You know, there are some days -- and this is one of them -- when I think this is the single most magnificent song of the original British Invasion that wasn't written or performed by The Beatles.
Incidentally, there really isn't a CD called The Graham Gouldman EP. That version of "Bus Stop" (along with equally wonderful remakes of Gouldman's "Heart Full of Soul," "No Milk Today" and "For Your Love") were actually done for a 10cc Greatest Hits collection.
You can download all of them over HERE, you're welcome very much.
[h/t Willard's Wormholes]
8 comments:
Nice reading of the tune.
More romantic and poignant than the Hollies' version. I love all the songs mentioned here.
Graham Gouldman introduced this song to the Hollies by playing it to them in a smelly bathroom at a gig in Stoke. His band, the Mockingbirds were on the support bill. The Hollies immediately recorded it.
It was a leap up from his earlier Look Through Any Window, which certainly wasn't a bad tune.
I prefer Steve's posted version to the one he cut in 1968 with John Paul Jones. Very nice.
And never forget that he was capable of such wondrous tortured stuff as Evil Hearted You, one that's power is near and dear to me for eternity.
Smiling, beguiling
Vickie Rock
What I particularly like about this version is that you can hear the guy's ethnic roots.
I mean, like so many of Gouldman's tunes, it sounds like a Russian Jewish folk melody.
He's fond of using minor chords. The guitar bits may as well be balalaika.
I've played some of his hits on accordion and its fuckin' groovy. I'm serious.
Vickie Rock
"More romantic and poignant than the Hollies' version"
Exactly right. Great as the Hollies version is, it's a little show-offy; it practically jumps out of the speakers (which is why its great) but there's a sense that the guy singing it is kind of proud of himself for scoring.
This one, however, just drips desperate romantic longing...
Thanks for pointing this track out. I skipped over it on Willards's site. Great performance & recording.
Think I'll play it on the show next week in Willard's and your honor. Hey Vickie, yours too.
Allan R.
Wow, this is spectacular, Steve. Never heard it before. Thanks!
Dave F.
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