"let it be me"

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a REALLY beautiful song that gets left out of the "pop canon" nowadays even though everyone on earth has covered it.

― you're killing me, larry! (Jody Beth Rosen), Sunday, 13 August 2006 05:35 (nineteen years ago)

now and forever, bitchez!

― rogermexico (rogermexico), Sunday, 13 August 2006 05:47 (nineteen years ago)

gorgeous melody, with that hint of sadness and longing that comes with knowing that now and forever is always a lie. if I knew more about music I'd say something smart about implied minor sevenths or something, but I just know it works.

for some reason, I often think of it as of a piece with "Long, Long Time"

― rogermexico (rogermexico), Sunday, 13 August 2006 05:56 (nineteen years ago)

bobbie gentry & glen campbell
jerry butler & betty everett
pointer sisters
elvis presley

― you're killing me, larry! (Jody Beth Rosen), Sunday, 13 August 2006 06:02 (nineteen years ago)

fifth dimension
nancy sinatra

― you're killing me, larry! (Jody Beth Rosen), Sunday, 13 August 2006 06:14 (nineteen years ago)

everly brothers (duh)
laura nyro
bob dylan
sweet inspirations

― you're killing me, larry! (Jody Beth Rosen), Sunday, 13 August 2006 06:34 (nineteen years ago)

Jody Beth Rosen,

I just wanted to let you know that I had just a fine time watching those monkeys run across my screen as I listened to Elvis Presley sing "Let It Be Me".

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― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Sunday, 13 August 2006 06:38 (nineteen years ago)

did you hit all ten?

― you're killing me, larry! (Jody Beth Rosen), Sunday, 13 August 2006 06:40 (nineteen years ago)

Workin' on it.

― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Sunday, 13 August 2006 06:42 (nineteen years ago)

i like nancy and bobbie+glen's versions best. the pointer sisters' take is wild! so HUGE!

x-post. there's more!

― derrick (derrick), Sunday, 13 August 2006 06:44 (nineteen years ago)

Is it just me, or does it kinda sound like "I'll Be There" just a little bit?

― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Sunday, 13 August 2006 06:46 (nineteen years ago)

the "just call my name"/"now and forever" parts have the same melody.

― you're killing me, larry! (Jody Beth Rosen), Sunday, 13 August 2006 06:50 (nineteen years ago)

hmm... can't seem to find the hasselhoff version anywheere handy...

― rogermexico (rogermexico), Sunday, 13 August 2006 06:54 (nineteen years ago)

thanks for all of those, jbr!

― derrick (derrick), Sunday, 13 August 2006 07:00 (nineteen years ago)

thanks for indulging me! two more for now...

martin denny
peter & gordon

― you're killing me, larry! (Jody Beth Rosen), Sunday, 13 August 2006 07:04 (nineteen years ago)

Nina Simone

Percy Sledge

― rogermexico (rogermexico), Sunday, 13 August 2006 07:06 (nineteen years ago)

over the past couple of years i've gotten really interested in the '60s and '70s "songbook" -- it provided a lot of common ground between artists and genres that (at least superficially) didn't have much in common. soul and country and gospel and dylan and chansons could all be on the same LP without anyone batting an eyelash.

― you're killing me, larry! (Jody Beth Rosen), Sunday, 13 August 2006 07:09 (nineteen years ago)

this is one of my favorite versions -- i was hoping it would turn up on slsk because i didn't feel like going through a bunch of cd-rs to find it: bobby bare & skeeter davis.

― you're killing me, larry! (Jody Beth Rosen), Sunday, 13 August 2006 07:16 (nineteen years ago)

ooh, that percy sledge version -- the piano ornamentation is so silly and over the top it almost doesn't fit, and yet it works perfectly.

― you're killing me, larry! (Jody Beth Rosen), Sunday, 13 August 2006 07:21 (nineteen years ago)

francoise hardy (similar to nancy sinatra's)
dusty springfield & scott walker
the voices of east harlem
marlena shaw (LOVE this one)

― you're killing me, larry! (Jody Beth Rosen), Sunday, 13 August 2006 07:46 (nineteen years ago)

kenny rogers & dottie west (inessential)

― you're killing me, larry! (Jody Beth Rosen), Sunday, 13 August 2006 08:15 (nineteen years ago)

george harrison & jeff lynne (nice, very indie)
morten harket w/ the everly brothers (similar to above; harket is the guy from a-ha)

― you're killing me, larry! (Jody Beth Rosen), Sunday, 13 August 2006 08:37 (nineteen years ago)

by special request: HASSELHOFF (and that's it for tonight)

― you're killing me, larry! (Jody Beth Rosen), Sunday, 13 August 2006 08:47 (nineteen years ago)

three years pass...

still think jody is my twin or something

this song is astoundingly beautiful

jim webb does a pretty version (w/ his sister) on his first solo LP

― figuratively, but in a very real way (amateurist), Tuesday, 2 February 2010 03:52 (fifteen years ago)

also ... REUP on that scott walker / dusty springfield duet plz

― figuratively, but in a very real way (amateurist), Tuesday, 2 February 2010 03:54 (fifteen years ago)

five years pass...

Doesn't belong on songs that sound like other songs but the "something happened on the day he died..." part of Blackstar reminds me of this.

― pplains, Wednesday, 13 January 2016 14:18 (nine years ago)

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