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Post by Gene Hunt on Sept 1, 2021 16:34:10 GMT
Agree 100%. I have Hyland's version in the Quattro. It's head and shoulders above the original and the later releases.
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Post by Vienna on Sept 2, 2021 13:27:25 GMT
Brian Hyland's version was a UK hit on two different occasions: August/September 1962 (No.3); July/August 1975 (No.7).
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Post by Cartman on Sept 2, 2021 18:38:41 GMT
I didn't know until today that Step On by The Happy Mondays is a cover. Apparently, it was an obscure South African record from the early 70s.
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Post by Del Boy on Sept 3, 2021 9:46:27 GMT
I didn't know until today that Step On by The Happy Mondays is a cover. Apparently, it was an obscure South African record from the early 70s. That is news to me to. Who knew ?
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Post by Nightfly on Sept 3, 2021 10:08:02 GMT
I didn't know until today that Step On by The Happy Mondays is a cover. Apparently, it was an obscure South African record from the early 70s. That is news to me to. Who knew ? John Kongos - not a bad version either, although no melons were twisted during the making of the original.
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Post by John Steed on Sept 4, 2021 20:05:13 GMT
I didn't know until today that Step On by The Happy Mondays is a cover. Apparently, it was an obscure South African record from the early 70s. I think Step On by The Happy Mondays is one of the best cover versions ever Steed
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Post by Cartman on Sept 4, 2021 20:11:19 GMT
It's brilliant and I associate it so much with the Mondays that I can't imagine anyone else doing it.
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Post by Del Boy on Sept 5, 2021 20:19:15 GMT
Clever thing to find a little known song like that and add your own polish to it and make it a hit like the Mondays did.
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Post by Nightfly on Sept 5, 2021 20:51:54 GMT
Clever thing to find a little known song like that and add your own polish to it and make it a hit like the Mondays did. In the early 90s, visiting a friend in Stoke-on-Trent who was involved in music, I was told me to look out for a big house on the country road before joining the M6 on the way back. It was the home of The Sutherland Brothers who had a one off hit in 76 with Arms Of Mary. I don't think they followed it up and I was told the reason why. The same year, the BBC were about to show what would be an award winning documentary about the HMS Ark Royal and they apparently asked Rod Stewart if he could write and perform the theme tune. "I won't write one, but I know an obscure album track from 1972 from The Sutherland Brothers that I could cover that would be great. It's called Sailing". In 1991 they were earning a minimum of £1000 a week from royalties and didn't really need to work again. I think there was a similar story with the guy who wrote Ray of Light which Madonna covered. It didn't bare much of a resemblance to the original, but he got the royalties. And there's John Martyn who wrote Sweet Little Mystery covered by Wet Wet Wet. Very different from their interpretation.
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Post by Vienna on Sept 5, 2021 21:07:04 GMT
Interesting to hear that, Nightfly. The Sutherland Brothers actually did have a follow up to 'Arms of Mary' in late '76 called 'Secrets', but this one only just made it into the Top 40.
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