"Where oh where can my baby be"?
Bralp
the date it was popular? The lyrics are something like this: When I woke up,
the rain was pouring down, There were people standing all around. Something
warm running in my eye...........Where oh where can my baby be, The Lord
took her away from me. She's gone to heaven so I've got to be good, So I can
see my baby when I leave this world. Please reply back to:
bob_a...@flashmail.com Thanks a million it is DRIVING ME INSANE!!!
Hedlinz
(Last Date, which is GREAT, was Floyd Cramer, piano)
Eric J
>
> Last Kiss ... J. Frank and the Cavaliers???
>
> (Last Date, which is GREAT, was Floyd Cramer, piano)
"Last Kiss" was originally done by J. Frank Wilson and the Cavaliers in
1964 (#2). It was remade in '74 by the group Wednesday, and hit #34.
The definitive version is far and away the original.
Also, "Last Date" by Floyd Cramer...GREAT piano instrumental, one of
my favorites. Went to #2 in 1960...I just found the album last year
in a used record store andbought it. Love that tune. :-)
Eric J.
Eric J
>
> "Last Kiss" was originally done by J. Frank Wilson and the Cavaliers in
> 1964 (#2). It was remade in '74 by the group Wednesday, and hit #34.
>
> The definitive version is far and away the original.
ROFL! The original is far and away the definitive version, I mean...
Trust me...it's been a looong week. :-)
Eric J.
Rm8256
of it playing now by pearl jam...i only know this because i have to listen to
rock when my son is in the car ..when i told him it was a remake of an oldie
he changed the station :) its not a bad remake you should have hear what
one rock group did to SUMMER BREEZE :(
Hedlinz
I guess the remake keeps this from being a '60s thread (sted '70s) huh? I
remember playing my aunt's 45 over and over and over and crying ... the busting
glass... The painful scream that I heard last ... aaaahhhhhhh
My sister and I used to sing into a hairbrush for a microphone and had all the
words to this one memorized. Still remember em!
Nice flashback! Thanks folks!
Jane
Scott Starr
MrsHugh
great music from the early/mid 80s. There has been Talk Talk, XTC, Squeeze,
Kate Bush, Thomas Dolby stuff like that. So there. :P
Molly
Quote at the Moment: "Help me find a way from this maze. i can't help myself"
- Mark Hollis, LIVING IN ANOTHER WORLD (The Colour of Spring)
http://www.angelfire.com/mn/mollyfa99/index.html
Eric J
>
> On Tue, 18 May 1999 13:27:33 -0700 (PDT), Scott Starr <Scott...@webtv.net> wrote:
> >still hip to whats going on at the moment, it's more fun that way,
>
> No it's not. There's absolutely nothing good that's happened in music
> since around the mid-1970s or so. I don't know, or care to know, what
> bands are current or what they're doing. (The snippets of noise I catch
> from youngsters driving by with their 1000-watt car stereos are not
> terribly enticing, to say the least. I do suspect hearing aids will be
> a growth industry, however.)
I agree with you on the hearing aids. Too many young people feel they
are "immortal" while they're still young andstrong. They're likely
going to pay dearly for their vices...especially irreversable ones like
hearing loss. Pity really, but oh well...
> Frankly I don't even have a CD player and see no incentive to get one,
> as everything I want to listen to is on LP and/or 8-Track tape.
Too bad. Some of that 60s-70s stuff sounds great without the pops and
other surface noise. Of course, that initial investment in CDs is kind
of a bite. :-)
Eric J.
Doug
>No it's not. There's absolutely nothing good that's happened in music
>since around the mid-1970s or so. I don't know, or care to know, what
>bands are current or what they're doing. (The snippets of noise I catch
>from youngsters driving by with their 1000-watt car stereos are not
>terribly enticing, to say the least.I do suspect hearing aids will be
>a growth industry, however.)
>Roger Blake
>(remove second "g" from address for email)
There has been A LOT of good music produced since the 70s.I love the
music of my youth (70s) but I also like a lot of the music from the 80s
& 90s too.
I don't put labels on music,I go by the "what I like" ratings system and
in short the standard of that ratings system is: if it sounds good,I
like it.
Whether it be
classical,metal,country,oldies,pop,top40,rap,whatever....good music is
just that,good music.
Granted,there is some crap out there now,as there was 20 years ago,that
can hardly be classified as music but I urge you to give the music of
the 90s a listen,you might be surprised that there is something out
there that appeals to you..
~Doug
Kelly A Wittman
Doug wrote in message <37421A...@hotmail.com>...
|>rogg...@iname.com wrote:
|
|I don't put labels on music,I go by the "what I like" ratings system and
|in short the standard of that ratings system is: if it sounds good,I
|like it.
|
|Whether it be
|classical,metal,country,oldies,pop,top40,rap,whatever....good music is
|just that,good music.
|
I like your attitude Doug! I am the same way. I will try almost anything (I
even went to see a musical in Korean). I am sometimes surprised by what
appeals to me!
Kelly
"Sure there are other fish in the sea, but I like these, floating here on
top. They're easier to catch."
