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“According to My Heart” is an album by Jim Reeves originally released in 1960 on RCA Camden. It was the first of two number-one albums in the UK for American singer Jim Reeves. It spent four weeks at the top of the chart in 1969, five years after Reeves had died.
The MLT are excellent interpreters of songs, as we can see from their cover of John Lennon’s ‘Happy Xmas’ and David Bowie’s ’Starman’. The Reels (from Australia), were also excellent interpreters of other peoples songs.
This is their cover of the Gary Walker composition from 1979.
The Reels – ’According To My Heart’
“According to my heart
You’re the girl for me
The one love of my life is here
When you’re with me
If someone stole your love
My heart would beat no more
For you’re the one
My heart is always longing forThough I don’t know the reason why
My dreams don’t turn out right
Still I’ll keep listening to my heart
Who knows, someday they might
For according to my heart
The future will be bright
And everyday I pray
That my heart knows what’s right“The Reels – ’Bad Moon Rising’ (Creedence Clearwater Revival cover)
The Reels – ’This Guy’s In Love’ (With You)
Those beautiful red and yellow flowers, now who do they remind you of?
And yes, of course I can see the MLT doing fabulous covers of these songs too!
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We will always have our differences Jung and I hope we can both feel free to continue to share our individual differences.
However, we do have two things in common. Our passion for both classical and popular music and our passion for all things MLT.
”Fortunately we have MLT, inspired with great music making talent of the Beatles and other greats from the 60s, to restore and change music forever again like the Beatles did.”
This statement is why we are all here, with all our collected music appreciation baggage. Whether or not the MLT achieve such greatness remains to be seen, but we’re all here enjoying the journey with them.
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“There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics’?”
As I’ve stated, I’m continuing this debate elsewhere. I do note though that you’ve given up on the Bubble Gum Beach Boys in favour of Brian Wilson! Wise decision Jung.
As for the Stones, even with this top 500 list, four in the top 65 isn’t bad. Second only to the Beatles.
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Lucky you Tomás. Mine will be waiting for me at home as I’m still away for a couple more weeks. Fortunately I too was able to download and listen via the MLT Club Jukebox. They never cease to surprise and reward us! I hope you have purchased a copy for that adorable, talented niece of yours. If it’s a Xmas present, her mother can’t make her work for it!
I can well imagine Luli attempting a cover of MLTs ‘Silent Night’.
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Welcome to the Club Jürgen. You’ll enjoy being part of the best club in the world.
I bought my first album (Sgt Peppers), the year you were born. Like you, I’m no musician but I too enjoy a wide range of music.
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You have chosen Lance LaSalles’ Quora response, just one opinion of many. Yes, the Beach Boys had huge early commercial success due to their domination with bubblegum pop prior to the British Invasion. However they were soon forced to improve their act with the added competition and this eventually drove Brian Wilson to insanity.
I intend to further this discussion in a more appropriate Topic, something we had already commenced previously. However, regarding your ‘underrated’ post, I think you’ll find that there are many of these types of subjects posted on the web as they are ‘clickbait’. Posted to attract attention. Just ask Tomás!
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Nice try Jung, but I’m not buying it. Lennon and McCartney had a huge say in which of their songs were released as singles. They didn’t release any from Sgt Peppers for a reason. ‘Penny Lane’ and ‘Strawberry Fields Forever’ we’re not included, even though they came out of the same recording sessions. The same went for many of the Rolling Stones albums.
The only time the record companies had a say was with the American companies, Capitol and London, who both chose to include single releases on albums. Of course there were always exceptions. For them the artistic preference of the artists took a back seat to the ‘money’!
Jagger/Richards and Lennon/McCartney new what their fans liked!
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Yes, but underrated by whom? Sometimes songs don’t rate for a reason. Fans have a way of working out which songs are the best, which songs are their favourites and which songs are merely par for the course.
I did purchase a copy of the Beatles’ “Twist and Shout (EP)”, which included the Lennon/McCartney composition “There’s A Place”. Now while I quite like this song, I don’t rate it amongst their best, as I suspect would most Beatles fans.
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Now this one just may be for dedicated Rolling Stones fans only!
We have Crimson and Clover, Beethoven and Mozart, The Beatles and The Rolling Stones and Paul McCartney and Keith Richards!
KEITH!
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Great doco Tomás and very interesting IMHO too. Not too slow for me. I appreciated the presenters understated style and thoroughness. An excellent explanation of the Beatles influence and rapid musical progression in just four short years. I am so lucky to have been a teenager during this time. My first ever album purchase was “Sgt Peppers”.
Thanks for sharing the video.
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“Beach Boys Pet Sounds at #2 (pretty good for a Bubble Gum band)”
Jung, Brian left his Bubble Gum band behind to record ‘Pet Sounds’. It was a collaboration totally devoid of his band, apart from their overdubbed vocals when the record was done. Most of the Beach Boys didn’t even like the album as they didn’t understand it and it deviated from their proven commercial formula. The record company was just as concerned!
Brian new his band wasn’t up to the standard he wanted or the standard of his competitors. As for the rivalry with the Beatles, it is greatly overstated. The rivalry was mainly in Brian’s head. His music inspired Paul McCartney but it didn’t drive him like the Beatles’ music did Brian. This was a passion that he could never win, given his inferior band and song writing collaborators within the band.
As for the Stones, there was never any real rivalry between them and the Beatles and their music was very different and suited different audiences, unlike with the Beach Boys. The rivalry, as I’ve advised earlier, was engineered by their manager Oldham for recognition purposes. We are raking over old coals here, but I’ll have more to say about it in the relevant Topic.
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Analyse is what I do Jung and your use of the term ‘deserved recognition’ is getting closer to the point I was making that the songs in question were lesser known for a reason.
The video poster should have simply stated they felt these songs deserved more recognition than they got, rather than suggesting they were making a universally accepted fact.
A better option might be to argue which better known songs are not as worthy as these. As for gems, to a fanatical fan, anything can qualify.
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My point Jung is “underrated by whom”? Whoever originally posted the videos you used, either felt some of his favourites weren’t as appreciated by the Beatles themselves, the record companies or most other fans and record purchasers. The Beatles and the Stones had a pretty good idea of what their best work was. This doesn’t mean they didn’t believe less popular songs had artistic merit.
I’m simply arguing that the original posters assumption that the selected songs were ‘underrated’ is only his opinion and we all have our particular favourites.
I would certainly hope that members don’t start arguing that any MLT originals are underrated. How would we know? It’s such a subjective concept.
Perhaps a better term than ‘underrated’ could be recognised. What do you think? I’m not dissing your post Jung, just the videos terminology! And I seriously don’t intend to spoil the ‘fun’. It is a good subject to elicit discussion, as you certainly have.
Remember Tomás did say Howard can be a bit prickly, but I know you’re up to the challenge Jung!
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Yes, a great cover Jung. As for the sixties original:
From Wikipedia.
”’Crimson and Clover’ is a 1968 song by American rock band Tommy James and the Shondells. Written by the duo of Tommy James and drummer Peter Lucia Jr., it was intended as a change in direction of the group’s sound and composition. “Crimson and Clover” was released in late 1968 as a rough mix after a radio station leaked it.
It spent 16 weeks on the U.S. charts, reaching number one in the United States (in February 1969) and other countries. The single has sold 5 million copies, making it Tommy James and the Shondells’ best-selling song. (Note: the RIAA did not award a gold record so the 5 million sales number is not officially acknowledged.) It has been covered by many artists including Joan Jett and Prince.
