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The Connells — '74-'75
Album: Ring
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7.2

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Released: 1993
Length: 4:26
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Got no reason for coming to me and the rain running down.
There's no reason.
And the same voice coming to me like it's all slowing down.
And believe me

I was the one who let you know.
I was your sorry-ever-after.
Seventy-four, seventy-five.

It's not easy, nothing to say 'cause it's already said.
It's never easy.
When I look on in your eyes then I find that I'll do fine.
When I look on in your eyes then I'll do better.

I was the one who let you know.
I was your sorry-ever-after.
Seventy-four, seventy-five.

Giving me more and I'll defy
'Cause you're really only after
Seventy-four, seventy-five

Repeat Intro

Got no reason for coming to me and the rain running down.
There's no reason.
When I look on in your eyes then I find that I'll do fine.
When I look on in your eyes then I'll do better

I was the one who let you know.
I was your sorry-ever-after.
Seventy-four, seventy-five.

Giving me more and I'll defy
Cause you're really only after
Seventy-four, seventy-five

I was the one who let you know.
I was your sorry-ever-after.
Seventy-four, seventy-five.

Giving me more and I'll defy.
Cause you're really only after.
Seventy-four, seventy-five.

Seventy-four, seventy-five.

Seventy-four, seventy-five.
Comments (86)add comment
 Tim_in_N_FL wrote:
Wow...Release Date: 09/21/1993?!  Can't believe I've never heard of this group...'til now on RP. {#Good-vibes}

 
Me too! Another RP introduction for me. Nice!
Posted 15 years ago by peter_james_bond    [ Reply ]

high school & college flashbacks!  {#Cowboy}


Posted 15 years ago by wrangler    [ Reply ]
 Tim_in_N_FL wrote:
Wow...Release Date: 09/21/1993?!  Can't believe I've never heard of this group...'til now on RP. {#Good-vibes}

 
Ditto!  I am surprised this was released so long ago, too!  This has a very timely feel to it - nice fit with other songs played on here.  This is the first I have heard of this group too (hence the reason I thought it was a new song...) - thanks RP!! 

Posted 15 years ago by socalhol    [ Reply ]
 vandal wrote:
Wow - young crowd; I was in 9th grade in 74-75; busy trying . . .

(1) not to get my ass kicked by ruthless jocks
(2) to get into the pants of a particular young lady whom I fancied
(3) to find beer in any form


 

I was doing the same in 74-75.....................but as a senior.
Posted 15 years ago by countyman    [ Reply ]
 Darlington wrote:
Excellent band from way back in the day. Unfortunately, a lot of their really good stuff (Fun and Games) is now hard to find...
 
I'm one of the fortunate that has Fun 'n Games on cd.

Posted 15 years ago by countyman    [ Reply ]
Excellent band from way back in the day. Unfortunately, a lot of their really good stuff (Fun and Games) is now hard to find...
Posted 15 years ago by Darlington    [ Reply ]
Wow...Release Date: 09/21/1993?!  Can't believe I've never heard of this group...'til now on RP. {#Good-vibes}

Posted 15 years ago by Tim_in_N_FL    [ Reply ]
I upped my rating cause they're from my hometown (Raleigh). They do have other good songs that might be appreciated by the RP crowd.

edit: I guess maybe I should upload some and see what ya'll think.

Posted 15 years ago by snakechaser    [ Reply ]
I like this kind of stuff, kind of reminds me of Grapes of Wrath...Tom Hooper.  Haven't heard them on RP yet.

Posted 15 years ago by Gardenho    [ Reply ]
Fabulous album—sadly neglected. One Simple Word is also superb.
Posted 16 years ago by WonderLizard    [ Reply ]
 seattle3313 wrote:

They are rather Guster-ish, aren't they? I hadn't thought of it, but now that you mention it I hear it.
 

actually i believe it would be that guster is rather connells-ish
Posted 16 years ago by wrangler    [ Reply ]
Not so good when played right after Bob Dylan' Shelter from the Storm.