Rachel Cree
lyrics and listen to them, how could they NOT be brilliant? I am admittedly
not a fan of Korn of Manson but on Sunday at a club, I was just bopping
along to some Manson.. NEVER SAY NEVER!!:) My worst fear is that I will one
day be calling my kids music crap and they'll happen upon some of my old rap
and techno CDs.LOL There is something good in all music... I mean there IS a
reason why they're on the charts or even on a stage... even if it is for the
moment.. enjoy the moments... an open mind is a terrible thing to waste.
Kelly A Wittman wrote in message
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Joy910
>day be calling my kids music crap and they'll happen upon some of my old rap
>and techno CDs.LOL
Hell, thats happened to me!! I like and listen to most types of rock music
from my past and a lot of todays bands and listen to it LOUD still. Old and
new. I loved bubblegum and hard rock of the seventies and eighties and I
listen to Alanis and Hole now. But I draw the line with the CRAP my daughter
listens to!! I cannot handle Brittany Spears and Backstreet Boys and N'sync.
I cannot believe I really hate this stuff but I do. I am not a total hypocrite
though. I let her listen as loud (no headphones) as she wants from after the
homework is done until 7:30. Then she has to turn it down. My parents REFUSED
to ever let me listen to my music even a little bit loud, the way it was meant
to be listened to. She is begging for the new Backstreet record out yesterday.
I told her if she want to pay for it herself, fine. I wonder how long I can
hold off driving her to the store!!
Joy
MrsHugh
Molly
rogg...@iname.com wrote
>Never heard of 'em. Don't care to, either.
WNK
I will be a GOOD influence on my daughter. She's bopping around to "Ball of
Confusion" and I'm thinking, "Maybe she won't EVER LIKE N'sync or Backstreet
Boys."
:-) So far, her favorite song is "Macho Man" by the Village People. Oh
well....she is only 4 years old.
Nadine
Geezer, Junior Grade
>There's absolutely nothing good that's happened in music
> since around the mid-1970s or so.
I'd have to split the difference between you and your critics. I wouldn't
say there's NO good music since the 70s, but it is getting harder and
harder to find. In the 70s, I really liked maybe ten songs a year. In
the 80s, it was down to a couple of songs a year. In the 90s, I've been
lucky to find one song I liked every three years.
> Frankly I don't even have a CD player and see no incentive to get one,
> as everything I want to listen to is on LP and/or 8-Track tape.
I have one thing to say to you: mp3. You've bought the songs, so you're
entitled to have better copies that'll last forever (or as long as the
format lasts, which should be for quite a while). The record companies
didn't sell you a piece of vinyl. They sold you the rights to listen to
the song as often as you want, even if you rerecord it on cassette,
minidisc, recordable CD, or mp3. At least transfer them to something more
permanent before you wear out the grooves on the LPs or wipe the oxide off
the tapes.
Kelly A Wittman
(but don't quote me). I like the older versions much more.
Doug
>
> The latest cover of this song is on the radio now.I think it is Pearl Jam
> (but don't quote me). I like the older versions much more.
Yep,it's Pearl Jam alright.I like the old version too but I like Pearl
Jams cover also.
-Doug
Seismal2
good spring reverb unit to give my collection of oldies that 60-70's AM radio
sound! Many hits of that era were mixed knowing the music would go thru one
onthe air.BTW to me digital sound has been improving,
Scott Starr
Rachel Cree
Scott Starr wrote in message <508-374...@newsd-243.iap.bryant.webtv.net>...Poor Roger is gonna be one of those cranky old people like when we were
kids , and you went to visit grandmas friend and they had the old
victrola (SP?) and still listened to 78's and everything else sucked,
I'm 37, when I was young I listened to Black Sabbath and Zeppelin loud
just like kids do today and then new wave etc., my parents hated it,
they didn't understand it, the same thing happens when you get old ,
it's not that it's bad music, it's just not your generation and you
don't understand it.it's called getting old,
I don't like the Back Street Boys either but they are like the
Monkees were to us, and our parents thought what a stupid put together
band.
I try to like it all, it makes life easier, I have a turn table and I
have tapes and cd's and 8 tracks, and you name it, I get so bored with
music and always wanting something new that I go to thrift stores and
try and find weird stuff from the 50's and early 60's that I haven't
heard yet.
I can't emagine listening to the same 10 albums for the rest of my
life.
anyhow open your mind Roger, it's all good, every generation usually
thinks the next generations music sucks, but IT DOESN"T, it's all in
your head. don't be so crotchity, we love ya man, come on out and play
with us, later gang
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It is by J.Frank Wilson and the Cavaliers, entitled LAST KISS (Josie, 1964 and
1973). A Spanish version and a Motley Crue version came out.
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I do not know what song you are referring to but IMHO HOCUS POCUS by Focus
should be redone by Perl Jam or soemone.Maybe They Might Be Giants.
Doug
>I do not know what song you are referring to but IMHO HOCUS POCUS by Focus
>should be redone by Perl Jam or soemone.Maybe They Might Be Giants.
Pearl Jam has covered the old 60s song "Last Kiss",which was originally
recorded by J. Frank Wilson & The Cavaleirs.
IMO,Pearl Jam did a damn fine job re-recording this relic.
-Doug
John
date is still a mystery to me!
