The upside is Hugh got paid, I liked Hugh Hopper, did a recording with him and Alan Gowen in the early 80s. A peak experience.
g
On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 3:43 PM, Robert <rmrmax@yahoo.com> wrote:
I didn't mean to infer that the original recording of this song was done by Soft Machine; it's their version that I associate the song with.To the best of my knowledge, I believe it was actually 1st recorded by The Wilde Flowers, the predecessor group to Soft Machine and Caravan which included several members of both line ups of these subsequent groups.RobertFrom: Robert <rmrmax@yahoo.com>
To: "newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com" <newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, February 24, 2012 3:23 PM
Subject: [newmellotrongroup] OT: Whitney Houston - Memories
Gino, thanks for pointing out to us that Whitney Houston sang "Memories"; I never knew that.
I didn't follow Whitney Houston, but I always loved Soft Machine.Respectfully, I don't think Material's version with WH is all that bad. "Memories" is such a great song, it';s hard to ruin it.So below is Material's cover and the original Soft Machine single.BTW, RIP Mr. Hugh Hopper...RobertFrom: gino wong <wonggster@gmail.com>
To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, February 24, 2012 12:28 AM
Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] OT: Whitney
Sarah Vaughn she was not. What she did was fashion, showbiz, not music. Music is incidental to people in her situation. Confluential to selling shit.She sang Hugh Hopper's "Memories" with Material and they had the nerve to put it out as a 12"That was some sad shit.
"All music is folk music; I ain't never heard no horse sing a song."
Louis Armstrong
Gino Wong Birgelo
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