{"id":393,"date":"2007-03-18T19:02:25","date_gmt":"2007-03-18T23:02:25","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2008-12-10T22:46:07","modified_gmt":"2008-12-10T22:46:07","slug":"thrifty-music-vol-3-music-meant-mainly-f","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/thrifty-music-vol-3-music-meant-mainly-f\/","title":{"rendered":"Thrifty Music, Vol. 3: Music Meant Mainly for Mr. Mod’s Mind"},"content":{"rendered":"

So, look, fellow RTHers — over the past week, I’ve scored a number of very interesting musical bits and pieces in the thrift store bins of Our Nation’s Capital. But today I want to focus on two or three in respectful tribute<\/strong> to our long-suffering Moderator.<\/p>\n

Seriously, guys and gals — ol’ Jim really does put up with a lot from us, and he deserves at least a little bit of respeck every once in a while. So, I have decided to dedicate this third installment of my Thrifty Music series to our own Mr. Mod.<\/p>\n

As always, I encourage newcomers to read Volume 1<\/strong><\/a> in the series to fully acquaint themselves with the overarching philosophy behind this ongoing project.<\/p>\n

Now — to the Modular tunes at hand!<\/p>\n

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Donnie Hathaway, “Love, Love, Love”<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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First up, a nicely scratchy 45 of Donny Hathaway<\/strong> singing “Love, Love, Love.” I submit this to Mr. Mod with the following question in mind: You’ve made it quite clear that you find the What’s Going On<\/em> album to be bloated, self-indulgent and — seemingly most important — unfocused.<\/em> Well, here’s an extremely talented singer clearly ripping a very focused page (if not an entire chapter) from that Album You Love To Be Iconoclastic About<\/strong> — and acquitting himself rather nicely, too, if you ask me. My question is: If this were a small part of an album that showed as much focus from start to finish, would you prefer it to the “classic” album it emulates?<\/em><\/p>\n

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Dee Dee Warwick, “I’m Glad I’m a Woman”<\/a><\/p>\n

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Second: You and I have gone toe-to-toe before on the topic of Dionne Warwick<\/strong>. I say she’s only as good as the songs she’s given, and that Burt Bacharach<\/strong> is the only<\/em> reason she’s worth listening to; you continue to believe in some mush-mouthed notion that she and Burt Bacharach were joined together by God<\/strong>, and that each makes the other reach his\/her highest conceivable artistic peak. Well, you and I can continue to disagree about all that. For now, check out this cool A-side I scored of Dionne’s baby sister, kicking major ass on a beautiful song entitled “I’m Glad I’m a Woman” (and I do mean song<\/em>: this is one of those rare numbers where I find the lyric to be every bit as compelling as the music). Not as idiosyncratic as her older sister, but… wow!<\/p>\n

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James Darren, “Goodbye, Cruel World”<\/a><\/p>\n

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Finally, Mr. Mod, I offer you a surprisingly fun and catchy single entitled “Goodbye, Cruel World,” sung by teen heartthrob James Darren<\/strong>. Who’s James Darren, you ask? None other than the actor who went on to play Jim Corrigan on T.J. Hooker<\/strong><\/ins>! By golly, I actually like<\/em> this song – that pennywhistle figure is killer!<\/p>\n

Anyhow, that’s all I got this time out. I’ve saved one or two more tunes from the last couple of weeks’ hunting that I hope to share with you all soon, ’cause they’re really strong. I just wanted to go on record first with this loving tribute<\/em> to our very own Mr. Mod. Thanks, as always, for keepin’ it real.<\/p>\n

Your pal,<\/p>\n

Hrundi V. Bakshi<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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