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Re: Adventures Through The Mines Of Mellow Gold 44

Robert — Sun, 02 Sep 2007 15:27:06 -0000

I don't think I'd ever heard this one before you posted it here. I didn't like it when I first heard it, but you're right about the chorus being an earworm. I was a fan by probably the third listen. Nicely done, Ms. Bonoff and Mr. Hare.

Re: Adventures Through The Mines Of Mellow Gold 44

jb — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 21:58:28 -0000

In 1982 I was on the air at a country station that played some of the more Eagle-ish adult contemporary hits during the day, so we added Personally. The first time I played it on the air was the first time I'd ever heard it, and I liked it so much that I played it a second time right away. It was better than 90 percent of the other stuff we were playing at the time, so why not?It may also have been the first mp3 I ever posted on my blog, although why that should be I have no explanation.

Re: Adventures Through The Mines Of Mellow Gold 44

Candy — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 00:28:54 -0000

I swear, you have the uncanny ability to bring back the most repressed memories ever. I'm sitting shotgun in my older brother's yellow Dodge Colt listening to 13K (1300 AM). Because we could cruiselistening to AM stations back then. In a craptastic car.
You had to love singing I have something to give you...that the mailman....can't deliver! I'm emailing this mp3 right now. Thanks!!!!

Re: Adventures Through The Mines Of Mellow Gold 44

Robert — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 18:48:15 -0000

You kids cherish your corrections. BUT I'LL BE WATCHING ... AND WAITING.

Re: Adventures Through The Mines Of Mellow Gold 44

Jason — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 16:34:43 -0000

FAQ!

Q. Is Karla Married to Robbie Benson?
A. No, but Robbie Benson is married to Karla DeVito, a singer who's best known for performing with Meatloaf for many years. Other than both women are named Karla (with a K), there's no connection.

Robert's going to be so upset he wasn't the one to make this correction.

Re: Adventures Through The Mines Of Mellow Gold 44

DwDunphy — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 16:33:34 -0000

Damn. I should've IMDBd after all... See, this kind of misreporting is why you can't trust ANYTHING on the internet.

Re: Adventures Through The Mines Of Mellow Gold 44

Jane — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 16:29:20 -0000

First of all, I just want to say, THANK GOD this week is not a repost. :-)

And second, I confess, I just looked up Robby Benson at wiki, cuz I couldn't resist. It says there that he is married to Karla Devito and that they have two kids ... named Lyric and Zephyr. (Which, btw, is just cruel.)

That's the Meatloaf chick, right? I didn't look her up, too, otherwise I'd be at this all day ...

Um, up until 5 minutes ago, I really liked this song. Now I can't get ODE TO BILLY JOE out of my head. Um, thanks. :-)

And finally, I loved "Somebody's Eyes." I wore out that cassette tape years ago.

Re: Adventures Through The Mines Of Mellow Gold 44

DwDunphy — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 15:43:19 -0000

Yay, more trivia for y'all. The dead dude on the cover of Wild Heart Of The Young is Robbie Benson, then husband of Karla Bonoff. He may still be the husband of Karla Bonoff, but I'm too lazy to tag IMDB right now. Although Bonoff didn't write Personally, she dedicated it to Robbie (a/k/a The Beast), so let's hope that whatever she was bringin', he got it... Or else it was the U.S. Postal Service, Sloppy Seconds Department again.

Re: Adventures Through The Mines Of Mellow Gold 44

Matthew Bolin — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 12:43:40 -0000

Oh jeez....do I have to be the one to say it?
Really?
Oh great.
(sigh)
It's her PUSSY! She's giving him her tight, mellow, PUSSY!
I'm glad I could clear that up.
**********
Anyways, the think I love about this song is on the first verse, you can clearly hear the guitarist playing what is probably the wimpiest, most flaccid reggae ever put on tape.

Re: Adventures Through The Mines Of Mellow Gold 44

jefito — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 12:35:30 -0000

Dude. In that picture, Karla Bonoff looks like she could be Amy Winehouse's mom!

Re: Adventures Through The Mines Of Mellow Gold 44

Wed, 22 Aug 2007 10:07:01 -0000

Nice one. As I recall, I think Frey was the one who suggested this song to KB.Just thought I'd add Harry Nillsson's name to great writers who's biggest hits they didn't write. Also, you can add Hall and Oates mysterious that as in I Can't go For That.

Re: Adventures Through The Mines Of Mellow Gold 44

David_E — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 09:45:55 -0000

There is a review on Amazon that compares this song to Glenn Frey's "Real Love."

I have nothing to add.

(Okay, one thing: *Whatever* it is she couldn't mail, send or phone in, when you look at the album cover, it's clear she used it to kill the man she was sleeping with. Mellow.)

http://www.amazon.com/gp/pr...

Re: Adventures Through The Mines Of Mellow Gold 44

Tony Billoni — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 09:22:13 -0000

Oh, man, that Personally has 1982 dentist's office written all over it. More smoooth, than mellow, baby.

Hey, is that a newer pic of McD? He's really becoming a member of theguys-who-look-like-Kenny-Rogers club.