It's One Of Those Nights / Tony Romeo

-

It's one of those songs when you listen to it and think..this is such a gem, a masterpiece. Released in December 1971, the single from 'Shopping Bag' ( side B 'One Night Stand' ), in January 1972, 50 years ago, number 2 on the Adult Contemporary Chart and on Jan 22 peaked at number 20 on The Billboard Hot 100

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqBc549rcF4

Why only number 20 ?? I love reading those old charts. So Billboard Hot 100, Jan 22 - number 1 'American Pie', D. McLean..7. 'I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing', The New Seekers...16. Hey Girl, D.Osmond...20 TPF....21. Without You, Nilsson......24. 'Cherish' David Cassidy......27. Black Dog, Led Zeppelin....Interesting..

This is one of those  songs very difficult to cover. It only looks simple, I mean there are a lot of awful amator covers of it on YT, but not many made by professional musicians. Because this song was created in the perfect time and place, wonderful music and lyrics wrote by that genius Tony Romeo, arranged by another genius Mike Melvoin, and first of all sung by 21 year old David. One of those bitter-sweet songs..And I hate writing about DC personal life, but at the time he was in love and he had a broken heart..We can hear his love and his pain. So once again, the full album version, so moving and powerful..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gqk9u0M36YQ

Some days ago I wrote about buying a record player. Now I'm a proud owner of this beauty. It looks like from the 70s (also the sound is ..interesting). So far I have only 2 DC albums, but my English friends have started visiting local charity shops..

One more thing, at last I've sent my letter to Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. And I'm really glad.


Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Kay Lenz, an Actress

-
Image
Don't get me wrong, I'm not writing today's blog just to gossip about DC's private life, it's because I always admired that amazing woman, Kay Ann Lenz. She had birthday yesterday. 3 years younger than David, a few years older than a typical DC's fan.  In the 70s I heard quite a lot about Kay Lenz . She was very popular in Poland, like the rest of the cast of 'Rich Man, Poor Man'. That tv series was shown in my country I think in 1978, and everybody watched it, also a lot was written about the cast. So one day I read that Kay's husband was a former teen idol, David Cassidy. There was also a pic and I thought that it was just wonderful, I thought they were the most beautiful couple in the world. There was something very moving about Kay. I thought she was different than typical American actress. Such beautiful eyes, but her beauty wasn't an ordinary kind, not for everybody so to speak. When I was a teen I couldn't put in words what I thought a
Read more

They Said I Changed A Lot..

-
Image
Let's first listen to something which was not released, why they didn't want David singing that song is a great mystery for me. Listening to his young, sincere, innocent and magical voice is one in a kind moving experience. You can just imagine David sitting next to you, with his guitar...and.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PbghG6czuw&t=6s Amazing. And of course we believe in David Cassidy and love songs. When I became a real DC's fan in 2018, there was something I used to discuss a lot with my English friend B. How David Cassidy kept changing. A completely different person in each decade. Or even more often. It was something difficult to understand for me. The many faces of David. Each album different from the previous one, different style and even his voice.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4gvxt1WgaA B. thought there was nothing unusual about how David was changing, and I simply didn't follow his career from the beginning, I didn't grow with him, I didn&#
Read more

'I Just Hated Being In The Show..'

-
Image
Last week someone posted a screenshot of the article from May 1974, unfortunately without the date or the name of the paper. Written by a popular journalist Roderick Gilchrist, I think it was Daily Express. We can read that this interview took place at London Weekend Television's Building, on the day before the DC's last concert in Manchester.  And David said, "I feel like the door to the cage has just been opened. And, any minute now I'm going to be able to fly right away from my prison. I can't tell you how happy that makes me feel because I'll be free again.." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AG0hjhwKx5s His prison..Of course there have been other teen idols in the history of pop culture, but somehow for those from the 70s it was like someone put a curse on them. Nothing David Cassidy recorded later in life hasn't changed a bit that first opinion some people had of him and his music. My FB friend, Laurie Eby has written, "I researched 'New Y
Read more