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Songs People Should Hear - Music Head - 25-01-2010
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YouTube - Manfred Mann - Do Wah Diddy
from wikipedia
"Do Wah Diddy Diddy" is a song written by Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich and originally recorded in 1963 by the American vocal group The Exciters. In 1964, it was covered by British R&B, Beat and pop band Manfred Mann. Manfred Mann's version, which was more commercially successful, was recorded on June 11, 1964, released on July 10 and spent two weeks in August at number one in the UK Singles Chart and in October of that year it spent two weeks at the number one spot in the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart.
In the Manfred Mann version, Paul Jones (then lead singer) ungrammatically sings: "I knew we was falling in love". This was probably considered more of a faux pas in 1964 than in today's era of more lax lyrical standards. Besides, the line's repeated exposure has made the usage seem almost as natural as the correct "we were".
"Do Wah Diddy Diddy" was covered by French singer Sheila in 1964. The song's name is "Vous les copains" ("You my friends")
The song was remade by a Czech singer Pavel Novak and group Synkopa in 1964.
The British pop band, Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich covered the song, and it appears on their greatest hits album.
The song was remade by a Korean idol group Shinhwa in 1998.
The song was covered by Dutch girl group the Dolly Dots in 1982.
The song was covered by Ukrainian-American disco singer Sergey Kremenchenko in 1973.
Andrew Gold covered the song on his 1976 album What's Wrong with This Picture.
In 1980 it was covered by pop music group A La Carte.
The song was parodied by the controversial hip hop group 2 Live Crew on their 1988 album Move Somethin', and by the Macc Lads in their song Manfred Macc.
DJ Ãtzi released his cover version in 2001.
Riders in the Sky released a Monsters, Inc. version on the album Monsters, Inc. Scream Factory Favorites in 2002.
As a result of the song's prominent use by Bill Murray and Harold Ramis in the 1981 film Stripes, it has become a popular military cadence.
The song is a repeated motif in LA Story, a 1991 movie by Steve Martin.
In 2008 an advertisement for Cinnamon Streusel Mini Wheats featured a parody of the song.[1]
In the 1991 film, My Girl, Vada Sultenfuss sang the song when she got upset, closing her ears.
In the 5th season episode of Home Improvement, 'Advise and Repent', Randy comments on Jill being weird for singing Doo Wah Diddy to a girl he was watching TV with, then Jill comes down the stairs singing the song.
This is the theme song for the 90's Philippine TV show Ang TV
Songs People Should Hear - AddyO - 26-01-2010
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YouTube - Manfred Mann - Do Wah Diddy
Dear Mr Head,
With all due respect, could u slow down on your posts. I can appreciate your passion for the art and so on, but u are hardly giving enough time to breathe before your next post. I like to listen, then appreciate a song, and that takes time! Keep up the good work.
AddyO
Songs People Should Hear - carbon_psycho - 26-01-2010
I think he posts around 2 songs a day.. that slow enough for anyone to catch up..
Songs People Should Hear - Music Head - 26-01-2010
thanks gryphon
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YouTube - Those were the days
from wikipedia
"Those Were the Days" is a song credited to Gene Raskin, who put English lyrics to the Russian gypsy song "Dorogoi dlinnoyu" ("Дорогой длинною", lit. "By the long road"), written by Boris Fomin (1900-1948) with words by the poet Konstantin Podrevskii. It deals with reminiscence upon youth and romantic idealism. The first known recording of the song was by Alexander Vertinsky in the 1920s. The song is best remembered for Mary Hopkin's 1968 recording, which was a top-ten hit in both the U.S. and the U.K.
Gene Raskin frequented The White Horse Tavern in the 1960s and the song lamented the passing of the golden folk days of Dylan, Paxton, Ochs, and The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem.
Although the song was popularized in the early 1960s by The Limeliters, Welsh singer Mary Hopkin did the best known recording. It was released on 30 August 1968, shortly after Hopkin was signed to the Beatles' newly created Apple label. Hopkin's recording was produced by Paul McCartney and became a #1 hit in the UK singles chart, and reached #2 in the US. The tune topped the Billboard Easy Listening survey.
Paul McCartney, who produced the session, also recorded Hopkin singing "Those Were The Days" in four other languages for release in their respective countries:
In Spain, Que Tiempo Tan Feliz,
In West Germany, An jenem Tag,
In Italy, Quelli Erano Giorni,
In France, Le temps des fleurs.
The UK and the USA had the B-side, "Turn! Turn! Turn!" which was written by Pete Seeger (but largely taken from the book of Ecclesiastes), which had been a U.S. #1 hit for The Byrds in 1965.
