"I just fell in love with a bunch of people’s grandmas" (YouTube comment @ 'Edison Lighthouse': '“Love Grows”,' dancers in 1970)

Source: YT
Published: Nov 4, 2015
Author: Edison Lighthouse
Post Date: 2020-04-16 13:00:08 by Liberator
Views: 4695


Poster Comment:

Amusing initial comment/observation alongs with follow up reaction/comments to this as well as throughout the thread.

Thanks to YouTube, young generations are listening/watching older music and are witness to good tunes, (relative) innocence, and care-free times.

Of further note:

The same performer here (Tony Burrows) also performed 'My Baby Loves Loving' (1970), 'United We Stand' (1970), and 'Beach Baby' (1974) for four different phantom "groups."

(Yeah, it's all Bubble Gum, and...I'm blowing a yuge bubble right now)

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#1: Hank Rearden    To: Liberator (#0)

I can dig it. Great song, great chicks. I remember listening to this all the time on L.A. Top-40 radio, but have never seen this video.

Nice asses.
I like nice asses.
And GREAT legs.
I like great legs even better than nice asses.
Thanks!

Hank Rearden posted on 2020-04-16 20:12:13   Reply   Private Reply


#2: Deckard    To: Liberator, Hank Rearden (#0)

70s were a great time for pop music, I like the pop stuff from that era, thanks for posting this song.

A couple of other songs I remember.

Deckard posted on 2020-04-16 20:45:48   Reply   Private Reply


#3: Liberator    To: Hank Rearden (#1)

I can dig it. Great song, great chicks.

I remember listening to this all the time on L.A. Top-40 radio, but have never seen this video.

Catchy ditty, wasn't it? And yeah -- the ladies MOVE. Remember at about that time ('70-/'71) when hot pants were in? It really was unfair to normal guys. Those visions are still seared into my mind from during 8th grade. /NOT John Kerry

I hadn't seen that vid before either. That's one of the cool things about YouTube -- hidden gems from 20-40-50 years ago FINALLY get seen & heard.

Nice asses.
I like nice asses.
And GREAT legs.
I like great legs even better than nice asses.
Thanks!

Glad you enjoyed it as well as your rating system.

During this bogus charade we desperately need distractions and reminders that life was once...NORMAL.

(btw -- there azzes and legs in the vid? Sonuva ;-P

Liberator posted on 2020-04-17 10:29:28   Reply   Private Reply


#4: Liberator    To: Deckard (#2)

70s were a great time for pop music, I like the pop stuff from that era, thanks for posting this song.

A couple of other songs I remember.

The 70s were great, weren't they?

I tried analyzing what KO'd that early 70s great lyrical story-telling, sentimentality, innocence, idealism, and out-right fun of the early 70s pop (like 3 Dog Night, Grass Roots, Lobo, Bread, Jim Croce); Seems to me it was a combination of factors, and tell me what you think...

Glam (gay)
Punk (dysfunction)
New Wave (rogue)
Disco (more gay)
Raunch & Rock & Roll
Beatles (drug-fueled/distorted reality)

Your three great classics:

Sure, Looking Glass was a one-hit-wonder, but 'Brandy' was lyrical and musical pop genius that still endures. That the younger gen likes it sez a lot about it.
'The Guess Who' -- what an amazing, under-rated band...and ahead of their time. Randy Bachman really should be in the R&R Hall of Fame, but that place is a joke.

'The Guess Who' pumped out an amazing catalog in just 3 years ('69-'71). 'No Sugar Tonight' was really good; It's like two songs in one. Had their "Best of" album -- every single track is excellent. That's rare. (a year and a half later Randy Bachman forms BTO and crushes it again.)

Jim Croce, 'Operator' from '72 -- I remember watching that performance live. Croce's old school, sentimental story telling with a pair of acoustics was beautiful. I recall hearing about his plane crash in '73 in school... Just as he was about to hit it big.

Liberator posted on 2020-04-17 11:01:01   Reply   Private Reply


#5: Liberator    To: All, Hank Rearden, Deckard (#0)

Here's the same exact guy (Tony Burrows) from 'Edison Lighthouse's 'My Baby Loves Lovin' fronting yet another fictional band, 'White Plains,' doing 'My Baby Loves Love'.