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>I agree too... I am a huge fan of Smashing Pumpkins and if you read the
>lyrics and listen to them, how could they NOT be brilliant? I am admittedly
>not a fan of Korn of Manson but on Sunday at a club, I was just bopping
>day be calling my kids music crap and they'll happen upon some of my old rap
>reason why they're on the charts or even on a stage... even if it is for the
>moment.. enjoy the moments... an open mind is a terrible thing to waste.
>
>
My usual favorites among curents stars are country girl singers Lee Ann Rimes
and Shania Twain, and alternative girl singers Jewel, Alanis Morrisette,
Courtney Love, Toris Amos, Sophie B.Hawkins, Sarah MacLachlan, Luscious
Jackson, Natalie Merchant and Lisa Loeb (as you can see I have a soft spot for
females) and the novelty band They Might Be Giants.
With very few exceptions most of the above are soft spoken soudning (Country is
one of the exceptions, but even she did ballads too) and would fit in very
nciely thank you very much 9some of the hamronca tunes by Alanis, hard driving
or soft sounding, would apply here) to a 1970s sound.
"Ironic" could just as well be a late 1969 hit instead of the 1995 song that it
is.
Natalie Merchant has a wonderful voice, adn so do Lisa Loeb.
I also like Boyzone and Spice Girls BTW.
Long live America.
Long live freedom.
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>>My worst fear is that I will one
>>day be calling my kids music crap and they'll happen upon some of my old rap
>>and techno CDs.LOL
>
>from my past and a lot of todays bands and listen to it LOUD still. Old and
>new. I loved bubblegum and hard rock of the seventies and eighties and I
>listen to Alanis and Hole now.
(I also mentioned hiow Alanis and let's point out, Hole too, would fit in well
into some of the 70s style..esp,aropund the time of Guess WHo and Focus and
some of the others.)
But I draw the line with the CRAP my daughter
>listens to!! I cannot handle Brittany Spears and Backstreet Boys and N'sync.
>
However, unlike rap, I love that sound. Lee Ann Rimes and Shania Twain are
great in the country-western department, by the way.
>I cannot believe I really hate this stuff but I do. I am not a total
>hypocrite
>though. I let her listen as loud (no headphones) as she wants from after
>the
>homework is done until 7:30. Then she has to turn it down. My parents
>REFUSED
>to ever let me listen to my music even a little bit loud, the way it was
>meant
>to be listened to. She is begging for the new Backstreet record out
>yesterday.
> I told her if she want to pay for it herself, fine. I wonder how long I can
>hold off driving her to the store!!
>
>Joy
>
>
>
>
Hmm.
Sandyfour
Peter Frampton, BTO, and the Monkees. Then I make him watch all the VH1
specials of the 70s stars along with the John Denver specials, The Beatles
Anthology and the movie "Sgt Pepper" (yes that one, with the Bee Gees, Frampton
et al...I love that movie!) as well as the "who's singing this" game we made up
to play in the car...I ONLY listen to ROR, a 60s and 70s station and anything
else from that time period, so he's gotten to know quite a few singers...we
actually haven't played in awhile...he's getting rusty....have to start
brainwashing, um, I mean, PLAYING that game again. Hey, its not like I'm
TOTALLY brainwashing him...along with The Beatles, Monkees, and John Denver cds
he has, he has Hanson too!!! I mean I don't TOTALLY influence him...he can
listen to other music...at his cousins house or in his room with the door
closed!! I haven't TOTALLY cut him off from todays icky music!! LOL
: )
Sandy
Ed Sudlow
and was released on 9/26/64, reaching #2 on the Billboard Chart.
It was released on 2/16/74 by Wednesday, reaching #34 on Billboard.
John <cro...@voicenet.com> wrote in message
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The original "Last Kiss" was sung by J Frank Wilson and the Cavaliers. The
date is still a mystery to me!
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Sandyfour
>thinks the next generations music sucks, but IT DOESN"T, it's all in
>your head. don't be so crotchity, we love ya man, come on out and play
>with us, later gang
>
No, Rogers right....the next generations music does suck!! (just another humble
opinion!)
LL
remakes of what we listened to and of course they are not as good. I don't
like the mixing they do, and putting it in rap songs. Sometimes I hear a
song and think it is an oldie only to find out it is mixed in a rap song.
Sandyfour <sand...@aol.com> wrote in message
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James Dobrovicz
about 10 years ago of "Baby I Love Your Way/Freebird"?
-- James C. Dobrovicz
"Let me put my glasses on so I can hear you better"
--Brett Somers on MG74
LL wrote in message <7jia25$52do$1...@newssvr04-int.news.prodigy.com>...
Rebecca
James Dobrovicz wrote:
> On a similar note, how many here puked the first time they heard the remake
> about 10 years ago of "Baby I Love Your Way/Freebird"?
>
> -- James C. Dobrovicz
*raises hand* Me, me! God how I _loathed_ hearing that song! My lil sis (who
wasn't into classic rock at that time) had never heard the originals of either,
so she thought she was listening to something new. I remember one New Years'
Eve, the radio station was going to play both originals in their countdown, and
I was excited that my sister would _finally_ get to hear them, but too much
champagne got in the way and the poor child passed out about 5 minutes before
they were played. lol
Becky
WNK
I finally JUST (because I'm slow) heard the Pearl Jam re-make of "Last
Kiss".....okay. I used to love Pearl Jam when they first came out, then
Eddie got full of himself and I kind of lost interest....anyway, it's not
bad. But I still love the original one best.... there is something almost
"innocent" about the song that gets lost when a band like Pearl Jam does it.
