The Red Telephone Posted January 11, 2017 Report Share Posted January 11, 2017 6 hours ago, Gnomicide said: Did the band and audience all done their clan gear after the gig had finished? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaledonianGonzo Posted January 11, 2017 Report Share Posted January 11, 2017 8 hours ago, Gnomicide said: Cheers for posting. Didn't realise that the original sounded like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ted Dansons Wig Posted January 11, 2017 Report Share Posted January 11, 2017 1 hour ago, CaledonianGonzo said: Cheers for posting. Didn't realise that the original sounded like that. Though I'm hell bent down that road to Pedant City - Elvis is the original version of it. Though the first single version to chart was Brenda Lee. Willies version (gawd bless 'im) didn't come out until some years later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnomicide Posted January 11, 2017 Report Share Posted January 11, 2017 1 hour ago, CaledonianGonzo said: Cheers for posting. Didn't realise that the original sounded like that. I only found out a couple of years back that tha wasn't the original. According to Wikipedia at least. This is... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnomicide Posted January 11, 2017 Report Share Posted January 11, 2017 2 minutes ago, Ted Dansons Wig said: Though I'm hell bent down that road to Pedant City - Elvis is the original version of it. Though the first single version to chart was Brenda Lee. Willies version (gawd bless 'im) didn't come out until some years later. Which was kind of what I was trying to get at (in a half arsed way) by implying Willie's was a better cover of it. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Always_on_My_Mind Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaledonianGonzo Posted January 11, 2017 Report Share Posted January 11, 2017 Not even sure what Willie Nelson is doing covering it given that Elvis wrote it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ted Dansons Wig Posted January 11, 2017 Report Share Posted January 11, 2017 1 minute ago, Gnomicide said: Which was kind of what I was trying to get at (in a half arsed way) by implying Willie's was a better cover of it. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Always_on_My_Mind Damn right. Thanks for the Gwen McCrae though - hadn't heard that before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ted Dansons Wig Posted January 11, 2017 Report Share Posted January 11, 2017 And just to confuse things. Had it on a Sam Cooke compilation for ages before realising its a different song Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaledonianGonzo Posted January 11, 2017 Report Share Posted January 11, 2017 The reason that the Shoppies' cover is an all timer is that it manages to simultaneously rebuild the song from the ground up while still maintaining the air of regretful longing of all the best previous versions. They scrape off the schmaltz, up the tempo to dancefloor speed and add in *that* synth fanfare , but it still remains introspective (arf) and regretful. It's unbearably sad and joyous all at once. Heartfelt grandiosity - which isn't easy to pull off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spindles Posted January 11, 2017 Report Share Posted January 11, 2017 3 hours ago, CaledonianGonzo said: The reason that the Shoppies' cover is an all timer is that it manages to simultaneously rebuild the song from the ground up while still maintaining the air of regretful longing of all the best previous versions. They scrape off the schmaltz, up the tempo to dancefloor speed and add in *that* synth fanfare , but it still remains introspective (arf) and regretful. It's unbearably sad and joyous all at once. Heartfelt grandiosity - which isn't easy to pull off. I seem to recall it was recorded for a TV special where lots of artists covered Elvis songs (I forget who did the version of In the ghetto that was also superb) and it stood out for being so dramatically set aside from the original whilst becoming something new and unmistakable in the hands of the artists in question. As for the Willie Nelson clansman thing, couldn't be farther from the truth and gives me a chance to shoehorn in one of my favourite covers: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ted Dansons Wig Posted January 11, 2017 Report Share Posted January 11, 2017 15 minutes ago, Spindles said: I seem to recall it was recorded for a TV special where lots of artists covered Elvis songs (I forget who did the version of In the ghetto that was also superb) and it stood out for being so dramatically set aside from the original whilst becoming something new and unmistakable in the hands of the artists in question. As for the Willie Nelson clansman thing, couldn't be farther from the truth and gives me a chance to shoehorn in one of my favourite covers: Nice. Will be 7 years next June. Time to get Willie back. Lets face it - he's in his 80's so clock is ticking Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
man next door Posted January 12, 2017 Report Share Posted January 12, 2017 I want a dog.... Possibly the shittest tune of all time?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastynh Posted January 12, 2017 Report Share Posted January 12, 2017 3 minutes ago, man next door said: I want a dog.... Possibly the shittest tune of all time?? Better than the holding hands and building walls tune that came out last year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubenz Posted January 12, 2017 Report Share Posted January 12, 2017 Psb concert on sky arts now for anyonexample interested in how they sounded in 2009! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chazwozza Posted January 13, 2017 Report Share Posted January 13, 2017 What about the PSB (Po'okela Street Band) http://pookelastreetband.yolasite.com/about-us.php Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuartbert two hats Posted January 13, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 13, 2017 14 hours ago, rubenz said: Psb concert on sky arts now for anyonexample interested in how they sounded in 2009! I bet they sounded different, since that was the year they started. 17 minutes ago, Chazwozza said: What about the PSB (Po'okela Street Band) http://pookelastreetband.yolasite.com/about-us.php Fair enough, added. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuartbert two hats Posted January 13, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 13, 2017 Just now, Scruffylovemonster said: See that's not fair. Votes cast before they (and Pete Seeger) are now counted unfairly so the only fair thing to do would be scrap this and re-start a vote. You can change your vote (or multi vote), so no Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaledonianGonzo Posted January 13, 2017 Report Share Posted January 13, 2017 When I voted in the poll last week, I did not simply vote to favour the Pet Shop Boys; I voted to change the way our country works – and the people for whom it works – forever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubenz Posted January 13, 2017 Report Share Posted January 13, 2017 1 hour ago, stuartbert two hats said: I bet they sounded different, since that was the year they started. Fair enough, added. Was going well until they did some weird Coldplay mash up. Didn't expect that from psb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingbadger Posted January 13, 2017 Report Share Posted January 13, 2017 I so hope the lineup poster drops and tucked away in the corner it just says PSB. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chazwozza Posted January 13, 2017 Report Share Posted January 13, 2017 5 hours ago, stuartbert two hats said: Fair enough, added. Thank you sir. Now all I need to be able to do is to vote for the crazy Micronesians... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastynh Posted January 13, 2017 Report Share Posted January 13, 2017 Have always loved this cover Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobody Interesting Posted January 20, 2017 Report Share Posted January 20, 2017 If you like PSB then try Analog 80, new album out called Gymnophoria. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuartbert two hats Posted January 20, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2017 Just now, Nobody Interesting said: If you like PSB then try Analog 80, new album out called Gymnophoria. Which PSB? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russycarps Posted January 20, 2017 Report Share Posted January 20, 2017 Hang on, what about Peter Schilling Band?? I'd vote for that all day long. Major Tom is the greatest song of the 80s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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