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Wed Aug-30-06 08:36 PM
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Tommy James &The Shondells |
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My local "oldies station" just played Crimson and Clover. Wow. They followed it up with "Draggin the Line". Such memories.
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Wed Aug-30-06 08:52 PM
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1. And no response to this? |
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Wed Aug-30-06 08:55 PM
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2. The oldies station here plays those often... |
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But there are just some things you never get tired of.
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Wed Aug-30-06 08:58 PM
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3. Crystal Blue Persuasion..... |
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Thu Aug-31-06 12:20 PM
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Look over yonder what do you see The sun is a-risin' most definitely A new day is comin' people are changin' Ain't it beautiful crystal blue persuasion Better get ready gonna see the light Love, love is the answer and that's all right So don't you give up now so easy to find Just look to your soul and open your mind Crystal blue persuasion, mm-hmm It's a new vibration Crystal blue persuasion, crystal Blue persuasion
Maybe tomorrow when He looks down Every green field and every town All of his children every nation There'll be peace and good brotherhood
Crystal blue persuasion Crystal blue persuasion.....
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Wed Aug-30-06 08:59 PM
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4. I think we're alone now |
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Wed Aug-30-06 09:01 PM
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5. Now I don't hardly know her |
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But I think I could love her Crimson and clover
Ah Well if she come walkin' over Now I been waitin' to show her Crimson and clover Over and over
Yeah My mind's such a sweet thing I wanna do everything What a beautiful feeling Crimson and clover Over and over
Crimson and clover, over and over
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Thu Aug-31-06 01:50 PM
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14. Anybody besides me think Adam Sandler got the tune for |
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"The Chanukka Song" from the coda to "Crimson And Clover"
Try it!
"Crimson and clover, over and over Put on your yarmulka, it's time for Chanukka."
See? :D
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Thu Aug-31-06 10:58 AM
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6. We had them at our "Freshmen Weekend" in college |
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Dayum , they were good! What a time ! Wouldn't exchange it for anything.
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Thu Aug-31-06 12:18 PM
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I bet that was great! :thumbsup:
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Thu Aug-31-06 12:18 PM
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I read "Tommy James Ate The Sandels" for a moment.
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Thu Aug-31-06 12:23 PM
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10. I never get sick of "Crimson and Clover" |
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although every time I hear it on the local oldies station I always hope they're going to play the 5-1/2 minute album version, and they never do. That version has some of the best stuff! But yeah, I think Tommy James and the Shondells are a very underrated band; while I could live without hearing "Mony Mony" ever again, their shimmery psych-pop stuff like "C&C", "Crystal Blue Persuasion", "Sweet Cherry Wine", "Ball of Fire", "Sugar on Sunday", "She", etc. are just awesome.
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Thu Aug-31-06 12:40 PM
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11. Love Tommy James. Bought a lot of their music when I was young. |
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Have all of their hits downloaded from Limewire. Saw them in an oldies concert in K.C. almost ten years ago with the Monkees, Gary Puckett & the Union Gap, the Mamas & Papa's,(with Spanky McFarland & Scott McKenzie filling in for Mama Cass & John Phillips), and the Grassroots. It was a really great show. Tommy James still had a great voice!
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Thu Aug-31-06 01:01 PM
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12. The drummer was the chef at a place I used to work (really!) |
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When I worked at a Cancer treatment center in the nineties, we had a lunchroom and a chef who cooked meals Mon-Thurs (we were left to fend for ourselves on Fri.'s). The chef turned out to be none other than Vin Pet..Pietr...Something.
Significance to this thread you ask? He was the drummer for TJ & the S's. He told me some really, REALLY good stories and anecdotes about his TJ tourng days.
He actually ran a Catering Company on the side and used his chef job for the bueno health insurance package we had. I've never checked this out or tried to verify it on my own and took the guy at his word. I'd be let down if it turns out to be a pack of crap.
