Sweet Life and Stay
Annilow
Barry songs, but I'm not sure I had ever heard it until I bought the boxed
set. Was it ever a hit single?
He sings Stay on the Greatest Hits platinum album (I think). Is he singing
Stay to another man and vice versa in a live concert? Is there a story to
go with it?
Tinas49ers
>Just a comment about each of these songs. Sweet Life is one of my favorite
>Barry songs, but I'm not sure I had ever heard it until I bought the boxed
>set. Was it ever a hit single?
I've never heard it on the radio, but it was on his first album.
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DiveRN54
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>Date: 5/9/2003 6:12 PM Mountain Standard Time
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I don't know about a story to go with the song, but the other singer is Ronnie
Millsap. I have never been able to obtain a copy of the song with Barry
singing the song solo.
Carole
Jerry Birl
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> >
> >He sings Stay on the Greatest Hits platinum album (I think). Is he
singing
> >Stay to another man and vice versa in a live concert? Is there a story
to
> >go with it?
>
> I don't know about a story to go with the song, but the other singer is
Ronnie
> Millsap. I have never been able to obtain a copy of the song with Barry
> singing the song solo.
>
> Carole
Carole,
Barry sings "Put Another Quarter in the Jukebox" with Ronnie Milsap. It was
included on the first Greatest Hits vol. 2. Barry never recorded it as a
solo.
The live version of "Stay" was sung with James Jolis and Kevin DiSimone, who
were back-up singers at the time. They also co-wrote the song. Maybe that's
why they got to sing it with him in concert. That version was originally on
the Live in Britain album. Personally, I always preferred the studio (solo)
version of "Stay", which was a track on Here Comes the Night.
Jerry
DiveRN54
Carole
RpJrks
Jukebox from his Greatest Hits Volume II where he's wearing the onyx ring.
RpJrks
Scooter
> Carole,
> Barry sings "Put Another Quarter in the Jukebox" with Ronnie Milsap. It
> was included on the first Greatest Hits vol. 2. Barry never recorded it
> as a solo.
I like that song. It's sorta "Hava Nagila" meets honky tonk. ;^)
> The live version of "Stay" was sung with James Jolis and Kevin DiSimone,
> who were back-up singers at the time. They also co-wrote the song. Maybe
> that's why they got to sing it with him in concert. That version was
> originally on the Live in Britain album. Personally, I always preferred
> the studio (solo) version of "Stay", which was a track on Here Comes the
> Night.
I always preferred the live version with all three guys singing harmony on
"Stay." The album cut from "Here Comes The Night" always seemed sorta
lifeless to me. Isn't it interesting how we have all these diverse opinions
on Barry's recordings? :)
Scooter
--
Remember those in harm's way.
Kris Byrne
during his broadway tour (the best version by far i think!)
Stay, was a huge hit during an early 80's tour, i know the live version with
Kevin Simone and James Jollis (his male back up singers at the time) is on
the "Barry Live In Britain" album and video. Kevin and James co-wrote the
song with barry. Very powerful live version. Hope thats helpful!
Scooter
> not sure if sweetlife was a single, but i know he used it to open the
> shows during his broadway tour (the best version by far i think!)
It was released August 25, 1978, (#AS 0357) as the "B Side" of the "Ready To
Take A Chance Again" 45 single.
But you're right about the Broadway tour version. That opening was great.
Scooter
Speaking of openings, the very beginning of the 1987 "Big Fun Tour De
Force" with the huge piano solo and all those mirrors behind Barry was
absolutely wonderful! Alas, the mirrors disappeared after a while. I
always wondered if someone dropped the crate. ;) But just being able to
watch Barry play for several minutes was just great. He hasn't done it
since.
Also, every now and then he mentions something in passing about an
instrumental album. I wish he'd do that, and play his own music, maybe
with a guitar, bass, and drum. <sigh>
SuCham
>instrumental album. I wish he'd do that, and play his own music, maybe
>with a guitar, bass, and drum. <sigh>
>
>Scooter
When Yamaha started making the midi
pianos, a CD came with it. The CD was various people who used Yamaha pianos in
their shows playing their music. Barry did an instrumental version of "I Write
The Songs" on the CD. If that one song was just a hint of what he could do with
an instrumental CD, it would be beautiful.
Susan
Barbara Ann
was a hit song in Britain?
--
Barbara
"I'm a dreamer on a rough road,
and I need to hear the music once again"
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DiveRN54
>From: rpj...@aol.com (RpJrks)
>Date: 5/10/2003 11:49 AM Mountain Standard Time
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>
>Sorry Carol, I posted before I read the rest of the replies also.
>
of old age?
Carole
Scooter
> I love the killer last note in the "Live in Britain"
> version.
I do, too! It's one of those "moments" that really works.
Jerry Birl
Sandy wrote about "Stay":
> > I love the killer last note in the "Live in Britain"
> > version.
Scooter wrote:
> I do, too! It's one of those "moments" that really works.
Sorry ladies, but after re-listening to both versions I'm sticking to my
original position. In the studio version you still get the "killer last
note". However, you get that trademark song-ending drum riff (think
Somewhere in the Night, Dionne W.'s version of All the Time, Looks Like We
Made It, etc.), the strings "bubbling up", and the great repeat and fade
ending that you can't get in a live performance.
Call me a sucker for over-blown production, but that's what attracted me to
Barry's music way back when I didn't even know what over-blown production
meant. Even at the tender age of 8 years old, listening to IWTS on the radio
gave me a feeling inside my chest that was good, bad, sad, happy, and every
other emotion that I had at the time - all at the same time. I still get
that feeling 27 years later.
Jerry
(I like lots of whipped cream on my dessert too.)