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corriecas
Mariska veres was one sexy girl. Shocking blue was a dutch, famous band. Good music !
jeroen
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The Sicilian
Interesting, nobody received credit for the keyboard work in the song yet it was a big part of the sound.
I think Cees Schrama plays the organ on Venus. He played a lot of studio sessions in
The Hague at the time.
Here's Cees with his own (short lived) band Casey and the Pressure Group:
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Jah Paul
After hearing "Venus" for decades, didn't know it was a she until a friend clued me in a couple of years ago. Opposite thing happened with the song "Jackie Blue" - always thought it was a female singing, when it was actually a guy!
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Silver Dagger
Hey The Sicilan - even better than Venus is this great rocker from Shocking Blue.
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Jah Paul
After hearing "Venus" for decades, didn't know it was a she until a friend clued me in a couple of years ago. Opposite thing happened with the song "Jackie Blue" - always thought it was a female singing, when it was actually a guy!
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Jah Paul
After hearing "Venus" for decades, didn't know it was a she until a friend clued me in a couple of years ago. Opposite thing happened with the song "Jackie Blue" - always thought it was a female singing, when it was actually a guy!
I always knew about Venus being a female voice but did not know about Jackie Blue being male until last year.
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Elmo Lewis
Later covered by Bananarama
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Elmo Lewis
Wouldn't Shocking Pink have been a better name?
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Elmo Lewis
Wouldn't Shocking Pink have been a better name?
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RipThisBone
video: [youtu.be]
Interview with original drummer and Mariska Veres 1988 from Dutch TV.
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RipThisBone
video: [youtu.be]
Interview with original drummer and Mariska Veres 1988 from Dutch TV.
At 0:48 the interviewer asks the drummer -who was a bit drunk- why Venus became such a big hit.The only significant answer the drummer gave was that "he wasn't allowed to talk about it". The interview was done before it became public that "Venus" was re-arrangement of "the Banjo Song". A very good arrangement I must say.
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NICOS
I thought he talked about the Beatles................