"Those Were the Days" was catalogue number Apple 2 (APPLE 1 designation had been intended for the Beatles single "Hey Jude").
Hopkin's version was released on the back of her success on the television show Opportunity Knocks and around the time of its release popular singer Sandie Shaw was also asked to record the song by her management, feeling that it should be done by a "real" singer and not the new star of a reality TV show. Shaw's version was released as a single but did not beat the success of Hopkin's version.
In the mid 1970s, after Hopkin's contract with Apple ended, "Those Were the Days" and "Goodbye" were re-recorded with producer Tony Visconti. Only these re-recorded versions can be found on music compilation discs because Apple never allows its original recordings to be used.
In 2005, Dolly Parton released a cover of "Those Were the Days," which featured backing vocals by Mary Hopkin. That year, the song became the title track of Dolly Parton's album with the same name.
The melody of the song is instantly recognizable to tens of millions of Brazilians, although most of them are probably wholly unaware of its origins or original lyrics and title; it was used for years by Brazilian TV host Silvio Santos in his Show de Calouros, a Gong Show-like talent show, with the lyrics changed to introduce the judges and host of the show.
On Christmas 1975, the President of Equatorial Guinea, Francisco MacÃas Nguema, had 150 alleged coup plotters executed to the sound of a band playing Mary Hopkin's tune Those Were the Days in a national stadium.
"Those Were the Days" has been adopted by supporters of UK football league club Huddersfield Town FC, as their unofficial club song. The words are modified to "Those were the days my friend we thought they'd never end - We won the league three times in row - we won the FA cup, and now we're going up - we are the Town - Oh yes we are the Town!"
Songs People Should Hear - carbon_psycho - 26-01-2010
hey, i love that song.
Songs People Should Hear - Iota - 26-01-2010
YouTube - "Must I Paint You A Picture?" by Billy Bragg
YouTube - Stevie Wonder ~ Superstition
YouTube - Aesop Rock - 9-5ers Anthem
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Songs People Should Hear - Iota - 26-01-2010
Almost forgot one:
Rebekah del Rio - Llorando
YouTube - Llorando The video is a clip from David Lynch's Mulholland Drive
Spanish a capella version of Roy Orbison's Crying. Even better than the original.
Songs People Should Hear - carbon_psycho - 26-01-2010
Iggy Pop - The Passenger
Songs People Should Hear - Music Head - 26-01-2010
thanks iota
and
thanks carbon
Songs People Should Hear - Music Head - 27-01-2010
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YouTube - Righteous Brothers You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' (45 RPM)
from wikipedia
"You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" is a 1965 number-one hit single in the United States and the United Kingdom by The Righteous Brothers. In 1999, the performing-rights organization Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI) announced that it was the most-played song of the 20th century. Additionally, the song was chosen as one of the Songs of the Century by RIAA and ranked #34 on the list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time by Rolling Stone.
Written by Barry Mann, Phil Spector and Cynthia Weil, the song is one of the foremost examples of producer Phil Spector's "Wall of Sound" technique. Recorded in Studio A of the famed Gold Star Studios in Los Angeles, it features lead vocals by Bill Medley. Bobby Hatfield reportedly expressed his annoyance to Spector upon learning that he would have to wait until the chorus before joining Medleyâs vocals. When Hatfield asked Spector just what he was supposed to do during Medleyâs solo, Spector replied: âYou can go straight to the ******* bank.â Among the background singers in the song's crescendo is a young Cher.
Cynthia Weil recalled that, "After Phil, Barry and I finished, we took it over to the Righteous Brothers. Bill Medley, who has the low voice, seemed to like the song." Even with his interest in the song, however, Medley had his doubts. In an interview with Rolling Stone magazine, he recalled, "We had no idea if it would be a hit. It was too slow, too long, and right in the middle of The Beatles and the British Invasion." Indeed, the song ran for nearly four minutes when released. This was much too long by contemporary AM standards, but Spector refused to cut it shorter. On the label where the time is indicated, he had "3:05" printed, instead of the track's actual running time of 3:45. He also added a false ending which made the recording more dramatic, and would also trick radio deejays into thinking it was a shorter song. Upon being played the finished record over the phone, co-writer Barry Mann reacted to Medleyâs deep baritone by telling Spector, âPhil, you have it on the wrong speed!â
"You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" topped the Billboard Hot 100 dated 6 February 1965 and remained at #1 the week of 13 February 1965. In additon the song crossed over to the R&B charts peaking at number two.