Kenny Loggins — Angry Eyes (live)
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Time, time and again
I've seen you starin' out at me.
Now, then and again, I wonder
What it is that you see
With those Angry Eyes.
Well, I bet you wish you could
Cut me down with those Angry Eyes...
You want to believe that
I am not the same as you.
I can't concieve, oh no,
What it is you're tryin' to do
What a shot you could be if
You could shoot at me
With those Angry Eyes...
You tried to defend that
You are not the one to blame.
But I'm finding it hard, my friend,
When I'm in the deadly aim
Of those Angry Eyes.
What a shot you could be
If you could shoot at me
With those Angry Eyes...
You have never stopped to realize
Blindness binds us together in the foster skies.
Can you see me through those Angry Eyes?
I've seen you starin' out at me.
Now, then and again, I wonder
What it is that you see
With those Angry Eyes.
Well, I bet you wish you could
Cut me down with those Angry Eyes...
You want to believe that
I am not the same as you.
I can't concieve, oh no,
What it is you're tryin' to do
What a shot you could be if
You could shoot at me
With those Angry Eyes...
You tried to defend that
You are not the one to blame.
But I'm finding it hard, my friend,
When I'm in the deadly aim
Of those Angry Eyes.
What a shot you could be
If you could shoot at me
With those Angry Eyes...
You have never stopped to realize
Blindness binds us together in the foster skies.
Can you see me through those Angry Eyes?
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Gonna cut loose!!!
I can forgive him for "Footloose" because he wrote this!
AhhtheMusic wrote:
Sonny Landreth! Wow!
What a voice! I know he did a lot of pop and that turned me off. I love to go back and listen to his stuff with Loggins and Messina. This rendering of Angry Eyes (which was written by Loggins and Messina, btw) shows his musicianship and tells me the man didn't completely turn into a demon for the big dollar that he got from so many of his songs played on movies and such. He's getting into the jam - and there is none other than Sonny Landreth on the slide guitar - and THIS, right here, is the Kenny Loggins I DIG!
Sonny Landreth! Wow!
Wait.... this sounds just like General Petraus from Hondo! and Kevin. Future Folk.
Danger Zone!
What a voice! I know he did a lot of pop and that turned me off. I love to go back and listen to his stuff with Loggins and Messina. This rendering of Angry Eyes (which was written by Loggins and Messina, btw) shows his musicianship and tells me the man didn't completely turn into a demon for the big dollar that he got from so many of his songs played on movies and such. He's getting into the jam - and there is none other than Sonny Landreth on the slide guitar - and THIS, right here, is the Kenny Loggins I DIG!
This live rendition has just gone from 8 to 10.
Highlowsel wrote:
Great commentary about music today! Good music is still happening for sure!
Great commentary about music today! Good music is still happening for sure!
ScottFromWyoming wrote:
You were wrong
First thought is it's horrible. I glean from the comments that it's Sonny Landreth on guitar? Still horrible. I'd rate it a 2 but I hit the PSD before finding out if it gets better, so I left it unrated. Thought you'd like to know all that.
You were wrong
clickfaster wrote:
Umm, no. We're not stoned. Why do you ask?
Umm, no. We're not stoned. Why do you ask?
He's not forgiven for the execrable stuff from the 80s ("Footloose", "I'm All right")
One of my musical highlights was seeing Loggins and Messina in concert at Duke in 1974. After having worn out the grooves of their album earlier, I finally got to see them live. Blanket on the arena floor with the other students, good weed, and good music. Yeah, those were good times.
Kokoloco53 wrote:
...and back then folks felt sorry for that generation that didn't grow up experiencing the big band sound and early jazz live... and so on, and so on, back to tribal drum circles.
