Not sure what you're talking about Scrumble. Listen to it again - it's the right version. I didn't change it or anything *cough cough*. Thanks.
scrumble
· 1 year ago
You've saved me a trip to the supermarket, where I'm pretty sure the '88 version has been topping the P.A. playlists across America for 20 years and counting.
scrumble
· 1 year ago
And now I stand corrected as the daddy-daughter duet remake was from 1996, repeating a formula five years after they first did it on "Unforgettable." Kinda tacky...
scrumble
· 1 year ago
If the Phil Collins song wasn't too sophisticated to be a bigger hit, I think they limited the push on it while knowing the next Genesis album was around the corner.
Tommy Conwell's "If We Never Meet Again" was written by Jules Shear a la Bangles and Cyndi Lauper songs so it definitely stood out, even if that lightening didn't strike thrice as intended.
Dru
· 1 year ago
Is the Conductor "Voice on the Radio" the same song as Sheena Easton's "Voice on the Radio" from 1981? I couldn't tell from AllMusic's 30-second clip of the Easton.
steed
· 1 year ago
I'm listening to it right now - it definitely is not the same song.
Thanks. I've seen a copy or two on Ebay - and I should probably pick it up at some point just to see what they sound like outside of this song. I kind of like the track.
WHarrisBullzEye
· 1 year ago
I love that Communards track. I'd never even heard the original version when I first heard it, but now that I have, I think I STILL prefer the cover.
I'm not a HUGE fan of that Tommy Conwell album, but it got spun enough during my record store days for me to at least have fond memories of it. That said, however, the Reckless Sleepers' recording of "If We Never Meet Again" is decidedly superior to Conwell's.
bama
· 1 year ago
This is consistently a fantastic series, and I applaud the work that you've put in to it.
David_E
· 1 year ago
Here, here. This is as close to learning as I get any given morning.
steed
· 1 year ago
As always, thanks. I appreciate the comments!
Jeff
· 1 year ago
Amazing that the Bruce Cockburn tune got as far as it did on the charts. Perhaps it got a boost from the indie radio station I listened to in Madison, Wisconsin, at the time. They played the shit out of it. Had to be in the top 10 on their playlist.
E
· 1 year ago
I seem to remember MTV played the living hell out of it, too.
I was initially surprised Lovers in a Dangerous Time didn't make it, but no such luck.
steve
· 1 year ago
Tommy Conwell rocks!! And to get really obscure, check out Buzz Zeemer - a Philly band that he played lead guitar in. Two albums of pure power pop genius.
D.I.G.
· 1 year ago
I love this series, and I'm sad that you don't appreciate the awesomeness that is "I'm Not Your Man." I think the problem is that the version you posted, from 1988, is not the original version of the song. The first one was better.
It appeared, without the (stupid) introductory list and some other (lame) basically spoken bits, on an indie album they released before I graduated college in May 1987. I think it probably came out 18 months or so earlier. It's the first non-major-label record I ever bought. I went to college in New Jersey, but I'm from Florida, and the only reason I'd ever heard the band was that MMR in Philadelphia used to play them. (That radio station in the mid-80s may be the thing I've missed most from NJ.)
Listening to this version now, I can see why you don't like the song. This version is just not as good -- the first one was not so mean-spirited and insulting. Too bad. I loved that album, and was not very impressed with the (two?) major label discs they released.
steve
· 1 year ago
That first album was called "Walkin' On The Water" and came out in late 1986. Yep, the verison of "I'm not your man" on that album was better. I still have it on cassette!! Like most others they succumbed to being gussied up to get on the radio. It worked.
His best work was his blues album when he was called "Tommy Conwell and The Little Kings". They have an album called "Sho' Gone Crazy" that was recorded live in the studio and is some of the best good-time blues out there. He would come to he 8X10 club in Baltimore and I spent many a drunken night dancing to their shows....
steed
· 1 year ago
Yeah, I own Walkin' on the Water and just pulled it out to listen to it. Both of you are absolutely correct - that version is much better than the single version in '88. Great call! If nothing else, I think his vocals are so much better on the original version.
AJH
· 11 months ago
well, my dad is the guitar player from the 1982 band Conductor. Wanna know more?
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You'd be looking for this one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhqx1yIN5rI
Tommy Conwell's "If We Never Meet Again" was written by Jules Shear a la Bangles and Cyndi Lauper songs so it definitely stood out, even if that lightening didn't strike thrice as intended.
It was released on Montage Records, a label I'm not familiar with.
I'm not a HUGE fan of that Tommy Conwell album, but it got spun enough during my record store days for me to at least have fond memories of it. That said, however, the Reckless Sleepers' recording of "If We Never Meet Again" is decidedly superior to Conwell's.
I was initially surprised Lovers in a Dangerous Time didn't make it, but no such luck.
It appeared, without the (stupid) introductory list and some other (lame) basically spoken bits, on an indie album they released before I graduated college in May 1987. I think it probably came out 18 months or so earlier. It's the first non-major-label record I ever bought. I went to college in New Jersey, but I'm from Florida, and the only reason I'd ever heard the band was that MMR in Philadelphia used to play them. (That radio station in the mid-80s may be the thing I've missed most from NJ.)
Listening to this version now, I can see why you don't like the song. This version is just not as good -- the first one was not so mean-spirited and insulting. Too bad. I loved that album, and was not very impressed with the (two?) major label discs they released.
His best work was his blues album when he was called "Tommy Conwell and The Little Kings". They have an album called "Sho' Gone Crazy" that was recorded live in the studio and is some of the best good-time blues out there. He would come to he 8X10 club in Baltimore and I spent many a drunken night dancing to their shows....