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(10,053 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
(26,547 posts)Va Lefty
(6,252 posts)Damn I'm gettin' old!
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,547 posts)CountAllVotes
(20,874 posts)Is to play Classical Gas !
Great indeed!
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,547 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
(26,547 posts)Doing well! 👍🏻
lastlib
(23,237 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
(9,761 posts)Jim Gordon played drums on the LP version.
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,547 posts)Brother Buzz
(36,434 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
(36,434 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
(26,547 posts)DFW
(54,387 posts)Classical Gas is a classic.
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,547 posts)gratuitous
(82,849 posts)Not a second of wasted time, no superfluous notes.
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,547 posts)kairos12
(12,862 posts)Floyd R. Turbo
(26,547 posts)elleng
(130,912 posts)Just sent to my daughter and son in law for their anniversary!
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,547 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
(26,547 posts)lapfog_1
(29,205 posts)nice!!!
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,547 posts)CentralMass
(15,265 posts)just listening to with Robert Plant and Jimmy Page.
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,547 posts)PennyK
(2,302 posts)I had this on a 45 single and must've played it a million times.
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,547 posts)Skittles
(153,160 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
(26,547 posts)NanceGreggs
(27,814 posts)... of this version - Mason Williams and Deborah Henson Conant
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,547 posts)jrandom421
(1,004 posts)was the acoustic solo version he did in the album "Hand Made" in 1970
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,547 posts)jrandom421
(1,004 posts)ailsagirl
(22,897 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
(22,897 posts)Floyd R. Turbo
(26,547 posts)bdamomma
(63,849 posts)1968..............I was a pre teen then.............sigh.