left banke - walk away renee

I wonder why Sundazed didn't just reissue their albums as a twofer with the two non-album singles as bonus tracks, the way Mercury did with the oop single-disc There's Gonna Be a Storm collection. still, the liner notes and remastering job should be first-rate, so I'm not complaining too much.

Bob Irwin (or whomever it was posting for Sundazed on fbook, usually it's him) replied to a similar query back when they made the initial announcement that the rights holder stipulated that the discs would not have bonus tracks. I guess the stray songs are still a sore point to someone.

The bootleg of the two albums that I have & wrote about upthread has the extras from There's Gonna... plus the mysterious outtake "Foggy Waterfall". The same label (Red Cap) did another twofer comprising the Montage album* and the 80s Left Banke album plus the Montage rarities and the Left Banke Coke ads.

*Apparently the Sundazed edition of this went OOP recently.

Amazing acapella version from the Four Tops

http://youtu.be/bp0OHYnuuXs

OK, this is really awesome

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=SsJodqBURNA#!

Unable to resist calls for a reunion, founding members Tom Finn and George Cameron have reformed The Left Banke for their first live performances since 1970.

Didn't that already happen?

Don't know. I copied and pasted that from a Baltimore nightclub's website touting an upcoming appearance by the Left Banke. Perhaps they just copied it from an old press release

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ts5igrW5Hf4&feature=related

last march

Think forks or someone went. Believe the lead singer is the same ringer who sang at The Monks reunion. Guys got a great gig

Or, what I said in March

<3

Thanks. I shoulda read upthread first.

just found this
rough b+w version
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=seuwhZvXa6Y

& a Shadows Breaking Over My Head
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQKx47otiIE

I forgot this song existed!

What's the classical melody this sounds a lot like? Something from Beethoven, maybe? I'm blanking.

I never figured it out, did you?

I meant to ask somebody but didn't get a chance yet.

My quick google search came up empty

this song is responsible for Belle and Sebastian

It's not really an exact copy, like "A Lover's Concerto" is, so it won't be on the intranetz, it's more that it's reminiscent of something.

D'oh, it's "Ode to Joy" I'm thinking of. Se me hizo una laguna.

this song is responsible for Belle and Sebastian

You heartless bastard you

http://open.spotify.com/user/grannykart/playlist/3bDTFicBI01pDFT8vFqmlp

The Left Banke – Walk Away Renee
Four Tops – Walk Away Renee
Linda Ronstadt – Walk Away Renee
Jimmy LaFave – Walk Away Renée
Billy Bragg – Walk Away Renee
The Arrows – Walk Away Renee
Karla Devito – Walk Away Renee
Gabor Szabo – Walk Away Renee
Willie Bobo – Walk Away Renee - Instrumental
Jim Wilson – Walk Away Renee
Theodore – Walk Away Renee
Karmaley Ween – Don't Walk Away Renee
Mamontovas – Walk Away Renee
Angel – Walk Away Renee
Rick Price – Walk Away Renee
Orpheus – Walk Away Renee
Jive Bunny And The Mastermixers – Walk Away Renee
Lake Forest – Walk Away Renee
St. Cecilia – Just Walk Away Renee
Pan Pipes Chillout Band – Walk Away Renee (Instrumental Version)
Michael Higgins – Walk Away Renee
Steve Lalor – Walk Away, Renee
Alisa Fineman & Kimball Hurd – Walk Away Renee
Doug Spartz & Larry Suess – Walk Away Renee (with Larry Suess)
Alvin Stardust – Walk Away Renee
Somerdale – Walk Away Renee
Robey, Falk & Bod – Walk Away Renee - Bonus Track
Gjorgi – Walk Away Renee
John De Roo – Walk Away Renée
Hands – Walk Away Renee
Catgut & Steel – Walk Away Renee
Katch 22 – Walk Away Renee
Lee Newman – Walk Away Reneé
Thomas Kovacs – Walk Away Renee

Heh, cool...I did one of these for "Never My Love" last month.

It is almost inconceivable to me that Jive Bunny did a remix of "Walk Away Renee."

NOW Sounds is reporting on FB that Michael Brown has died.

Guess I know what I'm listening to tonight!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POdiO1xOg-E

when I worked at STeak 'n Shake, back when it still played old 50s/60s muzak and prior to it playing the same shit everybody did, this song would come on every few hours. and it was one of the few songs I looked forward to because of that chorus.

rest in peace

can you please link to a source for this??

https://www.facebook.com/nowsoundsmusic/posts/10153193166664802:0

really love this version

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSgO-gFnpSk

Rest In Peace :(((

http://www.oregonlive.com/music/index.ssf/2015/03/michael_brown_the_left_banke_death.html

I've had Louis CK on in the next room, so I've heard "Brother Louie" a few times tonight.

RIP Michael :(

RIP, Mr. Lookofsky :(

clemenza, you seem to be thinking of Errol Brown of Hot Chocolate.

No, you are correct. Completely forgot about his involvement with The Stories. My bad.

Gorgeousness...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxooopmMmTo

James: wasn't till years later that I found out "Brother Louie" was originally Hot Chocolate's. I only knew the Stories version from the radio. (Truthfully, I never really cared for it, although the "Louie Louie" connection is interesting.)

WAs it that way round I had it in my head that Hot Chocolate had a hit with a cover of an obscure song.

According to Wikipedia, the Stories followed about six months later. Not surprising anyone over here wouldn't know that: the Stories hit #1 on Billboard, Hot Chocolate didn't chart (but made it to #7 in the UK).

I'm from the UK but the song would have come out when I was 6 years old. & I've never been massively into the band Hot Chocolate.
Not sure if I've ever actually heard the Stories version. & haven't seen the writing credits or I'd've known, though they're both Browns so maybe I wouldn't.

But I was aware there was a Stories version that somehow related to Michael brown.

I'd bet The Four Tops and several others got higher with covers of Michael Brown material than the Left banke did too.

Left Banke version went to #5 in the U.S., Four Tops went to #14.

Once some guy who fancied himself an office oldies maven was going on about three hit versions "Walk Away Renee." Which led to the following exchange:

JR&tB: Three? I only know the Left Banke original and the Four Tops, which is the third?
OOM: The best of all, Southside Johnny.

Anyway, this page has a version I like which I think I mentioned upthread:

thanks

where's the love for desiree, the less famous but just as good "woman's name ending with -ee" song that MB wrote!
i looooved this song when i was younger. it sounds like a showtune!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6d9k-Nn0P4

Bad year for Michael Browns.

RIP