[peel] Anyone care to play "Name That Tune"?

[Trevor Huddleston]

Hi Eddie

Don't know the song myself but a check on Allmusic.com suggests a song 
called "Practical Man" was released by one Pete Atkin  in 1974. It is on the 
album "Driving Through Mythical America".

Amaxon.co.uk sellers have a CD of this for �49.95 at:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Beautiful-Stranger-Driving-Through-Mythical/dp/tracks/B00000JMFI/ref=dp_tracks_all_1/202-0081090-8199063?ie=UTF8&qid=1184878695&sr=8-1#disc_1

Maybe worth it if you are very keen!!

Yours

Trevor


>From: "Ed Duffy" <eddie.duffy@...>
>Reply-To: peel@yahoogroups.com
>To: peel@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: [peel] Anyone care to play "Name That Tune"?
>Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2007 20:50:21 -0000
>
>Hi all,
>
>I was contacted via Kat's Karavan recently by a fellow who was trying
>to place a tune he'd taped from Peel in about 1974 (probably from a
>session). I didn't start listening till about 1979, so I was unable to
>help him, but I wonder if anyone here would like to have a go?
>
>All the usual stuff has been tried: googling lyric snippets, guessing
>likely titles, matching them to mid-70s artists, crossing off artists
>from the "1974 sessions" list on the BBC Peel page, and so far nothing
>fits. So I just wondered if anyone who fancies themselves as a mid-70s
>Peel buff would like to have a go? There's no reward, apart from the
>warm glow of smugness that would undoubtedly ensue. Plus the
>satisfaction of helping a guy who's been on a quest to identify this
>tune for over 30 years, of course.
>
>An  MP3 of the tune can be grabbed at:
>http://www.box.net/shared/1agu9bzaux
>
>To help out, I've transcribed the first couple of verses and the
>chorus. It seems to be either called "Practical Man" or "Song For
>You". I'd describe the genre as "soft rock".
>
>I'm not a practical man,
>But I do most things the best that I can,
>For you.
>
>You were a magical girl,
>And you changed my ways,
>In a matter of days
>With you.
>
>So here's my song for you,
>It should be sung by two,
>It's what I always prayed,
>I had nothing else to do.
>
>Any ideas, folks?
>
>Cheers,
>
>Eddie.
>

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