Monday Music: Dusty Springfield
Those of us in the plush Column of Life offices are nothing if not obsessive freaks. Here's more Dusty music.
Dusty was not only a prime interpreter of the pop aria, she was also damn good at hyperbole. She claims to have fallen into a heap when she heard Pino Donaggio's "Io Che Non Vivo," which eventually became her biggest hit, "You Don't Have to Say You Love Me." She also claims to have driven off the road upon hearing "West End Girls" on the car radio.
What is true about her is her unfailing love for music of many types and her penchant for turning a song, any song, into her own. The Pet Shop Boys only wanted her to "dustify" their very catchy song, which she did marvelously on the second rendition of the chorus.
Dusty was not only a prime interpreter of the pop aria, she was also damn good at hyperbole. She claims to have fallen into a heap when she heard Pino Donaggio's "Io Che Non Vivo," which eventually became her biggest hit, "You Don't Have to Say You Love Me." She also claims to have driven off the road upon hearing "West End Girls" on the car radio.
What is true about her is her unfailing love for music of many types and her penchant for turning a song, any song, into her own. The Pet Shop Boys only wanted her to "dustify" their very catchy song, which she did marvelously on the second rendition of the chorus.
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