America

JeanieJeanie Posts: 9,446
edited March 2007 in Other Music
Ok, so I realise I'm probably a majority of one here, but I just bought the double cd set America Here & Now.

And I can't believe how much of a blast from the past it is.

I'd completely forgotten about Sandman. I used to love that song when I was a kid. I've only had the album about 2 hours and I reckon I've played it about 12 times already!!

So anyway, disc one is all new stuff and disc 2 is all the old hits recorded live at XM Performance Theatre.

So anyway, I'm not really liking disc 1 so much. Something has happened with the singing. Sounds like a 12 year old doing it.
Anybody know anything about it?

Disc 2 is just an awesome disc and I'm loving it.

Comments? :)
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  • intodeepintodeep Posts: 7,228
    I've been through the desert on a horse with no name it felt good to be out of the rain Cause in the desert you can't remember your name ....

    La Laa Laaa Laa La Laa La

    Only song by them i ever dug. To be honest when i was young i actually thought it was neil young... turns out i was so wrong. Shame oh the Shame for that.

    I do love horse with no name. I had a greatest hits by them and just did not really dig much of the rest.

    sounds like the set you got is pretty cool though.
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  • JeanieJeanie Posts: 9,446
    intodeep wrote:
    I've been through the desert on a horse with no name it felt good to be out of the rain Cause in the desert you can't remember your name ....

    La Laa Laaa Laa La Laa La

    Only song by them i ever dug. To be honest when i was young i actually thought it was neil young... turns out i was so wrong. Shame oh the Shame for that.

    I do love horse with no name. I had a greatest hits by them and just did not really dig much of the rest.

    sounds like the set you got is pretty cool though.

    Yes! Love that song!! America was the first ever album I owned. I think I was 3 or something when my uncle gave it to me.
    And Horse With No Name was my favorite for a long time.

    The version of it on this cd is pretty good.
    But I gotta say this version of Sandman really kicks ass!! And it's very much like Neil Young actually.

    Actually we've just moved on to Sister Golden Hair Surprise and it's pretty good too.

    I reckon the first cd is maybe not doing much for me at this point, but I'll give it a couple more listens, but certainly this live disc 2 is fantastic. Much more upbeat and rocking. :)
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  • they're not the same without Dan Peek

    daisy jane is a great tune
    Cheat the odds that made you
    Brave to try to gamble at times
  • brain of cbrain of c Posts: 5,213
    they're not the same without Dan Peek

    daisy jane is a great tune

    it's never the same.......but i still like them and they're still great live and they're still the 1972 grammy new artist winners. :)
  • lucylespianlucylespian Posts: 2,403
    Remember in the movie "Three Kings" there was this scene where some dude was leaving town in a hurry to teh strains of ............."if you leave me now, you take away a special part of me" ?????

    Nealry died laughing, thinking about it now, takes me back to growing up in the 70's hearing that song on the old AM radio all the time in hte service station next door, can almost smell the place.
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  • Remember in the movie "Three Kings" there was this scene where some dude was leaving town in a hurry to teh strains of ............."if you leave me now, you take away a special part of me" ?????

    you know thats not america, right?
    Cheat the odds that made you
    Brave to try to gamble at times
  • brain of cbrain of c Posts: 5,213
    you know thats not america, right?

    the chicago and kansas concert in america has been changed.

    it's now the boston and chicago concert in vietnam.

    tickets will be honored.
  • i like matt.ci like matt.c Posts: 1,122
    love ventura highway and sister golden hair
  • JeanieJeanie Posts: 9,446
    love ventura highway and sister golden hair

    got sister golden hair on now!! :)

    and I've cranked it for the neighbours to hear too!! :D

    can you hear it? ;)
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  • red mosred mos Posts: 4,953
    America is a great band, they put on a really good live show too. I saw them open for Peter Frampton and Styx back in 2004.
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  • JeanieJeanie Posts: 9,446
    Well I tried to make it sunday, but I got so damn depressed
    That I set my sights on monday and I got myself undressed
    I aint ready for the altar but I do agree theres times
    When a woman sure can be a friend of mine

    Well, I keep on thinkin bout you, sister golden hair surprise
    And I just cant live without you; cant you see it in my eyes?
    I been one poor correspondent, and I been too, too hard to find
    But it doesnt mean you aint been on my mind

    Will you meet me in the middle, will you meet me in the air?
    Will you love me just a little, just enough to show you care?
    Well I tried to fake it, I dont mind sayin, I just cant make it

    Well, I keep on thinkin bout you, sister golden hair surprise
    And I just cant live without you; cant you see it in my eyes?
    Now I been one poor correspondent, and I been too, too hard to find
    But it doesnt mean you aint been on my mind

    Will you meet me in the middle, will you meet me in the air?
    Will you love me just a little, just enough to show you care?
    Well I tried to fake it, I dont mind sayin, I just cant make it

    Doo wop doo wop ...
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  • reeferchiefreeferchief Posts: 3,569
    intodeep wrote:
    I've been through the desert on a horse with no name it felt good to be out of the rain Cause in the desert you can't remember your name ....

    La Laa Laaa Laa La Laa La

    Only song by them i ever dug. To be honest when i was young i actually thought it was neil young... turns out i was so wrong. Shame oh the Shame for that.

    I do love horse with no name. I had a greatest hits by them and just did not really dig much of the rest.

    sounds like the set you got is pretty cool though.

    Yeah I thought it was Neil when I heard it too, and I'm willing to bet we aint the only two.:)
    Can not be arsed with life no more.
  • ventura highway, tin man, horse with no name, sister golden hair...geezus America could write some tunes
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  • red mosred mos Posts: 4,953
    Yeah I thought it was Neil when I heard it too, and I'm willing to bet we aint the only two.:)
    I so thought this was uncle Neil when I first heard a Horse with no name! So, nope you aren't the only ones! :o
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  • JeanieJeanie Posts: 9,446
    ventura highway, tin man, horse with no name, sister golden hair...geezus America could write some tunes

    How bout this one? :)

    Aint it foggy outside
    All the planes have been grounded
    Aint the fire inside?
    Lets all go stand around it
    Funny, I’ve been there
    And youve been here
    And we aint had no time to drink that beer

    cause I understand you’ve been running from the man
    That goes by the name of the sandman
    He flies the sky like an eagle in the eye
    Of a hurricane thats abandoned

    Aint the years gone by fast
    I suppose you have missed them
    Oh, I almost forgot to ask
    Did you hear of my enlistment?

    Funny, I’ve been there
    And youve been here
    And we aint had no time to drink that beer

    cause I understand you’ve been running from the man
    That goes by the name of the sandman
    He flies the sky like an eagle in the eye
    Of a hurricane thats abandoned

    I understand you’ve been running from the man
    That goes by the name of the sandman
    He flies the sky like an eagle in the eye
    Of a hurricane thats abandoned

    I understand you’ve been running from the man
    That goes by the name of the sandman
    He flies the sky like an eagle in the eye
    Of a hurricane thats abandoned

    I understand you’ve been running from the man
    That goes by the name of the sandman
    He flies the sky like an eagle in the eye
    Of a hurricane thats abandoned
    NOPE!!!

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