http://www.youtube.com/wa...H3PU5ShPic

wedding bell blues is a nice little ditty. I think Stoned Soul Picnic was their best.

I haven`t heard that one... I looked it up now, and saw it was written by Laura Nyro, who also wrote "Wedding bell blues", "Stoney end" and "Time and love"

I love this song, and it could probably put a tear in my eye (I'm a bit of a sentimental fool)

I played it for my wife recently, saying isn't this great? And she laughed in my face! Ouch!

Rudy said:

Me too...

I can`t understand why she didn`t like it, the melody is so 60s, so happy!!

Icicle said:

She thinks the Marilyn McCoo vocal was a bit much ("kind of Cheesy") but I love it. Like I said, it's so happy-sad that it could make me cry, even though the music reminds me of Sesame Street.

Rudy said:

We had Sesame street here in Norway too when i was a kid, but of course a norwegian version

I do know the song "Sing", i like that one...

"Sing, sing a song
Make it simple to last
Your whole life long
Don't worry that it's not
Good enough for anyone
Else to hear
Just sing, sing a song"

I don't know why but when i think of this group i think of them ridin
in the air in a balloon. Just like i picture the carpenters riding down
the street on a 3 wheel bicycle.
Can you say cheese?
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In today's cynical age it may come off as pretty cheesy, but I think it's a good representation of its era (late 60s-early 70s) - lots of love, optimism, and heart. I get almost none of that from anything on the radio today, period.

The world can be spoon-fed it's Diane Warren-penned utter crap - I for one am going to stick with cheesy, wonderful, old-timey classics like this!

Rudy said:

"Build me up buttercup"
"Love train"

any more suggestions?

I need to dust that record of and put it on the player. Love that shit.

Icicle said:

I'm not even sure where to start.

how about:

Englebert Humperdink "After The Lovin'"
Tom Jones "It's Not Unusual"
Dione Warwick "Do You Know the Way To San Jose?"
Carpenters "We've Only Just Begun" - there's another happy-sad one that just tears me apart

Rudy said:

I`m a big fan of The Carpenters, and especially Dionne Warwick. I haven`t heard the Humperdink (!) song though... I`ll check it out.

Icicle said:

http://myspace.com/lauranyro