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Music Appreciation

Cosmo Blues

(2,481 posts) Sun Jun 4, 2023, 09:45 AM Jun 2023

Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood

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Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood (Original Post) Cosmo Blues Jun 2023 OP

Did she sing this prior to Eric Burden and War did it? lark Jun 2023 #1

Yes Cosmo Blues Jun 2023 #2

A Song With A Fond Memory ProfessorGAC Jun 2023 #3

Seems Like Cosmo Blues Jun 2023 #4

lark

(23,094 posts)

1. Did she sing this prior to Eric Burden and War did it?

Reply to Cosmo Blues (Original post)

Sun Jun 4, 2023, 10:44 AM

Jun 2023

It's such an amazing version of a great song.

Cosmo Blues

(2,481 posts)

2. Yes

Reply to lark (Reply #1)

Sun Jun 4, 2023, 06:15 PM

Jun 2023

June 1964, Eric Burdon didn't release his until 1965 when he was with the Animals. I like to do the originals, giving credit where credit is due (and if it's good

ProfessorGAC

(65,000 posts)

3. A Song With A Fond Memory

Reply to Cosmo Blues (Original post)

Sun Jun 4, 2023, 07:36 PM

Jun 2023

My wife (to be) & I got through a regional qualifier to go to Chicago in a big disco contest. (We got smoked in the main contest. Too many pros there.)
This version of this very song is the one we danced to. This is the extended mix. The one we danced to was under 6 minutes.

Cosmo Blues

(2,481 posts)

4. Seems Like

Reply to ProfessorGAC (Reply #3)

Mon Jun 5, 2023, 08:50 AM

Jun 2023

An ambitious choice. In the mid seventies my wife, at the time, and I used to enter dance contests but just for fun wherever we were listening to live music

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