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« Reply #25 on: June 24, 2015, 02:24:44 PM »

I wonder from what album boot that YouTube demo is from? Nothing that I have heard over the years sounds nearly as good.
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« Reply #26 on: June 24, 2015, 05:08:17 PM »

Here's what my copy sounds like: https://soundcloud.com/bud_shaver/river-song-early-version
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« Reply #27 on: June 24, 2015, 11:25:33 PM »

I've said it before and I'll say it again...if the BBs could have seen fit to give "River Song" a life in context of the band, even with Endless Summer in play to bring back their classic period, they might well have bridged the gap and been able to have it both ways. In 1974, this song had a chance to make it big as a BB song. The band could ROCK, folks!!

Presumably this was part of the main plan Dennis wanted to get back to...
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« Reply #28 on: June 25, 2015, 07:19:17 AM »

I totally agree- It appears Dennis would have preferred the piano heavy version, but this guitar mix- man, with a real lead vocal and the BB's backing...really cool.  It almost doesn't need vocals at the end, the way the piano trails off.  Maybe it wouldn't have 'saved' the bands progressive fortunes back then, but who knows.
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« Reply #29 on: June 25, 2015, 04:06:55 PM »

Thanks, Bud! Sounds great, I like the clean-ups in your track.

It was a fateful moment in the band's history, fo' sho'. But I could see the kids who bought ENDLESS SUMMER connecting the dots to a "grown-up" band kicking ass with a song that was still within striking distance of the classic themes that also catered to the 70s desire to "kick out the jams." But the ongoing problem of taking Dennis seriously (something that Dennis certainly didn't help ameliorate, either...) clearly took its toll.
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« Reply #30 on: June 26, 2015, 04:27:47 AM »

It's a great song but for me the rock version posted in this thread is almost "too 70s".
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« Reply #31 on: June 26, 2015, 09:38:04 PM »

It's a great song but for me the rock version posted in this thread is almost "too 70s".

I kinda like the live arrangement (from '73) - with glockenspiel, wild guitar solo to close it, and Blondie's lead vocal. Of course, that version left out the bridge (or at least left out the vocals in the bridge). I guess you can't have everything!
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