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Post by A Thug Named Slickback on Jun 28, 2006 18:29:08 GMT -5
I've said it over and over again, but 1960s pop music is so good! "Build Me Up Buttercup" is a great pop tune from 1968. It's cool because it is a very upbeat, pop instrumental with soulful vocals; it's right on the boundary between pop and R&B (even though it didn't make the U.S. Soul Charts). I feel as though I had heard it several times before, but I really just discovered it a few months ago. I was blasting it in the car the other day. My friends hate all the old music I play -- they just can't appreciate anything made before the 1995. But IMO, that's when most of the best music was released LOL. UK: #2 Hot 100: #3 Holland: #12 Ireland: #3 Canada: #1 Australia: #2
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Post by SPaCeMaN SPiFF on Jun 29, 2006 11:55:15 GMT -5
a true classic ... but this song has been remade to DEATH. the remake by TORCH in the 80s is probably the earliest version i recall ever hearing. heard the original muuuuch later on. BYW, anyone know which version was in "there's something about mary"?? can't seem to remember if it was this one or someother version.
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Post by Pet Shop Boy on Jun 29, 2006 12:01:24 GMT -5
I do like 60's music, but I HATE HATE HATE this song. HATE IT!
So irritating and overplayed!
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Post by mst3k on Jun 29, 2006 17:01:33 GMT -5
This is alright, but I prefer their earlier hit "Baby, Now That I've Found You" (that one did make a brief appearance on the R&B chart, with its rawer vocals).
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Post by SPaCeMaN SPiFF on Jun 29, 2006 17:11:55 GMT -5
^ i like that too... albeit, in that case, i like the original over all the covers. (yes, even alison's version. )
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Post by flamethrower on Jul 11, 2006 21:56:10 GMT -5
Spiff, it's the Foundations version found in the "There's Something..." soundtrack.
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Post by giovannina on Oct 4, 2006 1:01:44 GMT -5
The original song is fun, and I've never heard a recorded cover version. But Clay Aiken kind of ruined The Foundations' original version for me when he sang an abridged version on American Idol 2, because he just put so much more life into it and his vocals were so much better. I would love for him to record the whole song and put it on one of his albums.
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Post by billcs on Oct 7, 2006 22:04:07 GMT -5
A 60's classic for sure... it's a definite pick-me-up. The Foundations were one of a handful of interracial groups to garner a few hits in the 60's.
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Post by FSUmcIL on Oct 10, 2006 22:11:56 GMT -5
A 60's classic for sure... it's a definite pick-me-up. The Foundations were one of a handful of interracial groups to garner a few hits in the 60's. a pick-me-up? the lyrics make me sad everytime I hear this song.
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Post by Wardly on Oct 11, 2006 15:59:37 GMT -5
VOMIT.
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Post by joker on Oct 16, 2006 14:53:11 GMT -5
Kinda corny and overdone, but I still enjoy it.
That sentence works for a lot of other 60s pop acts I like... Lovin' Spoonful, Beach Boys, etc.
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Post by SAY IT RIGHT on Dec 29, 2006 1:55:06 GMT -5
i love this from "there's something about mary"
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Post by trustypepper on Oct 4, 2020 7:19:38 GMT -5
Such a classic. The 60’s gave us so many timeless pop tunes like this one.
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