― Sundar (sundar), Saturday, 18 November 2006 19:24 (seventeen years ago) link
― Sundar (sundar), Saturday, 18 November 2006 19:44 (seventeen years ago) link
The butler opened the parlor door I took my coat and approached the floor A door opened at the top of the stairs A sexy lady she was a-standing there I stumbled and turned around to see Her Evening Gown Said yeah, Alright!
She said Forward your love was there The light was on the jewels in her hair The only sign gettin' down on my chest I start to mumble on the way to address I made the way up and down upon Her Evening Gown Said yeah, Alright!
(solo) Oh... Mmm-hmm, alright...
The door was on the touch of her feet Her eyes were wide and her hands petite I knew I didn't stand a breath of a chance With all her will she gave me a glance She won't throw me out, I turned around to meet Her Evening Gown Said Yeah, Wowwwwwww!
The butler opened the parlor door I took my coat and approached the floor A door opened at the top of the stairs A sexy lady she was a-standing there I stumbled in and turned around to see Her Evening Gown
http://www.lyrics007.com/Left%20Banke%20Lyrics/Evening%20Gown%20Lyrics.html --
I don't get it.
― the pinefox, Tuesday, 22 July 2008 13:54 (fifteen years ago) link
walk away renee is one of my fave songs ever
― Herman G. Neuname, Tuesday, 22 July 2008 13:55 (fifteen years ago) link
yes, it's terrific, but lauren was right, way upthread, to put the extraordinary 'pretty ballerina' alongside it - in fact I think the latter wins, and is the greatest LB song I've heard.
― the pinefox, Tuesday, 22 July 2008 13:57 (fifteen years ago) link
Well we'll agree to differ there then. Interestingly, The Stories wrote one really great song ("Love Is In Motion") and didn't come close to writing another one as good - well, not as near to doing so as the Left Banke did in following their 'great song'.
― Tom D., Tuesday, 22 July 2008 14:02 (fifteen years ago) link
Picked up the first lp (on vinyl natch) over the weekend. Even the lesser stuff on it is charming. It's a real crime that this and the other Left Banke material is so hard to get. I wonder why, when it seems like everyone and their dog is redoing 60s music, there hasn't been new reissue or at least an audiophile pressing of the debut. Rights holders: get yer ass in gear!
BTW, did that Michael Brown/Steve Martin reunion stuff that harveyw posted about upthread ever come out?
― Roomful of Moogs (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 28 October 2009 02:17 (fourteen years ago) link
Pretty Ballerina and Walk Away Renee are near-perfect pop songs. Is the rest of this group's output worth investigating?
― Daniel, Esq., Wednesday, 28 October 2009 02:19 (fourteen years ago) link
Those are the peaks, but there is much to love on the first album. Haven't heard the stray singles or the second album.
― Roomful of Moogs (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 28 October 2009 02:28 (fourteen years ago) link
There's Gonna Be A Storm cd has practically everything and there is a lot to love imo.
― Trip Maker, Wednesday, 28 October 2009 02:33 (fourteen years ago) link
"She May Call You Up Tonight" f'rinstance.
Actually, thanks to youtube, here's a couple of the strays:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TeYzV74Il-8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpB3LXxyXlw&feature=related
Man, "Desiree" is awesome.
― Roomful of Moogs (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 28 October 2009 02:36 (fourteen years ago) link
totally
― Trip Maker, Wednesday, 28 October 2009 02:37 (fourteen years ago) link
<3 tweethan threads :)
― velko, Wednesday, 28 October 2009 03:03 (fourteen years ago) link
Oh my goodness... "there's Gonna Be a Storm" is possibly one of the GREATEST compilations ever. A least at this moment. On headphones. God, I love this band...
― François de Roobabe (Capitaine Jay Vee), Friday, 12 February 2010 09:41 (fourteen years ago) link
Nah. Guggit. It is one of the GREATEST compilations ever without a doubt. Godhead.
― François de Roobabe (Capitaine Jay Vee), Friday, 12 February 2010 09:42 (fourteen years ago) link
Er..."Fuggit".
― François de Roobabe (Capitaine Jay Vee), Friday, 12 February 2010 09:43 (fourteen years ago) link
Anybody heard this import? It's both albums in correct track order plus the stray tracks and a song not on There's Gonna Be A Storm. Never heard of the label but the reviews are uniformly positive and the it's a good deal cheaper on cd than Storm.
