Rate the song: "I Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)"
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Rate the song: "I Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)"
...by Kenny "The Gambler" Rogers & the First Edition.
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I really enjoy it. I especially like the way it was used in The Big Lebowski.
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I love it. maybe I shouldn't but I do. love is like that sometimes.
I frug with wild abandon whenever I hear it. I hope, for your sake, that you never see this.
I frug with wild abandon whenever I hear it. I hope, for your sake, that you never see this.
uggy poopy doody.
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I've played it in bands, I've cranked it up on the radio, I DJ it semi-frequently.
It sounds and feels like a million bucks. Our joke in the old "psychedelic/garage era revue" in which I played was that the song was "narc psych" (i.e. a simulation of psychedelic music written and recorded by narcotics officers looking to infiltrate a "scene"..."Why does Kenny keep leaving these parties right before we get busted?"...etc.), but...there's nothing remotely disparaging within that remark. The constant modulations and the Escher-esque vibe/bass turnaround between verses? Godlike.
It sounds and feels like a million bucks. Our joke in the old "psychedelic/garage era revue" in which I played was that the song was "narc psych" (i.e. a simulation of psychedelic music written and recorded by narcotics officers looking to infiltrate a "scene"..."Why does Kenny keep leaving these parties right before we get busted?"...etc.), but...there's nothing remotely disparaging within that remark. The constant modulations and the Escher-esque vibe/bass turnaround between verses? Godlike.
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It's alright, a bit/lot on the cheesy side, but I can't disassociate it from The Big Lebowski in my mind. And that might save it.
Like fast-moving clouds casting shadows against a hillside, the melody-loop shuddered with a sense of the sublime, the awful unknowable majesty of the world.
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I just went down a small Mickey Jones internet wormhole after watching that video. They were right to put him up front.
As for the song, I like it, but it doesn't blow me away.
As for the song, I like it, but it doesn't blow me away.
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Re: Rate the song: "I Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)"
Bent Fabric wrote: "narc psych"
Love that.
I like the track, too, but I'm mainly here to post the Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings version:
which led me to discover there's a Bettye Lavette version!
Let U be the set of all united sets, K be the set of the kids and D be the set of things divided.
Then it follows that ∀ k ∈ K: K ∈ U ⇒ k ∉ D
Then it follows that ∀ k ∈ K: K ∈ U ⇒ k ∉ D
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Re: Rate the song: "I Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)"
but you're all talking about the song and not the performance in the OP...
both are groovy but the recorded track is also a GAS!
both are groovy but the recorded track is also a GAS!
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Was there anything Sharon Jones couldn’t bore the fuck out of? RIP x
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Re: Rate the song: "I Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)"
I wanted to post something similar, actually...
Matt 'interesting' Wilson wrote:So I went from looking at the "I'm a Man" riff, to showing how the rave up was popular for awhile.
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Count Machuki wrote:
which led me to discover there's a Bettye Lavette version!
I've known that for about 20 years! Certainly before I heard any other version. Really surprised you've not come across it, but yeah it is really great.
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Yeah, yeah o-oo yeah! It’s fab, isn’t it? An absolute blast.
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That's a great performance. I love the record.
I'm a sucker for psych sounds regardless of how authentic they are.
I'm a sucker for psych sounds regardless of how authentic they are.
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Didn’t know about the Mike Post connection.
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Goat Boy wrote:I'm a sucker for psych sounds regardless of how authentic they are.
Word.
They pile 'em pretty high on this track - which is a treat.
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I just found the parent album at a Goodwill!
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Let U be the set of all united sets, K be the set of the kids and D be the set of things divided.
Then it follows that ∀ k ∈ K: K ∈ U ⇒ k ∉ D
Then it follows that ∀ k ∈ K: K ∈ U ⇒ k ∉ D
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Re: Rate the song: "I Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)"
pcqgod wrote:...by Kenny "The Gambler" Rogers & the First Edition.
I'd never seen that clip, how awesome was that!
I've always liked the song; one of those tunes that always sounded great coming out of car speakers on a hot summer day with the windows down.
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An exceptionally well crafted piece of kitsch.
Admittedly, sometimes I love that. In this case, not so much.
Admittedly, sometimes I love that. In this case, not so much.
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