Typical Girls: Women in Punk/Post-Punk/Underground Music (Circa 1975-1980s)

[peter <peter_in_melb AT yahoo.com.au>]

Hey, I think you've solved it Mike.  I've heard that
version of "Cruel to be kind"  and I was just about to
ask about that as well (I have that mp3 billed as "The
Raincoats" and was always dubious).
Thanks all, I'll go and check out Letters to Cleo.
Regards.


--- Mike Appelstein <mike AT appelstein.com> wrote:
> It definitely doesn't sound like the kind of the
> song the Raincoats would
> cover, even live.  But wait!  Didn't Letters To Cleo
> appear as "The
> Raincoats" in the movie _10 Things I Hate About
> You_?  I remember finding a
> cover of "Cruel to be Kind" by "The Raincoats" on
> the original Napster, and
> it turned out to be the L2C version. So if Letters
> to Cleo also covered "I
> Want You To Want Me," there's your possible answer.
> 
> Mike
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: peter [mailto:peter_in_melb AT yahoo.com.au] 
> Sent: Sunday, March 20, 2005 4:51 PM
> To: mike AT appelstein.com
> Subject: RE: [TypicalGirls] Is this tune by The
> Raincoats??
> 
> ah, thats why i know the tune .. but this is
> definitely a female singer .. thanks Mike.
> 
> --- Mike Appelstein <mike AT appelstein.com> wrote:
> > Sounds like you're talking about Cheap Trick's "I
> > Want You to Want Me."  I
> > doubt the Raincoats ever covered it, although who
> > knows?
> > 
> > -Mike
> > http://djearlybird.blogspot.com
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: typicalgirls-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org
> > [mailto:typicalgirls-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On
> > Behalf Of peter
> > Sent: Sunday, March 20, 2005 4:37 PM
> > To: typicalgirls AT lists.ibiblio.org
> > Subject: [TypicalGirls] Is this tune by The
> > Raincoats??
> > 
> > It starts:
> > "I want you to want me, I need you to need me, I'd
> > love you to love me .."
> > and the chorus starts:
> > "Didn't I didn't I didn't I see you crying .." etc
> > I'm a big Raincoats fan and um "acquired" this mp3
> > ..
> > and it is soooo familiar, but I can't place the
> > title
> > (they call it "I want you to love me").  I'm
> > starting
> > to wonder if it is The Raincoats after all.  Any
> > help
> > would be appreciated as I want to hunt it out on
> cd,
> > thanks.
> > 
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