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FPSHOT

Jun 10, 2001, 01:46 PM

It's always nice to have a good link;

Something -
Peggy Lee Is that all there is? 1969
Booker T. & The MG's single 1970
Joe Cocker Joe Cocker! 1970
Bill Medley Nobody Knows, Gone 1970
Duane Eddy b-side "The 5-17" 1970
Ray Stevens Everything is beautiful 1970
Engelbert Humperdink We made it happen 1970
Sonny & Cher Live 1971
Lettermen Everything's good about you 1971
Frank Sinatra Sinatra And Company 1971
Lou Rawls Silk & Soul 1972
Waldo de los Rios Songs Of Our Time 1972
Jim Nabors Sings The Great Love So.1972
Mina Mina 1972
Martha and the Vandellas Black magic 1972
Elvis Presley Elvis Aloha from Hawaii 1973
James Brown b-side of "Think" 1973
Johnny Rodriguez single 1974
Troy Cory The Closest I Ever Came
Ferrante & Teicher Getting Together
Jack Jones In Person At The Sands
Bert Kaempfort Greatest Hits Vol. 2
Liberace A Brand New Me
Johnny Mathis Raindrops Keep Falling
Telly Savalas Telly
Bobby Vinton I Wish You Love
Dionne Warwick I'll Never Fall In Love
Andy Williams Love Story
Bud Shank Let It Be
Perry Como It's Impossible
Tony Bennett Bloodstone
John Davidson
Percy Faith
Lena Horne
Tony Mottola
Rouvaun
Ray Stevens
Sarah Vaughan
Jr. Walker/All Stars
Howard Keel (in medley with Yesterday)
Hugo Montenegro Colours Of Love
Peter Nero
Templeton Twins

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beatlebangs1964

Jun 10, 2001, 03:47 PM

It's bad enough Gary Lewis and the Playboys masscred "Help!" in 1965, but the Carpenters REALLY hurt that wonderful song! http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/angry8.gif

The Carpenters should have been brought up on charges for song slaughter and cruelty to classics for their singularly ATROCIOUS rendition of "I'm Happy Just to Dance With You." What they did to that wonderful song was just plain cruel. http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/angry6.gif They strayed from the Beatle norm and their version of this delightful 1964 classic was an atrocity.

I wanted to throw some FLAMING PIES at them at the time.

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old_moon_shining

Jun 10, 2001, 04:09 PM

To add to Something -
Des O'Connor
and an instrumental bossa nova version arranged and directed by Alan Moorhouse (this guy really gives George a wrap-up on the cover)

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old_moon_shining

Jun 10, 2001, 04:10 PM

Well it probably deserves a double post! http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/thumbsup.gif

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HeyBeatle

Jun 10, 2001, 04:47 PM

Another Carpenters cover was "Ticket to Ride" which I must say is very depressing. Karen had a beautiful voice but I always feel depressed after listening to her cause even her happy songs are sad.

Besides that I know Bobby McFerrin covered "Drive my car" and "From me to you"
both are a capella and pretty cool I suggest atleast giving them a listen.

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beatlebangs1964

Jun 10, 2001, 06:07 PM

Karen Carpenter did have a beautiful voice, but her treatment of Beatle songs was just terrible. Their mistreatment of "Ticket to Ride" was definitely a felony. The Carpenters should have left the Beatles alone. Although I didn't care for the Carpenters and found them sappy, maudlin and lightweight, my parents' peers enjoyed them. That was a rather grim thought.

Now that I'm a grown person, I STILL don't care for watered down, tired versions of popular songs.

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Tim

Jun 10, 2001, 06:29 PM

I love the Mamas and the Papas version of I call your name.

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bearkat77

Jun 10, 2001, 07:04 PM

<BLOCKQUOTE>Quote:<HR>Originally Posted By beatlebangs1964:
Karen Carpenter did have a beautiful voice, but her treatment of Beatle songs was just terrible. Their mistreatment of "Ticket to Ride" was definitely a felony. The Carpenters should have left the Beatles alone. Although I didn't care for the Carpenters and found them sappy, maudlin and lightweight, my parents' peers enjoyed them. That was a rather grim thought.

Now that I'm a grown person, I STILL don't care for watered down, tired versions of popular songs.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

There's really nothing wrong with liking the Carpenters. I think they were a good duo and had fun recording like the Beatles did in their early years.

True, Karen Carpenter, rest her soul, didn't have the proper vocals to pull off a good Beates cover. I'd still give her an "A" for effort in trying to do so.

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bearkat77

Jun 10, 2001, 07:06 PM

One cover that should never have been attempted was Earth, Wind & Fire doing "Got To Get You Into My Life". Their version literally make me sick.

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jtal909

Jun 10, 2001, 07:25 PM

IreneMcBeatle

Jun 10, 2001, 08:34 PM

"Help!" appeared on the 1st album of Deep Purple (The Shades Of Deep Purple).

