― My name is Kenny (My name is Kenny), Thursday, 30 December 2004 06:16 (nineteen years ago) link
― Bimble..., Thursday, 30 December 2004 06:22 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 30 December 2004 06:31 (nineteen years ago) link
― hstencil (hstencil), Thursday, 30 December 2004 06:39 (nineteen years ago) link
"If I Can't" is a definite classic, but I'd have to take away points for the slight corniness of the 'whoa-whoa-whoa-wwhhooaa-whoa-u-whoa' part. And also, it just doesn't have those crazy-nice jazz chords like "How Deep Is Your Love" or "More Than A Woman".
I like "More" for it's super-smooth steppers type groove (a la "Step In the Name Of Love"), and sweet melodic flow.
"How Deep" has the awesome chords and, also, melody SoSo sweet.
Arrrrgghhhh! I can't pick.
And that's not even talking about "Stayin Alive" "Night Fever" "Jive Talkin", "Open Sesame" & "You Should Be Dancing".
Impossible to choose. Good one!!
― pheNAM (pheNAM), Thursday, 30 December 2004 06:41 (nineteen years ago) link
yeah, that's not in the Bee Gees version. And the guitar sounds a little thicker, their voices more pleading than declaiming as Yvonne does it.
― hstencil (hstencil), Thursday, 30 December 2004 07:08 (nineteen years ago) link
"if i can't have you" is also a nice song, though. a pleasant light-FM radio perennial.
― Eisbär (llamasfur), Thursday, 30 December 2004 07:09 (nineteen years ago) link
― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Thursday, 30 December 2004 08:21 (nineteen years ago) link
― Amateur(ist) (Amateur(ist)), Thursday, 30 December 2004 14:03 (nineteen years ago) link
Her version of "I Don't Know How to Love Him" was about as good. Her cover of "Hello Stranger," however, was not.
― Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Thursday, 30 December 2004 15:00 (nineteen years ago) link
― Colonel Poo (Colonel Poo), Thursday, 30 December 2004 16:19 (nineteen years ago) link
Classic, obviously.
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 30 December 2004 16:55 (nineteen years ago) link
― Amateur(ist) (Amateur(ist)), Thursday, 30 December 2004 16:57 (nineteen years ago) link
― craggy jones, Thursday, 30 December 2004 17:11 (nineteen years ago) link
― LSTD (answer) (sexyDancer), Thursday, 30 December 2004 17:14 (nineteen years ago) link
I KNEW I'd seen her somewhere else! She's Mary Magdalene, right?
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 30 December 2004 22:01 (nineteen years ago) link
Whatever happened to her, anyway?
p.s. Oh yeah, I dig "If I Can't Have You" as well...
― Joe (Joe), Friday, 31 December 2004 03:34 (nineteen years ago) link
― hstencil (hstencil), Friday, 31 December 2004 03:34 (nineteen years ago) link
― Kim (Kim), Friday, 31 December 2004 04:30 (nineteen years ago) link
― Kim (Kim), Friday, 31 December 2004 04:35 (nineteen years ago) link
― stockholm cindy (Jody Beth Rosen), Friday, 31 December 2004 05:25 (nineteen years ago) link
― Andrew Blood Thames (Andrew Thames), Friday, 31 December 2004 05:35 (nineteen years ago) link
― hstencil (hstencil), Friday, 31 December 2004 05:37 (nineteen years ago) link
― Amateur(ist) (Amateur(ist)), Friday, 31 December 2004 07:10 (nineteen years ago) link
― Amateur(ist) (Amateur(ist)), Friday, 31 December 2004 07:11 (nineteen years ago) link
― LSTD (answer) (sexyDancer), Friday, 31 December 2004 07:14 (nineteen years ago) link
― John Fredland (jfredland), Friday, 31 December 2004 15:00 (nineteen years ago) link
― Andy Hart (AndyHart), Saturday, 1 January 2005 12:34 (nineteen years ago) link
― saltbox and a rubber ball (Speedy Gonzalas), Sunday, 2 January 2005 00:25 (nineteen years ago) link
― saltbox and a rubber ball (Speedy Gonzalas), Sunday, 2 January 2005 00:29 (nineteen years ago) link
― monsanto and yanni (Jody Beth Rosen), Tuesday, 28 June 2005 03:08 (eighteen years ago) link
― donut e-g (donut), Tuesday, 28 June 2005 03:20 (eighteen years ago) link
― VegemiteGrrl (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 28 June 2005 04:14 (eighteen years ago) link
― brittle-lemon, Tuesday, 28 June 2005 04:27 (eighteen years ago) link
― monsanto and yanni (Jody Beth Rosen), Tuesday, 28 June 2005 04:28 (eighteen years ago) link
― joan vich (joan vich), Tuesday, 28 June 2005 09:42 (eighteen years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Tuesday, 28 June 2005 12:37 (eighteen years ago) link
― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Tuesday, 28 June 2005 12:42 (eighteen years ago) link
― David R. (popshots75`), Tuesday, 28 June 2005 12:43 (eighteen years ago) link
"I Don't Know How to Love Him" roolz. (best Lloyd Webber song, not that it's close)
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 28 June 2005 13:07 (eighteen years ago) link
It charted in Australia back in like 1993, but I can't remember how high it went. Not very, if memory serves. Her last gasp...
