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R.I.P. Lesley Gore
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What sad news. "Maybe I Know" was my favourite among her songs. Rest in peace, Ms Gore.
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Re: R.I.P. Lesley Gore
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Quote from: Rocker on February 16, 2015, 12:57:32 PM
http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2015/02/16/it-my-party-singer-lesley-gore-dies-at-68/
I was sad to hear this. I don't know much about Lesley's songs besides the hits, but I always loved "You Don't Own Me," and I know she was a bit of a social activist as well.
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sh*t, this hurts.
R.I.P. you magnificent woman..! Your voice will always stay with me. "Maybe I Know", "She's A Fool", "The Old Crowd", "You Don't Own Me"..
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Was shocked when I heard the news this morning. Loved "It's My Party", among other songs. May she rest in peace.
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Re: R.I.P. Lesley Gore
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Sad news indeed and too young to go. A part of the soundtrack to my childhood just died. Too many wonderful records by her to name here. She had a terrific voice and got great material and immaculate production from Quincy Jones. She is the Queen of the 60s Girl Groups.
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Lesley Gore
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http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/feb/16/lesley-gore-singer-of-its-my-party-dies-aged-68
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My sympathies to Leslie's loved ones, family and friends. Sorry for your loss.
So sudden. So sad.
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Magic Colors LP - released by Rhino I think, is a great, great long lost album. 1967 - peak Sixties. "It's a Happening World"
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California Nights is probably my favorite hit of hers. RIP.
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Such a fantastically talented singer, we've talked about her several times on this board and just how generally great she was. There were so many really cool vocal and harmonic moments in a lot of her songs, like the bridge to "Maybe I Know" or the awesome "Tami" show performance (Here's a link).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0y1Rr5kPII
Her voice was so cool, so dead on key all the time even live. I believe she had the fabled "Perfect Pitch", her voice almost rings and resonates it's so dead on pitch. So talented, we'll miss her...
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Re: R.I.P. Lesley Gore
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Merged the two topics into this. Sad news, I posted "Maybe I Know" on my Facebook page, I think that is simply an amazing record and probably my favorite Lesley Gore record of all. The songwriting alone, the way the chords go in some very unexpected directions and surprise directions, underneath a terrific vocal performance. Brilliant record. Any songwriter who hasn't heard it should drop everything and listen immediately.
Consider too some of those classic 60's hits produced by Quincy Jones - He brought a certain sensibility to the studio that on paper wouldn't seem to fit what was still known as "teen" pop when Lesley was cutting those records, and there is that extra *something* that happened when Quincy was producing Lesley in the studio. A perfect but unlikely match: Quincy at that time perhaps best known for working with the Basie band and leading them as they backed Sinatra on albums like Sinatra At The Sands, and here he was doing teenage pop music with a young singer - And it worked, it beyond worked, it was incredible, and Lesley could deliver the goods.
RIP.
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Let me just add too, one of the trademark sounds of Lesley's bigger hit records is the doubletracked lead vocal. It adds that extra weight and sonic goodness that made those mixes jump out of AM radio in the 60's. Ace songwriting, ace production, ace vocal and instrumental performances...recipe for hit records. I love those sounds.
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Guitar Fool what do you think about the 'perfect pitch' thing? Basically as I understand it, most people sing in relative pitch, all their notes are the same step apart but may be slightly off vibration of the true note, people with perfect pitch don't need a starting note because they can hear if the note is dead on the correct vibration, even if the band is playing in relative pitch.
I think she had that, it explains the 'shimmer' her vocals had. I wonder if it could be analyzed with anything to see if she truly was dead on note.
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February 16, 2015, 07:30:33 PM »
A great loss. All of the R & R stars of my era are slowly fading into the sunset. Come to think of it, so am I.....
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Brian's Tweet about Lesley Gore
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"i'm sad to hear about Lesley Gore passing away today. She sang sweetly and her songs bring back such great memories. Love and Mercy, Brian"
I'm very bummed. Loved her.
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100 years from now students of pop will
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Quote from: Ron on February 16, 2015, 05:42:19 PM
Such a fantastically talented singer, we've talked about her several times on this board and just how generally great she was. There were so many really cool vocal and harmonic moments in a lot of her songs, like the bridge to "Maybe I Know" or the awesome "Tami" show performance (Here's a link).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0y1Rr5kPII
Her voice was so cool, so dead on key all the time even live. I believe she had the fabled "Perfect Pitch", her voice almost rings and resonates it's so dead on pitch. So talented, we'll miss her...
Damn, yeah, that TAMI Show performance is amazing. What a voice, now belonging to the ages.....
Another one I've always loved by her:
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I listen to her greatest hits every so often. Sad to hear this. RIP
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I just found out today. I was listening to one of her songs an hour prior to when I read about it on facebook. R.i.p.
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Such superb pop music, sparkling, tuneful, unique. Yeah . She has indeed been discussed here and on other boards where top tier pop of the day is discussed lovingly and respectfully. We concluded our evening of Fat Tuesday listening with a re listen to our fav Leslie songs. Hope she was spared too much pain in the end.
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I never got the universal love for "Maybe I Know". Even on beatles.ru* they regard it high. Is it me or sth. wrong with my sound system? Once I heard it, twice I heard - nothing. Magic didn't happen. Really tame tune.
Condolences to Lesley's fam 'n' fans. As *someone said aptly, "Now we all - collective Judy ((( it's our turn to cry (((".
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Didn't know of her passing till I just checked this thread. Very sad news. One of the all-time greats, she will be missed.
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Quote from: RangeRoverA1 on March 02, 2015, 08:19:10 PM
I never got the universal love for "Maybe I Know". Even on beatles.ru* they regard it high. Is it me or sth. wrong with my sound system? Once I heard it, twice I heard - nothing. Magic didn't happen. Really tame tune.
Condolences to Lesley's fam 'n' fans. As *someone said aptly, "Now we all - collective Judy ((( it's our turn to cry (((".
To be honest, your taste has been suspect for a long time on this forum
You should preface all your comments about music with "Just to be clear, I don't think Maybe I Know is a good song."
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