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| From | "Jaimie Vernon" <bullseyecanada@hotmail.com> |
| Subject | Re: kick out the Style, bring back the Jam |
| Date | Tue, 18 May 2004 20:00:51 -0400 |
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At Date: Tue, 18 May 2004 13:42:57 Gene wrote:
>Tears for Fears sang:
>kick out the Style, bring back the Jam
Agreed....I was just mentioning "Cafe Bleu" (which was titled BLUE CAFE in
Canada when it was released domestically....which is hilarious given that we
are quite tolerant of the French :-)
>I love 'em both. and was totally sucked in by My Ever Changing Moods.
>
>The initial Style Council release in the US was calle My Ever Changing
>Moods.
>Like you said... different tracks, order, and mixes from Cafe Bleu.
>
>The total confusion was added to with this:
>My Ever changing Moods came out on vinyl.
>The cassette tracks were different from the vinyl.
>Neither the vinyl nor the tape matched the cd. The cd was initially Cafe
>Bleu
>with euro track listing and mixes. Promo releases were different than all
>of
>the above. And the they release a single of Long Hot Summer that's not on
>any
>of them.
What about the boxed set....isn't the 12" of Long Hot Summer on there?
>I strongly prefer the US vinyl mixes and haven't heard a cd to match.
Funny...I prefer the Cafe Bleu mix of "You're The Best Thing" without all
the friggin' scratching and scatting that Weller added to it on the North
American remixes...and he changed the vocal approach completely -- too
slick. This is the one that radio still plays and I hate it....there's NO
soul in those versions...different guitar solo as well.
>And you're right, You're the Best Thing is an awesome track. (I think Lenny
>Kravitz was trying a >little Style out with It Ain't Over Till It's Over.)
I guess it's a tip-of-the-tip-of-the-hat....cause I found that Weller was
doing a nice impersonation of Hall & Oates' "She's Gone". If you're gonna go
Blue Eyed Soul who better to impersonate?
So the question remains....which one of these acts was actually trying to
copy Motown (or was it PHILLY?)
Jaimie Vernon,
President, Bullseye Records
http://www.bullseyecanada.com
Author, Canadian Pop Music Encyclopedia
http://www.canoe.ca/JamMusicPopEncycloPages
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