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Why? Why?Guess what I heard on the car radio today while driving back from the doctor?!?!
Whistling tunes, we hide in the dunes by the seaside
Whistling tunes, we're kissing baboons in the jungle
It's a knockout
If looks could kill, they probably will
In games without frontiers, war without tears
If looks could kill, they probably will
In games without frontiers, war without tears
Games without frontiers, war without tears
ShE's So pOpULar
sHe'S sO PopULar
ShE's So pOpULar
SHe'S sO PopULar
ShE's So pOpULar
SHe's sO PopULar
ShE's So pOpULAr
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And mine. It's been taken quite a few times. My top two haven't been, though.
Wow. Some of those kids are pretty darn tootin good. Where was that music class when I was a kid?
I really did hear it on the radio on the way back from the Dr yesterday, and I was always taught to share, so I came in here to share the earworm with the music community...especially you.
That's mine!
It's so much better than the original it's hard to believe it's the same song.
I've used this one in previous countdowns. A rare lead vocal performance by bass player Felix Pappalardi, who had previously produced Cream and brought Jack Bruce's solo original (also produced by Felix) to Mountain. The vocals and bass playing are sensational, but it's Leslie West's soaring solos at the end that ultimately catapult the tune. A big part of what makes this song so mournful is Felix's ultimate demise 13 years later, when he was shot and killed by his jealous wife.
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Oh man, could he (John Hartford) play the banjo. Probably the GOAT, especially if you factor in the songwriting. Exhibit A
I'm happy to see this appear. It's my favorite song by Glen. I took it in the US MAD, so I took a different tune in this one. I love the intro with the guitar and banjo, which sets the pace for the whole song. I love Glen's vocals, the lyrics, all of it. Leon Russell helped arrange and conduct the song, and he played piano on the album. Leon was part of the Wrecking Crew way back in the day with Glen, and there is also three other past WC guys on this album, which are Joe Osborn, Jim Gordon, and James Burton. That's Doug Dillard picking the banjo. John Hartford, who wrote this song and did the original, can pick a banjo, too.
Meanie.I really did hear it on the radio on the way back from the Dr yesterday, and I was always taught to share, so I came in here to share the earworm with the music community...especially you.
That was lovely. Thank you.29 Points - Song to the Siren - This Mortal Coil (Pat Boone/Tim Buckley)
Original
Pat Boone - Song To The Siren
Pat Boone - Song To The Siren - uploaded via http://www.mp32u.net/Tim Buckley - Song to the Siren
(Monkees TV Show 1968)Long afloat on shipless oceansI did all my best to smile'Til your singing eyes and fingersDrew me loving to your isleAnd you sangSail t...
The original is hard to attribute. Boone did the first recorded version, but Buckley did a version on the Monkees TV show that predates Boones version. By the time Buckley recorded it, the lyrics were slightly different. Also the recorded version by Buckley was not as raw. Most effective covers were based on the purer Monkees TV version. Boones version is a turd.
Cover
This Mortal Coil - Song To The Siren (Official Video)
Subscribe to 4AD here: http://bit.ly/4ADYouTubeA cover of the Tim Buckley song featuring the guitar of Robin Guthrie and voice of Elizabeth Fraser (Cocteau T...
There have been many versions since, but most are based on this excellent cover done by This Mortal Coil. Featuring the amazing and unique voice of Elizabeth Fraser, this haunting version just astounds me. Fraser and her Cocteau Twins collaborator Robin Guthrie got together with producer, label exec Ivo Watts-Russell to form This Mortal Coil. This version of the song was in the UK indie charts for 2 years. Only Bauhaus’s Bela Legosis Dead, New Orders Blue Monday and Joy Divisions Love Will Tear Us Apart lasted longer. This cover was responsible for a reappraisal of the work of Tim Buckley and gave Jeff Buckley, his son a foot into the music industry.
Originals 9 - Covers 20. Despite Buckleys excellent original Monkees TV version, the Elizabeth Fraser vocal is one of my fave songs of all time. Just brilliant
Next Up, we have seen this a few times of late. Whats one more?
Wow. That's depressing.Original
This was written with the daughter of Bjorn and Agnetha in mind, Linda Ulvaeus. She was growing up faster than her parents would like and like most parents, time flies too quickly. The song became a key part of the musical Mamma Mia and subsequently the movie. As a father, especially of two daughters Listening to the lyrics is an emotional experience and wonderfully told from the parents perspective.
Au Contraire.Wow. That's depressing.Original
This was written with the daughter of Bjorn and Agnetha in mind, Linda Ulvaeus. She was growing up faster than her parents would like and like most parents, time flies too quickly. The song became a key part of the musical Mamma Mia and subsequently the movie. As a father, especially of two daughters Listening to the lyrics is an emotional experience and wonderfully told from the parents perspective.
Then Rock was too!!!! Honestly, in my experience, the Stones were kind-of irrelevant for children of the '80s (at the time). Lots of my friends listened to LZ, Pink Floyd, and the Dead. No one listened to Mick and Keef.
It means you and your wife were shelter children.
I didn't say it wasn't accurate.Au Contraire.Wow. That's depressing.Original
This was written with the daughter of Bjorn and Agnetha in mind, Linda Ulvaeus. She was growing up faster than her parents would like and like most parents, time flies too quickly. The song became a key part of the musical Mamma Mia and subsequently the movie. As a father, especially of two daughters Listening to the lyrics is an emotional experience and wonderfully told from the parents perspective.
We want our kids to be frozen in time at a certain age while they are still sweet and innocent, but we also want to see them grow up to be awesome adults. This song captures everything wonderful about this feeling
love it.
I was kinda kidding. k4 has joked in the past about being a sheltered child when talking about not being exposed to some popular music like during the 70s. That's why I referred to scorchy and his wife as "shelter children." I am surprised at the lack of Rolling Stones love from your age group in the 80s. Their Tattoo You album in 1981 was popular, and their 60s and 70s material was played often on the radio where I grew up, but I know that different places had different stations that played different music.It means you and your wife were shelter children.
I think that unless I'm missing a joke here the maybe real takeaway from this is that in middle-class suburbs around '88-'89 the Stones did not have a large footprint for people our age. They were known, for sure, but they were actually sort of bringing up the rear in the classic rock/local world I grew up in. The Who, The Doors, Led Zeppelin, and other acts were the ones I remember my older peers liking. Steel Wheels put them back into consciousness and the conversation, and I remember the shirts popping up, but for me that served as more of a cautionary tale of why you don't play rock music when yr old than any great comeback.
I somehow have two Inspiral Carpets CD-singles - This Is How It Feels and Commercial Rain. The former was a bigger hit but the latter is straight fire. Carter USM's cover was surprisingly good. I spent a couple regrettable years sporting that Carter/PWEI grebo look. Were you a fellow traveler, titus?
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