Sometimes I feel sorry for today's younger generation that didn't grow up in the 60's and 70's because the variety was so damn deep, from latin sounds: Santana, El Chicano, classically trained rockers: Emerson, Lake and Palmer, Chicago Transit Authority ,Yes, etc. to western rock: Asleep at the Wheel, Commander Cody and his Lost Planet Ape Men, Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks, on to the greatest era of soul: Stevie Wonder, the Commodores, Tower of Power, K.C. and the Sunshine Band, and how could I even forget the rocking folk bands: Crosby, Stills and Nash, Joni Mitchell. Ok I've confused and mixed up several that belong in different categories and even in no categories other than their own. Then we get Kenny Loggins and Jim Messina and their music still gives me tears. The list is just the tip of the iceberg.
My apologies to Green Day, Linkin Park, Cold Play, and lots of others that are making some good music today, but the complexity of today's music pales in comparison to the music of my generation.
It's all good though. Life's been good to me so far. The future will hold good things for our kids.....I hope.
My apologies to Green Day, Linkin Park, Cold Play, and lots of others that are making some good music today, but the complexity of today's music pales in comparison to the music of my generation.
It's all good though. Life's been good to me so far. The future will hold good things for our kids.....I hope.
...and back then folks felt sorry for that generation that didn't grow up experiencing the big band sound and early jazz live... and so on, and so on, back to tribal drum circles.
Highlowsel wrote:
I am slightly too young to have noticed much of the 60s & 70s music when I grew up (my teenage years were in th 80s, and I probably know every song played on the radio in the 80s) but I have to agree with Kokoloco53 that I am jealous today of the great variety and high quality of 60s/70s music. My favorite music nowadays are typically 60s/70s songs by Neil Young, Pink Floyd and many others. And I doscovered much of this from listening to RP. Also a lot of great contemporary music around (which I also would have missed if it wasn't for RP) but the top 10 list is all 60s/70s.
I am slightly too young to have noticed much of the 60s & 70s music when I grew up (my teenage years were in th 80s, and I probably know every song played on the radio in the 80s) but I have to agree with Kokoloco53 that I am jealous today of the great variety and high quality of 60s/70s music. My favorite music nowadays are typically 60s/70s songs by Neil Young, Pink Floyd and many others. And I doscovered much of this from listening to RP. Also a lot of great contemporary music around (which I also would have missed if it wasn't for RP) but the top 10 list is all 60s/70s.
I’ve never heard this album, or track before. 🙏
But it’s a great track, so I’ll chase the album now.
NeilBlanchard wrote:
It HAD to be him. Nobody else sounds like him. Kudos to Mr. Loggins for drawing some great talent. Sonny's work really elevates this tune.
c.
Damn - I THOUGHT that was Sonny Landreth on slide guitar!
It HAD to be him. Nobody else sounds like him. Kudos to Mr. Loggins for drawing some great talent. Sonny's work really elevates this tune.
c.
Kokoloco53 wrote:
Agreed but we're both classified as old farts for holding that opinion. I'm lucky to have children who span two generations. They've introduced me to some outstanding music while my oldest is a musician who enjoys contemporary music as well as the work that's gone before.
Sometimes I feel sorry for today's younger generation that didn't grow up in the 60's and 70's because the variety was so damn deep, from latin sounds: Santana, El Chicano, classically trained rockers: Emerson, Lake and Palmer, Chicago Transit Authority ,Yes, etc. to western rock: Asleep at the Wheel, Commander Cody and his Lost Planet Ape Men, Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks, on to the greatest era of soul: Stevie Wonder, the Commodores, Tower of Power, K.C. and the Sunshine Band, and how could I even forget the rocking folk bands: Crosby, Stills and Nash, Joni Mitchell. Ok I've confused and mixed up several that belong in different categories and even in no categories other than their own. Then we get Kenny Loggins and Jim Messina and their music still gives me tears. The list is just the tip of the iceberg.
My apologies to Green Day, Linkin Park, Cold Play, and lots of others that are making some good music today, but the complexity of today's music pales in comparison to the music of my generation.
It's all good though. Life's been good to me so far. The future will hold good things for our kids.....I hope.
