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| | Subject: Re: Helen Shapiro - 'Tops' with Me (1962). Thu Sep 19, 2024 7:02 pm | |
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| | Subject: Re: Helen Shapiro - 'Tops' with Me (1962). Thu Sep 19, 2024 7:03 pm | |
| Carole King cover.
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| | Subject: Re: Helen Shapiro - 'Tops' with Me (1962). Thu Sep 19, 2024 7:03 pm | |
| Cover versions of Carole King songs are always better than the original. This is pretty much the same. |
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| | Subject: Re: Helen Shapiro - 'Tops' with Me (1962). Thu Sep 19, 2024 7:03 pm | |
| She's not really adding much to the various versions of this.
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| | Subject: Re: Helen Shapiro - 'Tops' with Me (1962). Thu Sep 19, 2024 7:04 pm | |
| I prefer the Bryan Ferry version.  |
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| | Subject: Re: Helen Shapiro - 'Tops' with Me (1962). Thu Sep 19, 2024 7:04 pm | |
| Band is still lacking in oomph. _________________  |
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| | Subject: Re: Helen Shapiro - 'Tops' with Me (1962). Thu Sep 19, 2024 7:04 pm | |
| She was probably about 15 when she recorded this.
Deffo not the voice of a 15 year old.
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| | Subject: Re: Helen Shapiro - 'Tops' with Me (1962). Thu Sep 19, 2024 7:05 pm | |
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- Is the singer a l*sbian.
She's not Dusty.
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| | Subject: Re: Helen Shapiro - 'Tops' with Me (1962). Thu Sep 19, 2024 7:06 pm | |
| Track 3 - Because They're Young.
Suede cover. _________________ |
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| | Subject: Re: Helen Shapiro - 'Tops' with Me (1962). Thu Sep 19, 2024 7:06 pm | |
| She does sound like Tanita Tikaram, with that husky, almost manly voice. |
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| | Subject: Re: Helen Shapiro - 'Tops' with Me (1962). Thu Sep 19, 2024 7:06 pm | |
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- In 1987, she became a Messianic Jew
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| | Subject: Re: Helen Shapiro - 'Tops' with Me (1962). Thu Sep 19, 2024 7:06 pm | |
| gr8 male backing singers. |
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| | Subject: Re: Helen Shapiro - 'Tops' with Me (1962). Thu Sep 19, 2024 7:07 pm | |
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Wasn't she already one? |
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| | Subject: Re: Helen Shapiro - 'Tops' with Me (1962). Thu Sep 19, 2024 7:07 pm | |
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- What is 'Tops' anyway?
The top! The peak! The apex! The acme! Super-smashing!
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| | Subject: Re: Helen Shapiro - 'Tops' with Me (1962). Thu Sep 19, 2024 7:07 pm | |
| Dainty guitar solo. _________________ |
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| | Subject: Re: Helen Shapiro - 'Tops' with Me (1962). Thu Sep 19, 2024 7:08 pm | |
| It just doesn't make sense. |
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| | Subject: Re: Helen Shapiro - 'Tops' with Me (1962). Thu Sep 19, 2024 7:08 pm | |
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- In 1987, she became a Messianic Jew
Wasn't she already one? Being a Jew and being a Messianic Jew are not the same things.
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| Her voice does carry this.  |
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