― VegemiteGrrl (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 28 June 2005 16:38 (eighteen years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Tuesday, 28 June 2005 16:40 (eighteen years ago) link
― VegemiteGrrl (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 28 June 2005 17:12 (eighteen years ago) link
― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Tuesday, 28 June 2005 17:17 (eighteen years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Tuesday, 28 June 2005 17:19 (eighteen years ago) link
― monsanto and yanni (Jody Beth Rosen), Tuesday, 28 June 2005 19:01 (eighteen years ago) link
Ugh. "Cambodia" was NOT a favorite.
― VegemiteGrrl (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 28 June 2005 19:10 (eighteen years ago) link
Kim's version was huge here in South Florida; it was right at home with the great freestyle shit on the radio like Company B and Expose. And then came Tiffany's "I Think We're Alone Now," which is delicious and slatternly.
― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Tuesday, 28 June 2005 20:32 (eighteen years ago) link
That would be "Jive Talkin"' - The Bee Gees' best ever post 1970 moment.
As for their work with other acts during the 70s, my favourite would be Samantha Sang's "Emotion". Some of Andy Gibb's singles were also OK.
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Tuesday, 28 June 2005 21:05 (eighteen years ago) link
― VegemiteGrrl (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 28 June 2005 22:14 (eighteen years ago) link
― Amateur(ist) (Amateur(ist)), Tuesday, 28 June 2005 22:21 (eighteen years ago) link
― VegemiteGrrl (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 28 June 2005 22:22 (eighteen years ago) link
a lot of post-1980s dance music is like this. really excited-sounding electronic dance tracks with ostensibly extremely-depressing lyrics.
― Amateur(ist) (Amateur(ist)), Tuesday, 28 June 2005 22:26 (eighteen years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Tuesday, 28 June 2005 22:56 (eighteen years ago) link
― Amateur(ist) (Amateur(ist)), Tuesday, 28 June 2005 22:57 (eighteen years ago) link
― VegemiteGrrl (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 28 June 2005 22:58 (eighteen years ago) link
― Joe (Joe), Friday, 15 July 2005 11:29 (eighteen years ago) link
Did some playlist computer spit this out as the Lost Song Due for Resurrection on those the "best mix of the 70s and 80s and today!!!!!" radio stations? Or did like some actual human decide it was good--something from the, god help us, "disco era" that people weren't sick of from a thousand campy weddings?
― The Mad Puffin (The Mad Puffin), Friday, 15 July 2005 12:28 (eighteen years ago) link
― The Good Dr. Bill (The Good Dr. Bill), Friday, 15 July 2005 12:33 (eighteen years ago) link
― hay roy, Friday, 15 July 2005 15:19 (eighteen years ago) link
― p.j. (Henry), Friday, 15 July 2005 15:38 (eighteen years ago) link
― Hydrochloric Shaved Weirds (Bimble...), Sunday, 24 July 2005 20:01 (eighteen years ago) link
― Hydrochloric Shaved Weirds (Bimble...), Sunday, 24 July 2005 20:03 (eighteen years ago) link
― fact checking cuz (fcc), Sunday, 24 July 2005 22:38 (eighteen years ago) link
― Amateur(ist) (Amateur(ist)), Sunday, 24 July 2005 23:48 (eighteen years ago) link
― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Sunday, 24 July 2005 23:55 (eighteen years ago) link
because it was written by the bee gees.
michael, isn't irene cara asian-american? perhaps? i dunno.
