Comments on: FRANK IFIELD - “Lovesick Blues”

By: DJ Punctum

DJ Punctum — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 07:49:26 +0000

Frank Ifield, incredibly, was once hired for a Julian Cope recording session to do his yodelling. The track was never used but it was the initial recording of “5 O’Clock World” which subsequently appeared, yodel-free, on My Nation Underground.

By: Billy Smart

Billy Smart — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 21:30:41 +0000

I have never heard a Hank Williams song that I didn’t like.

I have never heard a Frank Ifield song that I didn’t like.

However, I have heard quite a few Primal Scream songs to which I have taken exception.

One of these three acts is desperate to radiate an image of cool and credibility - and its the one who has the least of it!

By: wichita lineman

wichita lineman — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 22:11:31 +0000

One of the many reasons why the Bobby Gillespie Guide To Rock Roots - ie it all came from Hank W and Robert Johnson - doesn’t wash with me. Come on, Guy Mitchell sounds tuffer than this!

Then again, Scream acolyte Kris Needs always used to end his set with Frank Ifield’s She Taught Me How To Yodel, so maybe that informed Bob G’s logic.

By: Billy Smart

Billy Smart — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 19:20:58 +0000

Do you know, I’ve only just realised today that this is a Hank Williams song, albeit a pretty minor one! In some ways I actually prefer the Ifield interpretation - his yodelling jollity suggests a manic phase of lovesickness, which both resonates and makes it a song that it is impossible to ignore.