Merry Christmas everyone, but I'm not sympathizing with the whole "We're Still Licking Our Wounds" theory about Marilyn & Billy's unpleasant memories of this studio effort. That was 36 years ago. Get Over It -- It is a TRANSCENDENT album, and if those two can't hear that to this day, they're either short-sighted, deaf, or just downright self-absorbed.
But, I will take the ten years they gave us because there is not ONE bad album they put out. There may be some albums that catered more to one style of music than others...but there really is SOMETHING on EVERY album for everybody.
This song here is just IT for me though. I really can't get enough of listening to it...through my headphones...and catching ALL of their voices individually and collectively. There is not ONE voice that I can do without. They all just go together so well.
@MsTexas73 Agree, there is just something about the song that makes me want to listen to it over & over .. After listening to the original version of the song by the Rolling Stones, which I really Njoyd (not always the case for me & ROCK), it made me appreciate the 5th's version even more .. The way they interpret the song is so different then the original, yet so on point .. When Did I Lose Your Love & Walk Your Feet In The Sunshine have those same "can't listen to them enuf" qualities ..
@MsTexas73 I TOTALLY agree on EVERY point my friend! And THIS SONG is 'IT' for ME too, as well as the WHOLE EARTHBOUND ALBUM! I LOVE it! Does ANYONE HAVE it, and can I PLEASE GET it somehow from you! Please hit me in ma inbox if willing to help! GREAT APPRECIATION!
You're right, their voices ALL GO TOGETHER like NOTHING ELSE! Never before have I heard voices SOO made for each other except with Mary and Florence and Diana, and Joyce and Pam Vincent! Exquisite! The 5th!
After listening to this album several times...I can say that this song is my FAVORITE...it is one of my ALL TIME favorite 5th Dimension songs period. The harmonies on it, the lyrics, the music, the mood...it is REALLY just a GREAT song. I don't know what really went on that last year with the original 5th...it's really not my business. I just wish they had stayed TOGETHER.
@MsTexas73 - I couldn't agree more. I actually bought a turntable for my computer expressly because of this particular version of this song. When they launch into 'let the airwaves flow... ' , it SENDS me every time... it's the epitome of the engineering sophistication of the last "Original 5th" album: Earthbound. STILL not released on CD, maybe NEVER to be available as an official release. (Would someone please talk some sense into Ms McCoo, who allegedly dislikes this album????)
@uKooKu I have a turntable too...can't hook it up correctly for some reason. Gonna take it to the GEEK SQUAD so they can show me what I'm doing wrong.
And Both Marilyn and Billy said in their book that they were disappointed with the outcome of the album. I can't remember everything they said, but it was a stressful set of recording session as well.
@SandozSaxonWilliams I know right? There are sooo many songs I've heard and thought, "What if the 5th had sung that?" "Grazin in the Grass" by sister group Friends of Distinction comes to mind immediately.
The more I hear them, I can hear myself saying to myself: "Ah, what a wonderful band..." What is especially nice for me,though, is that I really don't KNOW their albums; I've just been falling in love with songs-of course I know a lot of the hits, but many I'm just discovering...looking foward to checkingout some of thee orig albums.
Plus, Marilyn McCoo is one of the most beautiful women I've ever seen & Billy has one of the all time best voices...
@SandozSaxonWilliams I can honestly say that there not an album they made that I don't like...even if I may not like every song on it. There were MANY album cuts and B-sides that IMO should have been singles.
@ButchMSLPig Actually the group started recording some new material after they released this album. If you listen closely to "Be Good to One Another," Billy Davis is clearly singing on it. Danny Beard, his replacement, is on lead but Billy comes in at the end and ad-libs. I would guess the group started recording "Home Cooking" when Marilyn and Billy took off, and the new 5th finished it. The tension in the group was so bad at the end that Ron Townson brought a gun to a recording session.
@Noodleydoo It's too bad that things got so tense at the end .. Good to know that they pretty much healed their wounds later on & supposedly buried the hatchets ..