― Roomful of Moogs (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 12 February 2010 15:27 (fourteen years ago) link
umi will probably be banned
but I'm not sure I get the love for this song
the singing sounds kind of strained & off key or something
― lukevalentine, Saturday, 13 February 2010 19:54 (fourteen years ago) link
i'll listen some more tho
― lukevalentine, Saturday, 13 February 2010 19:55 (fourteen years ago) link
the slight straining in the vocals helps convey the tune. Please listen some more
― curmudgeon, Sunday, 14 February 2010 21:17 (fourteen years ago) link
Found that import I linked to a few posts up on Ebay for a lower price and got it in the mail today. Surprise surprise it's a bootleg with no liner notes or credits outside of the bare minimum. Sounds ok, no needledrops--I assume it was ripped from There's Gonna Be A Storm. Some of the stuff from the second lp sounds kinda muffled and some of the first album stuff is in mono instead of stereo with no explanation why.
― Roomful of Moogs (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 22 February 2010 21:55 (fourteen years ago) link
Is it just me, or does "Pedestal" have serious early 70s Bowie thing goin' on? The ache in the vocals, wounded romanticism in the lyrics, Ronson-esque axe heroics...
― Roomful of Moogs (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 26 March 2010 19:17 (fourteen years ago) link
this fuckin' song guys
― Freddy 'The Wonder Chicken' (Gukbe), Monday, 29 March 2010 00:22 (fourteen years ago) link
Sundazed just revealed on Facebook today that they're doing a reissue of at least the first lp.
― Your cousin, Marvin Cobain (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 18 January 2011 23:13 (thirteen years ago) link
UPDATE: First AND Second lps, on hd vinyl & cd, possibly in May, no bonus tracks.
― Your cousin, Marvin Cobain (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 19 January 2011 01:36 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www.wpclipart.com/small_icons/misc_7/.cache/thumbs_up.png
― yuoowemeone, Wednesday, 19 January 2011 01:47 (thirteen years ago) link
And they're doing a reunion:
http://www.rockedition.com/news/the-left-banke-to-reunite/
― Alba, Tuesday, 1 February 2011 22:38 (thirteen years ago) link
:)
― Me and a Monkey on the Moog (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 1 February 2011 22:46 (thirteen years ago) link
Shared by Sundazed on Facebook this morning:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nzaig_jlyt4
― Your cousin, Marvin Cobain (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 6 March 2011 18:05 (thirteen years ago) link
Cool. Did not know Doug Sahm was in The Left Banke
― ilxor astro-ilx? (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 6 March 2011 18:37 (thirteen years ago) link
Sundazed Reissue Product Synergy.
― Your cousin, Marvin Cobain (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 6 March 2011 18:42 (thirteen years ago) link
Wait, now I looked at the actual personnel and I see that Mike Fornatale did the lead vocals, the same guy who filled in for The Monks. The guy is some kind of genius.
― ilxor astro-ilx? (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 6 March 2011 18:46 (thirteen years ago) link
Remasters in June
― Handjobs for a sport (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 3 May 2011 00:03 (thirteen years ago) link
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.
― every time you touch me (I get hives) (unregistered), Tuesday, 3 May 2011 01:33 (thirteen years ago) link
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.
― Handjobs for a sport (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 3 May 2011 04:43 (thirteen years ago) link
Amazing acapella version from the Four Tops
http://youtu.be/bp0OHYnuuXs
― that's not my post, Tuesday, 31 May 2011 06:00 (twelve years ago) link
OK, this is really awesome
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=SsJodqBURNA#!
― Darin, Monday, 9 January 2012 07:29 (twelve years ago) link
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.
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 7 February 2012 17:44 (twelve years ago) link
Didn't that already happen?
― I Can't Give You Any Zing (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 7 February 2012 20:01 (twelve years ago) link
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
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 7 February 2012 20:06 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ts5igrW5Hf4&feature=related
last march
― dayove cool (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 7 February 2012 20:10 (twelve years ago) link
Think forks or someone went. Believe the lead singer is the same ringer who sang at The Monks reunion. Guys got a great gig
― I Can't Give You Any Zing (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 8 February 2012 03:03 (twelve years ago) link
Or, what I said in March
― I Can't Give You Any Zing (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 8 February 2012 03:04 (twelve years ago) link
<3
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Wednesday, 8 February 2012 03:05 (twelve years ago) link
Thanks. I shoulda read upthread first.
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 8 February 2012 05:39 (twelve years ago) link
just found thisrough b+w versionhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=seuwhZvXa6Y
& a Shadows Breaking Over My Headhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQKx47otiIE
― Stevolende, Wednesday, 8 February 2012 09:59 (twelve years ago) link
I forgot this song existed!
― the greates (crüt), Wednesday, 8 February 2012 10:03 (twelve years ago) link
What's the classical melody this sounds a lot like? Something from Beethoven, maybe? I'm blanking.
― Only the RONG Survive (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 10 February 2012 21:46 (twelve years ago) link
I never figured it out, did you?
― curmudgeon, Monday, 13 February 2012 15:00 (twelve years ago) link