Ugo
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Posted: April 09 2006, 09:58 |
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| Quote (Wayfarer @ April 09 2006, 00:38) | | It's amazing... Oh, well, a cannot assure it 100% but it looks like they have used Oldfield's Froggy Went-A-Courting version in the background... |
Yes, they did. They edited down a little bit of it (right before the trumpet solo), but it's indeed Froggy. Of course they removed all of the original vocals from it. 
| Quote | | Ugo, this is important: Was that Romina Power's single released by VIRGIN RECORDS? |
No. As I said, this is a B-side of a solo single by Romina Power, whose A-side was "Il ballo del qua qua" (an Italian cover of "Dance little bird", which was a big hit here). The 7'' was issued by Baby Records, a small label in Milan owned by BMG Ariola, unrelated to Virgin. But the songs were recorded in Germany... something that, if you have a little knowledge of Mike's discography, should really be meaningful. "Il ballo del qua qua" was also included in Al Bano & Romina Power's 1982 album Felicità - see here.
| Quote | | Same bass line, same guitar arpeggio... I guess it's a mix of Mike's song but with Romina's voice... |
That's what it is indeed - a cover of Froggy with totally different lyrics.  I don't know if the song itself is a rarity, since it is available on eMule. 
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Ugo C. - a devoted Amarokian
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