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Day 7: A song that deserves more credit
One of the greatest country songs written from the band that brought you Stacey’s Mom. RIP Adam Schlesinger.

Hung Up On You - Fountains Of Wayne

Couldn’t agree more.

So many of their songs were just outstanding. (Even Schlesinger wrote for that thing that you do)
 
Day 7: A song that deserves more credit
The Move were had a bit of success in England, but virtually unknown in the US.

This song is a killer.

Parts of The Move merged with parts of the Idle Race, and they became ELO.
The Move - I Can Hear The Grass Grow
 
Day 7: This song deserves more credit.


You didn’t break The Rule, but…

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Day 7 - A song that deserves more credit
This song will get in your head and won’t leave…..and you don’t mind at all
Concrete Blonde overall doesn’t get the respect they deserve IMHO.
Johnette has one of the greatest rock n roll voices of all time!! She's up there with Ann Wilson and Debbie Harry 🥰
 
Day 7: A song that deserves more credit

Hard to say that a popular band deserves more credit. But they are seen as the softest of soft rock, talc on the harness scale, pablum for the masses. But the Carpenters were one of the most talented duo ever recorded. Richard Carpenter could play almost any instrument you put in front of him. He was a brilliant composer, and a very skilled sound engineer. Karen was a fantastic drummer with a voice angles would be envious of. (She really just wanted to drum. I love that.) Not only did she have a three-octave (!) contralto range with a very powerful low end, but her pitch control was beyond amazing. Not "perfect pitch," that is something else. There are videos you can find that isolate her vocals and run them through pitch analysis, and her control is just...beyond belief. Beyond the technical, her voice reached out and hugged you like a warm blanket on a cold day. Just remarkable. There hasn't been anyone like her since.

And they wanted to go beyond the soft rock ghetto they were locked into. But in the 70s, the label had all the power and the contracts were beyond Draconian. With everything else going on in her life, she couldn't fight it. And eventually, the "everything else" caught up to her, and she died far, far too early.

Incredibly talented, incredibly skilled, but seen as the worst of AM lite pop. They deserve far more credit.

"Rainy Days and Mondays," The Carpenters.


Part of me wanted to get some of the highlights of her drum solos. But honestly? Listen to that voice...
 
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