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| From | Greg Cagle <gregc@gregcagle.com> |
| Subject | Re: Bum Notes |
| Date | Fri, 20 May 2005 13:19:39 -0700 |
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I always thought the solo on Wild Thing was an ocarina for some
reason.
- Greg
Marty Rudnick wrote:
> Ok, (excluding Sonny & Cher & Ringo) my favorite examples:
>
> The vocal on Gale Garnett's "We'll Sing In The Sunshine"
> The flute solo on Mamas & Papas' "California Dreaming"
> The flute solo on The Troggs' "Wild Thing"
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> All badly and consistently off-key
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> I had thought it was possibly because in olden days they often had to link up and synchronize multiple tape machines to add tracks, and that sometimes there would be a speed difference between two tape machines that resulted in a tuning problem.
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> It does amaze me that these were deemed as passable in such GREAT songs.
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> Marty
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Greg Cagle
gregc at gregcagle dot com
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