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April 13, 2006
I Don’t Mind At All
Back in 1987, 88 or 89 I heard a song on the radio and was immediately transfixed. The song was “I Don’t Mind At All” by Bourgeois Tagg, a collaboration between Brent Bourgeois and Larry Tagg. A friend gave me a cassette tape of their Yoyo album which featured the song and I played it several dozen times before I lost it.
So what? Well, five years ago in April I was attempting to describe the song to my lovely wife Lisa and gave myself chills thinking about its beautiful orchestration of violins and cellos and the perfect vocal harmonies. Lisa’s blank stare prompted me to find and download lyrics for the song off the internet and create my own cover version of the song.
Remember that I hadn’t heard the song played for about ten years, so this was all from memory (although I do have a good memory for most things musical). My voice is a bit shaky here and there, and I don't have a string section at my disposal, but I like it. What do you think?
I Don’t Mind At All.mp3 recorded by Nathan Dickson from memory, April 8, 2001
And for comparison purposes, here’s an excerpt from the original I Don’t Mind At All.mp3 recorded by Bourgeois Tagg many years earlier
Lisa tells me that she likes my voice better than his, which is a nice compliment.
Posted by Nathan Dickson at April 13, 2006 09:27 PM
Comments
Very nice! Suddenly this morning the original came to mind and I went out looking for it, but this is a very acceptible substitute :).
Posted by: Marc MacNair at October 3, 2006 09:48 AM
Thanks for the compliment. Hopefully, I won't get yelled at by the record companies for posting the song.
Posted by: Nathan Dickson at October 3, 2006 09:56 AM