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That's true with any music. I just think it's sad that some snobs out there still reject certain kinds of music they categorically hate, and expect the rest of us to hate it along with them.Anyone who puts down that whole genre is just wrong; there are a lot of really good records that have that disco beat. Of course there was a lot of garbage too, the trick is knowing what the good stuff was.
They should have limited the selections to music specifically written for a film -- as opposed to previously recorded music used in a film. The Beatles wrote no music for Yellow Submarine (and in fact had virtually nothing to do with the film). I recall watching The Graduate in college and later learning that none of the S&G music was written for the film. According to the story I read back in the '80s, both of the songs Simon wrote for the film were rejected by the director in favour of using previously recorded music.Unfortunately someone voted for "Yellow Submarine."
I am not a fan of Yellow Submarine nor for most Beatles anyway. The only album I ever bought of theirs was Let It Be and that was as a cutout and I no longer have it. The favorite of "Beatles" for me was George Harrison's Something. That one I can listen to each time but when others come on the radio I will usually change the station. I was given a copy of "White Album" on cd but I am afraid to open it, knowing what the original cover was.Having Sirius Radio "60s gold" playing in the car today I heard a series that was interesting. It was the top 50 movie themes of the decade as voted on by the audience. There were many Mancini and Bacharach tunes like "Days of Wine and Roses," "Alfie," "Exodus (theme by Ernest Gold)" and "Baby Elephant Walk." Unfortunately someone voted for "Yellow Submarine." This stuck out for me like a sore thumb among other treasures because it's monotonous
and still played ad nauseum.
JB
That one is frustrating since despite it being one of their biggest hits and best-known songs, it doesn't appear on an album. So if I'm spinning anything from the Columbia era, it ends up getting overlooked unless I remember to tack it onto an album as an additional track in the queue. It's one of two tracks released in 1978 (the other was from the terrible Sgt. Pepper's film, "Got to Get You into my Life"), so it doesn't really fit on All 'n' All or I Am. And stylistically it is halfway between those two albums--it still has some of the former's earthiness but more of the polish from the latter.« September » by Earth, Wind, and Fire. Love it but rarely play it.
I got tired of that one when it came out strong and was overplayed. Then the remixed and longer version appeared and I got tired of that one as well.Worlds apart, but similar in titles, is "December: 1963 (Oh! What A Night)" by Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons. It was a hit back in 1976 but that wasn't the end of it. It got some kind of remix in the 80s or 90s and spent a bunch of time back on the charts again. It just seemed like it would never go away. If I never hear it again it will be too soon.
Those two songs are actually my two EWF favorites. A close third would be Sing A Song, followed by Shining Star.That one is frustrating since despite it being one of their biggest hits and best-known songs, it doesn't appear on an album. So if I'm spinning anything from the Columbia era, it ends up getting overlooked unless I remember to tack it onto an album as an additional track in the queue. It's one of two tracks released in 1978 (the other was from the terrible Sgt. Pepper's film, "Got to Get You into my Life"), so it doesn't really fit on All 'n' All or I Am. And stylistically it is halfway between those two albums--it still has some of the former's earthiness but more of the polish from the latter.
I go through phases of not listening to EWF, but then when I'm in that mood, I'm playing pretty much everything. Just yesterday I spun a few tracks from Powerlight and Earth, Wind & Fire (the Warner debut album). That's one group I never tire of, probably due to the group and Maurice White being a big influence on my musical life. (It pretty much wraps up many of my favorites in one package--funk, soul, jazz, Brazilian, horns...it's all good.)Those two songs are actually my two EWF favorites. A close third would be Sing A Song, followed by Shining Star.
One of the best! It was also my gateway drug into EW&F.Its a very good greatest hits collection !