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Volume #0071 04/21/98
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Bringing the finest recorded entertainment into your home
Subject: Burt's Special
Sent: 4/18/98 7:40 AM
Received: 4/19/98 7:01 AM
From: Jack Madani, Jack_MadXXX@XXXXXX2.nj.us
>Listen to "Walk On By." Is there a word in the lyric that
>is longer than two syllables? The succession of one-
>syllable words:
> "If you see me walking on the street,
> And I start to cry,
> Each time we meet,
> Walk on by..."
>give the song its movement, reinforcing the title. Just
>brilliant stuff.
Absatively, David, it certainly has *gravitas*, donut? ;
-)
Overall, I was disappointed in the program. Leaving aside
Dionne's numbers, I really only enjoyed Mike Myers' wacky
What's New Pussycat, Elvis Costello's second song God Give
Me Strength, and Wynona's stirring Anyone Who Had A Heart (
man! talk about melancholia!), which I think was the
highlight of the evening. Barenaked Ladies were okay, too.
How about this for a point of connection: check out the
ambiguity in God Give Me Strength and Walk On By. In GGMS,
at the climax Elvis sings "I want him to hurt...I WANT HIM-
---------I want him to hurt!" Leave aside all the gender
roles in this song (I keep getting the roles all confused
because in my mind I hear Dusty Springfield singing the
song), and look at how at the highest point in the song,
for a second the singer is saying "I want him", which is
the exact opposite of the rest of the line. Similarly, in
Walk On By, in the turnarounds the backup singers are
singing "Don't....Stop....Don't...Stop" which is supposed
to mean "don't stop" as in just keep walking. And yet, it
sounds a whole lot more like they are singing "Don't!!
Stop!!!" as in turn around, look at me! You know that fine
line between love and hate? Here are two songs that deftly
and subtly skip back and forth over that line. Genius.
All Saints were a travesty, I thought. Four young women on
stage singing a Bacharach number, and they couldn't manage
even a halfway decent harmony among them. Feh. Plus, they
slouch. Plus, they dress like slobs. Gad, how I miss the
beehives and the sequin dresses and the high heels, and
the good posture.
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Jack Madani - Princeton Day School, The Great Road,
Princeton, NJ 08540 Jack_MadXXX@XXXXXX2.nj.us
"It is when the gods hate a man with uncommon abhorrence that they
drive him into the profession of a schoolmaster." --Seneca, 64 A.D.
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Subject: Claudine
Sent: 4/18/98 7:16 AM
Received: 4/19/98 7:01 AM
From: Jack Madani, Jack_MadXXX@XXXXXX2.nj.us
>Claudine Longet
>I didnt know she had recorded albums, so, can
>anyone tell me if there are others available? I really enjoy
>that one, songs like "Cry me a river", "Close to you (they
>long to be)", are done in a delicate way, very refreshing.
>"Ain't no mountain high enough" is done with French lyrics,
>courtesy of Ms Longet. Now, if only there were liners as for
>the date and musicians, that would top it all.
>Any infos on Claudine would be welcome, Thanks, Marie
Well of course, first of all there's that whole Spyder
Savitch [sic] thing....
As for music, there's at least one other album, and I
think there are several others. But the one I have in
front of me is A&M 121, "Claudine Longet." Producer, Tommy
LiPuma, Engineer, Bruce Botnick (where have I heard that
name before?), and well whaddayaknow, the arranger is Nick
De Caro. I just recently bought this lp at the local public
library fundraiser, and it's in great shape, although I
haven't actually listened to it yet. But the vinyl looks
practically pristine, and the liner sleeve is in perfect
condition. It's got ads on it for all them other fine A&M
artists, like the Baja Marimba Band and Herb Alpert and
the Lemon Pipers and Chris Montez (the more I see you.....
). Was there ever a cooler cover than Whipped Cream and
Other Delights? And here's something I learned not long
ago: the model was like seven months pregnant at the time
of the photo shoot.
I can't remember specific titles, but I recall hearing at
least one song of Claudine's on the AM top 40 radio when I
was a kid.
jack
n.p. Brian Wilson, "Let's Go Away For Awhile" [stereo
version]
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Jack Madani - Princeton Day School, The Great Road,
Princeton, NJ 08540 Jack_MadXXX@XXXXXX2.nj.us
"It is when the gods hate a man with uncommon abhorrence that they
drive him into the profession of a schoolmaster." --Seneca, 64 A.D.
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Subject: Re: Claudine Longet
Sent: 20/4/98 10:47 am
Received: 21/4/98 2:30 am
From: Big L, biXXX@XXXXXXmail.com
>>>Any infos on Claudine would be welcome, Thanks, Marie
Seems I remember her covering Sopwith Camel's "Hello Hello."
