A lot of people voice their unhappiness with the sound of the Dirty Work album, and yet at the time it was kind of the norm to try to stay current with the prevailing 80's sound. (see "Dancing in the Dark" by Bruce )

I was just listening to the Everly Brothers box set, and it came to a song that I vaguely recall hearing them perform, mostly on TV shows: "Bowling Green."

Again, it's an example of an act trying to stay current (this time in 1967), but the Sunshine Pop arrangement of the backing track had to have been hard for fans from the 50's to digest, just like the Stones' attempts to stay current in the 80's was for us older fans.


Here's the Everly's lip-syncing to the record:





A demo version, which reveals what a great song it is:





And a live performance, of them just kicking it...






...could have been a great record.



Here's another clip from 1969, doing one of their classics, LIVE







Man those boys can sing!

I've always loved Jesse Winchester's version of this song.

Quote
loog droog
A lot of people voice their unhappiness with the sound of the Dirty Work album, and yet at the time it was kind of the norm to try to stay current with the prevailing 80's sound. (see "Dancing in the Dark" by Bruce )

I was just listening to the Everly Brothers box set, and it came to a song that I vaguely recall hearing them perform, mostly on TV shows: "Bowling Green."

Again, it's an example of an act trying to stay current (this time in 1967), but the Sunshine Pop arrangement of the backing track had to have been hard for fans from the 50's to digest, just like the Stones' attempts to stay current in the 80's was for us older fans.


Here's the Everly's lip-syncing to the record:





A demo version, which reveals what a great song it is:





And a live performance, of them just kicking it...






...could have been a great record.



Here's another clip from 1969, doing one of their classics, LIVE







Man those boys can sing!

Magnificent! Thank you

The first time I heard that song was at a county fair where the brothers did an opening medley of that song, "Green River," and "Kentucky." I went out and bought a greatest hits collection specifically to get that song, and the studio version is so bad compared to the live version. The Everly Brothers were generally better at live performances than studio. Their harmonies sounded better and they have had some excellent backing bands over the years, with people like Albert Lee on guitar. Not sure why they were so turgid and middle-of-the-road when making records.

Love these guys. The voices for farking angels they have...

I've always loved the song. However, that live version of them from Ed Sullivan is one my top performances by any artist ever. They did Bowling Green, Mama Tried, and a few others. The first time I saw it, I was in tears, those voices were so beautiful.