Posted 16 years ago by handyrae    [ Reply ]
I love this, it brings back memories of Uni...
Posted 16 years ago by scarface1981    [ Reply ]
rachlan wrote:
I had a pocho with really big pom poms on them.
LOL was it the burgandy or white. I had a white one.
Posted 16 years ago by Austin2Florida    [ Reply ]
Lovely!
Posted 16 years ago by raga    [ Reply ]
lmic wrote:
Guster-ish? Or are my headphones on crooked?
They are rather Guster-ish, aren't they? I hadn't thought of it, but now that you mention it I hear it.
Posted 16 years ago by seattle3313    [ Reply ]
Always liked these guys.
Posted 16 years ago by oceansoul63    [ Reply ]
Probably one of the best songs of the 90's.
Posted 16 years ago by otto63    [ Reply ]
Can you dig it? I can.
Posted 16 years ago by appy_monkey    [ Reply ]
Nice sound... I like this. :o)
Posted 17 years ago by aquadonia    [ Reply ]
Me Tooegg-banjo wrote:
Just a nice song - 8 for me
Posted 17 years ago by 1wolfy    [ Reply ]
Just a nice song - 8 for me
Posted 17 years ago by egg-banjo    [ Reply ]
Always loved these guys, but something about this one just pulls me in. Outstanding!
Posted 17 years ago by appst89    [ Reply ]
Good luck finding this track ANYWHERE. ITunes doesn't have it... The digital age is going to be bad for smaller artists. This thing is very hard to find and I'd like to add this to a mix...
Posted 17 years ago by rgrace    [ Reply ]
I rate this 7.4, 7.5.
Posted 17 years ago by Lotus_Miata    [ Reply ]
yea, I graduated from high school in 75...no 74...75...74..75....
Posted 17 years ago by CCinSB    [ Reply ]
Jack_Jefferson wrote:
74-75 was the school year that I was in kindergarten. I don't remember much, except for wearing some rather ugly clothes.
I had a pocho with really big pom poms on them.
Posted 17 years ago by rachlan    [ Reply ]
Its hard to objective about a song that means the early days of college. No major, no worries... That's a nice Southern scene on the cover. I should've guessed these guys were not too far away from here.
Posted 17 years ago by celadonstone    [ Reply ]
YouTube has the video and a couple other videos (search for "connells").
Posted 17 years ago by kirkaracha    [ Reply ]
Grew up 100 km from these guys (Raleigh NC,USA)...Wonderful live band,every member a "class act gentleman", never made it "real" big, toured and loved worldwide, and still play a gig here and now again locally. Quality sincere music. They have many GREAT albums.. just never got airplay.
Posted 17 years ago by slowhand    [ Reply ]
Wow - young crowd; I was in 9th grade in 74-75; busy trying . . .
Thanks (Peter aged 53)!
Posted 18 years ago by ubastard    [ Reply ]
Wow - young crowd; I was in 9th grade in 74-75; busy trying . . . (1) not to get my ass kicked by ruthless jocks (2) to get into the pants of a particular young lady whom I fancied (3) to find beer in any form
Posted 18 years ago by vandal    [ Reply ]
I'm still not sure why, but I love this song. 10
Posted 18 years ago by ubastard    [ Reply ]
Guster-ish? Or are my headphones on crooked?
Posted 18 years ago by lmic    [ Reply ]
sub-arctic wrote:
This was played ad nauseam on Swedish radio when it came out, so I still cannot really enjoy it.
poor old you.
Posted 18 years ago by rah    [ Reply ]
This was played ad nauseam on Swedish radio when it came out, so I still cannot really enjoy it.
Posted 18 years ago by sub-arctic    [ Reply ]
plutodazed wrote:
simple song with good structure, it is worthy of a high rating.
Or at least a 7.
Posted 18 years ago by strick    [ Reply ]
Jack_Jefferson wrote:
74-75 was the school year that I was in kindergarten. I don't remember much, except for wearing some rather ugly clothes.
I was there too! Christ, they were nasty!
Posted 18 years ago by strick    [ Reply ]
74-75 was the school year that I was in kindergarten. I don't remember much, except for wearing some rather ugly clothes.
Posted 18 years ago by Jack_Jefferson    [ Reply ]
borderlessworld wrote:
completely overrated song ... superficial, easy-listening pop at best. i really wonder if the admiration found for this song in this forum has more to do with your personal memories of 74-75 than with the quality of this song.
