THE SEEKERS – “I’ll Never Find Another You”
Only the flimsiest of efforts made here to disguise the fact that “you” is shorthand for “Jesus”. “There’s a new world somewhere, they call the promised land” – and if that doesn’t tip you off, the stern, sandalled, campfire atmosphere will. This particular youth group leader has a lovely, steely voice, and certainly there are worse routes to redemption available, but after a fine run of #1s this is still too medicinal for me.
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My ten favourite names:
1.Berneice(Berneice Hott of Hillsboro Texas)
2.Clemence(from The Blue Spoon Sauk Prairie)
3.Mary Alice(Mary Alice Williams)
4.Audrey(my mother Audrey Schneider)
5.Philip(Prince Philip I have an A&E video & want $89.00 carriage house clock from Old Durham Road)
6.Gregury(When I was young man….now that I am old.)
7.Rob(Rob Lowe)
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Was a sucker for Seekers harmonies – but we knew this song as the “Lonely Ram Song”…. (“…and I know I’ll never find another ewe”)
Oh how we chortled.
TOTPWatch: The Seekers thrice performed ‘I’ll Never Find Another You’ on Top Of The Pops;
28 January 1965. Also in the studio that week were; Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers, Del Shannon, The Righteous Brothers and Them. Jimmy Saville was the host.
11 February 1965. Also in the studio that week were; The Hollies, Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders, The Ivy League, Tom Jones and Hermans Hermits. Alan Freeman was the host. Alan Freeman, David Jacobs, Pete Murray and Jimmy Saville were the hosts.
25 December 1965. Also in the studio that Christmas were; Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames, Jackie Trent, The Hollies, The Kinks, The Walker Brothers and Unit 4 + 2.
None of these programmes survive.
On a particularly grisly note, the Seekers were apparently the Moors murderers’ favourite pop combo.
DESERT ISLAND DISCS WATCH:
Tony Greig-Cricketer(1976).
British Invasion pt. weird: http://musicsoundsbetterwithtwo.blogspot.com/2011/07/one-of-these-men-is-not-like-others.html Merci for reading as ever!
Wow, very little comment on this. It reminds me strongly of sunday lunch, possibly being the most played record on Family Favourites in the late 60s. I’m not really sure why my parents listened to it as 80% of the songs played wouldn’t have been up their street. Maybe for the same reason we all watched TOTP together, and I continued to do so…
I love the huge acoustic 12 string intro of INFAY, and the tune is undeniable. I’m not sure if the lyric is Christian in spite of the campfire atmos; it certainly has that love = heaven schtick which was so prevalent in Pre Rock (eg Don Cornell’s Hold My Hand), but it’s not a huge leap from that to the heaven/childhood lyrics common in R&R ballads (Angel Baby by Rosie & the Originals being the archetype).
Do I love the record though? No. Judith Durham’s voice doesn’t grate as much as Joan Baez, but it’s so pleased with its own purity and pitch that I can’t enjoy it. Even on her minor Wigan Casino “hit” she struggles to relax, relishing the long held notes. This showboating is something Popular will be dealing with a lot quite soon, and I’m sure those entries will stir more debate than the saintly Seekers.
The number two record by Wayne Fontana & the Mindbenders, celebrated by Lena above, got to number 1 in the US, as noted here:
http://nohardchords.wordpress.com/2011/10/20/133-wayne-fontana-and-the-mindbenders-game-of-love/