The "what's coming out of your speaker?" Thread.
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The "what's coming out of your speaker?" Thread.
The forum used to have a music thread and its about time it get revived. For all members to share the music they love listening to.
Im going to start it off with some tracks and my current favorite mix... Ill be posting mostly House music since its my favorite Genre right now.
This mix is awsome, Oliver Heldens Miami Ultra set 2015. -
Im going to start it off with some tracks and my current favorite mix... Ill be posting mostly House music since its my favorite Genre right now.
This mix is awsome, Oliver Heldens Miami Ultra set 2015. -
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[quote=Xramfan post_id=1242507]Anybody else reading Attila's scripts while hearing Casey Kasems voice?
Young folks now googling "Casey Kasem" ;)[/quote]https://i.imgflip.com/2v95bq.jpg
Young folks now googling "Casey Kasem" ;)[/quote]https://i.imgflip.com/2v95bq.jpg
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So what does a home business, a watch company and a pair of horn rimmed glasses have to do with a miniseries? Ah, television, home of getting wrong but doing it so right. Here is the story.
Motown records started as a home business in Detroit when Barry Gordy decided to take the music business on. And thus Motown Records was born. One of the biggest acts early on was The Temptations. But they started off with a different name, Otis Williams and the Siberians. They became Otis Williams and the Distants , and added the original five members over time. But they were not seeing much success during an era where they could only perform in black owned venues. But they caught the eye of Gordy who told them the name had to go. So, the decided to become the Elgins. Elgin was a watch company and Gordy did not want his new act confused with a watch. And thus after a long debate, The Temptations was born. The rest is history. Well, truth be told, the rest is partially fictionalized history. You see, once the Temps were no longer the original group nor really much of a group at all, in 1997 Otis decided to tell the story. But he wanted to look good in the script so he created some villains. Chief among them was David Ruffin. Otis had a complicated relationship with the late singer, but Ruffin was pretty easy to demonize due to long struggles with alcohol and drugs. So, what ended up becoming a miniseries, portrayed David poorly. In actuality, most all of the members other than Williams and bass singer Melvin Franklin (who was very close to Otis) are not offered up favorably overall. But that pales next to the lies Otis told in the story about how several of the members passed on. Nor did he tell the entire truth about how the band interacted with Ruffin. And Otis himself was portrayed squeeky clean but failed to mention all the wives and how he treated those wives.
In the end, while the movie gets a lot of stuff right, it gets so many things wrong, and in the end tarnished the image of his bandmates. So much so that the Ruffin family, the estate of Paul Williams and even Melvin Franklin's family sued Otis over both the book and the movie. Dennis Edwards, who was still alive when the movie was released also sued Williams.
Otis still performs today as the sole member of the various incarnations of the group, traveling the country with new singers performing old Temps songs. The only difference today? They can perform anywhere they want. Barry Gordy has retired from the music business and the various artists in the Motown stable have moved on, but you can still hear the Detroit sound heard round the world on radios to this day. And no, Dennis Edwards' father did not die on the third of September he passed on the third of October, just putting that out there.
From 1966, one of the first huge hits of the classic lineup of the Temptations, Ain't Too Proud to Beg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3s0TkufXA38
Motown records started as a home business in Detroit when Barry Gordy decided to take the music business on. And thus Motown Records was born. One of the biggest acts early on was The Temptations. But they started off with a different name, Otis Williams and the Siberians. They became Otis Williams and the Distants , and added the original five members over time. But they were not seeing much success during an era where they could only perform in black owned venues. But they caught the eye of Gordy who told them the name had to go. So, the decided to become the Elgins. Elgin was a watch company and Gordy did not want his new act confused with a watch. And thus after a long debate, The Temptations was born. The rest is history. Well, truth be told, the rest is partially fictionalized history. You see, once the Temps were no longer the original group nor really much of a group at all, in 1997 Otis decided to tell the story. But he wanted to look good in the script so he created some villains. Chief among them was David Ruffin. Otis had a complicated relationship with the late singer, but Ruffin was pretty easy to demonize due to long struggles with alcohol and drugs. So, what ended up becoming a miniseries, portrayed David poorly. In actuality, most all of the members other than Williams and bass singer Melvin Franklin (who was very close to Otis) are not offered up favorably overall. But that pales next to the lies Otis told in the story about how several of the members passed on. Nor did he tell the entire truth about how the band interacted with Ruffin. And Otis himself was portrayed squeeky clean but failed to mention all the wives and how he treated those wives.
