Take It Easy August 12, 2006
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Speaking of standin’ on a corner …
I’ll bet you haven’t seen this version in a long, long time, if at all. It’s a BBC broadcast from 1973 during the Eagles’ hair-farmin’ days, and the song includes the a capella introduction.
Standin’ Near a Corner Festival August 12, 2006
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The Arizona Reporter has details about about the Standin’ on a Corner Festival in Winslow, Ariz., next month.
Unless you’ve not been near a radio in the past 30 years, the festival refers to the Eagles‘ hit, “Take It Easy,” in which the boys sing: “Well, I was standin’ on a corner in Winslow, Arizona, such a fine sight to see, it’s a girl, my Lord, in a flatbed Ford slowin’ down to take a look at me.” The song was written by Jackson Browne (his Web site, by the way, has an excerpt of a solo acoustic performance of the song).
The irony is that you won’t be able to stand near this corner for a while. A fire in 2004 destroyed an adjacent building, and the wall onto which a big mural was painted was deemed unstable. So the famed corner, including a statue, is fenced off from the public for safety reasons. Festival organizers want to have the park back open to the public, but prospects of this are uncertain.
Award-winning neon video is online August 12, 2006
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KNME-TV in Albuquerque a couple years ago produced “Route 66: The Neon Road,” a 25-minute video about New Mexico’s neon-sign restoration program for Route 66 businesses. The video won an Emmy.
That video recently was posted at Google Video; you can watch the whole thing here below.
It’s an enjoyable video. The rockabilly-flavored soundtrack by the Fireballs alone makes it worth viewing.
