If nothing else, Shane MacGowan would have been a perfect
fit for GrooveLily’s great song “Screwed-Up People Make Great
Art.” The Pogues are best known for the ubiquitous (although hardly
universally-loved) holiday classic “Fairytale Of New York”
(in which MacGowan duets with
Kirsty MacColl); one hopes that his passing will bring more attention to
her work as well.
Other favorite tracks by The Pogues:
The Band Played Waltzing Matilda
Dirty Old Town
Sally MacLennane
The Irish Rover
What was the #1 song when you woke up on Christmas morning in:
ReplyDelete1960 Are You Lonesome Tonight? - Elvis Presley
1961 The Lion Sleeps Tonight - Tokens
1962 Telstar -Tornadoes
1963 Dominique - Singing Nun
1964 I Feel Fine - Beatles
1965 Over and Over - Dave Clark Five
1966 I'm a Believer - Monkees
1967 - Hello, Goodbye - Beatles
1968 - I Heard it Through the Grapevine - Marvin Gaye
1969 - Someday We'll Be Together - Supremes
"I'm A Believer" works well in a number of ways. ;-)
DeleteLOL. In Catholic School, we listened to Dominique on many Friday afternoon during Art class.
DeleteThe ENTIRE album.
Aargh! There was an ALBUM???
DeleteTrack listing
ReplyDeleteAll songs written by Soeur Sourire
"Dominique" – 2:58
"Sœur Adèle" – 4:29
"Fleur de cactus" – 1:51
"Complainte de Marie-Jacques" – 2:28
"Je voudrais" – 1:55
"Tous les chemins" – 2:41
"Plume de radis" – 2:00
"Mets ton joli jupon" – 1:28
"Résurrection" – 3:50
"Alleluia" – 2:53
"J'ai trouvé le seigneur" – 2:59
"Entre les étoiles" – 3:16
Given the number of years of French I took in high school and at LVC, I SHOULD be able to translate all of that. ;-)
DeleteLast night I heard, probably for the first time in 50 years, Deep Purple's version of Kentucky Woman, back when they were basically just doing covers. Actually pretty great!
I heard their version a couple of months ago for the first time in forever, and recalling how much I liked it when first released, I now thought I preferred the Diamond version. And that surprised me.
ReplyDeleteBill Murray to Richard Dreyfuss in the 1991 classic What About Bob -- "There are two types of people in this world: those who like Neil Diamond and those who don't."
DeleteFor me, it's not quite that simple. I like "classic" Neil Diamond (Solitary Man, Cherry Cherry etc.), do not like Significant Artist Neil Diamond (Soolaimon, America, I Am...I Said). Kentucky Woman easily fits on the "good" side. I have both versions in iTunes.
Speaking of Neil Diamond (top ten the last week in December, 1969):
Delete1 SOMEDAY WE’LL BE TOGETHER –•– Diana Ross and the Supremes
2 LEAVING ON A JET PLANE –•– Peter, Paul and Mary
3 RAINDROPS KEEP FALLIN’ ON MY HEAD –•– B.J. Thomas
4 DOWN ON THE CORNER / FORTUNATE SON –•– Creedence Clearwater Revival
5 NA NA HEY HEY KISS HIM GOODBYE –•– Steam
6 HOLLY HOLY –•– Neil Diamond
7 COME TOGETHER / SOMETHING –•– The Beatles
8 I WANT YOU BACK –•– Jackson 5
9 WHOLE LOTTA LOVE / LIVING LOVING MAID (She’s Just a Woman) –•– Led Zeppelin
10 TAKE A LETTER MARIA –•– R.B. Greaves
I consider Holly to be on the "good" side of Neil.
DeleteTwo of my all-time favorites are on this countdown: Baby I'm For Real by the Originals, and Going In Circles by the Friends of Distinction.
Just heard on Cincinnati oldies station, lunchtime request hour: Girl, You'll Be A Woman Soon. I had forgotten that made the top 10.
DeleteAlso included on the Dec. 27, 1969 top 40 list includes three songs written by Laura Nyro.
ReplyDeleteOne of the great songwriters. And very much underrated as a performer as well.
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