My apologies to Green Day, Linkin Park, Cold Play, and lots of others that are making some good music today, but the complexity of today's music pales in comparison to the music of my generation.
It's all good though. Life's been good to me so far. The future will hold good things for our kids.....I hope.
Agreed but we're both classified as old farts for holding that opinion. I'm lucky to have children who span two generations. They've introduced me to some outstanding music while my oldest is a musician who enjoys contemporary music as well as the work that's gone before.
This is a very beautiful song! Thanks for playing it
NeilBlanchard wrote:
No wonder this song rocks. OK Kenny I give you a pass for your previous transgressions.
Damn - I THOUGHT that was Sonny Landreth on slide guitar!
No wonder this song rocks. OK Kenny I give you a pass for your previous transgressions.
This snuck up on me -- I was vaguely hearing it and mentally mapping it to the "Top 40's" version before I realized this rendering was considerably better.
Highlowsel wrote:
These are both terrific notes . . . amazing how time offers great perspective(s) . . .
Very nice
Very nice
Damn - I THOUGHT that was Sonny Landreth on slide guitar!
Saw Loggins and his band in Richmond, VA about 10 years ago. Those musicians put on the tightest sounding show I've ever heard - studio quality.
Highly recommend the 2nd album by Loggins and Messina
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loggins_and_Messina_(album)
Highly recommend the 2nd album by Loggins and Messina
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loggins_and_Messina_(album)
btt wrote:
That was thoroughly enjoyable.
Good version of the song , but I`m not yet ready to forgive him for http: //hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.ca/2010/12/year-kenny-loggins-ruined-christmas.html
That was thoroughly enjoyable.
+1 after learning that Kenny Loggins was born in my work-town; Everett Washington baby!! And partially due to it fitting my mood right now, unfortunately. Still, Long Live RP!!
bam23 wrote:
It is peculiar how one can dislike a popular musicians' music until RP plays something that breaks through the mindset. Kenny Loggins was certainly one for me, as was Sheryl Crow. This is where I hear the accomplished musicians showing through the commercially-driven image. Or at least that's how it seems today.
Thank you so much for your comment - especially about Sheryl Crow! I remember asking Bill to play her material back in the day and he wasn't open to it, citing her commercialism, as I remember [forgive me, Bill, if I've misstated here]. Eventually, he saw the value in her deeper cuts, to the benefit of us all.
It is peculiar how one can dislike a popular musicians' music until RP plays something that breaks through the mindset. Kenny Loggins was certainly one for me, as was Sheryl Crow. This is where I hear the accomplished musicians showing through the commercially-driven image. Or at least that's how it seems today.
Thank you so much for your comment - especially about Sheryl Crow! I remember asking Bill to play her material back in the day and he wasn't open to it, citing her commercialism, as I remember [forgive me, Bill, if I've misstated here]. Eventually, he saw the value in her deeper cuts, to the benefit of us all.
I blame Toy Story 2 for making me only think of Mr and Mrs Potato Head when I hear this song.
victory806 wrote:
I remember the first time I heard the studio version in my car driving on I5 in 1973. It blew my mind. But I heard this version for the first time today and loved it. At the end, when they said Sonny Landreth was on slide I said to myself "Duh, of course!".
The original studio version of Angry Eyes sent me to the moon and back! These is so MEH by comparison.
I remember the first time I heard the studio version in my car driving on I5 in 1973. It blew my mind. But I heard this version for the first time today and loved it. At the end, when they said Sonny Landreth was on slide I said to myself "Duh, of course!".
The original studio version of Angry Eyes sent me to the moon and back! This is so MEH by comparison.
Webfoot wrote:
There's two other Loggins & Messina tracks in the RP library. I'm guessing this is one of those situations where the feeling is the artist was very good (or at least decent) but then kinda went off in a direction that was great commercially, but maybe not so great for more selective tastes. Other examples Elton John, Rod Stewart, etc.