In the end, while the movie gets a lot of stuff right, it gets so many things wrong, and in the end tarnished the image of his bandmates. So much so that the Ruffin family, the estate of Paul Williams and even Melvin Franklin's family sued Otis over both the book and the movie. Dennis Edwards, who was still alive when the movie was released also sued Williams.
Otis still performs today as the sole member of the various incarnations of the group, traveling the country with new singers performing old Temps songs. The only difference today? They can perform anywhere they want. Barry Gordy has retired from the music business and the various artists in the Motown stable have moved on, but you can still hear the Detroit sound heard round the world on radios to this day. And no, Dennis Edwards' father did not die on the third of September he passed on the third of October, just putting that out there.
From 1966, one of the first huge hits of the classic lineup of the Temptations, Ain't Too Proud to Beg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3s0TkufXA38
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[quote=Attyla post_id=1242558]So what does a body swiped from a funeral home, Scooby Doo and the number forty have to do with music? This one is way out there.
So his birth name was Kemal, but the world knew him as Casey Kasem. And he died about ten years ago. But Casey was so much more than just a DJ on the radio. He was drafted during Korea where he got his chops working as a DJ serving in Korea for the Armed Forces Radio. He went back to Michigan after his service and after perfecting that style of his, he got it in his head to do the now famous American Top 40 show. And wow was that a hit. He taught America how to count to forty... backwards. He was soon syndicated around the country and eventually around the world. And Casey also voiced the character of Shaggy for the kids cartoon, Scooby-Doo Where Are You, which he did for years.
But he had a kind of nutbar of a wife who used his fame to progress her acting career. You might have seen her in Ghostbusters in a minor role, but she had a recurring role on Cheers playing the wife of Nick Tortelli. I mentioned she was a bit of a nutbar? Here is where the story takes a bit of a bad turn. When Casey died, his children from his first marriage wanted to had a ceremony and bury him locally, but Jean took the body from the funeral home and it vanished. For six months the body was moved repeatedly to keep his kids guessing. Casey's body ended up in Norway of all places where he was laid to rest finally in Oslo. Casey may have been reaching for the stars, but his feet were six feet under in the last place anyone would have thought they would end up in. To this day, Jean insists that was his final wish.
And you can still hear his top 40 broadcasts on oldies radio stations generating a revenue stream for Jean Kasem. And what about Casey's kids? Two of them have followed in his footsteps bringing music to listeners on the radio. So Casey, here is your long distance dedication and the first song that you counted down to number one.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTCyjYjsVc8[/quote]All these years I only very recently discovered he was the voice of Shaggy.
So his birth name was Kemal, but the world knew him as Casey Kasem. And he died about ten years ago. But Casey was so much more than just a DJ on the radio. He was drafted during Korea where he got his chops working as a DJ serving in Korea for the Armed Forces Radio. He went back to Michigan after his service and after perfecting that style of his, he got it in his head to do the now famous American Top 40 show. And wow was that a hit. He taught America how to count to forty... backwards. He was soon syndicated around the country and eventually around the world. And Casey also voiced the character of Shaggy for the kids cartoon, Scooby-Doo Where Are You, which he did for years.
But he had a kind of nutbar of a wife who used his fame to progress her acting career. You might have seen her in Ghostbusters in a minor role, but she had a recurring role on Cheers playing the wife of Nick Tortelli. I mentioned she was a bit of a nutbar? Here is where the story takes a bit of a bad turn. When Casey died, his children from his first marriage wanted to had a ceremony and bury him locally, but Jean took the body from the funeral home and it vanished. For six months the body was moved repeatedly to keep his kids guessing. Casey's body ended up in Norway of all places where he was laid to rest finally in Oslo. Casey may have been reaching for the stars, but his feet were six feet under in the last place anyone would have thought they would end up in. To this day, Jean insists that was his final wish.
