tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post515580975664660121..comments2024-03-28T07:40:20.999-07:00Comments on Chant du Départ: Heaven Only Knows...OldAFSargehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-22892941497589452013-07-13T14:33:01.663-07:002013-07-13T14:33:01.663-07:00There is much in this song that appeals to me.
So...There is much in this song that appeals to me.<br /><br />Sounds like a nice set up. Reel-to-reel man, that's old school!<br /><br />I gather you guys really looked up to the Commodore. (Snicker...)OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-36861710428772800372013-07-13T13:26:09.737-07:002013-07-13T13:26:09.737-07:00Twangy bass... love it!
The guys in CIC had reall...Twangy bass... love it!<br /><br />The guys in CIC had really eclectic tastes in music.<br />The best part was we had a reel to reel recorder in the ECM room.<br />And there was a speaker at the comm table that could be switched from one Radio Central receiver to another.<br />So, when in port, we could make request to the radiomen to tune to various stations or even play stuff we'd recorded.<br />Even the $#!+head Commodore nobody liked approved of much of the music to which we listened.<br />Patsy Cline was really big time then [which will give a clue as to when it was]. (not necessarily your) Uncle Skiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02705753220273516841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-82541132684452040392013-07-13T10:35:31.209-07:002013-07-13T10:35:31.209-07:00Well, my crowd wasn't thrilled with the genre,...Well, my crowd wasn't thrilled with the genre, we were all rockers. But ISYN the aircrew ate the stuff up. According to the WSO, they still do.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-51059966728368882812013-07-13T10:32:21.262-07:002013-07-13T10:32:21.262-07:00I loves me some Emmylou; I've seen her twice a...I loves me some Emmylou; I've seen her twice and have most of her albums, of which "Pieces of the Sky" is my absolute favorite.<br /><br />It's funny... all o' my buddies in the AF HATED country; we associated it with "management/Lifers." It was years before I finally came around to love it.Buckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05319116022465066060noreply@blogger.com