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alternate versions played, other than the "hit" version
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Turnpike Tuner said:
True, Turnpike, but if you listen to Van's stuff, it's clear "Brown Eyed Girl" was tossed off to make some money and get his contractual obligations to Bert Berns over with. The very next thing he did was the Astral Weeks LP, which is light years from "Brown Eyed Girl". And even his pop stuff after ("Domino", "Blue Money", "Wild Night", "Jackie Wilson Said") were about 18 layers deeper in soul.
michael hagerty said:
No argument there - I love Van Morrison's body of work ("Into The Mystic" is a favorite of mine, along with "Jackie Wilson Said"). The thing that struck me was the bit about not getting royalties on one of the most played/performed works of the 20th century.
I play Van heavily on my Jammin' Oldies stream - one of the best "blue eyed soul" artists out there...
Turnpike Tuner said:
I love his stuff too. Guy's in a class by himself. But I think his antipathy toward "Brown Eyed Girl" has less to do with getting screwed than with knowing that when he dies, that's the song that will be mentioned in the obit instead of the dozens, hundreds, even...of infinitely better songs he's written.
It'd be kind of like if Miles Davis had to live down "Tijuana Taxi" (no offense, Herb).
Turnpike Tuner said:
Well, maybe Mick skipped that year.....
Turnpike Tuner said:
And "Tupelo Honey" and "Caravan" and "Crazy Love" and the wonderfully pissed off "Why Must I Always Explain?"
I wonder if Van gets idiots at his shows who call out for "Brown Eyed Girl" just as he's about to launch into "St. Dominic's Preview."
Here in Nashville, it is the Morrison version of "Wild Night" that gets played, not Mellencamp's version. Morrison only made #28 with his version, which turned out to be his last top 40 appearance. That was in 1971. Mellencamp's version made #3 in 1994, and was a bit of a comeback for him, since he had not made the top 10 since about 1987. That said, I am old enough (obviously) to remember Mellencamp's version, but not Morrison's. But I don't recall ever hearing Morrison's version until after Mellencamp repopularized it again. However, Mellencamp's version is not really "retro" enough to play on classic hits just yet, so I have a feeling that that is why the Morrison version has been brought back, after being dormant for so many years. In other words, if Mellencamp had not had a hit with it, I don't believe that the Morrison version would be "testing" well enough to getting played again.
Jack-FM is playing a version of Bob Seger's "Mainstreet," but it sounds like Kid Rock on lead vocal. I was in the car when this one played, and the readout showed that it was Bob Seger singing "Mainstreet." If that was indeed Seger, then his voice has gotten much worse over the years. Furthermore, I don't understand why Seger would see a need to re-record the song. (Just as an aside, I occasionally see some minor mistakes on the car's readout, but nothing this inaccurate, assuming that it is indeed Kid Rock attempting to "sing" that one!)
A youtube search for Kid Rock singing "Mainstreet" pulled up some live versions, but no studio version. I am aware that Kid Rock is a HUGE Seger fan, and even inducted him into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, but this new version of "Mainstreet" is atrocious!
A youtube search for Kid Rock singing "Mainstreet" pulled up some live versions, but no studio version. I am aware that Kid Rock is a HUGE Seger fan, and even inducted him into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, but this new version of "Mainstreet" is atrocious!
The much-maligned 97.1 here in Nashville played these:
1) A much "harder" version of "Bad Case of Loving You" by Robert Palmer. Found it here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7z9DwMKvqcc
2) The 1994 remix of "December 1963" by the Four Seasons, which I found odd, since they didn't play anything else from the '90s.
3) A live version of "I Saw Her Standing There" by the Beatles. It may have been the one of the takes from the Ed Sullivan show, in which Paul was occasionally off-mike, so John's harmony vocals were slightly more prominent. By the time Come-in-last sold 97.1 to K-Love last year, they weren't still playing much else that was this old, save for the occasional "All My Loving."
Jack-FM here occasionally plays the remix of "Hey Jude" by the Beatles which appeared on the LOVE CD back around 2006. Otherwise, they play very little from the '60s anymore.
1) A much "harder" version of "Bad Case of Loving You" by Robert Palmer. Found it here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7z9DwMKvqcc
2) The 1994 remix of "December 1963" by the Four Seasons, which I found odd, since they didn't play anything else from the '90s.
3) A live version of "I Saw Her Standing There" by the Beatles. It may have been the one of the takes from the Ed Sullivan show, in which Paul was occasionally off-mike, so John's harmony vocals were slightly more prominent. By the time Come-in-last sold 97.1 to K-Love last year, they weren't still playing much else that was this old, save for the occasional "All My Loving."
Jack-FM here occasionally plays the remix of "Hey Jude" by the Beatles which appeared on the LOVE CD back around 2006. Otherwise, they play very little from the '60s anymore.
I get a little tired of Stevie Wonder's original of "Signed, Sealed, Delivered." I wish once in a while Peter Frampton's excellent cover could be played instead, which was also a respectable hit (BB #18, CB #13). Same goes for Gloria Gaynor's cover of "Never Can Say Goodbye." (BB #9, CB #8) After all, many stations are still playing both Marvin Gaye's #19 hit, "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" and Diana Ross' #1 cover every single day!
Agree with you on the Frampton cover version. I would like to hear that one a bit more than I have been lately. I still hear the Jackson 5 version of "Never Can Say Goodbye," only hearing the far superior Gloria Gaynor version on weekends.RIN3GUY said:
Some more: For some reason, the classic rock station here in Nashville insists on playing the studio version of "Rock and Roll All Night" by KISS over the much better live version. The live version is the one that became the hit. (This is not the (former) classic hits station that played the '90s "unplugged" version that I mentioned earlier in this thread.) They have also brought out the live version of "Breakdown" by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.
I believe I also mentioned (although it may have been in another thread) that the AC station plays the studio version of "Maybe I'm Amazed" by Paul McCartney. I would only hear the live version (with Wings) whenever DUH-lilah played that one, and fortunately, they have dropped her (although I had no objection to hearing the live version of "Maybe I'm Amazed").
Of all the hit versions of "Never Can Say Goodbye", I like the Isaac Hayes version the best. He turned into a mature, adult love song, whereas the J5 did if for the kiddies.
I also prefer the Isaac Hayes recording of "Never Can Say Goodbye". The Jackson 5 original is bubblegum soul and not bad but Hayes
turned the song into just something amazing. Does anyone out there also like his version of the "Look Of Love"? It's a dead heat between that
and Dusty Springfield's version for the best I've ever heard.
turned the song into just something amazing. Does anyone out there also like his version of the "Look Of Love"? It's a dead heat between that
and Dusty Springfield's version for the best I've ever heard.
I am now noticing that the afore-mentioned Hippie Radio here in Nashville is playing both the live and studio versions of Eagles songs.
The AC station is among those playing the live version of "Hotel California."
The AC station is among those playing the live version of "Hotel California."
One more. Here in the states, the "alternate" version of "Coming Up" by Paul McCartney (the live version with Wings) was the version that became the hit. Everywhere else, the studio version became the hit. I believe that the United States was the only country in which this was the case.
Hippie Radio here in Nashville has been playing an alternate mix of "Free Ride" by the Edgar Winter Group. Heard it again today.
I am also occasionally hearing a slightly different of "I Melt With You" by Modern English, which is interesting, considering that that one was never a "hit," even back in its heyday.
I am also occasionally hearing a slightly different of "I Melt With You" by Modern English, which is interesting, considering that that one was never a "hit," even back in its heyday.
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