Hard News: One man’s Meat Puppets is another man’s Poison
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Craig Ranapia, in reply to
Raise you some John Barrowman. :-)
I see your 'Barrowman does Cole Porter like a proper time-travelling omnisexual ho-bag should" and raise you "John Barrowman gets more excited by Carol Burnett than you'd think possible".
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Russell Brown, in reply to
Oh sure, it’s got soul. And it’s fantastic, and it’s the original. But saying it’s the best version is like saying that Gloria Jones’ original “Tainted Love” is the best. Gloria had the heart and the authenticity … but without the icy syncopated synth blips, scungy bass, strangled vocals and whiplike percussion it lacks the gloriously alienated sleaze of the Soft Cell version. It’s just not … tainted enough.
I see your point – and I agree with you in the case of ‘Tainted Love’.
But wrt ‘Don’t Leave Me This Way’, I believe the finishing order is:
1. Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes
2. The Communards
3. Thelma HoustonI’m sure there are soul folk appalled by my placing the Communards second, but like I said, it’s classic on its own terms.
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Joe Wylie, in reply to
Here's Barry
Why thank you. He looks in surprisingly good nick.
Hebe:
T Rex
Now you cook with gas.
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Simon Grigg, in reply to
Ultravox. Still got no idea what this song is about, but.
On that Synth Britannia doco Midge Ure (who wrote it) says exactly the same thing.
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I used to love this song:
But that was before I saw the original, which is beyond compare:
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But if I was stocking my own personal torture chamber, it would have to be Philip Glass. Einstein on the Beach, the repeat button locked with super glue and you’ve broken every law of God, Man and nature.
Or if you're feeling particularly mean-spirited...
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Hebe,
One of the best songs ever IMHO
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Danielle, in reply to
I agree with you in the case of ‘Tainted Love’
Hmph. No love for that crazy yelling ghost-chorus of echoing backup singers, and the almost tripping-over-itself-in-distress clomp-clomp beat? (I think they're equally great.)
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Lilith __, in reply to
John Barrowman gets more excited by Carol Burnett than you'd think possible
<3 them both. In very different ways.
Just as well JB didn't follow the advice of his singing teachers and become an opera singer, eh?
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Craig Ranapia, in reply to
(I think they're equally great.)
Perhaps - but Gloria Jones doesn't render me impotent with weary contempt for the sick comedy of it all.
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I know this supposed to be about bad songs but someone just sent me this list of the worst album covers. http://blog.tastebuds.fm/worst-album-covers-of-all-time/
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Tom Beard, in reply to
But if I was stocking my own personal torture chamber, it would have to be Philip Glass. Einstein on the Beach, the repeat button locked with super glue and you've broken every law of God, Man and nature.
I have the 4-CD set, and have listened to it precisely once, about twenty years ago. And I still can't get that "It could be Franky, it could be very fresh and clean ... we could get some wind for the sailboat" lyric out of my head.
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Joe Wylie, in reply to
One of the best songs ever IMHO
Along with this (+ more P P Arnold).
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Hebe, in reply to
Ultravox. Still got no idea what this song is about, but
To me it says three months living on the hill above Aro Street eating Weetbix and Gold Coin Chinese takeaways and drinking strong coffee and learning to smoke Camel plain.
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Just felt the need to post The Saints' 'Know Your Product'.
That is some rock 'n' roll.
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Hebe, in reply to
Perhaps - but Gloria Jones doesn't render me impotent with weary contempt for the sick comedy of it all.
Heh; you got Tainted Love in one.
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Hebe, in reply to
Tin soldier: Oh yesss.That man should've taken over the world.
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Simon Grigg, in reply to
I just went looking for that and there it is...
I'll click play one more time - the first minute or so of that is amazing, after that it's just fabulous - once I crawl up for air from my Philly box set.
Here's another:
Greatest UK pop singer ever.... (today it's all about gushing superlatives)
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I should probably be too embarrassed to share this, but when in a really good mood I've been known to sing this in the shower...
And an orchestral arrangement, conducted by the composer
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"Equally great" works for me most of the time: A Good Heart AND Teenage Kicks . (Jackie - you should also check out Maria McKee's versions on Youtube - she was appalled at what Feargal did to the dreary country song she wrote at 19 when her boyfriend dumped her).
I'm surprised yodeling hasn't popped up yet, but to jump straight to the exceptions that prove the rule: Tall Dwarfs I've Left Memories Behind would be the local standout, but Jimmie Rodgers' Blue Yodel No. 9 is the one for me. Nothing to look at unfortunately but if visuals are more your thing, someone on Youtube has helpfully complemented Blue Yodel No. 13 with footage of hermaphrodite leopard slugs exchanging sperm. So if that's your thing, you know where to find it... (If it's not, there's always Louis Armstrong duetting with a yodeling Johnny Cash on No. 9 in there too).
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Just because it's getting late, and I need something mellow, some genuinely beautiful (though bewitchingly complex) Philip Glass:
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Joe Wylie, in reply to
I've been known to sing this in the shower...
Nothing like a good Japanese children's march.
And Joe Hisaishi is up there with Ennio Morricone IMHO. -
We’re all still posting music we hate, right? Right?
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nzlemming, in reply to
Smalltown Boy' and the Communards' authentic disco classic version of 'Don't Leave Me This Way':
Word.
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Tom Beard, in reply to
It's all got a bit blurry.
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