29 Cagney and Lacee (Galaxie 500 Cover Versions)
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This article is from the The Galaxie 500 and related bands FAQ, by Andy Aldridge andy@aald.demon.co.uk with numerous contributions by others.
29 Cagney and Lacee (Galaxie 500 Cover Versions)
3.5.1 Time
(details required)
3.5.2 Be Mine
Written and originally recorded by Martin Rev, on the
album "See Me Riding" (ROIR 1995). Still available.
3.5.3 Lovin' You
Written by Ripperton and Rudolph, originally performed by
Minnie Ripperton on the album "Perfect Angel". Still
available.
3.5.4 Six Feet of Chain
Written and originally performed by Lee Hazlewood on the
album "Trouble Is A Lonesome Town" (1963).
3.5.5 The Last Goodbye
(details required)
3.5.6 By The Way
Written and originally performed by Lee Hazlewood on the
album "Forty" (1971).
3.5.7 Greyhound Goin' Somewhere
performed by Bobbie Gentry on her 1968 LP "Touch 'Em With
Love" on Capitol Records.
3.5.8 For the Sake of the Children
3.5.9 Memphis
Both of these songs were originally written for the
excellent 1975 Robert Altman movie "Nashville", which used
a convoluted set of story lines woven around the country
music scene in Nashville to satirize American politics,
entertainment, and the media culture. The movie was quite
funny, acerbic, and sad. "For the Sake of the Children" was
sung by actor Henry Gibson, formerly of Laugh-In. In
"Nashville" Gibson played diminutive, hypocritical,
sequined, hyper-patriotic country music icon Haven Hamilton
whose family-values-turned-on-its-head theme song was "For
the Sake of the Children (We Must Say Good-Bye)".
"Memphis" was actually written by actress Karen Black, who
played a second-tier singer destined to serve as perpetual
stand-in for emotionally fragile superstar Barbara Jean,
another icon who is accidentally assassinated at a political
rally at the movie's end. "Memphis" was generally
considered an egregiously bad song written by an amateur
whose dislike for country music was evident from the song's
sappiness. At the time it was generally thought that Altman
let it into the film as an indulgence to Karen Black, but it
is certainly a strange choice for a cover. Back in the 70's
there was a soundtrack album to "Nahville", but it's
probably long out of print.
- Bill Jaynes
3.5.10 I'm Not Sayin'
Written and originally performed by Gordon Lightfoot on
the album "Lightfoot!" (United Artists 1965). Currently
available. More significantly perhaps, however, is that
this song was Nico's first single (Immediate 1965).
3.5.11 Borderline
Written by Reggie Lucas and originally performed by Madonna.
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