And you can still hear his top 40 broadcasts on oldies radio stations generating a revenue stream for Jean Kasem. And what about Casey's kids? Two of them have followed in his footsteps bringing music to listeners on the radio. So Casey, here is your long distance dedication and the first song that you counted down to number one.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTCyjYjsVc8[/quote]All these years I only very recently discovered he was the voice of Shaggy.
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[quote=Xramfan post_id=1243126]All these years I only very recently discovered he was the voice of Shaggy.[/quote]great voiceover, I would never have put that together by listening to him talk. I found this out a few years back but probably around the time he died, they made a big deal out of it. I am having a bit of fun with these, and really don't care if people are reading them or not, I find it interesting. But thanks for acknowledging this one. After you mentioned him, I knew what was my next one. I remember Jean taking the body, it was just a matter of fleshing out the story.
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[quote=Attyla post_id=1243142]great voiceover, I would never have put that together by listening to him talk. I found this out a few years back but probably around the time he died, they made a big deal out of it. I am having a bit of fun with these, and really don't care if people are reading them or not, I find it interesting. But thanks for acknowledging this one. After you mentioned him, I knew what was my next one. I remember Jean taking the body, it was just a matter of fleshing out the story.[/quote]Keep em' coming.... I read them. 
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Ah, the 27 Club. A reality or a myth? Amazingly, there have actually been scientific studies surrounding this famous number. Where do we begin? Why at the beginning of course.
Brian Jones is probably the death that begins this journey. The one time Rolling Stone died in 1969, which is the widely agreed year that begins this deathly tale. What followed was a large number of famous musicians, all at the age of 27. And the names were huge. Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix and Jim Morrison all followed the death of Jones, and each was in their 27th year. But who's death at the age of 27 really spearheaded the notion that being 27 and being a musician gave you a higher likelihood of death? That "honor" goes to Kurt Cobain. His death by suicide really gave traction to the myth. And it did not help that he was quoted as saying "That's really selfish to live to 90 years old unless you have something to offer like maybe William Burroughs. I definitely don't want to be that old. I feel more bonded with the Jim Morrison type of living on the edge, rock & roll poet, in a conservative way." Kurt, got his wish and died at 27 years old. That was followed by Amy Winehouse and her death a few years later, again at 27 years old. She even predicted that she would join the 27 Club, stating "I have a feeling I'm gonna die young."
But I did say there was a scientific study on the subject. What is the truth about death and rock? Well, it depends on who you look to for the scientific data. One study by the British Medical Journal stated that fame may increase the risk of early death but being 27 is not the secret sauce. An article by The Conversation suggests the statistical evidence shows the most likely age of death among popular musicians is at age 56.
But that does little to curb interest in deaths at age 27. People have gone back as far as 1938 and the death of Robert Johnson, a popular blues artist to prove the legend. And in an ironic effort to prove the reality of the club, people have pointed to Anton Yelchin's death at 27 siting that while he was mostly an actor, he did play in a punk rock band at one point. When you have a choice between the truth and the legend, always print the legend of course.
So what is the reality? For every Ron "Pigpen" Mckernan, you have a Jerry Garcia, who by all accounts of his lifestyle, should have been a member but ended up living to the ripe old age of 53. I say that with a tongue in cheek. Garcia did not take care of himself and lived with diabetes, so he probably gets something of a pass. I close this session with what is probably rock's answer to the Kurt's quote from above. Joe Elliot might answer the question thusly, "It's better to burn out, than fade away." And Joe should know, he is 65.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhSdljm909Y
Brian Jones is probably the death that begins this journey. The one time Rolling Stone died in 1969, which is the widely agreed year that begins this deathly tale. What followed was a large number of famous musicians, all at the age of 27. And the names were huge. Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix and Jim Morrison all followed the death of Jones, and each was in their 27th year. But who's death at the age of 27 really spearheaded the notion that being 27 and being a musician gave you a higher likelihood of death? That "honor" goes to Kurt Cobain. His death by suicide really gave traction to the myth. And it did not help that he was quoted as saying "That's really selfish to live to 90 years old unless you have something to offer like maybe William Burroughs. I definitely don't want to be that old. I feel more bonded with the Jim Morrison type of living on the edge, rock & roll poet, in a conservative way." Kurt, got his wish and died at 27 years old. That was followed by Amy Winehouse and her death a few years later, again at 27 years old. She even predicted that she would join the 27 Club, stating "I have a feeling I'm gonna die young."
