CG/KPOO/KCDX etcetcetc for the week of 11/26/07

[RGMike]

Holy crap! The Rezillos doing a tribute to "Top of the Pops", followed by Blondie's great forgotten "Picture This".  Her finest hour was watching you shower...

and that's followed by Siouxie, "Hong Kong Garden" -- this was quite a week for music in the UK.

[RGMike]

Jeezus! Dylan's "Baby Stop Cryin'" was a Top 15 single in Britain!

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And now the Motors, stealing a riff or 2 from the GrassRoots' "Sooner or Later" on "Forget About You" -- I wonder if Gaz has ever heard this one.

[RGMike]

ohwhatthehell... I'll stop commenting and just post the top 35 from that week:

1. The Commodores - Three Times A Lady
2. Boney M - Rivers Of Babylon/Brown Girl In The Ring
3. Darts - It's Raining
4. 10cc - Dreadlock Holiday
5. David Essex - Oh What A Circus
6. Jilted John - Jilted John
7. John Travolta And Olivia Newton-John - You're The One That I Want
8. Cerrone - Super Nature
9. Hi Tension - British Hustle
10 Andy Gibb - An Everlasting Love
11 Child - It's Only Make Believe
12 Justin Hayward - Forever Autumn
13 The Motors - Forget About You
14 Bob Dylan - Baby Stop Crying
15 Siouxsie And The Banshees - Hong Kong Garden
16 Blondie - Picture This
17 Rezillos - Top Of The Pops
18 Clout - Substitute
19 Exile - Kiss You All Over
20 Renaissance - Northern Lights
21A Taste Of Honey - Boogie Oogie Oogie
22 The Who - Who Are You
23 Status Quo - Again And Again
24 Frankie Valli - Grease
25 Herbie Hancock - I Thought It Was You
26 The Jam - David Watts/'A' Bomb In Wardour Street
27 The Stranglers - Walk On By
28 City Boy - 5-7-0-5
29 Crown Heights Affair - Galaxy Of Love
30 Sylvester - You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)
31 Sham 69 - If The Kids Are United
32 Meat Loaf - Two Out Of Three Ain't Bad
33 Gladys Knight And The Pips - Come Back And Finish What You Started
34 Karen Young - Hot Shot
35 Father Abraham And The Smurfs - The Smurf Song

[RGMike]

final comment: at #5, David Essex with "Oh What a Circus" --which is from Evita!. Mr Essex played "Che" in the show in London's West End. This has been an amazing 2 hours -- not even "Dreadlock Holiday" can ruin it for me.

[Gazoo]

Wow, I didn't recognize most of these songs!  I'll be seeking out the Renaissance and Motors tracks toot sweet.

[RGMike]

Just logged on to KCDX for the first time in a while and here's Speedy Keen (the precursors to Thunderclap Newman, iirc) doing "Old-Fashioned Girl". Talk about a  rarity.

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10cc's minor masterpiece "I'm Mandy, Fly Me", followed by the orig FMac version of "Sentimental Lady", which I prefer to Welch's remake -- less is more.

[RGMike]

OMG! Loudon Wainwright's "Dead Skunk", which cometothinkofit woulda made a fine addition to the Turkey set. C'mon, STINK!

[RGMike]

WLNG just played the orig 45 version of Chris Rea's "Fool If You Think It's Over", which was in not-great shape, but at least it was the orig.  The jock explained that (as we have suspected and discussed here) Every. Single. Chris Rea CD in existence has a re-recorded version.

[Gazoo]

WLNG just played the orig 45 version of Chris Rea's "Fool If You Think It's Over", which was in not-great shape, but at least it was the orig.  The jock explained that (as we have suspected and discussed here) Every. Single. Chris Rea CD in existence has a re-recorded version.

Am I correct in assuming the version of "Fool" I have on a "Hard to Find 45s" comp is a re-record?

[RGMike]

WLNG just played the orig 45 version of Chris Rea's "Fool If You Think It's Over", which was in not-great shape, but at least it was the orig.  The jock explained that (as we have suspected and discussed here) Every. Single. Chris Rea CD in existence has a re-recorded version.

Am I correct in assuming the version of "Fool" I have on a "Hard to Find 45s" comp is a re-record?

if it sounds jsut like the version Dave has played ... then yes, it's the re-do.

[RGMike]

Seems like every time I listen to Sweeney on CG, he plays the new Iggles tune.  "Like a bluebird with its heart removed..." -- there's a visual for ya. Ewwww.

[Gazoo]

Seems like every time I listen to Sweeney on CG, he plays the new Iggles tune.  "Like a bluebird with its heart removed..." -- there's a visual for ya. Ewwww.

Eagles singing of heartless birds = redundant

[RGMike]

Undoubtedly the whitest guy we'll hear on "Soul Spectrum" today: R. Dean Taylor! Doing his "Ghost in My House"  -- if the 4 Tops didn't cover this one, they should've.