@Noodleydoo It's one of the last. If you listen to the 1976 version of "Be Good to One Another" with Billy's replacement (Danny Beard) on lead, Billy is clearly singing and ad-libbing at the end of it. That was probably being recorded when M and B split, and the new group finished it, although it has only been released as a bootleg. A whole album for ABC was cut, called "Home Cookin'" but never released. Next thing you knew, the 5th was on Motown.
I'm very familiar with this song from the Stones and this is the very first time I've heard this cover version - blew me away. Have to go now a try a get a version of Earthbound. Thanks for posting this.
@martinjp1958 Me too. I missed the 5th in their heyday, but as I was coming into middle school this album came out, I was blown away. Despite the dated synths, this album, IMO, was the best thing the group ever did.
For me in '74, this album proved they weren't so stale after all, and this song always blew me away. They went out on a really classy note with 'Earthbound' - fittingly arranged by Jimmy Webb who also did their very first album. (Definitive sources say Ron thought this album was their best ever, while Marilyn hated it . I was kinda crushed to hear that.)
@uKooKu I'm with you. I don't get why Marilyn hated this record so much. She wouldn't even listen to the final product! I have met Marilyn and Billy several times, but it was before I found out they hated "Earthbound." I really want to ask Marilyn what her problem with the record was. Maybe because she only had one solo...who knows?
@Noodleydoo It's not that she hates the album...it's the emotions they get stirred up at the memories of the recording sessions...this was around the time they decided to leave the group...a lot of emotion aorund that time...reguarding creative differences and what have you. Read Robert's latest blog on MySpace...it's a two part interview with Marilyn & Billy and they discuss Earthbound.
i liked this album overall .. It reminded me of Magic Garden, probably because Jimmy Webb produced both of them .. I loved Marilyn singing "when did I lose your love", "moonlight mile" was a really nice cover of the Rolling Stones song that i had never heard be4 till a few days ago, "walk your feet in the sunshine" reminded me of the 5th when thay sang things like stone soul picnic or sweet blindness or anything else upbeat & happy ..
I agree...I liked the album...although I think it could also be known as a Billy album...A LOT of Billy leading...and I missed hearing more Marilyn and Flo or even Ron...BUT...I do like this album...played the whole thing again last night while I studied.
Walk Your Feet in the Sunshine is one of those songs you just GOTTA listen to...makes you feel so good. YES! Like Stoned Soul Picnic.
And those CLASSIC 5th Harmonies and break out voices!
There was some internal conflict at the time although I think she may have softened on the album through the years. Her "When Did I Lose Your Love " on this album is one of the best things she's ever done.
Jimmy Webb, it's been written, always thought of Billy as the voice of the 5th, which is why he has most of the leads on this and Magic Garden.
Merry Christmas everyone, but I'm not sympathizing with the whole "We're Still Licking Our Wounds" theory about Marilyn & Billy's unpleasant memories of this studio effort. That was 36 years ago. Get Over It -- It is a TRANSCENDENT album, and if those two can't hear that to this day, they're either short-sighted, deaf, or just downright self-absorbed.
uKooKu 2 months ago
Jeff Porcaro drum grooves. He is only 21 years old.
pin77mov 5 months ago
releaSE IT. NOWWWWWWWWWWW!
uKooKu 7 months ago
My very favorite 5th album and I agree with everything y'all have said.
keithcop 7 months ago
But, I will take the ten years they gave us because there is not ONE bad album they put out. There may be some albums that catered more to one style of music than others...but there really is SOMETHING on EVERY album for everybody.
This song here is just IT for me though. I really can't get enough of listening to it...through my headphones...and catching ALL of their voices individually and collectively. There is not ONE voice that I can do without. They all just go together so well.
MsTexas73 1 year ago
@MsTexas73 Agree, there is just something about the song that makes me want to listen to it over & over .. After listening to the original version of the song by the Rolling Stones, which I really Njoyd (not always the case for me & ROCK), it made me appreciate the 5th's version even more .. The way they interpret the song is so different then the original, yet so on point .. When Did I Lose Your Love & Walk Your Feet In The Sunshine have those same "can't listen to them enuf" qualities ..
