Soundtrack to “The Big Chill”

sfilzen — Thu, 05 Jan 2017 14:45:09 +0000

Soundtrack to “The Big Chill” 1983. Motown Records. It’s currently 3 degrees with a windchill of -12 and the Vault’s furnace is broken, a quite literal Big Chill. I wasn’t even into my teens when The Big Chill came out – it was really aimed at my parents’ then-thirtysomething generation – so many of the classic Motown hits that appear on the soundtrack only remind me of the 80′s rather than the 60′s and early 70′s (with the exception of Three Dog Night’s “Joy to the World” which had been on heavy rotation during my childhood). The soundtrack reached #17 on the Billboard album chart in ‘83 and the film was nominated for three Oscars. My favorite tracks are “Joy to the World,” “Ain’t Too Proud to Beg” by The Temptations, The Rascals’ “Good Lovin’” and “A Whiter Shade of Pale” by Procol Harum. Also great, of course, is the Rolling Stones’ “You Can’t Always Get What You Want” which does not appear on this original soundtrack LP; it was later included on a re-release deluxe CD version in 2004.

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Three Dog Night “Joy To the World”

sfilzen — Thu, 12 Feb 2015 20:25:28 +0000

Three Dog Night “Joy To the World” 1974. Gatefold. File this one under my guilty pleasures. Today’s pull because it is bassist (from ‘68-’73) Joe Schermie’s (b. 1946 d. 2002) birthday. I am pretty sure this is my parents’ copy, likely original from ’74 or pretty close.

This was one of my mom’s “housecleaning” albums. She would put on 70’s rock-n-roll and scrub our old farmhouse out in dairy country. I, of course, would be roped into helping out which oddly I didn’t really mind that much. Likely because I got to sing and dance along to awesomely cheesy songs like “Old Fashioned Love Song,” “Joy to the World,” and my favorite “Shambala.” I was so psyched when the TV series “Lost” used “Shambala” for the scene when Hurley and Charlie drive an old VW van down the mountainside.

That image, of a beautiful Hawaiian mountainside, and the origin of the band’s name is perfect on a freezing cold day like today. Apparently on frigid nights, some indigenous Australians would sleep with a feral dog or two for warmth and when it was even colder, it would be a three dog night. Not sure if it’s true, but it feels cozy. And now I feel like cleaning the house (singing I’ve never been to heaven but I’ve been to Oklahoma…).

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Soundtrack to “The Big Chill”

Three Dog Night “Joy To the World”