But I did say there was a scientific study on the subject. What is the truth about death and rock? Well, it depends on who you look to for the scientific data. One study by the British Medical Journal stated that fame may increase the risk of early death but being 27 is not the secret sauce. An article by The Conversation suggests the statistical evidence shows the most likely age of death among popular musicians is at age 56.
But that does little to curb interest in deaths at age 27. People have gone back as far as 1938 and the death of Robert Johnson, a popular blues artist to prove the legend. And in an ironic effort to prove the reality of the club, people have pointed to Anton Yelchin's death at 27 siting that while he was mostly an actor, he did play in a punk rock band at one point. When you have a choice between the truth and the legend, always print the legend of course.
So what is the reality? For every Ron "Pigpen" Mckernan, you have a Jerry Garcia, who by all accounts of his lifestyle, should have been a member but ended up living to the ripe old age of 53. I say that with a tongue in cheek. Garcia did not take care of himself and lived with diabetes, so he probably gets something of a pass. I close this session with what is probably rock's answer to the Kurt's quote from above. Joe Elliot might answer the question thusly, "It's better to burn out, than fade away." And Joe should know, he is 65.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhSdljm909Y
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Bonus Track time: During the beginnings of the Grunge era, a four piece band learned that getting lucky is sometimes how to make it big. And it happened twice for this group of college friends who basically started a garage band. Lucky break number one? A major label heard that they were selling records out of a van, and had sold an astonishing 50,000 units so they signed them. They created their first album for the label but it was not doing well, so the label asked a local radio station to play songs from the album. Lucky break number two? It only took one song played on the radio one time because David Letterman heard it and immediately requested they perform on his show. And the rest is history.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfkBd39diPI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfkBd39diPI
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So who was the original all girls band that had commercial success? Often, that honor is bestowed on the Go Go's. Another option suggested is the Bangles. But to really get the answer, you dive back to the mid 70's and you find the Runaways, a 5 piece with such notables as Lita Ford and Joan Jett still out there rocking their guitars. The LA based band was short lived with "Cherry Bomb" being their big hit.
But it was almost not to be. When Lita joined the girls, she almost quit right away, allegedly saying that she did not want to hang out with a bunch of lesbians. But they convinced her to stay, and that move ultimately proved to be the right one as she would go on to success with the band and later as a solo artist. So how big was the band? Here in the states they found some success and toured in support of their first album. But in Japan, only KISS, Led Zeppelin, and ABBA were more successful. When the band went to Japan to perform, they were mobbed. So much so that Joan Jett described it as being like "Beatlemania" everywhere they went. It was during that portion of the tour when the wheels started coming off. Jackie Fox, after one too many fights between Joan and Lita, decided to leave, and she got on the next airplane vanishing from the spotlight. The girls got a replacement and powered on.
The band was a short lived thing though and after only four years, in 1979 they broke up. And while Joan and Lita found post Runaway success, perhaps no member of the ill fated group found a quiet success like Fox. She went on to graduate from UCLA summa cum laude, went on to Harvard Law School and became a lawyer in the entertainment business. She had a four day run on Jeopardy during which time she failed to impress the late Alex Trebek when she revealed her time as a Runaway. Alex was a guy who was hard to impress for sure. And what of the others who played in the band. Well, Mikki Steele, the original bass player later helped form the Bangles. Sandy West died of cancer at age 47 and Cherie Currie still belts out Cherry Bomb performing live to this day. There were others who played in the group but those were the members of the classic lineup.
