Elder ,'Power Play'
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.
I love "1999" but I think I'd go with "Little Red Corvette".
You tempt me! If it were for myself, certainly. And sexay Prince is worth representing. ...No, I'll stick with 1999. It reached no 2 on the charts, while Little Red Corvette just made it to no 8. The people have spoken!
I'll go with "I Wanna Dance With Somebody" for Whitney. "The Greatest Love of All" would also work well, and they were both big songs, but let's put more bop in the pop.
Maybe a Madonna ballad, then? "Crazy for You"?
No, the Madonna song has to be danceable and should court controversy. I'll pass over "Like a Virgin" and "Like a Prayer" to pick "Papa Don't Preach."
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Tom Waits on the Simpsons, January 6th
More, with episode synopsis: The Eyeball Kid
So I need a song to complete a playlist version of an old compilation tape I made about 20 years ago. It's Michelle Shocked's cover of the Beatles' "Lovely Rita". This was originally released on NME's Sgt Pepper Knew My Father LP in '88. This album is long out of print, and it seems was never released on CD.
The song was also on the extended reissued version of Michelle Shocked's
Short Sharp Shocked.
This album (and CD) are also out of print, with new copies going for $109 on Amazon and used copies staring at $26.99.
So anyone have either of these albums and can rip the song for me? Pretty please?
Michelle's version is one of my favorite covers ever, and probably my favorite Beatles cover.
I wonder if Jon has it.
The few links I found on music blogs had all been taken down.
Ooh, there was a promo CD of the Knew My Father album. One's available for $40.
I think I've only heard the entire album a few times. For some reason I was thinking Tom Waits was on it. Perhaps I'm thinking of a Disney tribute album that Tom did a song for?
I don't remember what any of the other tracks sound like.
Anyway, I'd prefer CD, but I'm planning on buying a USB turntable one of these days....
I have it on vinyl.
But I also found a download link that works. Tom -- I'll email you the mp3. Profile addy ok?
Sure.
Thanks!
Insent!
In answer to the Prince song, I would probably say "when doves cry." I think it is representative of his sound, use of the full band and complexity of arrangement. The chords in that song alone are awesome and the song leads very well into what his 90s sound would become.
I love Stevie Nicks anecdote about "Little Red Corvette" and how she heard "Stand Back" in the downbeat of Prince's song.