"breakdown" performed by suede
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"no-one can hold a candle to you" performed by raymonde
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"remnants" performed by spahn ranch
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"stop killing me" performed by the primitives
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1900 Yesterday performed by Liz Damon’s Orient Express
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| | : Yep, this song is definitely of its time. It smacks of 'easy-listening' radio, from the staid brass break, the gentle, on-the-beat marimba strokes, and the whispery thin lead vocals of Liz and her equally restrained backup fellows behind her. Maybe the song just feels slower to you in this version. I don't think the Betty Everett version is any faster--it's just more rhythmic with its slightly funky percussion and string arrangements. Don't get me wrong, I like both versions, this one as much for its that kind of cool 'dated' feel as anything else.
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All We Have is Now performed by The Flaming Lips
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Always performed by Pet Shop Boys
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Anesthetize performed by Porcupine Tree
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As tears go by performed by Nancy Sinatra
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| | : i had to go back and listen to this album after you mentioned it...and it is an incredible version, i really love that soft bossa sound that it's got going on. the rest of the lp is great, too! : i was lucky enough to find a vg++ copy of this LP at Goodwill several years back and this is definitely the best track on the album!! A great interpretation of the song!! : I love this version, theres a cello or something under the introduction that adds a lovely melancholy feel. Quite a sophisticated sounding track. well removed from the bludgeoning innuendo I associate (and love) with Nancy and Lee.
I had one of the few run-ins over musical policy with my old promoter over this track, he thought it far too downbeat. : I love this version of this song, infact I didn't know for a long time that this is a Rolling Stone's tune, but again because it's a version that is so original it really is incredible. Quite popular in Latin America (not so much w/ the Stone's version).
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Astronaut’s Wife performed by Netherfriends
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Aveda performed by Hot Hot Heat
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Ballad of Billy the Kid performed by Ricky Fitzpatrick
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Before We Begin performed by Broadcast
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| | : Oh yes, this track is gem, no doubt about that. To me the melody and harmonies incorporated are quite reminiscent of late 60s sunshine pop/soft rock stuff of that era. : You're correct there. They must be fans of people like Curt Boettcher and Margo Guryan, too! : i love this band. they are so very excellent to see live, as well. and they'll be here in about a month! woohoo!
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Blues for Hari performed by Emil Richards
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| | : Kudos for rep'n mister Richards! I love this track!
This is from the awsome "New Time Element" LP he did for UNI.The whole record is conceptual versions of contemporary pop tunes done in wild time signatures.
Check out his take on "Take 5", he does it in 4/4 time! He also does "Georgy Girl" in 5/4 & "Happy Together" in 15/8 time!Also check out Emil Richard's
Journey To Bliss LP... MAD STUFF!!!
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Chanson D'O performed by Francoise Hardy
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| | : this album's a favorite of mine, too. I also really like her album "Soliel" of a couple years earlier. The interesting thing about this album is that the Brazilian female guitarist Tuca (just one name) backed her on this as she did on Nara Leao's gorgeous tribute to Bossa Nova (recorded in France), "Dez Anos Depois." If you listen to these albums side by side you can clearly here the similarities, not to say they sound identical. And doesn't Fracoise look stunning on the b&w album cover?
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colour me in performed by of montreal
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Curbside Prophet performed by Jason Mraz
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Danger! She’s a Stranger performed by The Five Stairsteps
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| | : The Five Stairsteps have a history going back to the mid sixties -they recorded for Curtis Mayfields 'Windy C' label and later for George Harrison's 'Dark Horse' label
Group main man Kenni Burke is still active in the music business, having co penned the much copied and sampled "Rising To The Top" and has recently (last year) visited the UK where he performed a number of PA's and recorded at least one song. I have to confess I never heard "Danger! She's a Stranger" but will make it my mission to do so! : oh my god, this is one of my all-time favorite songs! i can't believe i never thought to put it up. i love the backing vocals..."danger! stranger!" : You have excellent taste! For the record, I was able to find one other Five Stairsteps track that has a similar moody feel to it. It's called 'Something's Missing', and is almost like a prototype version of 'Danger...' : Sampled by Outkast incidentally (check out "Two Dope Boyz In A Cadillac").
