laughedatbytime Posted June 7 Share Posted June 7 Great mood song. RIP Mr. Seals 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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custom55 Posted June 7 Share Posted June 7 RIP 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluefox4000 Posted June 7 Share Posted June 7 aww man. these two had some awesome hits in the 70's that 70's soft rock genre is one of my favorites things and they certainly had a deep claim in it. RIP Jim Mick 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canadianice Posted June 7 Share Posted June 7 RIP, great music. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicken hawk Posted June 7 Share Posted June 7 God Bless 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dream & vapour Posted June 8 Share Posted June 8 I have Jim Seals to thank for a vexation during my childhood years: My hometown's public swimming pool always played a local radio station over the PA during those idyllic summer days. One of the songs occasionally heard was 'Summer Breeze'. I'd hear that lyric, ". . . blowing through the jasmine in my mind". This I found baffling. "Did he sing, 'blowing through the jasmine in my mind?'" "What does that even mean?!" "How and why would a person have jasmine in their mind?" Brothers and friends could offer no answer. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueschica Posted June 8 Share Posted June 8 RIP, Jim Seals. Thinking of their music brings back a great summer week at church camp, Diamond Girl was always on the radio. Nice memories. Thanks for the music. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laughedatbytime Posted June 8 Author Share Posted June 8 From songfacts.com Blowing through the jasmine in my mind"? Long before it was a Disney princess, jasmine was a kind of flower that blooms in the summer. Also good for tea, Seals & Crofts use it to bring about feelings of contentment and harmony in this song, which is a feel-good classic about enjoying some simple pleasures in life with the ones you love. Jim Seals explained in 1972: "We operate on a different level, we try to create images, impressions and trains of thought in the minds of our listeners." 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjbear05 Posted June 8 Share Posted June 8 RIP, JIm. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhyta Posted June 8 Share Posted June 8 4 hours ago, laughedatbytime said: From songfacts.com Blowing through the jasmine in my mind"? Long before it was a Disney princess, jasmine was a kind of flower that blooms in the summer. Also good for tea, Seals & Crofts use it to bring about feelings of contentment and harmony in this song, which is a feel-good classic about enjoying some simple pleasures in life with the ones you love. Jim Seals explained in 1972: "We operate on a different level, we try to create images, impressions and trains of thought in the minds of our listeners." I loved that song and album a lot. I also heard that the reference to jasmine was a nod to their prophet Baha’u’llah's favorite tea. I owned several of their albums and then bought tapes. In the summer of 75, I had a rough time during a separation and I literally listened to them every night for several weeks. The music was soothing and lovely to listen to. I am sad to hear Seals has passed on. Bless you sir and your friend Crofts for the wonderful music. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steevo Posted June 8 Share Posted June 8 So much nostalgia...RIP 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tangy Posted June 8 Share Posted June 8 RIP Just read he played guitar, saxophone and violin. Closer to you and we may never pass this way again are great tunes as well. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tangy Posted June 8 Share Posted June 8 10 hours ago, laughedatbytime said: From songfacts.com Blowing through the jasmine in my mind"? Long before it was a Disney princess, jasmine was a kind of flower that blooms in the summer. Also good for tea, Seals & Crofts use it to bring about feelings of contentment and harmony in this song, which is a feel-good classic about enjoying some simple pleasures in life with the ones you love. Jim Seals explained in 1972: "We operate on a different level, we try to create images, impressions and trains of thought in the minds of our listeners." I wondered if they were ever approached by the makers of Febreeze to use their song for a TV commercial. You know the scented aerosol spray. Summer febreeze! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laughedatbytime Posted June 8 Author Share Posted June 8 4 hours ago, tangy said: I wondered if they were ever approached by the makers of Febreeze to use their song for a TV commercial. You know the scented aerosol spray. Summer febreeze! I'd like to hope they were and turned them down cold. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zepphead Posted June 8 Share Posted June 8 RIP Jim 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treeduck Posted June 8 Share Posted June 8 Men die but Zepphead goes on and on. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zepphead Posted June 9 Share Posted June 9 12 hours ago, treeduck said: Men die but Zepphead goes on and on. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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