Just my humble opinion....
Nadine
MrsHugh <mrs...@aol.comNoSpam> wrote in message
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> Yeah and if they hear the original of the remake they think the original
sucks.
>
>
> Molly
> Quote at the Moment: "Help me find a way from this maze. i can't help
myself"
> - Mark Hollis (Talk Talk), LIVING IN ANOTHER WORLD (The Colour of Spring)
> http://www.angelfire.com/mn/mollyfa99/index.html
>
Eric J
>
> Yeah and if they hear the original of the remake they think the
> original sucks.
One thing original tunes have them going for them...they're original
tunes! How lame would the music scene be if all music was cover tunes.
Sooner or later, if an artist is going to be taken seriously, they're
gonna have to get original!
Don't get me wrong, there are plenty of good cover tunes, but many of
them just come off sounding like complete ripoffs. The "Freebird/
I'm Not In Love" medley comes to mind. Hard rock meets elevator music.
Eric J.
Geezer, Junior Grade
> there is something almost
> "innocent" about the song that gets lost when a band like Pearl Jam does it.
To me, it feels like most of today's "artists" don't care about music.
It's almost all crass commercialism these days. That's why they won't
last.
Scott Starr
LizzieZ
> about 10 years ago of "Baby I Love Your Way/Freebird"?
Whoops! Well, you can see I wrote my last post before I got to the end of the
thread! That'll teach me....
Liz
LizzieZ
Was there such a hybrid? I know there was "Freebird/Baby I Love Your Way"
(because I actually sang it 400 times when I was in the cast of "Tony & Tina's
Wedding," and that's when I learned it was an actual recorded medley and not
someone's idea of a sick joke - LOL).
Liz (ugh, now I have that version in my head!)
James Dobrovicz
others were either jazz, punk, or by REM (of course, that's really
subjective).
-- James C. Dobrovicz
"Let me put my glasses on so I can hear you better"
--Brett Somers on MG74
Eric J wrote in message <375D62...@kdsi.net>...
James Dobrovicz
you've ever heard? I have a few nominations here:
"Baby I Love Your Way/Freebird"
Anything Michael Bolton covers
That awful '80s remake of "Stairway to Heaven" by the Far Corporation
"Radar Love" by an '80s hair-metal band whose name mercifully escapes me.
(White Lion?)
Any rap "song" that uses music from another song as its music (gee, can you
tell I don't like rap music?)
"I Think We're Alone Now" by Tiffany
I'm sure there are more, and I'll post 'em if I think of them.
WNK
"Without You" Mariah Carey
"Can't Find My Way Home" Some OTHER 80's hair metal band whose name escapes
ME :-)
"Can't Help Falling in Love With You" Was it UB40? Fine Young Cannibals?
Can't remember...ICK
"If You Don't Know Me By Now" Simply Red
I could go on if my memory hadn't failed me.....
**BEST Cover "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" Otis Redding (I know....I'm
crossing the decades here...)
Nadine
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MrsHugh
(jk on the just watch it part)
>"Can't Help Falling in Love With You" Was it UB40? Fine Young Cannibals?
>Can't remember...ICK
It was UB40. Fine Young Cannibals did Suspicious Minds, which I liked.
Molly
Quote at the Moment: "Just like a mad dog you're chasing your tail in a circle"
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Eric J
>
> >The "Freebird/I'm Not In Love" medley comes to mind.
>
> Was there such a hybrid? I know there was "Freebird/Baby I Love Your Way"
> (because I actually sang it 400 times when I was in the cast of "Tony & Tina's
> Wedding," and that's when I learned it was an actual recorded medley and not
> someone's idea of a sick joke - LOL).
That's what I meant. I was going to correct it, but my server was slow
yesterday. "I'm Not In Love" was another one of Will To Power's schlock
tunes.
Eric J.
Francis McGill
"Free Bird/Baby I Love Your Way" and
"I'm Not in Love."
Both were re-done by the same artist, different years/times.
LizzieZ (liz...@aol.com) wrote:
: >The "Freebird/I'm Not In Love" medley comes to mind.
: Was there such a hybrid? I know there was "Freebird/Baby I Love Your Way"
: (because I actually sang it 400 times when I was in the cast of "Tony & Tina's
: Wedding," and that's when I learned it was an actual recorded medley and not
: someone's idea of a sick joke - LOL).
: Liz (ugh, now I have that version in my head!)
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Rachel Cree
>It was UB40. Fine Young Cannibals did Suspicious Minds, which I liked.]
I liked that one too but I HATED the Power Station doing Banga Gong.. only T
rex can do that the right way ...Robert Palmer is an ass.
MrsHugh
think T. Rex does a better job at Ban a Gong, but I like the Powerstation's
version.
Rachel Cree
this one, especially from certain people from California.. you know where
all the fruit and shredded coconut comes from.. and Drew) that I like the
Smashing Pumpkins version of Landslide better than Fleetwood Mac. If you
want to check it out, its on Pisces Iscariot and is well worth the listen. I
know most of you hate today's music, but I do think Smashing Pumpkins is an
exception to a rule... well they are for me anyway.