ButchMSLPig 1 year ago
@MsTexas73 I TOTALLY agree on EVERY point my friend! And THIS SONG is 'IT' for ME too, as well as the WHOLE EARTHBOUND ALBUM! I LOVE it! Does ANYONE HAVE it, and can I PLEASE GET it somehow from you! Please hit me in ma inbox if willing to help! GREAT APPRECIATION!
You're right, their voices ALL GO TOGETHER like NOTHING ELSE! Never before have I heard voices SOO made for each other except with Mary and Florence and Diana, and Joyce and Pam Vincent! Exquisite! The 5th!
stage7 2 months ago
After listening to this album several times...I can say that this song is my FAVORITE...it is one of my ALL TIME favorite 5th Dimension songs period. The harmonies on it, the lyrics, the music, the mood...it is REALLY just a GREAT song. I don't know what really went on that last year with the original 5th...it's really not my business. I just wish they had stayed TOGETHER.
MsTexas73 1 year ago
@MsTexas73 - I couldn't agree more. I actually bought a turntable for my computer expressly because of this particular version of this song. When they launch into 'let the airwaves flow... ' , it SENDS me every time... it's the epitome of the engineering sophistication of the last "Original 5th" album: Earthbound. STILL not released on CD, maybe NEVER to be available as an official release. (Would someone please talk some sense into Ms McCoo, who allegedly dislikes this album????)
uKooKu 1 year ago
@uKooKu I have a turntable too...can't hook it up correctly for some reason. Gonna take it to the GEEK SQUAD so they can show me what I'm doing wrong.
And Both Marilyn and Billy said in their book that they were disappointed with the outcome of the album. I can't remember everything they said, but it was a stressful set of recording session as well.
MsTexas73 1 year ago
this is so weird...the 5th dimension doin' Moonlight Mile...LOVE IT!
makes you wanna play a game called "Wonder what it would sound like if the 5th dimension did that!"
haha....they changed the line, "With a head full of snow"
a little to obvious what that means...
GOOD ROCKIN'
SandozSaxonWilliams 1 year ago
@SandozSaxonWilliams I know right? There are sooo many songs I've heard and thought, "What if the 5th had sung that?" "Grazin in the Grass" by sister group Friends of Distinction comes to mind immediately.
MsTexas73 1 year ago
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SandozSaxonWilliams 1 year ago
@MsTexas73
The more I hear them, I can hear myself saying to myself: "Ah, what a wonderful band..." What is especially nice for me,though, is that I really don't KNOW their albums; I've just been falling in love with songs-of course I know a lot of the hits, but many I'm just discovering...looking foward to checkingout some of thee orig albums.
Plus, Marilyn McCoo is one of the most beautiful women I've ever seen & Billy has one of the all time best voices...
SandozSaxonWilliams 1 year ago 2
@SandozSaxonWilliams I can honestly say that there not an album they made that I don't like...even if I may not like every song on it. There were MANY album cuts and B-sides that IMO should have been singles.
MsTexas73 1 year ago
Beautiful harmonies , perfectly blended voices - great music ! Makes me feel so nostalgic about that time ... Thanks for posting !
Inger49 2 years ago 2
Wonder if this was the very last song they cut together?
keithcop 2 years ago
well this album was their last group effort .. No idea which of those songs was the last one recorded ..
ButchMSLPig 2 years ago
@ButchMSLPig Actually the group started recording some new material after they released this album. If you listen closely to "Be Good to One Another," Billy Davis is clearly singing on it. Danny Beard, his replacement, is on lead but Billy comes in at the end and ad-libs. I would guess the group started recording "Home Cooking" when Marilyn and Billy took off, and the new 5th finished it. The tension in the group was so bad at the end that Ron Townson brought a gun to a recording session.
Noodleydoo 1 year ago
@Noodleydoo It's too bad that things got so tense at the end .. Good to know that they pretty much healed their wounds later on & supposedly buried the hatchets ..
