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my "singles" collection - CRAZY-HORSE - 13-09-2013
SHAKIN' STEVENS "come see about me" b/w "boppity bop" 1987
umpteenth single from the Welsh Elvis....
this one is a cover of the Motown classic performed by The Supremes, i dont like it, just dont get how a 1950s style rocker thinks he can do Motown, much prefer the "b" side which is more in line with his style...
single failed to chart here!
"come see about me" *
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pK8MeaZY84 vevo video
"boppity bop" **
no link available
my "singles" collection - CRAZY-HORSE - 13-09-2013
THE STYLE COUNCIL "shout to the top" b/w "ghosts of dachau" 1984
abysmal "a" side here from messers Weller and Talbot...hate the tune,melody and the lyrics but i do like the piano work on offer, but even that cant save this pop-pap from the recycle bin!
"b" side is brilliant, a haunting sparse track written by Weller after he visited the Dachau museum in Poland, his lyrics are so precise as to how it may have felt to be in one of those Nazi concentration camps...everytime i listen to this track it sends chills up my spine and brings back horrific memories of my own visit to Auswich back in the mid 1980s...
single reached #8 here back in the day...
if there is one song you listen to from the ones i post in thread please make it "ghosts of dachau"
"shout to the top" *
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7m94ip38UKs vevo video
"ghosts of dachau" ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVoz0tZpyDg audio
my "singles" collection - CRAZY-HORSE - 13-09-2013
THE BEATLES "the ballad of john and yoko" b/w "old brown shoe" 1969
next up, another Beatle single...
the "a" side was recorded by John and Paul,George and Ringo were on holiday at the time, and john wanted it done,dusted and released...
"b" side is a George track, i like it also, i had to buy this one as it was a stand alone single and couldnt get it on album for a few years after this..
again, its the Beatles and it reached the customary #1 on the charts...
"the ballad of john and yoko" **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gxx-dOHias8 audio
"old brown shoe" **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LXzRp05VJo audio
my "singles" collection - CRAZY-HORSE - 13-09-2013
FUNKADELIC "one nation under a groove pt.I" b/w "one nation under a groove pt.II" 1978
i discovered this song after i saw Style Council play it live in 1984...liked their version and sought out the original...
i like this, some good funky/soul stuff happening here, shame i havent got it as a full length song without the pause that is caused by flipping the disc over!
single
failed to chart here, but i like it!
"one nation under a groove pt.I" **
"one nation under a groove pt.II" **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WOZwwRH6XU audio(complete full length version)
my "singles" collection - CRAZY-HORSE - 13-09-2013
THE STYLE COUNCIL "waiting" b/w "francoise" 1987
two TSC singles close together with another to follow after this one...
i used to like the "a" side but time has diminished my liking for it, it came off the abysmal "cost of loving" album...
"b" side is just as mind numbingly boring as the "a" side...
single failed to chart here and was the first single Weller released not to make the UK top40...just about says it all IMO
"waiting" *
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umXMpAIAx6Y video
"francoise" *
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IYvmcxyLc8 audio
my "singles" collection - CRAZY-HORSE - 13-09-2013
THE STYLE COUNCIL "wanted(or waiter:theres soup in my fly!)" b/w "the cost", "the cost of loving" 1987
"a" side is an uptempo pop/soul song which isnt too bad, "b" side has two tracks, "the cost", which is an okay instrumental version of "the cost of loving" from the album of the same name, the third track is a re-recording of the title track of that album, i like it better than the album version...for your info, "wanted" is not on that album, its a stand along single release, the single peaked at #98 here, suggesting TSC had run their race by htis stage!
"wanted" **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vaKonTzk88 video
"the cost" **
"the cost of loving" **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnoKddG3xbc audio of above two tracks
my "singles" collection - CRAZY-HORSE - 13-09-2013
THE VETERANS "there aint no age for rock and roll" b/w "nigel,gold grows old" 1984
cant find any evidence these guys ever had any other chart entries anywhere apart from this single...im assuming they're English because of the old-time/dance hall sounds that are happening...
"a" side...what a piece of crap!, cant believe i bought this rubbish and cant believe it got to #4 on the charts, "b" side is slightly better and makes a passing grade...
"there aint no age for rock and roll" *
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLy1xWJQ4ic video
"nigel,gold grows old" **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_mhbRbtLYs audio
my "singles" collection - CRAZY-HORSE - 13-09-2013
PAUL McCARTNEY & MICHAEL JACKSON "say say say" b/w "ode to a koala bear" 1984
very good pop single from two of the best pop makers in the business at that time, much better than that stupid 'the girl is mine rubbish they released a year or so previously...
"b" side is Macca on his own singing a lovely piece of a gem, probably could have been an "a" side in its own right and actually recieved airplay out here as much as the official "A" side did!
single managed to make it to #4 on the charts here...
"say say say" ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHpCGaaFbrU video
"ode to a koala bear" ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elKeot9E4f4 audio
my "singles" collection - SteveO - 13-09-2013
I really enjoyed this one...
"wanted" **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vaKonTzk88 video
CRAZY-HORSE Wrote:THE STYLE COUNCIL "wanted(or waiter:theres soup in my fly!)" b/w "the cost", "the cost of loving" 1987
"a" side is an uptempo pop/soul song which isnt too bad, "b" side has two tracks, "the cost", which is an okay instrumental version of "the cost of loving" from the album of the same name, the third track is a re-recording of the title track of that album, i like it better than the album version...for your info, "wanted" is not on that album, its a stand along single release, the single peaked at #98 here, suggesting TSC had run their race by htis stage!
"wanted" **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vaKonTzk88 video
"the cost" **
"the cost of loving" **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnoKddG3xbc audio of above two tracks
my "singles" collection - SteveO - 13-09-2013
Say Say Say was a huge hit here also!...I remember Ode to Koala ...nice to hear again!
CRAZY-HORSE Wrote:PAUL McCARTNEY & MICHAEL JACKSON "say say say" b/w "ode to a koala bear" 1984
very good pop single from two of the best pop makers in the business at that time, much better than that stupid 'the girl is mine rubbish they released a year or so previously...
"b" side is Macca on his own singing a lovely piece of a gem, probably could have been an "a" side in its own right and actually recieved airplay out here as much as the official "A" side did!
single managed to make it to #4 on the charts here...
"say say say" ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHpCGaaFbrU video
"ode to a koala bear" ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elKeot9E4f4 audio