JSngry Posted November 29, 2004 Report Posted November 29, 2004 Last week, I was thinking about "unusual looking" rock/pop albums that I passed over in the cutout bins 30-35 years ago, and am now wondering what, if anything I missed. One was The Four Seasons' The Genuine Imitation Life Gazette , and another was Lou Christie's Paint America Love. The Four Seasons thing I haven't really researched, but I did a bit of looking into the Christie, and find that it's apparently some sort of "cult favorite". Words like "kalidescopic", "panoramic", and even "symphonic" keep popping up to describe it. For a mid-60s/early 70s "art pop" junkie like myself, these are tantalyzing words indeed. So, has anybody ever heard this thing, and if so, what's the deal? I know in advance that it's going to be "pop", but what kind? Is it really something "special", at least as far as it goes? Your replies will be greatly appreciated. Quote
Chuck Nessa Posted November 30, 2004 Report Posted November 30, 2004 We gotta get Jim some WORK! Geez! Friggin' Lou Christie. Quote
JSngry Posted November 30, 2004 Author Report Posted November 30, 2004 Charlie Calello is very underated, I think. And yeah, "Friggin' Lou Christie" is sorta what I thought too. But pop greatness comes in some damn wierd places sometimes... But fersure, more work would be GREAT! Quote
Harold_Z Posted November 30, 2004 Report Posted November 30, 2004 I was wondering if Charlie Calello was the nexus here. Yeah !..he can arrange... I'm not really familiar with the recordings in question, but probably some of the musicians involved here are Artie Schroeck (keys - vibes - drums - GREAT arranger - he ghosted some for Calello) , Ralph Casale and Hugh McCracken on guitar, Buddy Saltzman, Ronnie Roach, or Joey Cass on drums, Chet Amsterdam on bass. Those guys did the bulk of the sessions for the Seasons and Lou Christie, first with Calello arranging and then Artie Schroeck. Charlie has a website up..put his name in google and it will come up. The number of hits he arranged is truly incredible. Quote
Chuck Nessa Posted November 30, 2004 Report Posted November 30, 2004 Get the butterfly nets for Harold Z too. Am I alone out here you radio rangers? Help! Quote
Harold_Z Posted November 30, 2004 Report Posted November 30, 2004 Add Gary Chester into the list of drummers... Here's Calello's website. Quote
Harold_Z Posted November 30, 2004 Report Posted November 30, 2004 Get the butterfly nets for Harold Z too. Am I alone out here you radio rangers? Help! LOL Chuck I know this stuff isn't your thing, but these guys handled pop tripe SO WELL ! Quote
Chuck Nessa Posted November 30, 2004 Report Posted November 30, 2004 Yeah, tripe, that's the ticket! Quote
Harold_Z Posted November 30, 2004 Report Posted November 30, 2004 The thing is to ignore Frankie Valli and Lou Christie and dig the backing tracks - at least that what it was for me when I wanted to learn what working the pop studio scene was about. Quote
Chuck Nessa Posted November 30, 2004 Report Posted November 30, 2004 Go for it you knucklehead. Make yo' money, just don't try selling the goods to me. Quote
Harold_Z Posted November 30, 2004 Report Posted November 30, 2004 Go for it you knucklehead. Make yo' money, just don't try selling the goods to me. You mean you don't want to be the next TOMMY MOTTOLA ? Quote
Harold_Z Posted November 30, 2004 Report Posted November 30, 2004 I've been sitting here for the last 1/2 hour laughing and with the absolutely silliest grin I've had on my face for a LONG time ! Quote
JSngry Posted November 30, 2004 Author Report Posted November 30, 2004 The real genius of the Christie/Calello partnership was in the B-sides. Are we spitting our beverage out yet? Quote
Chuck Nessa Posted November 30, 2004 Report Posted November 30, 2004 Are we spitting our beverage out yet? It was "last call" about an hour ago. Quote
JSngry Posted November 30, 2004 Author Report Posted November 30, 2004 At the risk of causing good booze to get spit out, I ask again, has anybody heard this one? Quote
alankin Posted December 1, 2004 Report Posted December 1, 2004 Last week, I was thinking about "unusual looking" rock/pop albums that I passed over in the cutout bins 30-35 years ago [...] You still remember cutouts you passed on 30 years ago???!?!?!!! I have trouble remember CDs that I bought three years ago! You've made come dangerously close to wondering what's going on inside your mind... Quote
JSngry Posted December 1, 2004 Author Report Posted December 1, 2004 What's going on in my mind? Right now, it's... FRITO PIE!!!!!!! Quote
JSngry Posted December 1, 2004 Author Report Posted December 1, 2004 The very best Frito Pie is made with shredded cheddar, diced onions, and is served in an actual bag of Fritos, cut open on the side and filled to near-overflowing. It is best purchsed and eaten during halftime on a cold Friday night at a concession stand operated by the local Band Parents at a small town high school football game, preferably by a chivalrous young man who offers to share his with (or even better, buy one for) a so-wholesomely-beautiful-that-it-hurts young woman that he notices shivering ever so slightly as the steam of her breath increasingly accentuates the rosiness in her cheeks and the knowing innocence of her smile as she accepts his offer. This kind of Frito Pie can lead to many things, none of them bad. Now, about this particular Lou Christie album - has anybody ever heard it? Quote
Joe Posted December 1, 2004 Report Posted December 1, 2004 (edited) Leave it to Jim to reveal to us the essential poetry of the Frito Pie. Sorry, haven't been struck by this particular bolt of Lou Christie lightnin'... Edited December 1, 2004 by Joe Quote
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