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Trip Out On THIS!!!
So last week I mentioned I finally bought "Say You Will". I love the song "What's The World Coming To". Nice catchy pop song. So I'm reading the credits and notice it's credited to LB and Julian Raymond. Now that name was VERY familiar to me because I've been involved in the L.A. music scene since the 80's playing mostly in one band for 16 yrs and a couple of others prior to that. Julian used to be in a band called Bang Bang in the mid 80's. They were sort of a Duran Duran kind of band. Then they broke up and he formed the band Dear Mr. President. Julian was the singer in both these bands. Dear Mr. President was a little more L.A. Glam Rock if you will but not as sleazy. Anyways, I used to see both of these bands quite a lot and met Julian on a number of occassions. So it inspired me to pull out the Dear Mr. President cassette (Yes, I said cassette). They put out 1 album for Atlantic Records. Well, track number 3 is titled "What's The World Coming To?". So of course I listened and lo and behold, it's the same song just with different lyrics. I guess LB rewrote the lyrics except for the chorus. He must have really liked the song. I know Julian over the years has done a lot of producing. I wonder how the conversation went and how LB got the idea to re-do that song. Just a little history on the tune in case you didn't know.
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Interesting. I wonder if there is a way you can post this track for us to hear.
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I was thinking that same thing. I need to figure out how to transfer cassettes to CD's or mp3. I would love to post it for all. I also found a bunch of treasures while looking for this album that I want to get transferred.
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This is interesting. He did something similar for Shut Us Down on the Under The Skin album too.
http://ledge.fleetwoodmac.net/showthread.php?t=33699 I am dying to hear Julian Raymond's original version.
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Let me work on getting the tapes transferred to my PC then I can upload for everybody to hear. I was just looking up on line how to do it so hopefully I can have it done in the next week or so. I'm going to Vegas this weekend for Depeche Mode so I'll work on it when I get back.
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This is great. It was so much fun looking at the difference between Cory Sipper's Shut Us Down v. Lindsey's version and now I look forward to doing it again.
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Since I did all the hard work of tracking down the MP3 It would be awesome if someone else could transcribe the lyrics for the Dear Mr. President version so we can compare and contrast as we did for the Cory Sipper version of Shut Us Down.
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What an interesting find!
Quite a popsinger by the way. Thanks for the investigationwork!
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To the best of my hearing abilities. How cool to hear this! It's soooo 80's and I love the 80's. Thank you for sharing this with us, Sharon!! Thanks to tr1 for bringing it to our attention.
WTWCT lyrics by Dear. Mr. President What's the world coming to Love a man, love a woman It could be dangerous Downright dangerous. Take a walk down your street See the hungry and weak Getting beatin' on (?) While violence rages on, for no reason. What's the world coming to? What's the world coming to? Take the light from my dreams Shine it all around the world Pray for wonderfulness No more prejudice When the devil plays his hand It hurts, but understand A new days got to dawn So keep on, keepin' on. Come on people What's the world coming to? What's the world coming to? When I walk out late at night out over the ocean I can feel the presence of love around me, I swear Oh, I wonder why so few of us share this emotion. Come on now What's the world coming to? How much longer can we take it? What's the world coming to? Come on people What's the world coming to? What's the world coming to? When I walk out late at night out over the ocean I can feel the presence of love around me, I swear But I don't understand why so few of us share this emotion. Come on now What's the world coming to? Can't we cover the eyes of hatred? What's the world coming to? How much longer can we take it? What's the world coming to? What's the world coming to? Come on, come on. What's the world coming to? Let's cover the eyes of hatred. What's the world coming to? What's the world coming to? Violence rages on...yeah, violence rages on. Keep on, keepin' on.
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Awesome! Thank you so much for doing that Christy. The lyrics are very different! Lindsey's are much darker and more personal sounding I think, but what's funny is that the Mac version is poppier. It's a good contrast.
Fleetwood Mac version: What's the world coming to? What they say isn't true You can't plant no seed Where there's only greed I can walk anywhere I can walk anytime But the lone highway Is the only way What's the world coming to? What's the world coming to? Everyone's gone to the moon What's the world coming to? Every night, every day In this house filled with shame I can say I care But there's no one there There's no truth in my lies There's no light in my eyes And it's all I guess That I'll ever miss What's the world coming to? What's the world coming to? Everyone's gone to the moon What's the world coming to? I can jump right off and fall right into the ocean I can come right out mean just what I say But if I don't call for a reservation They'll just turn me down turn me inside out I don't say what they want I don't do what they say So I'm on their list So I'm gone I guess What's the world coming to? What's the world coming to? Everyone's gone to the moon What's the world coming to?
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Thank you so much for sharing this discovery. I love this song! I like the Mac's version...but this one might be even better. Very interesting to see the differences.
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No problem, Sharon.
It's interesting how Lindsey used the word ocean like Julian did, but in a different way. LB's version is most definitely darker and more personal. Also, there is this "I can't win." theme throughout his, while Julian's is more "Can't we all just get along?"
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Trackaghost - Where did you find this? I want to see if I can get the whole album which I've always loved. If the rest isn't available then I'll get the CD on Amazon. The first song "Hey Daddy Have You Ever Been Arrested" is my favorite on that record.
Wondergirl - The whole album has that 80's L.A. Rock feel to it. Lots of reverb on the drums, guitar and vocals. You know this was considered "hard rock" which obviously listening to it now it is not. But they were a great band to see play and Julian was a good vocalist. He had long bleach blonde hair and wore one of those black bollo hats. And the hair was teased of course as we all did back then. |
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Is the CD even on Amazon? I looked but couldn't find anything other than the cassette version and a listing for the vinyl (with no sellers).
Btw, I found this photo of the band. Which one is Julian, the blonde guy?
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