CG/VIP/LNG/KPOO etc Week of 3/27/06

[RGMike]

Damn, who's this doing a reggae take on SOS Band's "Just Be Good to Me"?

[RGMike]

Stevie, "Another Star", another of the many it-shoulda-been-a-single tracks from Songs in the Key...

[RGMike]

I switched to Smooth FM to see if they're still accessible (they are... so far) and I get to hear Alison Moyet, "All Cried Out".

and here's the Velvelettes, the orig of "Really Sayin' Somethin'" bop-bop-sookie-do-wah!

[RGMike]

Corrine Bailey Rae, "Put Your Records On". New to me. Sounds like a cross between the Jones girls (Norah and Rickie Lee).

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WLNG Nugget o' the Day: Glen Campbell, "Dreams of the Everyday Housewife", one of Jimmy Webb's loveliest lyrics.

[Gazoo]

Damn, who's this doing a reggae take on SOS Band's "Just Be Good to Me"?

I didn't hear it, but Beats International (featuring a young Norman Cook, later redubbed Fatboy Slim) had a hit with it in the late '80s in the U.K. retitled "Dub Be Good to Me."  I guess it's kinda reggae-ish in its beat, maybe that's what you heard?

P.S.  "Another Star" actually was a single; it was the 4th from SITKOL and peaked at #36.  Dunno if there was a truncated radio version, as the album version runs 8 minutes.

[RGMike]

Damn, who's this doing a reggae take on SOS Band's "Just Be Good to Me"?

I didn't hear it, but Beats International (featuring a young Norman Cook, later redubbed Fatboy Slim) had a hit with it in the late '80s in the U.K. retitled "Dub Be Good to Me."  I guess it's kinda reggae-ish in its beat, maybe that's what you heard?

P.S.  "Another Star" actually was a single; it was the 4th from SITKOL and peaked at #36.  Dunno if there was a truncated radio version, as the album version runs 8 minutes.

indeed, it was Beats Int'l...  and you are correct about "Another Star". Guess I meant to say "shoulda-been-a-bigger-hit".

[Gazoo]

"Another Star". Guess I meant to say "shoulda-been-a-bigger-hit".

And I woulda agreed with you 500,000%.