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by Risky » Thu Mar 04, 2010 1:53 pm
I just don't get this dislike of "cover tracks" in the 1980s. The Shadows have always recorded covers of vocals and instrumentals.
How about:
1961: Blue Star, My Resistance Is Low, Shazam, The Frightened City (film)
1962: Bo Diddley, Perfidia
1963: Adios Muchachos, Granada, Las Tres Carabelas, The Breeze and I, Valencia
1964: Chatanooga Choo Choo, Tonight, The Lonely Bull, The High And The Mighty, Zambesi, Temptation, In The Mood
1965: Brazil, Deep Purple, Let It Be Me, My Grandfather's Clock, Warlord
1966: Fly Me To The Moon, I Only Want To Be With You, Thunderbirds Theme
1967: Tennessee Waltz, Prelude in E Major, Cathys Clown, Semi-detached Suburban Mr Jones, Trains and Boats and Planes, Friday On My Mind, Maria Elena, Green Eyes
There are some great tracks here. If you don't like covers, what did you do in the 1960s when you placed your plastic album on the Dansette? Did you constantly have to lift the needle and move on to the next track?
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by iefje » Thu Mar 04, 2010 2:05 pm
Risky wrote:I just don't get this dislike of "cover tracks" in the 1980s. The Shadows have always recorded covers of vocals and instrumentals.
How about:
1961: Blue Star, My Resistance Is Low, Shazam, The Frightened City (film)
1962: Bo Diddley, Perfidia
1963: Adios Muchachos, Granada, Las Tres Carabelas, The Breeze and I, Valencia
1964: Chatanooga Choo Choo, Tonight, The Lonely Bull, The High And The Mighty, Zambesi, Temptation, In The Mood
1965: Brazil, Deep Purple, Let It Be Me, My Grandfather's Clock, Warlord
1966: Fly Me To The Moon, I Only Want To Be With You, Thunderbirds Theme
1967: Tennessee Waltz, Prelude in E Major, Cathys Clown, Semi-detached Suburban Mr Jones, Trains and Boats and Planes, Friday On My Mind, Maria Elena, Green Eyes
There are some great tracks here. If you don't like covers, what did you do in the 1960s when you placed your plastic album on the Dansette? Did you constantly have to lift the needle and move on to the next track?
"The Frightened City" wasn't really a cover, maybe only of the film version. "I Only Want To Be With You" and "Prelude In E Major" were actually originals. The title of the first one was also from one of Dusty Springfield's hits and the second from one of Bach's compositions.
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by Risky » Thu Mar 04, 2010 2:28 pm
iefje wrote:"The Frightened City" wasn't really a cover, maybe only of the film version. "I Only Want To Be With You" and "Prelude In E Major" were actually originals. The title of the first one was also from one of Dusty Springfield's hits and the second from one of Bach's compositions.
I may be wrong about "Frightened City" but I believe that it was written by Norrie Paramor for the film before the Shadows recorded it. I think that Norrie Paramor also adapted Prelude from Bach's original. Neither was an original tune when the Shadows recorded them.
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by des mcneill » Thu Mar 04, 2010 2:55 pm
I don't think the issue is whether the track is a cover or not,it is whether it makes a good instrumental,and some clearly do while others don't.
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by dave robinson » Thu Mar 04, 2010 3:14 pm
It's pretty clear to me that some people just don't get it Des.
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by MeBHank » Thu Mar 04, 2010 7:08 pm
Unnecessary.
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by Shad1 » Thu Mar 04, 2010 8:46 pm
Apologies Tom and Justin....I shall stand in the corner.
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by des mcneill » Thu Mar 04, 2010 9:04 pm
Get out of that corner right away,Malc, a thread which maintains this level of interest must be good and certainly deserved to be raised.
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by Risky » Thu Mar 04, 2010 11:24 pm
dave robinson wrote:It's pretty clear to me that some people just don't get it Des.
Dave. It's an eternal truth that you can't tell people what to like and what not to like... or don't you get it?
Thank heavens we are all different or it would be a boring world.
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by dave robinson » Thu Mar 04, 2010 11:41 pm
I get it perfectly - you just named a load of tunes that the Shadows covered in their early days and 95% are terrific instrumentals. Why are you comparing those with what is by comparison, rubbish on the eighties albums.
You know what, maybe I should keep my opinions to myself and let you lot get on with it . . . .
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