20-07-2014, 06:01
CRAZY-HORSE Wrote:i didnt know that about his grandparents/parents....thanks jazzy!
also, here's Little River Band's lead vocalist Glen Shorrock's solo version of "dream lover" from around 1979...
despite their huge success as a band around that period, this one wasnt as big a hit as it probably could have been...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qeXRiNgDJE
This rendition presented is excellent and why I bring stuff forward. One niggling thing: Mr. Darin's is still the defining version for the degree of angst expressed through slightly-behind-the-melody singing...as if he was making it up as he went along and wasn't quite sure what words to use. A subtle thing but what frequently divides even the better covers/tributes from a dead-on original. With Mr. Shorrock, it was another song to sing; with Mr. Darin it was THE song to sing--he couldn't not do it It seems that modern bands try to remove this subtlety, this originality of total approach so they can collect the pitiable royalties from wide-spread covers. Over-thinking, crusty old bugger, ain't I?
I hope this post doesn't discourage anyone from posting anything; certainly not meant as a negative criticism.
A man accustomed to hear only the echo of his own sentiments, soon bars all the common avenues of delight, and has no part in the general gratification of mankind--Dr. Johnson
What he said. Amen, Bro--JazzboCR
What he said. Amen, Bro--JazzboCR