:)
Francis McGill wrote in message <7jmf55$f...@nntp.seflin.org>...
James Dobrovicz
doesn't hold a candle to the T. Rex version). Of course, those guys from
Chic that were in PS were some of the best musicians around in the late '70s
and early '80s, so that probably biased me.
-- James C. Dobrovicz
"Let me put my glasses on so I can hear you better"
--Brett Somers on MG74
MrsHugh wrote in message <19990609185127...@ng-ba1.aol.com>...
James Dobrovicz
Light" (the old Todd Rundgren song) on the local country station that was
DREADFUL.
I always loved FYC's version of "Suspicious Minds", but their version of
Buzzcocks' "Ever Fallen in Love?" should have been on my original list for
bad cover songs.
I actually also liked the Simply Red cover you mentioned, but it was because
when that song was popular, I had never heard the original.
And then there's Mariah Carey's demolishing of the Badfinger/Harry Nilsson
song you mentioned.
If we're crossing decades, how about these:
"Hey Jude" by Wilson Pickett
"Do You Want to Dance" by the Ramones
"(What's so Funny About) Peace, Love, and Understanding?" by Elvis Costello
--
James C. Dobrovicz
"Let me put my glasses on so I can hear you better"
--Brett Somers on MG74
WNK wrote in message ...
>"Muskrat Love" Captain and Tennille
>"Without You" Mariah Carey
>"Can't Find My Way Home" Some OTHER 80's hair metal band whose name escapes
>ME :-)
>"Can't Help Falling in Love With You" Was it UB40? Fine Young Cannibals?
>Can't remember...ICK
>"If You Don't Know Me By Now" Simply Red
>
>I could go on if my memory hadn't failed me.....
>
>**BEST Cover "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" Otis Redding (I know....I'm
>crossing the decades here...)
>
>Nadine
>
>James Dobrovicz <jcd...@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message
>news:7jl00l$t67$3...@bgtnsc03.worldnet.att.net...
>> OK, since we're on the topic of cover songs, which one is the worst one
>> you've ever heard? I have a few nominations here:
>>
>> "Baby I Love Your Way/Freebird"
>> Anything Michael Bolton covers
>> That awful '80s remake of "Stairway to Heaven" by the Far Corporation
>> "Radar Love" by an '80s hair-metal band whose name mercifully escapes me.
>> (White Lion?)
>> Any rap "song" that uses music from another song as its music (gee, can
>you
>> tell I don't like rap music?)
>> "I Think We're Alone Now" by Tiffany
>>
>> I'm sure there are more, and I'll post 'em if I think of them.
>>
>> -- James C. Dobrovicz
>>
>> "Let me put my glasses on so I can hear you better"
>> --Brett Somers on MG74
>>
al...@my-deja.com
reason i think her original songs are great, but those renditions of
the stones' "tumbling dice" and roy orbison's "blue bayou" i find
blasphemous!!! also freaking celine dion's cover of "all by myself",
argh!!!
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MrsHugh
me into them. I haven't heard their version of Landslides yet, but I bet Billy
Corgan did a great job to it.
FitNFeisty
this one, especially from certain people from California.. you know where
all the fruit and shredded coconut comes from.. and Drew) that I like the
Smashing Pumpkins version of Landslide better than Fleetwood Mac. If you
want to check it out, its on Pisces Iscariot and is well worth the listen. I
know most of you hate today's music, but I do think Smashing Pumpkins is an
exception to a rule... well they are for me anyway.>>
Although I like Smashing Pumpkins, I still prefer Fleetwood Mac's
version of "Landslide". Smashing Pumpkins version is still pretty good, and
far superior to the likes of the Wallflowers severely overplayed version of
David Bowie's "Heroes", and Lenny Kravitz's surprisingly horrible rendition of
"American Woman", originally performed by the Guess Who.
Steve Ellis
MrsHugh
keyboardist, Jools Holland. It's on his Live Performance CD. It's a great
song.
James Dobrovicz
"Proud Mary" by Leonard Nimoy
"Ruby, Don't Take your Love to Town" by William Shatner
-- James C. Dobrovicz
"Let me put my glasses on so I can hear you better"
--Brett Somers on MG74
Steve Ellis wrote in message <375F4C...@neosoft.com>...
>"Lodi" - Bobby Goldsboro
remove TommieGirl
prefer Santana's.
Also, Hendrix on 'All Along the Watchtower'? Even Dylan likes it
better.
But, for the most part, covers are bad.
Rachel Cree
just ONE TIME! Well him and James Iha ( the guitarist woohoo) In fact, when
I have kids, the boy's first name is going to be Corgan. I could go on.. but
I won't LOL
MrsHugh wrote in message <19990609235234...@ng-fg1.aol.com>...
>I love The Smashing Pumpkins, they're not a bad group. My cousin (then 17)
got
>me into them. I haven't heard their version of Landslides yet, but I bet
Billy
>Corgan did a great job to it.
>
Rachel Cree
with his own stuff.
Rachel Cree
desirable to a 13 year old and tragedy struck when they broke up... I admit,
I was saddened that John Taylor didn't work on Duran's last CD and therefore
did not get it lol
James Dobrovicz wrote in message <7jnhau$53l$4...@bgtnsc02.worldnet.att.net>...
