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[三江源]

Yeah, I paaak my caaa on the pavement and sometimes I walk on the pavement and sometimes on the sidewalk.

 

That was funny about the crabs. First time I heard that.

 

Something I noticed many years ago is that when the Brit songsters are singing their diction is perfect. But then, listen to that same person in an interview and I can hardly understand what they are saying. They are almost bi-lingual.

 

naw, Marblehead. Songsters sing in sub-American. It happened when Frank Sinatra and Bing crooned. Suddenly singing couldnt be in English. The only people who sing in english are Richard Harris, David Bowie, Rex Harrison, and Bjork.

[Apech]

naw, Marblehead. Songsters sing in sub-American. It happened when Frank Sinatra and Bing crooned. Suddenly singing couldnt be in English. The only people who sing in english are Richard Harris, David Bowie, Rex Harrison, and Bjork.

 

I thought David Bowie was from Mars ... or was that just the spiders?

 

Nutmeg on cauliflower cheese? really?

[Marblehead]

naw, Marblehead. Songsters sing in sub-American. It happened when Frank Sinatra and Bing crooned. Suddenly singing couldnt be in English. The only people who sing in english are Richard Harris, David Bowie, Rex Harrison, and Bjork.

 

Me thinks you are right with what you say. I mean, how are you going to sell your records if no one can understand you?

 

Although I like David Bowie's music I really do wonder about him sometimes.

 

And speaking of crooners, although he really wasn't in the true sense, I just finished working with some Frankie Laine music. His real name is something else: Francesco Paolo LoVecchio

[devoid]

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don't mention buddhism.

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Buddhism! ...that was even more irresistible than the the cookies!

 

Now, back to talking about singing Brits and 'mericans - have you ever considered the 'who really started it?' controversy between the Rolling Stones and Otis Redding on the unique and fantastic (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction. Generally speaking I am not much for cover tracks, but whoever covered the other sure did a great thing!

 

(...OK - you're right, apparently Otis Redding did a rendition although he may have made up some of the words later used...) Regardless, it's an awesome track and and some of the finest interpretations I have come across!

[Marblehead]

Now, back to talking about singing Brits and 'mericans - have you ever considered the 'who really started it?' controversy between the Rolling Stones and Otis Redding on the unique and fantastic (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction. Generally speaking I am not much for cover tracks, but whoever covered the other sure did a great thing!

 

(...OK - you're right, apparently Otis Redding did a rendition although he may have made up some of the words later used...) Regardless, it's an awesome track and and some of the finest interpretations I have come across!

 

From Wikipedia:

 

"(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" is a song by English rock band The Rolling Stones released in 1965. It was written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards and produced by Andrew Loog Oldham. The song is notable for Richards's three-note guitar riff which opens and drives the song, and for the lyrics, which include references to sexual intercourse and a theme of anti-commercialism. The latter in particular caused the song to be "perceived as an attack on the status quo".

 

The song was first released as a single in the United States in June 1965 and also featured on the American version of Out of Our Heads, released that July. "Satisfaction" was a hit, giving the Stones their first number one in the United States. In Europe, the song initially played only on pirate radio stations because its lyrics were considered too sexually suggestive. In Britain the single was released in August 1965; it became the Rolling Stones' fourth UK number one. The song is considered to be one of the all-time great rock songs. In 2004 Rolling Stone magazine placed "Satisfaction" in the second spot on its list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time, while in 2006 it was added to the Library of Congress National Recording Registry.

[devoid]

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Ahh, but Marblehead, from that very same page - if you scroll down to the section labelled "notable cover versions" you will find:

 

In July 1965 Stax singer Otis Redding recorded a rendition of "Satisfaction" for his album Otis Blue. Otis claimed that he did not know the lyrics of the song, saying: "I use a lot of words different than the Stones' version," Redding noted. "That's because I made them up."[20] Redding's soul-style arrangement featured horns playing the main riff, as Keith Richards had originally intended. In 2003 Ronnie Wood noted that The Rolling Stones' later concert renditions of the number reflect Redding's interpretation.

 

[Marblehead]

Ahh, but Marblehead, from that very same page - if you scroll down to the section labelled "notable cover versions" you will find:

 

 

Yeah, Otis wrote most of the songs he recorded. And he was an improvisor in that he might do one particular song three or four different ways.

 

It could be that he just heard the song on the radio and liked it enough to want to record it and added his own words as he went along.

 

I was stationed in Augusta, Georgia during the mid-1960s. Augusta is the true birthplace of Soul music. It where James Brown got his start.

 

But aside from that, right now I am listening to some old Ernest Tubb music.

 

[Apech]

Glad to see we are still well on topic!

 

Even as Brit I have to say the Stones and all those 60's groups got all their inspiration from American blues and rock and roll ... of this there is no doubt.

[Marblehead]

Even as Brit I have to say the Stones and all those 60's groups got all their inspiration from American blues and rock and roll ... of this there is no doubt.

 

Oh, absolutely. The Stones and the Beatles started out playing Rockabilly music. They both loved Carl Perkins. Of course, Rockabilly music has its roots in both R&B and country. R&B having its roots in the Blues. Country having its roots in the Blues as well as European Folk music.