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Dw Dunphy
· 2 years ago
Of all the Mellow Gold posts, this one was the one for the time capsule. And as for Let's Hear It For Love, is it me or does that cover photo look like it was snapped at a jailhouse concert? My name is Benny! Not Bon Jovi! Sure, I'd love to see some of the outsider art you've made from carving toothbrushes!DwD
Private Beach
· 2 years ago
There are loads of hits about 16-year-olds: Sweet Little 16; Only 16; You're Sixteen, to name but a few. And Syracuse University is Lou Reed's alma mater. I doubt if he's a Benny fan.
George
· 2 years ago
In 1983, he played a legendary concert at Longbranch Park with more than 10,000 people in attendance.I love how on artists official bios everything is always 'legendary.' I can't imagine him drawing that many fans. Perhaps he was opening for someone else?If he's already done 4 versions of this song....could the 2007 techno version by DJ Sammy be far behind? Hey it worked for old Bryan Adams Roxette songs!
Dw Dunphy
· 2 years ago
The Legend of Benny Mardones, Well, I shot a man (a dirty look) in Long Branch just to watch him cry. He didn't. He laughed. Then Benny cried. Then Benny recorded Into The Night 2007 - Tearjerker Edition. DwD
Eric S.
· 2 years ago
I was at a CD store in downtown Chicago last month and the pictured CD was laying on the counter whenI was checking out. I made some comment about not realizing Mardones was still recording. Then I commented that he kind of looked like Bon Jovi. The store clerk quckly responded, He looks like Bon Jovi's mom. That about says it all.
Now, I know you've done Orleans before, courtesy of the search button, but when the sun came out for 5 minutes today here in the frozen Northern wastes of Scotland, the two tunes I couldn't get out of my head were;
"Still The One" by Orleans and "How Much I Feel" by Ambrosia
Amazing what a bit of sunshine can do for you.
George
· 2 years ago
I was just reading the Let's Hear it For Love review on All Music (yes I had some time to kill) and it appears that the title track is a duet between Benny Eddie Money.
krl66
· 2 years ago
The ultimate pervert of Rock Songs award goes to Mellow Gold Pioneer Gary Puckett backed with the Union Gap. Gary had Teenage Trilogy I believe..Young Girl, shit I forgot the rest of them...but they was all about teenage girls.
I do believe Gary was a true Mellow Gold Pioneer possibly tripping upon it in 1968. The Civil War Uniforms however told another tale... It is my opinion that the true beginning of Mellow Gold could be traced back to the post war 1940's when the Fender Rhodes was invented. Now I know the sax has been around forever..But you cant deny that the Mellow Gold Instrument of choice is the Fender Rhodes in all it's swirling glory.
Jason
· 2 years ago
Fender Rhodes as THE Mellow Gold instrument? That's quite a bold statement! So the question is...were there any 1940s songs that utilized it in a Mellow fashion? I don't even recall off-hand what the earliest MG entry is here, but I doubt it goes back past '71.
krl1966
· 2 years ago
A very bold statement indeed. I can't name a record from the 40's containing this insrtument, but I suppose it was invented by Mr Rhodes because he was sick of hauling around a Grand Piano. It was most likely invented to sound like a piano but ended up being it's own original sound.
Check out the movie Ray for a peek at a very vintage Rhodes Piano ..almost looks like a b-3 organ. Ray is playing his first record in a club. You can hear those mellow Tines (tuning forks) clinking through his jazzy sound. Jason..Your site here rules. I take it the 80's for you were the 70's for me( I got 10 Years on you I suppose) . Iheard the sounds of the Rascals,The Four Seasons, and the Archies in my crib but Iwasthrust upon the smooth sounds of Mellow Gold via The A.M. radioof the 70's. NY was flush with the stuff..and I heard a lot of Fender Rhodes...Lets See Brandy, Just the Way you Are ( Fender Rhodes through a phaser.. Yummy) Babe by Styx.Thats the foundation for a Mellow Gold Record.. Of course as we came into the 80's the Rhodes was cast aside for the new sound...The Midi Piano sound. You know the sound Ballad Keys on any Roland or Kurzwiel keyboard..Utilized on Luthur Vandros, Peabo Bryson, and Richard Marx Records...or was that the Yamaha CP 10. Would that be post Mellow Gold? Did Mellow Gold end in 80-81? Did Hall and Oates change the course of MG when they brough GE Smith into the band? ( G.E. RULED) I agree with the year 1971 ..but now I'm curious..Where the hell did it come from? Oh Yeah..Looks Like Michael Mac is the man here..He's a huge Fender Rhodes Guy..I know he sat around a rack of synths in the 70's, but all ten of them fingers were workin' the Rhodes Again, I enjoy your Chart's. They do bring back memories.
