The late 50s and early 60s were a time of some interesting music. There were the newer rock and roll sounds, but also a lot of the older, more traditional sounds. You’d have some hippie-sounding song on the radio, and the next thing you know, something your mom would listen to would come on.
That’s not necessarily a bad thing. It meant your mom would let you keep the radio on that station, for one thing. And, it exposed you to a slightly different style of music.
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That is indeed a great song by Bobby Darin who did Mac the Knife which also wasn’t exactly Rock ‘N Roll. Here is another non rock song from about the same era.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XtledXfq30
One non rocker from this era………
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5Bgwp0SkZw
All three above are — just beautiful selections.
Pop culture misses so many gems. (I mean the pop culture that repeats the same top ten songs over and over.)
To any Quentin Tarantino fans: if you think the “Kill Bill” movies had a musical score that was skillfully done, try listening to “Topsy, Part 2” and imagining any part of the movie backed by it, and you will definitely appreciate the song and see its potential to be used in a dramatic way.
Also, regarding “Topsy Part 2,” it occurs to me that if you simply replaced the corny-sounding jazz horns with electric guitars playing the same skillfully sliding notes, leaving the drums as they are, you’d have a recording that would make a credible addition to “Rubber Soul” or “Revolver.” Including the intro, which captures the mood of the intro to “Taxman.”
Which tells me that the Beatles were rediscovering, independently, some musical avenues that had been discovered before.
Well stated Oppo…well stated!
Laszlo Biro, who invented the ball-point pen, was born September 29, 1899 (the British still refer to ball-point pens as “biros”, which they pronounce bye-row, unlike Mr. Biro, whose surname is properly pronounced beeroh). Marcel Bich bought the patent from him in 1945, thus launching the Bic pen company.
I saw a thing about ball-point pens the other day. Can’t find it here. Basil will discover it soon and post it here one night, I’m sure.
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