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"Jesse"

Carly Simon

Written by Carly Simon.

From her 1980 album "Come Upstairs", it was also te first single released, B-sided by "Stardust".

James Taylor and their daughter, Sally Taylor, sing backup vocals.

It made #11 on Billboard Hot 100 and #8 on Billboard Adult Contemporary chart. It was certified Gold by the RIAA.

The song is told in first-person about the narrator's disdain for her former lover, Jesse, who has just moved back to town. She vows to have nothing to do with him, "Don't let him near me, don't let him touch me, don't let him please me," she sings. She asks her friends to remind her of how he has wronged her, because she fears she'll end up letting her guard down and fall back under his spell. She ends up going back on her promise to herself and the two rekindle their romance. "Jesse, quick come here, I won't tell a soul", "Jesse, that you've come back to me, my friends will all say 'She's gone again'", she sings. She then seeks to comfort her friends because they don't approve. "My friends, let's comfort them, they're feeling bad, they think I've sunk so low," she sings

Inspired by "La Mathilde", a song of Belgian singer Jacques Brel.

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"Jesse"

Carly Simon

Written by Carly Simon.

From her 1980 album "Come Upstairs", it was also te first single released, B-sided by "Stardust".

James Taylor and their daughter, Sally Taylor, sing backup vocals.

It made #11 on Billboard Hot 100 and #8 on Billboard Adult Contemporary chart. It was certified Gold by the RIAA.

Inspired by "La Mathilde", a song of Belgian singer Jacques Brel.

Was released on 28 Nov 1980 here in the Yook but failed to chart :thumbsup:

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"Where Did My Spring Go"

The Kinks

Written by Ray Davies.

A track of their 1973 album, "The Great Lost Kinks Album", a copilation of unreleased songs.

.. issued by Reprise Records after The Kinks had moved to RCA. The tracks were recorded between 1966 and 1970 and master tapes were shipped to the US Reprise Label in the early 1970s to fulfill contractual obligations with that label.

It was written for British television.

Wasn't released as a single.

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The Songfactor's Personal Top 10: Chutzpah

 

This week there is 6(six) songs needing facts.

 

Chutzpah's Personal Top 10

 

1. Golden Void – Hawkwind

 

 

2. Like An Inca – Neil Young

 

 

 

3. Gypsy's Kiss – Deep Purple 

 

 

 

4. New York City – John Lennon

 

 

 

5. You Talk Too Much – George Thorogood

 

 

6- Laugh At Me – Mott The Hoople

 

 

 

7. One More F***ing Time – Motorhead

 

 

 

8. Boot Hill – Stevie Ray Vaughan

 

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¿How can I just make a list? I didn't want the colour nor the bars...
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"Golden Void"

Hawkwind

Written by Dave Brock.

 

A track of their 1975 LP "Warrior ON The Edge  of Time".

 

It wasn't released as a single.

 

(from wikipedia)

"The Golden Void" segues from "Assault and Battery", and the two songs are often performed live as a pair as on the albums Palace Springs (1991) and Canterbury Fayre 2001. The song is a popular live number, being performed occasionally over the years, and has appeared on numerous live albums, sometimes under the title "Void of Golden Light", as on 1994's The Business Trip.

 

 

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Gypsy's Kiss- Deep Purple

From the album Perfect Strangers released in 1984. 

 

New York City- John Lennon & The Elephant's Memory Band

 

From the album Some Time In New York City. Released in 1972. The song was inspired by John's move to New York City in 1971. Sort of autobiographical. Real names and places of people John met in New York City.

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One More F*^#ing Time- Motorhead

From The album We Are Motorhead. Released in 2000. Obviously not released as a single. :lol:

 

Boot Hill- Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble

From the album The Sky Is Crying. Released in 1991 about a year after Stevie Ray Vaughan's death. One of those author unknown songs.

