OH SHIT, I FORGOT ONE. (left over from SUNDAY UNDERCOVERS)
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Artist:Grand Funk (Railroad)
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Album:Classic Masters
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Track:Locomotion
Well I guess its no secret that I like/hate covers. I am drawn to them like a moth to a flame, and yet....I usually prefer the originals.So here's one, a blast from the past.They started out as Terry Knight & The Pack, and went nowhere. Terry Knight drpped out of the band and took up the managerial role. He changed their name to Grand Funk Railroad and the rest is history.Reviled by critics in their day. They were none-the-less massively popular with 18-28 year old (white) males. Their style was marked by heavy plodding beats, screeching guitar solosand good-time lyrics. There concerts were testosterome driven affairs with fists thrust into the air all night long.But all good things got to come to and end and so did this. A fight with their manager resulted in them not being able to call themselves Grand Funk Railroad.So they reemerged as just Grand Funk, and sputtered on for a few more albums.Along the way they roped in Todd Rundgren to produce an album or two and came up with two of their biggest hits."we're An American Band" and this one, a song written by Carole King and Gerry Goffin and sung by their babysitter whom they dubbed "Little Eva", the "Locomotion"
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Memories...
...believe it or not...I had both the Grand Funk Railroad and Barbra Streisand 45s.
"Can it be so simple then or has time rewritten every line?
I even remember the flip side to Babs - "What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life?"...I can't recall the flip side to "Locomotion" from Grand Funk.
Tee-hee...time kicks in again.
:=)