Remember when bands used horn sections?
Released in 1968, and eventually reaching number 5 on the Billboard Hot 100, Midnight Confessions is that beautiful slice of late 1960s pop/rock orchestration that, while gaining traction at the end of the decade, would explode in popularity in the 1970s.
There's Elvis Presley singing "That's All Right, Mama", but then there's Elvis being introduced onto the stage with the full orchestra blasting "Also Sprach Zarathustra."
Man, I wish horn sections would make a comeback. I don't even care about the genre; Soul, R&B, Ska, hell, even the blues. You, young kid, go get yourself a copy of B.B. King's live album "Live at the Regal" (1965), to see how much a great horn section adds to The Blues.
Maybe "Songs With Big Horn Sections" could be my next Theme Week?
We'll see.
