Mr. Turnkey, Cary Lynn Javes - Zager & Evans (1969)

A couple of their lesser-known songs.

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Music

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• cary
• lynn
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• zager
• zagar
• evans
• analogueaudio1985

[goldsmice]

Aces! Amazing song especially the second one. These songs aren't even on fucking iTunes...WHY OH WHY? I was on a job the other day and the foreman brought in a radio and tuned it to the pop station...I swear I heard that motherfucking "Disco Stick" song by Lady Gaga nine thousand times. I want to completely annihilate the atrocity which is modern mainstream pop music. Zager and Evans should be rich and famous, not these untalented hacks of today.

[TheDrAltoid]

holy crap, i'm only 15 but i'm addicted to this stuff!

btw, who's mr.turnkey; is he like the prison guard?

[eddiem1111]

Lovlier than oil rights???

[mrmjb1960]

Both Lp's were on a Domestically-Issued CD a Couple of Years ago,I believe..they were "In the Year 2525(Exordium & Terminus)/Zager & Evans"..it was on a German Import,too,with both the Lp and 45 version of "Mr. Turnkey",one as a Bonus Track.

[Fever655]

@goldsmice Rapping has changed over time, and gotten less decent and more profane, but there are still artists who spew well thought of lyrics. When I say this I'm speaking about Eminem, Drake, Lil' Wayne, Kanye, Dre, etc. Anyway, like I said before, mainstream music is to be enjoyed for what it is. When I listen to it, I don't think about whether or not the artist is talented, I think about whether or not I like the song. And quite often, I do, but that's just me personally.

[Fever655]

@goldsmice As for Lady Gaga, we could argue about her all day. One thing I will agree on is the Auto Tuning. I would rather listen a singer hit a few wrong notes but know that it's genuine than listen to a perfect version of the song that I know has been altered. I also agree that people shouldn't be using older music for their song's choruses. I don't know how you feel about the rap scene today, but I think if there is one area where we can find talent it would be there.

[Fever655]

@goldsmice Yes indeed it is true that most mainstream music is created without instruments, but you must give credit to the people working on their computers to create the sound. I've used programs like ableton, logic and even fruityloops to create electonic music and it's quite difficult. It isn't entirely true that they get no recognition. Artists like David Guetta, Deadmau5 and Tiesto have been wideley recognised alongside producers such as Redone.

[goldsmice]

@goldsmice There were some phenomenal female acts in the 1990s: The Cranberries, Natalie Merchant, Jewel, Alanis Morisette, etc. They played real instruments and they used real human beings in their bands and their lyrics were interesting. This is the female songer tradition carried on from Joni Mitchel, Stevie Nicks, etc. There was some real originality back then and there were women who were sexy because they put all their heart and soul into the music. Gaga is just an overproduced circus-act.

[goldsmice]

@goldsmice furthermore: pop music today is totally void of instrumental skill. It's completely created by dorks in the studio who get no recognition at all, while the figurehead performer who can't play any instruments gets all the glory. Autotuners (we don't even hear true voices anymore), everything is synthesized, "singers" lip-synch in concerts, and samples are ripped off of older songs. The whole scene has zero originality. No, there is nothing Lady Gaga has ever done that's original.

[goldsmice]

@Fever655 There are some decent pop acts today. The White Stripes is OK. Some of John Mayer's melodies are good although I hate the sound of his voice. I guess it depends what you mean by "pop". I don't think there's anyone on mainstream radio stations targeted towards 15-25 demographic who's really any good. Lady Gaga is definitely a hack...I will never agree with you on that. There is absolutely nothing that she's done which wasn't already done (better) by Madonna or Cher decades ago.

[Fever655]

@goldsmice Continuing... I don't mean to say that modern pop music is any better than this music, but I am trying to say that it isn't worse. It's so completely different that it's impossible to create a rational scale to compair them on. I enjoy this type of music for what it is very much. I also appreciate artists like Lady Gaga who create bizzare, intriguing music with a strong beat to dance to. So please don't bash modern pop music, it's not for everyone but that doesn't mean that it's crap.

[Fever655]

@goldsmice The pop stars of today are creating music that is much different from the music of zager and evan's era. To call them "untalented hacks" just shows your ignorence. Many people enjoy their music as much as people enjoyed music like this video. The young people of today tend to like the pop music played nowadays because it's good for dancing in clubs. That's the popular lifestyle of young people, so artists are creating music that reflects this lifestyle.