Catherine Posted April 7, 2004 Report Share Posted April 7, 2004 I have the MP3 for "Dancing in the Moonlight" from both Van Morrison and King Harvest. They sound SO MUCH alike it's unbelievable. I kept going back and forth between songs. I absolutely cannot tell the difference! :: Someone please tell me if in fact two DIFFERENT people are singing this song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catherine Posted April 7, 2004 Author Report Share Posted April 7, 2004 I somehow managed to get both songs playing at exactly the same time: Van Morrison on Media Player and King Harvest on Creative Player. There was no difference in voice, timing, pitch, speed, etc. They're the same person aren't they? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minky Posted April 7, 2004 Report Share Posted April 7, 2004 Well, King Harvest were (according to my, admittedly casual, research) Altback, Sherman, Robinson, Tuleja, Cahill, Novak and Montgomery. George Ivan Morrison has, as far as I know, always called himself Van Morrison. So, yes, the two versions should, by rights, feature different singers. Is it possible, Catherine, that what you believe to be Van Morrison's version is in fact King Harvest's original (or vice versa) and that you are, in fact, trying to compare the song with itself?! Never been a great fan of Van The Man. To my (tiny) mind, the best thing about him was the name of his ex-wife, Janet Planet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Posted April 7, 2004 Report Share Posted April 7, 2004 I somehow managed to get both songs playing at exactly the same time: Van Morrison on Media Player and King Harvest on Creative Player. There was no difference in voice, timing, pitch, speed, etc. They're the same person aren't they? Cath, you downloaded those, right? I suspect someone mis-credited Van Morrison to the song "Dancing In The Moonlight". What you are listening to is King Harvest on both MP3's. The one titled Van Morrison is actually King Harvest. This is common as, Van sang "Moondance". Moon, Dance? People screw that up all the time and it gets misleading. Ken. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minky Posted April 7, 2004 Report Share Posted April 7, 2004 Re-visiting this, I think you're right Ken. And, in fact, Van Morrison is incorrectly credited with performing this song all over the Web. Just shows you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catherine Posted April 8, 2004 Author Report Share Posted April 8, 2004 I suppose that could be possible, because the voices were identical...but how did this King Harvest single end up on a complete Van Morrison CD? :: Let me explain: I grabbed the King Harvest version 2 years ago from the entire "AM Gold Collection". I grabbed Dancing in the Moonlight and a bunch of 70?s tunes ? only the ones I wanted. This morning, Van Morrison's entire "The Best Of Van Morrison (Remastered)" CD was posted. I grabbed only the songs I wanted from the CD; Dancing in the Moonlight came off this album. The songs on Van Morrison's CD were, in this order: 01. Baby Please Don?t Go 02. Gloria 03. Here Comes The Night 04. Mystic Eyes 05. Brown Eyed Girl 06. And It Stoned Me 07. Dancing In The Moonlight 08. Moondance 09. Into The Mystic 10. Domino 11. Blue Money 12. Wild Night 13. Tupelo Honey 14. Jackie Wilson Said 15. Bright Side Of The Road 16. Crazy Love 17. Full Force Gale 18. Dweller On The Threshold 19. Cleaning Windows 20. Queen Of The Slipstream 21. Have I Told You Lately Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catherine Posted April 8, 2004 Author Report Share Posted April 8, 2004 Okay, I am not losing my mind! Someone else is a total idiot! Whomever posted Van Morrison's entre CD ADDED the King Harvest song - when it isn't actually on the CD. And notice the track listing I previously posted and the real one below - the songs are in a different order. I just looked up the CD and here is the REAL track listing. I do not see Dancing in the Moonlight anywhere - OR Tupelo Honey. 01. Bright Side Of The Road 02. Gloria 03. Moondance 04. Baby Please Don't Go 05. Have I Told You Lately 06. Brown Eyed Girl 07. Sweet Thing 08. Warm Love 09. Wonderful Remark 10. Jackie Wilson Said (I'm In Heaven When You Smile) 11. Full Force Gale 12. And It Stoned Me 13. Here Comes The Night 14. Domino 15. Did Ye Get Healed 16. Wild Night 17. Cleaning Windows 18. Whenever God Shines His Light 19. Queen Of The Slipstream 20. Dweller On The Threshold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Posted April 8, 2004 Report Share Posted April 8, 2004 For all you young songwriters and musicians, be careful who you sing for. There are lots of people waiting to steal your songs. Kenny Laguna told us the story of that one: "I was in a band with a friend of mine. The band was called The Nighthawks. He'd been in a band called Buffalongo, and Buffalongo had this song called 'Dancin' In The Moonlight.' So now, it's the '70, Disco is hot, Bubblegum is dead and I'm starving. We get this idea, we brought it in to RCA. We did it for RCA and these guys stole our idea. The next thing I know, there was another RCA band that had the hit. We didn't control the song, it had already been out, it wasn't our song." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minky Posted April 8, 2004 Report Share Posted April 8, 2004 As I understand it, 'Dancing In the Moonlight' was written for Boffalongo by Ron Altback. He later, jointly, formed King Harvest who went on to have a hit with it. I would have thought if anyone is entitled to enjoy success with a song, it's the person that actually wrote it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minky Posted April 9, 2004 Report Share Posted April 9, 2004 Actually, Sherman Kelly wrote it, but he was in King Harvest too, so same logic applies. I'll shuttup now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicole19111 Posted April 26, 2004 Report Share Posted April 26, 2004 I have a story about this song and Sherman Kelly. My mother and her 5 siblings grew up in the sixties and seventies in Cambridge, Massachusetts. They lived in a triple decker house, and Sherman Kelly lived on the floor above them with his girlfriend, Charlotte. King Harvest would practice "Dancing in the Moonlight" day and night, and my aunt recalls having to fall asleep to the song being played live by the band above her bedroom, each and every night. Sherman and Charlotte invited Lisa(my aunt), who must have been maybe 5 years old, to plant tomatoes in their apartment one day, and she said that they were two really cool hippies with an apartment that reeked of pot. They last heard that Sherman hanged himself, but they didn't know if it was true. Does anyone know? I thought this was a funny story. I found this board on google, trying to find info is Sherman did indeed commit suicide. Thanks! Nicole Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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