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Takin' A Walk - Music History with Buzz Knight
This Week in Music History on the "takin ' a walk" podcast 3-3
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Buzz Knight
I'M Buzz Knight, the host of the Taking a Walk podcast and another episode of Music History for the week of March 3rd. And we go to the Taking a Walk Music History desk to Harry Jacobs, musician, music fan, media executive Podcaster, purveyor of all things music history. How do you like that one? That's the new one I came up with.
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Harry Jacobs
Harry, I love that. I think that's outstanding. I'd like you to work in hack rhythm guit player at some point. Maybe make a note of that for next time.
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Buzz Knight
I've made a note of it, but I want to see if on a business card we can get Harry Jacobs, purveyor of all things music history. Does anyone use business cards anymore? But I digress.
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Harry Jacobs
I think everyone uses these devices and we just send our contact information. Listen, everyone texts. That's whatever. That's what everybody does. Everybody texts.
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Buzz Knight
That's what the kids are doing.
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Harry Jacobs
Buzz, listen, 83% of texts are open in the first three minutes. That's the data I have. That's not Claude or perplexity or Chat GPT. I just know that's the data that we're seeing. Everyone wants to text. No one wants to talk on the phone.
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Buzz Knight
All right.
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Harry Jacobs
You're the only one in my life that picks up the phone and calls. Everyone else texts. You call me every day.
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Buzz Knight
You've exposed me deeply.
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Harry Jacobs
Ex girlfriend, Harry. Oh, Harry.
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Buzz Knight
Okay, so for the week of March 3rd. Harry, what do you got?
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Harry Jacobs
This is a great week in. In my opinion. The stones released 19th nervous breakdown.
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Buzz Knight
Oh, yeah.
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Harry Jacobs
Which was just such a weird, odd sounding song that, that was on, on the album when it came out. I forget the name of it, but you remember it's like an octagon shape or like the pentagon, right? Remember that?
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Buzz Knight
I do. I'm seeing it. I'm just trying to name it.
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Harry Jacobs
It was my father's record and I remember having it in that shape. And, you know, when I was 9 or 10 years old, I, you know, I would go down and I would. Steve, you know, liberate records from his collection. And, And I remember Liberate. I. I remember grabbing that one and, and hearing that song going, and this is crazy. Yeah, they're crazy.
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Buzz Knight
Well, you know what? They're the Stones. And back then they were. They were living crazy. And you gotta love them. There's. They're. They're tuned up and a little bit more sanitized, but they're still the Rolling Stones.
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Harry Jacobs
Songs about mental health breakdowns. And then you got Mother's Little Helper, you know, about probably, you know, Valium or, you know, other drugs or whatever. So, yeah, they were, they were on it, right?
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Buzz Knight
Oh, yeah.
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Harry Jacobs
On March 4, 1966, John Lennon made his infamous comment. We're more famous than Jesus, now. And that. That sparked some controversy. I think it would be much different these days. But that sparked some controversy back in 1966.
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Buzz Knight
Yeah, you had the. The dopey DJs who decided they were gonna go, you know, burn Beatle records or whatever as a result of it. You know, there were those things, I think, that came. There's always dopey DJs. Let's. Let's be honest. When there's no dopey DJs, then we've lost our soul. But. But that was a big moment. My father was very upset at that moment.
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Harry Jacobs
I believe that you and I were both dopey DJs at one point. We resemble that remark.
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Buzz Knight
Exactly. Thank you.
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Harry Jacobs
Probably. Here's a good one. Here's one I want to spend some time on. In 1967, the Beatles began recording Sgt. Peppers. And we have had multiple conversations on this segment about that album and how it's just. It's the perfect album.
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Buzz Knight
Perfect.
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Harry Jacobs
You know, from the beginning. I was looking at this before we started in my itunes, because, you know, after we talked about it the first time, I thought, I, you know, is this on my play? Do I have an actual Sgt. Pepper's playlist? And I went looking through it before we did this today. Mike, there's not a bad song. It's sergeant Peppers. It's With a little help from my friends. Lucy getting better Fixing a hole she's leaving home Being for the benefit of Mr. Kite with or within you without you when I'm 64 lovely Rita the Meter Maid Good morning. Good morning. The. The Reprise and A Day in the Life. I mean, there is not a track that would come on the radio or on my phone where I go, I'm going to the next one. I don't want that. Every one of them.
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Buzz Knight
It's utter perfection. And I think when I first heard it and listened to it, I was like, whoa, I haven't heard anything like this. This. You. You'd certainly had heard the Beatles, but the way it all flowed, the uniqueness of every track, the brilliance of just the, you know, the intensity, the artfulness. To me, it stands as numero uno. I think I've said that this.
