Top Pop Pick of The Day - Bob Lind - Elusive Butterfly

Post by Uni
What can I say; this is one fine song! Fine singing with nice
orchestration - professionally recorded!
Will get you flying like a butterfly, in Stereo!
Bob, come on down and take a bow, sir!
Nice work!
Uni

Yeah, we talked about this about a year ago. Some lambasted
me for saying it was a 1967 hit but that's what I remembered.

It's a personal all-time fave, one of those near perfect works
of art in terms of music and lyrics which place it among the
other few immortals.

b***@sbcglobal.net

2007-08-03 19:39:17 UTC

Yeah, we talked about this about a year ago. Some lambasted
me for saying it was a 1967 hit but that's what I remembered.
It's a personal all-time fave, one of those near perfect works
of art in terms of music and lyrics which place it among the
other few immortals.

A great song!

http://www.boblind.com/

Robert J. Boyne

2007-08-04 04:36:10 UTC

Yeah, we talked about this about a year ago. Some lambasted
me for saying it was a 1967 hit but that's what I remembered.
It's a personal all-time fave, one of those near perfect works
of art in terms of music and lyrics which place it among the
other few immortals.

A great song!

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With a great b-side.

Robert the b-sider.

--
Robert J. Boyne.Tradewinds Real Estate.North Vancouver/British Columbia.Cell.604-644-6973.
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" I have the good sense to know that unheard songs are often sweeter".
Email - ***@shaw.ca
Home page - www.2realtyguys.com

Taliesyn

2007-08-04 12:45:49 UTC

Yeah, we talked about this about a year ago. Some lambasted
me for saying it was a 1967 hit but that's what I remembered.
It's a personal all-time fave, one of those near perfect works
of art in terms of music and lyrics which place it among the
other few immortals.

A great song!

**************************************************************
With a great b-side.

You probably already know that the b-side was the actual a-side. Some
DJ in Florida (WQAM) flipped over "Chery'l's Goin' Home" and found
"Elusive Butterfly" on the back. It cought on like wildfire, charting in
January 1966, and the rest is history

"Cheryl's Goin' Home" did become a hit in Vancouver 4 months later.
Not by Lind but by The Cascades who did a marvelous job on it easily
surpassing Lind's effort, I'd say. Cascades thought Lind was a great
artist and added "Truly Julie's Blues", the b-side of Lind's follow-up
to "Elusive Butterfly, "Remember The Rain" - both sides of which charted
for Lind, #71 & #92. And it seems like another case of a b-side charting
higher than the a-side for Lind.

I also like "I Just Let It Take Me", Lind's next single, and "Dale Ann",
a beautiful ballad.

-Taliesyn

Robert J. Boyne

2007-08-04 15:03:27 UTC

Yeah, we talked about this about a year ago. Some lambasted
me for saying it was a 1967 hit but that's what I remembered.
It's a personal all-time fave, one of those near perfect works
of art in terms of music and lyrics which place it among the
other few immortals.

A great song!

**************************************************************
With a great b-side.

You probably already know that the b-side was the actual a-side. Some
DJ in Florida (WQAM) flipped over "Chery'l's Goin' Home" and found
"Elusive Butterfly" on the back. It cought on like wildfire, charting in
January 1966, and the rest is history
"Cheryl's Goin' Home" did become a hit in Vancouver 4 months later.
Not by Lind but by The Cascades who did a marvelous job on it easily
surpassing Lind's effort, I'd say. Cascades thought Lind was a great
artist and added "Truly Julie's Blues", the b-side of Lind's follow-up
to "Elusive Butterfly, "Remember The Rain" - both sides of which charted
for Lind, #71 & #92. And it seems like another case of a b-side charting
higher than the a-side for Lind.
I also like "I Just Let It Take Me", Lind's next single, and "Dale Ann",
a beautiful ballad.
-Taliesyn

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"Cheryl's Going Home" also a # 46 in the UK for Adam Faith in Oct
1966.

Robert the Ex-Brit.
--
Robert J. Boyne.Tradewinds Real Estate.North Vancouver/British Columbia.Cell.604-644-6973.
***************************************************************************************
" I have the good sense to know that unheard songs are often sweeter".
Email - ***@shaw.ca
Home page - www.2realtyguys.com

RandyPNY

2007-08-05 13:08:39 UTC

Yeah, we talked about this about a year ago. Some lambasted
me for saying it was a 1967 hit but that's what I remembered.
It's a personal all-time fave, one of those near perfect works
of art in terms of music and lyrics which place it among the
other few immortals.

A great song!

