Proclivities
(Carrboro, NC) | | Posted: Apr 21, 2012 - 20:42 | |
Mugro wrote:Sorry, but I gave this song a 1. I would have given the album cover a 10, however! I too remember seeing this album in the living room of our old house. Deep red shag carpet, fake wood panelling on the walls, and the huge stereo system all encased in the same fake wood panelling. I also remember hearing this song, but with a little less fond memories. Every time I have heard this song was either in the grocery store or in an elevator. Never thought that RP would play MUSAK !!!!! :P  I think appreciation of this crap is generational. I was born in 1969, and my friends and I spent our youths making fun of music like this. That being said, we also grew up wondering where the golden age of rock went (Cream, Dead, classic Stones, Traffic, etc.— love that music, and still do). It was then that we discovered "alternative rock" that was being played on college radio. Too bad all those "alternative rock" stations went corporate. My friends and I spent a lot of time making fun of The Dead and their fans - and I was born in 1962. Most of their music - to me - was tedious noodling, and still is. This music was fun, at least - even after the drugs ran out. |
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veegez
(Burnsville, mn) | | Posted: Jun 28, 2004 - 20:07 | |
Mugro wrote:Sorry, but I gave this song a 1. I would have given the album cover a 10, however! I too remember seeing this album in the living room of our old house. Deep red shag carpet, fake wood panelling on the walls, and the huge stereo system all encased in the same fake wood panelling.
I also remember hearing this song, but with a little less fond memories. Every time I have heard this song was either in the grocery store or in an elevator. Never thought that RP would play MUSAK !!!!! :P
I think appreciation of this crap is generational. I was born in 1969, and my friends and I spent our youths making fun of music like this. That being said, we also grew up wondering where the golden age of rock went (Cream, Dead, classic Stones, Traffic, etc.-- love that music, and still do). It was then that we discovered "alternative rock" that was being played on college radio. Too bad all those "alternative rock" stations went corporate. Lighten up. It's nostalgia. And, it's completely harmless. Plus, I like it. :)
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farleym
(IN) | | Posted: Jun 15, 2004 - 14:50 | |
Mugro wrote:
I think appreciation of this crap is generational. I was born in 1969, and my friends and I spent our youths making fun of music like this. That being said, we also grew up wondering where the golden age of rock went (Cream, Dead, classic Stones, Traffic, etc.-- love that music, and still do). It was then that we discovered "alternative rock" that was being played on college radio. Too bad all those "alternative rock" stations went corporate.
I was born in 1969, and I love this and many other Herb tunes. Your argument that appreciation for this style of music is generational may be flawed, but then again, my 77-year-old father-in-law is a big Herb fan, so maybe there is some truth to that after all! |
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Mugro
(Lane Village, Massachusetts) | | Posted: Jun 02, 2004 - 09:37 | |
Sorry, but I gave this song a 1. I would have given the album cover a 10, however! I too remember seeing this album in the living room of our old house. Deep red shag carpet, fake wood panelling on the walls, and the huge stereo system all encased in the same fake wood panelling.
I also remember hearing this song, but with a little less fond memories. Every time I have heard this song was either in the grocery store or in an elevator. Never thought that RP would play MUSAK !!!!! :P
I think appreciation of this crap is generational. I was born in 1969, and my friends and I spent our youths making fun of music like this. That being said, we also grew up wondering where the golden age of rock went (Cream, Dead, classic Stones, Traffic, etc.-- love that music, and still do). It was then that we discovered "alternative rock" that was being played on college radio. Too bad all those "alternative rock" stations went corporate. |
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ghcollins86
(Santa Monica, CA (469.84 miles SSW of Paradise)) | | Posted: Jun 02, 2004 - 09:34 | |
Ahhhhh brings back memories of my dad and his stereo console . . . this album got plenty of spins on it . . .
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rulebritannia
(Sussex countryside, England) | | Posted: Apr 24, 2004 - 01:44 | |
From Eliades Ochoa to Herb Alpert. Brilliant.
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JrzyTmata
(Jersey Fresh Produce Aisle) | | Posted: Mar 29, 2004 - 13:44 | |
Art_Carnage wrote:
 don't be shy
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rah
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CaptTofu
(Seattle, WA) | | Posted: Mar 29, 2004 - 13:42 | |
holy shite.. I remember this on a little floppy record I got out of a magazine my dad gave me, it was square, and I would play it on my record player. Never knew it herb Albert. I don't think I've heard this in possibly 32 years!
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Monkeysdad
(Chatsworth, CA) | | Posted: Mar 05, 2004 - 10:42 | |
Wow! I'm 9, in the PI, and along with this, Mama's & Papa's, Beatles, Ray Price, and HAIR! I was in heaven, glad my mother was so "hip" then.
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kimmer
(Jacksonville, FL) | | Posted: Mar 05, 2004 - 10:40 | |
srey wrote:I remember being a little kid watching this record spin around on the hi-fi - that massive piece of furntiure in the living room with the sliding doors on top in which the records were stored in one half and the turntable rested in the other half. This sounds great 35 years later. Yikes!
