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  1. "Lazy Sunday" is a song by the English band #SmallFaces, which reached number two on the #UKSinglesChart in 1968 and number 42 in #Canada. It was written by the Small Faces songwriting duo #SteveMarriott and #RonnieLane, and appeared on the band's 1968 concept album #OgdensNutGoneFlake. Against the band's wishes, it preceded the album as a single release.
    youtube.com/watch?v=BKJXtTLmy_s

  2. #AlternateFridayMusic
    July 7 2023

    The word is New

    #PeteTownshend and #RonnieLane, “Heart to Hang Onto,” from Rough Mix,1977

    Lyric:
    “Give me a heart to hang onto
    Give me a soul that's tailored new
    Give me a heart to hang onto
    A heart to hang onto”

    While this album is a joint project by Pete and Ronnie (Faces, #SmallFaces), #Townshend fans regard it as Pete's solo album, with interruptions. Here we find Pete storytelling, not with the bombastic stylings of #RockOpera or stiff #RadioPlay but on a human scale in a series of verse-sized vignettes.

    While no one would compare Ronnie Lane’s homespun vocals with #RogerDaltry’s #RockGod delivery, Pete uses the interplay of his vocals with Lane’s similarly to the way he trades off vocals in #TheWho, Townshend’s thin, high voice speaking in the vulnerable first person.

    After glimpses of these lonely lives, the poignant melody gives way to a crescendo of desperation, drifting away unresolved in a twinkling of keys.

    youtube.com/watch?v=uQ4PIFeofd