Oh my gosh, Fontella Bass is one of my favorite singers from the era when I was just barely starting to listen to the radio. Rescue Me is probably my favorite song of that time period. She had a gorgeous, huge sounding voice, never strained but smooth and rich.
May they both rest in peace.
Re: DEWEY'S RECORD PARTY!
Posted: January 15th, 2013, 10:47 am
by CineMaven
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Re: DEWEY'S RECORD PARTY!
Posted: January 29th, 2013, 5:59 am
by CineMaven
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Bobby has nice voice control.
Re: DEWEY'S RECORD PARTY!
Posted: January 29th, 2013, 8:28 am
by JackFavell
Whew! There's some steamy chemistry there.
I love Bobby. My favorite of his is this one, I like it pretty much any time I hear it, in french, english or whatever. But then I like any song with a 1-6-2-5 progression.
It's the progression of chords that is the basis for the song.... um, lets see. The chords are numbered, and the order of them is like this: C-A-D-G. So that's 1-6-2-5 in numbers, at least in the key of C. Hundreds of songs are based on these four chords. Like:
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Can you hear that bounce of chords at the beginning of each song? The riff at the beginning is pretty straightforward 1-6-2-5 chord progression.
Re: DEWEY'S RECORD PARTY!
Posted: January 29th, 2013, 10:21 am
by CineMaven
HEY
I didn't know what I was listening to all these years. Thanxxx! I'm going to sound smart to my musician friends now.
Re: DEWEY'S RECORD PARTY!
Posted: January 29th, 2013, 10:41 am
by JackFavell
Other songs that fit the same progression:
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Re: DEWEY'S RECORD PARTY!
Posted: January 29th, 2013, 10:51 am
by JackFavell
Sometimes it's known as the Blue Moon progression, or an ice cream progression, since it lends itself to sweet sounding melodies that are familiar and comforting.
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Re: DEWEY'S RECORD PARTY!
Posted: January 29th, 2013, 11:01 am
by JackFavell
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Re: DEWEY'S RECORD PARTY!
Posted: January 30th, 2013, 9:14 pm
by ChiO
Seeing Bob Mould on Austin City Limits tonight reminds me of these
favorites (of only nearly 30 years ago):