Gone...Like the Swallows performed by And Also The Trees
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who needs forever performed by astrud gilberto
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| | : you must pick-up the quincy jones soundtrack (released with the score to "the pawnbroker") with astrud singing "who needs forever". The lush quincy jones score is hauntingly beautiful, and astrud never sounded better. This version is the real deal for me.. : Amazing guitar on this piece.
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be with me performed by beach boys
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My Suitor performed by Berntholer
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Summer (The First Time) performed by BOBBY GOLDSBORO
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| | : Millie Jackson covered this song and takes all the saccharine out of it! : 'Summer the first time' by Bobby G doesn't have an ounce of Saccharine, it is a powerfully evocative track taking me back to when I was 19 (and that's 32 years ago!)so completely that I can smell, taste and feel everything as if I'd dropped back into 1973 from a time machine! And if you think that I write with Saccharine, then hey,I get paid for it! : I am just listening to this tack as I am typing and it really is an excellent example for nostalgia. The way the song is constructed makes it easily slip into your mind and float downstream to past encounters...
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Requiem for a Tower performed by Clint Mansell
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If paradise is half as nice performed by Dave Clark Five
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| | : I was always quite fond of the version by Clive Langer and the Boxes from about 82. Sung in a terrible fake South London accent.
If Parodice woz alf as naice as evven wen oym kissin yew. But I've not heard the DC5 version. Must say, I'm intrigued.
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Ain’t No Mountain High Enough performed by Diana Ross
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| | : I agree with you, the full length version of this is wonderful, as is her full length version of Reach Out I'll Be There recorded in 1971.
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Boys of Summer performed by Don Henley
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| | : Yeah, this is an absolutely great song, a classic to my mind, yearning for that perfect love, that perfect moment, and the chance to prove ones self. And this comes from an Eagle, who weren't bad but have been way overplayed these last years on radio. : I agree, Don nailed it with this one.It's eerie simplicity is what was great about the Eagles better tunes. It is too bad about overplay, at least in the USA. FM radio is like a Coke machine in a vegatable garden... : This is one of those few 80's songs that is still valid today. Instead of being about the excesses of the period, it's a very haunting song about missing something. Or is it about not looking back and having no regrets? You could probably argue for both sides of it. It's a true classic.
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Skin Trade performed by Duran Duran
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Just A Touch Away performed by Echo & The Bunnymen
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The Cutter performed by Echo & The Bunnymen
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Sequoia performed by Fay Lovsky
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Davy Jones's Locker performed by Flaming Stars
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Footprints on the Moon performed by Francis Lai
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| | : Yow! That sound snippet alone is so cool. : I finally got the version by Francis Lai, and i think its better then Johnny Harris one. Splendid song!. I love the ending part of it.. cant get that part out of my head :) : I'd have to go for the Johnny Harris original over the Francis Lai version. It's colder and spookier with less obtrusive strings. "Movements" is available on CD (great sleeve - his expression suggests a combined photo shoot/visit to his proctologist) - but the mono single version (w/"Lulu's Theme") is all you need. : Well, thanks to all of you I had to track down BOTH versions! Amazing what a difference an arrangement makes. I agree with scrubbles: the clip of Lai's version is the most infectious thing around!
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Mecca performed by Gene Pitney
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Open Door performed by Genesis
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| | : Um, that song was a throwaway no matter how you slice it : It's all about musical taste, really, although even if it was not to my taste, I would find it hard to put together an argument for it as a throwaway. : I think this is an absolutely beautiful track! : Oh yes, it's quite special...glad someone else appreciates it!
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The Town I Live In performed by Jackie Lee
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I know you love me not performed by Julie Driscoll
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resistansen performed by kaizers orchestra
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Secret Love performed by Kathy Kirby
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In the Name of Love performed by Kenny Rankin
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| | : Great album. I love the versions of "Penny Lane" & "Berimbau" as well! James Taylor, eat your heart out!
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Ice Pick Mike performed by Lalo Schifrin
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The Nights performed by Lee Hazlewood
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I think We're Alone Now (Japanese) performed by Lene Lovich
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Nightingale performed by Les Baxter
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Wake me I am dreaming performed by Love Affair
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Quattro Vestiti performed by Milva
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| | : milva also does a compelling 'metti una sera a cena' on volume 3 of the canto morricone series; highly recommended...
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Se telefonando performed by Mina
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| | : This song was covered in a great version by Francoise Hardy (as "Je changerais d'avis"). It's on several compilations of her 60s recordings. : Francoise also recorded it in English (the recording is exactly the same apart from the vocals) as 'I will change my life'. Great stuff!
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Breve Amore performed by Mina
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| | : the 'fumo di londra' soundtrack was recently reissued as a 2lp set, with tons of outtakes. i really, really love it. i'd make a recommendation from it right now, but i can't remember the song title, and the record isn't with me. argh! : The one which really bowled me over was 'Mr Dante Fontana'! Like 3 brilliant songs rolled into one! : wouldn't you know it? that was the one i was trying to remember! i couldn't recall if that was the title or if they just said "hey, mr. dante fontana" a lot. : Also from that Fumo Di Londra album: that fabulous 'You Never Told Me'. A Brit-girl-sound lost classic! : Yes; that's actually an English-language version of this same song
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Conversazione performed by Mina
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smell memory performed by mum
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The Awakening performed by Pizzicato Five
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| | : The song is on "great white wonder" as well, but sung by a male singer (Konishi or Takanami perhaps?). It's a beautiful song, though not a typical Pizzicato Five tune :)
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This is Hardcore performed by Pulp
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| | : Totally agree ... I remember that the video for this song was equally fantastic - a tribute to '50s technicolor melodramas, but with an added dose of sleaze. : dammit. just rediscovered this myself and was about to rcommend it. didn't appeal to me the first time around,
but then again i probably have a slightly better/ more diverse taste in music now. besides, the years have been kind to it. you're spot on about the use of the peter thomas sample, i have to agree that it's pretty tastefully done. : if you can use the word "tasteful" about this song, that is:)
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Bitter-Sweet performed by Roxy Music
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He was here but not for long performed by Sally Dastey
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Chelsea Girl performed by Simple Minds
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Presidential Suite performed by Super Furry Animals
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King Ink performed by The Birthday Party
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Your Turn, My Turn performed by The Go-Betweens
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Desiree performed by The Left Banke
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| | : is this a cover of the old doo wop standard ? which Zappa was involved in : No, it's a Left Banke original. : Haven't heard that for years! Nice to be reminded of it. My fave by them is 'Pretty Ballerina'.
As far as I know, they never had a hit here in England.
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Me About You performed by The Mojo Men
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Your Guardian Angel performed by The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
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Major to Minor performed by The Settlers
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Bouncing Babies performed by The Teardrop Explodes
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The Girl I Lost in the Rain performed by The Walker Brothers
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I Don’t Wanna Grow Up performed by Tom Waits
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Ophis le Serpentaire performed by Vincent Geminiani
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