I guess if there is room for one Kenny Loggins song, this is better than Footloose.
There's two other Loggins & Messina tracks in the RP library. I'm guessing this is one of those situations where the feeling is the artist was very good (or at least decent) but then kinda went off in a direction that was great commercially, but maybe not so great for more selective tastes. Other examples Elton John, Rod Stewart, etc.
jbuhl wrote:
At the first string pluck I thought, Landreth but then when the vocal started I though oh no it isn't.
Landreth is always better in someone elses band.
He is excellent any time, any place.
At the first string pluck I thought, Landreth but then when the vocal started I though oh no it isn't.
Landreth is always better in someone elses band.
He is excellent any time, any place.
mdnlsn wrote:
It is peculiar how one can dislike a popular musicians' music until RP plays something that breaks through the mindset. Kenny Loggins was certainly one for me, as was Sheryl Crow. This is where I hear the accomplished musicians showing through the commercially-driven image. Or at least that's how it seems today.
It's Kenny Loggins...and I don't hate it! Yaaahhh! Solid 6
It is peculiar how one can dislike a popular musicians' music until RP plays something that breaks through the mindset. Kenny Loggins was certainly one for me, as was Sheryl Crow. This is where I hear the accomplished musicians showing through the commercially-driven image. Or at least that's how it seems today.
Have loved this since Loggins and Messina created this fantastic beauty in 1972. Yes, Kenny Loggins changed after he and Messina broke up, but well, change is what it is.
It's Kenny Loggins...and I don't hate it! Yaaahhh! Solid 6
Kokoloco53 wrote:
The variety is still there, it's just different as it always is from generation to generation. It's not only in music though, this time. It's the entire digital panopoly that is occurring now. They have access to more tools to express themselves. I would not expect you to completely get this, just as our parents didn't get the diversity of sound coming out of our youthful ranks at that time (yes I'm a Boomer, too). I do not mean this as a criticism, more as acknowledgement that each generation locks itself into its tastes and such. Youthful exploring of boundaries, in all the arts, recedes with age. For the most part. But each generation claims a process unique to their (life) experience.
That's why I like RP so much. It's not only for the occasional walks down memory line such tunes as this affords me, but also the surprise and "what the hell is THIS" of some pleasurable, and yes occasionally less pleasurable, stuff coming out of the ranks of the young that finds its expression here. I know of no other streaming "fount" that continually gurgles with stuff I'd never hear except from RP.
It's all part of the turn of the wheel isn't it? We're just on the distant end of it (now). But it doesn't mean we can't enjoy what is put out there. We're not (yet) dead, after all.
Sometimes I feel sorry for today's younger generation that didn't grow up in the 60's and 70's because the variety was so damn deep, from latin sounds: Santana, El Chicano, classically trained rockers: Emerson, Lake and Palmer, Chicago Transit Authority ,Yes, etc. to western rock: Asleep at the Wheel, Commander Cody and his Lost Planet Ape Men, Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks, on to the greatest era of soul: Stevie Wonder, the Commodores, Tower of Power, K.C. and the Sunshine Band, and how could I even forget the rocking folk bands: Crosby, Stills and Nash, Joni Mitchell. Ok I've confused and mixed up several that belong in different categories and even in no categories other than their own. Then we get Kenny Loggins and Jim Messina and their music still gives me tears. The list is just the tip of the iceberg.
My apologies to Green Day, Linkin Park, Cold Play, and lots of others that are making some good music today, but the complexity of today's music pales in comparison to the music of my generation.
It's all good though. Life's been good to me so far. The future will hold good things for our kids.....I hope.
My apologies to Green Day, Linkin Park, Cold Play, and lots of others that are making some good music today, but the complexity of today's music pales in comparison to the music of my generation.
It's all good though. Life's been good to me so far. The future will hold good things for our kids.....I hope.
