"Soldier of Love"?? Where is this from?

mojo_jojo · Post by **mojo_jojo** » Tue Dec 26, 2006 5:05 am

I stumbled on this. Was it ever on a record?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfQJIYkhdBM&mode=related&search=

Scastles · Post by **Scastles** » Tue Dec 26, 2006 5:30 am

Live at the BBC CD, Richard.

beefandbones · Post by **beefandbones** » Tue Dec 26, 2006 7:36 am

Soldier of Love would have been a great cover for With the Beatles. There are so many old rock warhorses on With the Beatles - I get tired of hearing Roll Over Beethoven, Money, and Please Mr. Postman no matter how good the version is or who it's by. I prefer Please Please Me's assortment of more obscure covers. Just my opinion.

I've got an Arthur Alexander album. He wrote some pretty good songs! Anna, Soldier of Love, You Better Move On, Shot of Rhythm and Blues... and he had a great voice, too.

mgauction · Post by **mgauction** » Tue Dec 26, 2006 3:39 pm

Lennon was a huge fan of Arthur Alexanders! The Beatles played several of his songs. There is a great video of The Beatles playing "Soldier of Love" on "Ready, Steady, Go!" Another largely Beatles influenced artist was Larry Williams. The Beatles recorded many of his songs "Bad Boy" "Dizzy Miss Lizzie" "Slow Down" and "Bony Moroney" (John Lennon). This is a 50s artist that has gotten lost in R&R history!

lennonon · Post by **lennonon** » Tue Dec 26, 2006 4:45 pm

Great song. Classic moment. I agree that some of the earlier albums could have been punched up with some more R-n-B covers, but I guess they had to make room for "A Taste of HOney" and "'till there Was You"...

mgauction · Post by **mgauction** » Tue Dec 26, 2006 6:25 pm

Soldier of Love on youtube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfQJIYkhdBM

rictified · Post by **rictified** » Tue Dec 26, 2006 7:33 pm

Yeah I wonder why they never recorded it also, is a great tune, would have been of one their better ones.

winston · Post by **winston** » Tue Dec 26, 2006 8:04 pm

That was great. Thanks Richard for posting that.

lennonon · Post by **lennonon** » Tue Dec 26, 2006 8:04 pm

This is not a real video, but an interesting outfake. Pretty good job. I do not believe there is any video of The Beatles actually performing this song. The audio is the BBC audio.

winston · Post by **winston** » Tue Dec 26, 2006 8:26 pm

Now that you mention it Michael, I did notice that the video and the music were out of sync.

Interesting "fab"rication.

mgauction · Post by **mgauction** » Tue Dec 26, 2006 8:54 pm

Oops! Swear I have it on DVD somewhere. I'll check my collection this weekend.

nab · Post by **nab** » Wed Dec 27, 2006 3:51 am

Thanks Richard, hadn't heard Beatles' version before. Always loved that song. Marshall Crenshaw did a decent cover on his first album.

geschwader · Post by **geschwader** » Wed Dec 27, 2006 6:07 am

It's on "Live At The BBC," Disc 1

shamustwin · Post by **shamustwin** » Wed Dec 27, 2006 7:13 am

I am amazed Arthur Alexander isn't more known than he is. His style surely shows itself in early Beatles' writings, as much IMO as does the Everly Brothers' influence.

I dug the Marshall Crenshaw version.

ozover50 · Post by **ozover50** » Wed Dec 27, 2006 9:33 am

Never heard it before.... I like it!

Thanks for the link, Richard.