>I kind of liked the Power Station version of "Bang a Gong" (although it
>doesn't hold a candle to the T. Rex version). Of course, those guys from
>Chic that were in PS were some of the best musicians around in the late
'70s
>and early '80s, so that probably biased me.
>
>-- James C. Dobrovicz
>
>"Let me put my glasses on so I can hear you better"
> --Brett Somers on MG74
>
>MrsHugh wrote in message <19990609185127...@ng-ba1.aol.com>...
>>Ehem, I like Robert Palmer, but he does seem to be an arrogant jerk. I
>also
>>think T. Rex does a better job at Ban a Gong, but I like the
Powerstation's
>>version.
>>
jimbo
Shatner solo...
:^)
WNK
first came out. (Ducking for the upcoming slings and arrows.) Tesla's
version of "Signs." I was just sitting here listening to the Five Man
Electrical Band's version thinking, "I hate this." Then I remembered how I
liked the cover....hmmmm.
Nadine
James Dobrovicz <jcd...@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message
news:7jl00k$t67$2...@bgtnsc03.worldnet.att.net...
> At least 95% of all cover songs I've heard have been absolute crap. The
> others were either jazz, punk, or by REM (of course, that's really
> subjective).
>
> -- James C. Dobrovicz
>
> "Let me put my glasses on so I can hear you better"
> --Brett Somers on MG74
>
Raphael
we've got....
Mamas & Papas - Twist & Shout (HOW can you justify doing a song called Twist
& Shout...and do it FOLK style???)
Conversely, the Beatles' version tears the Isley Bros' version to shreds.
Drive My Car - Gary Toms Empire (Beatles done DISCO style...arrgh!)
I Think We're Alone Now-Tiffany
Most of the Sgt. Pepper movie soundtrack ('cept for Alice Cooper's
"Because"...that I like)
(why, yes, I'm a Beatles' fan...why do you ask?) <G>
Light My Fire-Jose Feliciano
Rock and Roll Music-Beach Boys (see Twist & Shout, above...)
Any cover by Michael Bolton or William Shatner
Any songs that have been "re-recorded" by less than the total number of
original members (I know, not quite 'covers' but it's STILL a pet peeve <G>)
Led Zeppelin, doing live versions of Stairway to Heaven (I'm sorry,
Baaaaaby!!!!! just doesn't fit in that song!)
Most of the covers previously mentioned.
I'm sure that I'll click on 'send' and scream out the name of some song, so
horrible, that I'd repressed it....heh
Erin ">
Sandyfour
now" YUCK!! I LOVE the original version. I don't like "Mony Mony" by Billy
Idol, either...
:)
Sandy
Sandyfour
>"Because"...that I like)
Oh, I really liked Aerosmiths "Come Together" and Robin Gibbs "Oh, Darling".
Of the topic, but does relate....I saw Ringo a couple of years ago, touring
with his All Star Band (in Boston) and for the last few songs, Steven Tyler
came out and played drums...they didn't introduce him at all till the end.
Everyone was buzzing! It was neat..
: )
Sandy
CL7193
UGGH!! "Mony Mony" by Billy Idol is on the radio all the time and I can't stand
it.
I will admit to liking Tiffany at the time but I do find it annoying now.
This isn't really 70s, but I'm not enjoying Sheryl Crow's cover of "Sweet Child
Of Mine".
Catherine
Molly Fanton
Well I was wondering if anybody has ever seen this movie? This is one of my
closet favorites. I just love this one, but I know it's not a great movie. I
think it's one of my fave movies. Mainly because of Paul Nicholas (Dougie
Shears). I even have the soundtrack on LP, and I used to have a book of the
making of the movie, which I'm looking for.
Molly Fanton
say, "Get laid, get f*cked". :)
James Dobrovicz
I thought that one wasn't too bad. From what I remember, it was actually
pretty faithful to the original.
I also didn't think Stone Temple Pilots' version of "Dancing Days" was as
bad as it could have been either.
-- James C. Dobrovicz
"Let me put my glasses on so I can hear you better"
--Brett Somers on MG74
WNK wrote in message ...
James Dobrovicz
that song at our dances. One DJ tried to play it anyway, and the principal
came running from the concession booth and ripped the needle off the record
in about 10 seconds.
It wasn't just the Billy Idol version either. My wife is 16 years older than
me and was in junior high when the original came out, and they said the same
thing.
-- James C. Dobrovicz
"Let me put my glasses on so I can hear you better"
--Brett Somers on MG74
Molly Fanton wrote in message
<19990610230503...@ng-bg1.aol.com>...
James Dobrovicz
I saw them live in '94 (around the time "Ordinary World" was popular)--they
had the guitar player from Missing Persons playing on that tour. And they
were absolutely GREAT! I bet they put on a better show in '94 than they ever
did when they were at the height of their popularity. But while on the topic
of cover songs, their album called "Thank You" (I think that was the
title--it was half covers and half original) was dreadful.
-- James C. Dobrovicz
"Let me put my glasses on so I can hear you better"
--Brett Somers on MG74
Rachel Cree wrote in message ...
>well true.. speaking as a female.. all the members of Duran Duran were
quite
>desirable to a 13 year old and tragedy struck when they broke up... I
admit,
>I was saddened that John Taylor didn't work on Duran's last CD and
therefore
>did not get it lol
>
>
>James Dobrovicz wrote in message
<7jnhau$53l$4...@bgtnsc02.worldnet.att.net>...
