No more pleading ignorance!

Otis Westinghouse · Post by **Otis Westinghouse** » Wed Jul 20, 2005 6:42 pm

Don't know if it's been aired here before, but a cool site if you want to know who has ever recorded any song ever is allmusic.com

You can search by song, and up pops an exhaustive list. Can also be handy if you half remember a title, etc. and it tells you the composer.

And if you sign up you can often hear brief snippets.

Never again will you hear me say 'So who wrote/recorded [Dark End of the Street etc. etc.]?'

stormwarning · Post by **stormwarning** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 12:51 am

Funny you should say that. because I have 104 versions of Dark End of The Street. Allmusic.com lists 108, but only 53 of them are UNIQUE, and omits versions by Prince Buster, The Werewolves of London, Viggo Mortenson (I kid thee not), Alex Chilton & Teenage Fanclub, Robin Coffinshaker, Robert Wyatt & Barbara Dickson and many others.

storm@allpedants.com

selfmademug · Post by **selfmademug** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 5:39 am

stormwarning wrote: storm@allpedants.com

King Hoarse · Post by **King Hoarse** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 6:31 pm

Have you got the one from Frank Black's new cd too?

Otis Westinghouse · Post by **Otis Westinghouse** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 7:23 pm

Blimey, do you really have 104 versions? So it's far from exhaustive. Oh well. I concluded that from its inclusion of the TDM bonus disc it was going to be. It's still useful though, admit it!

stormwarning · Post by **stormwarning** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 11:30 pm

I really like allmusic, it's just that your choice of song was a coincidence. Last week I found somebody on the internet who had 104 versions of the song - I just downloaded the entire folder.

There's some strange folk out there...

SweetPear · Post by **SweetPear** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 2:11 am

Storm~
And the strange folk are.........the guy who has the 104 song versions...........or you, for downloading them??

I'm just kidding you.....

verbal gymnastics · Post by **verbal gymnastics** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 5:27 am

stormwarning wrote:I really like allmusic, it's just that your choice of song was a coincidence. Last week I found somebody on the internet who had 104 versions of the song - I just downloaded the entire folder.

There's some strange folk out there...

Saying that, I must have hundreds of versions of Alison, Pump It Up etc. At tmes I think it's great to have all these live shows and at other times I just think "Why have I got all these versions yet I don't listen to them so much anymore?". And then I'll see that he only played one particular song on that tour and it was at that show. Then I'll think, "Well so what?" and then my head will hurt and I have to go for a beer. And somehow all those thoughts disappear.

miss buenos aires · Post by **miss buenos aires** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 8:56 am

stormwarning wrote:I really like allmusic, it's just that your choice of song was a coincidence. Last week I found somebody on the internet who had 104 versions of the song - I just downloaded the entire folder.

There's some strange folk out there...

And here I thought you were kidding!

Helios · Post by **Helios** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 11:49 am

For reasons I'll not get into, this is strangely ironic. But I'll say this, there are a lot of errors on that site. Still, it's a good resource that can only get better w/time.

If I ever want to double or triple check something, I go to a lyrics website (Lyrics.com & the like), Barnes & Noble or Borders.com.

pophead2k · Post by **pophead2k** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 4:04 pm

I'm listening to Frank Black's version of DEOTS right now. Sweet and mellow.

stormwarning · Post by **stormwarning** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 7:27 pm

I once dated a Portuguese/Japanese girl who was singing in a cabaret, Her song was a few bars of "On The Street Where You Live". She used to rehearse the song when she visited my apartment (her English wasn't very good, so it was difficult for her).

Thinking I was helping her out, I downloaded a few different versions, 22 in all, and put them on a CD. It completely spooked her.

I also have many, many versions of the songs "Compared To What" and the Tony Bennett song "Girl Talk". It's amazing what one will do when one is pissed...

GIRL TALK

They like to chat about the dresses they will wear tonight
they chew the fat about their tresses and the neighbours' fight
inconsequential things, men don't really care to know
become essential things that women find so apropos

But that's a dame,
they're all the same
it's just a game
they call it Girl talk, girl talk

They all meow about the ups and downs of all their friends
the who, the how, the why, they dish the dirt, it never ends
the weaker sex, the speaker sex we mortal males behold
but though we joke, we wouldn't trade you for a sack of gold

So baby stay and gab away,
but hear me say that after
Girl talk, talk to me

It's all been planned,
so take my hand;
please understand
The sweetest girl talk talks of me.

Otis Westinghouse · Post by **Otis Westinghouse** » Sun Jul 24, 2005 5:09 pm

Helios wrote:For reasons I'll not get into, this is strangely ironic.

Oh go on! Be a devil.

Helios · Post by **Helios** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 5:33 pm

Sorry, man, I didn't mean to be. I'm just good pals with the originator's lovely sister - who, incidentally, looks a cross between Audrey Hepburn and a Warhol Factory model.

bambooneedle · Post by **bambooneedle** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 5:35 pm

Otis Westinghouse · Post by **Otis Westinghouse** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 6:08 pm

Now we know.