edna Posted September 9, 2004 Report Posted September 9, 2004 I found a version of Bread´s hit (writen by David gates in 1972) Everything I own performed by boris gardiner and called "Elizabethean reggae", from 1970 and credited to some Binge. Anybody knows anything about it? How comes he made it two years before it was supposed to be written and why has it another name? Sounds like Boy George´s version...
Uncle Joe Posted September 9, 2004 Report Posted September 9, 2004 I don't know, Edna...BUT...listening to Bread's version I can see how it could easily be re-done in a reggae style. I'm bumpin' and movin' to it in my mind. Much more reaction than I ever got from Bread's original.
skook Posted September 9, 2004 Report Posted September 9, 2004 I wish Bread was still together so I could be a BreadHead and follow them around selling grill cheeses.
Uncle Joe Posted September 9, 2004 Report Posted September 9, 2004 I wish Bread was still together so I could be a BreadHead and follow them around selling grill cheeses. LMAO! Wearing a plain white apron?
skook Posted September 9, 2004 Report Posted September 9, 2004 The apron would have to have the Wonder Bread logo.
edna Posted September 10, 2004 Author Report Posted September 10, 2004 All right, but that doesn´t answer my question: why BG sang in 1970 a song written two years later and why is it credited to Binge and not to David Gates? Does anybody there know something about it?
Denmark Street Posted September 10, 2004 Report Posted September 10, 2004 This is confusing, but maybe it'll help. First, the song was definitely written by David Gates in 1972 There is a well known reggae version of "Everything I Own", but its not by Boris Gardiner. Its by Ken Boothe, and it was very successful, becoming a number one hit in the UK in 1974. Boris Gardiner was the bass player in The Upsetters, an extremely famous 70s Jamaican reggae band, but he had a pretty limited solo career as a singer. Ronald Binge was a song writer and band leader specializing in easy listening 'muzak' and incidental tunes for movies. One of his better known pieces is called "Elizabethan Serenade".. I would hazard a guess that maybe the Boris Gardiner track is either incorrectly titled or credited.
_Annabelle_ Posted September 10, 2004 Report Posted September 10, 2004 Oops looks like Denmark Street beat me to it. :: I believe "Elizabethan Reggae" was a reggae version of "Elizabethan Serenade" (1951) a classical work by Ronald Binge though it was re-arranged and performed by Boris Gardiner around 1970. Is the tune the same as "Everything I Own" or the lyrics?? The two might not be the same song.
edna Posted September 10, 2004 Author Report Posted September 10, 2004 Denmark Street, I guess you´re more than right... I got this strange version on a strange compilation CD of oldies, and there must be some fuss on the information, or the ones who wrote the credits were somewhere else, etc. Thanks!
edna Posted September 10, 2004 Author Report Posted September 10, 2004 yes, music and lyrics are exactely the same than "Everything etc". Thanks for your knowledge!
_Annabelle_ Posted September 10, 2004 Report Posted September 10, 2004 Ahh, then Denmark is right and the track has been wrongly credited. Glad I could be of any assistance.
Denmark Street Posted September 10, 2004 Report Posted September 10, 2004 ...or maybe what you've got is actually the Ken Boothe version and nothing to do with Boris Gardiner!
edna Posted September 12, 2004 Author Report Posted September 12, 2004 Thanks, Denmark and Annabelle, you´ve been of great help! I think I found out, it was a mistake from the cd compilators: in the 72´s compilation they put the Ken Boothe version!
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