The children's choir on "Oh how lucky i am" is like a magic spell.
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The children's choir on "Oh how lucky i am" is like a magic spell.
The first 35 seconds of this song are unforgettable. I remember (in the early 70ies) listening to this tune from radio alarm clock awakening on a sunny summer morning. Produced by Robert Stigwood. Great vocals by Jack Bruce. Isn't it simple and pure?
Eerie intro/outro. Heavily jazz-funk styled rendition of the classic theme composed by Richard Strauss in Frankfurt am Main in 1896. Guitar solo by John Tropea.
This intro! This voice! Shivers down your spine....
Simple and pure. With a magical beauty.
The flip side of "Perfect" is perfect.
This finger snapping intro is so simple and intensive. It's a bass solo intro by the MG's. Da-ta---da-ta---da-ta......and then one magical Steve Cropper-riff makes everything clear, where the song has to go to...
Canned Heat "Woodstock Boogie". Hypnotic 12' 55" recorded live at Woodstock Festival, August 16, 1969. Harvey Mandel: this dynamic Les Paul lead guitar sound is great! Let the children play....
Vocal solo intro of unique beauty and gracefulness. And after that "La cage aux folles" with this stupid disco rhythm....
John Kay was not a carpet crawler in 68.
50 years ago...
Sometimes the magic of a song lies in it's simplicity. This one is reduced to the maximum. A voice, a bass, a guitar and the drums. That's all.
What is the magic of this voice? Incredible power and verve and....
Listen to "I've got a right" B2: it's the singer AND the song!
Ear cinema. A musical maritime painting of a bleak landscape. Close your eyes and...
The guitar of the intro sounds like hells bells. And so the story goes.....
50 years since this magical tune.
Something special-something magic. It's the extraordinaire solemn mood.
The slow motion helicopter sound laid over this cult song: scary and beautiful. The beauty and the beast.