ButchMSLPig 1 year ago
@ButchMSLPig Yeah I agree. Every group eventually cracks under the pressure.
Noodleydoo 1 year ago
@Noodleydoo It's one of the last. If you listen to the 1976 version of "Be Good to One Another" with Billy's replacement (Danny Beard) on lead, Billy is clearly singing and ad-libbing at the end of it. That was probably being recorded when M and B split, and the new group finished it, although it has only been released as a bootleg. A whole album for ABC was cut, called "Home Cookin'" but never released. Next thing you knew, the 5th was on Motown.
Noodleydoo 2 months ago
I'm very familiar with this song from the Stones and this is the very first time I've heard this cover version - blew me away. Have to go now a try a get a version of Earthbound. Thanks for posting this.
PressPlay2Go 2 years ago
I absolutely love this album. It starts well and just gets better. Jimmy Webb and 5th Dim - what a combination!!
martinjp1958 2 years ago 6
@martinjp1958 Me too. I missed the 5th in their heyday, but as I was coming into middle school this album came out, I was blown away. Despite the dated synths, this album, IMO, was the best thing the group ever did.
Noodleydoo 2 years ago
ooooh what a wonderful song !!!!!!
hope i was living in the 70s !!!!!
but, can anyone please tell me how to get it in mp3 format that would nice !!
thanx
doneitx 2 years ago
For me in '74, this album proved they weren't so stale after all, and this song always blew me away. They went out on a really classy note with 'Earthbound' - fittingly arranged by Jimmy Webb who also did their very first album. (Definitive sources say Ron thought this album was their best ever, while Marilyn hated it . I was kinda crushed to hear that.)
uKooKu 2 years ago 2
@uKooKu I'm with you. I don't get why Marilyn hated this record so much. She wouldn't even listen to the final product! I have met Marilyn and Billy several times, but it was before I found out they hated "Earthbound." I really want to ask Marilyn what her problem with the record was. Maybe because she only had one solo...who knows?
Noodleydoo 7 months ago
@Noodleydoo It's not that she hates the album...it's the emotions they get stirred up at the memories of the recording sessions...this was around the time they decided to leave the group...a lot of emotion aorund that time...reguarding creative differences and what have you. Read Robert's latest blog on MySpace...it's a two part interview with Marilyn & Billy and they discuss Earthbound.
MsTexas73 4 months ago
I love this version. Magic In My Life is another great song from this album.
patmc82 2 years ago 2
Oh Bless you for posting this...one I don't have to do it...and two it's not a bad tune.
What are your thoughts about this album as a whole?
MsTexas73 2 years ago
i liked this album overall .. It reminded me of Magic Garden, probably because Jimmy Webb produced both of them .. I loved Marilyn singing "when did I lose your love", "moonlight mile" was a really nice cover of the Rolling Stones song that i had never heard be4 till a few days ago, "walk your feet in the sunshine" reminded me of the 5th when thay sang things like stone soul picnic or sweet blindness or anything else upbeat & happy ..
ButchMSLPig 2 years ago
I agree...I liked the album...although I think it could also be known as a Billy album...A LOT of Billy leading...and I missed hearing more Marilyn and Flo or even Ron...BUT...I do like this album...played the whole thing again last night while I studied.
Walk Your Feet in the Sunshine is one of those songs you just GOTTA listen to...makes you feel so good. YES! Like Stoned Soul Picnic.
And those CLASSIC 5th Harmonies and break out voices!
MsTexas73 2 years ago
maybe that is one reason Marilyn didn't like the album very much
ButchMSLPig 2 years ago
could be.
MsTexas73 2 years ago
There was some internal conflict at the time although I think she may have softened on the album through the years. Her "When Did I Lose Your Love " on this album is one of the best things she's ever done.
Jimmy Webb, it's been written, always thought of Billy as the voice of the 5th, which is why he has most of the leads on this and Magic Garden.
keithcop 2 years ago 2