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« on: June 27, 2005, 01:22:04 PM »
Monday: 2 nice surprises, Lobo's "I'd Love You to Want Me" and Billy Joel's "An Innocent Man".
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« Reply #1 on: June 28, 2005, 12:20:27 PM »
Veddy interesting: Elke Brooks' 1982 cover of "Fool If You Think It's Over", a bigger hit in the UK than the Chris Rea original. New to me.
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« Reply #2 on: June 28, 2005, 04:32:40 PM »
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Veddy interesting: Elke Brooks' 1982 cover of "Fool If You Think It's Over", a bigger hit in the UK than the Chris Rea original. New to me.

I assume Elke is a woman?  How's that version sound?  (I adore the original even though Rea himself famously despises it.)
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« Reply #3 on: June 28, 2005, 08:58:40 PM »
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Veddy interesting: Elke Brooks' 1982 cover of "Fool If You Think It's Over", a bigger hit in the UK than the Chris Rea original. New to me.

I assume Elke is a woman?  How's that version sound?  (I adore the original even though Rea himself famously despises it.)


Indeed, Ms. Brooks was a cult fave in some circles here (she never charted anything, either singles or LPs). That may have been the first time I've heard her -- a less-raspy Bonnie Tyler is the best description I can come up with.  Perfectly pleasant version, the title omits Rea's parentheses around (Fool), if you care about such things.
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« Reply #4 on: June 30, 2005, 11:28:32 AM »
Thursday and I'm listening to fabulousradio.com, aka 690 AM in LA (Standards), which is changing formats any day to Spanish.  Just heard Aretha's take on "God Bless the Child", presumably from her Columbia days.
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« Reply #5 on: July 01, 2005, 11:20:18 AM »
Yay! CGSS for Fri 7/1/05.  Greg saves me from insanity.
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« Reply #6 on: July 01, 2005, 11:28:28 AM »
wake up, everybody!
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« Reply #7 on: July 01, 2005, 11:32:53 AM »
yay! Gary Byrd with Stevie Wonder -- I have this 12-inch; it was a huge hit over there when I first went to London in '83. No one in the US has ever heard of it, even tho' Gary Byrd was a NYC deejay.
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« Reply #8 on: July 01, 2005, 11:33:31 AM »
what is this mix with grandmaster (?) and stevie? this is wackycool!
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« Reply #9 on: July 01, 2005, 11:35:52 AM »
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yay! Gary Byrd with Stevie Wonder -- I have this 12-inch; it was a huge hit over there when I first went to London in '83. No one in the US has ever heard of it, even tho' Gary Byrd was a NYC deejay.


thanks for the info!
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« Reply #10 on: July 01, 2005, 11:36:21 AM »
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what is this mix with grandmaster (?) and stevie? this is wackycool!


see above.  This would be SO welcome in Dave's MLK set.
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« Reply #11 on: July 01, 2005, 11:37:31 AM »
now who's this? allen toussaint? no, that's not right...johnny guitar watson?
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« Reply #12 on: July 01, 2005, 11:38:03 AM »
Johnny "Guitar" Watson! Woo Hoo!
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« Reply #13 on: July 01, 2005, 11:45:17 AM »
is the new stevie everyone was talking about? and did i hear a shoutout to prince at the beginning of the song?
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« Reply #14 on: July 01, 2005, 11:53:24 AM »
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is the new stevie everyone was talking about? and did i hear a shoutout to prince at the beginning of the song?


I thought I heard that shoutout too. Yeah, new Stevie, "What the Fuss?" Maybe the 2nd time I've heard it.  Probably got more play over there than over here, I'd guess.
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