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Thread started 03/29/11 2:39pm

MickyDolenz

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Manhattan Transfer ~ Boy From New York City

You can take a black guy to Nashville from right out of the cotton fields with bib overalls, and they will call him R&B. You can take a white guy in a pin-stripe suit who’s never seen a cotton field, and they will call him country. ~ O. B. McClinton
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Reply #1 posted 03/29/11 3:12pm

TonyVanDam

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I remember THIS instant classic as the entrance theme music for Jimmy Valiant. cool

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Reply #2 posted 03/29/11 3:17pm

Timmy84

Y'all tripping lol :

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Reply #3 posted 03/29/11 3:20pm

MickyDolenz

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^^Never heard of it. I only know the Transfer's version and didn't know it was a remake.

You can take a black guy to Nashville from right out of the cotton fields with bib overalls, and they will call him R&B. You can take a white guy in a pin-stripe suit who’s never seen a cotton field, and they will call him country. ~ O. B. McClinton
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Reply #4 posted 03/29/11 3:22pm

Timmy84

MickyDolenz said:

^^Never heard of it. I only know the Transfer's version and didn't know it was a remake.

eek OK, Micky, HOW OLD ARE YOU REALLY???

I'm only 26 and knew of the ORIGINAL. WTF?! lol

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Reply #5 posted 03/29/11 3:34pm

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Timmy84 said:

MickyDolenz said:

^^Never heard of it. I only know the Transfer's version and didn't know it was a remake.

eek OK, Micky, HOW OLD ARE YOU REALLY???

I'm only 26 and knew of the ORIGINAL. WTF?! lol

Well, I didn't know the Latin version of Please Please Please, Aretha's Respect, and Unchained Melody by George Benson were remakes at first either. lol I've never even heard of the Ad Libs.

You can take a black guy to Nashville from right out of the cotton fields with bib overalls, and they will call him R&B. You can take a white guy in a pin-stripe suit who’s never seen a cotton field, and they will call him country. ~ O. B. McClinton
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Reply #6 posted 03/29/11 3:37pm

Timmy84

MickyDolenz said:

Timmy84 said:

eek OK, Micky, HOW OLD ARE YOU REALLY???

I'm only 26 and knew of the ORIGINAL. WTF?! lol

Well, I didn't know the Latin version of Please Please Please, Aretha's Respect, and Unchained Melody by George Benson were remakes at first either. lol I've never even heard of the Ad Libs.

lol Jesus Christ! You mean you never heard this on oldies radio?! falloff

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Reply #7 posted 03/29/11 3:38pm

Timmy84

And you didn't know "Respect" and "Unchained Melody" were covers??? lol

And the original "Please Please Please".

I'm sure you probably thought Ike & Tina originally did "Proud Mary" too. evillol

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Reply #8 posted 03/29/11 4:15pm

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Timmy84 said:

And you didn't know "Respect" and "Unchained Melody" were covers??? lol

And the original "Please Please Please".

I'm sure you probably thought Ike & Tina originally did "Proud Mary" too. evillol

I wasn't around anybody that listened to Otis Redding. I think most people don't know Respect is a remake. Even today, other than 3 or 4 songs, I can't get into Otis' music and singing. I've never heard of the Righteous Brothers until the late 1980's. That was because of that song in Dirty Dancing Time Of My Life, which was by one of the members. I can't name one of their songs now besides Unchained Melody, and I don't like their version, but I like George's. I did hear a lot of CCR, but I don't remember which version of Proud Mary I heard 1st though. I don't recall hearing much Ike & Tina, maybe a couple of songs. I mostly know Tina from the 1980's when Private Dancer came out.

You can take a black guy to Nashville from right out of the cotton fields with bib overalls, and they will call him R&B. You can take a white guy in a pin-stripe suit who’s never seen a cotton field, and they will call him country. ~ O. B. McClinton
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Reply #9 posted 03/29/11 4:17pm

Timmy84

MickyDolenz said:

Timmy84 said:

And you didn't know "Respect" and "Unchained Melody" were covers??? lol

And the original "Please Please Please".

I'm sure you probably thought Ike & Tina originally did "Proud Mary" too. evillol

I wasn't around anybody that listened to Otis Redding. I think most people don't know Respect is a remake. Even today, other than 3 or 4 songs, I can't get into Otis' music and singing. I've never heard of the Righteous Brothers until the late 1980's. That was because of that song in Dirty Dancing Time Of My Life, which was by one of the members. I can't name one of their songs now besides Unchained Melody, and I don't like their version, but I like George's. I did hear a lot of CCR, but I don't remember which version of Proud Mary I heard 1st though. I don't recall hearing much Ike & Tina, maybe a couple of songs. I mostly know Tina from the 1980's when Private Dancer came out.

I guess everyone has different upbringings but for someone who grew up around oldies music all my life, I still consider it odd. That's just me lol

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Reply #10 posted 03/29/11 4:50pm

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Timmy84 said:

I guess everyone has different upbringings but for someone who grew up around oldies music all my life, I still consider it odd. That's just me lol

Most of the music I heard when I was little wasn't the radio, but records and tapes at relatives houses and whatever was on TV.

You can take a black guy to Nashville from right out of the cotton fields with bib overalls, and they will call him R&B. You can take a white guy in a pin-stripe suit who’s never seen a cotton field, and they will call him country. ~ O. B. McClinton
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Reply #11 posted 03/29/11 4:54pm

Timmy84

MickyDolenz said:

Timmy84 said:

I guess everyone has different upbringings but for someone who grew up around oldies music all my life, I still consider it odd. That's just me lol

Most of the music I heard when I was little wasn't the radio, but records and tapes at relatives houses and whatever was on TV.

I listened to tapes too lol

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