tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1171012458828071798.post1712696740247528486..comments2024-01-06T00:10:19.339-05:00Comments on I estivate, therefore I am: Pretty Ballerina, Left Banke (1966)wendyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06899889818724088564noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1171012458828071798.post-73200204653423298452010-12-08T23:27:22.678-05:002010-12-08T23:27:22.678-05:00These two songs as well as any, marked a time, a v...These two songs as well as any, marked a time, a very diverse and fertile beyond belief time. There was a gentility and sophistication to these tunes. Very American Ray Davies in the kind of feel they had.<br />But I ABSOLUTELY put 'She May Call You Up Tonight"right up there with the other two.<br />As for the Alice Cooper cover, very faithful, and cool if what he wanted was to turn his audience onto such a great song, but otherwise, pretty nondescript.<br />Thanks for writing about this band and their signature moments.H. Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11362989288330610421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1171012458828071798.post-23305402935194456872010-12-01T16:15:16.747-05:002010-12-01T16:15:16.747-05:00This is the first time I've ever heard this so...This is the first time I've ever heard this song. I had to look up the lyrics because the speakers on my computer are made by Hasbro, I think. Love the lyrics. That blue note or whatever it is they hit at the end of every third measure in the verses sort of jars me, though. Sounds like the piano's out of tune.<br /><br />Walk Away, Renee has one of the most stirring melodies of any song I've ever heard. I first heard it done by the odious Jimmy Lafave probably 20 years ago and had no idea if I'd heard it before, but it immediately took me back to something.Wadehttp://www.nutcrackerbuck.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1171012458828071798.post-42844456210211162292010-11-30T00:02:10.706-05:002010-11-30T00:02:10.706-05:00Loved this song. I wrote about Walk Away Renee a ...Loved this song. I wrote about Walk Away Renee a couple years ago -- I can't say which song is better but Renee is my sentimental favorite. <br /><br />But I never knew the bit about Brown's father lending his considerable connections to launch their music. It's the old conundrum -- do celebrity offspring succeed because they have the inside track, or is it because talent is in the genes? I suppose it's six of one, half a dozen of the other. <br /><br />I imagine a made-for-TV movie in which Lookovsky father and son meet up with John B. Sebastian and his father, who was a classical harmonica player (I can't even imagine where a classical harmonica player might play...)Holly A Hugheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17828633442418722187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1171012458828071798.post-17318492230436345302010-11-26T19:08:33.376-05:002010-11-26T19:08:33.376-05:00Oh it wasn't that hard, Barry. ;) I actually m...Oh it wasn't that hard, Barry. ;) I actually mentioned it when I wrote about the Four Tops long ago. I admit I was trying to keep the focus on Pretty Ballerina.wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06899889818724088564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1171012458828071798.post-30887240222912748532010-11-26T18:22:26.491-05:002010-11-26T18:22:26.491-05:00Bernstein had a TV show? I never know what interes...Bernstein had a TV show? I never know what interesting tidbit I'll learn here.<br /><br />Hard to let a Walk Away Renee mention pass by without a Levi Stubbs mention.KarmaSartrenoreply@blogger.com