Even if you're a bliss ninny flower child, when you've got musical arranger and director Edwin Hawkins handling background, things are going to work out.
He's such a talented man.
Oftentimes in movies when they show a supposed gospel choir singing, all I can think is "Gee, they sound like crap." If that's not the response the filmmaker had hoped to elicit, he probably shouldn't have stuck 30 people in a box and told them to ululate. It takes a lot more than supple voices to make a good choir.
And although I'm poking fun of Melanie now, back then I bought the record. On layaway, even. Heh.
Posted by floridacracker at April 25, 2006 11:05 AMon layaway? what, did you save your pennies? i just used to pilfer my sisters records. still got that yellow/red capitol 45 of 8 days a week!
Posted by: richard at April 25, 2006 12:58 PMNo, it was for the whole album. It cost like three dollars and something cents. Too rich for my blood - had to use layaway.
Posted by: Donnah at April 25, 2006 01:04 PMi remember going shopping for records when i was a senior in high school and thinking "wow, 5 bucks. what a rip off". don't get me started on compact discs. bullsh*t!
Posted by: richard at April 25, 2006 01:45 PMHey, I know it's off topic, but
http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/10107379/southern_rock_pioneer_walden_dies?rnd=1145988416452&has-player=unknown
Leave it to Rolling Baloney to caption the accompanying photo incorrectly.
Posted by: mike at April 25, 2006 02:09 PMMercifully, Duane was spared the degradation of associating with Jimmeh.
Posted by: Donnah at April 25, 2006 02:15 PMShades of Stevie Nicks...its Melanie.
Posted by: csason at April 25, 2006 10:07 PMI remember when I bough my first album for 5 bucks. It was Alice Cooper's "Killer," at an Eckerd's in Palatka. I wonder when drugstores stopped having a music aisle.
I don't know where this video was shot, but I'd swear that was Tricia Nixon sitting in the front row.
Posted by: Donnah at April 26, 2006 01:24 AM