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evenso
Posted: Apr 06, 2009 - 23:59
 
I think the 1971 version "Everything is Everything," by Donny Hathaway is better. It has more hint of authenticity in the sound. Although it is still not a Native American version. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAMKL2KKumo


Captn_Pea
(Spring Lake, MI)
Posted: Mar 06, 2009 - 11:13
 
There' springs in my head.

clair
Posted: Mar 06, 2009 - 11:13
 
OMG!!! HAPPY SONG!!!! WHEEEEEEEEEE{#Dancingbanana}

Pyro
Posted: Mar 06, 2009 - 11:13
 
 ThePoose wrote:
Did they write any of their own material? Or were they like Elvis: an interpreter of other's creations?

 
If I'm not mistaken, they wrote quite a bit of their stuff.


superfido
(Sweden)
Posted: Mar 06, 2009 - 11:13
 
dorky ass song

Pyro
Posted: Mar 06, 2009 - 11:12
 
 aarrgho wrote:
say what you will, but this song (and several others from Brewer and Shipley) had a pretty big impact on me in the late 60's early 70's as I was struggeling to be a good hippie in the midwest usa.

they did a bunch of good songs......one of which, "Brain Damage", my band pertormed years later.
"Oh Mommy" is another that never gets played but is still relevant today....
 
I'd love to hear Oh Mommy or Fly, fly fly.  And you're right...as I look over their discography, I'm reminded that they were a prolific and well-liked band in their day.



onerb
Posted: Mar 06, 2009 - 11:11
 
Great, thanks!

higado
Posted: Mar 06, 2009 - 11:11
 
off the wall   

(former member)
(Doofenshmirtz Evil Incorporated)
Posted: Mar 06, 2009 - 11:10
 
This is so ingrained in my consciousness, my subconsciousness. Without it being in the forefront like hit Beatles tunes or "Smile on your brother" it's still so much of my past.

Thanks. Thanks very very much.

nimesay
(los angeles)
Posted: Mar 06, 2009 - 11:10
 
WOW never heard this one before - LOVE it!!

{#Hearteyes}

Gartholamundi
(Gainesville, FL)
Posted: Mar 06, 2009 - 11:09
 
far out man ... love that tabla ...

manzanitafire
Posted: Feb 02, 2009 - 22:13
 
This song makes me feel glad that I'm not dead! This is a great singalong around the campfire song...segues nicely into almost any hippie/rainbow chant you can think of, too...

ThePoose
Posted: Feb 02, 2009 - 22:13
 
 baltimorelovejoy wrote:
I think it would sound much better (and rate better to) if it were live, possibly around the aforementioned campfire, instead of in a studio.

Do these guys do "That's Amore"?
 
Only when the moon hits your eye like a big-a pizza pie.

ThePoose
Posted: Feb 02, 2009 - 22:11
 
Did they write any of their own material? Or were they like Elvis: an interpreter of other's creations?


Proclivities
(NC)
Posted: Jan 02, 2009 - 06:53
 
The "Best" of Brewer & Shipley?  I'd have to keep that next to the "Best of Mouth & MacNeal" or "Jigsaw's Greatest Hits".  I guess I've heard worse, but this is generously irritating.


trekhead
(Under The Tree)
Posted: Jan 02, 2009 - 06:50
 
It is an irritating little song, isn't it? {#Lol}

aarrgho
Posted: Jan 02, 2009 - 06:50
 
say what you will, but this song (and several others from Brewer and Shipley) had a pretty big impact on me in the late 60's early 70's as I was struggeling to be a good hippie in the midwest usa.

they did a bunch of good songs......one of which, "Brain Damage", my band pertormed years later.
"Oh Mommy" is another that never gets played but is still relevant today....

Grammarcop
(Hey, I can see Canada from here!)
Posted: Dec 01, 2008 - 16:20
 
I'm getting a contact high just from listening.

vandal
(arriving somewhere, but not here. . .)
Posted: Dec 01, 2008 - 16:20
 


cutterjudd
(smackdabinthemiddle)
Posted: Oct 31, 2008 - 07:33
 
I thought Brewer and Shipley put out some nice tunes, I enjoyed the album "Rural Space".  Saw them many moons ago at Memorial Hall in KCKS.

Alafia
Posted: Oct 31, 2008 - 07:33
 
SWEET JANE, SWEET JANE....


wendorama
(39.748085,-104.9989 elevation 5280ft Feet, not meters. I like feet.)
Posted: Oct 31, 2008 - 07:32
 

Weren't these guys the head "music" writers for the Partridge Family?



Manbird
(Santa Rosa, CA)
Posted: Oct 18, 2008 - 19:00
 


MojoJojo
(Indianapolis, IN USA)
Posted: Sep 29, 2008 - 15:22
 



vandal
(arriving somewhere, but not here. . .)
Posted: Sep 29, 2008 - 15:20
 

 


Pyro
Posted: Sep 29, 2008 - 15:16
 
 MCKY wrote:
While I like this version, the original by Jim Pepper is wonderful. Had tried to upload it, but it never made the cut. And Jan Garabarek does a great cover as well.
 
I'd love to hear them both!  Too bad the Pepper version was "sorried" by Rebecca.

That happens a lot.  {#Rolleyes}

DeeCee1109
(People's Republic of A2)
Posted: Sep 29, 2008 - 15:15
 
Okay, it ain't high art . . .  Oh, wait . . . It WAS "high art" . . .{#Roflol}

Pyro
Posted: Sep 29, 2008 - 15:15
 
I think you had to be there.  I was, and it brings back fond memories.

