Meeting Petula

16 Responses to Meeting Petula

1. PatrickP says:

   November 15, 2006 at 4:52 pm

   Petula Clark. That’s a quite a name, isn’t it?
2. JFH says:

   November 15, 2006 at 8:48 pm

   Does it amaze anyone else that “Downtown” has never been covered by a popular artist since??!
3. PatrickP says:

   November 15, 2006 at 9:14 pm

   Really?!
4. red says:

   November 15, 2006 at 10:21 pm

   Seriously?? I totally would have thought someone like Dionne Warwick would have done it or something … it’s such a good song!
5. DBW says:

   November 15, 2006 at 11:48 pm

   I have been heard to sing it in the shower many times. Now, I’m not sure I qualify as “popular” or “artist”(sincerely doubt it), and I have yet to record a performance, but I have my own “take” on the material.

   I used to love Petula Clark when I was a boy. The two videos with Dean Martin that Annika posted were like eating a great candy bar from your childhood that they don’t make anymore.
6. mitchell says:

   November 16, 2006 at 12:02 am

   love it!! hey ..who is Annika???? she seems very very cool…is she a cousin???
7. red says:

   November 16, 2006 at 12:39 am

   Mitchell – i thought you would love that … annika is a blog-friend – I’ve actually never met her! But every wednesday she does a poetry day thing which is really fun – so she decided to combine the ONE poem that petula wrote with a celebration of petula’s birthday – I love that!!!
8. JFH says:

   November 16, 2006 at 8:18 am

   Whoops, I was wrong, Dolly Parton covered it in 1984, but for some reason, I don’t remember that…
9. dad says:

   November 16, 2006 at 8:45 am

   Dearest: your Aunt Regina was in Blood Brothers on Broadway with Petula Clark. As I recall, Regina thought she was wonderful. will you be home for Thanksgiving? love, dad
10. red says:

    November 16, 2006 at 8:47 am

    Dad – I remember!! I remember going to see it – it was so great!

    And yes – I’ll be home! I’ll call you guys tonight – I want to hear about LA.
11. red says:

    November 16, 2006 at 8:47 am

    JFH – she did?? I’ll have to check it out – I have her Greatest Hits but that one isn’t on it, I don’t think.
12. Victor says:

    November 16, 2006 at 9:38 am

    Sheila, that was a delightful post!
13. red says:

    November 16, 2006 at 10:19 am

    Thanks, Victor! It was fun to write it.

    And the snippets that Annika found – especially the ones from the Dean Martin show – are priceless!!
14. PatrickP says:

    November 16, 2006 at 11:04 am

    Ooooh, Sheila’s going to RI for Thanksgiving! I look forward to the “my trip to RI and the craziness that ensued while in transit” post. Please take trhe train, Sheila. Please take the train!!
15. JFH says:

    November 16, 2006 at 1:51 pm

    Shoot! More corrections… The B-53’s covered this song on their debut album (1980), don’t remember that either! Ironically, the release of the album was held up because the song’s writer wasn’t sure that a new wave recording of the song was appropriate…
16. red says:

    November 16, 2006 at 3:29 pm

    Patrick – HA!

    NO. NEVER AGAIN! NEVER AGAIN!!

    I say “never again” every year and then I always end up on that stupid train.

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