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| From | Marty Rudnick <mrudnick@marturo.com> |
| Subject | Re: Bum Notes |
| Date | Fri, 20 May 2005 14:59:36 -0700 (PDT) |
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You are probably right...
---- <audities@smoe.org> wrote:
>
> 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"
> >
> > All badly and consistently off-key
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > It does amaze me that these were deemed as passable in such GREAT songs.
> >
> > Marty
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
> --
> Greg Cagle
> gregc at gregcagle dot com
>
>
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