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darkhorse

Jun 11, 2001, 07:12 AM

<BLOCKQUOTE>Quote:<HR>Originally Posted By Tim:
I love the Mamas and the Papas version of I call your name.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>It is absolutely great!!! http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/cool2.gif http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/cool3.gif Another one I really really like is Joe Cocker's version of "With A Little Help From My Friends".

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beatlebangs1964

Jun 11, 2001, 01:40 PM

beatlebangs1964

Jun 11, 2001, 01:41 PM

<BLOCKQUOTE>Quote:<HR>Originally Posted By jtal909:
good choice!

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That was one of the few good remakes of a Beatles' song.

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Tim

Jun 13, 2001, 04:01 AM

The only other cover that's any good besides I Call Your Name is Billy J Kramer's Do You Want To Know A Secret?

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Tim

Jun 13, 2001, 04:03 AM

Did you know Del Shannon did a cover of From me To You in 1963?

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HMVNipper

Jun 13, 2001, 04:51 AM

<BLOCKQUOTE>Quote:<HR>Originally Posted By bearkat77:
One cover that should never have been attempted was Earth, Wind & Fire doing "Got To Get You Into My Life". Their version literally make me sick.

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Ewwww, yeah...my brother LOVED that version, all I wanted to was http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/barf2.gif

As for the Carpenters, yeah, I agree, while Karen Carpenter did have a lovely voice, it was not suited to the covers of Beatles songs they perpetrated...

And yes, I LOVE the Mamas and Papas version of "I Call Your Name!"

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Tim

Jun 13, 2001, 07:28 AM

Actually,the entire soundtrack to the 1978 Sgt. Pepper movies was awful.

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beatlebangs1964

Jun 13, 2001, 08:52 AM

<BLOCKQUOTE>Quote:<HR>Originally Posted By Tim:
Actually,the entire soundtrack to the 1978 Sgt. Pepper movies was awful.

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That was the most STUPID, http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/dunce.gif ASININE and INSULTING soundtrack. I mean, it was simply ATROCIOUS! IT WAS REALLY BAD! The plot, if you can call it that didn't make a damn bit of sense and the deviation from the Beatle norm was APPALLING! I wanted to throw DARTS and a TRUCKFUL of Pie Flambe at the Bee Gees! I JUST CAN'T STAND the Bee Gees. We had them rammed down our collective throats in 1977-1978 and this 1978 atrocity did not endear me to them.

Sandy Farina, the girl who starred in this movie hailed from Hartsdale, N.Y., the town next door to where I used to live and where I lived at the time. (I didn't know her and I'm sure she's living in anonymity, trying to live down that AWFUL movie)!

Tim has just given you a warning about this pititful movie. It is an abomination http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/barf2.gif and is a cruel misrepresentation of Beatle classics!

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bearkat77

Jun 13, 2001, 07:37 PM

<BLOCKQUOTE>Quote:<HR>Originally Posted By Tim:
Did you know Del Shannon did a cover of From me To You in 1963?<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Yes, it was the first Beatles song released in the US. It really didn't do well in the charts and when the Beatles released it on May 27, 1963, it only charted on Billboard's Hot 200. It peaked at #116.

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bearkat77

Jun 13, 2001, 07:39 PM

<BLOCKQUOTE>Quote:<HR>Originally Posted By Tim:
Actually,the entire soundtrack to the 1978 Sgt. Pepper movies was awful.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Yes, the movie was really bad. However, some of the covers were quite good. Aerosmith's version of "Come Together" was in there. Also, Alice Cooper did a fair job on "Because".

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darkhorse

Jun 14, 2001, 09:03 AM

And those would be the only two I'd kind of rescue... My dad's got the vinyl... http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/images/icons/grin.gif But it's not very good.

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ward

Jun 14, 2001, 12:51 PM

I think the very worst beatles cover had to be Ann Murray's version of "I'm Just Happy To Dance With You". I't makes me want to empty my bowels right away any time I hear it.

Does any body know the singer whom paul picked as doing his favorite version of a beatles song. The song was And I Love Her, and the version was done by a woman singer in the early sixtis. But I can't remember her name. I think she was kind of a jazz or R&B type singer.

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beatlebangs1964

Jun 14, 2001, 06:05 PM

<BLOCKQUOTE>Quote:<HR>Originally Posted By ward:
I think the very worst beatles cover had to be Ann Murray's version of "I'm Just Happy To Dance With You". I't makes me want to empty my bowels right away any time I hear it.
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That atrocious rendition of one of my favorite Beatles songs has that same effect on me. After all, Ann Murray's atrocious version belongs in the toilet! http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/barf2.gif http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/barf4.gif

Ever since I was a little girl, I have hated the souped up falsetto versions of popular songs by the Chipmunks (voice - Ross Bagdasarian). When I was a very little girl, I hated the Chipmunks' ghastly mistreatment of the Beatles! http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/chainsaw.gif Another contender for down the toilet is Count Basie http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/thumbsdown.gif doing "She Loves You." What he did to one of my favorite songs was criminal! Atrocity for the hearing!

