(#2006-2248) - Topics this issue:

     1) Um, seriously, <comebacksoon@hotmail.com>
     2) Babs Remarks, <parasonic@fromru.com>

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Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2006 10:05:37 +0000
From: "Peter Frans" <comebacksoon@hotmail.com>
Subject: RE:  Um, seriously

I think that the confusion regarding these lead vocals is caused by Barry’s 
versatility.

Regards,
Peter


>
>Are we  sure that's Maurice on the first verse of "Daytime Girl"? Not   
>Barry?
>   First time I heard the song, I thought it was Barry as well but  Joe (on
>his website) says it's Maurice with Robin. On one of the live chats  
>Maurice did
>a few years ago, he said the song was sung by himself and Barry.  That led 
>me
>to wonder how he could've confused Robin with Barry since it's  clearly 
>Robin
>dominating the vocal from the second verse on. It could be an  alternate 
>take
>of the song may exist with Maurice and Barry singing  together but for the
>version of the song that's on the "Horizontal" album, if  Joe says it's 
>Maurice
>and Robin on vocals, that's what I'll go by even though my  ears tell me 
>it's
>Barry.
>
>
>The second verse of "Please Read Me" is Robin and the third is  Barry.  Thr
>first verse is tough to decipher. My guess, a blend of  Robin and  Barry,
>which
>appears to be a carry-over vocal they utilized  from the  Australian
>recordings
>for certain lead vocals e.g "You  Wouldn't  Know"
>
>   I considered a blending of the vocals a distinct possibility -- the  
>lead
>vocals on the song sound like it's been double tracked. There are  times 
>when I
>play the song that I think it is Barry and Robin but more times  than not
>when I play the song and listen to the way the lyrics are phrased  while 
>being
>sung, I think it's Maurice I'm hearing and not Barry and/or  Robin.
>
>Peace,
>Frank
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Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2006 06:13:36 -0400
From: Edward Vlasov <parasonic@fromru.com>
Subject: Re:  Babs Remarks

lbc> It would be interesting to hear some of your suggestions on
lbc> which artists could have recorded the songs on Guilty Pleasures
lbc> besides Barbra. I'll start it off....

lbc> All The Children, Whitney Tabloids Houston.

lbc> zip

Michael Jackson maybe?

Eddy


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