Re: Repeats of Top of the Pops on BBC Four

by Butterfield Thu Sep 27, 2018 7:57 pm

Playout with Whitney Houston with the Greatest Love of All. Hasn't this been on playout before?! rant

The audience don't know how to dance to it.

by Fangirl Three Thu Sep 27, 2018 9:11 pm

Butterfield wrote:Rock Me Amadeus is number one.

He liked historical eps of Top of the Pops
He bought his CDs only from charity shops
Butterfield, Butterfield
Bu-tterfield
Butterfield, Butterfield
Bu-tterfield
Butterfield, Butterfield
But but but Butterfield

by Guest Thu Sep 27, 2018 10:26 pm

by Butterfield Thu Sep 27, 2018 11:25 pm

I'm getting closer to finding out who she is. Is she one of these who features on the Falco 3 album?

Lisa Boray Vocals, Vocals (Background)
Victoria Miles Vocals (Background)

https://www.allmusic.com/album/falco-3-mw0000189829/credits

by Guest Fri Sep 28, 2018 8:56 am

versions with rap only (all vocals by Falco; starts with TR-808 percussion):
• The Gold Mix — this is the original LP version
• Extended Version (7:02)

versions with biography and "baby do you rock me" chorus but no rap:
• Canadian Version (4:09)

versions with rap and the "baby do you rock me" chorus but no biography:
• The American Edit (3:11) — this was the #1 hit version in the UK and USA
• The American Edit / Extended American Edit (5:55)

versions with biography, rap, and "baby do you rock me" chorus:
• The Can-Am Mix / Canadian-American '86 Mix (4:04)
• Salieri Mix (8:21) — this is the international LP version

Durations vary on some releases, sometimes because it is just printed wrong, sometimes because the master tapes are playing at different speeds.

scared

I don't think the Baby do you Rock me bit is on Falco 3, I can't see a credits list for the American mix, which she is on. I think.

by Butterfield Fri Sep 28, 2018 1:25 pm

Oh my!

by Butterfield Fri Sep 28, 2018 1:27 pm

Could this be her, on an alternative cover?

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by Guest Fri Sep 28, 2018 1:36 pm

I asked about.

some random on the internet wrote:
It's very unlikely to be her singing. When he was doing TV promos for it's European release in 1985 he had a different female keyboard player in his backing band (and ex-Supermax and Tokyo bassist Ken Taylor), and for subsequent 1986 appearances he has a male keyboard player, so it looks like she was hired in for this one appearance (it doesn't appear to be his then-girlfriend Isabella Vitkovic either)

The original 12" Gold Mix (which was edited down for the original GiG Records German 7" and LP release of Falco's '3' ) and the Salieri-version 12" remix (where the English backing vocals were added, made at the behest of his US/UK label A&M and used on the UK and US issues of the album), were recorded and produced in Holland by Ferdi & Rob Bolland (who co-wrote and produced most of 3 as well as The Quo's In The Army Now).

The English female backing vocals were provided by a Dutch session singer (as were the male backing vocals, as Falco refused to sing in English and hated the song from the start). For the US single release, A&M commissioned Powermix Productions (LA- based Boris Granich & Christer Modig) to produce the American and Canadian mixes using elements from the Gold Mix and Salieri-version. The version on the UK 7" and featured on TOTP is 7" edit of the American mix.

by Guest Fri Sep 28, 2018 1:38 pm

Isabella Vitkovic
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by Butterfield Mon Oct 01, 2018 2:26 am

It's very unlikely to be her singing. When he was doing TV promos for it's European release in 1985 he had a different female keyboard player in his backing band (and ex-Supermax and Tokyo bassist Ken Taylor), and for subsequent 1986 appearances he has a male keyboard player, so it looks like she was hired in for this one appearance

I'm going to have to dig out my 7" of Rock Me Amadeus to see if it has "her" part in it - although looking at all those versions it looks like the UK single version did - but the video version didn't. eye crazy

by Fangirl Three Mon Oct 01, 2018 5:17 am

It was certainly in the version I taped off the Top 40 at the time.

by Butterfield Wed Oct 03, 2018 9:35 pm

I dug out and listened to my 7" of Rock Me Amadeus earlier and it is indeed labelled on the... label... as "The American Edit" and features the legendary female vocals as expected.

by Butterfield Wed Oct 03, 2018 9:36 pm

The B-side, Urban Tropical, is quite strange.

by Guest Wed Oct 03, 2018 9:42 pm

My GIGGerman/Austrian copy of Falco 3 has the Gold mix.

music

No cheesy biog bit, no female vocals bits.

dance

by Guest Wed Oct 03, 2018 9:45 pm

Munich Girls (just another paid one) Sly

by Butterfield Wed Oct 03, 2018 10:03 pm

Steviebaby wrote:No cheesy biog bit, no female vocals bits.

But I thought you'd like the female bits. So to speak.

by Guest Wed Oct 03, 2018 10:08 pm

Butterfield wrote:
Steviebaby wrote:No cheesy biog bit, no female vocals bits.

But I thought you'd like the female bits. So to speak.

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by Butterfield Wed Oct 03, 2018 10:45 pm

Fraud!

by Butterfield Thu Oct 04, 2018 7:33 pm

Doctor and the Medics live in the studio! Excited

by Butterfield Thu Oct 04, 2018 7:34 pm

When I was a child I genuinely thought this was a religious song.

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