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| From | "John L. Micek" <jlmicek@comcast.net> |
| Subject | Re: 1989 |
| Date | Thu, 21 Jun 2007 13:53:28 -0400 |
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John L. Micek" <jlmicek@comcast.net>
> To: "Stewart Mason" <craigtorso@verizon.net>; <audities@smoe.org>
> Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2007 1:22 PM
> Subject: Re: 1989
>
>
>>> Hell, Fine Young Cannibals even got a tribute band -- anybody remember a
>>> one-hit wonder called Londonbeat? Their single "I've Been Thinking
>>> About You" was absolutely the most blatant FYC ripoff imaginable, to the
>>> point that many people (including me) thought it was FYC's new single
>>> the first time they heard it.
>>
>> Simple explanation on that one: The vocalist in Londonbeat did the
>> backing vox on "The Raw & The Cooked."
>
> Well, Toni Tennille did backing vocals on THE WALL, but that didn't make
> "Do That To Me One More Time" sound like "Comfortably Numb." It's still a
> pretty blatant knockoff.
>
I'm just saying that I recalled similar questions about the track at the
time, and that was the explanation given for the sonic similarities between
the Londonbeat track and the FYC track. And, if I remember correctly, the
musicians in Londonbeat also played on "The Raw & The Cooked."
And by the way, Toni Tenille does one mean version of "Arnold Layne." :)
JLM
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