: Yeah, I read about this and checked out the Outkast song. I have to say I wasn't that impressed. I think maybe the big beat over the piano and gentle shimmering strings killed it for me a bit! : Fascinating to read the comments here...I didn't know Outkast had sampled this. I remember first hearing this song when I got their first album way back in 1981, and it is my favorite tune on there. It's a classic of Chicago soul. The strings, horns and Clarence Burke Jr.'s lead vocals and the group harmonies add up to a delightfully foreboding, almost sinister mood on this number. This came out in 1966, I also have "Something's Missing", which came out on Buddah in 1967. I keep telling everybody I know that the Stairsteps are easily the equals of the Jackson Five! They also did a terrific funk-psychedelic number in 1969 on Curtom called "Madame Mary"...I can't figure out the lyrics but it may be about marijuana! : If you like "Danger She's a Stranger", you will love "You've Waited Too Long". I remember the Five Stairsteps, and they were a lot more talented than the Jackson Five (and better looking). But unfortunately they were not on a major label like Motown, but they got a lot of respect and admiration in the Black community and plenty of airplay in DC, NY, Philly, etc. "Oooh Child" was a major hit...I wonder what they are doing now and how they look.
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Dansero performed by Richard Hayman
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Dining Alone performed by Carla Bley
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Do You Realize? performed by Flaming Lips
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Don�t talk (put your head on my shoulder) performed by The Beach Boys
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Drink the Elixir performed by Salad
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| | : Yes, this really is a fantastic upbeat record. It's interesting how the drummer was the best of the three songwriters in the band - Rob Wakeman's lyrics in particular were excellent. There's a couple of other good songs on this album, notably 'Man With A Box'.
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Duel performed by Propaganda
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| | : Another one of my all time favourites. The extended 12" is outstanding.
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Extraordinary Machine performed by Fiona Apple
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| | : i like how you described it as soundin like a "soundtrack to a children's bed time story"..... when my brotherwas trying to desribe this song, he said that it sounds like a five year old girl should be singing it.
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For a Few Dollars More performed by Al Caiola
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Forca performed by Nelly Furtado
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Garra performed by Marcos Valle
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hvis du bare ville performed by ranveig kvello
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I Belong To You - Mon CÅ�ur S’ouvre Ã� Ta Voix performed by Muse
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I Dream of Wire performed by Robert Palmer
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I know you love me not performed by Julie Driscoll
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I Never Dreamed performed by The Cookies
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I'm Gonna Miss You performed by The Mingles
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Insight performed by Joy Division
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| | : It's an incredibly intense and affecting track, one of my favorites, alongside 'disorder' and 'decades'. And 'no love lost', obviously.
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Isadora performed by Illusion
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It�s A Lovely Game Louise performed by The Cyrkle
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James Brown performed by Nancy Dupree
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Juneau performed by Funeral for a Friend
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Kortisin performed by Plaid
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Land Of Sunshine performed by Faith No More
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Laura performed by Julie London
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Les Biches performed by Flora Purim
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| | : Jacques Brel recorded a song of the same title around the same time. Maybe it's a cover version of his original? Les Biches ('The Does',ie female deer) is also the title of a late 60s film by French director Claude Chabrol, though I don't think the Brel song is on the soundtack. : Well, the record only lists the producer Tony Harris as the composer of the song, so I kind of doubt. There's also no apparent link between that title and the actual lyrics to the song.
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Let Me Go performed by Marvelous 3
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Let me take your life performed by Final Boss
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Let’s Go to the Dark Side of the Moon performed by Original Love
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Little Bit performed by Lykke Li
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Lord Hypnos performed by In Flames
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Love Like Semtex performed by Rialto
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Manon performed by Serge Gainsbourg
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| | : I must agree with you (it seems pretty appropriate to do so as you introduced the song to me yourself a few years ago) - this is a very beautiful song, very beautifully and expressively sung, and the arrangement is frankly stunning. This is definitely one of those Gainsbourg tracks which really hits the heights in every department. Surely worth a listen, even to those who can't stand the bulk of Serge's output. : Scott Walker has some similarly haunting orchestral arrangements but as a singer he's a sheep whereas Serge's a wolf. A great sheep, though.
