Where's the "Blue Letter" controversy? - Page 4

eclipse · #46 02-04-2006, 10:02 AM

On mishead lyrics...
For decades, really... I cannot count the amount of times I have listened to "The Chain" on the albulm, then tape ,then CD....ALWAYS thought at the end they were singing....
"Chaaiinnn , you must never!!! (or neva, actually)"
not until The Dance did I find out it was" Chaaiinnn keep us together"... or

"Dreams" thought it was "heartbeat draws you back," etc. not "heartbeat drives you mad"

and my fav- although it is not FM -when The Police came out with a new song (I am dating myself here, huh? and I kind of like Manfred Mann's Blinded by the Light cover, considering it had the 80's tempo/techno thing going on) Anyway I digress....
Back to The Police and "We Are Spirits in a Material World"...My girfriend was like, "How can you like these guys??? I mean, "We spit ants at the material world?? " What is that all about?" Swear to God cracks me up whenever I think about it

Jyqm · #47 02-04-2006, 10:23 AM

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and my fav- although it is not FM -when The Police came out with a new song (I am dating myself here, huh? and I kind of like Manfred Mann's Blinded by the Light cover, considering it had the 80's tempo/techno thing going on) Anyway I digress....

A lot of people seem to think of Manfred Mann's "Blinded" cover as an "80s" song, but it was actually recorded and released in 1976, I believe.

eclipse · #48 02-04-2006, 11:10 AM

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A lot of people seem to think of Manfred Mann's "Blinded" cover as an "80s" song, but it was actually recorded and released in 1976, I believe.

Well, I stand corrected

I have the Manfred Mann Albulm where he does a cover of "I Came For You", another Bruce tune.... and then they just faded away, I believe.

Angelick Witch · #49 02-04-2006, 11:27 AM

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On mishead lyrics...

In Stand Back.... I thought she was saying "Like a weirdo, I can bend"... I'm there "Stevie, I know I love you because you're so crazy, but WTF...?"

Jyqm · #50 02-04-2006, 12:24 PM

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Well, I stand corrected

I have the Manfred Mann Albulm where he does a cover of "I Came For You", another Bruce tune.... and then they just faded away, I believe.

Yeah, they did "For You" (which I think might be even worse than "Blinded") as well as "Spirit In The Night" all in the mid/late 70s. What a shame they didn't keep going, they could have ruined the entire Greetings from Asbury Park album...

Sorceress · #51 02-04-2006, 02:38 PM

I just have to share that when I listened to Blue Letter for the first time in ages the other day, I couldn't stop laughing every time "day goes down" came around. Thank you. You brought new life to the song.

Jyqm · #52 02-04-2006, 02:41 PM

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I just have to share that when I listened to Blue Letter for the first time in ages the other day, I couldn't stop laughing every time "day goes down" came around. Thank you. You brought new life to the song.

See! Somebody appreciates me around here!

Angelick Witch · #53 02-06-2006, 03:23 PM

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See! Somebody appreciates me around here!

On the flip side of _that_ particular coin, I'm having real trouble listening to Blue Letter and not thinking about random Italian- and Spanish-Americans now... I have to say, it's driving me nuts!

Sorry!

chiliD · #54 02-06-2006, 04:53 PM

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Yeah, they did "For You" (which I think might be even worse than "Blinded") as well as "Spirit In The Night" all in the mid/late 70s. What a shame they didn't keep going, they could have ruined the entire Greetings from Asbury Park album...

Well, for the 15 years prior to that, they had a tradition of recording at least one Bob Dylan song per album.

"The Mighty Quinn" being their big hit back in the '60s.

Actually, I LIKED their Dylan & Springsteen covers.