Comments on: Adventures Through The Mines Of Mellow Gold 17

By: JP

JP — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 06:59:44 +0000

Alan O’Day didn’t look like he sounded.

As a kid I heard “Undercover Angel” on the radio constantly during the summer of ‘77, and always pictured some Vinnie Barbarino playa type to be the one singing those lyrics. Then that fall I saw O’Day’s album in a department store and saw some ordinary guy who looked like a substitute teacher, as Jason or somebody said…ah, the pre-MTV days when you’d hear the song before seeing the photo anc you had your own mental image of what these folks actually looked like…

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580ea1e783bffbe182ce69d68d5892ec — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 12:48:16 +0000

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By: JasonHare.com » Blog Archive » Adventures Through The Mines Of Mellow Gold 36

Wed, 13 Jun 2007 10:23:26 +0000

[...] In 2004, Seals & Crofts reunited to re-record some of their greatest hits. But rest easy, friends – they didn’t throw a rap in the middle like Alan O’Day. In fact, their cover of "Summer Breeze" isn’t really much of an update – a bit more echo on the vocals, a few more instruments here and there – it doesn’t really improve on the original, but it’s certainly pleasant as well. [...]

By: imparare

imparare — Sun, 15 Apr 2007 06:11:14 +0000

Interesting comments..

By: Jason

Jason — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 04:39:30 +0000

Glad to help, Brett. Stick around and you’ll probably find other songs you’re ashamed to have stuck in your head!

By: Brett

Brett — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 04:17:23 +0000

Dude, I have to thank you for the info on this song. For some reason about a month and a half ago that pre-chorus popped into my head. Try as I might, i couldn’t manage to sing it well enough for anyone to figure out WHAT song I was singing, let alone WHO sang it. Anyway, I was surfung around looking for something else, and found it entirely by accident. Just wanted to let you know that you rock.

By: Stephen

Stephen — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 00:45:49 +0000

Heaven on the 7th Floor…damn I don’t know what that song is. It’s just like, incredibly catchy ridiculous bubble gum pop catering to both the pop charts and the disco charts. I think the tone and lyrics are similar to Undercover Angel, but the music is definitely in another world altogether.

By: Robert

Robert — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 23:05:46 +0000

I don’t consider "Heaven on the 7th Floor" to be Mellow Gold. But I don’t see "Undercover Angel" as Mellow Gold either, although some very good arguments have been made here. Should Time-Life’s "Classic Soft Rock Collection" be the final word? Well, no, but I watched the infomercial for it last night — I love seeing clips of the songs (Paul Davis, almost live!) being performed on "American Bandstand" — and so many songs that have been mentioned in the posts and the comments on this site are included in Time-Life’s collection. I can’t remember if you posted Benny Mardones’s "Into the Night" video a few months ago, Jason, but I saw clips from it on that infomercial. Profile shots aren’t Benny’s specialty.

Some of the best parts of the infomercial are when Graham Russell and Russell Hitchcock of Air Supply sing a few lines of hits like "All Out of Love" and it’s clear Hitchcock’s pipes aren’t warmed up. Have some of that soft-rockin’ lemonade that’s on the table in front of you, Russ! It’s also great when their cohost, Angela Lambert (I think), talks about the featured songs and then the camera cuts to Graham or Russell saying "Thanks, Angela" in a tone that, thanks to choppy editing, has the underlying subtext of "That’s enough, skirt." It’s also odd how the listener testimonials show a man and a woman sitting very close to each other, with one usually staring dreamily at the other one while he or she talks about soft rock, but when the couple’s names are listed, they have different last names. Every single time! Time-Life, you’re trying to tell me none of these couples share the same last name? None of these forty- and fiftysomethings are married, or are you trying to tell me that all of the women here kept their maiden name? I watched Time-Life’s "1970s Soul" infomercial several months ago and it was the same deal. Somebody explain this to me, please.

By: jefitoblog

jefitoblog — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 17:26:24 +0000

[...] Jason re-enters the Mines of Mellow Gold, lives through a horrifying Chart Attack!, and needs to get a friggin’ room. [...]

By: mike

mike — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 15:36:01 +0000

But we can all agree that "heavenly surrender/sweet afterglow" is downright nauseating, right? (Good lord: I can’t believe I’m still married either, let alone a parent!)