Some velvet morning when I'm straight....

darkstar

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Wed Nov-16-05 12:03 PM
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Some velvet morning when I'm straight....

sing along, now...

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Wed Nov-16-05 12:20 PM
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1. No shit-- I was just listening to that

the Slowdive version, that is.

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darkstar

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Wed Nov-16-05 12:29 PM
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2. don't know the band

Edited on Wed Nov-16-05 12:36 PM by darkstar

radically different verision, I'm guessing?

Do they keep that insane switching between 3/4 and 4/4 on the outro?

Corny as some might find the original, that opening line does make quite the impression, no?

Any hoo, if you got the time, fill me in on the nature of the band, CD title, etc. I'll see if I can listen to a snip on Amazon.

Flowers growing on a hill....

:hi:

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Wed Nov-16-05 12:50 PM
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8. It's on "Souvlaki" (the US version)

Here it is at Amazon. Slowdive was a dreampop/shoe-gazer guitar band in the early 90s. They later mutated into Mojave 3, who are still together today.

:hi:

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darkstar

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Wed Nov-16-05 01:02 PM
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11. Wow, sold to the highest buddah !!!!

Eno production too boot. Lovely, lovely stuff. Thanks so much for taking the trouble to turn me on to this. I love the aching, swilring beauty of it all.....

:toast:

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Wed Nov-16-05 01:11 PM
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12. You're welcome!

Sadly, they didn't get much appreciation in their lifetime. They were written off by the press as just another wannabe noisepop band from the Home Counties in the UK.

Here's a link to all their EPs in MP3 format. They're all ripped @ 128kbps and are free, to boot. The "Live In Oslo" recording is also available there, which is also pretty amazing.

Enjoy! :hi:

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flamingyouth

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Wed Nov-16-05 12:32 PM
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4. Slowdive's version is great too.

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flamingyouth

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Wed Nov-16-05 12:30 PM
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3. I'm gonna open up your gate...

Edited on Wed Nov-16-05 12:31 PM by flamingyouth

I love that song. :thumbsup:

Lee Joseph and his then-wife Zebra Stripes did a good cover of that in the late '80s (or maybe it was the early '90s).

Edited for grammar

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Kashka-Kat

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Wed Nov-16-05 12:45 PM
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5. nancy sinatra & lee hazelwood

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myrna minx

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Wed Nov-16-05 12:47 PM
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6. Roland S. Howard and Lydia Lunch

did a cover of that song too. I have it on vinyl.

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Ellen Forradalom

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Wed Nov-16-05 12:49 PM
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7. Also Primal Scream

and Slowdive.

I have the Lydia Lunch one, but her partner is credited as Nick Cave. Mistake I guess?

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anarch

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Wed Nov-16-05 12:51 PM
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9. and, evidently, Vanilla Fudge

What a weird (and great!) song.

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Wed Nov-16-05 05:14 PM
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16. The Vanilla Fudge version is cool

Heavier, slower, and more "psychedelic" sounding than the original. (They gave this treatment to several late-sixties pop songs.) And I always like the way it just explodes at the end. I like the Sinatra and Hazelwood version, too.

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myrna minx

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Wed Nov-16-05 12:54 PM
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10. Hmm-the album cover that I have has

Lydia and Roland in bed together and he is credited. I haven't heard the Nick Cave version. I'll have to check that out. Thanks!

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Ellen Forradalom

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Wed Nov-16-05 03:59 PM
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13. It's its own genre

Psychedelic Country.

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Bridget Burke

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Wed Nov-16-05 04:22 PM
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14. Nope, there are other Psychedelic Country songs....

Kenny Rogers (& First Edition) recorded Mickey Newberry's song:

I woke up this mornin' with the sundown shinin' in
I found my mind in a brown paper bag within
I tripped on a cloud and fell-a eight miles high
I tore my mind on a jagged sky
I just dropped in to see what condition my condition was in...

Not a country record? Well, Kenny & Mickey were both born in Houston. Most of Kenny's career was Country. And Kenny's brother, Leland Rogers, owned International Artists records--ever heard of the Red Krayola? Thirteenth Floor Elevators?

And what about the Legendary Stardust Cowboy?

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oneighty

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Wed Nov-16-05 04:24 PM
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15. Phaedra: Some Velvet Morning?

Did you ever wake up to a velvet morning, when the sun is softly bright and warm and the dew rests easy on the grass and the pleasant dreams of the night just past are playing in your mind?

Some velvet morning when i'm straight
I'm gonna open up your gate
and maybe tell you 'bout Phaedra
and how she gave me life
and how she made it in
Some velvet morning when i'm straight.

Lee Hazelwood wrote this whimsical song. He sings it with Nancy Sinatra.

I wake up like that now and then; to a Velvet Morning.

From Voyages of the Vicky Mary.

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