M-R’s comment on my previous post reminded me that I’ve done a very poor job of representing one of my favorite bands on this blog – Three Dog Night. The thing is, how does one go about paying tribute to a band that had 21 consecutive top 40 hits? Well, for me at least, the solution is easy…
I’ll simply post the ones that I sang along to the most! 🙂
~ Joy To The World ~
~ Never Been To Spain ~
~ Old Fashioned Love Song ~
~ Liar ~
~ One ~
It occurs to me that when, exactly, it was that I spent so much time singing along to those songs – not to mention the order in which I’ve subconsciously chosen to present them – reveals more than I’d have thought about my very long history with depression…
Anyway, here’s an interesting tidbit from the Wikipedia link for the band:
The official commentary included in the CD set Celebrate: The Three Dog Night Story, 1964–1975 states that vocalist Danny Hutton’s then-girlfriend June Fairchild suggested the name after reading a magazine article about indigenous Australians, in which it was explained that on cold nights they would customarily sleep in a hole in the ground whilst embracing a dingo, a native species of wild dog. On colder nights they would sleep with two dogs and if the night were freezing, it was a “three dog night”.
I invite each and every one of you to include your own Three Dog Night favorites in the comments! 🙂
I want ice water.
More from the Just Vibes volume
I haven’t listened to them in decades, what happened to good rock’n’roll?
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I ask myself that same question all the time Val.
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well look who went all out then
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Well Jo, that’s just how I roll! 😉
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Eli’s comin’, hide your heart, girl…Mama told me not to come…(2 great songwriters, too, Laura Nyro and Randy Newman)…But the Reallyreally BestEver: Shambala… Great, wonderful,rockin’ band!!!
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Welcome Jo, and thank you so much for your really great comment! 🙂
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I especially love the Shambala video….
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Thanks Jo. I thought that one fit the lyrics nicely! 🙂
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I have a CD of that album …Stringer dubbed off my absolute favourites from it to another – and they’re all up there. You haven’t mentioned “Let me Serenade You” or “Brickyard Blues” or … I think I’ll shut up, now.:-D
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Oh wow M-R, those are just too good not to add! 🙂
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As it’s not quite 6:30am here, I can’t rip up the volume and blast my mind … But I SHALL !!!!! – later. 😀
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Here’s a couple more for the party M-R! 🙂
My best friend, who died way too young and I still miss, once threatened to sing that last one at my funeral…
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à la The Big Chill …
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As embarrassing as it is to admit, I’ve never actually seen The Big Chill, but it’s referenced so much in popular culture that it feels as if I have!
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Then why on earth don’t you ?
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I have a list of “movies I want to see” that’s several pages long…
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