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PostPosted: Thu Jun 17, 2021 1:43 pm    Post subject: I wanna hold your hand Reply with quote

Does anyone know why the Sparks have chosen to interpret again this already dull Beatles song in such a syrupy way.
I am very surprised that this song that I already disliked when performed by the Beatles was selected for the best of the Sparks' past tense
In my opinion this song can only be listened to thanks to the ironic message from the Sparks that I feel in Russell's way of singing it. It reminds me of the David Bowie's singing the Beatles' Across the Universe, which I also find it extremely hard to appreciate if it is not a parody.
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 17, 2021 3:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

this was one the gruesome things Sparks recorded 75-78...
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 17, 2021 4:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I agree, not their finest hour.
TBH, while Russell is a superb interpreter of Ron's sings, I'm not convinced of his ability to interpret other song writers' work.
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PostPosted: Sun Jun 20, 2021 3:01 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Funny I posted the song on this guys FB page who was listing rare Beatles covers ! He was ultra Impressed . :). He had never heard it before..

Was it Rupert Holmes that produced it . I think so. The same guy who watered down the original Big Beat sessions with his keep it smooth style..


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PostPosted: Sun Jun 20, 2021 11:37 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I hope the Sparks didn't have to pay royalties to cover this awful song and they will all their lives long be paid in royalties for the songs they have composed!!!!!!... I don't know who this Beatles song copyright goes to ...If I am not mistaken, Paul Mac Cartney has no more to do with Beatles' copyright.. Anyway I think that the Mael brothers are also good managers and anyway much more closer as brothers than the Beatles' members...
No, this song is no Beatles' song rare song ... On the contrary it already appeared in the mid seventies in an album dedicated to their success of their period 1962-66 ...
The years 63-64 when Beatlemanias' little girls would have dreamt of throwing themselves on each Beatles' member were particularly dullen as for their inspiration in lyrics, even if commercially extremely successful.
I neither know Rupert Holmes nor the job of popstars' producer, but if he specializes in syrupy covers made by famous bands of boring songs from earlier famous singers, he must have made a lot of money.
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 22, 2021 11:06 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Rupert Holmes is best known in the UK for the pina colada song.
It's OK the first couple of times, then starts to grate.

https://youtu.be/Xb6l38eP-4w
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 08, 2021 2:45 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I really like the cover... smileheadphones
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PostPosted: Fri Jun 02, 2023 11:42 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I idea to cover this song came from the Mael's, as was the the idea to use Rupert Holmes as producer. It was supposed to be a Russell duet with Marianne Faithfull. She apparently pulled of the session which was already booked and Rupert had prepared the orchestral arrangement.
For further info check out the chapter on 'Big Beat' on Ruud Swart's superb 'fanmael' site.
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 24, 2023 10:50 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Must admit it's always baffled me. Could never work out why they covered 'Do Re Mi' either. I confess that I'm on auto-alert to skip over those whenever I listen to those otherwise extremely fine albums.
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 30, 2023 6:57 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Do Re Mi is wonderful live.
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 30, 2023 7:39 am    Post subject: L Reply with quote

Eric Murray wrote:
Do Re Mi is wonderful live.


It certainly is...I have a vague notion I read...it was a warm up tune before gigs and went down so well it became part of their stable.
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 30, 2023 1:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

It’s like - It’s a Sparks Show Tonight
Absolutely fantastic and I hope it will be played on the 50 years anniversary tour in 2024
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PostPosted: Wed Nov 01, 2023 10:51 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Eric Murray wrote:
Do Re Mi is wonderful live. skibidi toilet

It began as a warm-up song before shows and quickly became a staple in their repertoire.
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 02, 2024 5:12 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I quite like the joke behind Sparks' version of IWTHYH, and it sort-of adds to its quirkiness that it's a bit of an odd cul-de-sac in their career. And if it wasn't for the single release, we wouldn't have its smashing b-side, England!

I agree that Do Re Mi works better live than on the album. Didn't it used to lead in to Angst In My Pants?

Of their few other cover versions, We Are The Clash is an interesting reinterpretation. It's hardly an obvious choice for a song to be given the Lil B / HYL - era sound.
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 24, 2024 5:25 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

mowkiss wrote:
Eric Murray wrote:
Do Re Mi is wonderful live. word hurdle

It began as a warm-up song before shows and quickly became a staple in their repertoire.

I also really like this song
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 16, 2024 10:33 am    Post subject: I Wanna Hold Your Hand Reply with quote

leslie hanagan wrote:
I idea to cover this song came from the Mael's, as was the the idea to use Rupert Holmes as producer. It was supposed to be a Russell duet with Marianne Faithfull. She apparently pulled of the session which was already booked and Rupert had prepared the orchestral arrangement.
For further info check out the chapter on 'Big Beat' on Ruud Swart's superb 'fanmael' site.


What is also interesting about this choice of a potential Beatles cover duet was that the film "All This And World War II" was released around Oct 1976 with a soundtrack made up entirely of Beatles covers made by well known artists. Its possible that there was some thought to this cover being placed forward for it perhaps? The film soundtrack was to have included original Beatles material but the success of movie soundtracks at the time prompted the record company to use a lot of artists covers including the hit single by Elton John of "Lucy In The Sky..."

In the UK the Sparks Island single was deleted the day after it s release... mighty strange!!! If you have a copy, as I do, its not completely rare but certainly not easy to find the 7inch. The brilliant b side of "England" was re-released in the UK with "I Like Girls" from the the less than successful "Big Beat" LP.
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PostPosted: Wed Sep 18, 2024 7:30 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

It was released on 19th March 1976*. EMI had released a set of 23 Beatles singles on 5th March (all of which charted I believe). Island felt that as the market was swamped by so much Beatles product, it was not worth pursuing the official release, although they released 2 different promo singles.

*According to the Island press release sheet.
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