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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 meant to tell you that I have a copy of your original mix, along with all the individual mp3s if you want them.
Thanks, but I don't think I need them -- I do have my own copy. I was just feeling too lazy last night to rip any more tracks, so I decided to go with what I had on the computer already.
I'm sure you do, P-C. It's sexy, smoky, and hooky -- the best kind of pop hit, kind of a little sister to "Son of a Preacher Man," but about Elvis. The lyrics would probably help you place it.
Possibly. The only Alannah Myles song I know is "Bad 4 You," which is all right. A friend put it on a mix CD. But my knowledge of music can often be termed "woefully ignorant," so...
Post-Google, I'm thinking I've still never heard it.
MuchMusic up here (our MTV) is terribly snarky about Alannah Myles, but I think (hope) that's a familiarity breeds contempt kinda thing, since she got a ton of airplay back in the Black Velvet days (as CanCon).
I particularly remember a full claws and ears remark that went something like "I'm sure there are still men in prison that find Alannah Myles attractive", so there are pluses and minuses to coming from a smaller market.
And of course, I have no clue about this "Black Velvet" business.
I'm sure you do, P-C. It's sexy, smoky, and hooky -- the best kind of pop hit, kind of a little sister to "Son of a Preacher Man," but about Elvis. The lyrics would probably help you place it.
1) I had no idea that song was about Elvis. Though I admit the only words I can ever quite understand are "new religion" and what sounds like "blackbird" but is probably "black velvet."
2) I'm a philistine in my dislike of "Black Velvet." Mostly it's b/c I don't like her voice. I tend to not like women singers with that kind of almost-raspy voice, though (like Heart), so it's a whole group that I'm slandering, not just Alannah Myles.
2) I'm a philistine in my dislike of "Black Velvet." Mostly it's b/c I don't like her voice. I tend to not like women singers with that kind of almost-raspy voice, though (like Heart), so it's a whole group that I'm slandering, not just Alannah Myles.
crosses "Total Eclipse of the Heart" and "Betty Davis Eyes" off future Teppy mixes
crosses "Total Eclipse of the Heart" and "Betty Davis Eyes" off future Teppy mixes
t crosses Divine off future Teppy mixes
crosses "Total Eclipse of the Heart" and "Betty Davis Eyes" off future Teppy mixes
t crosses Divine off future Teppy mixes
Bless you both.
Mostly it's b/c I don't like her voice. I tend to not like women singers with that kind of almost-raspy voice
Teppy, I don't like it much either, in the song I have. I like her voice during the verse, but in the chorus, it gets all raspy, and I don't like it so much. I'm not sure if I can make a blanket statement about all raspy-voiced female singers. Name some others.
Name some others.
Stevie Nicks?
Janis Joplin?
Marianne Faithfull.