Not here--in fact, I didn't even know that's what the title meant.
Posted 18 years ago by physicsgenius    [ Reply ]
Jacksonstat wrote:
Nope, not my memories of 74-75. I was only a baby. I like the song because it's enjoyable. Too each his/her own. Even if someone's love of a song is based on a memory, who cares?
Here's my memory. In 74 we moved from Burlington Vt. (cool city) to Potsdam NY (hickville) 75. I also started smoking cigarettes in 74 in Vermont and quit smoking in 75. Cigarettes suck. Useless bit of trivia I know but what the hell, join the band.
Posted 18 years ago by horstman    [ Reply ]
There is no "WUSS" in ROCK!!
Posted 18 years ago by nab3arch    [ Reply ]
Pretty.
Posted 18 years ago by lokiwolf    [ Reply ]
Ahhhh! Wonderful. Though to make the lyrics relevant for me, I've got to switch 'em to "two thousand and four, two thousand and five" -- heh. Nonetheless, I'll be singing it to myself for the next couple days.
Posted 18 years ago by ampersand    [ Reply ]
teo wrote:
I thought this was Smashing Pumpkins' song?
OK. I suppose some people may have confused the Beatles with the Rolling Stones too.
Posted 18 years ago by rumplestiltskin    [ Reply ]
Posted 18 years ago by diane    [ Reply ]
Oh, the memories. I saw them in a smallish club back in Germany, when they just had their success with this. It is not as good as I thought then, though.
Posted 18 years ago by sjuttiosju    [ Reply ]
YES.
Posted 18 years ago by serinde    [ Reply ]
Kurt_from_La_Qui wrote:
I uploaded it... didn't make the cut.
Just damn. Tough crowd...
Posted 18 years ago by Zarba    [ Reply ]
snurfer wrote:
one hit wonder
There are a lot of great songs that they put out. Since they didn't get any airplay from the wonderful radio stations out there , does that make them bad? Then you better quit listening to Paradise.
Posted 18 years ago by KurtfromLaQuinta    [ Reply ]
Zarba wrote:
Good Song, great album. I'd add "Stone Cold Yesterday" from One Simple Word
I uploaded it... didn't make the cut.
Posted 18 years ago by KurtfromLaQuinta    [ Reply ]
wondertoofar wrote:
another sleeper
I'm sure your local top 40 station has something more to your liking- you might check it out.
Posted 18 years ago by twcarlin    [ Reply ]
I like the line "I was your sorry ever after." Clever.
Posted 18 years ago by Ladan    [ Reply ]
another sleeper
Posted 18 years ago by wondertoofar    [ Reply ]
one hit wonder
Posted 18 years ago by snurfer    [ Reply ]
I was conceived in '74 and born in '75! OK, useless bit of non-info there. Decent track this, but only just.
Posted 18 years ago by jah_blessed    [ Reply ]
Jacksonstat wrote:
Nope, not my memories of 74-75. I was only a baby. I like the song because it's enjoyable. Too each his/her own. Even if someone's love of a song is based on a memory, who cares?
ditto, born in '73
Posted 18 years ago by SuperWeh    [ Reply ]
borderlessworld wrote:
completely overrated song ... superficial, easy-listening pop at best. i really wonder if the admiration found for this song in this forum has more to do with your personal memories of 74-75 than with the quality of this song.
Nope, not my memories of 74-75. I was only a baby. I like the song because it's enjoyable. Too each his/her own. Even if someone's love of a song is based on a memory, who cares?
Posted 18 years ago by Jacksonstat    [ Reply ]
completely overrated song ... superficial, easy-listening pop at best. i really wonder if the admiration found for this song in this forum has more to do with your personal memories of 74-75 than with the quality of this song.
Posted 18 years ago by borderlessworld    [ Reply ]
I thought this was Smashing Pumpkins' song?
Posted 18 years ago by master_betty    [ Reply ]
Sounds like they've been gone for quite awhile. RP just digs things up from nowhere. Which, of course, is why I love them. GolfRomeo wrote:
If you've never seen them, it is an experience. I've caught them live 3-4 times, back in 88 during Once Simple Word was the first. I saw them about 2 years ago in a bar, and it was weird. I expected kind of this laid back positive show, and what I got was one of the loudest, most edgy shows I've ever been to. Crazy shit. Lead singer was drunk and obviously hated by the rest of the band now. They sounded tight, but the whole thing reminded me much more of Black Flag circa 1982 than it did, say, Hootie and the Blowfish.
