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this is the real deal!

not grace slick singing and not jefferson airplane. it's a lounge version. caveat emptor.

at 3:42 is the "theme from the spook that sat by the door" which is "actual proof" from the "thrust" album.

a master of understatement...

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hey he left out the middle part with the french horns!

what is playing the rhythm..thumb piano?

the strings break my heart...is it don sebesky?

i can really hear the changes in this version. thanks!

where did THIS come from?

As you discover changing times

You must have the strength to endure

As you discover changing world

You can't be guessing, you must be for sure

In these ever changing times

You must learn to stand up on your own

Life has so much to show you

You must be ready for the new

Space on the strife, fix u...

This song is 1/2 step higher than the original. This is in G Major. Claude's original is in G flat Major.

i also play it in G Major because i don;t like all the flats, and if you ignore the flats it sounds perfectly in G Major.

also it is easier to orchestrate in G Major.

so thanks Richard S...

i learned this song from a bob james songbook. it took me six months! great composition. bob james boggles the mind with musical depth.

it's the 4/4 drums with the 16th note synth percussion that makes it funky.

it's an alternate take. interesting. you can see why they didn't keep it.

We have to give up our right to privacy to obtain a right to use legal medicine?

it's no crime, it's 4:20 time.

how did they get so cool, and where did the piano player get those harmonies?

hey captain fingers! see you in seattle at jazz alley with dave grusin!

warner sucks

say is this song about a menage a trois?

totally and radically awesome!

there's a man who's come through it all,

his music's there deep inside him,

he struggles without word, he's a rebel.

when he plays, people laugh and cry,

he pours his heart out before you,

the world can't do without his creation.

he plays his song for one reason,

it's simply what he loves, the ...

i never saw willy wonka until 1997, but i heard bob james version when it came out. when i heard the movie original, i said, "where have i heard that before?" it took me days to remember the bob james "philly style" version.

and hubert laws on the flute! OMG!

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1. buy low, sell high

2. get other people to do the work

3. keep the money

anything other than this is bullsh*t.