'Serenity'
There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.
And "Bad Bad Leroy Brown" was a hit when we was alive.
And I remember "I Got a Name" being all over the radio right after he died. As in, it was his current hit at the time.
ETA: And how could I forget his posthumous "I'll Have to Say I Love You in a Song"? One of the greatest love songs ever.
I think I remember Croce singing "Leroy Brown" on The Sonny and Cher Show. Or maybe it was just Cher singing it?
I remember some show featured the song, including an animated video! Maybe the Carol Burnett show?
For me, the trifecta of mid-70s dark-haired singer-songwriters were Jim Croce, Harry Chapin, and Gordon Lightfoot. At the time, I tended to confuse them with each other if I saw them on TV.
Ooh. iTunes has the exact Elton John's Greatest Hits album that we had. (It came out at the end of '74.)
Downloading (and playing) now....
You don't speed into the wind
Wasn't it "spit in", not "speed into"?
I think I remember Croce singing "Leroy Brown" on The Sonny and Cher Show. Or maybe it was just Cher singing it?
I remember some show featured the song, including an animated video! Maybe the Carol Burnett show?
I'm pretty sure the animation was on Sonny and Cher (they did a similar one for Cher's "Dark Lady"), but I can't remember if it was Cher singing or if it was the original.
Wasn't it "spit in", not "speed into"?
Correct. And "spit" is a euphemism for "piss."
Correct. And "spit" is a euphemism for "piss."
Heh. I figured as much. I'll bet he did it that way in concert.
I'm pretty sure the animation was on Sonny and Cher (they did a similar one for Cher's "Dark Lady"), but I can't remember if it was Cher singing or if it was the original.
Looks like it was Cher singing it on the S&C show.
I downloaded the new Sia album We Are Born from eMusic, and liking it a lot so far....