Vinnie B Trask Posted May 12 Report Share Posted May 12 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirk Posted May 12 Report Share Posted May 12 I bought this album strictly for this song, but it ended up being a pretty good album! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scott Posted May 13 Report Share Posted May 13 Hey Kirk, A little More Love, was a good one from that album, so was the video.😍 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhonda B Posted May 13 Report Share Posted May 13 She does a very excellent job of Boats against the Current... I don't care for most covers of the song but I really enjoy this one. An overall great album! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirk Posted May 13 Report Share Posted May 13 2 hours ago, Rhonda B said: She does a very excellent job of Boats against the Current... I don't care for most covers of the song but I really enjoy this one. An overall great album! A lot of the Boats covers feature ONJ's version over the original- just like Celine Dion's version ABM. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCT Posted May 13 Report Share Posted May 13 I was about 7 at the height of Greasemania, so naturally I loved her and owned Totally Hot as well. I'm sure I listened to it often, yet when I heard EC's original BATC many years later I had no recollection of knowing the song. Maybe I was too much of a tyke to really absorb and understand it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted May 14 Report Share Posted May 14 My story is a ditto of Kirk´s. I was a sophmore in college and was not into buying Olivia albums then (I´ve got a bunch now)....but in the record store I somehow (probably cuz I wanted to see her hot album cover) saw that she´d included Boats on the album, so I bought it just to hear her version. I was a wacko freako, just like Kirk. I don´t like her version. I think she had the potential to knock it out of the park with her voice etc., but the production didn´t do her potential justice. The album ended up being pretty good, as are the several others of hers I´ve picked up over the last few years. I was wrong when I figured her to be just a 2 or 3 singles/album type artist. John Farrar was a great song writer and did a strong job producing her stuff also. James 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew C. Clark Posted May 14 Report Share Posted May 14 The song "Deeper Than The Night" another great song!! (keeps on rollin') 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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James Posted May 16 Report Share Posted May 16 I also think Melissa Manchester could have done a great job covering Boats, and maybe Rita Coolidge could have knocked it out of the park. Coolidge may, along with Karen Carpenter, have the best female voice of the era, for me. Coolidge not only had a great voice, she had the judgment to respect, and stay within, the melody of a song. Her voice is kinda the female Eric Carmen voice, both had that certain sound that I can´t really define. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinnie B Trask Posted May 17 Author Report Share Posted May 17 Linda Ronstadt was great as well. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted May 17 Report Share Posted May 17 Yeah, I almost added her to the list, she had a tremendous voice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinnie B Trask Posted May 17 Author Report Share Posted May 17 1 hour ago, James said: Yeah, I almost added her to the list, she had a tremendous voice. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted May 17 Report Share Posted May 17 That was probably my fave of hers back in the day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinnie B Trask Posted May 17 Author Report Share Posted May 17 4 minutes ago, James said: That was probably my fave of hers back in the day. Great song written by Warren Zevon She had one of the best supporting bands I have ever heard featuring Andrew" Lonely Boy" Gold 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted May 17 Report Share Posted May 17 ......and ole Waddy was/is pretty great also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinnie B Trask Posted May 17 Author Report Share Posted May 17 20 minutes ago, James said: ......and ole Waddy was/is pretty great also. yes!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scott Posted May 17 Report Share Posted May 17 On 5/16/2022 at 2:52 PM, James said: I also think Melissa Manchester could have done a great job covering Boats, and maybe Rita Coolidge could have knocked it out of the park. Coolidge may, along with Karen Carpenter, have the best female voice of the era, for me. Coolidge not only had a great voice, she had the judgment to respect, and stay within, the melody of a song. Her voice is kinda the female Eric Carmen voice, both had that certain sound that I can´t really define. Loved hearing Rita sing, I'd Rather Leave While I'm in Love. HS memories. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted May 18 Report Share Posted May 18 That´s her best song, and one of my favorite songs of all time. So great. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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