1 The Tears of a Clown - Smokey Robinson and the Miracles
2 I Think I Love You- The Partridge Family (Starring Shirley Jones and Featuring David Cassidy)
3 Gypsy Woman - Brian Hyland
4 One Less Bell to Answer - The 5th Dimension
5 I'll Be There - Jackson 5
6 My Sweet Lord - George Harrison
7 Black Magic Woman - Santana
8 No Matter What - Badfinger
9 Does Anybody Really Know What Time it Is - Chicago
10 Share the Land - The Guess Who
In many ways, this top ten is too hippy by a half. The Chicago song is one of their preachier outings and the post-Bachman Guess Who is more irritating than Kum-Bi-Yah. The Harrison track embodies a hippy-type spirituality that also grates a bit. There are a couple of truly classics here though: I'll Be There is huge and soaring and Black Magic Woman, though nowhere near my favorite genre, is memorable and well-performed. Tears of a Clown and I'll Be There both do a good job showing the edges of early 70s Motown. Bryan Hyland covering the Impressions, PASS. The 5th Dimension getting their Bacharach on? DOUBLE PASS. Badfinger? Decent. As a whole, this week presages a lot of what the 70s would be by 1974. Laid back adult comtemporary? Check. Pretty good soul music? Check. Bizarre yet infectous pop? It's here. Overproduced classic rock style guitar? Yes, yes. A post-Beatle? That too.
We're ships passing in the night on the Chicago tune--I loved it (are you a voter for the Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame perhaps?). The Partridge Family song is their best (and a guilty pleasure of mine). I liked the Guess Who, but this was one of their weaker efforts. You're correct that Black Magic Woman and I'll Be There (along with Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is) are the classics here.
Posted by: Ken | December 14, 2011 at 10:28 AM
Once again I agree with Ken.
It's spooky.
I like almost all of the Partridge family as painful as it is to confess. I just wish Danny Bonaduce had disappeared when the band "broke up," so to speak.
Posted by: grannie elbow | December 14, 2011 at 10:18 PM
"The 5th Dimension getting their Bacharach on? DOUBLE PASS"
Okay, we're gonna go ten rounds if you start dissin' my boys Bacharach and David. They were the Cole Porter and/or Gershwins of the 60s with amazingly effective songs that could be enjoyed at different levels by teens and adults.
We're also gonna have words for any disrespect shown Marilyn McCoo, a completely underestimated pop stylist. Her phrasing was phenomenal.
Posted by: Cliff Arroyo | December 15, 2011 at 01:16 AM
Oh and I also love the Chicago song.
Posted by: Cliff Arroyo | December 15, 2011 at 01:28 AM
At the risk of overposting, I'll give my 4 grade ranking system
love - self explanatory +1pt
hate - ditto -1pt
meh - can't work myself up to love or hate 0
1. love
2. love
3. meh
4. love
5. love
6. hate
7. meh
8. meh
9. love
10. hate
rating = 3
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