Who else did "Stayin' Alive"?
August 13, 2005 2:46 PM Subscribe
SongID: I heard a version of "Stayin' Alive" played during a transition to commericals on a televised stock car race. It was very loungy and the singer sounded Dean Martin-ish.
Not sure if it is a cover of the Bee Gees, or if it predates them. I only heard the lines "you can tell by the way I walk I'm a ladies man, no time to talk..." before it went to commercials. (Maybe the Bee Gees borrowed that line from a completely different song?) Searching Amazon for song title "Stayin' Alive" didn't bring up any likely candidates, just a lot of dance covers.
Not sure if it is a cover of the Bee Gees, or if it predates them. I only heard the lines "you can tell by the way I walk I'm a ladies man, no time to talk..." before it went to commercials. (Maybe the Bee Gees borrowed that line from a completely different song?) Searching Amazon for song title "Stayin' Alive" didn't bring up any likely candidates, just a lot of dance covers.
I'll throw Paul Anka out there as a possibility, but again, I can't find a track list with that particular song.
posted by makonan at 3:10 PM on August 13, 2005
posted by makonan at 3:10 PM on August 13, 2005
Go to Allmusic, sign up, and search by song. I'd paste in something if I thought it was obvious, but there are a number of entries under Easy Listening and Vocal, so, I can't pin it down.
posted by rfordh at 3:11 PM on August 13, 2005
posted by rfordh at 3:11 PM on August 13, 2005
Do you have a clip of this, by chance? It might help to identify it.
... Incidentally, I know of a pretty smooth version with cellos and bongos, but I wouldn't call it lounge exactly.
posted by Tuwa at 3:44 PM on August 13, 2005
... Incidentally, I know of a pretty smooth version with cellos and bongos, but I wouldn't call it lounge exactly.
posted by Tuwa at 3:44 PM on August 13, 2005
Response by poster: Sorry no clip...I only caught it by chance as I was flipping channels.
Good answers so far...Allmusic was a good lead, but it's hard to check some of those out since I can't find clips for the more obscure artists. I also found this page that lists a frighteningly large number of bands who have covered the song. I'm sure the one I'm looking for is in there somewhere.
posted by Brian James at 3:57 PM on August 13, 2005
Good answers so far...Allmusic was a good lead, but it's hard to check some of those out since I can't find clips for the more obscure artists. I also found this page that lists a frighteningly large number of bands who have covered the song. I'm sure the one I'm looking for is in there somewhere.
posted by Brian James at 3:57 PM on August 13, 2005
Best answer: Marty and Elayne? They cover(ed) this song.
posted by wackybrit at 4:05 PM on August 13, 2005
posted by wackybrit at 4:05 PM on August 13, 2005
I've now found you can hear a sample of Marty and Elayne's loungy Stayin' Alive cover at this Amazon page.
posted by wackybrit at 4:07 PM on August 13, 2005
posted by wackybrit at 4:07 PM on August 13, 2005
Best answer: Good God, what a list.
Here are a couple of leads: there was apparently a lounge version in Swingers (the Marty and Elayne version mentioned above, sample here); there's also a band (?) called Sports Crew Interference who did a version with cello, clarinet, oboe, and organ.
And those are both linked through the Google cache because the sites are both down.
posted by Tuwa at 4:14 PM on August 13, 2005
Here are a couple of leads: there was apparently a lounge version in Swingers (the Marty and Elayne version mentioned above, sample here); there's also a band (?) called Sports Crew Interference who did a version with cello, clarinet, oboe, and organ.
And those are both linked through the Google cache because the sites are both down.
posted by Tuwa at 4:14 PM on August 13, 2005
I'm imagining it has to be Marty and Elayne because of the Dean Martin reference. Marty sounds spookily like Dean Martin at times. Great movie too.
posted by wackybrit at 4:22 PM on August 13, 2005
posted by wackybrit at 4:22 PM on August 13, 2005
Tuwa - wow, Supple's version is brilliant! Thank you for the lead!
posted by divabat at 6:45 PM on August 13, 2005
posted by divabat at 6:45 PM on August 13, 2005
Oh, I didn't expect Supple to be what Brian heard; I just thought he might dig it. (My money's on the Marty and Elayne cover that wackbrit mentioned.) ... Glad you like it, though.
posted by Tuwa at 11:23 PM on August 13, 2005
posted by Tuwa at 11:23 PM on August 13, 2005
Response by poster: Bingo...Marty and Elayne is the one I heard, but the Supple one was great too. Thanks everyone.
posted by Brian James at 11:58 PM on August 13, 2005
posted by Brian James at 11:58 PM on August 13, 2005
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posted by Lokheed at 3:00 PM on August 13, 2005