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Saturday, December 6, 2008

Alizee - Ricky Nelson

A little about Ricky Nelson from wikipedia: Was an American singer, musician and actor. With more than 50 Hot 100 hits, Nelson was second only to Elvis Presley as the most popular rock and roll artist of the late 1950s and early 1960s.

Along with brother David Nelson, the family starred in the long-running radio and television series The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet from 1944 to 1954 on the radio, and 1952 to 1966 on television.

From "the straight dope"
His star faded in the mid 1960s. He tried valiantly to regain the top of the charts, but it seemed the British invasion was thwarting him at every turn. Ironically, however, a song he wrote in the early 1970s about his disillusionment with the music industry was his biggest hit.

In October 1971 Rick was invited to play in a reunion show at Madison Square Garden, alongside such early rock luminaries as Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley, Little Richard and others. By this time his hair had grown shoulder length and he was heavily into the country rock genre. When he mixed in new material with his old music, the audience began to boo.

This song, Garden Party, was written in response to the crowd reaction at Madison Square Garden. Not only did the crowd want to hear the old songs but wanted him to look like he used to look!!! Sound familiar???


Keep asking for Alizee to look and be what she used to be she may have to have her own 'Garden Party'

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1 comments:

Anonymous said...

Heh. I wondered where you were going with that at first, but it's an excellent point, well made. I'm not one of those fans myself--I discovered her through Psychédélices and worked my way backwards--but I do see a lot of it on the forums.

Maybe a 'Garden Party'-type single is exactly what Lili needs to do, though. As you said, it did turn out to be Ricky's biggest hit.

 

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