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A roadmap that reveals the highways, byways, ley lines and subterranean tunnels connecting rock, soul, pop, folk rock, R&B, garage, punk, funk, jazz, world music, and soundtracks from the twilight of the 1950s to the dawn of the 1970s. Larry Grogan is a DJ, writer, podcaster, collector, and the man behind Funky16Corners.
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January 9, 2019: Testify! - This Is the Sound of Music aka Pure Pop For Then People
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Wed. 1/9/19 10:02pm
Erica:
Larry AND Garry! |
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Wed. 1/9/19 10:04pm
Erica:
Looking forward to this week's show. |
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![]() Larry and funky testifiers! |
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![]() Excellent! Me too! |
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![]() Chresti! |
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![]() Hurry curry? |
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![]() Or Harry Carey? I'm never 100% sure. |
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![]() Haha- fuss about Sunday! |
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![]() Hey all. |
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![]() Hey Doc! |
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Wed. 1/9/19 10:11pm
Erica:
Wow I'm discovering more rare 60s gems tonight. |
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![]() Lots more to come! |
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![]() Cool Traffic cover! |
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![]() Yeah, wasn't that great? Nothing like their other stuff. |
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![]() Did every band cover Morning Dew? |
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![]() Every band from 1967 to 1971 |
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![]() Larry, you made the right call not naming your show Testicle! like you had originally planned. |
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Wed. 1/9/19 10:20pm
coelacanth∅:
hey Larry & all |
Wed. 1/9/19 10:20pm
rw:
Evening! I read the above comment and thought for a second this show was going to be Every band from 1967 to 1971. | |
Wed. 1/9/19 10:21pm
reconnaissance winnebago:
coel! | |
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Wed. 1/9/19 10:21pm
coelacanth∅:
so...it seems to me this 3 dog night song came out before the original did...how's that? -and how did i never hear it before when 3dn was my favorite band at this time? |
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Wed. 1/9/19 10:21pm
Erica:
Hello reco...user with long title lol. |
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Wed. 1/9/19 10:22pm
coelacanth∅:
haha rw! i wasn't sure you saw that! |
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![]() Haha Doug! |
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![]() I remember Popsicles and Icicles . Actually like that song (shuffles embarrassedly) |
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![]() Hi C! rw! reconnaisance winnebago! |
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Wed. 1/9/19 10:26pm
coelacanth∅:
wikipedia says "neil young" was released jan '69, and that's NEVER WRONG! ...maybe Neil released it as a single? |
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![]() @Doc - Nothing to shuffle about. Great pop song, but a huge contrast with that version of Paper Sun |
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![]() This is great |
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![]() @C - My mistake, both 69 |
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![]() haha "can't stand the song" |
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Wed. 1/9/19 10:28pm
Erica:
Speaking of which, Larry, This summer marks the 50th anniversary of Woodstock. |
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![]() Hey Doug! Feeling better? |
Wed. 1/9/19 10:29pm
rw:
Hey Erica, F16C. reconnaissance winnebago is my alter ego I seem to have a few. | |
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![]() @Erica - I may have to do something for the anniversary |
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![]() ...he says@ hanky panky |
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![]() On the road to recovery, Larry. Few potholes here and there, etc. |
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Wed. 1/9/19 10:30pm
Erica:
So basically you have two accounts on here rw. Great Idea Larry! |
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Wed. 1/9/19 10:31pm
coelacanth∅:
rw, a couple dozen maybe! that was some serious silliness. i like that dj - have to watch out for his fill-ins. |
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Wed. 1/9/19 10:32pm
still b/p:
Just went scanning to see if I could find the Modesty Blaise scene/image stuck in my head for decades. Didn't see it quite as remembered. Maybe faulty recall. But did see scene in which Breen track plays on a portable radio next to Dirk Bogarde staked out in the sun in an Arab camp, calling weakly for "Champagne...champagne..." |
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![]() Hey sbp! Yeah, one of the best things about that movie is Bogarde's louche villain. And Monica Vitti in a bikini. |
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![]() Haha sb/p, gotta see that! |
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Wed. 1/9/19 10:36pm
Erica:
I think I heard "Picture Postcard World" years ago, or something like it on another radio station and blog. Nice to hear it again. |
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![]() This feels....collegiate? @Rock Chorale |
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![]() It's basically Ellie Greenwich and a bunch of NYC studio singers and musicians |
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Wed. 1/9/19 10:43pm
coelacanth∅:
