McKuen was extremely big in the Netherlands in the early 1970s, scoring two consecutive number ones in 1971, just when I started to become pop-conscious, with “Soldiers Who Want To Be Heroes” and “Without A Worry In The World” (another cover of a superior French original, not Brel this time, but Moustaki). This is him in 2004, talking to Dutch TV about that anti-war hit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ar8jc1zPwpQ(lots of “fibbing” here as well: the “I’ve written songs with Madonna” bit refers to her sampling a San Sebastian Strings track from the 1960s that he co-wrote on “Drowned World/Substitute for Love”)
― big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 3 August 2022 22:07 (one year ago) link
Aaron Freeman AKA Gene Ween's McKuen covers album was pretty dang good.
― Cow_Art, Wednesday, 3 August 2022 22:09 (one year ago) link
his (ever so vaguely discofied) version of the old chestnut “Amor, Amor” was a top 10 hit here in 1978: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lta_J6K_Umcit’s from his criscodisco album Slide… Easy In, the tutti-frutti-aw-rooty gatefold sleeve of which has to be seen to be believed: https://queermusicheritage.com/OCT2012/mckuenLP1.jpg
― big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 3 August 2022 22:15 (one year ago) link
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― Cow_Art, Thursday, 4 August 2022 02:16 (one year ago) link