In my opinion, that is the truly right answer to the question. And the girls were rock through and through, getting kicked out of Disneyland for being too rock during a photo shoot and getting detained in France for stealing hotel keys while in England (Robert Plant told them to do this as the keys were highly collectible.) Unfortunately, the bio of the girls from Sony Pictures did not fare well at the box office and Joan was a bit annoyed at her portrayal stating she did not wear leather pants as much as the movie showed. Strange thing to get upset over in my opinion.
And finally, will we see a reunion of the living members? Not a chance is the short answer. Lita and Joan still do not get along and Cherie has been on record as saying that with the death of Sandy, there can be no Runaways.
From 1976 here are the Queens of Noise, and their big hit, Cherry Bomb
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EBvXpjudf8
But it was almost not to be. When Lita joined the girls, she almost quit right away, allegedly saying that she did not want to hang out with a bunch of lesbians. But they convinced her to stay, and that move ultimately proved to be the right one as she would go on to success with the band and later as a solo artist. So how big was the band? Here in the states they found some success and toured in support of their first album. But in Japan, only KISS, Led Zeppelin, and ABBA were more successful. When the band went to Japan to perform, they were mobbed. So much so that Joan Jett described it as being like "Beatlemania" everywhere they went. It was during that portion of the tour when the wheels started coming off. Jackie Fox, after one too many fights between Joan and Lita, decided to leave, and she got on the next airplane vanishing from the spotlight. The girls got a replacement and powered on.
The band was a short lived thing though and after only four years, in 1979 they broke up. And while Joan and Lita found post Runaway success, perhaps no member of the ill fated group found a quiet success like Fox. She went on to graduate from UCLA summa cum laude, went on to Harvard Law School and became a lawyer in the entertainment business. She had a four day run on Jeopardy during which time she failed to impress the late Alex Trebek when she revealed her time as a Runaway. Alex was a guy who was hard to impress for sure. And what of the others who played in the band. Well, Mikki Steele, the original bass player later helped form the Bangles. Sandy West died of cancer at age 47 and Cherie Currie still belts out Cherry Bomb performing live to this day. There were others who played in the group but those were the members of the classic lineup.
In my opinion, that is the truly right answer to the question. And the girls were rock through and through, getting kicked out of Disneyland for being too rock during a photo shoot and getting detained in France for stealing hotel keys while in England (Robert Plant told them to do this as the keys were highly collectible.) Unfortunately, the bio of the girls from Sony Pictures did not fare well at the box office and Joan was a bit annoyed at her portrayal stating she did not wear leather pants as much as the movie showed. Strange thing to get upset over in my opinion.
And finally, will we see a reunion of the living members? Not a chance is the short answer. Lita and Joan still do not get along and Cherie has been on record as saying that with the death of Sandy, there can be no Runaways.
From 1976 here are the Queens of Noise, and their big hit, Cherry Bomb
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EBvXpjudf8
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George Harrison - Let It Down
When i was young i was into John, as I grow older I appreciate George more.
George Harrison - Let It Down
When i was young i was into John, as I grow older I appreciate George more.
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Keith Moon of the Who had a love/hate relationship with hotel rooms. And this story, or literally stories just shows how unhinged the drummer was. Here is how this went down.
Story number one: Moon was a bit of a prankster and loved destroying toilets with cherry bombs, but he was on tour in Copenhagen and did not have any fireworks to play with. He was bored, but they were staying at one of the finest hotels in town. So much so that each room was equipped with a waterbed. I have slept in one before and I am personally not a fan, and it seems Keith many not have been as well. He got it in his head to take the water filled bag down to the lobby and destroy it, and got bandmate Pete Townsend to assist getting the bedding into the elevator. But suddenly the bag broke sending a bunch of water down the hall and it soaked his stage clothing. He did not let that spoil his fun. He went to the lobby and complained that his bed had burst in his room demanding that he get reimbursed for the trouble the mattress had caused. Instead of questioning Moon, the hotel manager not only offered to take care of the soaked clothing, he also upgraded Moon to the presidential suite. Not too shabby, when you tell the lie, you tell it convincingly.
