Posted in 1990s, Music, Something Changed at 12:00 on 28 September 2018
In 1998 it was great to hear P P Arnold’s voice again as she provided the second vocal in this duet with Ocean Coloured Scene.
Ocean Colour Scene & P P Arnold: It’s a Beautiful Thing
Posted in 1960s, Music, Nostalgia at 14:00 on 28 September 2009
The song was of course written by Cat Stevens who transmogrified from a writer/performer of pop in the 60s to an acoustic singer-songwriter when they were in vogue in the 70s, then gave up music for religion (Islam) before returning in the noughties as Yusuf Islam – and now just Yusuf.
I bought his albums Tea For The Tillerman and Teaser And The Firecat at the time.
Ever since his criticism of Salman Rushdie over The Satanic Verses, where he appeared to endorse the fatwa, I’ve never been able to listen to them. I couldn’t bear to.
Posted in 1960s, Lyrics, Music, Nostalgia at 17:53 on 20 September 2009
Coincidences and confluences. P P Arnold, who was the backing singer on The Small Faces’ Tin Soldier which I featured recently, also had a great influence on The Nice whom I mentioned several months ago now. They were formed to be her backing band. However they quickly broke off to do their own thing.
Angel Of The Morning is the object of the most spectacular mishearing of a lyric I have ever encountered. Someone I was acquainted with once asked the good lady and myself why the singer (Angel has been covered by just about everybody – I think it was the Merrilee Rush version) was asking her lover to, “just brush my teeth before you leave me.”
It is of course, “just touch my cheek.”
And yes, Jim, I did split an infinitive up there.
P P Arnold: Angel of the Morning
Just brush my teeth before you leave me….
Posted in 1960s, Music, Nostalgia, Rock at 14:00 on 15 September 2009
Almax* recently featured this song on his blog – which for legal reasons (he’s a lawyer) is sadly restricted to only a few readers.
I was moved to comment that Tin Soldier surely has the single best musical intro to a pop song ever.
It deserves wider hearing. This version has the added benefit of P P Arnold on backing vocals, as did the recording.
As a result of his posting another of Alastair’s readers recommended this, Song Of A Baker, for which embedding is disabled. But you can follow the link.
*Almax’s The Defibrillator blog – on my sidebar – is open to all but he tends not to post new stuff there.
