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Melanie - Long Long Time (1996)
Melanie Safka - The Saddest Thing (1971)
MELANIE SAFKA - Dust in the Wind (2002)
Melanie - Bo Bo's Party (1968) HQ
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This was my first introduction to Melanie's music and it was all over the FM "underground" radio stations in Toronto, Ontario and Buffalo, NY in 1968 and 1969.
A number of instances of her music were inspired by her love of the cabaret songs of Lotte Lenya and music of Bertolt Brecht, although she used folk music as
her means to bring to the audience that quality of expressionism with the intimacy of a confessional poet.
The meaning of this particular melody certainly was not lost on those doing album reviews back in 1968 and 1969. In a review of the album the song appears on,
Born To Be, Hi Fi Mag noted the following:
"As a songwriter she is superb, tackling with ease topics as diverse as prostitution (Bo Bo's Party), promiscuity (I Really Loved Harold), commitment (Close To
It All and Animal Crackers). She composes forceful, personal lyrics and houses them perfectly in simple, often humable melodies." http://www.melaniemusic.com/melanie/b...
In any event, I think anyone watching her performance of the song in France can tell by her facial expressions and mannerisms that this song was intended to
be a somewhat bawdy bit of drama laced with a tantalizing darkness. The proper spelling of the title IS "Bo Bo's Party" (as any album or single sleeve from that
time will confirm) and NOT the much more often used misspelling of "Bobo's Party."
I was lucky to catch it one night and record it. Of course now I have it with her other songs on CD. It became one of my favorite songs and I think, among her
very best. It actually charted as a single at #1, but only in one country: France. There are some articles that claim it reached #14 rather than #1, thus I'm not
sure who is telling the truth. Otherwise, it was heard on the underground circuit in most other countries, particularly in the US and Canada.
Released in November 1968 on her debut album, Born To Be, after her appearance at Woodstock, the LP was re-released under the title of My First Album. The single
"Bo Bo's Party" that became a smash hit in France was released in February 1969.
Info:
https://www.discogs.com/de/artist/73811-Melanie-2
Wiki: Melanie Anne Safka-Schekeryk
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melanie_Safka
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Posted - 30/09/2018 : 11:04:46
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100 years of female suffrage
By Clara Jarvis (Published on February 6, 2018)
100 years ago today the Representation of the People Act meant some women could
vote for the first time in Britain. After a long and determined battle, women were granted
this right. But how far have we actually come since then? Here are 10 shocking facts about
gender inequality now.
1) Women in Britain earn 10% less than men on average for the same job.
Imagine that, coming into the same office, doing the same hours, in the same conditions
and then having a paycheck of much less.
2) On this note: in a lifetime, this accounts to around £305,000. So for a family of 4,
this could buy you a house, pay for food for six years and then put their two children through university.
All this with a little to spare for holiday money.
3) And on top of this, only 23% of our MPs are women in Britain.
4) Only seven bosses of the FTSE 100 are women. These are the 100 top businesses in the country.
Even more shockingly, there are 17 called John.
5) Out of the 870 winners of Nobel prizes in history, only 48 have been women.
6) Looking worldwide, 62 million girls don’t have access to any education.
7) This means that 2/3 of the illiterate people in the world are women.
8) Even of those who are educated, 1/5 of women in universities in Britain and USA have said that they
have experienced assault due to their gender.
9) And worldwide, this number spreads to 1/3 of the female population
10) Finally, even if you get an education, manage to survive on a lower wage or without assault;
still, 50% of all women experience discrimination at work.
So yes, women have come pretty far since the bill was signed a century ago. But it is not over and there are still years of battling to go. |
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Posted - 01/10/2018 : 07:54:48
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bradelterman:
The Runaways producer, Kim Fowley was one of my greatest subjects.
I set up a small studio in Kim’s Hollywood apartment and I brought one
strobe for the lighting. This was 1978.
Photo by Brad Elterman |
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Posted - 01/10/2018 : 08:51:04
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bradelterman:
A shot from my very first Ruanways photo session. I had an inexpensive Canon camera and a piece of shit flash.
I took the photo in 1976 at The Chinese Theatre in Hollywood with the Bonnie And Clyde car. Let’s see, there was
Sandy West looking cool, a sexy Jackie Fox, Joan Jett in the car ( it was her idea), a teenage Cherie Currie chewing
gum and Lita Ford looking bored. I will never forget this photo session.
