One of the greatest songs - evah!
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Another one lost. ac_crying
It was a good tune.
I play it on bass and sing it :(
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I sing it too when I'm on my third mojito. ac_dance ac_drinks
Karaoke! Woot!
Before he went solo, Mr King was the lead singer of the Drifters. What a great voice!
R.I.P. Ben E. King.
ac_crying
Without the movie of the same name, I doubt anyone would've even known the song or artist...
Quote from: "Mel Gibson"
You're dumber than a bag of hair.
Just for your edification, when the song was RERELEASED in 1986 as part of the "Stand by Me" soundtrack almost EVERYONE was already aware of the song. Ben E King's original version was recorded I 1961 and made the top 10 of that year and if memory serves John Lennon also recorded and released a version in the mid 70s (the inspector can probably confirm the exact year). Ben E. King was well known long before 86. Songs like "Save the Last Dance for Me" and "Spanish Harlem" are fucking legendary.
I guess we shouldn't expect some red neck, dirt clod, imbecile who was raised by mentally screwed, barely literate, prison cafeteria guards to know anything. ac_toofunny
Mel thinks "Pretty Woman" came out in 1990 with the Julia Roberts movie; otherwise no-one would remember the song
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Quote from: "Mel Gibson"
You're dumber than a bag of hair.
Just for your edification, when the song was RERELEASED in 1986 as part of the "Stand by Me" soundtrack almost EVERYONE was already aware of the song. Ben E King's original version was recorded I 1961 and made the top 10 of that year and if memory serves John Lennon also recorded and released a version in the mid 70s (the inspector can probably confirm the exact year). Ben E. King was well known long before 86. Songs like "Save the Last Dance for Me" and "Spanish Harlem" are fucking legendary.
I guess we shouldn't expect some red neck, dirt clod, imbecile who was raised by mentally screwed, barely literate, prison cafeteria guards to know anything. ac_toofunny
You are providing history that I am well aware of.
I don't need to know when it was originally recorded, or when the movie was released.
You seem to think that you have to "school" me on this... You don't.
Quote from: "Mel Gibson"
Quote from: "Renee"
Quote from: "Mel Gibson"
You're dumber than a bag of hair.
Just for your edification, when the song was RERELEASED in 1986 as part of the "Stand by Me" soundtrack almost EVERYONE was already aware of the song. Ben E King's original version was recorded I 1961 and made the top 10 of that year and if memory serves John Lennon also recorded and released a version in the mid 70s (the inspector can probably confirm the exact year). Ben E. King was well known long before 86. Songs like "Save the Last Dance for Me" and "Spanish Harlem" are fucking legendary.
I guess we shouldn't expect some red neck, dirt clod, imbecile who was raised by mentally screwed, barely literate, prison cafeteria guards to know anything. ac_toofunny
You are providing history that I am well aware of.
I don't need to know when it was originally recorded, or when the movie was released.
You seem to think that you have to "school" me on this... You don't.
Yeah okay; thanks for the typical moronic backpedaling bullshit. If you knew this then your previous post shouldn't have been so ignorant.
Get a clue moron.
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Is that how this song became famous?
Fashionista - It was a #1 hit for Roy Orbison in 1964 - the year of the Beatles.
The movie came out 26 years later.
Pretty Woman was already an all-time classic .... and a saving grace from the Brits ideas of music at the time ... prolly it's continuing popularity triggered the idea for the movie