Petula Clark's "I Know a Place: C or D?

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This one's terrific. Much better than "Downtown" and "Sign of the Times". What do you think?

― Joe (Joe), Sunday, 12 January 2003 14:03 (twenty-one years ago) link

More of a hip-shaker than "Downtown", though expressing similar sentiments. That key-change in the last verse ALWAYS gets me. I'm a big fan of "Don't Sleep In The Subway" as well though.

― kate, Sunday, 12 January 2003 14:15 (twenty-one years ago) link

The piano at the beginning always reminds me of the Sesame Street theme song. It uses the unfortunate "chairs/there" rhyme, which makes it a sister to "I Am I Said" (though slightly less ridiculous). It's a fine song, but I'm afraid "Downtown" wins.

― Ernest P. (ernestp), Sunday, 12 January 2003 18:57 (twenty-one years ago) link

I love all of Pet Clark's Tony Hatch stuff, although this one takes the biscuit. By the way, did you hear Julian Cope's 'version'? He stuck the chorus in the middle of 5 O'Clock World.

― Jez (Jez), Monday, 13 January 2003 14:44 (twenty-one years ago) link

You get the impression 'Don't Sleep in the Subway' is about real issues that come up in real relationships involving real people. There are not many 'lurve' songs from that time (1967) or before which you can say that about. Under-rated, ahead of its time CLASSIC.

Her version of 'This Is My Song' is also excellent, and 'The Wedding Song' has somehow survived being sung/hammed/murdered (by singers with very various levels of talent) at just about half the weddings I've been to over the last 25 years.

― Fred Nerk, Monday, 13 January 2003 23:38 (twenty-one years ago) link

fourteen years pass...

You must listen 'Sacrifice My Heart' , aerian pop style, very sensual, one of her last songs!

― Bruno, Monday, 21 August 2017 21:15 (six years ago) link

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