tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post9002479593242807652..comments2024-03-28T14:41:03.787-04:00Comments on PowerPop: And Speaking of Gorgeous...NYMaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10863355110457910935noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-4027376287897655712014-06-20T02:46:01.435-04:002014-06-20T02:46:01.435-04:00Wow, this is spectacular, Steve. Never heard it b...Wow, this is spectacular, Steve. Never heard it before. Thanks!<br /><br />Dave F.Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03743825684303825072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-74443472197285763812014-06-19T17:54:30.365-04:002014-06-19T17:54:30.365-04:00Thanks for pointing this track out. I skipped over...Thanks for pointing this track out. I skipped over it on Willards's site. Great performance & recording.<br /><br />Think I'll play it on the show next week in Willard's and your honor. Hey Vickie, yours too.<br /><br />Allan R.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-73321944016565579102014-06-19T16:37:29.269-04:002014-06-19T16:37:29.269-04:00"More romantic and poignant than the Hollies&..."More romantic and poignant than the Hollies' version"<br /><br />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.<br /><br />This one, however, just drips desperate romantic longing...<br />steve simelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13247393763004076992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-58197857070890442152014-06-19T15:22:29.837-04:002014-06-19T15:22:29.837-04:00He's fond of using minor chords. The guitar bi...He's fond of using minor chords. The guitar bits may as well be balalaika.<br /><br />I've played some of his hits on accordion and its fuckin' groovy. I'm serious.<br /><br />Vickie RockAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-54565222199853619222014-06-19T14:52:23.781-04:002014-06-19T14:52:23.781-04:00What I particularly like about this version is tha...What I particularly like about this version is that you can hear the guy's ethnic roots.<br /><br />I mean, like so many of Gouldman's tunes, it sounds like a Russian Jewish folk melody.steve simelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13247393763004076992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-9550710918444693922014-06-19T14:31:43.686-04:002014-06-19T14:31:43.686-04:00Graham Gouldman introduced this song to the Hollie...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.<br /><br />It was a leap up from his earlier Look Through Any Window, which certainly wasn't a bad tune.<br /><br />I prefer Steve's posted version to the one he cut in 1968 with John Paul Jones. Very nice.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />Smiling, beguiling<br /><br />Vickie RockAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-3374781521569628412014-06-19T11:40:58.863-04:002014-06-19T11:40:58.863-04:00More romantic and poignant than the Hollies' v...More romantic and poignant than the Hollies' version. I love all the songs mentioned here.Brooklyn Girlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-2173352731095110042014-06-19T09:57:00.540-04:002014-06-19T09:57:00.540-04:00Nice reading of the tune.
Nice reading of the tune.<br /><br /><br />buzzbabyjesushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09375127662096374324noreply@blogger.com