>>I kind of liked the Power Station version of "Bang a Gong" (although it
>>doesn't hold a candle to the T. Rex version). Of course, those guys from
>>Chic that were in PS were some of the best musicians around in the late
>'70s
>>and early '80s, so that probably biased me.
>>
>>-- James C. Dobrovicz
>>
>>"Let me put my glasses on so I can hear you better"
>> --Brett Somers on MG74
>>
>>MrsHugh wrote in message <19990609185127...@ng-ba1.aol.com>...
>>>Ehem, I like Robert Palmer, but he does seem to be an arrogant jerk. I
>>also
>>>think T. Rex does a better job at Ban a Gong, but I like the
>Powerstation's
>>>version.
>>>
James Dobrovicz
the Sky with Diamonds" was notoriously awful, too.
-- James C. Dobrovicz
"Let me put my glasses on so I can hear you better"
--Brett Somers on MG74
jimbo wrote in message ...
James Dobrovicz
Street"? I imagine it's just as bad as "Twist and Shout" (which I never
heard).
-- James C. Dobrovicz
"Let me put my glasses on so I can hear you better"
--Brett Somers on MG74
Raphael wrote in message
<5JX73.48177$r_1.25...@newscontent-02.sprint.ca>...
>Hmmm....bad covers. Well, aside from my friends & I trying to sing <G>,
>we've got....
>
>Mamas & Papas - Twist & Shout (HOW can you justify doing a song called
Twist
>& Shout...and do it FOLK style???)
>Conversely, the Beatles' version tears the Isley Bros' version to shreds.
>Drive My Car - Gary Toms Empire (Beatles done DISCO style...arrgh!)
>I Think We're Alone Now-Tiffany
>Most of the Sgt. Pepper movie soundtrack ('cept for Alice Cooper's
>"Because"...that I like)
>
Rachel Cree
instead of .. whatever he says,.. something like " like a monie.. something
monie.. come on"
Molly Fanton wrote in message
<19990610230503...@ng-bg1.aol.com>...
>Hehehehe, in high school when Billy Idol's version was popular. We used to
>say, "Get laid, get f*cked". :)
>
Molly Fanton
new album. I'm not sure though.
Marlene Blanshay
<jcd...@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
> I kind of liked the Power Station version of "Bang a Gong" (although it
> doesn't hold a candle to the T. Rex version). Of course, those guys from
> Chic that were in PS were some of the best musicians around in the late '70s
> and early '80s, so that probably biased me.
>
> -- James C. Dobrovicz
>
No one could compare to T-Rex, but that cover of "bang a gong" wasn't THAT
bad, as long as you don't expect it to be as good as the original. It
could have been a far worse cover by a far worse band, like AC-DC!
Rachel Cree
that Wedding Album ( ordinary world) John Taylor has left the group and
isn't on the album they released last year. Warren Currillio has been with
them since about 1989 and still is. The only members in it now from the
original group are of course Simon *sigh* and Nick Rhodes *sigh again*
..( I will always be a 13 year old girl when it comes to Duran Duran) I saw
them play on one of the late night shows and caught them on Much Music last
year when they released their last CD but lost interest when they said John
was doing his own thing...
James Dobrovicz wrote in message <7jq4d3$bvk$9...@bgtnsc03.worldnet.att.net>...
>Actually, I don't think Duran Duran broke up unless it was fairly recently.
>I saw them live in '94 (around the time "Ordinary World" was popular)--they
>had the guitar player from Missing Persons playing on that tour. And they
>were absolutely GREAT! I bet they put on a better show in '94 than they
ever
>did when they were at the height of their popularity. But while on the
topic
>of cover songs, their album called "Thank You" (I think that was the
>title--it was half covers and half original) was dreadful.
>
>-- James C. Dobrovicz
>
>"Let me put my glasses on so I can hear you better"
> --Brett Somers on MG74
>
>Rachel Cree wrote in message ...
>>well true.. speaking as a female.. all the members of Duran Duran were
>quite
>>desirable to a 13 year old and tragedy struck when they broke up... I
>admit,
>>I was saddened that John Taylor didn't work on Duran's last CD and
>therefore
>>did not get it lol
>>
>>
>>James Dobrovicz wrote in message
><7jnhau$53l$4...@bgtnsc02.worldnet.att.net>...
>>>I kind of liked the Power Station version of "Bang a Gong" (although it
>>>doesn't hold a candle to the T. Rex version). Of course, those guys from
>>>Chic that were in PS were some of the best musicians around in the late
>>'70s
>>>and early '80s, so that probably biased me.
>>>
>>>-- James C. Dobrovicz
>>>
>>>"Let me put my glasses on so I can hear you better"
>>> --Brett Somers on MG74
>>>
>>>MrsHugh wrote in message
<19990609185127...@ng-ba1.aol.com>...
>>>>Ehem, I like Robert Palmer, but he does seem to be an arrogant jerk. I
>>>also
>>>>think T. Rex does a better job at Ban a Gong, but I like the
>>Powerstation's
>>>>version.
