Singer-songwriter Peter Sarstedt Has Died

[stephec]

And I've liked this one too

I wish I'd stuck a like on the other one as well, although I didn't think it was that bad.

 

[Accy cyclist]

Another one here for one of my favourite songs, Mainly for the accordeon start and finish. I've always liked this one as well.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCm33IQTX3E

 

[ChrisV]

Pretentious load of old b******s.
Sorry.

What makes it pretentious?

 

[Fnaar]

I've lways wondered, if she was Italian, why Marie-Claire

PS wiki tells me that Sarstedt denied it was about Sophia Loren

 

[raleighnut]

Sad news, RIP.

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

I've lways wondered, if she was Italian, why Marie-Claire

PS wiki tells me that Sarstedt denied it was about Sophia Loren

I always thought it was about Murray Clark, a lad in my primary school - it's a lot less creepy now that I know the proper words...

 

[DaveReading]

Another one here for one of my favourite songs, Mainly for the accordeon start and finish. I've always liked this one as well.

I reckon I deserve at least half a TMN for that ...

That's what an excess of frozen orange juice does for you ...

RIP Peter

 

[Cubist]

I thought it was a dirge too, sorry. Musically it never resolves or gets to the end.

 

[Cycleops]

PS wiki tells me that Sarstedt denied it was about Sophia Loren

Could it have been Hilda Ogden perhaps?

 

[smutchin]

re my deleted post @Moderators
I absolutely agree with your decision but it was worth saying even so

Damn, I wish I'd been paying attention to this thread earlier. Now I'll never know what I missed...

WDYGTML makes me cringe, but no accounting for taste and all that. Condolences to his family.

 

[nickyboy]

Damn, I wish I'd been paying attention to this thread earlier. Now I'll never know what I missed...

WDYGTML makes me cringe, but no accounting for taste and all that. Condolences to his family.

Me too...@rich p isn't the type to get posts deleted. Now I'll never know if he's Sarstedt's number 1 fan or whether he thinks he's proper shoot. I'll try singing a medley of his hits on the Llandudno ride and have a sneaky peek at Rich to see whether he's singing along or not

 

[Vapin' Joe]

Peter Sarstedt had two brothers who were also musicians, one was Robin who had a minor hit or two but the other (Richard) recorded under the name of Eden Kane and had some big hits in the early sixties, this being one -


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30A5U_x9Bxo

 

[Cycleops]

I always remember 'Well I ask you' by Eden Kane. No idea he's was Sarstedt's brother. Interesting piece of info @Smokin Joe .

 

[Blue Hills]

a very good song:

This song is about a young girl born in poverty in Naples, Italy, who grows up to become a member of the jet-set. It has been alleged that Peter Sarstedt had in mind movie star Sophia Loren, who was herself bought up in the back streets of Naples.

Despite one of the comments above I thought it a truly great haunting song. And maybe rather of its time since a lot of folk born into such circumstances these days are very probably going to stay there.

Anyone got any views on whether the song is a put-down/criticism of the subject?

Have often idly wondered.

a long time ago I knew a primadonna who said that one of her boyfriends said that it made him think of her, though she very definitely wasn't born into any backstreet, Neopolitan or otherwise.

The song has always sounded so heartfelt that I always had the idea that it was someone sarstedt knew rather than Sophia. But then maybe that was just his art

 

[Blue Hills]

I've lways wondered, if she was Italian, why Marie-Claire

PS wiki tells me that Sarstedt denied it was about Sophia Loren

Always had the idea that Marie Claire wasn't the subject's real name - ie: that they had invented it to distance themselves from their humble roots and that their real name was a female Italian equivalent of Fred Bloggs.

Have also wondered in the past if the women's mag was named after her - MC - was it?