Personal Note: Mary Travers, 1936-2009

[nebroadwe]

Color me retro, but I always enjoyed Peter, Paul and Mary. They were one of the only name bands I ever saw in concert as a teenager (with friends, even! not my parents!). I hope to see Ms. Travers after the eschaton and sing along with her in person again.

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[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

One of the first albums ever bought for me was a Peter, Paul and Mary. I still have it somewhere in the collection of music.

[nebroadwe.livejournal.com]

I had a PPM album, too: one of the Christmas ones. But it disappeared during one of my moves, drat it. (I thought all the Monkees albums had gone, too, but they turned up again in my parents' attic this spring. Phew!)

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

I think I still have all the albums (that I ever had, which may be scary).

Losing my Monkee albums might cause me much consternation, truly.

[nebroadwe.livejournal.com]

Someday I want to get the Monkees TV series on DVD so I can show it to my godchildren: "We're gonna blow this town wide open!" [shot of building being demolished] "No, no, that's just what we don't wanna do." "All right, then: we're gonna blow this town wide closed!" [same shot, in reverse]. Hee.

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

I vaguely (but intensely) remember Davy Jones as my first crush (and I was all of three years old). When Mom started finding the Monkees albums at garage sales, it brought everything back (and then some, since I was at that preteen age where girls start noticing musicians and actors).

I'd like to have the Monkees on DVD but I'd almost more like to have Michael Nesmith's and Davy Jones' solo albums on CD, as well as Nesmith's Elephant Parts and Television parts. Fortunately, I can get Nesmith's stuff from his site.

[evil-kat.livejournal.com]

I've never heard this song, but I love their music. Too bad about Mary. :(

[nebroadwe.livejournal.com]

This is one of my favorite folk songs, except that nobody seems to record the version I like best, with the verse that justifies the chorus: the one where Samson pulls down the roof on his tormentors and dies with his enemies. I'm a sucker for a dramatic conclusion. Some of my college hallmates had a cover band that did an absolutely kick-butt version of this piece with that final verse; wish I'd thought to record them at the time. (They also performed a fantastic "Conjunction Junction," which kind of became their signature tune ...)

[nebroadwe.livejournal.com]

Fortunately, I can get Nesmith's stuff from his site.

Really? [makes mental note to check that out ...]

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

Hmm, look for Video Ranch. I used to have it as a bookmark but that died in the Crash of June. D:

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

(They also performed a fantastic "Conjunction Junction," which kind of became their signature tune ...)

One of the bands I used to hang out with had the Log Song from Ren and Stimpy as their signature tune....