DeGarmo & Key - Stella, This Ain't Hollywood/When He Comes Back (lyrics)
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Channel: thatMimosaGrove · 2017 · Music
1st and 2nd tracks from "This Ain't Hollywood" (1980). If you like your Yacht Rock smooth but still a little gritty, guitar-driven, and with a more bluesy Michael McDonald-style lead vocal (a little more east coast than Westcoast, you might say), this just might be your CCM album! It's D&K's third studio album and it sizzles from beginning to end. And while I think every song is a gem, these two cuts have been my faves since forever. Or at least 1980. I uploaded them together because they run together without a break on the album. And also because there's just something about the transition between the two—the way the syncopated, horn-peppered "Stella" goes briefly psychedelic at the end and then drops into the straight ahead groove of "When He Comes Back"—that makes me want to get up and dance. Or at least do a little hipster head bobbing. I should mention the lyrics, which are really standout here. The first song is about an apparently godless celebrity's impending rude awakening—a sort of devil's taunt—while the second contrasts the two very different comings of Christ—the sacrificial Lamb of God versus the conquering Lion King. Both tend to trigger Christianity haters. Or WOULD trigger them, I should say, if not for the fact that they're on an album that time forgot (but in which I nevertheless hope to revive some interest by making a lyric/concept video of each song, Lord willing). Here's hoping you enjoy them at least half as much as I do, because that would still be A LOT! ~thatMimosaGrove P.S. - Try as I might to fix it, some kind of audio glitch always occurred during the transition between songs when this working file was saved to video. Sometimes it was big, sometimes small but always there. It probably has something to do with the way the two separate digital files bump up against each other in Windows Media Player. Sorry about that, as it almost ruins the whole thing. If I find a solution, I'll definitely remake it. * Album Credits Backing Vocals – Beverly Baxter, Jack Holder, Jimi Jamison, Mylon LeFevre, Suzanne Jerome Bass – Joe Hardy Drums – John Hamptone Guitar – Dana Key Horns – The Memphis Horns Keyboards – Ed DeGarmo Lead Vocals – Dana Key Saxophone – Andrew Love Slide Guitar – Roy (Dunno) Howell (track A5) Trombone – Jack Hale Trumpet – Ben Cauley Producers – Joe Hardy, Dana Key, Eddie DeGarmo *** Image Credits (other than album art, in order of appearance): Le Ré Grave / Obed Murcia Chavez / Suresh /R / freestocks.org / Alex Naanou / Thomas Hawk / Alessandro Ligouri / ghostlygavin / Kim Benson / sima dimitric / Alessandro Ligouri / Andrea Ferreira / flash.pro / Le Ré Grave / Alessandro Ligouri Sheila Tostes / Stacie / Edge Earth / zizzybaloobah / Catholic Diocese of Saginaw / Tommy Clark / The Real Estreya / Tamires Minuk / meryddian / Obra Shalom Campo Grande / Catholic Diocese of Saginaw / Chris Ford / Stuart Rankin / Eric Leger / israeltourism / John Estep / Timothy K Hamilton / Eric Kilby / Dave B / Mark Jordahl / Gordon / Alyse & Remi / Tarang hirani / Paul Stein / Elliot Margolies / Toni Blay / Lucas mohamd / Richard Towell / United Nations Photo / Ahqib Hussain https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/legalcode