and the first time i heard this song it was the 3dog night version. spiraling spiraling ... |
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Wed. 1/9/19 10:43pm
coelacanth∅:
i had heard of traffic. one song: freedom rider. |
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![]() Traffic got covered a lot at the time. Blood Sweat and Tears does a great version of Smiling Phases |
Wed. 1/9/19 10:44pm
rw:
coel, agreed. To the comment at 10:31. Probably to the 10:43 comment too. | |
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Wed. 1/9/19 10:47pm
northguineahills:
I think I read all of the Hardy Boys books from age 6-8. |
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Wed. 1/9/19 10:47pm
coelacanth∅:
i think 3 dog night also introduced me to feelin' alright |
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Wed. 1/9/19 10:50pm
northguineahills:
Didn't know there was a Hardy Boys cartoon... |
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Wed. 1/9/19 10:50pm
northguineahills:
Didn't know there was a Hardy Boys cartoon... |
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Wed. 1/9/19 10:50pm
coelacanth∅:
at one point (when i was around 8 or 9) i had "feelin' alright" on 2 albums; one by 3dn & one by rare earth; my older brother had it by grand funk railroad on "survival". neither of us knew about traffic yet. |
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![]() Groovy greetings, you mods and rockers |
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![]() @NGH - Saturday mornings on ABC 1969/1970. Very groovy looking version of the Hardy Boys. There was even a live action band in the opening credits that looked like the cartoon characters |
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![]() Hi fleep! |
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Wed. 1/9/19 10:52pm
Erica:
I know there was a Hardy Boys TV show from the 70s, but that was with Shaun Cassidy. |
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![]() Those Hardy Boys books were huge for me as a kid. I tried to get my sons interested but they didn't bite. |
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![]() @Erica - Yes indeed, maybe 78/79-ish. There was a Nancy Drew show as well |
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![]() Oops... |
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Wed. 1/9/19 10:54pm
coelacanth∅:
hey fleep |
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Wed. 1/9/19 10:54pm
Erica:
Technical Difficulties. Please Stand By. (Picture of a dog with a TV cord in its mouth appears). |
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![]() I like the one from the Simpsons with the picture of drunk camerman |
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Wed. 1/9/19 10:57pm
Erica:
Haha! |
Wed. 1/9/19 10:58pm
rw:
Super groovy. | |
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![]() This is a great album if you dig this sound |
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Wed. 1/9/19 11:00pm
northguineahills:
@Larry: There are many, like the camera guy blitzed w/ a giant bottle of booze, or Kent Brockman w/ a cuckoo springing out of his head (plus more). I'm sure someone compiled them somewhere. |
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Wed. 1/9/19 11:00pm
northguineahills:
Kites are fun! |
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![]() Yes! 'The Groovies' are in fact Free Design incognito |
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Wed. 1/9/19 11:02pm
Erica:
So basically it's a band's cover of their own material, but not a re-recording of it. |
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Wed. 1/9/19 11:03pm
still b/p:
"Somebody Groovy" was in that category of music that reminds me of "young people dancing" scenes in mid to late 60s movies....kids intently shimmying and frugging, camera shots tilted, maybe a bit of colored lights action. |
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![]() Yes. Same label. Enoch Light, the guy who ran Project 3 records used the Free Design as abacking singers on a couple of projects. |
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![]() @sbp - If you dig that sound, and that vibe, check out this essay and mix I did a few years back: ironleg.wordpress.com... |
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![]() Somehow I knew Dick Hyman would make your playlist on that essay. I had The Man From O.R.G.A.N. growing up. |
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Wed. 1/9/19 11:12pm
still b/p:
Oh, I'll have a few pinches of THAT! But I have to remember not to scroll to the bottom of that page....fearful of WOW brows. |
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![]() Dick Hyman was hip, and a stalwart of the Project 3/Command catalog, as a headliner and as a backing musician. I've played some of his moog stuff on the show in the past, |
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Wed. 1/9/19 11:14pm
northguineahills:
Dropping out for a bit, hopefully will be back for the home stretch. |
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![]() Coolio. |
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![]() Like this folky version of NT and AS. |
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![]() I wish they'd done more like this |
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![]() I know this Tim Buckley song, great one DON'T know Henske, though (a bit of Buffy T Marie in her singing, perhaps...)? |
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![]() It's actually a Fred Neil song that Buckley covered. Henske was in the folk scene early on, before she married Jerry Yester and put out a crazu psychedelic album. She was really more of a torch singer than a folkie. |
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Wed. 1/9/19 11:32pm
Erica:
Sorry Phil, you'll have to wait until the mid-70s before the war ends. Haha! |
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![]() Henske was famous early on for the song High Flying Bird that became a folk rock standard |
