Comments on: Repost: Adventures Through The Mines Of Mellow Gold 3

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By: Jer

Jer — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 17:21:38 +0000

I live in the Detroit area and grew up in Canton, Ohio.

And yes, Meatloaf does suck.

By: Jason

Jason — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 15:56:45 +0000

Hey…are you from Syracuse?

By: Jer

Jer — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 15:50:54 +0000

Maybe you should try listening to his music instead of looking at his picture. Once again it shows that America is concerned more with appearance than substance. He is a great song writer and performer who has survived without the major record labels behind him for over 25 years. He donates to many causes (9/11, Parkinsons, etc) and cares about his fans. Listen to his albums and try to tell me he isn’t as good or better than Eddie Money or Bruce Springsteen or other acts of his genre. He had a 3.5 octave voice range, how many other rock stars have that range?

By: Richard Brandt

Richard Brandt — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 23:07:32 +0000

Speaking of Gary Puckett (thanks krl66!)…this is a true story. I was in college. My girlfriend and I had just…uh…gotten some, as you young folk would say, when she burst into "This Girl Is A Woman Now!"

She later saw Gary Puckett at an oldies show and reported she found him "disturbing."

If Steely Dan is still touring, it might be worth catching them just to hear the words "And on the Fender Rhodes, Donald Fagen!" I’m just sayin’.

By: krl1966

krl1966 — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 02:29:06 +0000

A very bold statement indeed. I can’t name a record from the 40’s containing this insrtument, but I suppose it was invented by Mr Rhodes because he was sick of hauling around a Grand Piano. It was most likely invented to "sound" like a piano but ended up being it’s own original sound.

Check out the movie "Ray" for a peek at a very vintage Rhodes Piano ..almost looks like a b-3 organ. Ray is playing his first record in a club. You can hear those mellow Tines (tuning forks) clinking through his jazzy sound.
Jason..Your site here rules. I take it the 80’s for you were the 70’s for me( I got 10 Years on you I suppose) . I heard the sounds of the Rascals, The Four Seasons, and the Archies in my crib but I was thrust upon the smooth sounds of Mellow Gold via The A.M. radio of the 70’s. NY was flush with the stuff..and I heard a lot of Fender Rhodes…Lets See
Brandy, Just the Way you Are ( Fender Rhodes through a phaser.. Yummy) Babe by Styx.Thats the foundation for a Mellow Gold Record..
Of course as we came into the 80’s the Rhodes was cast aside for the new sound…The Midi Piano sound. You know the sound "Ballad Keys" on any Roland or Kurzwiel keyboard..Utilized on Luthur Vandros, Peabo Bryson, and Richard Marx Records…or was that the Yamaha CP 10. Would that be post Mellow Gold? Did Mellow Gold end in 80-81? Did Hall and Oates change the course of MG when they brough GE Smith into the band? ( G.E. RULED)
I agree with the year 1971 ..but now I’m curious..Where the hell did it come from?
Oh Yeah..Looks Like Michael Mac is the man here..He’s a huge Fender Rhodes Guy..I know he sat around a rack of synths in the 70’s, but all ten of them fingers were workin’ the Rhodes
Again, I enjoy your Chart’s. They do bring back memories.

Thanks

By: Jason

Jason — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 01:08:20 +0000

Fender Rhodes as THE Mellow Gold instrument? That’s quite a bold statement! So the question is…were there any 1940s songs that utilized it in a Mellow fashion? I don’t even recall off-hand what the earliest MG entry is here, but I doubt it goes back past ‘71.

By: krl66

krl66 — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 01:04:01 +0000

The ultimate pervert of Rock Songs award goes to Mellow Gold Pioneer Gary Puckett backed with the Union Gap. Gary had Teenage Trilogy I believe..Young Girl, shit I forgot the rest of them…but they was all about teenage girls.

I do believe Gary was a true Mellow Gold Pioneer possibly tripping upon it in 1968. The Civil War Uniforms however told another tale…
It is my opinion that the true beginning of Mellow Gold could be traced back to the post war 1940’s when the Fender Rhodes was invented. Now I know the sax has been around forever..But you cant deny that the Mellow Gold Instrument of choice is the Fender Rhodes in all it’s swirling glory.

By: George

George — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 19:56:05 +0000

I was just reading the "Let’s Hear it For Love" review on All Music (yes I had some time to kill) and it appears that the title track is a duet between Benny & Eddie Money.

By: Mr H

Mr H — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 18:37:14 +0000

Another quality blast of mellow gold.

Now, I know you’ve done Orleans before, courtesy of the search button, but when the sun came out for 5 minutes today here in the frozen Northern wastes of Scotland, the two tunes I couldn’t get out of my head were;

“Still The One” by Orleans and “How Much I Feel” by Ambrosia

Amazing what a bit of sunshine can do for you.