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Hear My Train A Comin- Jimi Hendrix

From the album Blues. Released in 1994. This live version, recorded May 30, 1970 at the Berkley Community Theater was originally released posthumously in 1971 on the album Rainbow Bridge. 

 

Laugh At Me- Mott The Hoople

From the album Mott the Hoople. Released in Europe in 1969 and the US in 1970. Originally written and sung by Sonny Bono. The song was covered again by Ian Hunter and released in 1980 on Welcome To The Club. 

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Chutz, you're great... :bow: :bow: :bow: 

Thank you!!!!!   :)  ;)

 

​You're very welcome Edna.:D I made some of this mess and I'm just trying to clean some of it up. :P And I get to learn some of this stuff.

Bottom- Tool

From the album Undertow. Released in 1993. The song was written by Tool and Henry Rollins. Henry Rollins is also a featured vocalist on the song. (go figure huh?)

You Talk Too Much- George Thorogood

From the album Born To Be Bad. Released in 1988. 

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The Songfactor's Choice Top 10 #408

 

This week there is 7(seven) songs needing facts.

 

Sonfactors' Choice Top Ten #408

1. Long Gone – George Thorogood (1985) 

2. Teenage Lament '74 – Alice Cooper (1973) 

3. Love Is Easy – Badfinger (1974) 

4. Hellcats Take The Highway – Steve Stevens (2008) 

5. Call The Doctor – J.J.Cale (1978)

6. Operator – Grateful Dead (1970) 

7. Stick And Stones – Manfred Mann (1964)

 

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If you have any info on any of the songs mentioned anywhere in this thread, please feel free to post your knowledge here. Submissions on songs will be collated and sent to the main site and you will receive credit for your contribution.

 

As always the Songfish thanks you

:guitar: :drummer: :rock:

 

 

 

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"Long Gone"

George Thorogood

 

 

Written by George Thorogood.

 

A track from his album "Maverick" by George Thorogood and the Destroyers.

Recorded in July 1984 and released in Janueary 1985.

 

allmusic said: "...the earthy sound catches all the band's primal energy from opener "Gear Jammer" to the wailing sax of "Long Gone". "

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"Teenage Lament '74"

Alice Cooper

 

 

Written by Alice Cooper and Neal Smith.

 

A track from his 1973 LP "Muscle of Love".

 

B-sided by " Hard Hearted Alice", it was released as a single in December 1973.

 

It made #12 on the UK Singles Charts and #48 on Billboard Hot 100, charting as well in Ireland, Australia and Germany.

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"Love Is Easy"

Badfinger

 

 

Written by Joey Molland.

 

A track from their 1974 LP "Badfinger".

 

Released as a single in 1974 B-sided by "My Heart Goes Out".

 

The single didn't chart and it was a commercial failure, yet it had good comments on some magazines.

 

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"Hellcats Take The Highway"

Steve Stevens

 

 

Written by Steve Stevens.

 

A track of his album "Memory Crash", from 2008.

 

According allmusic, "...a tune that would make Joe Satriani  proud, "Hellcats Take the Highway,"... "

 

Stevens was the guitar player for Billy Idol's band.

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Sonfactors' Choice Top Ten #409

 

This week there is 4(four) songs needing facts.

 

 

1. Glendale Train - New Riders Of The Purple Sage (1971) 

2. Every Morning - Sugar Ray (1999) 

3. Raised On Robbery - Joni Mitchell (1973) 

4. Out Of The Sun - Motorhead (1975) 

 

If you have any info on any of the songs mentioned anywhere in this thread, please feel free to post your knowledge here. Submissions on songs will be collated and sent to the main site and you will receive credit for your contribution.

 

As always the Songfish thanks you

:guitar: :drummer: :rock:

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"Glendale Train"

New Riders Of The Purple Sage

 

 

Written by John Dawson.

 A track of their album "Glendale Train", released in November 2013.

Recorded live at a radio broadcast on October 30, 1971 at the Taft Auditorium (Cincinatti, Ohio)

Jerry García plays pedal steel guitar.

 

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