>>>>
Eric J
>
> <re Tesla's "Signs">
> Actually, even though I hated groups like Tesla when they were popular, even
> I thought that one wasn't too bad. From what I remember, it was actually
> pretty faithful to the original.
Indeed it was. I thought they both sucked. (But the lead intro on the
Five Man Electrical Band's Version is absolutely kick*ss!) I'm going
on lyrics here. I always thought the lyrics sucked to that song...
they're very disrespectful.
> WNK wrote in message ...
> >HEY! I thought of a cover tune I actually liked, at least I did when it
> >first came out. (Ducking for the upcoming slings and arrows.) Tesla's
> >version of "Signs." I was just sitting here listening to the Five Man
> >Electrical Band's version thinking, "I hate this." Then I remembered how I
> >liked the cover....hmmmm.
Actually, I really liked the group Tesla (especially _Mechanical
Resonance_) *until* they put this tune out. Then I got a bit cold on
them...I thought their stuff was more worth than to have to fall back
on a weak cover tune (and I really do think it's one of their weaker
efforts).
Actually, the Five Man Electrical Band had some interesting stuff.
Remember "Absolutely Right" and "Werewolf?" I just wouldn't include
this tune, sans the intro, among them.
Eric J.
Marlene Blanshay
(Sandyfour) wrote:
> I think my all time worst cover tune is Tiffany singing "I think we're alone
> now" YUCK!! I LOVE the original version. I don't like "Mony Mony" by Billy
> Idol, either...
>
> :)
> Sandy
Didn't tiffany also do an awful version of "saw him standing there"? I
might be mistaken. Everything she did really stank.
James Dobrovicz
thought it couldn't get any worse. Then she totally shredded one of the
greatest Beatles songs of all-time. But then again, I really didn't expect
much else from a singer who, instead of concert halls, performed at malls
throughout the country.
You could probably devote a whole newsgroup to awful Beatles covers. I still
say, though, that Tiffany's "I Saw Him Standing There" wasn't as bad as
William Shatner's "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds". Of course, Shatner's
version (I hope) was supposed to be awful.
Another one that was awful was "The Loco-Motion" by Kylie Minogue. Of
course, I grew up with the Grand Funk version, so to me, even the original
doesn't sound as good.
-- James C. Dobrovicz
"Let me put my glasses on so I can hear you better"
--Brett Somers on MG74
Marlene Blanshay wrote in message ...
Richard Alger
bad. Not all of it mind you, just most of it. I also hated Banarama's
version of "Venus".
Rick
No HTML, just a lot of love!
Molly Fanton
man it was horrible. I'm sorry Siobhan, Karen and Sarah, but please leave ABBA
alone. :)
James Dobrovicz
needs to be left alone, but I actually thought Erasure's "Abba-esque" EP was
brilliant.
-- James C. Dobrovicz
"Let me put my glasses on so I can hear you better"
--Brett Somers on MG74
Molly Fanton wrote in message
<19990613144812...@ng-ck1.aol.com>...
Marlene Blanshay
<jcd...@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
> Nope, you're not mistaken. After "I think we're alone now", I mistakenly
> thought it couldn't get any worse. Then she totally shredded one of the
> greatest Beatles songs of all-time. But then again, I really didn't expect
> much else from a singer who, instead of concert halls, performed at malls
> throughout the country.
>
> You could probably devote a whole newsgroup to awful Beatles covers. I still
> say, though, that Tiffany's "I Saw Him Standing There" wasn't as bad as
> William Shatner's "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds". Of course, Shatner's
> version (I hope) was supposed to be awful.
>
> Another one that was awful was "The Loco-Motion" by Kylie Minogue. Of
> course, I grew up with the Grand Funk version, so to me, even the original
> doesn't sound as good.
>
> -- James C. Dobrovicz
>
Even more embarrassing was the video- I remember how bizarre it was that
the video and song were about dancing, and she couldn't dance at all!
Andrew Stewart
wrote:
>Duran Duran is still around. I think they're in the process or just finished a
>new album. I'm not sure though.
Yeah, they're supposedly doing it with legendary producer Ken Scott
(who produced Bowie's Glam triptych, Hunky Dory, The Rise And Fall Of
Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars and Aladdinsane). They
scored a minor hit single in the UK a while back, but apparently have
been having trouble recently getting a record deal.
(np: Dr. David Bowie - Never Let Me Down)
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of "Unforgettable". What a cheesy, blatant, peurile consumerist ploy. Yuck.
And anything by Michael Bolton deserves instant incineration.
Rachel Cree wrote:
> >It was UB40. Fine Young Cannibals did Suspicious Minds, which I liked.]
>
> I liked that one too but I HATED the Power Station doing Banga Gong.. only T
> rex can do that the right way ...Robert Palmer is an ass.
Sandyfour
>Five Man Electrical Band's Version is absolutely kick*ss!) I'm going
>on lyrics here. I always thought the lyrics sucked to that song...
>they're very disrespectful.
hmmmm...maybe I'm missing something...what was disrespectful in Signs?? I
always loved that songs....
: )
Sandy
Sandyfour
>course, I grew up with the Grand Funk version, so to me, even the original
>doesn't sound as good.
I totally agree!! I LOVE the Grand Funk version....saw them do it live last
year...awesome!!!
: )
Sandy
Molly Fanton
but I like all versions of the song. Grand Funk's version rocks.