OT: The Song: "My Belle Amie"
Mr. Heart Throb
Tee Set? Of the 60's..about 1968? I found it accidently minutes
ago...cause of the thread where someone was mentioning "Venus" by "the
Shocking Blue."
Anyhow, has anyone ever noticed the harmony
vocal in "My Belle Amie"? To my ears, it sounds exactly like Paul
McCartney. Did Paul ever sing on this? It appears this song was a one
hit wonder.
I found both songs on the Cd: "The Heritage Colossus Story" The CD is
worth checking out.
Has those type of songs You might never come
across again, or recall the names of..but they'll always be way back in
your memory, wanting and waiting to be found.
saki
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> Anyone remember this song by the group "The
> Tee Set? Of the 60's..about 1968? I found it accidently minutes
> ago...cause of the thread where someone was mentioning "Venus" by "the
> Shocking Blue."
>
> Anyhow, has anyone ever noticed the harmony
> vocal in "My Belle Amie"? To my ears, it sounds exactly like Paul
> McCartney. Did Paul ever sing on this? It appears this song was a one
> hit wonder.
The Tee Set from Holland was founded in 1963 as an R&B/pop group. They had
several songs on the Dutch charts but had a more international hit with "Ma
Belle Amie", recorded in 1969. It sounds a bit like Paul but is not Paul.
An earlier song by the group was written by Robby van Leeuwen, who also
wrote Shocking Blue's "Venus".
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Tetteroo. They took "Ma Bell Amie" to #5 in Jan. 70 and had a
follow-up hit with :If You Do Believe in Love," which got to #70 in May
of 1970. In the US, they were on the Colossus label.
You're not the only one who thought the song had Beatle-like overtones.
So did Todd Rundgren and Utopia. Their Beatle "tribute" LP, "Deface
the Music," was filled with mock-Fabs songs and arrangements, but they
also included a snippet of the melody of "Ma Bell Amie" at the end of
the song "Silly Boy" (which was sort of an "I'll Cry Instead"-type
tune).
BibsBro
Oh yeah! I always thougth of Paul when I heard that song. I always thought
of Paul when I heard Billy Joel sing that song which I'm not sure of the
name, possibly "You Oughta Know By Now". When he sings about trading
something for a Cadillac-ac-ac...
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of which is probably "Don't Ask Me Why" from "Glass Houses." I'm still
finding these. The other day "Scenes from An Italian restaurant" came
on the radio, and I thought of how it's "whoa-oh" hook between choruses
made the song. Then I wondered where I had head that exact hook before.
It's in "Sext Sadie" just before the final line of each verse.
waltbrad
wistful McCartney song with lyrics by Lennon/McCartney
TAR
>
> Anyone remember this song by the group "The
> Tee Set? Of the 60's..about 1968? I found it accidently minutes
> ago...cause of the thread where someone was mentioning "Venus" by "the
> Shocking Blue."
>
> Anyhow, has anyone ever noticed the harmony
> vocal in "My Belle Amie"? To my ears, it sounds exactly like Paul
> McCartney.
Yes! I always thought so, too.
Hugh Jampton
Like about 90% of "The Nylon Curtain". Of course, I dug it anyway...
MikeLawyr2
etc. in others' recorded music.
Barbara & Wim Meijnen & Kombrink
> I am simply shocked that people hear Beatles styles, themes, devices,
> etc. in others' recorded music.
>
Sandy Coast..a very Beatlesque bass-line, three part harmonics. It's a
single from '69.
Chris Jepson
> I am simply shocked that people hear Beatles styles, themes, devices,
> etc. in others' recorded music.
>
Chris Jepson
Marston Moor
soulful voice. And the swirling organ sounds have always fascinated me.
I even covered MBA not long ago.
Hey, BibsBro- how do you add the "-nospam" to yer webtv addy? You must
be on a computer?
RS
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Confusion."
Mr. Heart Throb
IMO, the whole album is lousy, except for "All Smiles." Somehow, Rungren
managed to get his voice to sound like Paul, and the guitar work
like George. The live version is a horror.
Mr. Heart Throb
>>Beatles styles, themes, devices, etc. in
>>others' recorded music.
Me too. How could this be? The Beatles weren't that popular. They sold
about a thousand albums.
BibsBro
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That's right RS (Ringo Starr?), I have both.
BibsBro
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That's interesting.
Mr. Heart Throb
>>Me" is very much like a wistful McCartney
>>song with lyrics by Lennon/McCartney
Correct title: She's always a woman"
I hear no McCartney influence or a Lennon/McCartney influence whatsoever
in this song...or any of Joel's song so far. Can you name any at all?
I'm still trying to find em
Mr. Heart Throb
Thanks, I found the first McCartney influence form this album.
"Allentown." Haven't gotten to the rest of the songs yet.
abe slaney
*wasn't* a knock-off of somebody or other: Lennon/McCartney/
Jagger/Richards/ Ray Charles/ Bob Dylan/ even Frankie-freaking-Valli!
What is the guy's own style? Who knows.
Lizz Holmans
wrote:
>>
>That's funny...I haven't ever heard a Billy Joel song that I thought
>*wasn't* a knock-off of somebody or other: Lennon/McCartney/
>Jagger/Richards/ Ray Charles/ Bob Dylan/ even Frankie-freaking-Valli!
>What is the guy's own style? Who knows.
I'm terrified that he really is the Piano Man.
Lizz 'when the moon is ful...' Holmans
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Slip Kid
He made the cover of TIME, way back, with the longer than usual story to
go with it.
That's pretty much how he was described and I think he didn't deny his
chameleon quality.
I may be wrong but I recall a list of songs where he 'credited' the
source(s) - - It was blatant and he'd have been a fool to dodge it but I
doubt if his core fans see his style(s) as less than original.
Elton was on the list too.
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Barbara & Wim Meijnen & Kombrink
>>Correct title: She's always a woman"
>>I hear no McCartney influence or a Lennon/McCartney influence whatsoever
>>in this song...or any of Joel's song so far.
>
>
> word removed from a Beatles tune.
>
> On the other hand, I haven't heard a full Billy Joel album, but I've
> never heard a Joel song which is *offensively* Beatles-derivative.
> "She's Always a Woman" succeeds fine on its own terms, for what it
> is. And since Joel's arranging style is usually so unBeatles-like,
> *except* in some songs like the above based around really simple
> piano parts....
I always thought his song "Allentown" was very Beatlesque (it's on Nylon
Curtain)
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Hugh Jampton wrote:
> >Billy Joel's catalogue is filled with Beatles cops
>
> Like about 90% of "The Nylon Curtain". Of course, I dug it anyway...
I just saw Billy Joel about six weeks ago. He put on one heck of a
show, 2 1/2 hrs non-stop, and he did my favorite song from "Nylon
Curtain"..."Allentown". Also did "Goodnight Saigon"...great. I always
considered "Nylon Curtain" to be Billy's Lennon tribute album, coming
so soon after John's death. Just listen to "Pressure", "Surprises",
and especially "Scandinavian Skies".