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Allen Toussaint - Southern Nights (1975)

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Southern Nights or Diamond Lights?

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Post by Nightjar Wed Sep 29, 2021 7:18 pm

The title track proper.

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Post by The Call of the Wendigo Wed Sep 29, 2021 7:18 pm

Babyface is back.

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Post by Nightjar Wed Sep 29, 2021 7:19 pm

This is most wonderful.

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Post by The Call of the Wendigo Wed Sep 29, 2021 7:19 pm

He does know he's nicked the tune, doesn't he?

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Post by Nightjar Wed Sep 29, 2021 7:20 pm

Glen Campbell did an absurdly brassy version of this in 1979.

It was a fairly big hit in the US.

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Post by The Call of the Wendigo Wed Sep 29, 2021 7:21 pm

This one's dragging on.

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Post by The Call of the Wendigo Wed Sep 29, 2021 7:22 pm

Track 7 - You Will Not Lose.

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Post by Nightjar Wed Sep 29, 2021 7:22 pm

The Call of the Wendigo wrote:He does know he's nicked the tune, doesn't he?

I imagine so yes.

Where the original melody, preceding "Baby Face" from the '20s, is from is probably a matter of musicological record.

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Post by Nightjar Wed Sep 29, 2021 7:23 pm

This is triffic.

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Post by Nightjar Wed Sep 29, 2021 7:24 pm

I find that high, reedy saxamaphone sound quite beguiling and aetherial.

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Post by The Call of the Wendigo Wed Sep 29, 2021 7:24 pm

Very reminiscent of David Essex's Imperial Wizard in places.

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Post by Nightjar Wed Sep 29, 2021 7:25 pm

There's some completely glorious piano action during the coda of this track.

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Post by Nightjar Wed Sep 29, 2021 7:25 pm

Glorious glissandos. happy

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Post by The Call of the Wendigo Wed Sep 29, 2021 7:25 pm

Track 8 - What Do You Want the Girl to Do?

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Post by Nightjar Wed Sep 29, 2021 7:26 pm

What Do You Want the Girl to Do...

The legend. box

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Post by Nightjar Wed Sep 29, 2021 7:26 pm

String synth. happy

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Post by Nightjar Wed Sep 29, 2021 7:27 pm

I grew up listening to the Bonnie Raitt version of this.

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Post by Nightjar Wed Sep 29, 2021 7:28 pm

Crushingly beautiful downward key change.

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Post by Nightjar Wed Sep 29, 2021 7:29 pm

music

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Post by The Call of the Wendigo Wed Sep 29, 2021 7:29 pm

Track 9 - When the Party's Over.

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