Thursday, January 6, 2011

#21 Helen Reddy
















Leave Me Alone (Ruby Red Dress)/The Old Fashioned Way- Helen Reddy
“Leave Me Alone (RRD)”- Cool. I know this song. It is a cute little pop tune with Helen asking, calm in her voice, for something that cannot happen with that serene tone. The orchestra of horns and strings adorn the voice wonderfully.
“The Old Fashioned Way”- I remember her from Pete’s Dragon. This is an old-timey song. It has classic pauses and subtle horn accents with a solid, yet simple bass line running unstopped from start to finish. The first instrumental takes off in volume, but diminishes with the vocal to the normal tone. The second instrumental is long and protracted to the finale where it simply fades to nothing. This was made in 1973 and has a early 30’s sound. What a fine tune.

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