Enjoy it my dear tumblr fans. HEY, WHO SHOULD I PHOTOGRAPH THIS MONTH??
Iconic Photo by Brad Elterman |
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Posted - 01/10/2018 : 09:03:08
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bradelterman:
I would ditch high school to hang out and meet the greats like Roger Daltrey of The Who. Townsend and Daltrey were approachable to their fans and photographers.
There is no one in today’s pop culture who is worth cutting class for!
Photo by Brad Elterman
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Posted - 01/10/2018 : 09:09:33
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The Turtles - It Ain't Me Babe (Shindig - Sep 30, 1965)
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The Turtles were one of the more enjoyable American pop groups of the 1960s, moving from folk-rock inspired by the Byrds to a sparkling
fusion of Zombies-inspired chamber-pop and straight-ahead good-time pop reminiscent of the Lovin' Spoonful, the whole infused with beautiful
vocal harmonies courtesy of dual frontmen Howard Kaylan and Mark Volman. Though they hit number one in 1967 with the infectious "Happy Together,"
the Turtles scored only three more Top Ten hits and broke up by the end of the '60s. Kaylan and Volman later joined Frank Zappa's Mothers of Invention
during the early '70s and also recorded themselves as Flo & Eddie, but were on the oldies circuit with a revamped Turtles by the mid-'80s.
Born within two months of each other in 1947 (though on opposite coasts), Howard Kaylan (b. Howard Kaplan) and Mark Volman attended the same
school, Westchester High in Los Angeles (Kaylan had moved from New York as a child). The two sang in the school's a cappella choir, where Volman
soon heard about Kaylan's instrumental surf group, the Nightriders (which also included choir members Al Nichol on lead guitar, Don Murray on drums
and Chuck Portz on bass). Volman joined the group just before they became the Crossfires in 1963. After high-school graduation, the Crossfires continued
on while its members attended area colleges (picking up rhythm guitarist Jim Tucker along the way).
The group finally got its big break in 1965 after local disc jockey and club owner Reb Foster heard them. Foster liked the Crossfires so much,
he became their manager and found the group a contract with White Whale Records. The sextet changed their name to the Tyrtles (an unveiled
homage to the Byrds, soon amended to the correct spelling) and recorded a Bob Dylan cover as their first single. The song's fusion of folk with
glittering rock & roll was also lifted from the Byrds, and "It Ain't Me Babe" reached the Top Ten in August 1965, just three months after
"Mr. Tambourine Man" had hit number one.
The Turtles hit the Top 40 twice more during 1965-66 with "Let Me Be" and "You Baby," after which Murray and Portz left (to be replaced by
John Barbata and, for a short time, bassist/producer Chip Douglas). Though the Turtles had appeared to run out of steam by the beginning of 1967,
the group stormed back with a hit written by Gary Bonner and Alan Gordon. "Happy Together" spent three weeks at number one on the American charts,
and proved to be one of the biggest hits of the year. The Turtles' next three singles were written by Bonner-Gordon, and each hit the Top 20: the number
three hit "She'd Rather Be with Me" plus "You Know What I Mean" and "She's My Girl." Chip Douglas, who had arranged the horns on "Happy Together,"
left the group to work with the Monkees, and was replaced by Jim Pons. Original member Jim Tucker left the group as well, after a tour of dingy pubs
in England caused more than a bit of disillusionment about the group's lack of success.
Beginning with "You Know What I Mean," the Turtles' revolving-door cast of producers and arrangers made their sound progressively more psychedelic,
though they were still much closer to the pop/rock mainstream than to the era's premier psychedelic groups. The group self-produced the disappointing
"Sound Asleep," which was the band's first single after "Happy Together" to miss the Top 40. "The Story of Rock and Roll," was shut out of the Top 40
as well, prompting the career-saving "Elenore" in September 1968, which hit number six. "You Showed Me" also hit number 6.
Before the end of 1970, Kaylan, Volman and Pons had joined Frank Zappa's early-'70s edition of the Mothers of Invention.
~ John Bush, All Music Guide
The Turtles - Happy Together - 1967
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http://forum.stripovi.com/topic.asp?whichpage=-2&TOPIC_ID=47499&REPLY_ID=2081664 (P.119)
http://forum.stripovi.com/topic.asp?whichpage=-2&TOPIC_ID=47499&REPLY_ID=2091942 (P.169)
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