Me too! What a flashback!!! And wasn't the album cover a woman draped in whipped cream or was that another favorite of my parents' collection. . .? |
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Art_Carnage
(DeepintheheartofTexas) | | Posted: Aug 18, 2003 - 06:52 | |
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srey
(Belmont, MA) | | Posted: Aug 18, 2003 - 06:51 | |
I remember being a little kid watching this record spin around on the hi-fi - that massive piece of furntiure in the living room with the sliding doors on top in which the records were stored in one half and the turntable rested in the other half. This sounds great 35 years later. Yikes!
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anonymous
(Isle of Man - UK) | | Posted: Aug 08, 2003 - 01:42 | |
Really excellent to hear this again, always did like them way back when.  |
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eklipso
(Sultan, WA) | | Posted: Jul 28, 2003 - 20:56 | |
Omigod! It's Al Herbert and the Marijuana Brass! 
It's nice to have this little reminder that somewhere in the world, someone at this very moment is watching Dating Game reruns ... |
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philarktos
(Vancouver) | | Posted: Jul 18, 2003 - 16:15 | |
Originally Posted by Mot:
Well, hello 1968!
For me it would have been 1965. Had not been into Motown or early British invasion in Junior High. I was into Classical and folk. Then my taste went through a confused period, before I toked up as a Freshman in College and got into Judy Collins, Joni Mitchel, Buffy Saint Marie, Abbey Road,
Incredible String Band, Pink Floyd.
In between, in that "wouldn't know "cool' if it bit me" period I bought my first pop albums: Herb Alpert and
The Fifth Dimension |
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Shimmer
(Bethesda, MD) | | Posted: Apr 14, 2003 - 18:33 | |
This is just horrible. Even the Beatles couldn't rescue this song, but if you've got to play it I'd rather hear their version than this dreck.
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ScottFromWyoming
(Powell, WY) | | Posted: Apr 04, 2003 - 13:52 | |
Originally Posted by Skeletor:
My dad has this album. The cover featured a nice lass draped in what appeared to be whipped cream....  Originally on "Whipped Cream and Other Delights"
Minneapolis' Soul Asylum parodied that album cover on one of their records. Truly disturbing: Clam Dip and Other Delights
See also: Original
Or Pat Cooper's Spaghetti
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wa2bux
(Centerport NY (about 50 km east of NYC)) | | Posted: Apr 04, 2003 - 13:49 | |
Boy, that takes me back... to when I was a carfree yout. I have a vague recollection of a wooden record player (with tubes!) spinning a 45. What I wouldn't give to be able to reach back and slap some sense into that kid! |
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the_om
(Indianapolis, IN) | | Posted: Apr 04, 2003 - 13:49 | |
Originally Posted by Skeletor:
My dad has this album. The cover featured a nice lass draped in what appeared to be whipped cream.
Hot-cha! That cover jump-started puberty for me. I think the album was called "Whipped Cream and Other Delights". |
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hutchmo
(nashville, TN) | | Posted: Apr 04, 2003 - 13:49 | |
Could you PLEASE show a picture of the cover of that ALBUM on the webcam!
Great change of pace, and a great refreshing blast from the past for this 50 year old..
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deep.purple
(Secret Hideaway) | | Posted: Apr 04, 2003 - 13:48 | |
Wow. My parents had the record. Now I have the CD. It's great to hear this on RP. Put a smile on my face, even before reading the comments :)
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strangechord
(Portland, OR) | | Posted: Apr 04, 2003 - 13:48 | |
I prefer the Beatles' cover. "Da-doo da-doo!"
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FeatFanMike
(Cold and Snowy Rochester, NY) | | Posted: Mar 25, 2003 - 08:19 | |
Originally Posted by gypsy222:
It sounds like game show music to me
I expected to hear "caller number 7 now wins...."
A nice change of pace none-the-less. |
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Skeletor
(R Street, DC) | | Posted: Mar 25, 2003 - 08:19 | |
Originally Posted by gypsy222:
It sounds like game show music to me.. but an old boyfriend loved these guys and they kind of grew on me, a LITTLE bit..
Other music from this album was used on the Dating Game for many years. Can't remember the title but I can mentally replay it almost flawlessly. |
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isujimmy
(Ames, IA) | | Posted: Mar 25, 2003 - 08:18 | |
Wasn't this one of the tracks off that horrible compilation off TV called "Instrumental Gold" ? I guess it's OK once in a while, say a year or so. :p
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skipwhitten
(Old Lyme, CT) | | Posted: Mar 25, 2003 - 08:18 | |
Someone is showing their age! hehe
Actually have the album myself! |
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Skeletor
(R Street, DC) | | Posted: Mar 25, 2003 - 08:17 | |
My dad has this album. The cover featured a nice lass draped in what appeared to be whipped cream. Once I got past that, I would listen to this and Zorba the Greek and Tijuana Taxi endlessly.
Great music, great choice Bill.
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gypsy222
(Minneapolis, MN) | | Posted: Mar 25, 2003 - 08:17 | |
It sounds like game show music to me.. but an old boyfriend loved these guys and they kind of grew on me, a LITTLE bit..
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giles
(OH) | | Posted: Mar 25, 2003 - 08:16 | |
Nice! A little out in left field, off the beaten track, whatever--another reason why RP is the best!
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