Thanks
Richard Brandt
· 2 years ago
Speaking of Gary Puckett (thanks krl66!)...this is a true story. I was in college. My girlfriend and I had just...uh...gotten some, as you young folk would say, when she burst into This Girl Is A Woman Now!
She latersaw Gary Puckett at an oldies show and reported she found him disturbing.
If Steely Dan is still touring, it might be worth catching them just to hear the words And on the Fender Rhodes, Donald Fagen! I'm just sayin'.
Jer
· 2 years ago
Maybe you should try listening to his music instead of looking at his picture. Once again it shows that America is concerned more with appearance than substance. He is a great song writer and performer who has survived without the major record labels behind him for over 25 years. He donates to many causes (9/11, Parkinsons, etc) and cares about his fans. Listen to his albums and try to tell me he isn't as good or better than Eddie Money or Bruce Springsteen or other acts of his genre. He had a 3.5 octave voice range, how many other rock stars have that range?
Jason
· 2 years ago
Hey...are you from Syracuse?
Jer
· 2 years ago
I live in the Detroit area and grew up in Canton, Ohio.
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And Syracuse University is Lou Reed's alma mater. I doubt if he's a Benny fan.
He's moved the flag scarf to his wrist, and he's starting to morph in to Hillary Clinton: http://www.warriorrecords.com/benny/benny4.jpg. Maybe it's a New York state thing.
Now, I know you've done Orleans before, courtesy of the search button, but when the sun came out for 5 minutes today here in the frozen Northern wastes of Scotland, the two tunes I couldn't get out of my head were;
"Still The One" by Orleans and "How Much I Feel" by Ambrosia
Amazing what a bit of sunshine can do for you.
I do believe Gary was a true Mellow Gold Pioneer possibly tripping upon it in 1968. The Civil War Uniforms however told another tale...
It is my opinion that the true beginning of Mellow Gold could be traced back to the post war 1940's when the Fender Rhodes was invented. Now I know the sax has been around forever..But you cant deny that the Mellow Gold Instrument of choice is the Fender Rhodes in all it's swirling glory.
Check out the movie Ray for a peek at a very vintage Rhodes Piano ..almost looks like a b-3 organ. Ray is playing his first record in a club. You can hear those mellow Tines (tuning forks) clinking through his jazzy sound.
Jason..Your site here rules. I take it the 80's for you were the 70's for me( I got 10 Years on you I suppose) . Iheard the sounds of the Rascals,The Four Seasons, and the Archies in my crib but Iwasthrust upon the smooth sounds of Mellow Gold via The A.M. radioof the 70's. NY was flush with the stuff..and I heard a lot of Fender Rhodes...Lets See
Brandy, Just the Way you Are ( Fender Rhodes through a phaser.. Yummy) Babe by Styx.Thats the foundation for a Mellow Gold Record..
Of course as we came into the 80's the Rhodes was cast aside for the new sound...The Midi Piano sound. You know the sound Ballad Keys on any Roland or Kurzwiel keyboard..Utilized on Luthur Vandros, Peabo Bryson, and Richard Marx Records...or was that the Yamaha CP 10. Would that be post Mellow Gold? Did Mellow Gold end in 80-81? Did Hall and Oates change the course of MG when they brough GE Smith into the band? ( G.E. RULED)
I agree with the year 1971 ..but now I'm curious..Where the hell did it come from?
Oh Yeah..Looks Like Michael Mac is the man here..He's a huge Fender Rhodes Guy..I know he sat around a rack of synths in the 70's, but all ten of them fingers were workin' the Rhodes
Again, I enjoy your Chart's. They do bring back memories.
Thanks
She latersaw Gary Puckett at an oldies show and reported she found him disturbing.
If Steely Dan is still touring, it might be worth catching them just to hear the words And on the Fender Rhodes, Donald Fagen! I'm just sayin'.
And yes, Meatloaf does suck.