MLT Club Member Tim Arnold
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That’s an incredible number. They earned every one of those views. Thanks for keeping track of the numbers.
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Thanks David for the info. I’m glad they are still playing music together. I’m surprised that Hazy Shade reached #13 on the charts for S&G. I didn’t even know it was a single. I’ve heard their version of course but not a lot. I have Bridge Over Troubled Water cd and I think I still have their greatest hits cd but that’s about it. I listened to them a lot when I was a kid mainly because my older brothers and sisters loved them but I did like a lot of their music.
Another of the girl groups I liked even though I wasn’t a big fan of that genre was the Pointer Sisters. They could sing everything from soul to rock and when they sang about love they could make it hot and steamy. I didn’t seek out their music but I always enjoyed it when I heard it. Here’s a live video of them doing the song Fire written by Bruce Springsteen. They have they audience in the palm of their hands, really cool.
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That’s a great one David. I never paid much attention to the Bangles when they were popular, I was into heavier rock music but I like listening to them now. They were a talented band and recorded some really great tunes. They did a lot of cover songs but were mostly songs that weren’t hits by the original artists like Hazy Shade of Winter. Manic Monday was a song Prince wrote for them.
Susanna Hoffs is the real, not just a pretty face but a great artist. I do believe she/they are still making music. I’m not sure if all the originals are still playing though but I think they healed their wounds.
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Thanks Thomas, Jim Croce had so many great songs. I love this one, it’s so true, sometimes we men can never find the words to express our feelings but you can always find the right words in a song.
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Jurgen,
I’ve never heard these before, thanks for posting them. I knew that I remembered Nena from somewhere and it was her song 99 Luftbalons. I remember that song and video was played many times on MTV back in the 80’s when they actually played music on that channel.
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I watched a few interviews with Donny today on YouTube and he was talking about that. He was talking about he and Michael bonding when they were young because they had so much in common. They remained good friends their whole life and always called each other for advice. He said Elvis would call his Mother and talk about religion. Pretty interesting stuff.
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Thanks David, You are right, I should have googled that. I also thought the Jackson’s did One Bad Apple but turns out that was the Osmonds. But yeah, they all recorded those types of cover songs.
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By all means, Love should be celebrated every day of the year and I don’t think we can ever run out of love songs to post. Especially if it’s an MLT song, then it’s not questionable at all. Here’s one I’ve been really loving a lot lately.
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Thanks Johnnypee,
Paul Young is a wonderful singer, isn’t he from Australia? I have heard of him but don’t know much about him. If you take a great song like Oh Girl and give it to a great singer it usually turns out pretty wonderful. Yeah I remember watching Arsenio Hall. I thought he was great in Coming To America with Eddie Murphy, funny guy. Always had great guests on his show.
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David and Jung, I think some of the record exec’s were guilty of giving these songs to popular white artists to sell them to white audiences. Pat Boone recorded a watered down version of Tutti Frutti and Donny Osmond had a big hit with a cover of Rockin’ Robin. Johnny Rivers made a name for himself covering Chuck Berry songs. I’m actually glad they did because like David said, it really introduced me to a lot of these great songs. Heck even the Beatles had some great covers of songs like Twist and Shout and Mr. Postman and others. In most cases now I prefer the originals but I still love Johnny Rivers and of course the Beatles covers.
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Jung,
Here’s the Kiss version of Then She Kissed Me. I was a big Kiss fan when they first came out, I think mostly because of their shock factor but I liked the music too. I had there first 3 or 4 albums but then they started to seem silly to me. Looking back at their earliest stuff it’s easy to see their musical inspirations came from the great classic rock of 50’s and 60’s so I guess they were pretty cool.
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Jung,
Beautiful song and performance. I wished I would have paid more attention to some of these artists when I was younger. Roberta Flack, Gladys Knight and Natalie Cole always brought their “A” game. Great talents. Thank God for YouTube we can still enjoy these great artists.
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Jung.
I haven’t heard that one in a long time. One of the best songs ever. The vocals on the record are amazing but listening to him do it live is outstanding. Doesn’t seem to be many around like that anymore.
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Thanks David, it must have been the Carpenters version I heard, maybe on a TV appearance or something. I do remember Manilow’s version being a hit. I found a MonaLisa Twins love song to post, actually MonaLisa and Band with Papa Rudi on drums and Michaela with a shaker. Beautiful little cover of The Troggs.
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Thanks David, I remember that song by Manilow but did he write it? Seems I remember hearing it by someone else first. Funny how songs always trigger memories and one song always brings back the memory of our first love, or what we thought was love. The first girl I really fell for was during the fall of 1977 after I graduated high school and was living on my own. I don’t remember an exact song but the album (8 track) of Rumours by Fleetwood Mac played in my car stereo almost continuously. The whole album is on YouTube so I listened to it today to find a great love song. Turns out most of the songs on that album were break up songs, guess it was a premonition but the album sure sounded good today, I listened to it twice.
Ok there was at least one love song.