Ezeregy dal, amit érdemes meghallgatni: 0276 Russell Morris (1969): The Real Thing Writer: | Johnny Young Producer: | Ian “Molly” Meldrum Label: | Columbia Album: | The Real Thing (1969) By the time Aussie vocalist Johnny Young wrote “The Real Thing,” he had been the star of his own TV show at age sixteen, managed some hits in the mid-Sixties, and then spent a year in the United Kingdom. When he returned Down Under in 1968, he was past his commercial prime and was working as a DJ when he penned his best-known song. Fortunately, he didn’t record it himself. “It wouldn’t have been a hit if I’d sung it,” Young told the Sun-Herald. “My time as a pop star was over.” Molly Meldrum, however, heard the song and felt it suited a young singer he was working with, Russell Morris, who had just left Somebody’s Image and was looking to start his solo career. To put it mildly, Meldrum was right. The recording married folksy pop with heady psychedelia and ran almost six and a half minutes, but it was so addictive that just one spin felt insufficient. Morris’s confident, yet deliciously understated, delivery was complemented by The Chiffons’ lovely harmonies, The Groop’s soulful backing, and Meldrum’s head-spinning production. “The Real Thing” made Morris a truly big star in Australia, where the song became 1969’s biggest-selling single. Many have long considered it one of the greatest rock songs ever recorded Down Under—including, evidently, members of the Australian government, who honored “The Real Thing” with its own postal stamp in 1998. youtu.be/BdOxw8Ic_QM
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