― hstencil (hstencil), Monday, 25 July 2005 01:59 (eighteen years ago) link
― Amateur(ist) (Amateur(ist)), Monday, 25 July 2005 03:06 (eighteen years ago) link
What about Black Eyed Pees?
― The Amazing Jaxon! (jaxon), Monday, 25 July 2005 03:08 (eighteen years ago) link
― mullygrubbr (bulbs), Monday, 25 July 2005 03:08 (eighteen years ago) link
― mullygrubbr (bulbs), Monday, 25 July 2005 03:09 (eighteen years ago) link
― mullygrubbr (bulbs), Monday, 25 July 2005 03:10 (eighteen years ago) link
― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Monday, 25 July 2005 03:17 (eighteen years ago) link
― hstencil (hstencil), Monday, 25 July 2005 03:18 (eighteen years ago) link
bad story, i'm drunk, syrian made me do it
― The Amazing Jaxon! (jaxon), Monday, 25 July 2005 03:26 (eighteen years ago) link
― Amateur(ist) (Amateur(ist)), Monday, 25 July 2005 17:46 (eighteen years ago) link
― Naive Teen Idol (Naive Teen Idol), Tuesday, 26 July 2005 03:05 (eighteen years ago) link
― SoHoLa (SoHoLa), Tuesday, 26 July 2005 03:19 (eighteen years ago) link
is she? iirc she's irish, puerto rican, and a quarter black.
― badass porcelain knives (Jody Beth Rosen), Tuesday, 26 July 2005 03:31 (eighteen years ago) link
I think you're thinking of Paula Abdul. And isn't she part Lebanese?
― Candicissima (candicissima), Tuesday, 26 July 2005 03:48 (eighteen years ago) link
― badass porcelain knives (Jody Beth Rosen), Tuesday, 26 July 2005 04:36 (eighteen years ago) link
I've heard those rumors, too.
― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 26 July 2005 05:00 (eighteen years ago) link
no way.
― hstencil (hstencil), Tuesday, 26 July 2005 17:30 (eighteen years ago) link
― Naive Teen Idol (Naive Teen Idol), Tuesday, 26 July 2005 19:16 (eighteen years ago) link
Not an Asian-American but "Ue O Muite" by Kyu Sakamoto is the only US #1 (1963) sung in Japanese.
― gygax! (gygax!), Tuesday, 26 July 2005 19:23 (eighteen years ago) link
― The Amazing Jaxon! (jaxon), Tuesday, 26 July 2005 19:30 (eighteen years ago) link
― gygax! (gygax!), Tuesday, 26 July 2005 19:33 (eighteen years ago) link
― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Tuesday, 26 July 2005 19:36 (eighteen years ago) link
― The Amazing Jaxon! (jaxon), Tuesday, 26 July 2005 19:37 (eighteen years ago) link
― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Tuesday, 26 July 2005 19:37 (eighteen years ago) link
― gygax! (gygax!), Tuesday, 26 July 2005 19:42 (eighteen years ago) link
― Naive Teen Idol (Naive Teen Idol), Tuesday, 26 July 2005 19:44 (eighteen years ago) link
― hstencil (hstencil), Tuesday, 26 July 2005 21:18 (eighteen years ago) link
― donut ferry (donut), Tuesday, 26 July 2005 21:30 (eighteen years ago) link
I still think that "Calypso Breakdown" and "Jive Talkin'" are the best songs on the soundtrack.
― donut ferry (donut), Tuesday, 26 July 2005 21:32 (eighteen years ago) link
Of course I do. I'm just saying, something's off with that arrangement harmonically.
― Naive Teen Idol (Naive Teen Idol), Tuesday, 26 July 2005 23:36 (eighteen years ago) link
― hstencil (hstencil), Wednesday, 27 July 2005 01:44 (eighteen years ago) link
see like, ok, you play the chorus "if i can't have you" backwards vvvveeeerrrrryyyyyyy sssssllllooooowwwwllllyyyyy and it sounds like "OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOEH YAH NICK KNIFE!"
You also hear an "accidental" playing of the devil's tritone
Moral: DO NOT FUCK WITH ELLIMAN
― donut ferry (donut), Wednesday, 27 July 2005 01:58 (eighteen years ago) link
― 57 7th (calstars), Wednesday, 27 July 2005 18:02 (eighteen years ago) link
Great song in the movie and out of it. Did she ever do anything else as good?
