It's a punch in the heart, and still I had to cut it from my ballot.
― WmC, Wednesday, 15 May 2019 23:27 (five years ago) link
I like the Dusty version, although I don’t remember it from the album, which I haven’t listened to in a whiledecade or two, for some unknown reason.
― Careless Love Battery (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 15 May 2019 23:34 (five years ago) link
Rectifying this now
― Careless Love Battery (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 15 May 2019 23:40 (five years ago) link
Listening to Dusty In Memphis is always the right thing to do.
― a large tuna called “Justice” (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 16 May 2019 00:09 (five years ago) link
You can't imagine my envy for the person about to absorb Dusty In Memphis for the first time.
― recriminations from the nitpicking woke (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 16 May 2019 00:27 (five years ago) link
34. Wives and Lovers — 147 Points, 5 VotesLyric: Hal DavidJack Jones, 1963 Kapp Records single, 109 points — https://youtu.be/rZ7WT02wFOkDave Douglas, from Great Jewish Music: Burt Bacharach, 1997, 38 points — https://youtu.be/CkUW_Fc2xj0
― WmC, Thursday, 16 May 2019 00:33 (five years ago) link
Those lyrics are not wholly attractive. A vocal-less version highlighted in the other thread demonstrated that BB contributed a fine tune, however.
Also: belated "yay!" for "Knowing When To Leave!"
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Thursday, 16 May 2019 01:12 (five years ago) link
Last one for the night.
33. Don't Go Breaking My Heart — 151 Points, 3 VotesLyric: Hal DavidDionne Warwick, 1966 b-side to "Trains and Boats and Planes, 70 points — https://youtu.be/fcKIX-xrsukMarc Ribot, from Great Jewish Music: Burt Bacharach, 1997, 55 points — https://youtu.be/K6de2BkfhEo (electric version)Astrud Gilberto, 1966 single, 26 points — https://youtu.be/mBRl241KfB0
― WmC, Thursday, 16 May 2019 01:15 (five years ago) link
I was the Ribot voter, specifically for the solo acoustic version, but that's not on youtube. It's not quite as outside as if Eugene Chadbourne had covered the song, but it's got some sharp edges on it.
― WmC, Thursday, 16 May 2019 01:18 (five years ago) link
Pretty sure I voted for Gilberto here. So no sharp edges at all. LOL. I might have been semi-consciously strategically voting against Warwick a little, to avoid a complete Dionnefest on my ballot.
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Thursday, 16 May 2019 01:32 (five years ago) link
Another tune not really on my radar. Enjoying the Dionne Warwick version right now.
― Careless Love Battery (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 16 May 2019 01:38 (five years ago) link
assorted versions of "Wives and Lovers" got a ton of airplay on easy listening stations 50 years ago. I knew it well by the time I was 8.
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 16 May 2019 02:34 (five years ago) link
Yeah, although I didn’t even know what the title was for a few decades.
― Careless Love Battery (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 16 May 2019 02:50 (five years ago) link
A thread is still a threadEven if there’s no one posting there
― Careless Love Battery (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 16 May 2019 09:53 (five years ago) link
Good morning! Some early results for the UK and EU.
― WmC, Thursday, 16 May 2019 11:12 (five years ago) link
32. Please Stay — 152 Points, 3 VotesLyric: Bob HilliardThe Drifters, 1961 single, 152 points — https://youtu.be/1iY2UpSz9Vs
― WmC, Thursday, 16 May 2019 11:13 (five years ago) link
I thought about voting for the Elvis Costello version of this because it starts really nice but he goes way overboard by the end.
― WmC, Thursday, 16 May 2019 11:18 (five years ago) link
31. Mexican Divorce — 165 Points, 3 Votes, 1 #1 VoteLyric: Bob HilliardThe Drifters, 1962 b-side to "When My Little Girl Is Smiling," 113 points — https://youtu.be/_UwQjkmQ5KMRy Cooder, on Paradise and Lunch, 1974, 52 points — https://youtu.be/5Cci6Jn2t-Y
― WmC, Thursday, 16 May 2019 11:29 (five years ago) link
That was my #1, which maybe I can explain a little later if you want.