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![]() Ah, Phil, saw him at close to the end of his life in a small Village club . He was depressed, one of the saddest shows I've seen (Sonny Stitt when he was played out was another one ). |
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Wed. 1/9/19 11:34pm
Erica:
Sorry, had to make a Vietnam War joke. |
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![]() Phil was brilliant, but really went south toward the end of his life. |
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![]() Just came back from Vietnam... You mean "The American War "... |
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Wed. 1/9/19 11:37pm
Erica:
Was that a reference to Young Sheldon doctorjazz? And yes, Phil's life was cut short due to mental instability and suicide, according to the Wikipedia. |
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![]() I remember reading his biography years ago and it was incredibly sad |
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![]() (going through some sad, disappointing shows in my head (with Phil's reminder). Saw Segovia, Earl Hines, and Max Roach, all past when they should have called it quite already (saw Segovia and Roach before that as well, great when they still has it) Aaron Neville is playing a duet concert near me soon... Thought I'd catching it but I'm afraid the same thing may happen). Boy I about spending the New Year with a downer... Sorry about that...} |
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![]() No problem. I always fight the impulse to see older performers when I know that they may not be able to cut it like they used to. Sometimes it's just worth it to be in their presence. Other times, not so much. |
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![]() If wasn't a reference, Erica... Just what they call the war there, felt a bit weird when I was there |
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Wed. 1/9/19 11:46pm
Erica:
But other countries were involved as well, weren't they? |
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![]() France before us. |
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![]() Seen Aaron Neville many times, with and without the Brothers. The last time I took my daughter, raving about "the voice", and he just didn't have it I had to bore her with his records for hours later to prove I wasn't nuts (he could have just been worn out from touring, or not feeling well, of course) |
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![]() There was the French war, which they won then The American War (you know how that turned out ). Cocky bunch (but very nice to us, actually) |
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![]() Art Neville just retired from performing. I heard he'd been sick for a while. Bootsy Collins also just retired from live performance. |
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![]() We should have paid attention to what happened to the French at Dien Bien Phu. en.wikipedia.org... |
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![]() He's listed playing Sopac near me in Jersey on the 12th in a duo. |
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Wed. 1/9/19 11:52pm
Erica:
Another Technical Difficulty. |
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![]() Aaron Neville? |
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![]() I keep hitting the wrong buttons tonight. |
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![]() Yup Jan 12 |
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![]() I keep trying to copy the link, but my phone isn't letting me |
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![]() www.sopacnow.org... Got it . Thanks Larry ! |
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Wed. 1/9/19 11:58pm
still b/p:
Finally watched "The Fog of War" last week. I have a fair grasp of the history but it made made me want to refresh a more detailed survey of our Vietnam war -- via the multi-part PBS series from a couple years ago for instance -- so I could frame and weigh McNamara's own words on it and so I could revisit the perspectives of those who condemned and reviled him. |
Thu. 1/10/19 12:00am
rw:
Tape from California is a favorite of mine too. I could, and have, listened to that thing over and over and over and over. | |
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![]() Thanks Larry! |
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![]() I'm always in search of a good history of the conflicts in Vietnam from the French on to our involvement |
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Thu. 1/10/19 12:00am
coelacanth∅:
Thanks Larry take care folks |
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![]() @rw - It really keeps on giving. |
Thu. 1/10/19 12:01am
rw:
Thank you Mr. 16 Corners! Night kids! | |
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Thu. 1/10/19 12:01am
Erica:
Well that was one of the most interesting shows you've done Larry. Discovered a few favorites. Thanks Larry! Goodnight everyone. |
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![]() Nite Chresti! Nite C! |
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Thu. 1/10/19 12:01am
still b/p:
When world history is written, it will say this show tonight was good. Thanks. |
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![]() Thanks Erica! See you next week! |
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![]() Good night! |
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![]() Thanks sbp! |
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![]() Liked the Men Burns Doc |
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![]() The Vietnam one? |
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Thu. 1/10/19 2:01pm
Cal Zone!:
I was just thinking of Murmaids Paper Sun the other day. I need to find that 45, although Girls Go Zonk! comp may be enough.... |
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![]() It's a killer, but getting harder to find these days. |
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