Story number two: Keith was staying at another hotel while on tour with the fellas. As it happens he left something in his bandmate's room that he needed, problem is, Pete was passed out having had one of their legendary benders. But Keith's room was the adjoining one, so he took out a large knife and began cutting into the wall, creating a very large hole. But he had been heard doing the "deconstruction" work and the hotel manager found him retrieving his prize. The manager informed Moon he would be billed 15K (over 60K today) for the damage. Keith agreed to pay the bill. Here is where the prankster took advantage of the situation. Since he was going to pay for his fun anyways, he asked the manager if he wanted to assist Moon in finishing the job of trashing the room. Who could pass up an offer to destroy a hotel room with a rockstar? Not that guy and he agreed to have some fun. I wish they had taken pictures.
Moon died 46 years ago now, but were he alive today, I imagine he would still be blowing up toilets and trashing rooms. He was just that guy.
From 1978 a promotional video for Who Are You
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNbBDrceCy8
Story number one: Moon was a bit of a prankster and loved destroying toilets with cherry bombs, but he was on tour in Copenhagen and did not have any fireworks to play with. He was bored, but they were staying at one of the finest hotels in town. So much so that each room was equipped with a waterbed. I have slept in one before and I am personally not a fan, and it seems Keith many not have been as well. He got it in his head to take the water filled bag down to the lobby and destroy it, and got bandmate Pete Townsend to assist getting the bedding into the elevator. But suddenly the bag broke sending a bunch of water down the hall and it soaked his stage clothing. He did not let that spoil his fun. He went to the lobby and complained that his bed had burst in his room demanding that he get reimbursed for the trouble the mattress had caused. Instead of questioning Moon, the hotel manager not only offered to take care of the soaked clothing, he also upgraded Moon to the presidential suite. Not too shabby, when you tell the lie, you tell it convincingly.
Story number two: Keith was staying at another hotel while on tour with the fellas. As it happens he left something in his bandmate's room that he needed, problem is, Pete was passed out having had one of their legendary benders. But Keith's room was the adjoining one, so he took out a large knife and began cutting into the wall, creating a very large hole. But he had been heard doing the "deconstruction" work and the hotel manager found him retrieving his prize. The manager informed Moon he would be billed 15K (over 60K today) for the damage. Keith agreed to pay the bill. Here is where the prankster took advantage of the situation. Since he was going to pay for his fun anyways, he asked the manager if he wanted to assist Moon in finishing the job of trashing the room. Who could pass up an offer to destroy a hotel room with a rockstar? Not that guy and he agreed to have some fun. I wish they had taken pictures.
Moon died 46 years ago now, but were he alive today, I imagine he would still be blowing up toilets and trashing rooms. He was just that guy.
From 1978 a promotional video for Who Are You
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNbBDrceCy8
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Unisono Quartet - Totuuden Aarreaitta [Finland] Jazz, Funk
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So what does Tom and Jerry, Carrie Fisher and a Nobel nominee have to do with music? This one checks all the boxes. Here is the story.
School pals from New York were looking to form a duo and take a shot at the growing folk music craze of the 60's. They had some material they had worked up but needed a name. They ended up stealing one from a cartoon and became Tom and Jerry. That short lived name was changed to the one the world would know them by when they signed with Columbia Records. Rebranded as Simon and Garfunkel, they became one of the biggest groups of their era with songs that were more story oriented than theme oriented. With Paul Simon's writing and Garfunkel's haunting high tenor, they sold out venues usually associated with rock bands.
But the duo also fought a lot with Simon resenting Garfunkel's voice and Garfunkel wanting to branch out. Art got his chance when a book that had been nominated for a Nobel Prize for Literature was adapted for the silver screen. That book, Catch 22, had a part for Garfunkel and without so much as a call to his childhood friend, he took off to shoot the film. But the problems mounted as Paul was penning what would become their greatest album and he wanted to start recording. Delays in the movie shoot exasperated the situation with Simon finally giving an ultimatum. Get back to record or it would become Simon's solo Album. And the material was really good, and Garfunkel knew it, so he quickly wrapped up his part in the movie and came to New York to record the album, Bridge Over Troubled Water. The 1970 recording sold out huge and garnered six Grammy Awards.
