Yvonne Elliman v. Murray Head

The worst & best singers, imo, on Jesus Christ Superstar

aka

"If I Can't Have You" v. "One Night in Bangcock"

saccharine v. snide

"Saturday Night Fever" v. "Chess"

The Chess soundtrack is actually pretty lousy.

do not feed yourself

guys

after a concert two weeks ago I put on side 4 of JCS pitched down about 25% for the exit music

people left quickly

that's awesome!

i keep hesitating on getting the chess sndtrk because i also suspect it's lousy. "i know him so well" and "my night in bangkok" are awesome tho!

everytime I listen to The Visitors I think 'how bad could it be' and then I shudder and realize that I must never even download it

Bangkok - Oriental City.

I would invite you, but the queens we use would not excite you!

I really loved the Chess Soundtrack when I was 10.

your mas-SAHGE PARLAHS

I really loved the Chess Soundtrack when I was 10.

me too, oh god

Siam's
gonna be the witness
to the ultimate test
of cerebral fitness

Yvonne Elliman sounded pretty good on the original cast recording of Jesus Christ Superstar. However, somewhere between then and when she shot the movie, she decided she needed to slide into every goddamn note! It sounds utterly ridiculous.

Murray Head was a passable Judas on the record, but yea I more associate him with Chess. and not just the anthem "One Night in Bangkok". He isn't the strongest singer in the world, a little too throaty for my ears, but he does most of his numbers justice and then some on that recording. pissed tha mine is scratched.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnqj31VPNoE

don't remember much of the jesus movie, unconvinced of elliman fallability theory. thank you.

spelling fallibility theory proof confirmed

if I can't have Jews...I don't want nobody baby

Apparently Murray Head is very popular in France.

Yvonne Elliman, for the RSO singles!

Particularly "Love Me" aka "fuckmeplz, oo just a little bit harder..."

Murray Head was at least in one of my favourite films (for which I've done the subtitles) - Sunday Bloody Sunday. I'll give him the nod for that.

oh come on, he's incredible in jcs. judas's death?? he brings it.

he's good on "pity the child" in chess, too, but the production on the ocr is so dated

He does a good Judas. the problem is he's forever overshadowed by the amazing (late) Carl Anderson in the role.

You will never think of Murray Head the same after Say It Ain't So Joe. This song is so good I could plotz. Seriously friends, dig this because it's going to blow your musical mind.

Thank you Scott Miller Music: What Happened for alerting me to the Godlike genius of Murray Head Say It Ain't So Joe. If anybody says anything snarky or less than complimentary, I will fart on your parents.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zZzjVCGFo4

no kornrulez not on the parents - think hard before you carry out this terrible vengeance

This song is the definitive "turntable hit", reminds me, has there ever been a thread on that?

If anybody says anything snarky or less than complimentary, I will fart on your parents

And so now I know what the line "they say that our hero has played his trump card" refers to.

xpost yeah it got reissued so many times over about 2 years, never made it into the chart.

It wasn't until years later I found out where the phrase comes from...