Sugarloaf C/D/S/D?

I've always been curious about the Sugarloaf albums, but never checked them out.

I learned how to play the bassline, too.

Sugarloaf

The song "Don't Call Us, We'll Call You" is notable because it contained a practical joke at the expense of CBS Records, which had just turned them down for a recording contract. The song includes the sound of a touch-tone telephone number being dialed. That number was an unlisted phone number at CBS Records, and would have dialed that number had a telephone been held up to the speaker as the song played.

Cool!

green eyed lady is my shit

TS Sugarloaf vs. Corcovado

What's weird is that their two hits (the only ones they had that even went Top 40, and they both hit the Top 10, four years apart) are both great, yet completely different from each other. (I've got a greatest hits cassette somewhere. Should dig it out.) (Oops, already said that upthread, somewhere.)

Well, you should dig it out and listen to their take on the Band's "Chest Fever." It's awful. It demonstrates how Sugarloaf had a tendency to be all over the place, often not to good effect, on the studio albums. They thought they could be pop, jazzy, jammy, hard rocking and a bit progressive, all on the same records. And they sacrificed consistancy upon doing it. However, lots of bands tried to do all things at once 70-73 or so. Those singles did rule, though.

It demonstrates how Sugarloaf had a tendency to be all over the place, often not to good effect, on the studio albums.

See, this is the complaint I hear most about groups who I like for being all over the place at once.

It's like using the positive "hypnotic" to the negative "monotonous" to describe the same effect from, say, a drone-rock band or song.

No it's not. Sugarloaf had just plain bad songs. But most people remember them by their two really great ones. By themselves, the albums just aren't particularly fantastic which, perhaps, has something to do with why you don't see them in stores like you still see many contemporaries.

But far be it from me to discourage anyone from getting into Sugarloaf LPs. I like lots of hard rock albums most people seem to find mediocre to poor, at best.

who sampled green eyed lady? i wanna say it was like some 90s grand royal type shit

Green-Eyed Lady is such a jam. My mom actually subscribed to the Time Life Sounds of the Seventies cassette series, hence this song has been with me since my pre-adolescent years, always loved it.

Damn, looking back on it, this was actually a killer mix tape:

1."Up Around the Bend" – Creedence Clearwater Revival – 2:43
2."War" – Edwin Starr – 3:25
3."Domino" – Van Morrison – 3:10
4."Mama Told Me Not to Come" – Three Dog Night – 3:21
5."The Rapper" – The Jaggerz – 2:44
6."Uncle John's Band" – Grateful Dead – 3:09
7."Spirit in the Sky" – Norman Greenbaum – 4:02
8."The Letter" – Joe Cocker – 4:17
9."Black Magic Woman" – Santana – 3:18
10."Love on a Two-Way Street" – The Moments – 3:44
11."He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother" – The Hollies – 4:17
12."ABC" – The Jackson 5 – 3:00
13."American Woman" – The Guess Who – 3:54
14."After Midnight" – Eric Clapton – 2:55
15."Green-Eyed Lady" – Sugarloaf – 3:40
16."Fire and Rain" – James Taylor – 3:23
17."The Tears of a Clown" – Smokey Robinson & the Miracles – 3:00
18."Lonely Days" – Bee Gees – 3:47
19."Ride Captain Ride" – The Blues Image – 3:42
20."All Right Now" – Free – 3:49
21."Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)" – Sly & the Family Stone – 4:50

Always loved "Green Eyed Lady", and yeah, the bassline is of course all-time.

Much the same way that I love the original AND the Butthole Surfer's cover of "American Woman", I will also say that while it isn't the band's finest moment, I love Thinking Fellers Union Local 282's cover of "Green Eyed Lady".

7."Spirit in the Sky" – Norman Greenbaum – 4:02
15."Green-Eyed Lady" – Sugarloaf – 3:40

Mama Told Me Not To Come is another great and very era-defining track that I don't think gets referenced much now

Always forget the artist on "Ride Captain Ride"

terrible name - blues image

Certainly very hard to remember or, um, visualize.

it's funny that there was a song in 1970 called "The Rapper" by a band called The Jaggerz

Another thing that's hard to get straight.

I love that song. Classic bubblegum.

It's about a smooth talker who lays down his rap on all the cute girls. Watch out, ladies!

Sometimes faceless bubblegum groups should remain faceless, cuz I was always astounded The Jaggerz looked like this. The White Knights With The Brown Sound!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiYdknibX_c

lol "white knights" is exactly the phrase that pops into my mind when I hear that song

and man, they are unfortunate looking