven.Durben@cignabehavioral.com> |
| Subject | Eric Carmen question, Johnny Nash and Yellow Pills |
| Date | Wed, 11 Aug 2004 13:32:51 -0000 |
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Trivia question:
OK, I'm not losing sleep over this but I would love to know the
answer. Every time I listen to "No Hard Feelings" I'm left wondering
who is "The Tooth". In a nutshell, the song chronicles the reason
for Carmen's split with the Raspberries. Thus near the song's end
Eric sings "So tomorrow come what may, looks like it's Ricky and the
Tooth". I assume "Ricky" is the singer but who is the Tooth? Every
time I hear this song I'm left wondering who he is per it's such an
autobiographical song. Anyone help?
Greg said..
The best bridge in pop music history is in "I Can See Clearly Now",
the
pop-reggae hit by Johnny Nash that was #1 for four weeks back in 1972
and
has been covered numerous times since.
@@@I'd add, the most painful song ever to be subjected to a
commercial. That dam Windex commercial darn near killed a great song.
Regarding IPO Anna said..
Oh, and Anton Barbeau was really great, he did my
favorite song of his, "Octagon" and his banter was
truly awesome.
Ah Anna, I love "Octagon". It's my favorite song by Anton by a LONG
shot. What is it about those Yellow Pills discs? Jordan Oakes has an
ear, no? To my ears there are many songs that are on YP and are among
the finest of the singer's repertoire (and some of these are
exclusively on YP).
Some that come to mind as my fav by the artist or near fav.. .
"Speed Kills": Adam Schmidt (only on YP but one of my favs)
"Is it any Wonder": Cowsills (YES, my fav but later released on
Global)
"Rest up": Jim Basnight (I always dug this song but never found much
else I liked as well).
"Disarray": Tommy Keene (YP only song. I may be in minority but it's
in my Top 10 Keene songs)
"Get to know you": Vandalias (great non album track)
Michael Guthrie's track (the name escapes me but one of the better
one's I've heard by him. Granted I only have "Direct Hits"))
"Blue Summer": Cherry Twister (YP only right? My fav CT song)
"Show and Tell": Richard Barone (Better then most of his solo work to
my ears)
There are others too I could come up with I'm sure (IMO)
This is not always the case naturally. To my ears, Scott Miller of
the Loud Family didn't give Jordan one of his many gems.
Anyway, I have not listened to them in a long time, I may need to
pull them out again.
Steve D NP: Loud Family "Days for Days"
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