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Country singers butchering the Hits of '69.
I've heard some good singers occasionally screw up a word or two in a cover song, but "Hits of '69" by the Nashville Country Singers takes the cake. Apparently, nobody bothered to give these folks copies of the lyrics to the songs they were expected to sing. Combine that with flat music and off-key vocals and you have what was certainly one of the most exciting new albums of the year. Check out how the Country Singers butcher two of my favorite songs. On "Aquarius", the moon is no longer in the seventh house, but the serpent's house. Then the phrase "no more falsehoods or derisions" somehow becomes -- get this -- "thunderbolts of long duration". Whoa! But that's nothing compared to what they do to "Proud Mary". Incredibly, they don't even sing the phrase "Proud Mary" once throughout the entire song. Among other flubs, these guys "seen a lotta plays in Memphis" and "Humped a lotta grain in New Orleans". I don't know what they were taking in Nashville back in 1969 but I sure want some for my next party.
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Aquarius (Real Audio) | Harmony and understanding... except for understanding of the lyrics to this song. |
Proud Mary (Real Audio) | Trust me, this is nothing to be proud of. |
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finola
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says: I visited Nashville 4yrs ago for fan fair week , it was the best week of my life , my favourite singers are Vince Gill , and Steve holy , If you love country music as much as i do , then save up and go to Nashville in 2007 June 4th it starts . i'll be there ......... (11-30-2006)
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Britni
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Hugh
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says: I appreciate it if anyone knows and can tell me the title and artist. That is all I know. I'm thinking maybe it's someone similar to Linda Ronstadt. Thank you.
(09-01-2006)
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kentuckyfusion
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Diana Steele
(Diana@diana-steele.com)
says: Okay... I shutdown my Penstar webpage and opened up www.diana-steele.com Would still LOVE to get a review from you, Frank. JessJohn - Where have you gone? Diana
(08-12-2006)
Chris Vaughan
(chrisv@justfabulousgroup.com)
says: I am currently researching a new documentary for a British Broadcaster called Just Fabulous Television in London. We are about to embark on developing a programme which explores the most prolific U.S African American country singers of all time. As we are in the research and development stages I was wondering whether or not anyone could suggest the types of singers we should profile in the programme. Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated. Best wishes, Chris Vaughan
Richard
says: My guess would be that someone totally unfamiliar with pop music wrote down the lyrics by listening (no doubt for the first time) to the hit versions of these songs. It would also seem that the singers, musicians, arrangers, and producers were similarly ignorant of contemporary pop music, or else someone down the line would have realized how badly the lyrics had been misinterpreted. Eddie Rabbitt passed away from lung cancer in 1998.
(08-06-2006)
C. Terentius Rufus
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Faye
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Thursa
(xx_frissa_xx@yahoo.com)
says: Martina McBride/Faith Hill/ Carrie Underwood have great voices
(08-03-2006)
Melissa
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Pat Green
says: http://www.airplaydirect.com/music/bands/1842
(07-15-2006)
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