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Post by Dawn on Mar 2, 2007 11:33:57 GMT -5
Pete's Real Lost 45s post about Gino Vanelli's Black Cars prompted this post idea.
Many artists have or had an overall style or some element in their sound that remained pretty consistent throughout their recording career. But sometimes, there are instances where they will go in a completely different direction, and will make you go, "THAT was such-and-such? It doesn't sound like them at all!"
The Osmonds are a good example. They're more generally known for more bubblegum-pop stylings on hits like One Bad Apple and Down By the Lazy River. But there is a song from their concept album The Plan, called Traffic in My Mind that sounds nothing like their usual signature sound - it's very guitar-heavy rock and sounds like it would be more at home on a Jimi Hendrix album! Crazy Horses rocks pretty hard too.
Seals and Crofts' music is predominantly folk-oriented soft rock - Summer Breeze, Diamond Girl, Hummingbird, etc. - all have the qualities their music is most known for. But they did a track, Thunderfoot, that is very different from anything else I've ever heard of theirs. It's an instrumental, smooth jazz number, very lushly arranged. I'd be curious to know the story behind the song.
The Beach Boys' catalog varied quite a bit in style, especially in the late '60s and early '70s, but many of the songs from that period aren't that well known or played on the radio. I can still remember when I heard Sail On Sailor for the first time. I'd only known their more-well known Endless Summer material up to that point, and when I heard the song, I was like, "The Beach Boys did that??!! It doesn't sound like them!"
What are some of yours?
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Post by Ken on Mar 3, 2007 16:24:20 GMT -5
Hey Dawn  Billy Joel - I remember hearing You May Be Right on the radio for the first time in 1980 and wondering who it was - I loved it right away. I had no idea it was Billy. So, when the DJ announced it was in fact Billy's new song I thought WOW! he had never rocked out quite like that before. |
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Post by H2IZCOOL on Mar 12, 2007 13:12:04 GMT -5
The Bee Gees - Don't Forget To Remember. It's a country-ish title, and it is a C&W song. And Barry sings it with a country twang. When I first heard it, I thought it was someone other than the Bee Gees, and it wasn't until I read somewhere that Barry deliberately changed his vocal style for this song, did I believe.
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Post by Laura--I wuv u all :) on Mar 12, 2007 20:18:23 GMT -5
"There She Is", from the Lovin' Spoonful album "Daydream". For one thing, that's not John Sebastian singing lead (it's one of the other guys in the band--I don't know which one). For another thing, it's sort of British Invasion-sounding IMHO. It's a good song, but it doesn't sound like them. ("Jug Band Music" is my favorite on that CD, btw.)
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Post by happygirl on Mar 21, 2007 17:46:04 GMT -5
The Bee Gees - Don't Forget To Remember. It's a country-ish title, and it is a C&W song. And Barry sings it with a country twang. When I first heard it, I thought it was someone other than the Bee Gees, and it wasn't until I read somewhere that Barry deliberately changed his vocal style for this song, did I believe. I don't remember this song, but it's interesting because Barry Gibb is a country fan. He recently purchased the former home of Johnny Cash in Nashville, and rumors are that he is working on a country album. |
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Post by Dawn on Apr 16, 2008 12:34:27 GMT -5
Another to add: The Edgar Winter Group's Tell Me in a Whisper, from their album Jasmine Nightdreams. It doesn't sound anything like Free Ride, Frankenstein, or their other rock hits - instead it is a very mellow, pop/jazz number, not quite easy listening.
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Post by jbd on Apr 18, 2008 3:41:36 GMT -5
ROUGH BOY-ZZ TOP
SEXY EYES-DR. HOOK
CONCEALED WEAPONS-J. GEILS BAND (no PETER WOLF!!)
SITTING AT THE WHEEL-MOODY BLUES
DRIVE-THE CARS (the first few listens)...
