Subj : Bonnie Tyler
To   : Rob Mccart
From : August Abolins
Date : Sun Jul 19 2026 12:37:00

Hello Rob!

** On Tuesday 14.07.26 - 05:53, you wrote to me:

 AA>> The original by Evie Sands seems lacking.

 RM> Which is unusual, often the first to do a song does it best and
 RM> later copies don't do as well. There's a minor advantage in that
 RM> the original was 'The Original', so nothing else will be fairly
 RM> compared to it unless it is noticable better.

There are a LOT of songs that are ho-hum as originals.  But, along comes  
another artist with a cover and it becomes a hit.

Lauper - Girls..Fun,
Soft Cell - Tainted Love.
Joan Jett - I Love Rock and Roll.

But some firt-songs don't have to be hits to be great.



 AA>> There are a couple of songs that Tyler sings that remind me of a rasping
 >> goat.  :(   Oh well..

 RM> Yes, the version of 'Angel of the Morning' I found was rather raspy and
 RM> a little flat sounding, which was a surprise.

Another raspy-voice singer that I have confused with Tyler.. is Kim Carnes  
(Bette Davis Eyes).


 RM> One singer that did a lot of remakes of songs and was probably
 RM> better than she got credit for was LeAnn Rimes. I have about
 RM> a dozen of her songs in my collection and most are pretty good.

 RM> I sort of think she didn't get taken seriously because she
 RM> started off as a Child star best known for doing 'How Do I Live'..

She was only 14-15yrs old when she recorded it, right?  Amazing performance,  
delivery and control at that age.


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