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Maypole performed by Dark
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Mechanical Emotion (Featuring Morris Day) performed by Vanity
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Molienda Cafe performed by Charlie Byrd & Aldemaro Romero
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Mon Amie La Rose performed by Natacha Atlas
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Ode to Billy Joe performed by Ronnie Aldrich
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Oh, Calcutta! performed by Dave Pell Singers
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| | : Its funny that it should make you think of people wearing sparkly dresses, when of course the show itself was primarily famous for having large numbers of hairy hippies naked onstage.
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Ol� Mulholland performed by Frank Black
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Other Peoples Lives performed by Modest Mouse
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Peg performed by Steely Dan
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Please, Please Me performed by Bearcuts
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R Bop performed by Eleven Eyes
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Reckoner performed by Radiohead
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Requiem pour un con performed by serge gainsbourg
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| | : There is an instrumental version on a twelve inch I have that sounds remarkably prescient of Metal Box era PiL: heavy repetetive bass, odd guitar noises and something about the drums, too.
Great track, vocal or no. : oh, that�s awesome, n-jeff! i always wondered if there was an instrumental version...one of the funkiest white tracks ever
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Riverside performed by Agnes Obel
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Sail performed by AWOLNATION
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Sail performed by Awolnation
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Shoots and Ladders performed by Korn
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Since I Left You performed by The Avalanches
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| | : yeah, this is great, I agree! Nice - and unusual - for a song to mix disco and easy listening in quite the way this song does. The one complaint which could be levelled is that the song isn't all that musically varied. As you say though, a feelgood number... : I bought this album last week and I'm in love with it! Stellar stuff, the Holiday sample is such a teaser though!
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Skin Trade performed by Duran Duran
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Sophisticated Lady performed by Robert Maxwell
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Space Oddity performed by David Bowie
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Steppin� Out performed by Joe Jackson
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| | : I'll second your comments regarding Joe Jackson. I'm surprised that with classic albums such as "I'm the Man", "Look Sharp", "Body & Soul" and the aformentioned "Steppin' Out", Joe Jackson doesn't, in my opinion, recieve the credit he deserves.
"Steppin' Out" is a great track, but my favourite version is actually from "Live 1980/86" where he takes a dramatic - perhaps even melodramatic - approach to the song. It shimmers then swells into this wonderful sound, evocative of a kind of fantasy 40's New York, but anchored by JJ's usual lyrical poignancy.
Somewhat overblown? Perhaps, but wonderful stuff nonetheless, and definately one to check out if you've not heard it before.
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Straight to Hell performed by The Clash
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strange weather(live) performed by tom waits
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Strip-Tease performed by Nico
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| | : this is the best ever. i love this.
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Sunken City performed by Les Baxter
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The Cast and Crew performed by Harry Nilsson
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The Conductor performed by the faint
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The Dis-Advantages of You performed by The Brass Ring
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The Life of the Party performed by April March
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| | : i really dig bertrand burgalat. 'specially sssound of music.
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the rising tide performed by sunny day real estate
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The Sugar Cane performed by David McCallum
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| | : I'd be interested to know exactly what David McCallum did on this track ... maybe the glockenspiel : well, according to the liner notes, he supposedly is the conductor of the thing. i've seen his conducting in action in the film "the big tnt show" and all that i can say is that it looks sorta dubious. : David McCallum's father played french horn for the london symphony-he played french horn on the Beatles "for no one"-I think this is he and not the son
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Threshold Of Transformation performed by Isis
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To Cry You a Song performed by Jethro Tull
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Travelling Riverside Blues performed by Led Zeppelin
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Triste performed by Pizzicato Five
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Unas the Slayer of the Gods performed by Nile
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Until I Believe in my Soul performed by Dexys Midnight Runners
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Where will I be tomorrow performed by Nice Little Penguins
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Without Her performed by Preston Guild
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| | : One of his most covered songs at least in the pop canon.It seems like there's sooo many more versions to be found yet!I'd like to hear this one.Also check out the latinized brilliance of Blood, Sweat & Tears version from their"Child Is Father to the Man" LP. Maybe thats where these guys picked-up the style for their take...?
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Woman performed by Peter & Gordon
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