It’s not easy coming up with a Hidden Treasures playlist idea week after week. Sometimes ideas come easy and sometimes it feels like some form of writers block. Still, it’s a ton of fun going through my collection and it never seems to get old. This week’s idea is not mine, but it was so irresistible that I had to go with it. So giving credit where credit is due, Jon’s comments on last week’s post mentioned hand-clapping songs and it struck me as a great idea and certainly a gap in the SHT thematic history. So that’s what we’re hearing today.
A few songs came to mind immediately, like “Jack and Diane”, "Bennie and the Jets", “Centerfield” and a couple others… then as I traversed the albums in my collection I found some really cool stuff! Some obvious, and some not so obvious... But I decided to throw caution to the wind and allow everything into the mix this week. This means hit songs, deep album cuts and even out-of-the box genre considerations were made. Then I whittled this playlist down to these 4 tunes, which are a very cool mixed bag of deep cuts and obvious hand clapping songs - 2 of each...
And then...
The news of David Bowie broke, so I amended my playlist to replace one of the obvious hand clappers with Under Pressure as a tribute. Even though I was never a big fan, I do appreciate the influences and legacy of those who impacted our favorite genres of music.
Thanks Jon! Considering this idea and the famous “Closers” playlist which I was the undisputed first one to ever post, were now even when it comes to exceptionally brilliant ideas!
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More Than A Feeling, doesn't that have some subtle hand
clapping in it?
Indeed it does, as do many many Boston tunes... I pulled Feelin' Satisfied to make a place for Under Pressure
It was just the first one that jumped into my head.
Should be able to check this out tomorrow.
So, when I click on the player link, it states that "The page you are trying to access does not exist." What's up with that?
Fixed, not sure what was going on yesterday, I had several issues getting this posted... but it all seems to be fine now
Actually, no. "Centerfield" was not the first song that came to mind when I saw the title of this week's SHT.
What came to mind was "Clap For The Wolfman". Not only does that song contain the word "clap" in the title, it also has clapping. So, you were wrong again. I would point out something else that is wrong, but we know the real truth about THAT, don't we?
"Under Pressure" actually first appeared a year earlier on "Greatest Hits". I don't know if that was the first GH comp to feature a brand new song, it seems quite doubtful, but who knows. That's the main reason why I picked up that album when it came out. Now you could have included that other Queen song that features clapping, but you're probably saving it for Part 2.
Is that real hand clapping on "Centerfield" or is computer generated? Odd question, I know. But, even though I've noticed it before, it just doesn't seem real.
"In Absentia" was the first PT album I picked up, and I believe it was at.......Fry's? Circuit City? I don't remember where, but there was something on the cover that made me want to buy it even though I had never heard of the band before. It was a sticker, and it mentioned something about the recording, maybe 5.1. I can't remember, dammit, but I had to have the disc to test out the SOMETHING it was advertising. And then the rest is history, I guess.
Santa Esmeralda. They were disco or something. I remember them, but never picked up one of their albums. His albums. An album by Santa Esmeralda.
Man, they clapped really fast back in the 40's. No wonder, they were probably all coked up.
I should have noted that these songs are all hand-clap agnostic. The staff at SHT did not care if they were real or electronic....
No WWRY will appear in a SHT list, probably the most overplayed track ever! And on second thought maybe thats a good playlist to put together... Glad I thought of it... I guess its now 2-1 in favor of me...
PT - Yeah, this is a good track from a good album. I don't know, which PT-album is my favorite, but probably this one or Deadwing......or is it Fear Of a Blank Planet? Wilson has really surpassed Neal Morse as my very favorite artist at the moment. I just saw, that Morse & band were writing on a new album, and that's nice, but I wish it was Wilson. Yeah, I know he's releasing an EP or something next week, but I don't think it will be THAT great, outtakes and stuff. Nice track to start off with.
Santa Who? - Never heard of these dudes, but I know the song, of course. Not really my scene. Holy shit, what a looong song.........................................there, it's done. Very nice or whatever.
JOHN FOGERTY - Never was a fan of Creedence, but Fogerty has a GREAT rock'n'roll-voice. No, I didn't think of this song, when I saw the topic. It was either "I Wanna Hold Your Hand" or "Another One Bites The Dust". This is a good song, but I doubt, I ever will be a fan. The music is too simply for my taste.
QUEEN/BOWIE - Ah yeah, very nice pick, considering the sad news. As I recall it, I heard this song way before "Hot Space" was released, or at least a bit before it was released. I didn't really like the song, and thought it sounded like a demo (I kind of still do). It was not at all as good as anything from The Game, but it became the absolute best song on Hot Space (I HATE that album). Off course, now it has a totally different "meaning", when also Bowie is no more. Two legends on the same song. Two legends, that wrote my two favorite songs of alltime.
Keep up the good work, my friend. I allways enjoy SHT......or most of the times.
Listened to this yesterday. You really like that Steven Wilson guy, don't you? He has his moments. That second song, I've heard it before, but is this the version that was played on the radio? It's been a long time since I've heard it and it seemed kind of long. But, that being said, I really liked it.
Who doesn't love and appreciate the hand clapping greatness of Centerfield. After many years, Fogerty hit it big with what has turned out to be an iconic song. One that you hear at ever single ball park in the United States. Not sure if they play it in the Dominican Republic, but whatever.
And the tragedy of the loss of David Bowie has touched everybody this week. It's still kind of surreal. Add that to the loss of Freddie Mercury 25 years ago and you probably could have just posted this one four times. They both put forth a masterful performance, even with the hand clapping.
Nice list this week Scott. And those people are clapping really, really fast.
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