I was on the air in radio for a good long while & interviewed Hall & Oates once upon a time. Oates related an incident from the We Are The World session. He & Paul Simon were looking around at all the big names in the room & Simon observed “Wow. If a bomb goes off in here, John Denver’s back on top.”
That’s only because they refused when JD asked to be included. Woulda served ’em right….
“You fill up my sinus, like a face full of fungus….”
Not his best song.
But the man had a great voice and gobs of talent.
I am so happy to be utterly immune to ear worms.
On a related subject, this is a pretty funny video about a song I’d never really considered, theory-wise:
I was on the air in radio for a good long while & interviewed Hall & Oates once upon a time. Oates related an incident from the We Are The World session. He & Paul Simon were looking around at all the big names in the room & Simon observed “Wow. If a bomb goes off in here, John Denver’s back on top.”
That’s only because they refused when JD asked to be included. Woulda served ’em right….
“You fill up my sinus, like a face full of fungus….”
Not his best song.
But the man had a great voice and gobs of talent.
I am so happy to be utterly immune to ear worms.
On a related subject, this is a pretty funny video about a song I’d never really considered, theory-wise:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnRxTW8GxT8
Beato’s right – the chord modulations in that song are insane.
Another Annie’s song.
https://youtu.be/X3bhjGV0R3M
Consider it ear worm cleanser. You’re welcome.
Ooooh thankee thankee… that’s one of my absolute favorite 80s songs.
I must sterilize my ears and flush out the schumtzch, any time I hear MacArthur Park.
“I’m A Man”, Terry Kath and Chicago, works nicely.
As Jimi Hendrix famously remarked to one of the Chicago horn players: “Y’know your guitar player is better than me.”