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Post by at40petebattistini on Mar 28, 2018 10:21:50 GMT -5
This week's show from April 3, 1976 features "Tangerine" by the Salsoul Orchestra, a song that Whitburn has tagged as an Instrumental. And yet, the title "Tangerine" and the phrase "oh yeah" are sung multiple times, along with this lyric:
"She is all they claim
With her eyes of night
And lips as bright as flame."
Just wondering if anyone has analyzed Whitburn's material enough to know how instrumentals earn that "I" classification.
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Post by matt on Mar 28, 2018 10:51:23 GMT -5
I feel like there are a few songs like that, which have been called "instrumentals" (though not sure at the moment how Whitburn classifies them) despite having sung vocals at some point in the song. A couple that come to mind: "The Hustle" and "T.S.O.P.". I feel like "Get Up and Boogie" by Silver Convention has been tagged with the instrumental term before, though that one seems silly since they actually sang the chorus of throughout the song.
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Post by johnnywest on Mar 28, 2018 11:53:32 GMT -5
Others that are similar:
Theme From Rocky (Gonna Fly Now)
Theme From Close Encounters
Animals - Martin Garrix
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Post by dth1971 on Mar 28, 2018 14:18:30 GMT -5
Others that are similar: Theme From Rocky (Gonna Fly Now) Theme From Close Encounters Animals - Martin Garrix What about "Fly Robin Fly" by the Silver Convention? |
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Post by Michael1973 on Mar 29, 2018 21:39:48 GMT -5
David Sanborn's "Bang Bang" also comes to mind.
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Post by at40nut on Mar 30, 2018 3:30:52 GMT -5
Don't forget "Pick Up The Pieces" by The Average White Band.
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Post by 1finemrg on Mar 30, 2018 6:19:09 GMT -5
HEY! ...and Rock And Roll (Part 2) - Gary Glitter ...HEY!
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Post by freakyflybry on Mar 30, 2018 11:19:10 GMT -5
Avicii's "Levels" also comes to mind here.
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Post by mga707 on Mar 30, 2018 11:39:34 GMT -5
HEY! ...and Rock And Roll (Part 2) - Gary Glitter ...HEY! ...and from the same year, how about the infamous "Jungle Fever"?  |
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Post by djjoe1960 on Mar 30, 2018 11:51:03 GMT -5
In my way of thinking, an instrumental is a song with no vocals but perhaps the Whitburn books look at what percentage of a song has vocals or something like that?!  |
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Post by davewollenberg on Apr 1, 2018 19:05:43 GMT -5
'Slide' by Slave, was called an instrumental, in Joel's pop & R&B books. 'Slide' had plenty of words in it.
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Post by 1finemrg on Apr 1, 2018 19:14:27 GMT -5
Express - BT Express
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Post by mkarns on Apr 1, 2018 22:39:24 GMT -5
"Movin'" by Brass Construction (also from spring 1976) was called an instrumental in Whitburn's books, though it at least has one vocal line that is repeated.
I can't remember if "Disco Lucy" by the Wilton Place Street Band, from a year later, was listed as an instrumental, but it does at least have "dance, dance, disco Lucy!" repeated, which of course was not part of the original "I Love Lucy" theme that the record was a rearrangement of. (The original theme did have lyrics that Ricky sang once in the show.)
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Post by 1finemrg on Apr 1, 2018 22:53:40 GMT -5
Dynomite - Part 1 - Bazuka
JJ would have never forgiven me...
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Post by giannirubino on Apr 2, 2018 20:59:31 GMT -5
Help me out: Were The Three Degrees considered the BACKING vocalists on TSOP by MFSB? Meaning, none of them sang the lead melody, but a non-vocal instrument played the lead while they were singing something else in the background?
Think of the backing vocalists on Music Box Dancer by Frank Mills, for example. Or, don't. I didn't mean to inflict pain on anyone with the mention of the #3 song from 1979.
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