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(10,054 posts)Haven't heard this in awhile. I was just thinking that the intro kind of reminds me of Heart's Crazy on You...
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,751 posts)Va Lefty
(6,252 posts)Damn I'm gettin' old!
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,751 posts)CountAllVotes
(20,884 posts)Is to play Classical Gas !
Great indeed!
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,751 posts)longship
(40,416 posts)Good! Mason Williams got his big chance on the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour.
Do you remember Them Poems?
Witness: Them Toad Suckers
A bit of irreverence.
Hope you are doing well.
Cracklin Charlie
(12,904 posts)Floyd R. Turbo
(26,751 posts)Doing well! 👍🏻
lastlib
(23,389 posts)"Them Tummy-Gummers"!!
Unfortunately, years ago, my brother stole my "Mason Williams Phonograph Record" album that had those in it, and then he threw it away! (I still haven't forgiven him for that sin!) It was a pretty goood album, with several other songs that I really liked and still occasionally think about. ("The Prince's Panties" was hysterical!)
LiberalLoner
(9,762 posts)Jim Gordon played drums on the LP version.
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,751 posts)Brother Buzz
(36,508 posts)Mike Post is probably best known for for his TV theme songs for such series as Law & Order, Law & Order: SVU, The A-Team, NYPD Blue, Renegade, The Rockford Files, L.A. Law, Quantum Leap, Magnum, P.I., and Hill Street Blues.
And that's your unsolicited factoid for the day.
VOX
(22,976 posts)L.A.s wrecking crew musicians played on the hit version, as they did on so many 1960s pop recordings
Williams later re-recorded it (on his Hand Made LP in 1970) with solo acoustic guitar, minus the bridge.
More unsolicited factoids!
Brother Buzz
(36,508 posts)And I suspect Mason Williams was not unhappy with the jingle he made from the smash hit; Post delivered in spades.
One more unsolicited factoid :
Mike Post, an accomplished guitar player, was a member of the Wrecking Crew for a short time, but it didn't take him long to realize he didn't have the studio chops to compete against Bill Pitman, Al Casey, Barney Kessel, and Tommy Tedesco.
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,751 posts)DFW
(54,520 posts)Classical Gas is a classic.
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,751 posts)gratuitous
(82,849 posts)Not a second of wasted time, no superfluous notes.
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,751 posts)kairos12
(12,906 posts)Floyd R. Turbo
(26,751 posts)elleng
(131,438 posts)Just sent to my daughter and son in law for their anniversary!
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,751 posts)VOX
(22,976 posts)Williams refused. He did not want to cheapen the song or allow an oil company to use it.
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,751 posts)lapfog_1
(29,243 posts)nice!!!
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,751 posts)CentralMass
(15,265 posts)just listening to with Robert Plant and Jimmy Page.
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,751 posts)PennyK
(2,302 posts)I had this on a 45 single and must've played it a million times.
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,751 posts)Skittles
(153,316 posts)a couple of young whippersnappers were trying to catch the name via phone and were impressed when I said CLASSICAL GAS!
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,751 posts)NanceGreggs
(27,821 posts)... of this version - Mason Williams and Deborah Henson Conant
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,751 posts)jrandom421
(1,005 posts)was the acoustic solo version he did in the album "Hand Made" in 1970
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,751 posts)jrandom421
(1,005 posts)ailsagirl
(22,911 posts)I like both versions but did think the "bridge" version could sound rather strident, leaving one to wait rather impatiently for the lovely guitar to rejoin
ailsagirl
(22,911 posts)Floyd R. Turbo
(26,751 posts)bdamomma
(63,975 posts)1968..............I was a pre teen then.............sigh.