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Old 28-12-2007, 00:19
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If you had to select some cover songs for Leon's first album, what would you suggest?

I'd love him to cover 'Moondance'.
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Old 28-12-2007, 00:23
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Old 28-12-2007, 00:25
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"You Can't Always Get What You Want" (Rolling Stones)
Funnily enough, I'm listening to The Stones now. But I don't think it would suit Leon.
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Old 28-12-2007, 00:26
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If you had to select some cover songs for Leon's first album, what would you suggest?

I'd love him to cover 'Moondance'.

As I'm a massive Van the Man fan, I was going to really let rip here, but you may have hit on something there.
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Old 28-12-2007, 00:26
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Old 28-12-2007, 00:28
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Well I hope Leon gets his own way and doesn't do covers.
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Old 28-12-2007, 00:29
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Old 28-12-2007, 00:30
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I really hope he avoids swing tbh. i know leon is a john legend fan, and i think he would sing ordinary people very well
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Old 28-12-2007, 00:32
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Old 28-12-2007, 00:35
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I hope 'You Don't Know Me' is on. I would have liked to have seen that on the single but hopefully they are keeping it back for the album.
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Old 28-12-2007, 00:37
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I really hope he avoids swing tbh. i know leon is a john legend fan, and i think he would sing ordinary people very well
Did he say somewhere that his album wouldn't be swing? I think I remember seeing that somewhere and that it would consist of original stuff.

I agree I think he would be best to avoid going down the all swing route for his first album.
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Old 28-12-2007, 01:25
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If you had to select some cover songs for Leon's first album, what would you suggest?

I'd love him to cover 'Moondance'.
That's a good song for him and there are loads of covers he could sing well and a few that come to mind are Against All Odds (quite apt) Love Is All Around, Beyond The Sea, To Dream The Impossible Dream (I love Andy Williams' voice and that Honda advert) and Could It Be Magic? (the way I saw Take That do it a few weeks ago a la Barry Manilow style - slow version).
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Old 28-12-2007, 02:11
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'Home'...but I don't think there'll be any covers. Simon said the songs will be originals.
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Old 28-12-2007, 02:31
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Did he say somewhere that his album wouldn't be swing? I think I remember seeing that somewhere and that it would consist of original stuff.

I agree I think he would be best to avoid going down the all swing route for his first album.
I don't see that it would have to be either 'swing' or 'not swing'. He is in the enviable position of being very versatile, so an album of mainly original songs with perhaps a couple of covers (like most artists) would have a broad appeal. Besides, he is more jazzy than 'swingy'.
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Old 28-12-2007, 04:17
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Old 28-12-2007, 11:56
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Funnily enough, I'm listening to The Stones now. But I don't think it would suit Leon.
Angie would I think
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Old 28-12-2007, 11:58
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Original songs would definitely be best
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Old 28-12-2007, 12:02
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Old 28-12-2007, 12:07
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No covers please.
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Old 28-12-2007, 12:39
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But then there's no discussion.
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Old 28-12-2007, 12:42
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As I'm a massive Van the Man fan, I was going to really let rip here, but you may have hit on something there.
Why even feel a need say that? On a positive thread? You could just have said what you said without that 'bit'. It would have been so much nicer. But no.
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Old 28-12-2007, 12:43
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As we know, Leon's album will be originals. However, I'd love an album of covers too.
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Old 28-12-2007, 12:48
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As we know, Leon's album will be originals. However, I'd love an album of covers too.
Me too - originals will be best. But even Leona's album has a couple of covers - hence this thread!
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Old 28-12-2007, 13:01
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The advantage of new songs is that you can't be compared unfavourably to the original artists...
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Old 28-12-2007, 13:03
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Well for me, no swing or jazz fro now.

My fave XF perfromances were Home, YDKM and bits of LAWR - shows he has potential beyond the above genres. I'd like him to have a go at stuff in the same vein as Tom Baxters Better or maybe revisit some of Paul Youngs earlier tracks...that would tie nicely in with the more soulful stuff he likes from Paolo and James Morrison.
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