Did the Freshies just rename the song from "I'm In Love With The Girl On The Manchester Virgin Megastore Checkout Desk" to be "I'm In Love With The Girl On A Certain Manchester Megastore Checkout Desk", or did they actually redub or re-record the song with new lyrics?
Right, what's a little sweater sniffing between sworn enemies?
Riley ,'Sleeper'
Buffista Music 4: Needs More Cowbell!
There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.
Tom Scola - Sep 27, 2011 5:59:36 am PDT #4746 of 6436
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Jon B. - Sep 27, 2011 6:22:52 am PDT #4747 of 6436
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Where did you see/hear the latter?
t edit Nevermind. Wikipedia says this:
"Their biggest selling single and best known song is 1980's "I'm In Love With The Girl On The Manchester Virgin Megastore Checkout Desk" renamed as "I'm In Love With The Girl On A Certain Manchester Megastore Checkout Desk" on request from Radio 1 (a version with "Virgin" bleeped out to allow it to be played on the radio without being considered advertising was also released)"
Tom Scola - Sep 27, 2011 6:25:22 am PDT #4748 of 6436
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
I see the latter on iTunes, and I just want to make sure it's the same song as the former.
Jon B. - Sep 27, 2011 6:27:20 am PDT #4749 of 6436
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Hmmm.. but then there's this, which definitely has rerecorded lyrics.
Jon B. - Sep 27, 2011 6:31:23 am PDT #4750 of 6436
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
versus this one with the original lyrics.
msbelle - Oct 03, 2011 7:50:54 pm PDT #4751 of 6436
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
sings
NATTER. Natter.
There's none of you for posting
Natter. Natter. Natter.
Not even one for boasting.
runs
tommyrot - Oct 04, 2011 12:16:53 pm PDT #4752 of 6436
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Cass - Oct 04, 2011 12:33:39 pm PDT #4753 of 6436
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
My belief that Patrick Stump should sing everything always is not changed at ALL by him coverinng Jeff Buckley's Everybody Here Wants You. Just, you know, singing like he does and posting it. [link]
Fiona - Oct 05, 2011 3:07:15 am PDT #4754 of 6436
Fuck.
Bert Jansch dead of cancer at the age of 67.
I am genuinely cut up about this. I saw Jansch live on a number of occasions: solo twice, with the "fake" Pentangle in the mid-1990s, and (thank goodness) with the reformed Pentangle proper a couple of years ago. A genuinely nice bloke and, of course, a genius guitar player. RIP.
ETA: full Guardian obituary here:
DavidS - Oct 05, 2011 4:45:12 am PDT #4755 of 6436
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Wow, so young still. Truly one of the giants in British folk and folk rock.
Here's Pentangle doing "Hunting Song" which is absolutely gorgeous and haunting.
Here they do "Light Flight" which shows off their jazzy chops.