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Looking Back At Some Classics - SteveO - 02-03-2013
Brilliant song and guitar playing with heartfelt vocals ....*****
Music Head Wrote:#362 - Eric Clapton - Tears In Heaven - 1992
running recap for me - 3's=77, 2's=52, 1's=10
this one - ***
from the album: Rush (soundtrack)
Written by Eric Clapton, Will Jennings
Produced by Russ Titleman
Chart action: #2 US, #5 UK, #1 Canada, #37 Australia
the players:
Eric Clapton - guitar, vocal
other people playing things
Hard to not love this knowing the circumstances around it. Think I would love it even more if
it was just Eric and the guitar (MTV Unplugged). A lot of backing instruments on this single
version, which I think the song is better without. The song was released on a soundtrack album
for the film Rush, which I don't remember, but I may have seen. The follow up single release
brought Eric his biggest hit plus 3 grammy's.
[video=youtube;JxPj3GAYYZ0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxPj3GAYYZ0[/video]
Lyrics
Would you know my name
If I saw you in heaven?
Would it be the same
If I saw you in heaven?
I must be strong
And carry on,
'Cause I know I don't belong
Here in heaven.
Would you hold my hand
If I saw you in heaven?
Would you help me stand
If I saw you in heaven?
I'll find my way
Through night and day,
'Cause I know I just can't stay
Here in heaven.
Time can bring you down,
Time can bend your knees.
Time can break your heart,
Have you begging please, begging please.
Beyond the door,
There's peace I'm sure,
And I know there'll be no more
Tears in heaven.
Would you know my name
If I saw you in heaven?
Would it be the same
If I saw you in heaven?
I must be strong
And carry on,
'Cause I know I don't belong
Here in heaven.
Looking Back At Some Classics - SteveO - 02-03-2013
A definite Rock Classic rated much too low!!!!
CRAZY-HORSE Wrote:"***" from this end mate.....as expected i guess?!
Looking Back At Some Classics - SteveO - 02-03-2013
Great Pretender, one of the classics from the birth of Rock n Roll!
Looking Back At Some Classics - Music Head - 02-03-2013
#359 - Little Eva - The Loco-Motion - 1962
running recap for me - 3's=79, 2's=53, 1's=10
this one - **
from the album: The Loco-Motion
Written by Gerry Goffin, Carole King
Produced by Gerry Goffin
Chart action: #1 US, #2 UK, #1 Canada
the players:
Eva Boyd - vocal
other people playing things
Never was big on any of those dance craze songs, even The Twist. This is ok, just don't love
it. Carole King's name turns up on a lot of these 60's hits, before she discovered herself. Eva
was hired as a babysitter for Gerry and Carole's newborn, when she was asked to cut a demo for
this song. There was no locomotion dance until the song became a hit and Eva had to create one.
The song went to #1 again in 1974 when it was recorded by Grand Funk Railroad. I like Eva's
better. I think she would qualify as a one hit wonder.
[video=youtube;lNNW0SPkChI]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNNW0SPkChI[/video]
Lyrics
Everybody's doin' a brand new dance now
Come on baby do the locomotion
I know you'll get to like it if you give it a chance now
Come on baby do the locomotion
My little baby sister can do it with ease
It's easier than learning your ABC's
So come on, come on do the locomotion with me
You gotta swing your hips now
Come on baby jump up jump back
Oh well, I think you've got the knack
Now that you can do it let's make a chain now
Come on baby do the locomotion
Chug-a-chug a motion like a railroad train now
Come on baby do the locomotion
Do it nice and easy now and don't lose control
A little bit of rhythm and a lot of soul
Come on, come on do the locomotion with me
Move around the floor in a locomotion
Come on baby do the locomotion
Do it holdin' hands if you get the notion
Come on baby do the locomotion
There's never been a dance that's so easy to do
It even makes you happy when you're feeling blue
Come on, come on do the locomotion with me
Looking Back At Some Classics - CRAZY-HORSE - 02-03-2013
a number one hit here also MH...for me a score of "**" also, Kylie Minogue covered this one in 1987, was a #1 hit here and the UK for her
Looking Back At Some Classics - Music Head - 03-03-2013
#358 - Ben E. King - Spanish Harlem - 1960
running recap for me - 3's=80, 2's=53, 1's=10
this one - ***
from the album: Spanish Harlem
Written by Phil Spector, Jerry Lieber
Produced by Jerry Lieber, Mike Stoller
Chart action: #10 US
the players:
Ben E. King - vocal
other people playing things
Fresh off of his split from the Drifters, this was Kings choice for his first single. Always wondered if King regretted leaving the group. The Drifters seem to have had the better career. Unusual to see Phil Spector's name show up on the writing end and not as producer. I guess he was building that wall of sound. Isn't it funny that any time you here the words "wall of sound" you think of Phil Spector? It's like he copywrited that phrase. The song was not released as the single in the UK, it was the flip side, First Taste Of Love. It flopped.
