Zac tells the story of Hanson's massive hit "MMMbop," and talks about how brotherly bonds effect their music.Even before Soundgarden wrote a song about him, Artis was the most famous spoon player of all time. He caved in after tremendous pressure from his friends and (according to one source) a family member - but he didn't want to record it Redding recorded for Stax Records in Memphis, whose house band - Booker T. & the M.G. Redding did not want to record this song, but Stax Records executives and his friends wore him down with a constant barrage of requests. With a few clues (Works at a diner, dreams of running away), can you name the character in the song?Tom stopped performing Thompson Twins songs in 1987, in part because of their personal nature: "Hold Me Now" came after an argument with his bandmate/girlfriend Alannah Currie. And, as it turned out, Frank was important to the song. This pop standard had been previously recorded by dozens of artists, including by Bing Crosby 33 years before Otis Redding, who usually wrote his own songs, cut it. With this set, Sinatra seems to be staking out a whole new territory for popular music: songs in a pop vernacular but digging a little too deep ever to make the Hit Parade - "album tracks", to coin a phrase.In 1946 Frank Military, who would later serve as an important hit-picker for Sinatra and others (he brought "What A Wonderful World" to Louis Armstrong, for example), was working in a record store whose regular customers included a young fellow called Dean Martin. Billy Joel and Hall & Oates hated making videos, so they chose a director with similar contempt for the medium. ~Part Two of Mark's conversation with longtime Sinatra conductor Vincent Falcone, discussing "The Gal That Got Away", "Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry" and many other songs, can be heard here.
He saw how sometimes when they died, nobody really noticed.Zac tells the story of Hanson's massive hit "MMMbop," and talks about how brotherly bonds effect their music.Even before Soundgarden wrote a song about him, Artis was the most famous spoon player of all time. "Tenderness" by General Public was partly inspired by the outbreak of AIDS, which at the time was thought to be contagious. Kylie Minogue's "Can't Get You Out Of My Head" received more airplay during the 2000s than any other song in the UK. Don't ask me why. The song's lyrics tell about a man who really needs tenderness to feel like a man. Redding's version of "Try a Little Tenderness" became his signature song and the biggest-selling of the records released before his death.Sam Cooke's version of this was a big influence on Redding. ""Oh, that's Harry Woods," said some barfly. I heard Carly Simon on the radio a few years ago playing both versions back to back: She understood the possibilities of a great song - that sometimes it can exist independently in two different spheres.
Cary Grant was present, and sat quietly as Sinatra, legs crossed, with vodka and cigarette in hand, ran down the number, made sure he had it right - his way, no melismas, just guitar and tenderness:Don Rickles burst through the door, trailing Sammy Davis in a mock bear hug.