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Post by Cartman on Feb 16, 2024 21:03:27 GMT
I like The Beats ska version of Tears of a clown from 1980, slightly prefer it to the original Smokey Robinson one
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Post by John Steed on Feb 17, 2024 19:33:52 GMT
I like The Beats ska version of Tears of a clown from 1980, slightly prefer it to the original Smokey Robinson one I agree with you there Carty Steed
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Post by D.C. Burtonshaw on Feb 19, 2024 16:36:03 GMT
I like The Beats ska version of Tears of a clown from 1980, slightly prefer it to the original Smokey Robinson one I agree with you there Carty Steed Me three!
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Post by Sam Tyler on Feb 21, 2024 10:43:49 GMT
I like The Beats ska version of Tears of a clown from 1980, slightly prefer it to the original Smokey Robinson one I also like The Beat's version of "Can't Get Used to Losing You" but can't say it is better than the original by Andy Williams, almost as good but not better. Sam.
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Post by Del Boy on Feb 21, 2024 17:10:25 GMT
I like The Beats ska version of Tears of a clown from 1980, slightly prefer it to the original Smokey Robinson one I also like The Beat's version of "Can't Get Used to Losing You" but can't say it is better than the original by Andy Williams, almost as good but not better. Sam. I agree with that Sam. The style difference involved really works on this track. I see them as a great version in their respective genres.
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Post by Cartman on Feb 21, 2024 18:10:02 GMT
I like Donna Summers 1978 disco version of MacArthur Park, prefer it to the 60s original by Richard Harris
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Post by Sam Tyler on Feb 21, 2024 22:29:44 GMT
I like Donna Summers 1978 disco version of MacArthur Park, prefer it to the 60s original by Richard Harris I agree with that one Carty, Donna Summer did some great tunes and many of them were part of the soundtrack to my latter teens, many still bring back fond memories of those days. Sam
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Post by Cartman on Feb 21, 2024 22:38:47 GMT
Donna Summer was a class act, she did some brilliant stuff in the 70s and early 80s. The only one of hers I'm not keen on is I Feel Love, which was a big hit in 1977. Of her later 80s recordings my favourite is State of Independence from late 82. A memory of this one is that I had had to visit a client in Widnes for the insurance firm I worked for at the time and as it was a nice, crisp Autumn day in about October 82 I decided to take my time driving back to Manchester, in one of the firm's mark 5 Cortinas, incidentally, and came back on the A50 via Lymm, and this great Donna Summer track came on the radio
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Post by Cartman on Mar 8, 2024 22:27:16 GMT
Another one I like is the Kenny Rogers/Sheena Easton version of We got tonight. Was it Bob Seeger who did the original?
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Post by Nightfly on Mar 9, 2024 12:42:20 GMT
Donna Summer was a class act, she did some brilliant stuff in the 70s and early 80s. Have to agree on I Feel Love. It was groundbreaking as far as music tech was concerned, but overplaying has spoilt it a bit in my opinion. Around the same era, I preferred Down Deep Inside which she recorded for the film The Deep. I think the BBC banned it for the suggestive moans she made in the middle of the track. Donna countered the criticism by swearing that she was just suffering from toothache during the recording. Nice one ! I also liked This Time I Know It's For Real, but I hesitate to admit it as it was made by those three famous producers who aren't on your Xmas card list, Carty.
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