this record is something special, but hardly anyone in the usa seems to know it.
― amateur!!!st (amateurist), Tuesday, 31 August 2004 03:18 (twenty-one years ago)
this got to no. 2 in the uk charts in the summer of '79 in the uk. it was on the radio ALL the time and at the age of 11, i totally fell in love with it. the first reggae song i probably ever heard. i still listen to the 12" from time to time.
the story goes that ms. kay had a really bad cold on the day of recording which allowed her to accidentally reach those high notes - something she could never achieve again.
― stirmonster, Tuesday, 31 August 2004 07:13 (twenty-one years ago)
― Dr. C (Dr. C), Tuesday, 31 August 2004 09:04 (twenty-one years ago)
Dennis Bovell told me that originally wrote the song intending to get Minnie Riperton to sing it - but when Ms. Riperton sadly died, he asked his teenage schoolgirl cousin if she'd like to have a go at singing it instead.
― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Tuesday, 31 August 2004 09:33 (twenty-one years ago)
this song reminds me of nitsuh's description of "the long and winding road," the way the arrangement seems to announce the HUGE chord changes in a slightly retarded way. however i like "silly games" a lot.
― amateur!!st, Tuesday, 31 August 2004 16:18 (twenty-one years ago)
― wtin, Tuesday, 31 August 2004 19:02 (twenty-one years ago)
― Paul (scifisoul), Tuesday, 31 August 2004 19:33 (twenty-one years ago)
― dog latin (dog latin), Wednesday, 3 May 2006 11:20 (twenty years ago)
― jaime, Thursday, 4 May 2006 04:30 (twenty years ago)
― mark e (mark e), Thursday, 4 May 2006 05:56 (twenty years ago)
"I've got no time to play your http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NteFmrIN-VM
― Daniel Giraffe, Saturday, 8 December 2007 00:11 (eighteen years ago)
This song keeps popping up recently. It got a mention in a cab in London when the driver stuck on a lovers rock mixed tape. It then came up in that Top 50 of 1979 ILX poll; was it really one of the 50 best sellng songs of the year? By coincidence, I also bought a cheapo reggae compilation from Asda the other day, including Silly Games.
― Daniel Giraffe, Saturday, 8 December 2007 00:23 (eighteen years ago)
a cab in London when the driver stuck on a lovers rock mixed tape
not to be all robert elms about it, but this sounds like bliss.
― r|t|c, Saturday, 8 December 2007 00:33 (eighteen years ago)
heh heh yes, it was lovely, and I was just the right side of drunk to appreciate the moment.
― Daniel Giraffe, Saturday, 8 December 2007 00:39 (eighteen years ago)
anyways yeah, 'silly games' is just the best. can't add to what's been said already re awkaward chord change, tease to the fade.
been meaning to do a proper lovers thread for ages. would like to come equipped first though.
― r|t|c, Saturday, 8 December 2007 00:39 (eighteen years ago)
this really is one of the greatest songs ever. the LP it's on (Capricorn Woman) is pretty awesome as well; nothing's as good as Silly Games, of course, but the whole thing is pretty fun.
― a duiving caTCH, a stuolllen bayeeeess (jamescobo), Monday, 26 May 2014 19:09 (twelve years ago)