tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1133766421547054673.post5400386972223808452..comments2023-03-18T04:08:48.842-05:00Comments on Sara Latta: Memories...Sara Lattahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14638679848741806320noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1133766421547054673.post-82983807574876800892007-09-14T11:13:00.000-05:002007-09-14T11:13:00.000-05:00Greg, I checked out your website/blog. It's terrif...Greg, I checked out your website/blog. It's terrific! Love the interviews with dead authors.Sara Lattahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14638679848741806320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1133766421547054673.post-24694357203301436022007-09-14T09:28:00.000-05:002007-09-14T09:28:00.000-05:00Yeah, it's funny how we're more connected to the m...Yeah, it's funny how we're more connected to the music of our high school years. It's what you call being care free. The two great albums of my senior year ('77) were Fleetwood Mac's Rumours and Boston's first album. After that responsibility kicked in. GregAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1133766421547054673.post-56943328373175018372007-09-13T15:19:00.000-05:002007-09-13T15:19:00.000-05:00That, and the big, back-up band sound that Motown ...That, and the big, back-up band sound that Motown had. More beat, more rhythm 'n blues/soul roots. Nothing there, on the folk side, to make a production number out of. Even Hairspray has that groovy beat. But what do you do with Slack Your Rope, Hangman, Slack it for Awhile? Folk music never had any sass, except for a few pieces here and there...And When I Die would make a good production number, esp. the way PP&M did it, with a driving beat. Still, one could write a heckuva screenplay about the early years of Joni Mitchell's career....various lovers, the daughter she gave away, and that haunting music. Haunting, not glamorous or groovy. It would be nothing like Dreamgirls, but it would be a great flick!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1133766421547054673.post-59301166553387333512007-09-13T12:14:00.000-05:002007-09-13T12:14:00.000-05:00At least Hey Jude was number one. I remember Honey...At least Hey Jude was number one. I remember Honey, all too well. But #4 is Otis Redding's Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay. Now there's a great song! <BR/><BR/>I was into the folk scene, too (somewhat later, though). You have to admit that while a lot of the music was/is really good, the earnestness of the whole scene does make it an easy target for satire.<BR/><BR/>Let's see, which folk singer or group would make a Dreamgirls-worthy movie? Pete Seeger, maybe? Maybe the problem is that folkies aren't as glamorous as the Motown folks.Sara Lattahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14638679848741806320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1133766421547054673.post-20690678498395593902007-09-13T11:15:00.000-05:002007-09-13T11:15:00.000-05:00I checked out that site and discovered that the to...I checked out that site and discovered that the top 2 songs in my grad year ('68) were Hey Jude and Honey (by Bobby Goldsboro, in case nobody remembers that song.) Talk about opposites!!!!<BR/><BR/>I have kind of a different music story to share. As well as loving the Beatles, my friends and I were into the folk (and folk-rock) music scene big time. Judy Collins, PP&M, Joni Mitchell, Kingston Trio, Joan Baez...these were the musicians who filled my world with music. So I was pretty annoyed when, the other night, I finally sat down and watched Dream Girls, and saw the utterly classic, sometimes gritty but essentially glamorous homage that the Motown Sound was given in the film. What did the folk scene get? A Mighty Wind.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com