Also, she was under suspicion for some time in the
death of skier Spider Sabich. It was implied thet they
were lovers. I never did hear how that case turned out. It
was years ago.
==
Big L
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Subject: Re: Spectropop V#0070
Sent: 4/18/98 4:24 AM
Received: 4/18/98 8:14 AM
From: Paulurbahn, PaulurbXXX@XXXXXXm
In a message dated 98-04-17 15:09:32 EDT, Marie wrote:
<< I recall Claudine from that funny movie, "The
Party", where she befriended a clumsy and hilarious Peter
Sellers. I didnt know she had recorded albums, >>
Yes, I have all of them and some of the singles that were
not on albums. Unfortunately, she does not appear on the
soundtrack of "The Party" and the song she performed "
Nothing To Lose" is by the henry Mancini Chorus. I believe
she issued the song as a single on A&M (where most of her
best selling albums were) but I haven''t been able to
locate it. During the mid-to-late 60's Claudine Longet had
quite a few "turntable hits" those were records that
received a lot of airplay because the DJ's liked them, but
they didn't sell all that well. I believe some made the
Easy Listening chart. But her albums for A&M normally made
the album charts as she sold to the adults not kids.
Email me personally and I will let you know what I can.
Paul URbahns
PaulurbXXX@XXXXXXm
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Subject: Claudine
Sent: 4/20/98 1:17 AM
Received: 4/20/98 2:01 AM
From: le_page_XXX@XXXXXXies.com
>Any infos on Claudine would be welcome, Thanks, Marie
With references to Peter Sellers' the Party and Claudine's
appearance, it stands to reason we will be hearing from
Birdy Num Num any second now...
Claudine Longet's 60's albums are just wonderful. How
could you go wrong having Herb Alpert doing A&R, Nick
DeCaro arranging and Tom LiPuma producing? Bacharach,
DeCaro, Roger Nichols, names synonymous with the very
stylized A&M sound, and all had a hand in Claudine's
music.
Claudine's albums were:
Claudine ('67)
Look of Love ('67)
Love Is Blue ('68)
Colors ('69)
Run Wild, Run Free ('70)
Claudine had no less than five Billboard chart entries,
notably a cover of Sopwith Camel's Hello, Hello. I like
everything I've heard of hers, and my favorite so far
without a doubt is Roger Nichols' "Hard To Say Goodbye."
Just magical.
Someone could make a TV movie about her mysterious life.
She was married to American MOR singer Andy Williams for
several years, although there are stories that Ms. Longet
enjoyed the company of other men during their marriage,
including as the story goes Mr. Alpert himself (now that's
what I call good A&R). She left Williams for over-the-hill
Olympic skier Spider Sabich. They lived in Aspen with
Claudine's kids. She apparently resorted to violence
against Spider in public several times - stuff like
beating him over the head with a ski and throwing a shot
glass at him head from across the room. Anyway, one day
she had a .22, he had a gun wound, police were summoned,
Spider died, Claudine walked after a 30 day token sentence
for criminally negligent homicide. After she got out, it
was reported that she fled to Mexico with her defense
attorney, and her story seems to have faded away with this
tragedy.
But forget about all that intrigue and dig the music. I think
her voice is simply magical, framed perfectly by Nick DeCaro's
arrangements.
One last note: Claudine recorded a song called "Small Talk"
which, if memory serves, is a Bonner/Gordon song. I know
this was also recorded by Harper's Bizarre and Lesley Gore.
I think none of these is the original, but I can't remember
who else did it. Critters, maybe?
--
LePageWeb
RodeoDrive/5030
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Subject: Re: Spectropop V#0070
Sent: 4/18/98 6:18 AM
Received: 4/18/98 8:14 AM
From: Paul MacArthur, RTF_XXX@XXXXXXDU
> CD of the Month: "The Lateness of the Hour" (Eric
>Matthews)
Got his last disc. Really liked the sound of it (Though
the liner notes were the most pretentious I've ever read,
unitl I saw his interview in Tracking Angle).
Is this like his last one?
- Paul
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Subject: SMOKEY JOES CAFE
Sent: 20/4/98 10:39 am
Received: 21/4/98 2:30 am
From: Keiko Kondo, kondoXXX@XXXXXXnet.or.jp
I saw Smokey Joes Cafe last Saturday night. I enjoyed many
Leiber and Stoller songs, especially "I'm a Woman" was
unbelievable and...I think I better stop writing about
each song, they were all good. Anyway, MIKE STOLLER was
there. (Jerry Leiber was not. Anyone knows why?) What a
happy night.
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