why were 60's female artists known for their poorer tracks?... i guess then, like now, popular doesnt equate to 'good'.

 

sandie shaw known for 'puppet on a string' and 'theres always something there to remind me', when i reckon her best tracks were 'run', 'tonight in tokyo' and 'girl dont come' (no dirty jokes please).lol.

 

dusty known for 'you dont have to say you love me', 'i only wanna be with you', 'son of a preacher man'.... but i reckon her best was 'going back', little by little' (VERY underrated), 'some of your loving', 'losing you'.

 

lulu known for 'shout', 'im a tiger', her best easily 'to sir with love' 'the boat that i row', and 'me the peaceful heart'.

 

cilla known for 'alfie', 'anyone who had a heart' (which was good), 'youre my world' but her best was 'loves just a broken heart','its for you', and the superb 'ive been wrong before'.

 

pet clarke known for 'sailor' and 'downtown', best is 'colour my world', 'the other mans grass' (both non hits) 'i know a place'

why were 60's female artists known for their poorer tracks?... i guess then, like now, popular doesnt equate to 'good'.

 

Sandie Shaw - I really like Always Something There To Remind Me (wasn't it featured in the 80's film Letter To Breznev too?) and Long Live love.

 

Dusty - I prefer her stuff with the Springfields but I do think Son Of A Preacher Man is a classic.

 

Lulu - I agree - To Sir With Love is a classic but I like her later cover of The Man Who Sold The World

 

Cilla - although I can't stand her (I don't know one Liverpudlian who does like her) people will find it hard to believe that she had a fantastic voice before she had that nose job. My favourites from her are Love Of The Loved and Its For You.

 

I really don't know too many Petula Clarke songs but I do like the ones you mentioned.

 

I don't think you can mention female singers from the 60's without mentioning the best of all - Judith Durham from the Seekers. OK - so she was a singer in a band rather than a soloist but the Seekers would have been nothing without her fronting them.

 

Norma

 

 

 

sandie shaw known for 'puppet on a string' and 'theres always something there to remind me', when i reckon her best tracks were 'run', 'tonight in tokyo' and 'girl dont come' (no dirty jokes please).lol.

 

I think Sandie's finest moments all came in the 80s - her FABULOUS pairing with The Smiths for 'Hand In Glove' (just..... wow wow wow) and her single 'Nothing Less Than Brilliant'...and the accompanying album (forgot the title) were, IMO, her finest ever.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmugzUxSdj0

surely on of the best ever TOTP appearances....

I think Sandie's finest moments all came in the 80s - her FABULOUS pairing with The Smiths for 'Hand In Glove' (just..... wow wow wow) and her single 'Nothing Less Than Brilliant'...and the accompanying album (forgot the title) were, IMO, her finest ever.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmugzUxSdj0

surely on of the best ever TOTP appearances....

 

actually i do agree, it was most probably her 'coolest' track too... but i find it hard to compare 60's with 80's post punk indie...

I don't think you can mention female singers from the 60's without mentioning the best of all - Judith Durham from the Seekers. OK - so she was a singer in a band rather than a soloist but the Seekers would have been nothing without her fronting them.

 

Norma

 

oh dear...lol

 

she wasnt a solo artiste as you say, but dispite a decent voice i couldnt stand her or the seekers... even by 60's standards they were very very bland, very square both in fashion and music, which in the swinging 60's made them stand out as the sort of group 'nice' people like soft christians would like! :lol: total contrast to everything else happening around them.

oh dear...lol

 

she wasnt a solo artiste as you say, but dispite a decent voice i couldnt stand her or the seekers... even by 60's standards they were very very bland, very square both in fashion and music, which in the swinging 60's made them stand out as the sort of group 'nice' people like soft christians would like! :lol: total contrast to everything else happening around them.

 

Judith Durham had well more than a 'decent' voice. I'd say her voice in the 60's was comparable to Karen Carpenter in the 70's (ok - not quite as good - but better than a lot of her 60's contemporaries). And I don't consider myself a soft Christian (not even a hard one! :lol: ) but I can't help liking Georgie Girl (partly because of the film - it is one of the iconic films of the time), World Without Love, The Carnival Is Over and Island of Dreams (yes - I like their version probably as much as the Springfields).

 

Norma

 

 

Judith Durham had well more than a 'decent' voice. I'd say her voice in the 60's was comparable to Karen Carpenter in the 70's (ok - not quite as good - but better than a lot of her 60's contemporaries). And I don't consider myself a soft Christian (not even a hard one! :lol: ) but I can't help liking Georgie Girl (partly because of the film - it is one of the iconic films of the time), World Without Love, The Carnival Is Over and Island of Dreams (yes - I like their version probably as much as the Springfields).

 

Norma

 

yeah a fair comparison to karen... but i couldnt take to the seekers at all.. i prefer music that has something to say , or something that is more generally (but not exclusively) then a 'pretty sound'. its not about being 'cool', its just about taste and dont forget, our great musical heritage wasnt built on 'confetti pop'... :)

 

anyway... each to their own!

I think Sandie's finest moments all came in the 80s - her FABULOUS pairing with The Smiths for 'Hand In Glove' (just..... wow wow wow) and her single 'Nothing Less Than Brilliant'...and the accompanying album (forgot the title) were, IMO, her finest ever.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmugzUxSdj0

surely on of the best ever TOTP appearances....

 

was wondering when the Morrissey fans would turn up :lol: :lol:

 

Sandie Shaw (Morrissey's) Please help the cause against lonliness

 

 

and damn!!! missing Sophie Ellis Bextor do Yes sir i can boogie!!!

 

I know what you mean MushyMan

 

Sandie - For me her best were I'll Stop At Nothing - Message Understood - Think Sometimes About Me

 

Dusty - I agree with you about Losing You and Goin' Back. I also think other greats were All I See Is You, In The Middle Of Nowhere and Stay Awhile

 

Lulu - I prefer - Let's Pretend along with the B-Side To Sir With Love (from the film and a US#1), The Boat That I Row - Boy

 

Cilla - I again agree with Love's Just A Broken Heart (easily my favourite) and also Surround Yourself With Sorrow.

Also most people seem to think that Anyone Who Had A Heart was her first single and it wasn't - Her first single was the Lennon & McCartney song Love Of The Loved that peaked at #35 in late 1963

Edited March 9, 200817 yr by Euro Music