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Author Topic: Interesting GOK cover from 1972, by Mandy More  (Read 1160 times)
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« on: March 26, 2014, 10:10:26 PM »

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

That's More with one O - not the two-O Mandy who also covered GOK with Michael Stipe a while back. Mandy More was a singer who worked mainly in musicals in the UK and in '72 recorded an album - her only one - for Philips, released in Britain but nowhere else.  The concluding track is this somewhat unusual arrangement.  The rest of the record is also pretty remarkable for the time - some of the handful of bloggers and online reviewers who've discussed the record regard it as a kind of precursor of Kate Bush's work. It was reissued in 2011 by the Sunbeam label, with a lot of bonus tracks including a demo of GOK.  By that time Ms Moore was suffering from dementia and was hardly aware her work had been rediscovered. She died last year.   
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« Reply #1 on: March 26, 2014, 10:39:57 PM »

I had no idea she had dementia or had died last year, what a shame. This is indeed a phenomenal album that y'all should check out beyond the excellent "God Only Knows" interpretation.
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« Reply #2 on: March 27, 2014, 05:08:02 AM »

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

That's More with one O - not the two-O Mandy who also covered GOK with Michael Stipe a while back. Mandy More was a singer who worked mainly in musicals in the UK and in '72 recorded an album - her only one - for Philips, released in Britain but nowhere else.  The concluding track is this somewhat unusual arrangement.  The rest of the record is also pretty remarkable for the time - some of the handful of bloggers and online reviewers who've discussed the record regard it as a kind of precursor of Kate Bush's work. It was reissued in 2011 by the Sunbeam label, with a lot of bonus tracks including a demo of GOK.  By that time Ms Moore was suffering from dementia and was hardly aware her work had been rediscovered. She died last year.   

UGH. Definitely not for me. Her voice just sounds odd and the music almost sounds disco-ey.
Funny that after emphasizing the one "O" in her name you end by referring to her as Moore....
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« Reply #3 on: March 27, 2014, 06:18:24 AM »

Na-na na na-na na NO.
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« Reply #4 on: March 27, 2014, 11:53:01 AM »

Personaly, I can't stand this version.  The original "God Only Know" is one of the most beautiful things ever recorded.  This cover is not.
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