tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post2664333318045351574..comments2024-03-28T14:41:03.787-04:00Comments on PowerPop: Keith's Record Collection™: Part IIINYMaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10863355110457910935noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-91581549020693596042011-01-06T14:41:31.794-05:002011-01-06T14:41:31.794-05:00Cool! I think I can hear Joe Brown's influence...Cool! I think I can hear Joe Brown's influence on George Harrison, too. And it may be somewhat OT, but it never ceases to amaze me how well some of these Brits nailed American diction.stevesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-29765900914807953672011-01-06T14:16:45.244-05:002011-01-06T14:16:45.244-05:00Depends how you listen to it. It's supposed to...Depends how you listen to it. It's supposed to be Anglo-Elvis, but the backing could be the Modern Lovers (post David Robinson, that is). Good clean fun.<br /><br />Great album cover. Sort of proto-Bowie. <br /><br />APAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-40225856251516153942011-01-06T12:55:50.229-05:002011-01-06T12:55:50.229-05:00Sit down, son, let an American show you how to do ...Sit down, son, let an American show you how to do that...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-52349451878772260662011-01-06T12:02:29.919-05:002011-01-06T12:02:29.919-05:00There's actually some other stuff on the rest ...There's actually some other stuff on the rest of the record that compares favorably to some of the album cuts on Elvis' early stuff, pre-Army but post-Sun. <br /><br />Of course, the fact that it's Brits rather than guys from Memphis may give it a certain Dancing Bear quality, i.e. it's not that its necessarily done well, but you're just surprised that it's being done at all.Steve Simelsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-50444142340955009422011-01-06T09:48:12.400-05:002011-01-06T09:48:12.400-05:00While it is nothing special, it did show Keif that...While it is nothing special, it did show Keif that Brits could do this sort of thing with aplomb.<br /><br />TreyTMinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07221261635305430323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-61756213088770072102011-01-06T09:10:07.267-05:002011-01-06T09:10:07.267-05:00Perfectly nice Buddy Hollyish song that I agree wo...Perfectly nice Buddy Hollyish song that I agree would have been lost in the shuffle.<br /><br />With a name like Billy Fury, I was expecting something...furious. Between the sound and the photo, the name borders on parody.edwardnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-4224656028212858862011-01-06T08:04:59.121-05:002011-01-06T08:04:59.121-05:00That's a pretty cool song, and I was thinking,...That's a pretty cool song, and I was thinking, could that have been a hit in the U.S. in 1960? Then I looked at the Billboard Hot 100 from that year and thought, "no way." Billy Fury's "My Advice" would have been up against "Cathy's Clown", "Stuck on You", "The Twist", "Everybody's Somebody's Fool" and dozens of other bright, high-concept masterpieces from America's deep and diverse musical well. (Also on the charts that that year, "El Paso", "Sink the Bismark", "Itsy Bitsty Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini", "Walk Don't Run", "Mule Skinner Blues", "Beyond the Sea", "Walking to New Orleans" and many, many more.) American recording artists and producers had gotten the hang of top 40, and were pumping out piles of innovative, supremely catchy product. Billy Fury sounds regressive compared to most of the Top 100 in that high-water year. It would be another 20 years or so before anything as backward-looking as "My Advice" would sound new again.Fazenoreply@blogger.com