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Michelle singing solo on "Mike Douglas Show"!

PostPosted: Sat Mar 06, 2010 12:09 am
by jcg
I found this on youtube and wanted to pass it on. She's singing "No Love Today" in 1976.
It's not mine...just wanted to share. Enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spJ3pu52xTg

enjoy, it's very good!
JC

Re: Michelle singing solo on "Mike Douglas Show"!

PostPosted: Mon Mar 08, 2010 7:49 am
by Nicole
Hi JC,
Thanks for posting that clip. I love it! As you probably already know, that song was in soundtrack to the movie Mother, Jugs, and Speed, with Bill Cosby, Raquel Welch, and Harvey Keitel. It's a pretty good movie in my humble opinion. You can hear the song in the movie when Welch's character and Keitel's character are are having a serious discussion.
Take care,
Nicole :mrgreen:

Re: Michelle singing solo on "Mike Douglas Show"!

PostPosted: Tue Mar 16, 2010 5:35 pm
by jcg
Hi Nicole,

You never disappoint!

Being a relatively newcomer to the Mamas and Papas world, and primarily enamored of Cass, I didn't know about the Mother Jugs and Speed connection. I loved the film when I was a wee tot and remember thinking of Michelle as the knockout who looked like a slightly naughtier Sharon Tate! Thanks for the info!

JC

Re: Michelle singing solo on "Mike Douglas Show"!

PostPosted: Wed Mar 17, 2010 6:51 am
by Nicole
Hi JC,
You're welcome!
Take care,
Nicole :mrgreen:

Re: Michelle singing solo on "Mike Douglas Show"!

PostPosted: Mon Mar 22, 2010 10:34 am
by GlennS
thanks, I'd never heard this song, and she looks great too. she's not a powerhouse singer like Cass, but she can hold her own. she was clearly more than just a pretty face in the M and Ps. it's also interesting to hear her sing solo, to compare with the voices you hear on the M and P's albums, and with respect to the controversy over who sang what on the 2nd album, Jill or Michelle. - -- Glenn

Re: Michelle singing solo on "Mike Douglas Show"!

PostPosted: Thu Mar 25, 2010 9:30 am
by jcg
Hi Glenn
I agree with you. That's why I posted the clip. I always had a hard time hearing Michelle on M & P songs - as Cass' clarion tone always dominates the mix. More so after I heard the Monterey Pop performance (where Michelle's microphone wasn't on). So it's great to hear her solo.
JC

Re: Michelle singing solo on "Mike Douglas Show"!

PostPosted: Fri Mar 26, 2010 8:58 am
by GlennS
hi JC: right, and sometimes you think it's only Cass that you can hear on the M and Ps records, but I wonder if sometimes Michelle blended in so well and also imitated Cass that you think it's just Cass when it's really both of them. - Glenn

Re: Michelle singing solo on "Mike Douglas Show"!

PostPosted: Sat Mar 27, 2010 7:54 am
by Eran
Glenn, you're spot on. To realise just how much Michelle's singing has improved over the years, listen to her on 'String Man' and on 'For the Love of Ivy" - she delivers some of those lyrics, as if Cass were singing through her.

Re: Michelle singing solo on "Mike Douglas Show"!

PostPosted: Mon Mar 29, 2010 6:57 am
by Nicole
Hi Eran,
It's nice to hear from you again! It's been awhile.
Take care,
Nicole :mrgreen:

Re: Michelle singing solo on "Mike Douglas Show"!

PostPosted: Mon Mar 29, 2010 10:52 am
by John Sands
Yes Nicole, it is good to hear from Eran again. I always knew he was cool by virtue of the fact that he's a real Michie fan.