And how does Carrie Fisher tie into this tale? Well, Bridge ended up being the last recording for Simon and Garfunkel as the duo quit after taking their victory lap. Garfunkel had a short lived movie career, and toured singing old S&G music, which he does to this day. Oh he recorded some stuff of his own as well and had a few hits with them to be fair. Simon went onto his solo career producing several huge records, with Graceland being one of his biggest. Simon is a bit of a romantic, and he caught the eye of Carrie Fisher. They dated and married during her Star Wars years. But in her autobiography she makes it clear that she was a bit crazy and on drugs and the marriage imploded. Simon ended up with Edie Brickell who was also a musician and they are married to this day. She is also 24 years his junior.
As a side note, Carrie Fisher, as long as she was in the Star Wars universe, never actually met the man who voiced her father who just recently passed. In all those years, they never crossed paths. That is until James Earl Jones was a guest on The Big Bang Theory. He played himself taking Sheldon Cooper on a series of adventures culminating in a Ding Dong Ditch prank at the home of Carrie Fisher. That time on the set is the only time they ever saw each other and by all accounts it was a pretty amazing time. May the Force be with them in the afterlife.
And what about the childhood friends who became estranged? They ended up patching things up in 1982 and performed at a concert in Central Park only to go their own ways. For the longest time, they would get together every so often to perform, but those days are over now. I consider myself lucky that I got to see one of those shows.
From 1982 here is Tom and Jerry at Central Park.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=963-jtAdg48
School pals from New York were looking to form a duo and take a shot at the growing folk music craze of the 60's. They had some material they had worked up but needed a name. They ended up stealing one from a cartoon and became Tom and Jerry. That short lived name was changed to the one the world would know them by when they signed with Columbia Records. Rebranded as Simon and Garfunkel, they became one of the biggest groups of their era with songs that were more story oriented than theme oriented. With Paul Simon's writing and Garfunkel's haunting high tenor, they sold out venues usually associated with rock bands.
But the duo also fought a lot with Simon resenting Garfunkel's voice and Garfunkel wanting to branch out. Art got his chance when a book that had been nominated for a Nobel Prize for Literature was adapted for the silver screen. That book, Catch 22, had a part for Garfunkel and without so much as a call to his childhood friend, he took off to shoot the film. But the problems mounted as Paul was penning what would become their greatest album and he wanted to start recording. Delays in the movie shoot exasperated the situation with Simon finally giving an ultimatum. Get back to record or it would become Simon's solo Album. And the material was really good, and Garfunkel knew it, so he quickly wrapped up his part in the movie and came to New York to record the album, Bridge Over Troubled Water. The 1970 recording sold out huge and garnered six Grammy Awards.
And how does Carrie Fisher tie into this tale? Well, Bridge ended up being the last recording for Simon and Garfunkel as the duo quit after taking their victory lap. Garfunkel had a short lived movie career, and toured singing old S&G music, which he does to this day. Oh he recorded some stuff of his own as well and had a few hits with them to be fair. Simon went onto his solo career producing several huge records, with Graceland being one of his biggest. Simon is a bit of a romantic, and he caught the eye of Carrie Fisher. They dated and married during her Star Wars years. But in her autobiography she makes it clear that she was a bit crazy and on drugs and the marriage imploded. Simon ended up with Edie Brickell who was also a musician and they are married to this day. She is also 24 years his junior.
As a side note, Carrie Fisher, as long as she was in the Star Wars universe, never actually met the man who voiced her father who just recently passed. In all those years, they never crossed paths. That is until James Earl Jones was a guest on The Big Bang Theory. He played himself taking Sheldon Cooper on a series of adventures culminating in a Ding Dong Ditch prank at the home of Carrie Fisher. That time on the set is the only time they ever saw each other and by all accounts it was a pretty amazing time. May the Force be with them in the afterlife.
And what about the childhood friends who became estranged? They ended up patching things up in 1982 and performed at a concert in Central Park only to go their own ways. For the longest time, they would get together every so often to perform, but those days are over now. I consider myself lucky that I got to see one of those shows.
From 1982 here is Tom and Jerry at Central Park.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=963-jtAdg48