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Post by italianrover on Oct 16, 2006 7:58:55 GMT -5
sweet scarlet is my fav too
that and How can I tell you
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Post by Huru on Oct 16, 2006 21:52:08 GMT -5
No expert, but possibly Wild World was so popular because many people can identify with being very young and making mistakes & the song takes them back in time to some vulnerable memories or emotions they may have experienced. Usually songs get popular when people can feel connected to the meaning behind the song, except the dance stuff which doesn't even have to make sense at all. I liked Wild World because at one time I was finding out just how cold it could be out there & I could really relate to that song. I still like Wild World, but it is much farther down my list now. It's okay if you don't like Wild World  I don't like everything he ever did either, though the ones I do like are engraved in my heart . |
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Post by Ruins on Oct 17, 2006 5:49:44 GMT -5
I hate "Sweet Scarlet"
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Post by Deleted on Oct 17, 2006 6:14:38 GMT -5
I won't hold it against you ;-) |
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Post by Ruins on Oct 17, 2006 7:26:49 GMT -5
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Post by italianrover on Oct 19, 2006 14:01:30 GMT -5
i was listening to a cat comp today in my car, and while father and son is a song that now i can easily skip on, wild world still remain to me a timeless masterpiece that i never get tired of listening to it
that and sweet scarlet :-
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Post by Daddy-o on Oct 19, 2006 15:47:15 GMT -5
Agree italianrover entirely re. Wild World although I think Father & Son is also timeless and one of Cat's best songs. Beauty is in the ear of the beholder I guess. There are some songs that come to mind, such as Silent Sunlight for example, that I never used to think a great deal of. I find that hearing them these days with an older and more mellow ear, I can appreciate them. It almost sounds like a hymn which I never picked up on as a youth. But interesting, Wild World you just cannot beat and as others so rightly point out, it was THE song that made Cat a star in the US. Beth Orton did cover Wild World in 2003 which is recommended. The line in Sweet Scarlet that I don't care for much but love at the same time is "Two eyes like lights, milky marble whites".
Ciao
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Post by italianrover on Oct 19, 2006 16:36:41 GMT -5
beth orton... i'm beth orton fan number one in the world... do you know where i can find her version of wild world?? i think is on some not official recording, right?
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Post by Ruins on Oct 19, 2006 18:58:27 GMT -5
i have beth orton's version
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Post by Daddy-o on Oct 20, 2006 1:08:40 GMT -5
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Post by 1976 on Oct 20, 2006 1:15:53 GMT -5
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Post by michaelb on Oct 20, 2006 6:19:19 GMT -5
It is a great song, you probably consider it over rated as it is a song that commercial radio has picked up and thrashed to death. This would be because of its very effective and catchy hookline
Oh baby baby it's a wild world.
It's hard to get by upon a smile girl.....
Great commercial radio stuff and it has stood the test of time.
The same could be said about so many other Cat songs but it seems that this is one that commercial radio has sunk its teeth into.
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Post by italianrover on Oct 20, 2006 6:32:37 GMT -5
thanx for the link how come i missed this? what a beth orton - cat stevens fan am I?? |
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Post by Daddy-o on Oct 20, 2006 10:36:50 GMT -5
These things do have a tendency to slip by unnoticed. It's still around.
Have a great weekend.
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Post by Lucy13 on Oct 20, 2006 19:12:49 GMT -5
I kinda like Maxi Priest's version. |
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Post by Daddy-o on Oct 21, 2006 12:30:38 GMT -5
Maxi Priests was good, long and saxy, I think Jimmy Cliff did it proud. A unique vocal and of course Cat on piano.
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Post by bernadette on Oct 21, 2006 19:26:20 GMT -5
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I don't like everything he ever did either, though the ones I do like are engraved in my heart .
