JSngry Posted December 17, 2021 Report Posted December 17, 2021 No, not that this song/record exists, no surprises there. No, not that the song later got repurposed by Barris, with the able/deft help of Milton DeLugg. Intereswting as trivia, but not really WTF-able. No, not that badass drumming pocket, Hey. But that chord? WTF?!?!?!?!?!?! Gotta be secret CIA code! Quote
Teasing the Korean Posted December 17, 2021 Report Posted December 17, 2021 I assume you mean the chord on the word "try." Yeah, that was pretty unexpected. Quote
JSngry Posted December 17, 2021 Author Report Posted December 17, 2021 I know that Swan was a Philly-based label, but might this have been recorded in LA? sounds like Earl Palmer on drums? Who was doing sessions in Philly at the time who had a pocket like that? Same for the bassist. IN there! Ultimately, though - that chord? WTF?!?!?!?!?!?! Quote
Teasing the Korean Posted December 18, 2021 Report Posted December 18, 2021 (edited) The tune is in Eb. It sounds like they are going from a Fm7 to a Bm7(?!?), and maybe then to an E7? There are some shifting harmonies resulting from the lines played by the various instruments. But it is pretty bizarre. I need to listen on something better than laptop speakers. Edited December 18, 2021 by Teasing the Korean Quote
JSngry Posted December 18, 2021 Author Report Posted December 18, 2021 There's a conflict between bassline and saxes. It is damn near cosmic, and would still be even if that conflict was not there. To hear this after more than half a century of The Newlywed Game is...phase-shifting, to put it mildly. I still say it's a CIA code (and maybe nobody really remembers that utterly amazing Chuck Barris autobiography...or the arguably equally amazing Chuck Barris himself...). Quote
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