CRIMSON AND CLOVER

Updated 05-May-2020.

Mondo shtuff from around the internet, all about CRIMSON AND CLOVER!

Jarvis: Jarvis Cocker: After 20-plus years fronting Pulp—one of the most beloved and consequential bands of the recent Britpop era—Jarvis Cocker goes it solo for Jarvis, a grand, tuneful record that sounds unsurprisingly like Pulp, but with a broader stylistic range. Cocker will always be Cocker, which means that even when he crosses The Righteous Brothers with tropical plunking on "Baby's Coming Back To Me," or samples Tommy James' "Crimson And Clover" on "Black Magic," the songs' basic forms remain Pulp-y, from their hyper-cinematic arrangements to their core of wizened melancholy. The main difference between Jarvis and Pulp's final album, We Love Life, is that the new record feels far less portentous, and more brightly poppy.

My botty best at summarizing from Wikipedia: “Crimson and Clover” was released in late 1968 as a rough mix after a radio station leaked it . the single has sold 5 million copies, making it Tommy James and the Shondells’ best- the RIAA did not award a gold record so the 5 million sales number is not officially acknowledged . it has been covered by many artists including Joan Jett and Prince . in 2006, Pitchfork Media named it the a song to fit the phrase was written by Tommy James and bassist Mike Vale, but was scrapped . his following collaboration with drummer Peter Lucia, Jr. was more successful . “Crimson and Clover” was recorded in late 1968 in about five hours . the song contains a tremolo effect on the guitar, set so that it vibrated in time with song’s rhythm . James sang “Crimson and clover, over and over” while recording the song . unbeknownst to him, the station recorded the song as a “world exclusive” the song was aired with little delay “Crimson and Clover” entered the U.S. charts on December 14 . it stayed for 16 weeks on the billboard hot 100 and 15 weeks on cash box top 100 . the song reached number one in Canada, Germany, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, and Switzerland . it also charted in Austria, Brazil, France, Holland, Italy, Israel, Malaysia, Mexico, Philippines, and Puerto Rico the album, also titled Crimson and Clover, was released in January 1969 . it reached a peak of #8 on the Billboard 200 . the reissue single was also pressed with the longer album version in 1982, they reached #7 on the Billboard Hot 100 with their rendition (in a slightly enhanced AOR/single mix) they also reached #4 in Canada and #6 in Australia, in addition to charting in parts the song has also been covered in Italian, as “Soli si muore”, by Michele e i Michelangeli in 1969, in the album “Ritratto di un cantante” and Patrick Sam the band Jimmy Eat World references this song in “A Praise Chorus” on their album Bleed American . near the end of the song, they repeat the words “crimson and clover, over and over” several Elliott Smith sings “the radio was playing Crimson and Clover” in the song “Baby Britain” on his album XO . he also sings in the previously-unreleased song “Bott SF Spanish Fly is a duo group featuring John “Milo” Pro and Octaviano Silva . Liz Phair sings, “crimson and clover – soon he’s taken over all my “crimson and clover” referenced in “Automaton” by the Pernice Brothers . in the 1980s, the Clover Department Store used a version of the song in tv and radio ads . Pretty Reckless sing “Crimson and clover, sugar and salt, Bittersweet and it’s all your fault” in their song “Void and Null” from “Demo & Live ( “Crimson and Clover, honey” repeats phrase in song “Venice Bitch” from 2018 . song starts with “Back in the garden. We’re getting high now, because we’re older” and Bob Dylan incorporated the song title into re-worked lyrics of his own song, “When I Paint My Masterpiece” during his concert performances in 2018 . he can also be seen in his own handwriting for his 2018 South Korean film The Drug King. 2018 Ash vs Evil Dead episode “Apparently Dead”: (Joan Jett and the Blackhearts cover version). 2018 British TV series Sex Education episode “Episo 2016 Australian television show The Kettering Incident. : played several times . 2014 Almost Human episode “Beholder”. 2013 High Maintenance episode “Jonathan”: during the funeral wake. 2013 film Blood Ties. 2012 episode “Bench-Clearing Bawl”: (Joan Jett and the Blackhearts 2010 film The Runaways: at the end (Joan Jett and the Blackhearts cover version). 2000s 2009 film The Boat That Rocked: soundtrack. 2008 film My Best Friend’s Girl: prom 2006 film Her Minor Thing: (Joan Jett and the Blackhearts cover version). 2005 Veronica Mars episode “M.A.D. “: when Logan waits in his yacht for Veronica, who never 2004 The L Word episode “Listen Up”. 2003 film Coffee and Cigarettes: “Renee” segment. 2003 film Monster: multiple uses. 2000 film Frequency: as the radio signal is traveling to the sun and “: Kevin settles for one girl but really wanted to take another girl to a school dance . 1994 film Pontiac Moon . 1993 film Indian Summer . middle-aged couple go to an A&W restaurant to relive memories.