Black is Black is one of those songs that are popular on the dance floor. There are many versions available, I am looking for the well known bass driven (disco??) version. Could anyone suggest a CD that has that version of the song on it. I worked out the main riff, confirmed by finding the tab on the Internet, but some parts are 'different' and I want to hear the song in its entirety on my hi-fi, mainly to learn the complete song (bass parts). Thanks
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otherwise known as the "disco" version. I think it made #1 in new Zealand or somewhere...
It features on their "Greatest Hits" CD, also "Disco Music" (Various artists, feb 2011) "the Seventies Album" (Various Artists Nov 2015) and probably a slew of other compilations. The disco music CD will be the cheapest but there's some cracking stuff on that seventies album, shows it wasn't such a bad decade after all.
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Lyrically it's an odd choice for a wedding don't you think? Mind you, so is "Donald where's yer Troosers" and they played that at the last wedding I went to..
Not sure of the drums but the song starts with a strong bass riff and I know not what happens after that. The song was in a wedding scene in an episode of Midsomer Murder, the scene was about five seconds long and Mrs Rocker recognised it and came up with the song title. Catchy and repetitive, a good exercise even if I never got to play the song in its entirety.
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The original Los Bravos ( bigger than The Beatles in Spain) version has that thumping bass line thing going on ( although it ain’t disco):
https://youtu.be/QkwmSzPdVnY
He Heee me too I thought that was just too ironic, had to be done on purpose.
As for tracking down this mystery version, Mrs Neill is a Midsomer addict so it can't be long before the relevant episode comes round again - I'll ask her to watch out for it...
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Sixty tracks and I only ever heard two of them before! Interesting info in the enclosed booklet. Anyway the song Black is Black is the track I was looking for.
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Found the Johnny Hallyday version. Jimmy played on some of his stuff as well; Mick Jones ( later of Foreigner and Mark Ronson’s step dad) also played for him in the 60s. Anyway, if you ever wondered what this song would be like sung in French and accompanied by an appalling video:
https://youtu.be/vx3OTZ35e80