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Post by edog40 on Jan 26, 2021 15:15:08 GMT
This is kind of amusing, and I really have no opinion other than it's good to see BOC recognized: A Now That's What I Call Dad Rock compilation exists, presumably much to the delight of rockin' fathers familiar with the long-running Now That's What I Call Music! series of hits collections. The 59-song, 3-disc Dad Rock release emerged in 2018 as part of a succession of special editions taking after the multi-annual flagship Now compilations, the popular joint venture between Sony and Universal that reached its 77th U.S. edition in 2021. Unlike those compendiums of up-to-the-minute chart-toppers, however, the Dad Rock compilation runs the gamut from mainstay classic rock to more modern-day material. Read More: There's Actually a 'Now That's What I Call Dad Rock' Compilation | loudwire.com/now-dad-rock-compilation/?utm_source=tsmclip&utm_medium=referral |
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Post by markus on Jan 26, 2021 18:54:41 GMT
In today's society it's a compliment; at least the children of Dads who are fans of classic rock actually know who their Dad is.
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Post by delclayman on Jan 27, 2021 2:14:08 GMT
Well, “dad bods” seem to be getting a lot of acceptance these days. I say we embrace it..
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Post by marty on Jan 27, 2021 2:28:12 GMT
It’s the single version, though, without the dad solo. Oh well, long as Bucky gets paid...
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Post by Buck on Jan 28, 2021 1:01:21 GMT
>The single version
Wow, I thought that went the way of the Dodo. They played that version on our Merv Griffin appearance, and we messed up the lip sync.
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Post by The Ocean on Jan 28, 2021 1:21:31 GMT
Oof. Single cuts are such a horrible convention. I remember the first time I ever heard the FULL version of Manfred Mann's Earth Band's cover of Blinded by the Light, I was blown away.
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Post by sirrastus on Jan 28, 2021 3:16:15 GMT
>The single version Wow, I thought that went the way of the Dodo. They played that version on our Merv Griffin appearance, and we messed up the lip sync. Haha that was pretty funny.The only time I ever heard it years later I found out a friend of mine bought the single.Merv Goes(paraphrased) "We'll have you come back" and Allen goes "So will Joan".What was the green room like wasn't Burt Bacharach one of the guests? |
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Post by Buck on Jan 28, 2021 3:36:14 GMT
Yeah, it was great meeting Burt Bacharach. He was with Carol Bayer Sager then, and she was there too.
At the time, Hal David (Burt's lyricist for the golden years of his career) was the head of ASCAP, my performance society for songwriters and publishers, who sends out statements and checks periodically. After the introductions and the obligatory "not worthy," I asked Burt if he ever hears from Hal David, he said no, not lately. I said "I get a letter from him occasionally." Not sure if he understood the joke.
The current head of ASCAP is Paul Williams, another short guy song writer. I get letters from him now.
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Post by sirrastus on Jan 28, 2021 3:54:37 GMT
Hmmm Williams was pretty popular back in the 70's.
Wasn't Mitch Miller head of ASCAP in the 50's early 60's?
I believe BMI was created to pay artists royalties ASCAP weren't paying for.That whole history is great reading along with the McFarland book on Payola.
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Post by sirrastus on Jan 28, 2021 3:57:55 GMT
Oh yeah Williams was in Phantom Of The Paradise.I never liked that film.LOL.He scored a lot of films,etc.
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Post by Buck on Jan 28, 2021 3:59:27 GMT
Not sure if we would have done better with BMI. The only way to compare would be co-write a hit with a BMI writer. Performance royalties are an inexact science. I wouldn't be surprised if ASCAP had more overhead in the early days. I think they've had to be competitive over time. But I don't know.
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Post by druid on Jan 28, 2021 4:07:01 GMT
As a wee young lad in the mid 70's when I started listening to the radio most songs on the AM Top-40 stations played the "single" version of songs. I remember the really good radio stations would play an "album version" of a current favorite hit once or twice an hour at night. We looked forward to it. As stated earlier in this thread the long and short version of Blinded By The Light. My friends and I would talk about it! I remember when they played Reaper that way and I was blown away!
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Post by sirrastus on Jan 28, 2021 6:03:19 GMT
Not sure if we would have done better with BMI. The only way to compare would be co-write a hit with a BMI writer. Performance royalties are an inexact science. I wouldn't be surprised if ASCAP had more overhead in the early days. I think they've had to be competitive over time. But I don't know. BMI was created in 1939(I actually thought it was in the 50's but maybe cuz the differences were still apparent back then).Possibly by the 70's things had evened out.Don't know enough to say one way or another. |
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Post by mary on Jan 28, 2021 12:55:16 GMT
BMI was created in 1939(I actually thought it was in the 50's but maybe cuz the differences were still apparent back then).Possibly by the 70's things had evened out.Don't know enough to say one way or another. Isn't SESAC another one that handles royalties and performance rights? I always thought that there were three performance rights organizations - ASCAP, BMI, and SESAC. |
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Post by sirrastus on Jan 28, 2021 16:48:56 GMT
Yes that was formed later.
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