If you have a beechwood standing desk with three monitors and a view of the ocean, well la de da.
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Songs like the "La De Da Sonata," which analyzes how Mozart composed his Sonata in C, demonstrate the reverence behind Mr. Perlmutter's irreverence.
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After La De Da came out we did a short tour in Southern Ontario; that was the first time we did some acoustic stuff together.
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The album featured the song "Come On, teacher," which became a hit in Canada. The album later received an East Coast Music Award as best rock recording. Plaskett's follow-up album was a solo effort, called La De Da, on which he played most of the instruments himself (McGettigan, however, played bass). Plaskett consciously sought a different sound for La De Da than he did for his previous effort; he considered it a record more for himself than for commercial radio.
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Starr planned to film a music video for "La De Da" at Shea Stadium in New York, though when the scheduled day arrived, filming was disrupted due to rain. As a result, filming moved to the streets of New York City, where Starr was shot sitting on a bench with an umbrella. The video is intercut with Starr and his backing band performing the song, along with footage of McCartney singing the chorus from the previous September. The original plan was for Starr to conduct a crowd singing one verse from "La De Da". On 14 May, in the US, Mercury sent out Electronic press kits (EPKs) for the album.
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On July 31, Joe Walsh showed up at Whatinthewhatthe? Studios and added guitar parts to "What in the... World", "La De Da" and "Mindfield". The next day, Starr re-recorded his "Without Understanding" vocal. On 5 August, the track "Old Country Song" (soon to be re-titled as "Good News") was recorded.
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La De Da is the second solo album by Joel Plaskett, released in 2005, following two albums released under the band name Joel Plaskett Emergency. The 2006 release also includes the three-song EP Make a Little Noise, by Joel Plaskett Emergency which was also released as a bonus CD with the Make a Little Noise DVD.
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On 18 May, Entertainment Tonight aired an interview with McCartney and Starr that was filmed during the sessions at McCartney's home studio. The "La De Da" video first aired on MTV in Europe, on 19 May, while in the US, the video aired on Entertainment Tonight on 25 May. On 1 June, radio stations were sent promotional copies of the single.
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The Yachats la de da Parade is held each July 4 at noon. It features anyone in town who wants to participate. Some of the regular entries include the Yachats Umbrella Drill Team, a belly dancing troupe, and a Yachats Fire Department truck accompanied by Dalmatian miniature goats. Starting in 2012, the Oregon Central Coast PFLAG (Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays) have also marched in the parade.
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The bass track to "Good News" was recorded two days later, by Lee Rocker. Starr and Hudson then flew to Europe at the end of August. On 29 September, at McCartney's The Mill studio, McCartney, Starr, Hudson, Emerick and Paul Wright worked on the track "La De Da", which McCartney contributed bass and backing vocals to. This session was filmed by Grakal, and excerpts were later featured in the music video for the song.
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After the tour had finished on 8 June, Starr went on holiday, and returned in July. Recording for the album restarted in the same month, on 20 July, with Starr playing with the Roundheads as his backing band. Starr and the Roundheads recorded the tracks "What in the... World", "La De Da", and "Mindfield" on 20 July at Whatinthewhatthe? Studios. Starr added vocals to "What in the... World" on 28 July, and two days later to "Without Understanding".
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A radio special, on 15 June, premiered the album worldwide. Interviews with Starr about the album were printed in both New Yorker and USA Today newspapers. Vertical Man was released on 16 June in the US, with "La De Da" released as a single on 20 July before being withdrawn a week later. Those who pre-ordered the album with Best Buy were given a three-track bonus CD of material not included on the album.
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Overdubs were added to a number of tracks the following day at the same studio. On November 13th, an ensemble of 45 people--consisting of Starr's friends and family--gathered at Village Recorder Studios to record backing vocals to the track "La De Da". The following day, both Schmit and Dave Gibbs added backing vocals to "Puppet" and "Sometimes". On November 17th, Tyler flew from Amsterdam to Los Angeles to overdub harmonica to both "I Was Walkin'" and a re-make of "Love Me Do".
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The song had originated from a comment by Starr ("Put the puppet to bed"), and would be renamed to "Puppet". On 6 November, "Sometimes" was recorded, which contained a riff taken from Ringo's Rotogravure's (1976) "Cryin'". On November 7th, Jeff Baxter overdubbed a steel guitar onto "One" and "Sometimes". On the same day, Jim Cox added keyboard overdubs to several songs; Starr originally wanted Billy Preston to play the keyboards, but he was in jail at the time. On November 11th at Village Recorder Studios, Baxter also added keyboards to three tracks: "I Was Walkin'", "La De Da" and "Sometimes".
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Twelve songs appear, seven of them covers, "Grooving With Jesus" originally released by gospel legends The Violinaires, Ann Peebles song "I Can't Stand the Rain" once referred to by John Lennon as the perfect single; "Anna (Go to Him)" originally written and performed by Arthur Alexander and recorded by The Beatles on their first album, and "Oh La-De-Da" by The Staple Singers.Steve Marriott All Too Beautiful p.217 Incidentally, the word Thunderbox is a seventeenth century slang word for the toiletproject:restoration - White House which gives an example of Humble Pie's sense of humour.Steve Marriott All Too Beautiful p.
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Attendees at the Beatlefest convention who had pre-ordered the album were given a 7" single of "La De Da", which included a non-album track "Everyday" as the B-side. Vertical Man received average reviews and reached No. 61 in the US. The album was then released in the UK on 3 August, where it bubbled below the official Top 75, reaching No. 85 there, after having sold 2,000 copies. Within the album's week of release, Starr held an online chat with fans. A tour followed the release of the album, although Starr said the tour was not only to promote the album: "I don't really ever want to do the two hours where it's just me.
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As a result, they signed a contract with a Sydney agency, and, renamed as The Clik, released a single, "La De Da" on Festival Records in November 1969. Their second single, "Mary Mary" was issued in March 1970, they were hired by Coca-Cola and, as The Fantasy, promoted orange-flavoured Fanta in a series of TV ads, "Fancy Nancy". The Fantasy toured Australia and New Zealand, but disbanded in 1971. Millo travelled around Europe for six months and returned to Australia in early 1972 to reform The Clik with a new line-up of Garry Adams on lead guitar, Doug Bligh on drums (both ex-Galadriel), and Phil Cogan on bass guitar. Justin McCoy replaced Adams on lead guitar, however The Clik separated in October 1973.
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Troublemaker is the debut album from former Small Faces and Faces keyboardist Ian McLagan, released in 1979 on Mercury Records. Backed by a core group of Johnny Lee Schell (guitar and vocals), Paul Stallworth (bass) and Jim Keltner (drums), McLagan's rough-hewed voice and keyboards along with the party atmosphere permeating throughout the album - especially on the lead-off "La De Da" and Schell's donated "Little Troublemaker" - make the album a late part three to Ronnie Wood's albums I've Got My Own Album to Do (1974) and Now Look (1975), which had featured McLagan as core keyboardist. In the period Troublemaker was recorded, McLagan toured with The New Barbarians, and the other members of that band - Wood, Keith Richards, Bobby Keys, Stanley Clarke and Zigaboo Modeliste - are all featured on the reggae number "Truly". The album, combined with McLagan's 1985 extended play Last Chance to Dance and some bonus tracks, has been re-issued under the title Here Comes Trouble on the Maniac Records label.
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