With one of the most distinctive and diverse vocal sounds in the modern musical spectrum, the Roche sisters -- Maggie, Suzzy and Terre -- weave barbershop harmonies, traditional Irish melodies, doo-wop, bee bop and a dozen other styles into a sound wholly their own on their acclaimed 1979 release, The Roches. Featuring ten original songs written by the trio singly or in various combinations, Th...
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I have always loved this song. It has always spoken to me of an unselfish love. About a wife that still wants her husband to go on living after she has died, and who asks her friend to help...to assist the husband in living after her death And a friend, who seems willing, but not for selfish reasons. She agrees to the last request of her dying friend…to give her peace."I wanted to take yo.
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If you have a relative (or maybe it's you) who puts on annoying music at this time of year, you can make things more bearable by slipping the Roches' We Three Kings into the deck. To the mainstream ear it sounds mainstream. Always makes me smile.
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The Roches are a folk and vocal harmony group that emerged from Greenwich Village in the 1970's.This is a song that always stands out in my head. The beat swings, and the guitar part is so catchy. The lyrics are totally bizarre but funny, talking about a family that lives on a boat and an extended metaphor about chocolate and soy bean personalities. Check it out.Their music can be so charming a...
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THE ROCHES WITH A HOLIDAY TWISTDECEMBER 7, 2006, 8:00 PMROYCE HALL, UCLA CAMPUSI have been a fan of the Roches for 20 years, ever since hearing them in a friend's dorm room at college. I was hooked. I've got all of their early works, (on cassette) including the 1975 release from Maggie & Terre, Seductive Reasoning on LP (thanks, eBay). I remember when I saw the music video for Big Nuthin' on...
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My good friend and fellow mogger Henry recently posted something about which song you play when you have friends over. Well this is the song I've been tormenting my friends with for some time now. I never get tired of it. Though my friends doesn't seem to come around that often anymore.I can't see why.
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Last night I dreamed I was in a department store looking at Pinnocchio dolls. I began eating the head of one as if it were hollow and made of chocolate. Then I started soaping up as if I were taking a shower with all my clothes on. Having realized how odd this was I decided to go to the store locker room to shower in a more appropriate location.The Roches were there already and we all had a ...
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