That's two "One-Hit Wonders" within a year.

Same guy also did 'Beach Baby' from 1974.

Liberator posted on 2020-04-17 11:09:34   Reply   Private Reply


#6: Deckard    To: Liberator (#4)

Randy Bachman really should be in the R&R Hall of Fame,

Completely under-rated guitarist.

One of my favorite BTO songs:

Deckard posted on 2020-04-17 19:23:58   Reply   Private Reply


#7: Deckard    To: Liberator, Hank Rearden (#5)

If you haven't seen it yet, I recommend watching That Thing You Do! (1996)

A local Pennsylvania band scores a one hit wonder in 1964 and rides the star-making machinery as long as they can, with lots of help from its manager.

Deckard posted on 2020-04-17 21:46:07   Reply   Private Reply


#8: Hank Rearden    To: Deckard (#7)

If you haven't seen it yet, I recommend watching That Thing You Do! (1996)

Yeah, Tom Hanks. Have had the DVD for years; don't know if it made it to Blu-ray, have to check.

Fun movie, I agree with you. Creative original soundtrack.

Hank Rearden posted on 2020-04-18 11:20:51   Reply   Private Reply


#9: Stoner    To: Deckard (#6)

Very good song. And yes, he is a good guitarist.

I noticed at some angles, he reminded me of Ron White.

And at some angles, the bass player reminded me of Kris Kristofferson.

LOL

Have not had my coffee yet.

Stoner posted on 2020-04-18 11:53:36   Reply   Private Reply


#10: misterwhite    To: Deckard (#6)

misterwhite posted on 2020-04-18 12:30:26   Reply   Private Reply


#11: Liberator    To: Deckard (#6)

Completely under-rated guitarist.

One of my favorite BTO songs:

First album, right?

Randy Bachman could do pop, rock out, jazz -- anything. people say Keef Richards was a riff-meister; Randy Bachman matched him.

Nice to see him finally get the recognition he deserves.

Liberator posted on 2020-04-18 13:06:12   Reply   Private Reply


#12: Liberator    To: Deckard (#7)

A local Pennsylvania band scores a one hit wonder in 1964 and rides the star-making machinery as long as they can, with lots of help from its manager.

Sounds like a great premise for a flick. Can't believe I've never seen it.

'64 was pretty much smack dab in the center of the one-hit wonder kinds of things during the 60s and early 70s. Thanks, worth checking out.

Liberator posted on 2020-04-18 13:09:14   Reply   Private Reply


#13: Liberator    To: Hank Rearden, Deckard (#8)

Yeah, Tom Hanks.

I wish he'd get cast for a movie once in a while. I never see him anymore...

*quad-eyeball roll*

Liberator posted on 2020-04-18 13:10:44   Reply   Private Reply


#14: Liberator    To: Stoner (#9)

And at some angles, the bass player reminded me of Kris Kristofferson.

LOL

Have not had my coffee yet.

Make it espresso.

AND...make it two cups.

:-)

Liberator posted on 2020-04-18 13:11:40   Reply   Private Reply


#15: Deckard    To: Stoner (#9)

I noticed at some angles, he reminded me of Ron White.

I was thinking he looked like Bob Seger.

W3Schools.com

Deckard posted on 2020-04-18 13:23:45   Reply   Private Reply


#16: Stoner    To: Deckard (#15)

In that picture, yes.

Stoner posted on 2020-04-18 14:35:37   Reply   Private Reply


#17: Deckard    To: Liberator, Stoner (#12)

Sounds like a great premise for a flick. Can't believe I've never seen it.

Great movie. First time the band plays "That Thing You Do" at a college talent show. Guy, the new drummer starts off the song (which is supposed to be a ballad) too fast, transforming the song into a full blown pop rock gem, and winning the contest.

Really cool seeing the vintage gear they use

Here's the scene where the band (The Wonders) hears their song on the radio for the first time.

Deckard posted on 2020-04-18 14:57:47   Reply   Private Reply