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Oh dear! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loeJplY4xiI ("Look What They've Done to My Song, Ma" by Melanie)

John Etherington wrote:Oh dear! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loeJplY4xiI

Angel, Shaggy, 2001

... she was there through my incarceration, I want to show the nation my appreciation ...

... 1968 ...

Lovely version, but I'm biased towards Pat! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=US94q0e20Us ("Angel of the Morning" by P.P. Arnold)

...and an unintentional (?) link with my Isle of Wight memoirs there:

"...I only slept for an hour on two the first night and as I woke, I couldn't remember where I was. I thought I was in a large dome with twinkling lights above me. I could hear an angels voice ("we must be in heaven, man!"). As it turned out, the lights were morning stars, and the angel was Melanie singing "Mr. Tambourine Man"."

John Etherington wrote:...as I woke, I couldn't remember where I was. I thought I was in a large dome with twinkling lights above me. I could hear an angels voice ("we must be in heaven, man!"). As it turned out, the lights were morning stars, and the angel was Melanie singing "Mr. Tambourine Man"."

Wild Thing, Jimi Hendrix, Monterey, 1967

... awoken more gently than by that guy, no doubt ... (shown playing the Troggs' hit that was written by the same guy - Chip Taylor - who penned Angel of the Morning ... and who happens to be Jon Voight's brother ... which makes him Angelina's uncle ...

Talking of The Troggs, here's one of my favourite songs by them:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JU0bc_Tejj4 ("Little Girl" by the Troggs)

As I recall, this didn't receive much airplay, because the subject matter was considered controversial, even in the late Sixties!

Just for the record, the Troggs were the first name band that I ever saw live in concert (Hammersmith Odeon Nov. 5th 1966).

so many versions of Angel of the Morning - the only one I had known before Shaggy's was Juice Newtons, even Nina Simone had a version. Whenever I hear her voice I feel myself melt, I wish I could have seen her live. see line woman

Song that still makes me mushy is this love makes me think of this fella I that I used to share a single bed with almost 21 years ago, nice guy, found me an autographed copy of 'a Laughter in the Mind' by Irving Layton for Christmas this year.

John Etherington wrote: As I recall, this didn't receive much airplay, because the subject matter was considered controversial, even in the late Sixties!

that's sad John, I know here at that time out of wedlock babies were still frowned upon - a friend of my Mothers had to fight to keep her child (and she was over 18).

Cate wrote: ... Nina Simone ...see line woman... Marley ... Is this Love ...

... Bessie Jones and the Georgia Sea Island Singers doing a call-and-response type song from the African slave tradition to which Nina is paying tribute in this song ... I was lucky enough to once hear Bob sing about slavery ...

John Etherington wrote:Talking of The Troggs...

... Troglodyte, Jimmy Castor Bunch, 1973 ...

... sock it to me ...

Thanks friends...and tying the Nina Simone and reggae strands together, here's the title track from one of my favourite albums of all time:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzaafODAYng ("Baltimore" by Nina Simone)

John Etherington wrote: ... tying the Nina Simone and reggae strands together ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzaafODAYng ...

... a great Randy Newman song done by Nina ... O Baltimore … Buy a big old wagon/to haul us all away/Live out in the country/Where the mountains are high/Never gonna come back dear /‘til the day I die ...

... legend has it that after escaping civilization, these people came to be known as the Baltimora and sang a new, happier song: Jungle life/We're living in the open/All alone like

Tarzan Boy, Baltimora, 1985

I've just referenced all of my song contributions in this thread (took me half an hour)!

Here is some of my lesser known favorites:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KQ6aQiEePQ - Jacques Brel, Les Toros

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TojXB8uOiA4 - Serge Gainsbourg, L`eau À La Bouche

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trLGhbFDIAk - Serge Gainsbourg, Je Suis Venu Te Dire Que Je M´en Vais

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47p5dRCe ... re=related - Donovan, The Pied Piper

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEdjzX-d ... re=related - Doris Day and John Denver, Sunshine Medley

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGM_CeHt2VI - Donovan and John Denver, Only the Blues

Thanks Spice-Box...that's a very original selection. It's always good to hear Brel and Gainsborough, and you've managed to find a real Donovan obscurity. I know "Only What the Lonely", but I had no idea that he'd sung it with John Denver, or that John Denver had ever sung with Doris Day. Now, if I may borrow your interesting pairing of French music and psychedelic folk, here are two more favourites of mine:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFgA5_f8V18 ("All Over the World" by Francoise Hardy)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pEz9kMSczg ("Pentecost Hotel" by the original Nirvana)

All good things, John E

John, thanks for posting the Melanie video. I remember you said you saw her at the IOW concert. I was quite a fan of hers, she was such an original. Here is the first song I heard by her and it remains my favorite. Thanks again John and Bequia for posting these songs. I enjoy being exposed to new artists and also hearing some of my old favorites. The video itself is a little weird.
Marsha

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5PgfqnZ ... re=related

John Etherington wrote:Just for the record, the Troggs were the first name band that I ever saw live in concert (Hammersmith Odeon Nov. 5th 1966).

Me too, John!! It was the very first concert/dance I ever went to. It must have been 1967, at the Top Twenty (that's what the weekly Saturday night concert was called) in Chippenham (Wiltshire) Town Hall. I even got their autographs!

Good memories!

Mary

frisogrl - I saw Melanie at the Jazz Cafe last year. She was accompanied by a young guy who played guitar. Actually, it was a bit shambolic and her voice sounded terrible, at first. She looked older, but still recognisable. Unfortunately she forgot that she was meant to be playing the "Born To Be" and "Candles in the Rain" albums, and it was only when I reminded one of her people at the interval that the message got across. Some of the old magic was evoked in the second half though, and she kindly signed CDs.

Mollydog -I saw the Troggs with the Walker Brothers and Dave Dee & Co. Itwas the only concert I've ever been to where girls screamed non-stop (it was an unforgettable experience). Fortunately, I saw Scott a couple more times in 1968 on a package tour, where you could hear him sing. Though, second time round he left very abruptly, when some screaming started!