MCKY
(PEI, Great White North)
Posted: Sep 29, 2008 - 15:14
 
While I like this version, the original by Jim Pepper is wonderful. Had tried to upload it, but it never made the cut. And Jan Garabarek does a great cover as well.

Brewer and Shipley were cursed with that one hit-a dumb novelty song. they actually had some nice period stuff.

vit
Posted: Jul 28, 2008 - 10:08
 
Glockman45 wrote:

sounds like lou reed........ah jane, sweet sweet jane.........listen to the guitar. vocals sound like outkast or gorillaz or monsters inc, whatever that rap band is.........




I hate it when people say a song sounds like music that came after it. You might have something with Sweet Jane (it came out in '69 / '70 apparently).



shutter
(You can't get here from there)
Posted: Jul 28, 2008 - 10:00
 
Yup. An example of what went terribly wrong with the drug culture of the sixties.  Iccchhh..

baltimorelovejoy
(Philadelphia, PA)
Posted: Jul 28, 2008 - 10:00
 
I think it would sound much better (and rate better to) if it were live, possibly around the aforementioned campfire, instead of in a studio.

Do these guys do "That's Amore"?

laskaguy
(Up north)
Posted: Jun 26, 2008 - 21:10
 
Hearing the song motivated me to listen to the whole album again. I forgot how good it was. I had a chance to meet Tom Shipley at the Freakers Ball in Alaska back in about 1979 when I had a Greenpeace booth set up. Nice guy, great musicians.
Glockman45
(Dallas, TX)
Posted: Jun 26, 2008 - 21:01
 
sounds like lou reed........ah jane, sweet sweet jane.........listen to the guitar. vocals sound like outkast or gorillaz or monsters inc, whatever that rap band is.........
Ellehcim
(Ottawa, ON,Canada)
Posted: Mar 24, 2008 - 10:12
 
This song used to be sung around the campfire of a camp I used to go to.....I totally thought it was made up. Was really surprised when I recognized this lol. Thanks Bill
gypsyman
(staring into the fire)
Posted: Mar 24, 2008 - 10:11
 
Oregon (the band) does an interesting cover of this...
lwilkinson
(North Am)
Posted: Mar 24, 2008 - 10:11
 
lwilkinson wrote:
1960's shades of The Kingston Trio.


I forgot to add that this is so much better than that insipid "One Toke Over the Line"; a much overplayed paean to unemployed but romantic dope heads the world over. (As a child of the 60's I tend to deny resembling that remark )
WonderLizard
(2,755.46 mi. due east of Paradise)
Posted: Mar 24, 2008 - 10:11
 
trekhead wrote:






One of the greatest ever graphic puns. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. BTW, concur the Jim Pepper version. But this one's cool.
tompoll
(Seattle WA USA)
Posted: Jan 21, 2008 - 12:23
 
chyk5 wrote:
Interesting song. At first, the monotony was getting on my nerves. Then I began tapping my foot without realizing it. Nice stuff.
Same thing happened to me!
ch83575
Posted: Jan 21, 2008 - 12:22
 
MJMJ wrote:
Christopher Guest, anyone?


I had a copy of of this on vinyl, but it teetered crazily on the spindle, so I had to get rid of it.
ulibcn
(Barcelona Spain)
Posted: Jan 21, 2008 - 12:20
 
Hey Bill,
what's that reefer you're smoking?
Gimme a bit, wontcha?
lwilkinson
(North Am)
Posted: Jan 21, 2008 - 12:19
 
1960's shades of The Kingston Trio.
keller1
(Altered States)
Posted: Nov 19, 2007 - 16:39
 
ronniegirl wrote:
Me too. 1970s, WMMR in Philadelphia. Lots of great old folk songs.


CKLW in Windsor played the Jim Pepper/Everything is Everything version in the late 60s. If you can lay your hands on it it's quite a bit better than the B&S version.
rowdydaisy
(Chicago, IL)
Posted: Nov 19, 2007 - 15:22
 
RobRyan wrote:


Wow! Oregon? You mean "the" Oregon? With Ralph Towner, et al? If so, I was wrong in thinking that I was the only person left who knew about them.

But I wasn't aware that they did this song.


RP has played the Oregon version but I don't think people liked it.

http://www.radioparadise.com/rp2-content.php?name=Music&func=search&type=artist&search=Oregon
oilydwarf
Posted: Nov 19, 2007 - 15:20
 
8 for the lapels on the shirt!
chyk5
Posted: Nov 19, 2007 - 15:19
 
Interesting song. At first, the monotony was getting on my nerves. Then I began tapping my foot without realizing it. Nice stuff.
ArbiterOfGoodTaste
(Seattle, WA)
Posted: Nov 19, 2007 - 15:19
 
Same guys as One Toke... Hmmm.
Photo-John
(Nor Cal to SLC)
Posted: Nov 19, 2007 - 15:17
 
Definitely one toke over the line. Yucky. I will need to listen to some Slayer to wash this out of my brain.
MinMan
(Bay Area, CA)
Posted: Nov 19, 2007 - 15:16
 
nate917 wrote:
Not one person mentioned "One Toke Over the Line." You know this is them, right?
Are you sure that isn't "one toke over the top"?
oldhippiechick
(Pottsville, PA)
Posted: Oct 19, 2007 - 06:39
 
rtkmusic wrote:
and on KSHE 95 in St. Louis back in the golden days of underground radio...


with Michael Tearson, late at night, very good memories. Up late just because you could.