"Love Me" is def. a contender
― tremendoid, Monday, 18 February 2008 09:34 (sixteen years ago) link
yeah.
Did she sort of pack it after SatFev? She probably had enough money to...
― Mark G, Monday, 18 February 2008 09:51 (sixteen years ago) link
well, fresh from her wiki let me answer that for you. She took like 20 years off and had an ep in 04'. I like "Everything Must Change" too, kind of Melissa Manchesteresque hamming over proto-Anita Baker arrangements, oddly involving. She's got some elegance to her.
― tremendoid, Monday, 18 February 2008 10:09 (sixteen years ago) link
Good god this song is so C.L.A.S.S.I.C.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Do14z5ycic&
― Bimble, Sunday, 9 March 2008 08:02 (sixteen years ago) link
Also does anyone happen to know how well this might have fared in the charts in European countries?
― Bimble, Sunday, 9 March 2008 08:11 (sixteen years ago) link
yeah classic. even her lipsyncing is lovely.
― tremendoid, Sunday, 9 March 2008 08:13 (sixteen years ago) link
Is this pretty much the only American #1 hit sung an Asian-American? -- Michael Daddino
not really
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hU8vOQNvd3c
― gershy, Sunday, 9 March 2008 08:32 (sixteen years ago) link
also, yvonne rules
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDFRVWMA8wY
― gershy, Sunday, 9 March 2008 08:35 (sixteen years ago) link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3_2RNf_RaI&NR=1
― tremendoid, Sunday, 9 March 2008 08:50 (sixteen years ago) link
Good god, gershy's link of "Can't Find My Way Home"...yikes. Is she in her own private Stairway to Heaven there or what? Bloody brilliant.
― Bimble, Sunday, 9 March 2008 09:52 (sixteen years ago) link
Ah! I just realized the opening riff for that reminds me of "Naked Eye" by The Who!!! Must rip it to iPod forthwith!
― Bimble, Sunday, 9 March 2008 09:55 (sixteen years ago) link
This song is better than all your grandmother's 78 records. Nominate this one for "best song ever".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Do14z5ycic
― Where's All The Hippies? Fuck off! (Bimble), Friday, 3 July 2009 11:10 (fourteen years ago) link
No, I'm serious. I want 3000 page essays on why that song isn't the best thing that ever happened to your life. Dave Segal, don't let me down. Haha.
― Where's All The Hippies? Fuck off! (Bimble), Friday, 3 July 2009 11:13 (fourteen years ago) link
I don't know if I could have fulfilled Bimble's request for a 3000 pg. essay on the subject matter but damn this really is one of my favorite songs of all time. <3
― ENBB, Wednesday, 12 August 2009 18:29 (fourteen years ago) link
I think I'm the only one in the eorld what truly hates a Yvonne Elliman.
― cosmic abbigong (Abbott), Wednesday, 12 August 2009 18:48 (fourteen years ago) link
She does sing v pretty on the verses tho.
:-( Abbott.
― ENBB, Wednesday, 12 August 2009 18:50 (fourteen years ago) link
the French horn is nice on this song, too...it's just Jesus Christ Superstar is one of my fave albums & I hate her character & songs in it SO MUCH (this will probably make you sad too)
― cosmic abbigong (Abbott), Wednesday, 12 August 2009 19:01 (fourteen years ago) link
but this has been a beneficial thread insofar as it reminded me to listen to the JCSS OST
― cosmic abbigong (Abbott), Wednesday, 12 August 2009 19:02 (fourteen years ago) link
fuck "I Don't Know How to Love Him" and its cloying ersatz longing
― cosmic abbigong (Abbott), Wednesday, 12 August 2009 19:04 (fourteen years ago) link
I forgot she had a bit in "What's the Buzz," my self-protection mechanisms must have erased this bummer memory
― cosmic abbigong (Abbott), Wednesday, 12 August 2009 19:05 (fourteen years ago) link
French horn is nice on this song, too..
classic brothers gibb touch.
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Wednesday, 25 April 2012 01:36 (eleven years ago) link
It's basically a first draft for "Heartbreaker."
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 25 April 2012 01:39 (eleven years ago) link