Singer-songwriter Carly Simon's monster hit from 1972, the quintessential 70s song, with uncredited background vocals from Mick Jagger, about Warren Beatty and two as-yet unnamed other self-obsessed people, and about which speculation has swirled for forty years. And not coincidentally, one helluva great tune.
I've heard it was David Geffen.
ReplyDeleteoff topic for a sunday, but a chance to learn some interesting things...
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Some online courses that might be very interesting.
https://www.acmt.net/CRAOTSD2021.html
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Chemical and Radiological Agents of Opportunity for Terrorism
Toxic Industrial Chemicals (TICs), Toxic Industrial Materials (TIMs) & Toxic Radiological Materials (TRMs)
Event Details
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February 22-23, 2021
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--- I don't endorse or know anything about the quality of the course, but it qualifies for CEC so it is probably a serious look at the subjects. Day Two looks especially interesting.
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Day 2 | February 23, 2021 | Chemical Agents of Opportunity for Terrorism (REGISTER HERE!)
7:45am (PST) - 7:50am (PST) Log-In Open
7:50am (PST) - 8:00am (PST) Opening Remarks
8:00am (PST) - 8:40am (PST) Toxic Disasters: Beyond Conventional Chemical Weapons
8:40am (PST) - 9:00am (PST) Chemical Explosions
9:00am (PST) - 9:40am (PST) Toxic Gases as Threats
9:40am (PST) - 9:50am (PST) Break
9:50am (PST) - 10:30am (PST) Why are Cyanide & Fumigants So Worrisome
10:30am (PST) - 11:10am (PST) Food, Water & Medication as Vehicles for Toxic Threats
11:10am (PST) - 12:00pm (PST) Clinical Neurotoxicology of Chemical Threats
12:00pm (PST) - 1:00pm (PST) Lunch
1:00pm (PST) - 1:40pm (PST) Delayed Toxic Syndromes
1:40pm (PST) - 2:20pm (PST) The Psychological Impact of Mass Exposures
2:20pm (PST) - 2:30pm (PST) Break
2:30pm (PST) - 3:10pm (PST) After Event Population Monitoring: Pros & Cons
3:10pm (PST) - 4:10pm (PST) Scenario-Based Discussion
4:10pm (PST) - 4:20pm (PST) Closing Remarks
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nick
@jackalope,
ReplyDeleteExcept it's been pointed out she didn't know Geffen back when she wrote the song.
Those of us at the edges of the industry figured it was James Taylor when it came out.
ReplyDeleteUhm, is there a reason that I got a scene from Apocalypse Now instead of "..You walked in with your hat strategically tipped over one eye......"
Night Driver
Though it was about James Taylor?
ReplyDeleteI always heard it was about James Taylor.
ReplyDeleteI've loathed that damned Muzak tune for years now. And I know it's NOT about me due to age and time of recording, etc.
ReplyDelete1) She has specifically said it was not about her now-ex, J.T., to whom she was freshly married at the time it was written, and not divorced from for another 11 years.
ReplyDelete2) Anyone who can think a tune sung by Carly Simon and Mick Jagger, with that wailing lead guitar, as muzak, has some pretty strange definitions of that dreck.
It fails my "it's still interesting after hearing it multiple times in one day" test. But then, most songs and most singers do.
ReplyDeleteI remember hearing it was Cat Stevens before his conversion to Islam.
ReplyDeleteGerry
Thankee, Sirah.
ReplyDeleteNOW I can enjoy some fine music.
Our copy of this album had a safety sticker attached about pushing buttons and turning knobs...
Whachu want? Clarkson was an ENGINEERING (hockey) College at the time. Though my musical memories are paramount. Playing radio. Well, them and Dave Taylor's stick work.
Night Driver, who enjoyed EVERYTHING at CCT except the temperatures (errr lack thereof)
Muzak is EXACTLY where I hear it.
ReplyDeleteI think Count Alucard's favorite version was "You're so vein."
ReplyDelete(Cue Christopher Lee singing metal)
@Orvan,
ReplyDeleteSadly, that says more about what you listen to, than whether or not it's good.
If one judges filet mignon and crème brûlée by what is served at Denny's, they deserve what they get. Even if it's free on their birthday.
I'll keep my 1940's, etc. The muzak is still muzak is still muzak,. Does nothing for me.
ReplyDeleteMuzak was born in the '30s, and its heyday was '40s music.
ReplyDeleteThey didn't even have to re-record anything, they could just play the original tracks.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muzak
But I found something you'll like:
ReplyDeletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUOmWfCTllo&t=58s
I can't help it if other lack taste. }:o)
ReplyDeleteAnd that tune is... trite. Even with that damn movie.
[That said, I've read the script/transcript, as *in text*, it looks like it SHOULD be a great film. But Once past the narration intro, I'm done. Just can't stand it in actual movie form. Citizen Kane? No problem. It even, somewhat, 'speaks' to me.]
ReplyDelete@Orvan,
ReplyDeleteYou didn't listen to it. Try again.
It's not a tune.
It's the entire queue soundtrack from the Jungle Cruise, which is a hour of mostly big band era tunes.
Glenn Miller, Benny Goodman, Tommy Dorsey, etc.
Disney puts me off, and it sounds tinny from what I did hear. That's not likely to get me to go on, when it's trivial to get better quality even from in-era recordings.
ReplyDelete@orvan, do a youtube search for 'electroswing' to get some of the same stuff, and even more obscure stuff remixed with a more modern sound.
ReplyDeleteI love the big band era, listen to it on cd and on XM radio, and I found electroswing to be very nice- especially any of the "Best Of" mixes by Xefox Music channel.
That led me on a web wander which led me to new music I like alot, as well as the oldies.
nick
Nick: I try that every once in a while, and keep hoping. And I keep feeling disappointed with the result. It has so much potential, but -for me- no current.
ReplyDeleteAnd as for the original content of the post: I say I dislike the tune partly from overly and \partly from the attitude. Yes, she's going on about a jerk, but it still seems bitchy. Is the performance bad? No. I can see (well hear) that it is technically excellent, at least the singing. The guitar riff thing? Never even noticed, such doesn't call to me *at all*. Generally, most stuff on broadcast radio in the 1970's I consider as 'background noise' even if it ought be more than that.