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Graeme McMillan
@graemem.bsky.social
Brain in a box for Popverse (thepopverse.com), previously of Wired, THR, Time, Playboy, LA Times, io9, countless other outlets that I've probably forgotten. He/Him. comicsfyi at gmail dot com if you want to email. Ping Ping Ping.
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5Kl... Sure, everyone knows "Ode to Billie Joe," but Bobbie Gentry's finest moment is really "Fancy," which has a killer singalong melody, peerless arrangement/production, and lyrics about being pimped out by her mother to escape poverty when she was a kid. (No, really.)
Fancy
YouTube video by Bobbie Gentry - Topic
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lB1t... Talking about an amazing arrangement and production, Sandie Shaw took "Reviewing the Situation" from Oliver! by Lionel Bart and turned into a 1960s classic.
Reviewing The Situation
YouTube video by Sandie Shaw - Topic
her album "the delta sweete" is unbelievably good, if you haven't ventured into her wider discography. also has a cover of "hushabye mountain" that i adore
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Graeme McMillan
@graemem.bsky.social
Brain in a box for Popverse (thepopverse.com), previously of Wired, THR, Time, Playboy, LA Times, io9, countless other outlets that I've probably forgotten. He/Him. comicsfyi at gmail dot com if you want to email. Ping Ping Ping.
1k followers191 following623 posts