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| Thread ID: 67793 | 2006-04-06 03:12:00 | Gene Pitney. | Cicero (40) | PC World Chat |
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| 444360 | 2006-04-06 13:51:00 | Back when I was a young fulla and trying to impress the ladies, I would shelve the Slayer and Motorhead albums and crank some Gene Pitney or Marty Robbins...It never did work too well.... heh heh heh, Songs about Gunfighters ROCK!!!!11111 And this one maybe the king of them all. When Liberty Valance rode to town the womenfolk would hide, they'd hide When Liberty Valance walked around the men would step aside 'cause the point of a gun was the only law that Liberty understood When it came to shootin' straight and fast---he was mighty good. >From out of the East a stranger came, a law book in his hand, a man The kind of a man the West would need to tame a troubled land 'cause the point of a gun was the only law that Liberty understood When it came to shootin' straight and fast---he was mighty good. Many a man would face his gun and many a man would fall The man who shot Liberty Valance, he shot Liberty Valance He was the bravest of them all. The love of a girl can make a man stay on when he should go, stay on Just tryin' to build a peaceful life where love is free to grow But the point of a gun was the only law that Liberty understood When the final showdown came at last, a law book was no good. Alone and afraid she prayed that he'd return that fateful night, aww that night When nothin' she said could keep her man from goin' out to fight >From the moment a girl gets to be full-grown the very first thing she learns When two men go out to face each other only one retur-r-r-ns Everyone heard two shots ring out, a shot made Liberty fall The man who shot Liberty Valance, he shot Liberty Valance He was the bravest of them all. The man who shot Liberty Valance, he shot Liberty Valance He was the bravest of them all. |
Metla (12) | ||
| 444361 | 2006-04-06 14:01:00 | R.I.P. Gene Pitney. When I was young you greatly improved my life with your songs. | zqwerty (97) | ||
| 444362 | 2006-04-06 14:34:00 | I met him whe he toured here - in 63/64? A truly nice guy indeed. He had enough hits then to be sorta famous, though made many more later. He was pleasant and friendly & definitely not up-himself. And his concert in the huge Dunedin Town Hall was simply electric. (True performers show up on stage, as opposed to studio musicians. Chris/personthingy will know. I've interviewed people who seemed to have nothing to say, then watched them sizzle on stage later.Don't get me started on who...) Gene Pitney was a performer, no question. I lost interest in his stuff - as the rest of the world did - for a while, then realised it had more going for it than just my nostalgia (We all like songs from our youth) & his particularly distinctive voice. So I started collecting his songs again. By now I've got quite a few. Seems like a good time to give them a burst again... |
Laura (43) | ||
| 444363 | 2006-04-06 16:05:00 | Wash your mouth out with soap, young Gregory! Your post comes just as I've discovered the lengthy one I wrote about Gene Pitney hasn't appeared. Yeah my comment was a bit callous. Apologies. PS - my proper name's spelled Gregori. |
Greg (193) | ||
| 444364 | 2006-04-06 17:05:00 | Well, certainly I realise Russian grandma would've understood Gregori much better than my version. (By the way, remind me what her name was) But do you use it here, or have you capitulated to the English version? I'm 4th generation here on all sides (The Otago goldfields lured 'em from everywhere in the 1860s) Consequently, I'm a mongrel with loads of varied ancestors to quote, depending on my mood at the time. It can be quite handy... As for their names, the Brit ancestors stayed Brits, of course. But my Scandinavian/German Frederich became Frederick. My Wilhelm turned William & my Johan was very soon John. Form-filling's the test. Do you do it right, or do you pick the format that's easily understood? |
Laura (43) | ||
| 444365 | 2006-04-06 17:29:00 | Well, certainly I realise Russian grandma would've understood Gregori much better than my version. By the way, remind me what her name wasLydia. And only my mum or my missus call me by my full name in moments of tenderness. :yuck: |
Greg (193) | ||
| 444366 | 2006-04-06 22:39:00 | Back when I was a young fulla and trying to impress the ladies, I would shelve the Slayer and Motorhead albums and crank some Gene Pitney or Marty Robbins...It never did work too well.... heh heh heh, Lmao .. its hard to imagine Metla the Crooner/Seducer But yeah, that song definitely rocks :) Gene Pitney is more my mothers type of music, but I must admit he can definitely perform |
Myth (110) | ||
| 444367 | 2006-04-06 23:01:00 | My wife still mocks me to this day about the night in the spa pool, bottle of wine, and Gene Pitney on the stereo.....muhahahahaha. | Metla (12) | ||
| 444368 | 2006-04-07 00:10:00 | My wife still mocks me to this day about the night in the spa pool, bottle of wine, and Gene Pitney on the stereo.....muhahahahaha. *sigh* Some people still need to learn the art of seduction and/or romance. It starts with Vangelis' "Love Theme" and ends with Stina Nordenstam's "Ask the Mountains", or Julee Cruise's "Falling". |
Greg (193) | ||
| 444369 | 2006-04-07 00:24:00 | *sigh* Some people still need to learn the art of seduction and/or romance. It starts with Vangelis' "Love Theme" and ends with Stina Nordenstam's "Ask the Mountains", or Julee Cruise's "Falling".For me it always started with innuendo... you can guess how it finished :D | Myth (110) | ||
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