Meco Did w/ Petula Clark & DOWNTOWN As He Did w/ Gloria Gaynor-NEVER CAN SAY GOODBYE

[remicks]

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astonishingly --- true !!!!!





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[Bernie]

Not surprising I guess considering that Meco once told me for an interview that "Downtown" was the song that brought him into the pop music fold. The whole quote can be found in the interview:
http://www.discomusic.com/people-more/39_0_11_0_C/

[Disco Funk]

Thanks for that heads up, Remicks. I haven't heard that version before. It sounds totally like Meco and his regulars.

Disco Funk

[drlove]

thanks, Remicks, for the info .....had always heard she did a disco-era recording of her best-known hit, but had never ever found it on vinyl. She also is credited with an '88 dance remix that was big in the UK (I've since bought it) and that gets big play in the gay bars of New Orleans each week.

[remicks]

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drlove:
thanks, Remicks, for the info

you are most welcome !

Not surprising I guess considering that Meco once told me for an interview that "Downtown" was the song that brought him into the pop music fold. The whole quote can be found in the interview:
http://www.discomusic.com/people-more/39_0_11_0_C/

much to be learned in that interview !

With his background in classical and jazz Meco was not into pop music, but says that changed when he heard Petula Clark's "Downtown." When asked what was so special about this song he replied, "the song had more than the standard three chords of the typical song of the day."

from
Bernie's interview with Meco

So why in the world ...once Meco got together with a big name like Petula Clark, doing a project that had to be dear to him .....was it shelved ..... never to be heard BITD???
Most odd.

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BTW - This was not Petula's only disco venture :

from 1977




MR. DISCO

ji -ji- jive talkin'


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