― Careless Love Battery (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 16 May 2019 11:30 (five years ago) link
Not going to be able to post much today maybe but watching in.
― Doctor Nu (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 16 May 2019 11:43 (five years ago) link
xp oh yeah, #1 vote note added
I guess I will push on through and do all of the top 30 today...? Unless everyone wants some today and some tomorrow.
― WmC, Thursday, 16 May 2019 11:47 (five years ago) link
Please do!
― WmC, Thursday, 16 May 2019 11:51 (five years ago) link
30. What's New, Pussycat? — 181 Points, 6 VotesLyric: Hal DavidTom Jones, 1965 Parrot Records single, 181 points — https://youtu.be/cB-ur_x-1HgA 60s or 70s live tv version — https://youtu.be/YG1c3OasifcLive, 2018 — https://youtu.be/RP3WPZqkBwg - still in great voice.
― WmC, Thursday, 16 May 2019 11:58 (five years ago) link
29. Something Big — 227 Points, 5 VotesLyric: Hal DavidJim O'Rourke, from Eureka, 1999, 126 points — https://youtu.be/1TVVQvk5KbMBurt Bacharach, 1973 single, 101 points — https://youtu.be/m6ROvkl9gNY
― WmC, Thursday, 16 May 2019 12:21 (five years ago) link
The Jim O'Rourke version of this song is what originally turned me on to Burt Bacharach's songwriting back 1999 (well, that and Austin Powers :) I had always assumed that this was a much less obscure song (based on the fact that he decided to cover it), but apparently Jim did some crate-digging.
― enochroot, Thursday, 16 May 2019 12:30 (five years ago) link
Listening to the original version for the first time now, and it seems that Jim O'Rourke did a pretty straight/faithful cover. I was afraid I wouldn't like the original, but it's essentially identical.
― enochroot, Thursday, 16 May 2019 12:34 (five years ago) link
The pain and disappointment behind the jaunty exterior in this song fit O'Rourke so well, he was born to cover it.
https://media.timeout.com/images/102606826/630/472/image.jpg
"There'll be joy and there'll be laughter..."
― WmC, Thursday, 16 May 2019 12:38 (five years ago) link
The vote counts have really shot up! I gave points to Burt's "Something Big" though, oddly, it was O'Rourke's rendition posted in the other thread that got me reexamining the original. There's something going on in the chorus, rhythmically, that is immensely pleasing in both versions.
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Thursday, 16 May 2019 12:40 (five years ago) link
28. The Windows of the World — 236 Points, 9 VotesLyric: Hal DavidThe Free Design, from You Could Be Born Again (1968), 106 points — https://youtu.be/mbb_xx38zZYDionne Warwick, from The Windows of the World LP (1967), 56 points — https://youtu.be/Hvq5RYlgQ-UScott Walker, from Scott 2 (1968), 55 points — https://youtu.be/8OvChlYMN6sBobbie Gentry, unknown recording date, 19 points — https://youtu.be/tWeQLQ75sTsGentry version is on The Best of the Capitol Years and The Girl from Chickasaw County comps.
― WmC, Thursday, 16 May 2019 12:45 (five years ago) link
All the voted for versions of this are great but I couldn’t not vote for the Dedricks.
― Jeff W, Thursday, 16 May 2019 12:52 (five years ago) link
Free Design 4 votes, Dionne 5 votes, Scott and Bobbie 1 vote each
― WmC, Thursday, 16 May 2019 12:59 (five years ago) link
Correction, Dionne got 3 votes.
Dedricks?
― Careless Love Battery (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 16 May 2019 13:02 (five years ago) link
What is the family from The Free Design
― Josefa, Thursday, 16 May 2019 13:09 (five years ago) link
WAY too low!
(Oh well, that's what I get for not voting.)