The variety is still there, it's just different as it always is from generation to generation. It's not only in music though, this time. It's the entire digital panopoly that is occurring now. They have access to more tools to express themselves. I would not expect you to completely get this, just as our parents didn't get the diversity of sound coming out of our youthful ranks at that time (yes I'm a Boomer, too). I do not mean this as a criticism, more as acknowledgement that each generation locks itself into its tastes and such. Youthful exploring of boundaries, in all the arts, recedes with age. For the most part. But each generation claims a process unique to their (life) experience.
That's why I like RP so much. It's not only for the occasional walks down memory line such tunes as this affords me, but also the surprise and "what the hell is THIS" of some pleasurable, and yes occasionally less pleasurable, stuff coming out of the ranks of the young that finds its expression here. I know of no other streaming "fount" that continually gurgles with stuff I'd never hear except from RP.
It's all part of the turn of the wheel isn't it? We're just on the distant end of it (now). But it doesn't mean we can't enjoy what is put out there. We're not (yet) dead, after all.
I guess if there is room for one Kenny Loggins song, this is better than Footloose.
Kokoloco53 wrote:
I agree 100%
but doesn't every generation say this?
Sometimes I feel sorry for today's younger generation that didn't grow up in the 60's and 70's because the variety was so damn deep, from latin sounds: Santana, El Chicano, classically trained rockers: Emerson, Lake and Palmer, Chicago Transit Authority ,Yes, etc. to western rock: Asleep at the Wheel, Commander Cody and his Lost Planet Ape Men, Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks, on to the greatest era of soul: Stevie Wonder, the Commodores, Tower of Power, K.C. and the Sunshine Band, and how could I even forget the rocking folk bands: Crosby, Stills and Nash, Joni Mitchell. Ok I've confused and mixed up several that belong in different categories and even in no categories other than their own. Then we get Kenny Loggins and Jim Messina and their music still gives me tears. The list is just the tip of the iceberg.
My apologies to Green Day, Linkin Park, Cold Play, and lots of others that are making some good music today, but the complexity of today's music pales in comparison to the music of my generation.
It's all good though. Life's been good to me so far. The future will hold good things for our kids.....I hope.
My apologies to Green Day, Linkin Park, Cold Play, and lots of others that are making some good music today, but the complexity of today's music pales in comparison to the music of my generation.
It's all good though. Life's been good to me so far. The future will hold good things for our kids.....I hope.
I agree 100%
but doesn't every generation say this?
Kokoloco53 wrote:
Sometimes I feel sorry for today's younger generation that didn't grow up in the 60's and 70's because the variety was so damn deep, from latin sounds: Santana, El Chicano, classically trained rockers: Emerson, Lake and Palmer, Chicago Transit Authority ,Yes, etc. to western rock: Asleep at the Wheel, Commander Cody and his Lost Planet Ape Men, Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks, on to the greatest era of soul: Stevie Wonder, the Commodores, Tower of Power, K.C. and the Sunshine Band, and how could I even forget the rocking folk bands: Crosby, Stills and Nash, Joni Mitchell. Ok I've confused and mixed up several that belong in different categories and even in no categories other than their own. Then we get Kenny Loggins and Jim Messina and their music still gives me tears. The list is just the tip of the iceberg.
My apologies to Green Day, Linkin Park, Cold Play, and lots of others that are making some good music today, but the complexity of today's music pales in comparison to the music of my generation.
It's all good though. Life's been good to me so far. The future will hold good things for our kids.....I hope.
My apologies to Green Day, Linkin Park, Cold Play, and lots of others that are making some good music today, but the complexity of today's music pales in comparison to the music of my generation.
It's all good though. Life's been good to me so far. The future will hold good things for our kids.....I hope.
I hear what you're saying, however there are some incredibly talented musicians & songwriters that don't get much airplay or simply haven't been discovered yet. We just attended a very small venue to see Too Many Zooz, from NYC, and DAMN that was an outstanding performance from three very talented individuals, each in their own way.