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Tim

Jun 14, 2001, 06:50 PM

Ones I'd be interested to hear are Diana Ross and the Supremes' version of I Want to Hold Your Hand,Hard day's Night,and Can't Buy Me Love from the Bit Of Liverpool album(64).

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bearkat77

Jun 14, 2001, 07:36 PM

<BLOCKQUOTE>Quote:<HR>Originally Posted By ward:
I think the very worst beatles cover had to be Ann Murray's version of "I'm Just Happy To Dance With You".<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Don't recall hearing that version, but I think she did a fair cover of "You Won't See Me".

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bearkat77

Jun 15, 2001, 06:57 PM

That I have no idea. She used to be a P.E. instructor back home in Canada.

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beatlebangs1964

Jun 15, 2001, 07:04 PM

<BLOCKQUOTE>Quote:<HR>Originally Posted By ward:
Bearkat77, I heard "you won't see me" as well, and it still flushes down the toilet clockwise. How did Ann Murray ever get a recording contract?

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Yeah, I know. She really hurt that song with her atrocious rendition. I wish she'd go back to exercising her abs and hips and NOT her vocal cords!

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beatlebangs1964

Jun 15, 2001, 11:16 PM

<BLOCKQUOTE>Quote:<HR>Originally Posted By Tim:
Ones I'd be interested to hear are Diana Ross and the Supremes' version of I Want to Hold Your Hand,Hard day's Night,and Can't Buy Me Love from the Bit Of Liverpool album(64).

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Atrocious, simply atrocious. Diana deserves a kisser full of Pie Flambe! http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/thumbsdown.gif

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ward

Jun 15, 2001, 11:37 PM

Bearkat77, I heard "you won't see me" as well, and it still flushes down the toilet clockwise. How did Ann Murray ever get a recording contract?

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Jun 16, 2001, 10:20 AM

<BLOCKQUOTE>Quote:<HR>Originally Posted By ward:

Does any body know the singer whom paul picked as doing his favorite version of a beatles song. The song was And I Love Her, and the version was done by a woman singer in the early sixtis. But I can't remember her name. I think she was kind of a jazz or R&B type singer.

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IIRC it was Ella Fitzgerald with And I Love Him.

My other all time worst,and i date myself here,was Tiffany doing I Saw Him Standing There.

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beatlebangs1964

Jun 16, 2001, 10:49 AM

Tiffany should have been pie flambed and feathered for THAT offense. More candidates for the Pie and Feather category are the sadists who did a whole CD of Beatles songs with reggae arrangements. http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/barf4.gif They strayed from the Beatle norm and did atrocious versions of some delightful classics. http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/thumbsdown.gif I don't like reggae to begin with and this is not meant to offend anybody, but what was done to some wonderful songs HURT! http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/thumbsdown.gif http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/barf2.gif http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/barf4.gif

This CD belongs in the toilet.

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Tim

Jun 16, 2001, 07:14 PM

Anyone else enjoy the Silkie's version of You've Got To Hide Your Love Away?

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beatlebangs1964

Jun 16, 2001, 09:48 PM

I always thought Silkie's version was kinda half hearted sounding. I'm glad somebody liked it, but Senator, they're no John, Paul, George and Ringo. It wasn't the worst remake, I admit and you can actually listen to it. It just doesn't do it for me like the Beatles.

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ward

Jun 18, 2001, 01:29 PM

Tim, Elle fitzgerald may have done "and I love him", but that name is not the one that paul said. She was requested by the beatles Paul) to do the cover for a Beatles tribute T.V.variety show somtime around '63/'64.

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beatlebangs1964

Jun 18, 2001, 09:09 PM

This is EMBARRASSING! Frank Sinatra has called "Something" the best Lennon & McCartney tune. "Something" was a George Harrison composition! I mean, what's up with THAT?!

Even my mother, who loved Frank Sinatra in his heyday (she was one of many who loved Frank Sinatra and still does) thought that gaffe was HUMILIATING! (Thanks to me, she's quite Beatle literate). In truth, I'd rather hear the Beatles on their worst day than Frank Sinatra on his best day and compared to the Beatles, Frank Sinatra couldn't sing under a lamp post! I didn't like his renditions of Beatles songs.

Ringo has the coolest blue eyes in my not so humble opinion. The Beatle over the Chairman every single time, yeah, yeah, YEAH!
And THAT's no bias!

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Elementary Penguin

Jun 19, 2001, 01:34 PM

Un grande pie flambe to William Shatner and his horrible attempt at Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds.

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Jun 19, 2001, 01:40 PM

<BLOCKQUOTE>Quote:<HR>Originally Posted By Tim:
Anyone else enjoy the Silkie's version of You've Got To Hide Your Love Away?

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It's ok. My friends and I sang it at the soundalike contest at Beatlefest Chicago some years ago and did pretty well, but I got SO sick of it back then! It's tough to find songs that us chicks can sing for the soundalike contest!

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