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Partial dichotomy
posted October 18, 2022 06:32 PM
For Croce and Beato fans.





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posted October 18, 2022 09:40 PMHide Post
That guy is awesome
 
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posted October 18, 2022 10:27 PMHide Post
Beato just did a long interview with film scorer Thomas Newman, someone I'd never heard of (though it turns out I've heard a lot of his scores) and would've thought I'd have little interest in learning about film scores...but it was an absolutely fascinating interview.

https://youtu.be/TnRoHPaTFqA
 
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posted October 19, 2022 08:49 AMHide Post
Thanks so much for this.... Croce was and still is my favorite musician ....

but I can't say anymore...
because there is something in my eyes... no joke.


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posted October 19, 2022 11:24 AMHide Post
I learn more about music theory in a half hour from Beato than I did in 10 years of classical piano study. The guy is a great teacher...



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posted October 19, 2022 11:31 AMHide Post
Great song.

Looks like he’s got a Gibson J50. Discontinued now, but essentially a blonde J45. I bought my J50 new in 64 (63 model). It’s got a thinner neck with dots for fret markers instead of the stylized paralellograms.

Paid it on time payments at age 16 @ 18 bucks a month forever for total of 250.00. Seemed like forever.

According to net, the ole beast is worth 2k and up now.

Almost 60 years of aging has turned it into a resonant boomer.
 
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posted October 19, 2022 11:32 AMHide Post
Saw that earlier.
Had Jim Croce on an 8tack as a kid.
Also always impressed by Mary Spender and Rick Beato > two greats.
 
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posted October 19, 2022 12:45 PMHide Post
Such a great song. This from the comments section at YT --

"I saw his son in concert last year and he explained where this song came from. His father was in the army stationed at Fort Dix, and when the soldiers had free time, they'd line up at the only pay phone on base to wait their turn to call home to talk to their girls. While he waited for his turn, he heard one side of tragedies playing out before his eyes as soldier's girls moved on while they were away. As a song writer, he realized it was pure gold."




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posted October 19, 2022 05:49 PMHide Post
One of my all time favorites!




 
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posted October 19, 2022 06:27 PMHide Post
I seem to have something in my eyes, Thanks for posting.
 
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posted October 19, 2022 08:55 PMHide Post
You know it happens every time.

A great song that reminds us of past pain that we thought we have "dealt" with. Yes, there is something in my eyes too when I hear the song.
 
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Partial dichotomy
posted October 20, 2022 02:24 PMHide Post
quote:
Originally posted by Ripley:
Such a great song. This from the comments section at YT --

"I saw his son in concert last year and he explained where this song came from. His father was in the army stationed at Fort Dix, and when the soldiers had free time, they'd line up at the only pay phone on base to wait their turn to call home to talk to their girls. While he waited for his turn, he heard one side of tragedies playing out before his eyes as soldier's girls moved on while they were away. As a song writer, he realized it was pure gold."


I wonder if the guy ever recognized himself in the song?




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posted October 20, 2022 03:55 PMHide Post
quote:
Originally posted by armored:
I seem to have something in my eyes, Thanks for posting.
You too??!!??? Stupid monitor gets blurry...



"If you’re a leader, you lead the way. Not just on the easy ones; you take the tough ones too…” – MAJ Richard D. Winters (1918-2011), E Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne

"Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil... Therefore, as tongues of fire lick up straw and as dry grass sinks down in the flames, so their roots will decay and their flowers blow away like dust; for they have rejected the law of the Lord Almighty and spurned the word of the Holy One of Israel." - Isaiah 5:20,24
 
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posted October 20, 2022 04:28 PMHide Post
Wow! Never had heard of any of this guys videos before. This is really a great watch! Thanks!

And yes, I'm 75 and had Croce's albums. Lost 'em during a PCS military move back in the day.

...and I found this which tells more than I ever knew about him and his music:



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