So - there's hope!! Keep listening to RP and you'll see.
Sometimes I feel sorry for today's younger generation that didn't grow up in the 60's and 70's because the variety was so damn deep, from latin sounds: Santana, El Chicano, classically trained rockers: Emerson, Lake and Palmer, Chicago Transit Authority ,Yes, etc. to western rock: Asleep at the Wheel, Commander Cody and his Lost Planet Ape Men, Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks, on to the greatest era of soul: Stevie Wonder, the Commodores, Tower of Power, K.C. and the Sunshine Band, and how could I even forget the rocking folk bands: Crosby, Stills and Nash, Joni Mitchell. Ok I've confused and mixed up several that belong in different categories and even in no categories other than their own. Then we get Kenny Loggins and Jim Messina and their music still gives me tears. The list is just the tip of the iceberg.
My apologies to Green Day, Linkin Park, Cold Play, and lots of others that are making some good music today, but the complexity of today's music pales in comparison to the music of my generation.
It's all good though. Life's been good to me so far. The future will hold good things for our kids.....I hope.
My apologies to Green Day, Linkin Park, Cold Play, and lots of others that are making some good music today, but the complexity of today's music pales in comparison to the music of my generation.
It's all good though. Life's been good to me so far. The future will hold good things for our kids.....I hope.
damn good : ) outstanding!
fatcatjb wrote:
At the first string pluck I thought, Landreth but then when the vocal started I though oh no it isn't.
Landreth is always better in someone elses band.
who is playing that sweet slide guitar?? Very fine indeed
(oops, the answer is one comment below! Sonny Landreth, I should have guessed)
(oops, the answer is one comment below! Sonny Landreth, I should have guessed)
At the first string pluck I thought, Landreth but then when the vocal started I though oh no it isn't.
Landreth is always better in someone elses band.
who is playing that sweet slide guitar?? Very fine indeed
(oops, the answer is one comment below! Sonny Landreth, I should have guessed)
(oops, the answer is one comment below! Sonny Landreth, I should have guessed)
BigIslandBlues wrote:
Good to know!
Tasty guitar work provided by Sonny Landreth. Nice.
Good to know!
TerryS wrote:
And all this time I had been wondering, " Who was the soundtrack of the Hong Kong bar scene in the middle third of the seventies?"
Loggins and Messina were the soundtrack of the Hong Kong bar scene in the middle third of the 70's.
And all this time I had been wondering, " Who was the soundtrack of the Hong Kong bar scene in the middle third of the seventies?"
michaelgmitchell wrote:
Small world! Me, too. I was at the Toronto show. I think Boz Scaggs was on that bill as well, unless my age is showing and my brain is mush.
Killer song from Kenny, great musical art, pop rock at its finest.
It was at the Cap Center for me, 38 years ago yesterday. Still have the ticket stub. 8 bucks.
Small world! Me, too. I was at the Toronto show. I think Boz Scaggs was on that bill as well, unless my age is showing and my brain is mush.
Killer song from Kenny, great musical art, pop rock at its finest.
It was at the Cap Center for me, 38 years ago yesterday. Still have the ticket stub. 8 bucks.
Kaisersosay wrote:
Small world! Me, too. I was at the Toronto show. I think Boz Scaggs was on that bill as well, unless my age is showing and my brain is mush.
Killer song from Kenny, great musical art, pop rock at its finest.
Funny, I saw him with Fleetwood Mac back in 77.
Small world! Me, too. I was at the Toronto show. I think Boz Scaggs was on that bill as well, unless my age is showing and my brain is mush.
Killer song from Kenny, great musical art, pop rock at its finest.
killer guitar!
jademon wrote:
Wait...isn't that the Brawny Towel Man?
Wait...isn't that the Brawny Towel Man?
