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pleasant valley sunday
Originally broadcast september 1967 on NBC, this is a slice of pure bubblegum pop at it's best.
Length: 191
Rating: 4.80 (357 ratings)
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The Monkees ~ Pleasant Valley Sunday
I love The Monkees.
I love this song.
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Length: 198
Rating: 4.80 (26 ratings)
Tags: the monkees pleasant valley sunday
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GOP: Bailout 'Pleasant Extraordinary Experience'
After one spectacular failure, the $700 billion financial industry bailout found a second life Wednesday, winning lopsided passage in the Senate and gaining ground in the House, where Republicans opposition softened. (Oct. 1)
Length: 109
Rating: 3.00 (2 ratings)
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Billy Cobham - The Pleasant Pheasant (1974)
Billy Cobham - The Pleasant Pheasant from "Crosswinds" (1974) album
While his exhilarating, edgy Spectrum LP is a dazzling jazz rock/fusion tour de force, this album is more of a visit to Billy Cobhams roots in that it puts less emphasis on the driving, thunderous rock beats that characterized its predecessor and leans more toward traditional jazz colorings. Now that he had cultivated and established a solid fan base he felt would loyally support his music, Billy reunited with his old Dreams bandmates, Randy and Michael Brecker, to make a record that showcased the other angles and aspects of his composing ability. The result is Crosswinds, a slightly uneven effort that contains some outstanding music nonetheless.
The first seventeen minutes is a bold four-part suite called Spanish Moss A Sound Portrait. With the sound of a howling wind and the tolling of distant mission bells wafting in and out between the segments, its an enjoyable but unremarkable journey through nostalgic phases of Cobhams musical heritage. Spanish Moss is a sort of big band horn section piece that doesnt really spring to life until Lee Pastora flies into a hot percussion frenzy toward the end that is top drawer. Savanna the Serene is next and its a smooth, laid back song that features Garnett Brown performing some very peaceful, understated trombone work as George Duke floats around him on the Rhodes piano. Storm is an impressive, flange-enhanced drum solo from Billy that leads into Flash Flood, the uptempo finale to this would-be epic that allows Randy Breckers blazing trumpet and John Abercrombies too-timid guitar to take the spotlight. Pay special attention to Cobham and Pastora (along with bassist John Williams) as they lay down a squeaky-clean track underneath it all despite the odd time signature. Amazing stuff.
The Pleasant Pheasant is more along the lines of what we heard on Spectrum. Its a toe-tapping, energetic tune where Michael Brecker throws down a superb saxophone solo and Duke follows it with an equally electrifying synthesizer ride. Billys drumming is spectacular, as well, but when Abercrombie injects his jazzy guitar stylings into the fray youll find yourself missing former axe man Tommy Bolins fire and sassy attitude. (Thats not a knock on John as much as its a respectful acknowledgement of just how good Bolin was in his prime.) Next up is the drop-dead gorgeous Heather, the apex of the album and one of my all-time Cobham favorites. Based on a single undulating synthesizer note, the songs beautiful ambience transcends the mundane and rises to a heavenly plane of existence. Michaels soothing sax and Georges delicate Rhodes performances achieve a utopian groove and, if you allow yourself to succumb to its simple enchantment, the worries and stress of this world will seep right out of you long before the song ends. Its like a mental massage and it works for me every time. Crosswind ends the album on a positive note with its happy, funky melody and feel joyfully pulling you back into your body. Here Abercrombie takes the whole solo and he goes a long way toward redeeming himself, generating a lot more zip in his guitar shredding this time around. Once again, the rhythm section is tight as a damp cork in a bottle of vintage wine.
While this recording (and many others, for that matter) doesnt hold a candle to Billys oft-referenced dynamic and thrilling solo debut, the progressive aura and sublime tranquility of Heather is worth the price alone. Its that good. If not for the underwhelming suite that begins the album this could have possibly rivaled his best ever.
(ProgArchives)
Length: 329
Rating: 5.00 (7 ratings)
Tags: Cobham jazz jazz-rock fusion Pleasant Pheasant Crosswinds
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The Kinks - Mr. Pleasant (1966)
Classic song.
Length: 190
Rating: 4.90 (14 ratings)
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