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Harry Jacobs
This album pissed off Phil Spector, and it pissed off Brian Wilson, because these were guys that were also experimenting in different ways. Phil with the wall of sound, and Brian, you know, bringing livestock. It. You know, into the studio to create his sound. So what they did was. Was masterful, without question. And then that little competition that existed between, you know, the Beatles and the Beach Boys and Phil Spector that, that most people probably didn't realize it was happening. We all got a glimpse of it with these documentaries that have come out.
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Buzz Knight
That's right. And we can't leave out the great George Martin and what he meant to certainly that creation among others, you know.
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Harry Jacobs
Yeah, pretty. Pretty amazing what, you know, I saw it must be. Must have been 2010. Cheap Trick did Sgt. Peppers here in Vegas where they went through that album. I don't know if you ever heard any of that, but you know, there's a, there's a connection between Bunny Carlos and George Martin, as I understand it. And you know, who's not a Beatles fan. And it was great to see Cheap Trick. If you've never heard that, I think you could probably still find the Cheap Trick sergeant Pepper's album on itunes. And it's fun and the concert was fun.
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Buzz Knight
I'll check it out. I mean, I know they were, you know, Beatles are Beatles fans for sure, but didn't know that they did that and performed that. I will check it out.
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Harry Jacobs
They went through all 13 songs and then they went ripping into Dream Police and I want you to want me. And it was raucous and it was fun and it was just.
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Buzz Knight
I'm a monster Cheap Trick fan, so I am too. My only problem is hired them for a gig back in the Ohio days. And they were excellent. They were tremendous. It was a Halloween party that our station QFM96 threw. And the nagging issue that I have with the event was we couldn't get them to at least mention the frickin station call letters on stage. Despite the fact that we paid them some good buckaroos. Yeah, bothered me.
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Harry Jacobs
That's too bad. I had an experience with them in Rochester at wcmf, the legendary cmf where they came into. Into town and they actually played Unplugged. You and I were talking at this point. I don't know if you remember this story, but we convinced them to play a couple of songs and this was really before they were doing that. And I remember that Bunny Carlos took out an empty water bottle, you know, one of those big water jugs and, and played the top of the water jug like he was playing a bongo.
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Buzz Knight
Oh, wow.
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Harry Jacobs
And it was an incredible. It will, it will stick with me forever. And the other thing that, that will stick with me is that afterwards. And I think we did this in Boston too, but if an artist came in, you know, we'd always get CDs or records or whatever. I Remember giving, you know, Rick Nielsen and Robert Robin Xander, you know, a handful of CDs from music that was out, you know, at the time. Tonic and Train and, you know, whatever. Like, here's some stuff to listen to while you're on the road. And I remember getting, you know, I got guitar picks. I got a Cheap Trick watch. Like, you know, we had this swag exchange and I, you know, I've, I, I loved them then and I really love them now because of those memories.
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Buzz Knight
I love their music. So don't let my bitterness eliminate my love of the music. Just kidding.
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Harry Jacobs
March 8, 1971, Led Zeppelin released their fourth album. And. And this was a monster.
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Buzz Knight
You think that's an okay album?
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Harry Jacobs
Going to the, you know, I, I just Going to California to me is one of my favorites. When the Levy breaks like that song. I put that thing on with my AirPods and I'm just, I'm in it. I mean, everything again. Another one, start to finish. There's not a bad song. Misty Mountain Hop. I know Airway, like unreal. Just.
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Buzz Knight
I can't wait to see the, the documentary when it's in. In homes because, you know, I'm not going to the movie theaters to, to see it at this point. Maybe I should, but. But I can't wait to see the documentary.
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Harry Jacobs
Do you mind if I Digress for. For 30 seconds?
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Buzz Knight
Digress on.
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Harry Jacobs
I saw the Dylan documentary the other night.
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Buzz Knight
Biopic. You mean the biopic?
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Harry Jacobs
Yeah, yeah, the biopic. Yeah. With Mr. Shalom. Unbelievable. Unbelievable. His guitar playing, his singing, Edward Norton playing Pete Seeger. I loved it. I mean, and you know, everything, right? You know, all the songs. Really fun, really great.
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Buzz Knight
Go see when. But probably when we do this Week in Music History for the week of March 17, I'll have seen it so I'll be able to comment and make a note.
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Harry Jacobs
Please do. Milk Duds and popcorn. You're going to see in the theater. I'm guessing. March 9, 1991, the monkeys received their, their star in the Hollywood Walk of Fame. It basically was there to honor their contribution to, to music in the 60s.
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Buzz Knight
I'm surprised it took so long.
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Harry Jacobs
Yeah, a lot of people thought of them as a joke musically, right?
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Buzz Knight
Oh, yeah.