Posted 18 years ago by rgrace    [ Reply ]
I didn't know this was CONNELLs... nice, better for knowing it. 8.
Posted 19 years ago by trekhead    [ Reply ]
simple song with good structure, it is worthy of a high rating.
Posted 19 years ago by plutodazed    [ Reply ]
An unusual one, this. Always think I've heard it to death, then inevitably end up turning the volume just a wee bit higher... Light, yet filling.
Posted 19 years ago by fureanbode    [ Reply ]
An 'average' song at best in an oasis of 'outstanding' on Radio Paradise. I am really suprised this has such a high rating here.
Posted 19 years ago by SquiddlyDiddly    [ Reply ]
rolf wrote:
it is overplayed in germany
still a good song IMO. Overplayed or not... The Connells have put out some fine material in their time....
Posted 19 years ago by pyxxel    [ Reply ]
Good Song, great album. I'd add "Stone Cold Yesterday" from One Simple Word
Posted 19 years ago by Zarba    [ Reply ]
God I love this song!!
Posted 19 years ago by mbolch30307    [ Reply ]
Jujufruit wrote:
wow, haven't heard this anywhere on the radio...the video is great... "I was your sorry-ever-after..."
it is overplayed in germany
Posted 19 years ago by rolf    [ Reply ]
rah wrote:
wow, i love this one...
still totally loving it. ahhh-ahhhhh...
Posted 19 years ago by rah    [ Reply ]
drH wrote:
Yay! (I thought this died in the LRC.)
Sorry to disagree with the general sentiment here but I kind of wish it did :(
Posted 19 years ago by red04star    [ Reply ]
Kickass....
Posted 19 years ago by melissab    [ Reply ]
wow, i love this one...
Posted 19 years ago by rah    [ Reply ]
ncmtnbiker wrote:
My favorite group of all time!!
i would agree with that statement.
Posted 19 years ago by KurtfromLaQuinta    [ Reply ]
sar5w wrote:
These guys played at our prom back in the day . . . ah the memories.
I was at their very first gig. It was at the Cafe Deja Vu in Raleigh, ca. 1984(?). Later got to know Mike Connell pretty well while he was working at School Kids Records. An incredibly nice guy, I have to say.
Posted 20 years ago by drH    [ Reply ]
Yay! (I thought this died in the LRC.)
Posted 20 years ago by drH    [ Reply ]
wow, haven't heard this anywhere on the radio...the video is great... "I was your sorry-ever-after..."
Posted 20 years ago by Jujufruit    [ Reply ]
My favorite group of all time!!
Posted 20 years ago by ncmtnbiker    [ Reply ]
I just love this song. Not heard in an age. Thanks
Posted 20 years ago by ubastard    [ Reply ]
kerr wrote:
So, I've always wondered what this song's about.
1974-1975... they were pretty good years.
Posted 20 years ago by KurtfromLaQuinta    [ Reply ]
These guys played at our prom back in the day . . . ah the memories.
Posted 20 years ago by sar5w    [ Reply ]
If you've never seen them, it is an experience. I've caught them live 3-4 times, back in 88 during Once Simple Word was the first. I saw them about 2 years ago in a bar, and it was weird. I expected kind of this laid back positive show, and what I got was one of the loudest, most edgy shows I've ever been to. Crazy shit. Lead singer was drunk and obviously hated by the rest of the band now. They sounded tight, but the whole thing reminded me much more of Black Flag circa 1982 than it did, say, Hootie and the Blowfish.
Posted 20 years ago by GolfRomeo    [ Reply ]
So, I've always wondered what this song's about.
Posted 20 years ago by kerr    [ Reply ]
A haunting, nostalgic sound fits the lyrics well. Effectively bittersweet. :goodvibes.gif:
Posted 20 years ago by rKokon    [ Reply ]
Wow, quality really makes a difference. I remember hearing this on the LRC and thinking "it's OK" but hearing it now, I really like it. Sounds much better here. Is main channel higher quality? (I use the 128k MP3)
Posted 20 years ago by DownHomeGirl    [ Reply ]
One of several excellent songs from a very solid album. Good to hear this on RP.
Posted 20 years ago by Cyclehawk    [ Reply ]