Where I work, we listen to an oldies station that plays a ton of 50's pop. I noticed that the song "I'll Be There" by the Four Tops has a melody that would be at home in a glam song, all the way down to the hooks and shouted lyrics. Anybody else?
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Where I work, we listen to an oldies station that plays a ton of 50's pop. I noticed that the song "I'll Be There" by the Four Tops has a melody that would be at home in a glam song, all the way down to the hooks and shouted lyrics. Anybody else?
Of course.
And talking of old songs, anybody else notice that the new U2 hit "Vertigo" is an awful lot like "Keep Me Hanging On" by...ummm, I forget who.
...is it Diana Ross, not to be confused with Diana Prince aka Wonder Woman.
<font size="4" face="Arial">The Rods?????!!!Quote:
Originally posted by Carl I.:
And talking of old songs, anybody else notice that the new U2 hit "Vertigo" is an awful lot like "Keep Me Hanging On" by...ummm, I forget who.
Well, The Supah SU-premes did it originally. Later on, Carmine Appice's Vanilla Fudge did a sloooowww cover. I've not heard The Rods' version, is it like The Supremes or Vanilla Fudge's??
Thank ya Jay, The Supremes. But if you hear the new U2 tune, you can't help but notice the similarities. Good song, but still...
(You Just)Keep Me Hangin' On...
Covered by Vanilla Fudge, but in a sloooow version.
<font size="4" face="Arial">Also by Kim Wilde. [img]wink.gif[/img]Quote:
Originally posted by Carl I.:
And talking of old songs, anybody else notice that the new U2 hit "Vertigo" is an awful lot like "Keep Me Hanging On" by...ummm, I forget who.
<font size="4" face="Arial">Also by Kim Wilde. [img]wink.gif[/img] </font><hr /></blockquote><font size="4" face="Arial">...oh, that must be the version I am thinking of... [img]graemlins/sure.gif[/img]Quote:
Originally posted by Cotton Candy Lover:
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="4" face="Arial">Originally posted by Carl I.:
And talking of old songs, anybody else notice that the new U2 hit "Vertigo" is an awful lot like "Keep Me Hanging On" by...ummm, I forget who.
I recall a picture of her in a black sweater-dress, black stockings and stilettos.
Ohhh...shiiit.....
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<font size="4" face="Arial">Also by Kim Wilde. [img]wink.gif[/img] </font><hr /></blockquote><font size="4" face="Arial">...oh, that must be the version I am thinking of... [img]graemlins/sure.gif[/img] </font><hr /></blockquote><font size="4" face="Arial">WE'RE THE KIDS IN AMERICA!!! [img]tongue.gif[/img]Quote:
Originally posted by Carl I.:
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="4" face="Arial">Originally posted by Cotton Candy Lover:
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="4" face="Arial">Originally posted by Carl I.:
And talking of old songs, anybody else notice that the new U2 hit "Vertigo" is an awful lot like "Keep Me Hanging On" by...ummm, I forget who.
Back to the topic at hand...
This thread reminds me of a Doo-Wop site I came across a few months back. Loads of MP3 rarities to download for free.
Good god! a legal threat from Bertha Tillman! Never heard of her.
http://www.thedoowopjukebox.com/aug03mp3s/mpthree.html
<font color="#FF0000" size="1">[ January 08, 2005 05:22 AM: Message edited by: Sandy Hazard ]</font>
Doo-wop is pretty much dying out as even a fanatic thing, as the "Oldies" stations don't play it anymore and that was a large part of its connection to its fans. They are too busy playing garbage from the early 1970s that no one liked even then, such as "Daisy a Day" by Jud Strunk. Pathetic! Also, the re-invention of "RnB" as ipso facto music played/sung by black folks is even worse, because it allows those horrible Star-Search "singers" to be included in the category. Those people just cannot sing!
I blame Mariah Carey as well. Mariah has a 5-octave range, but wastes it doing scales and what I call "vocal shreds", meaning she sings 1/64th notes just to do it. Now, she does hip-hop(yuk)and thinks she's some sort of ghettofabulous ho. How pathetic!
Bertha Tillman? I've heard of her. Her stage name is Bertha D'Blues and she does Newport every year!!
<font color="#FF0000" size="1">[ January 08, 2005 12:59 PM: Message edited by: JayForSure ]</font>