**************************************************************
With a great b-side.

You probably already know that the b-side was the actual a-side. Some
DJ in Florida (WQAM) flipped over "Chery'l's Goin' Home" and found
"Elusive Butterfly" on the back. It cought on like wildfire, charting in
January 1966, and the rest is history
"Cheryl's Goin' Home" did become a hit in Vancouver 4 months later.
Not by Lind but by The Cascades who did a marvelous job on it easily
surpassing Lind's effort, I'd say. Cascades thought Lind was a great
artist and added "Truly Julie's Blues", the b-side of Lind's follow-up
to "Elusive Butterfly, "Remember The Rain" - both sides of which charted
for Lind, #71 & #92. And it seems like another case of a b-side charting
higher than the a-side for Lind.
I also like "I Just Let It Take Me", Lind's next single, and "Dale Ann",
a beautiful ballad.
-Taliesyn

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"Cheryl's Going Home" also a # 46 in the UK for Adam Faith in Oct
1966.

And, of course, the best version was by The Blues Project, on their
PROJECTIONS LP (1966).

- Randy

2007-08-04 15:08:00 UTC

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Yeah, we talked about this about a year ago. Some lambasted
me for saying it was a 1967 hit but that's what I remembered.
It's a personal all-time fave, one of those near perfect works
of art in terms of music and lyrics which place it among the
other few immortals.

A great song!

**************************************************************
With a great b-side.

You probably already know that the b-side was the actual a-side. Some
DJ in Florida (WQAM)

The DJ was probably Rick Shaw.
I lived in Miami Beach in the mid-1960s at the time, and his
station was the dominant one on rock radio.
WQAM (560AM) was also 'Beatle Headquarters' in 1964 on South
Florida radio stations.
Rick Shaw recently retired from WMXJ (102.7 FM, Miami-Ft.
Lauderdale) after 50 years in the biz.
Here is Rick Shaw on his tv show in 1966 "Saturday Hop"
[WLBW-10, Miami] introducing Neil Sedaka singing "Breaking Up Is Hard To Do"
(1962).

"Elusive Butterfly" hit #5 on Billboard's singles chart for 2
wks. (Mar. 12-25, 1966). AND HERE IT IS:

And again with 'butterfly' visuals:

Here is Bob himself performing the song live in 1992:

Bob Lind's website: http://www.boblind.com

Here is the great and beautiful Petula Clark doing her
(shortened) version of the song on "The Ed Sullivan Show." [year unknown]

Post by Taliesyn
flipped over "Chery'l's Goin' Home" and found
"Elusive Butterfly" on the back. It cought on like wildfire, charting in
January 1966, and the rest is history
"Cheryl's Goin' Home" did become a hit in Vancouver 4 months later.
Not by Lind but by The Cascades who did a marvelous job on it easily
surpassing Lind's effort, I'd say. Cascades thought Lind was a great
artist and added "Truly Julie's Blues", the b-side of Lind's follow-up
to "Elusive Butterfly, "Remember The Rain" - both sides of which charted
for Lind, #71 & #92. And it seems like another case of a b-side charting
higher than the a-side for Lind.
I also like "I Just Let It Take Me", Lind's next single, and "Dale Ann", a
beautiful ballad.
-Taliesyn

Uni

2007-08-05 00:37:19 UTC

Yeah, we talked about this about a year ago. Some lambasted
me for saying it was a 1967 hit but that's what I remembered.
It's a personal all-time fave, one of those near perfect works
of art in terms of music and lyrics which place it among the
other few immortals.

A great song!

**************************************************************
With a great b-side.

You probably already know that the b-side was the actual a-side. Some
DJ in Florida (WQAM) flipped over "Chery'l's Goin' Home" and found
"Elusive Butterfly" on the back. It cought on like wildfire, charting in
January 1966, and the rest is history
"Cheryl's Goin' Home" did become a hit in Vancouver 4 months later.
Not by Lind but by The Cascades who did a marvelous job on it easily
surpassing Lind's effort, I'd say. Cascades thought Lind was a great
artist and added "Truly Julie's Blues", the b-side of Lind's follow-up
to "Elusive Butterfly, "Remember The Rain" - both sides of which charted
for Lind, #71 & #92.

Just more evidence - without Payola, some tunes don't score!!!!!!

Uni

And it seems like another case of a b-side charting

Post by Taliesyn
higher than the a-side for Lind.
I also like "I Just Let It Take Me", Lind's next single, and "Dale Ann",
a beautiful ballad.
-Taliesyn

D***@AOL.com

2007-08-05 03:52:07 UTC

Yeah, we talked about this about a year ago. Some lambasted
me for saying it was a 1967 hit but that's what I remembered.
It's a personal all-time fave, one of those near perfect works
of art in terms of music and lyrics which place it among the
other few immortals.

A great song!

