I See Something Game #52

[timo]

Oh boy, is it hard to come up with something to see that you masters wouldn't know right away but here's my riddle (courtesy of Beaner who really solved #51):
I see something upside down...

[YesterdayOnceMore]

An interesting start, Timo - gotta get my thinking cap on for sure!

[timo]

I couldn't find a picture of Gyro Gearloose with his thinking cap but he's famous for it here in Finland (where Donald Duck is a national hero...) - this is no clue!
Here's more clues: Goodbye To Love, Please Mr Postman, Only Yesterday and lots of other C's tunes.

[Rick Henry]

Sept 17, 2008 13:24:41 GMT -5 timo said:

I couldn't find a picture of Gyro Gearloose with his thinking cap but he's famous for it here in Finland (where Donald Duck is a national hero...) - this is no clue!
Here's more clues: Goodbye To Love, Please Mr Postman, Only Yesterday and lots of other C's tunes.

I have no idea... but must mention that the three songs you mentioned are excellent... Love Tony Peluso's guitar work in all three songs.

[timo]

Hi Rick!
I'm trying hard not to reveal too much - but you're on to something (I knew it: right away!!)

[Rick Henry]

Oh Timo... this is a little known thing about Tony Peluso... and you're only going to know this if you're in tune to the guitar... but Tony often played his guitar upside down... with the strings turned upside down and the chord fingering upside down.

Larry Hebrstritt (the a co-writer of the song "I Just Fall In Love Again" and Karen's solo "If I Had You") said that Tony was a great guitarist... even when he had the instrument upside down.

[timo]

Rick you are...ABSOLUTELY CORRECT!
I hope my "see-something" wasn't too specific for this thread?
I only learned about this from the Carpenters Online MySpace Page - there is a comment in the Pictures section of Tony Peluso by composer/arranger/musician Larry Herbstritt which I found fascinating:
"In 1983 I was the arranger on a recording session on which Tony was playing. I wanted to suggest a specific voicing for a chord I had written in the chart. But when I got closer and I looked at his guitar I just said, "Never mind". His strings were turned completely upside down from a norm. It looked like a totally different instrument and the chord fingering were upside down as well.
What a great player he is even upside down."
That might be the secret of that magnificent and unique guitar sound of his!
Case closed - up to you Rick!

[beaner]

Fantastic job, Rick!!! I wouldn't have known that one at all.

Best I could come up with was a Carpenters banner hanging from a stage in the background with possibly a reflection causing it to look upside down. Seems like I've seen this before but I'm not sure.

Anyway, good going!

Beaner

[wisejester7]

Nice game, Timo.

Tony does a wonderful job with his guitar ... even when it is completely turned on its head!

Kudos, Rick, for solving this puzzle so quickly.

[Rick Henry]

Sept 18, 2008 3:16:47 GMT -5 timo said:

Rick you are...ABSOLUTELY CORRECT!
I hope my "see-something" wasn't too specific for this thread?
I only learned about this from the Carpenters Online MySpace Page - there is a comment in the Pictures section of Tony Peluso by composer/arranger/musician Larry Herbstritt which I found fascinating:
"In 1983 I was the arranger on a recording session on which Tony was playing. I wanted to suggest a specific voicing for a chord I had written in the chart. But when I got closer and I looked at his guitar I just said, "Never mind". His strings were turned completely upside down from a norm. It looked like a totally different instrument and the chord fingering were upside down as well.
What a great player he is even upside down."
That might be the secret of that magnificent and unique guitar sound of his!
Case closed - up to you Rick!

Of course I had the advantage here as I also run The Carpenters Online on MySpace and am in the process of interviewing Larry. Larry is actually a very kind and gracious human being, he's had many major successes in his songwriting, arranging, music career.

[YesterdayOnceMore]

Nice job, Timo - I had no idea where to even start. And yes, good on you, Rick.....glad you knew the answer to this one. Ironic that you're interviewing Larry. That will be fun to read.

Thanks, Timo -