Re: Helen Shapiro - 'Tops' with Me (1962).

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Thu Sep 19, 2024 7:09 pm

Random men interjection.

by Nightjar Thu Sep 19, 2024 7:09 pm

Butterfield wrote:Her voice does carry this.

Those are men. thora

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Thu Sep 19, 2024 7:09 pm

Track 4 - The Day the Rains Came. drown

by Nightjar Thu Sep 19, 2024 7:10 pm

A slightly more vibrant sound.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Thu Sep 19, 2024 7:10 pm

Nightjar wrote:
Butterfield wrote:What is 'Tops' anyway?

The top!

The peak!

The apex!

The acme!

Super-smashing!

The tippermost of the toppermost.

by Nightjar Thu Sep 19, 2024 7:12 pm

The Call of the Wendigo wrote:
Nightjar wrote:
Butterfield wrote:What is 'Tops' anyway?

The top!

The peak!

The apex!

The acme!

Super-smashing!
The tippermost of the toppermost.

On reflection, it probably just means "ok" or "fine" in this case.

Perhaps "cool" would be more apt?

Or "I'm hip to it"?

by Butterfield Thu Sep 19, 2024 7:12 pm

I do like hearing the "new" songs", the ones I don't know.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Thu Sep 19, 2024 7:12 pm

Track 5 - Are You Lonesome Tonight?

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Thu Sep 19, 2024 7:12 pm

Strange time signature.

by Nightjar Thu Sep 19, 2024 7:12 pm

Elvers Parsley cover.

by Butterfield Thu Sep 19, 2024 7:13 pm

Is this the same song as the Elvis one?

by Butterfield Thu Sep 19, 2024 7:13 pm

This is much more palatable than the Elvis version.

by Nightjar Thu Sep 19, 2024 7:13 pm

What's her vocal register?

Is she a contralto? hmm

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Thu Sep 19, 2024 7:13 pm

She's stumbling towards inventing Reggae.

by Nightjar Thu Sep 19, 2024 7:13 pm

Butterfield wrote:Is this the same song as the Elvis one?

by Butterfield Thu Sep 19, 2024 7:13 pm

Key change into instrumental part.

by Nightjar Thu Sep 19, 2024 7:14 pm

The Call of the Wendigo wrote:She's stumbling towards inventing Reggae.

Plodding, more like.

by Butterfield Thu Sep 19, 2024 7:14 pm

Nightjar wrote:
Butterfield wrote:Is this the same song as the Elvis one?

It just sounds so different. In fairness (to me) I do drift off whenever I hear the Elvis version.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Thu Sep 19, 2024 7:15 pm

Track 6 - A Teenager in Love. pet

by Nightjar Thu Sep 19, 2024 7:15 pm

The Beatles' first national tour of Britain, in the late winter and early spring of 1963, was as one of her supporting acts.

During the course of the tour, John Lennon and Paul McCartney wrote the song "Misery" for her, but Shapiro's producer, Norrie Paramor, turned it down, and she did not record the composition.

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