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The Shangri Las
petertard
28-12-2015
Blimey, they were amazing, mainly due to Mary Weiss' very special voice, but such good lyrics and melodies as well.
crease
29-12-2015
Agreed, but what made you discover 'em tonight?
barbeler
29-12-2015
As with many similar groups at that time, they were merely vehicles for other people's songs and a big studio production.
mgvsmith
29-12-2015
Originally Posted by barbeler:
“As with many similar groups at that time, they were merely vehicles for other people's songs and a big studio production.”

So what? That's far from an unusual situation in pop music, this still happens and it doesn't stop the production of great pop music. The Shangri-Las were the vehicle for at least two brilliant, influential pop songs in 'Remember (walking' in the sand)' and 'Leader of the Pack'. Who's to say that these songs would have been successful without them? Shadow Morton and Ellie Greenwich wrote the songs with them in mind.

What made the Shangri-Las different was they were an all-white group and then had a somewhat risqué image.
mushymanrob
29-12-2015
Originally Posted by mgvsmith:
“So what? That's far from an unusual situation in pop music, this still happens and it doesn't stop the production of great pop music. The Shangri-Las were the vehicle for at least two brilliant, influential pop songs in 'Remember (walking' in the sand)' and 'Leader of the Pack'. Who's to say that these songs would have been successful without them? Shadow Morton and Ellie Greenwich wrote the songs with them in mind.

What made the Shangri-Las different was they were an all-white group and then had a somewhat risqué image.”

exactly, at least they had a unique sound, their voices werent auto tuned.
petertard
29-12-2015
I don't think "Leader of the Pack" would sound as good without Mary Weiss' unique voice, and she acted the song throughout as well.

This is an interesting clip, showing how the parents' generation of the teenagers of the time didn't recognise the words of the Number One hit of the time performed as a little playlet, and at the end you can see and hear how well Mary Weiss sings her part, at 15.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9WA5I2t26w
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