Frantic and The Mysterious Japanese Bonus Track!!
Could someone please give me some information about the bonus track "I'll Forget More than You'll Ever Know" which was released as a bonus track on the Frantic album in Japan? Where did it come from? Has anyone heard it before? I'm sure someone in the Roxyrama community has the answer. As a huge Bryan Ferry fan I would love to hear it (preferably without having to fly from Sydney to Tokyo return!).
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Permalink Reply by Terry 'O' on -
Full Credit To These Vintage Years, John O'Brien's Roxy/Ferry site for this info.
I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know was written by Cecil Null and has been recorded by Bryan Ferry during the 'Frantic' sessions. His version is available on the Japanese version of the 'Frantic' album
I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know was covered by Dylan (offstage) during 1965 British tour (uncirculated "Don't Look Back" footage), during "Self Portrait" sessions, Apr 1969, and during 1986 tour (duets with Tom Petty).
Dolly Parton also recorded this song on her album 'Honky Tonk Angels', Johnny Cash has recorded it too as well as Skeeter Davis (The Davis Sisters) & Wanda Jackson
CECIL NULL:
I wrote "I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know" in 1947, but it wasn't recorded until 1953. It was turned down by nearly everybody in the business. The song stems from an old saying. So many times I've heard people say "I forgot more than you'll ever know about this job or this thing or whatever." I thought it would be a good idea for a song because everybody was already familiar with the title. This song was not written from true life. If every songwriter wrote true things about himself, most wives would have left long ago.
Interview, Nashville, TN, Jun 5, 1973; reprinted in Dorothy Horstman, Sing Your Heart Out, Country Boy, New York, 1976, p. 175.
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Permalink Reply by Siobhan on -
I loved this song as soon as I heard it when it was sung by Bryan He sure done a brill job even doubt it was sung by other artists and I have not heard them . thankyou for the update on this song Such a pity this had been turned down by so many in the music business years back and when I heard Bryan singing this I thought wow what lovely words and there was another one he did on the Frantic tour that someone done for me as audio brilliant i missed out on this tour.
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