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Handley_Page said:
He doesn't live in Wichita any longer.
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JKendallDane said:
Toto...I've a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore. :eek:

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Alas, he lives only in memory. My own respect for him leapt geometrically back in the seventies when I saw what an incredible lead soloist he was: a true virtuoso in improvisation, ranking with the best anywhere, and yet a virtually unknown aspect of his talent to the fans of his singing and songwriting - that dude could fucking PLAY!

His last song, after his diagnosis, about his own limited future as it became evident to him, still breaks my heart that such a true talent would have to go this way:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8TsAh-zYFI

'I'm Not Gonna Miss You' - Glen Campbell

I'm still here, but yet I'm gone
I don't play guitar or sing my songs
They never defined who I am
The man that loves you 'til the end
You're the last person I will love
You're the last face I will recall
And best of all, I'm not gonna miss you
Not gonna miss you

I'm never gonna hold you like I did
Or say I love you to the kids
You're never gonna see it in my eyes
It's not gonna hurt me when you cry
I'm never gonna know what you go through
All the things I say or do
All the hurt and all the pain
One thing selfishly remains

I'm not gonna miss you
I'm not gonna miss you

Glen Campbell: God bless him, R.I.P.
 
latecomer91364 said:
Glen Campbell: God bless him, R.I.P.
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Right on.

Was surprised when he died, & I found a bunch of articles & things online discussing his best musical moments & things, & 1 of the "moments" listed was on a Monkees track (though the video posted showed Nesmith miming)... I knew Diamond, King, Nilsson, wrote for them, but didn't know stars like Glen played with them. (Read when he died he filled-in for Brian Wilson on tour, I think.)

Saw that "Not Gonna Miss You" song played on TV a while back, but think it was McGraw. Know it wasn't Glen himself, anyway.
 
Trumpire said:
Right on.

Was surprised when he died, & I found a bunch of articles & things online discussing his best musical moments & things, & 1 of the "moments" listed was on a Monkees track (though the video posted showed Nesmith miming)... I knew Diamond, King, Nilsson, wrote for them, but didn't know stars like Glen played with them. (Read when he died he filled-in for Brian Wilson on tour, I think.)

Saw that "Not Gonna Miss You" song played on TV a while back, but think it was McGraw. Know it wasn't Glen himself, anyway.
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I always quite liked him. But, somehow, I had missed that he was such an 'in demand' session guy. The Beach Boys thing surprised me too. I guess talent is talent - whatever it has for breakfast. :)
 
Trumpire said:
Right on.

Was surprised when he died, & I found a bunch of articles & things online discussing his best musical moments & things, & 1 of the "moments" listed was on a Monkees track (though the video posted showed Nesmith miming)... I knew Diamond, King, Nilsson, wrote for them, but didn't know stars like Glen played with them. (Read when he died he filled-in for Brian Wilson on tour, I think.)

Saw that "Not Gonna Miss You" song played on TV a while back, but think it was McGraw. Know it wasn't Glen himself, anyway.
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SamScribble said:
I always quite liked him. But, somehow, I had missed that he was such an 'in demand' session guy. The Beach Boys thing surprised me too. I guess talent is talent - whatever it has for breakfast. :)
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I love it when others here see what I see.

Like many of our greats, he toiled with impressive, yet widely unknown credits for years. During his journyman years he played on recordings for artists ranging from Frank Sinatra to Elvis Presley, and aside from playing live with The Beach Boys, he also did studio work that ended up on their most iconic album 'Pet Sounds'. For me, my admiration for him transcended my own personal tastes of the era: I was not the biggest Beach Boys fan at the time (have learned to appreciate them more in retrospect), although Frank I have adored since the first time I heard his voice.

His genre, country/western, was not my favorite at the time at all (being more in tune with Alice Cooper & Deep Purple back then), but nobody could ignore the brilliance (if even only in pop/C&W terms) of his contagious melodies and 'deeper than the surface' lyrics.

I have another thread around here somewhere about 'Why Do You Cry?', and 'Witchita Lineman' (not written by Glen, but by Jimmy Webb) always brings a tear from me - that it's narrator is just a simple guy; a worker bee who has dreams greater than he thinks he could ever possibly realize. As stated, Glen didn't write it, but I can't imagine anyone else delivering it to better effect (plus an amazing arrangement - that Morse Code sounding background)

How much different is that longing emotion from what all of us feel?

It's tough to impress me from outside of my pet genres, but Glen Campbell certainly did.
 
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latecomer91364 said:
I have another thread around here somewhere about 'Why Do You Cry?', and 'Witchita Lineman' (not written by Glen, but by Jimmy Webb) always brings a tear from me - that it's narrator is just a simple guy;
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Not to upset people more than I already have... But on a writing site, have an issue with misspelling of "Wichita", as it really is a geographic location.

On the topic more, though, have to say when I read he died, one of the first things I pictured in my head was "Rhinestone Cowboy" being scratched in "High School High".
 
Trumpire said:
Not to upset people more than I already have... But on a writing site, have an issue with misspelling of "Wichita", as it really is a geographic location.

On the topic more, though, have to say when I read he died, one of the first things I pictured in my head was "Rhinestone Cowboy" being scratched in "High School High".
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The Breakfast Club

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latecomer91364 said:
'Aargh!" All that sexist, misogynistic crap pigeonholing women into the tidy little niches men prefer. I love it.
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With the 800+ stations they have now (was just remembering G4 & all the co-hosts from "Attack Of The Show" when I was readying to watch Olivia Munn on TV the other night), you'd think they'd reboot that Amber Heard show SOMEplace!
 
latecomer91364 said:
Further On Up The Road - Bobby Blue Bland (and later almost everybody, notably Eric Clapton)
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I clapped on & on when I grew up listening to Oldies music... Finally, when I turned 10, best friend helped me convince my parents to listen to current music... Hence both "kids" in my family born in early '80s, but I know little if anything about "hair bands".
 
Trumpire said:
I clapped on & on when I grew up listening to Oldies music... Finally, when I turned 10, best friend helped me convince my parents to listen to current music... Hence both "kids" in my family born in early '80s, but I know little if anything about "hair bands".
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I quit the business when my only remaining option seemed to be playing lead guitar in 'hair bands'. I suppose my 'mistake' at the time was being more interested in music than success. I've always been at odds with whether I regret that or not. Truth be known, I loved playing guitar when I discovered it, but I originally got into being in bands to get laid (which I most certainly did). But after countless gigs and nondescript sexual encounters, the music eventually became my true focus, but that focus dissolved after too many instances of having bands break up after a year or two and being perpetually broke. All in all, no regrets. Music is an excellent hobby.

I'm not saying that this has much to do with anything beyond the mention of hair bands, but this is after all, free association.
 
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