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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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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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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Don't just stand thereHerman's Hermits(by Barba)You look as though you can't make up your mind,To leave your latest big mistake behind,you know that you were better off when love was good and truethe good old days when I was there with you.So Don't just stand there, hurry back to meI'll be waiting like I used to be,I will put my arm around you, and you'll feel my love surround you once again,Do...
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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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