ROCK SEX: "Too Many People!" - The Hollies > The Leaves > Paul McCartney > Pet Shop Boys

< br /> ROCK Sex brings you another round robin of 'Same title, different songs'!

Too many people in you space? Too many people in your face? Too many songs trying to keep pace.

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British Invasion!

THE HOLLIES -"Too Many People" (1965)


(Strong Brian Wilson influence on this next one.)

MANFRED MANN -"Too Many People" (1968)


RONNIE BURNS -"Too Many People" (1966)


(Ronnie is actually Australian.)



Garage Rock!

LITTLE JOHN & THE MONKS -"Too Many People" (1965)


THE LEAVES -"Too Many People" (1966)




Funk!

COLD BLOOD -"Too Many People" (1970)


(Remade by Kindred.)



Boogie Rock!

PAUL & LINDA McCARTNEY -"Too Many People" (1971)


(Paul is playing all the music.)



Gospel Soul!

REVELATION -"Just Too Many People" (1975)


(Remade by Melissa Manchester.)



Alt Pop!

PET SHOP BOYS -"Too Many People" (1993)




Punk!

THE BAD SPORTS -"Too Many People" (2011)




Electro!

PRINCESS CHELSEA -"Too Many People" (2015)




There are also songs by Bobby Goldsboro, Graham Bell, Soma Holiday, Wet Wet Wet, and The Moaners.


So many people with songs called "Too Many People"! (Maybe that could be a song.)


© Tym Stevens

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See Also:

• "Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying" - Ray Charles > Gerry And The Pacemakers

• "Don't Bring Me Down" -The Animals, The Beatles, Neil Young, WAR, McCartney, ELO

• "I Want You!" - The Troggs, Bob Dylan, The Beatles, Marvin Gaye, Cheap Trick, Elvis Costello +

• "Games People Play" - Joe South > Beach Boys > John Lennon > The Spinners > Alan Parsons

• "Talk Talk!" - The Music Machine > Talk Talk



• The Real History of Rock and Soul!: The Music Player Checklist

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ROCK Sex: "Don't Bring Me Down" -The Animals, The Beatles, Neil Young, WAR, McCartney, ELO

ROCK Sex was brought up to bring friends up.

The running connection this time is a song title; "Don't Bring Me Down", or variations thereof.

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Who wants to be brought down? Nobody, so we all like a good defiance or uplift song on that score. Here's decades of both.


JOHNNIE DEE did an R'n'B song (which sadly I don't have a link for) that was covered by proto-garage band THE PRETTY THINGS and became a Top 10 hit in the UK.

THE PRETTY THINGS -"Don't Bring Me Down" (1964)



At the same time, THE ANIMALS asked hit-writing duo Gerry Goffin and Carole King for a song and they came up with this eternal.

THE ANIMALS -"Don't Bring Me Down" (1964)



On their first album, JEFFERSON AIRPLANE did a song called "Bringing Me Down".


Later John Lennon and THE BEATLES turned the warning to a hearfelt request.

THE BEATLES, with Billy Preston -"Don't Let Me Down" (1969)



Of a similar mind, NEIL YOUNG turned the sentiment to solace.

NEIL YOUNG -"Don't Let It Bring You Down" (live, 1971)


(Here's a luminous cover by ANNIE LENNOX.)


Another variant on the theme is this early solo track by MICHAEL JACKSON.

MICHAEL JACKSON -"Don't Let It Get You Down" (1973)



Alan Clarke and THE HOLLIES had their own angle on it.

THE HOLLIES -"Don't Let Me Down" (1974)



Meanwhile DAVID BOWIE remade the Johnnie Dee/ Pretty Things song.


And here's an empowerment anthem, "Don't Bring Me Down" by Labelle, written by New Orleans' funkmeister Allan Toussaint.

LABELLE -"Don't Bring Me Down" (1974)



In the uplift corner is the wonderful embrace of this Latin psalm by WAR, sung by keyboardist Lonnie Jordan.

WAR -"Don't Let No One Get You Down" (1975)



Paul McCartney had a second go at that same outlook with this overlooked gem, sounding like a timeless sea shanty.

WINGS -"Don't Let It Bring You Down" (1978)



Jeff Lynne, a peer and acolyte of many of these acts, topped them all with Electric Light Orchestra's smash hit.

ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA -"Don't Bring Me Down" (1979)



Recently new songs in the "Don't Bring Me Down" relay appeared by THE SAW DOCTORS, ECHO AND THE BUNNYMEN, THE BLACK EYE PEAS, and SIA.


Hey, I'm feeling glad all over!


© Tym Stevens

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See Also:

• "Don't Bring Me Down" - Ronnie Dawson > Electric Light Orchestra > Dazz Band > The Hives

• "Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying" - Ray Charles > Gerry And The Pacemakers

• "California Dreamin'" - The Mamas and The Papas > Eddie Hazel

• "Sweet Dreams" - Squeeze > Eurythmics


• THANKSGIVING!: A Rock'n'Soul Music Player


• The Real History of Rock and Soul!: The Music Player Checklist

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LADIES FIRST: "I Can't Let Go" - Evie Sands > The Hollies

Ladies First = She Did It First
LADIES FIRST just can't let it go.

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Another great song from the "she did it first" file is "I Can't Let Go".

Brooklyn's Soul dynamo Evie Sands belted out this killer single in '66, with its propulsive rhythms, catchy back-ups, and full-tilt vocal.

EVIE SANDS -"I Can't Let Go" (1966)



Unfortunately, because of bad luck with label issues, it didn't get the promotion it deserved and missed the charts. This was terrible luck for Sands, but worked in favor of The Hollies, whose cover version reached #2 in the UK:

THE HOLLIES -"I Can't Let Go" (1966)



Later, Linda Ronstadt did another tribute to her roots with this swaggering cover.

LINDA RONSTADT -"I Can't Let Go" (1980)




"You Do Something Strange To Me, Baby"

© Tym Stevens

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See Also:

• WOMEN OF ROCK: The 1960s, with 2 Music Players

• THE BRITISH INVASION!, with Music Player!


• LADIES FIRST: "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood!" - Nina Simone > The Animals > KILL BILL

• LADIES FIRST: "Go Now" - Bessie Banks > Moody Blues > McCartney >Simply Red

• LADIES FIRST: "Chick Habit" - France Gall > April March

• LADIES FIRST: "Can't You Hear My Heartbeat?" - Goldie And The Gingerbreads > Herman's Hermits

• LADIES FIRST: "Needles and Pins" - Jackie DeShannon > The Searchers

• LADIES FIRST: "I Go To Sleep" - (The Kinks) > Peggy Lee > Cher > The Pretenders



• The Real History of Rock and Soul!: The Music Player Checklist

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