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Harry Jacobs
You know, you do a little bit of research on the Monkees and the band, the actual musicians that played, and you look at some of the stuff like go to you if you're, if you're a guitar player, a musician. Go to YouTube. Look up Louis Shelton. Look up Last Train to Clarksville. Look, look how complex those Songs are these guys, by the way, the. The Wrecking Crew that are responsible for the Monkeys music are guys that played on the Jackson 5 records and the Monkees records and all kinds of records. Their. Their musical contribution, in my opinion, as. What was my title? Wanting to be the hack rhythm guitar player. As a hack rhythm guitar player, I look at guys like Louis Shelton and, you know, any Glen Campbell, any of those guys that played as just unbelievable. And I love the Monkees music.
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Buzz Knight
I'm gonna put high on the pedestal of underappreciated artists. Michael Nesmith from the Monkees.
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Harry Jacobs
You know, that's a.
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Buzz Knight
Listen to his solo work outside of the Monkees. That guy absolutely kind of a. A wizard that didn't get his due.
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Harry Jacobs
Interesting. I will. I'm not aware of his musical prowess, but I absolutely will.
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Buzz Knight
And trivia question. So his wealth from his family wealth prior to his monkey's wealth. Do you know where that came from?
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Harry Jacobs
I have no idea.
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Buzz Knight
It's. It was a particular invention that if his mother was not responsible for it, she was integral to that invention.
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Harry Jacobs
Ah. What? You want to give me a hint?
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Buzz Knight
It's so. It's such a. It's such a benign office supply that probably doesn't exist anymore, but you're gonna. You're gonna go bingo.
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Harry Jacobs
Ah, white out. Okay.
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Buzz Knight
Yep.
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Harry Jacobs
I don't know. Well, no one. Well, we don't need it. We don't have typewriters.
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Buzz Knight
That's right.
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Harry Jacobs
Oh, yeah, There you go. That was the giveaway.
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Buzz Knight
That's it.
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Harry Jacobs
All right, listen. Two. Two things in closing. Pop culture related. 1933, March 4th. The original adaptation of King Kong premiered in New York City. And at the time, it set standards for special effects, and it was a classic monster movie. I used to watch those monster movies when I was a kid.
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Buzz Knight
Were you frightened of them or did you think they're funny?
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Harry Jacobs
I don't know. I remember watching. I grew up in Worcester and I remember watching, like, Creature Double Feature. And by the way, Dale Dorman the great and late Dale Dorman was the voice for the Creature Double Feature on Saturday afternoons on. On channel 56.
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Buzz Knight
All right. I didn't know that.
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Harry Jacobs
Oh, yeah. But, yeah, I think it scared me a little bit, you know, when I was a kid. And as time went on, I really. I grew to appreciate it. And then you look at King Kong now, like those movies that have come out the last couple of years, and it's unbelievable. The facial expressions and what they've done, it's just. It's masterful. What's Happened.
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Buzz Knight
So I always like the campiness of it, you know.
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Harry Jacobs
Oh, yeah, yeah, absolutely. And the last item, March 8, 1971, the fight of the century. Ali and Frazier, Madison Square Garden. It grew, you know, it drew national attention and honestly, worldwide attention as well. And, and Joe Frazier hits like an effing truck, that guy. So, and, and it was a, a record for pay per view at that time as well.
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Buzz Knight
So. Could that have been the first pay per view?
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Harry Jacobs
Possibly, I think so. When I saw the notes on this, I thought this must be, you know, where that was. But I was never aware of pay per view until the mid-90s, mid-80s, rather, when, you know, we were watching the Tyson fights. I, I, I don't. And I know they were out there. I just, I wasn't aware of it at that. Certainly not in 1971. I mean, we, you know, I don't know that we had, you know, cable. You know, it seems weird when I saw that statistic, I, I don't know if that's correct or not, but certainly from a viewership perspective, it, it set records. There's no question about that. That was pr, in my opinion, because I remember watching those Ali fights in the 70s. That was ABC Worldwide, ABC's Wide World of Sports territory. That wasn't, There was no HBO. There was no HBO boxing back then. That was 19, early 1980s. If, if I'm not mistaken, we don't accept viewer complaints, do we?
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Buzz Knight
Yeah, we do. So I was going to say, if we get a viewer complaint, we can always go back and resource it and everything. We won't re edit it, but we'll, we'll still standby at least. Well, we, we did the research and this is what we found. So don't back down, Harry.
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Harry Jacobs
All right? I won't. And that's it. That's my, that's my work for the week.
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Buzz Knight
Well, Harry, thank you for another look at this week in music history for the week of March 3rd. And thanks for checking out the Taking a Walk podcast. We are available at Apple Podcast Spotify, and we are proudly part of the iHeart podcast network.
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Buzz Knight
This is so good.
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