http://freakytrigger.co.uk/popular/2004/11/the-searchers-sweets-for-my-sweet/ Lollards in the high church of low culture Thu, 08 Jan 2009 02:23:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/popular/2004/11/the-searchers-sweets-for-my-sweet/#comment-462435 SteveIson Tue, 22 Jul 2008 07:37:05 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/popular/2004/11/the-searchers-sweets-for-my-sweet/#comment-462435 This has got a strange magic for me..I LOVE the verses with their yearning melody and brilliant falsetto harmonies,the echoey guitar riff..Great atmospheric pop 7 This has got a strange magic for me..I LOVE the verses with their yearning melody and brilliant falsetto harmonies,the echoey guitar riff..Great atmospheric pop 7

]]> http://freakytrigger.co.uk/popular/2004/11/the-searchers-sweets-for-my-sweet/#comment-435635 wichita lineman Sun, 08 Jun 2008 22:03:56 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/popular/2004/11/the-searchers-sweets-for-my-sweet/#comment-435635 The high summer sound of the backing vocals on the verses make up for any flimsiness in the melody. Even more than The Beatles, The Searchers were clearly influenced by the Girl Group sound that dominated the US charts in 1963. Also, the breakneck speed of the recording reflects both the group's workrate (their first three hits each had its own accompanying album - can anyone match this?) and drummer/leader Chris Curtis's taste in pills. The high summer sound of the backing vocals on the verses make up for any flimsiness in the melody. Even more than The Beatles, The Searchers were clearly influenced by the Girl Group sound that dominated the US charts in 1963. Also, the breakneck speed of the recording reflects both the group’s workrate (their first three hits each had its own accompanying album - can anyone match this?) and drummer/leader Chris Curtis’s taste in pills.

]]> http://freakytrigger.co.uk/popular/2004/11/the-searchers-sweets-for-my-sweet/#comment-32236 bramble Fri, 08 Sep 2006 21:50:05 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/popular/2004/11/the-searchers-sweets-for-my-sweet/#comment-32236 The Searchers jingly guitar sound certainly influenced the Byrds and later country-rock groups but I dont think the 12-string sound was on Sweets for my Sweet but came later. Unique amongst their contemporaries, the Searchers came out many years later in 1979 with a cracker of a record of new songs on the Sire label containing some of their best work ever. Unfortunately it didnt sell that well and they reverted to doing their old hits on the cabaret circuit. The Searchers jingly guitar sound certainly influenced the Byrds and later country-rock groups but I dont think the 12-string sound was on Sweets for my Sweet but came later. Unique amongst their contemporaries, the Searchers came out many years later in 1979 with a cracker of a record of new songs on the Sire label containing some of their best work ever. Unfortunately it didnt sell that well and they reverted to doing their old hits on the cabaret circuit.

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