― Hideous Lump, Thursday, 16 May 2019 13:10 (five years ago) link
27. You'll Never Get to Heaven (If You Break My Heart) — 255 Points, 8 VotesLyric: Hal DavidThe Stylistics, 1976 single, 235 points — https://youtu.be/T7pgAAW9pEURumer, from This Girl's in Love (A Bacharach & David Songbook), 2016, 20 points — https://youtu.be/OzAM69HpkWU(First recording is by Dionne, 1964.)
― WmC, Thursday, 16 May 2019 13:13 (five years ago) link
Had to be the Stylistics version, and it broke up my Dionne-heavy choices a bit. Also wow this is low.
― Doctor Nu (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 16 May 2019 13:22 (five years ago) link
Burt gave Phil Ramone a lot of credit for that original of Something Big - "I never sang better".
― Michael Jones, Thursday, 16 May 2019 13:24 (five years ago) link
And I think the Jim O version was my intro to Edith Frost (who really doesn't sing like that anywhere else, not surprisingly!) :)
― Michael Jones, Thursday, 16 May 2019 13:26 (five years ago) link
That Stylistics version is so beautiful. I might have heard it back in the 70s but wasn't really knocked out by it until this poll. Also had never heard of Rumer before the poll -- my first thought was "is this Rumer Willis?"
― WmC, Thursday, 16 May 2019 13:29 (five years ago) link
If not Rumer Godden.
― Careless Love Battery (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 16 May 2019 13:33 (five years ago) link
Next 4 songs are bunched up, climbing in 1-point increments.
― WmC, Thursday, 16 May 2019 13:35 (five years ago) link
26. Are You There (With Another Girl/Guy) — 260 Points, 7 VotesLyric: Hal DavidDionne Warwick, 1965 single, 260 points — https://youtu.be/3F9NWBPf23QDionne lip-syncing on French TV, 1967 — https://youtu.be/-8B_bhMMg8c
― WmC, Thursday, 16 May 2019 13:41 (five years ago) link
Too low! etc, etc.
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Thursday, 16 May 2019 13:43 (five years ago) link
otm
― WmC, Thursday, 16 May 2019 13:46 (five years ago) link
Don’t blame me, I had it at #19
― Careless Love Battery (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 16 May 2019 13:53 (five years ago) link
25. Casino Royale — 261 Points, 7 VotesLyric: Hal David (yes, there are lyrics on the end credits version, I don't recommend them)Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass, 1967 single and movie soundtrack, 184 points — https://youtu.be/dgcV8PrCLcsGeoff Love & His Orchestra, from Big Bond Movie Themes (1975), 77 points — https://youtu.be/F0gI4KoD0TA
― WmC, Thursday, 16 May 2019 14:12 (five years ago) link
Seven James Bonds at Casino Royale,They came to save the world and win a gal at Casino Royale!Six of them went to a heavenly spot,The seventh one is going to a place where it's terribly...hot.
The formula is safe with ole double-oh seven!He's got a redhead in his arms!Oh, he's a lover, when you're in trouble
Have no fear, look who's here...James Bond...They've got us on the run…With guns…And knives...We're fighting for our lives...Have no fear, Bond is here...He's gonna to save the world at Casino Royale!
Never fear, Bond is here!
Have no fear, look who's here...James Bond...They've got us on the run…With guns…And knives...We're fighting for our lives...Have no fear, Bond is here...He's gonna to save the world at Casino Royale...James Bond...is here...so have...no fear...so have...no...fear.
― WmC, Thursday, 16 May 2019 14:16 (five years ago) link
Makes you wonder what the point is of working with a professional lyricist."Hal, you had ONE job..."
― enochroot, Thursday, 16 May 2019 14:21 (five years ago) link
24. A House Is Not a Home — 262 Points, 6 VotesLyric: Hal DavidLuther Vandross, from s/t album, 1982, 166 points — https://youtu.be/CGib6okEeZ4Dionne Warwick, from Make Way for Dionne Warwick (1964), 96 points — https://youtu.be/Mk7CNHHIuH4Terrific Dionne live TV version — https://youtu.be/olvaDzUi8c8No love for the original Brook Benton single, 1964.
― WmC, Thursday, 16 May 2019 14:33 (five years ago) link