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Post by gremashlo on Apr 20, 2008 7:47:33 GMT -5
"Would I Lie to You?" Eurythmics
"Come on Up" Young Rascals
"Jazz Odyssey" Spinal Tap
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Post by Railyn on Apr 20, 2008 20:31:28 GMT -5
Come on Up" Young Rascals I love that song, but never heard them sing it. The only version I'm familiar with is Julie Driscoll with Brian Auger and The Trinity. Does it sound like this?: www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnwTg5yzMp4 |
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Post by Jughead on Apr 20, 2008 21:48:37 GMT -5
I guess "SexyBack" by Justin Timberlake could qualify with all that sound distortion.
I guess one example I can think of right off the bat would be when Jewel released the song "Intuition". She was known for folk hits and slow songs, so when she released a hard-edged pop hit, I had a hard time believing it was actually Jewel.
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Post by H2IZCOOL on Apr 20, 2008 22:13:21 GMT -5
How about The Hollies - Long Cool Woman In a Black Dress - Sounded more like CCR than the Hollies
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Post by gremashlo on Apr 21, 2008 6:07:09 GMT -5
Come on Up" Young Rascals I love that song, but never heard them sing it. The only version I'm familiar with is Julie Driscoll with Brian Auger and The Trinity. Does it sound like this?: www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnwTg5yzMp4Yes--I believe theirs came before Julie Driscoll's, and I'm pretty sure that the Monkees were not tied up and wearing a huge chicken costume while THEY were recording it! I GOTTA find 33 1/3 REVOLUTIONS PER MONKEE, if that's a sample... |
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Post by Railyn on Apr 21, 2008 7:46:31 GMT -5
Yes--I believe theirs came before Julie Driscoll's, and I'm pretty sure that the Monkees were not tied up and wearing a huge chicken costume while THEY were recording it! I GOTTA find 33 1/3 REVOLUTIONS PER MONKEE, if that's a sample... It's strange, at best. ;D I've had a copy of it - in one form or another - since 1987. I've lost count of the number of times that I've watched it, and tried to make sense of it. My VHS was a bootleg, dubbed many times (with original commercials which was cool), and it was the best copy in existance with two major audio/visual glitches. To compound matters, when NBC aired the show, they aired it out of sequence, which just complicates an already confusing storyline. Rhino released it on VHS a number of years later, but I opted not to buy it. I was miffed that I spent a lot of money on the complete tv series on VHS, and the version they included was absolutely horrible. My bootleg was pretty much better. I called Rhino to complain, and they said that the version they released after on VHS was better (they couldn't locate the original master tapes, and used broadcast masters from NBC - probably the same ones that my bootleg came from). I was angry that they wanted me to buy something again after I paid them a hefty sum to get one of the first series boxed sets released (mine is numbered, and came with a watch). So bounce forward to when I bought the series on DVD. They included 33 1/3 with the 2nd season. I watched it, and was very impressed with the quality (totally clean audio and video), and it's as it was meant to be seen - meaning they put the sequences back in order. However, it doesn't help much - it's still a confusing mess. I watched it 3 times - once as is, once with the Brian Auger commentary, and once with the other commentary track - drawing a blank right this second - Micky Dolenz, perhaps. The Brian Auger commentary was more interesting, and gave a lot of insight into what was going on during filming. The music is the only really worthy thing on it. The above youtube clip, Julie Driscoll and Micky Dolenz duet of "I'm A Believer", a conflicted Mike battling with himself on a great song called "Naked Persimmon", a short bit where Brian Auger/Fats Domino/Jerry Lee Lewis/Little Richard are playing pianos stacked up on each other, and this strange freak-out bit at the end where they play "Listen To The Band" are highlights. Lowlights are most songs that are sung to advance the storyline (the ones mentioned above are ok, but the rest, like "Wind-Up Man", "I Go Ape", and the terrifying one that Davy does as a doll are cringe worthy at best. What sucks is that they had amazing talent there in terms of Fats and the other oldies groups, and instead of really allowing them to showcase their talent, The Monkees sing their songs instead, and it's almost embarassing. I realize at the time that people like Jerry Lee and Fats were considered has-beens pretty much, the Monkees were teetering there as well. But I'd say watch it at least once to see it in it's bizarre glory. And they're not chicken outfits - they're monkey suits.  |
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