**************************************************************
With a great b-side.

You probably already know that the b-side was the actual a-side. Some
DJ in Florida (WQAM) flipped over "Chery'l's Goin' Home" and found
"Elusive Butterfly" on the back. It cought on like wildfire, charting in
January 1966, and the rest is history
"Cheryl's Goin' Home" did become a hit in Vancouver 4 months later.
Not by Lind but by The Cascades who did a marvelous job on it easily
surpassing Lind's effort, I'd say. Cascades thought Lind was a great
artist and added "Truly Julie's Blues", the b-side of Lind's follow-up
to "Elusive Butterfly, "Remember The Rain" - both sides of which charted
for Lind, #71 & #92.

Just more evidence - without Payola, some tunes don't score!!!!!!
Uni
And it seems like another case of a b-side charting

Post by Taliesyn
higher than the a-side for Lind.
I also like "I Just Let It Take Me", Lind's next single, and "Dale Ann",
a beautiful ballad.
-Taliesyn

Not to mention that from the looks of that web
site.....................the elusive butterfly of youth has long since
fluttered from the pressed pages of Lind's lepidopterist's book,
baby!!!

Dennis C from Tennessee

Jim Wright

2007-08-05 13:22:33 UTC

On Aug 3, 1:08 pm, Ronald 'More-More' Moshki

Yeah, we talked about this about a year ago. Some lambasted
me for saying it was a 1967 hit but that's what I remembered.
It's a personal all-time fave, one of those near perfect works
of art in terms of music and lyrics which place it among the
other few immortals.

A great song!

**************************************************************
With a great b-side.

You probably already know that the b-side was the actual a-side. Some
DJ in Florida (WQAM) flipped over "Chery'l's Goin' Home" and found
"Elusive Butterfly" on the back. It cought on like wildfire, charting
in January 1966, and the rest is history
"Cheryl's Goin' Home" did become a hit in Vancouver 4 months later.
Not by Lind but by The Cascades who did a marvelous job on it easily
surpassing Lind's effort, I'd say. Cascades thought Lind was a great
artist and added "Truly Julie's Blues", the b-side of Lind's
follow-up to "Elusive Butterfly, "Remember The Rain" - both sides of
which charted for Lind, #71 & #92.

Just more evidence - without Payola, some tunes don't score!!!!!!

No, just more evidence that you're an blithering idiot.

Ronald 'More-More' Moshki

2007-08-05 15:04:22 UTC

On Aug 3, 1:08 pm, Ronald 'More-More' Moshki

Yeah, we talked about this about a year ago. Some lambasted
me for saying it was a 1967 hit but that's what I remembered.
It's a personal all-time fave, one of those near perfect works
of art in terms of music and lyrics which place it among the
other few immortals.

A great song!

**************************************************************
With a great b-side.

You probably already know that the b-side was the actual a-side. Some
DJ in Florida (WQAM) flipped over "Chery'l's Goin' Home" and found
"Elusive Butterfly" on the back. It cought on like wildfire, charting
in January 1966, and the rest is history
"Cheryl's Goin' Home" did become a hit in Vancouver 4 months later.
Not by Lind but by The Cascades who did a marvelous job on it easily
surpassing Lind's effort, I'd say. Cascades thought Lind was a great
artist and added "Truly Julie's Blues", the b-side of Lind's
follow-up to "Elusive Butterfly, "Remember The Rain" - both sides of
which charted for Lind, #71 & #92.

Just more evidence - without Payola, some tunes don't score!!!!!!

No, just more evidence that you're an blithering idiot. - Hide quoted text -
- Show quoted text -

It doesn't require name-calling which never adds anything but
dioxin to the debate at hand.

Uni

2007-08-06 08:32:53 UTC

Post by Jim Wright

On Aug 3, 1:08 pm, Ronald 'More-More' Moshki

Yeah, we talked about this about a year ago. Some lambasted
me for saying it was a 1967 hit but that's what I remembered.
It's a personal all-time fave, one of those near perfect works
of art in terms of music and lyrics which place it among the
other few immortals.

A great song!

**************************************************************
With a great b-side.

You probably already know that the b-side was the actual a-side. Some
DJ in Florida (WQAM) flipped over "Chery'l's Goin' Home" and found
"Elusive Butterfly" on the back. It cought on like wildfire, charting
in January 1966, and the rest is history
"Cheryl's Goin' Home" did become a hit in Vancouver 4 months later.
Not by Lind but by The Cascades who did a marvelous job on it easily
surpassing Lind's effort, I'd say. Cascades thought Lind was a great
artist and added "Truly Julie's Blues", the b-side of Lind's
follow-up to "Elusive Butterfly, "Remember The Rain" - both sides of
which charted for Lind, #71 & #92.

Just more evidence - without Payola, some tunes don't score!!!!!!

No, just more evidence that you're an blithering idiot.

Whoa, a new participant! Is this the extent of your music knowledge,
Jimbo? I hope not! :-)

p.s. thank you, Mr. Munchies *hug* :-)

Will you please tell Bill Kawalec to "chill". Sheesh! :-)

Uni

John Walker

2007-08-06 12:25:33 UTC

Post by Jim Wright