Yeah, so Herman's Hermits brings that delightful Pat Boone-ish feel to this song. You know, all the rough spots buffed away, passion in just the right modulated dollops.
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Here's an interesting thought: How many songs can we name where the version done by the (more famous) artist who wrote the song was essentially a cover version?I know of three off hand - Dandy (first released by Herman's Hermits, then by the Kinks), I Call Your Name (first released by Billy J Kramer and the Dakotas as a B-side of a single with another Lennon/McCartney track, Bad to Me, later by...
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Written by that zany Limey, Graham Gouldman, late of 10cc.I first heard this at an age when each novel recording was greeted as the Greatest Song of All. I had a cruddy little 45 of this, inherited from my babysitter, that I listened to endlessly, never fully plumbing the mystery of the song's appeal.
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Dunno about you, but I feel a raging thirst coming on. With that in mind, Moggers, how about suggesting a few choons as a chug-a-lug soundtrack?Permit me to buy the first round...One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer - Jimmy WitherspoonMalt And Barley Blues - McGuinness FlintMe And My Gin - Dinah WashingtonLilac Wine - Jeff BuckleyTequila - The ChampsWhite Lightnin' - George JonesWhiskey You're The...
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I guess that year is right--anyway, I was old enough to drive. It was actually my second concert. I heard an excellent Philadelphia Orchestra concert in Richmond, VA, in 1962, but I can't remember how to spell Tch . . . that Russian composer.Anyway, it was a strange start to many years of loving live music. By the next summer I was adept at sneaking into adult dance clubs around Roanoke with ol...
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