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| The Guess Who – American Woman Lyrics
| 1 year ago
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@[upthedown:51044] Yes, and the corny piece was Jim Kale singing the Buck Owens hit "Close Up the Honky-tonks," which is actually a killer song. I love both the Buck Owens and Dwight Yoakam versions. The Guess Who could have done something good with it, but instead decided to make it a joke by putting the vocally-challenged bass player on lead. It did turn out to be a pretty funny gag though, and I love the fact that their version of "Close Up the Honky-tonks" was recorded and included on the extended version of the American Woman album. Check it out! |
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| The Guess Who – Proper Stranger Lyrics
| 1 year ago
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Sounds more like a Cummings song than a Bachman song. I have to believe Cummings wrote most of the lyrics, and Bachman developed the guitar hooks. Like so many of their songs, a master lesson in songwriting collaboration. |
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| The Guess Who – Pain Train Lyrics
| 1 year ago
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Why do we admire the preacher more than the teacher? This was especially true in the early 1970s. Generally, which occupation actually has more "bad people?" Excellent tune on social responsibility. |
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| The Guess Who – Do You Miss Me Darlin' Lyrics
| 1 year ago
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A little bit of a mid-80s country vibe to this one, especially the instrumentals, but also in song structure. Burton and Kurt were doing mid-80s country a dozen years before it existed. I could imagine Foster & Lloyd or Dwight Yoakam doing their own spin on this masterpiece. |
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| The Guess Who – Talisman Lyrics
| 1 year ago
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This song was Burton's interpretation of a poem written by one of his high school classmates. Some lines are unchanged from the original poem, while others are molded to fit around Randy Bachman's guitar doodles and Burton's tinkering piano. It acknowledges that collections of material things can shape the status of a man, but there are dreams of a future time when the man himself defines the man. |
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| The Guess Who – Share The Land Lyrics
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Randy Bachman isn't exactly an authoritative source on what the song is about since he wasn't even with the Guess Who at the time. It was written entirely by Burton Cummings. There's an episode of Cummings on Howard Stern back in 1994 and Cummings says it's literally about sharing land (communism). The songs was banned in portions of the southern US because it was considered pro-communism. It's a great song. Randy Bachman had absolutely zero to do with the song or its meaning. |
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