ScottFromWyoming wrote:
This is your ego telling you to hate it because, well, it's loggins. Listen to the guitar, though, listen to the urgency, ignore the "Kenny loggins"-y-ness of it and listen to it...nice groove...cool base line, not bad vocals, nice buzz overall..really..get over yourself.
First thought is it's horrible. I glean from the comments that it's Sonny Landreth on guitar? Still horrible. I'd rate it a 2 but I hit the PSD before finding out if it gets better, so I left it unrated. Thought you'd like to know all that.
This is your ego telling you to hate it because, well, it's loggins. Listen to the guitar, though, listen to the urgency, ignore the "Kenny loggins"-y-ness of it and listen to it...nice groove...cool base line, not bad vocals, nice buzz overall..really..get over yourself.
Tasty guitar work provided by Sonny Landreth. Nice.
Funny, I saw him with Fleetwood Mac back in 77
First thought is it's horrible. I glean from the comments that it's Sonny Landreth on guitar? Still horrible. I'd rate it a 2 but I hit the PSD before finding out if it gets better, so I left it unrated. Thought you'd like to know all that.
Hey Bill and Rebecca,
Hope you'll add Kenny Loggins "You could break my heart if you're not careful" (title ?) - a perennial favorite.
Thank you for your fabulous site!
Best Wishes,
Sullivan's Susie
btt wrote:
There's much more than that which he should beg to be forgiven for; fortunately those tunes are not on the RP playlist.
Good version of the song , but I`m not yet ready to forgive him for http: //hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.ca/2010/12/year-kenny-loggins-ruined-christmas.html
There's much more than that which he should beg to be forgiven for; fortunately those tunes are not on the RP playlist. jademon wrote:
This made my freakin' day. Love it.
This made my freakin' day. Love it.
alotta great guitar work! Lovin the slide
I prefer the live Loggins and Messina version of this. A better jam all around.
Good version of the song , but I`m not yet ready to forgive him for http: //hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.ca/2010/12/year-kenny-loggins-ruined-christmas.html
Kenny Loggins has always had one of the best voices in the world. Got to watch him up close at a trade show in Vegas 2 years ago and was amazed that he's kept his voice so healthy, powerful, technically perfect. Just ran across his album he made for children yesterday where he sings "All the pretty little ponies(horses)" it's a real winner for your kids and for adults. Sweet.
EricLee31 wrote:
ok, that's hilarious
Yeah, it is.
I know the guy had talent, but thought it was all fluff until I heard this -- studio or live version. The band cooks, the vocals are tight, there are jazz influences, the beat is steady and driving, and the lyrics are ... well, they're still a little like cotton candy, but not completely.
Loggins and Messina were the soundtrack of the Hong Kong bar scene in the middle third of the 70's.
So, I hadn't heard this before and was pretty excited when I did this morning. Obviously, a L&M favorite but I was unfamiliar with this recording and was quite surprised that he might still sound this good. As the rest of you probably know, I soon discovered this was a 1993 release so that makes some sense but then I was surprised he was doing anything of this quality at that time. I completely lot track of Kenny after Danger Zone and didn't really hear much from him til the L&M reunion tour in '05.
Really, really like this version due in no small part to Sonny Landreth's slide. I knew it was him before I looked up the album. An album I must now purchase. =)
Really, really like this version due in no small part to Sonny Landreth's slide. I knew it was him before I looked up the album. An album I must now purchase. =)
jademon wrote:
ok, that's hilarious
ok, that's hilarious
Sonny Landreth makes this much better than it might have been.
jademon wrote:
Hilarious!
Hilarious!
jademon wrote:
Ok now that's funny! But highway to the danger zone was not OK.
Saw Kenny this summer outdoors, mainly at my wife's insistence. What a great show! For a guy in his mid 60's he still has a great voice and can still put on an energetic show.
This was much better when he did it with Jimmy Messina. But then he was never as good as he was when he played with Messina.
KENNYS BEST....
The studio version of this has to be one of my Top 100 Favorite Songs. Interesting to hear this version.