As a fan of a wide variety of popular (and not-so-popular) music from the 1950s (and sometimes even earlier) up through the present, one of my bucket list projects for years has been to put together a list of my 100 favorite songs of all time. At some point I decided that, once I got around to figuring that out, I could put it out on a blog, for the infinitesimally small proportion of the Internet world that might be interested. So, here we are. While the Top 100 will be a major focus, I also plan to post on a variety of other musical (and occasionally non-musical) topics, in which you may or may not be interested. (If a particular posting doesn’t ring your bell, you’re only a few clicks away from a dancing cat video on YouTube.)

Tuesday, December 10, 2013

#98 I'm In A Different World -- Dave Stewart & Barbara Gaskin (1985)


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XF68OyTlP4E

Like #99 and #100, this is a classic from back in the salad days of WHFS. This is a Holland/Dozier/Holland tune that was one of the less successful singles for the Four Tops back in 1968. Note that this Dave Stewart is NOT the David A. Stewart who was half of the Eurythmics.
 
Speaking of Motown covers … there was one small flaw in my methodology for coming up with the top 100 list. In order to be eligible, songs had to be in my iTunes library. Normally this is a low bar to cross, but there are a couple of worthy contenders for which I have never been able to find the “right” version in either iTunes or Amazon. "Tainted Love" by Soft Cell is the most prominent example. The killer version of this on the radio featured "Tainted Love," with the end running right into their version of "Where Did Our Love Go" (another Motown cover), with no filler or aimless noodling in between. You can find the correct version, at right around 4 minutes, on YouTube. 
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  1. Rick DDecember 11, 2013 at 9:23 AM

    I'm pretty sure I have/had the original Soft Cell version, but on ... cassette. It's from Non-stop Erotic Cabaret or something like that.

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    1. Mike RhoadsDecember 11, 2013 at 12:31 PM

      There are a bunch of 8-9 minute versions out there in MP3 land -- I think I mistakenly bought one once. Not sure what the "album" version was.

      From looking on YouTube, I think the version I have in mind might have been a promotional 45, which would explain why it's so hard to find.

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