Comments on: One Day in Your Life: October 13, 1971 http://jabartlett.wordpress.com/2008/10/13/one-day-in-your-life-october-13-1971/ Our Top 40 Past . . . in the Present Mon, 21 Dec 2009 17:12:54 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Yah Shure http://jabartlett.wordpress.com/2008/10/13/one-day-in-your-life-october-13-1971/#comment-5299 Yah Shure Mon, 13 Oct 2008 21:02:11 +0000 http://jabartlett.wordpress.com/?p=1551#comment-5299 I always thought the "Hey, wow, a female rock group!" hype was way overblown, but "Charity Ball" rocked. So I bought the 'Charity Ball' LP, then promptly marched back to the store with it once I heard the anemic earlier version on the album. The store let me exchange it (for 'American Pie') and I got the 45 instead. It's great that they used the single on the YouTube video, but the lip-synched performance didn't do the song justice. Maybe if they'd gotten Phyllis Diller up there... I always thought the “Hey, wow, a female rock group!” hype was way overblown, but “Charity Ball” rocked. So I bought the ‘Charity Ball’ LP, then promptly marched back to the store with it once I heard the anemic earlier version on the album. The store let me exchange it (for ‘American Pie’) and I got the 45 instead.

It’s great that they used the single on the YouTube video, but the lip-synched performance didn’t do the song justice. Maybe if they’d gotten Phyllis Diller up there…

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