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Thu Aug-31-06 01:46 PM
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13. "Sweet Cherry Wine"--an antiwar message there. |
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SWEET CHERRY WINE
Come on, everyone We got to get together now
Oh yeah, love's the only thing That matters anyhow And the beauty of life can only Survive if we love one another
Oh yeah, yesterday, my friends Were marching out to war Oh yeah, Listen now, we ain’t marchin’ anymore No, we ain't gonna fight Only God has the right to decide Who's to live and die
He gave us sweet Cherry wine, so very fine We'll drink it right down Pass it all around So stimulating, so intoxicating Sweet cherry wine
And everybody's gonna feel so fine Drinking sweet cherry wine Yes, they will....
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Thu Aug-31-06 03:16 PM
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15. "Crimson and Clover" was the theme of my Junior prom in |
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high school :-). Also, Tommy James and the Shondells were from Pittsburgh and I saw them in concert several times.
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Thu Aug-31-06 03:47 PM
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got all the local radio stations in an uproar. Loved seeing all the hissyfits!
"Children, behave!" That's what they say when we're together "And watch how you play!" They don't understand And so we're running just as fast as we can Holding onto one another's hand Trying to get away into the night And then you put your arms around me and we tumble to the ground
And then you say, "I think we're alone now There doesn't seem to be anyone around I think we're alone now The beating of our hearts is the only sound."
Look at the way We've gotta hide what we're doing Cause what would they say If they ever knew? And so we're running just as fast as we can Holding onto one another's hand Trying to get away into the night And then you put your arms around me and we tumble to the ground
And then you say, "I think we're alone now There doesn't seem to be anyone around I think we're alone now The beating of our hearts is the only sound."
"I think we're alone now There doesn't seem to be anyone around I think we're alone now The beating of our hearts is the only sound."
"I think we're alone now There doesn't seem to be anyone around I think we're alone now"
And the uproar happened all over again when it was Weird Al'd
Isn't it strange Feels like I'm lookin' in the mirror What would people say If only they knew that I was
Part of some geneticist's plan (plan-plan-plan) Born to be a carbon copy man (man-man-man) There in a petri dish late one night They took a donor's body cell and fertilized a human egg and so I say
I think I'm a clone now There's always two of me just a-hangin' around I think I'm a clone now 'Cause every chromosome is a hand-me-down
Look at the way We go out walking close together I guess you could say I'm really beside myself
I still remember how it began (gan-gan-gan) They produced a carbon copy man (man-man-man) Born in a science lab late one night Without a mother or a father, just a test tube and a womb with a view
I think I'm a clone now (a clone now) There's always two of me just a-hangin' around I think I'm a clone now (a clone now) 'Cause every chromosome is a hand-me-down
I think I'm a clone now (a clone now) And I can stay at home while I'm out of town I think I'm a clone now (a clone now) 'Cause every pair of genes is a hand-me-down
Signing autographs for my fans Come and meet the carbon copy man Livin' in stereo, it's all right Well I can be my own best friend and I can send myself for pizza so I say
I think I'm a clone now Another one of me's always hangin' around I think I'm a clone now 'Cause every chromosome is a hand-me-down
I think I'm a clone now (a clone now) I've been on Oprah Winfrey - I'm world renowned I think I'm a clone now (a clone now) And every pair of genes is a hand-me-down
I think I'm a clone now (a clone now) That's my genetic twin always hangin' around I think I'm a clone now (a clone now) 'Cause every chromosome is a hand-me-down
I think I'm a clone now (a clone now)
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Thu Aug-31-06 03:49 PM
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17. One of my favorites by them |
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I am a tangerine
Hello banana, I am a tangerine. Is it a dream? Oh, no! I don't think so, but My head is spinning, I am a carousel. Don't-cha hear the bells ringin' in my ear? And I haven't any troubles, 'Cause the friendly, friendly bubbles wash them away.
I am so mellow, I am a jello man. Yes I am and nothing touches me. Oh, no, I think it's over For the fire's gettin' lower, I'm fallin' down.
Hello banana, I am a tangerine.
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Thu Aug-31-06 03:54 PM
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18. The days of AM radio. |
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I still have my old AM radio around somewhere, small just put it in your pocket and go.
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Thu Aug-31-06 04:27 PM
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19. YAY for Tommy James and The Shondells |
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Thu Aug-31-06 04:29 PM
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20. I love that song (Crimson and Clover).. |
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.. and Crystal Blue Persuasion as well. They don't make hippie dippie stuff like that any more! :)
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