[video=youtube;OGd6CdtOqEE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGd6CdtOqEE[/video]
Lyrics
There is a rose in Spanish Harlem
A red rose up in Spanish Harlem
It is a special one, it's never seen the sun
It only comes out when the moon is on the run
And all the stars are gleaming
It's growing in the street right up through the concrete
But soft and sweet and dreamin'
There is a rose in Spanish Harlem
A red rose up in Spanish Harlem
With eyes as black as coal that look down in my soul
And starts a fire there and then I lose control
I have to beg your pardon
I'm going to pick that rose and watch her as she grows in my garden
I'm going to pick that rose and watch her as she grows in my garden
(There is a rose in Spanish Harlem)
La-la-la, la-la-la, la-la-la-la
(There is a rose in Spanish Harlem)
La-la-la, la-la-la, la-la-la-la
(There is a rose in Spanish Harlem)
Looking Back At Some Classics - CRAZY-HORSE - 03-03-2013
"***" from me also MH, great tune indeed and an equally great vocalist
Looking Back At Some Classics - SteveO - 03-03-2013
Like you MH...it's ok
Music Head Wrote:#359 - Little Eva - The Loco-Motion - 1962
running recap for me - 3's=79, 2's=53, 1's=10
this one - **
from the album: The Loco-Motion
Written by Gerry Goffin, Carole King
Produced by Gerry Goffin
Chart action: #1 US, #2 UK, #1 Canada
the players:
Eva Boyd - vocal
other people playing things
Never was big on any of those dance craze songs, even The Twist. This is ok, just don't love
it. Carole King's name turns up on a lot of these 60's hits, before she discovered herself. Eva
was hired as a babysitter for Gerry and Carole's newborn, when she was asked to cut a demo for
this song. There was no locomotion dance until the song became a hit and Eva had to create one.
The song went to #1 again in 1974 when it was recorded by Grand Funk Railroad. I like Eva's
better. I think she would qualify as a one hit wonder.
[video=youtube;lNNW0SPkChI]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNNW0SPkChI[/video]
Lyrics
Everybody's doin' a brand new dance now
Come on baby do the locomotion
I know you'll get to like it if you give it a chance now
Come on baby do the locomotion
My little baby sister can do it with ease
It's easier than learning your ABC's
So come on, come on do the locomotion with me
You gotta swing your hips now
Come on baby jump up jump back
Oh well, I think you've got the knack
Now that you can do it let's make a chain now
Come on baby do the locomotion
Chug-a-chug a motion like a railroad train now
Come on baby do the locomotion
Do it nice and easy now and don't lose control
A little bit of rhythm and a lot of soul
Come on, come on do the locomotion with me
Move around the floor in a locomotion
Come on baby do the locomotion
Do it holdin' hands if you get the notion
Come on baby do the locomotion
There's never been a dance that's so easy to do
It even makes you happy when you're feeling blue
Come on, come on do the locomotion with me
Looking Back At Some Classics - SteveO - 03-03-2013
I did not like GFR's version of Loco-Motion...man they really sold out on that one and no doubt made a lot of moula from this single!!!!...lol
CRAZY-HORSE Wrote:a number one hit here also MH...for me a score of "**" also, Kylie Minogue covered this one in 1987, was a #1 hit here and the UK for her
Looking Back At Some Classics - SteveO - 03-03-2013
Spanish Harlem from Ben E King...great vocalist..original style!..I like this song!