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| From | "Jaimie Vernon" <bullseyecanada@hotmail.com> |
| Subject | Re: Reuniting Criteria? |
| Date | Mon, 20 Sep 2004 09:01:33 -0400 |
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At Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2004 00:41:55 Stewart wrote:
>At 06:25 PM 9/10/2004 -0400, Mark Eichelberger wrote:
> >See, I remember the Bill Idol solo version of Dancing With Myself as the
> >huge hit. In my area, I don't remember hearing the Gen X version of
>Dancing
> >With Myself or any of their other stuff getting regular play on radio.
>
>Ah, but the Billy Idol hit *was* the Generation X version! The US version
>of BILLY IDOL was pulled from the market in early '83 and reissued with a
>new cover and one change, dropping one song and putting "Dancing With
>Myself" at the end -- I just checked my copy, and it even has an asterisk
>after the song title and the notation "by Billy Idol with Generation X" on
>the label copy.
Indeed. "Dancing" was originally on the third Gen X album 'Kiss Me
Deadly'....the one featuring Steve Jones of the Pistols. Billy was still
contracted to Chrysalis in the US after Gen X split-up, so they just
pilferred the track, remixed it and voila. I'm not entirely sure, but I seem
to recall they remixed it again for the first Idol album (after the EP
release) with guitarist Steve Stevens added to the mix.
I'd check all these facts, but it would mean subscribing to All Music. Can't
bring myself to do that just yet.
Jaimie Vernon,
President, Bullseye Records
http://www.bullseyecanada.com
Author, Canadian Pop Music Encyclopedia
http://www.canoe.ca/JamMusicPopEncycloPages
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