I get really annoyed when people (not MY people) claim the Searchers are best known for "covering other people's songs." So what if they use their beautiful musical style to breathe new life into what was a less than steller previous performance! I daresay most successful recording musicians do not compose all of their own music.admin wrote:An excellent point Einar and but another example of how the group made songs their own and breathed new life into them. A much more inviting song for me compared to the US version here and a softer side of the Hippy Hippy Shake gang.The Genes goes straight into the melody's strongest part (Accept me for what I am...) and uses that as the song's key signature
Enjoyed SWJ Moe Kicked the Bucket -- and the wonderful Brit accents all the while they are singing! Thanks, Sheena for sharing it! We had Good Golly, Hippy Hippy Shake, and sorry to say nothing that I can recall after that from these lads!
However, now having made Brit friends on YouTube, I have found that we, on the US side of pond, were robbed of more of your 60's Brit music than any of us ever could imagine!! So precious little Searchers music (top of my Personal all time list of musicians) that I am now, at last, getting my Searchers music (that include my hero, Chris) ....40+ years later!! Yes, we had the Beatles, Gerry, Animals, Hollies, P&G, SBJ, Kinks, Stones, Cliff, Herman, Yardbirds, and others I can't quite recall and about a half dozen of the ladies -- but my friend, Gary, has introduced me to so many others who never made it across the pond!!! None like The Searchers, but definitely better than US offerings.....just my never to be humble opinion! I'm a die-hard Brit Invas. fan. I want all that British music, and I want it delivered!!!! Thank you, Brits, your music has brought a lot of joy to the the hearts of the Americans. More than you know!