Shame

by Rich Boucher

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dali141965 Rich is an amazing poet. I already love all his poetry. A few years back Rich joined a private group on FB. Once a year we are asked to cover songs for The Great Cover Song Challenge. I enjoy Rich's versions of songs which sound like sound collages that would do David Lynch proud. I think this might be my favorite so far.

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Victor Infante's "Cover Song Challenge" of 2021 is here! This time around, the challenge was to cover a song that you would be assigned with no say in the matter - once you accept the mission, you must complete it! Victor chose songs from the Disco age, and I was given the task of covering the song "Shame" by Evelyn "Champagne" King. I've never heard this song. I've never heard of Evelyn "Champagne" King. What I know about the Disco movement would not be enough to fill a leopard print shot glass. Will I ever listen to the original song? Time will tell.

Enjoy!

PS - if you love Disco music, and if you are a fan of Ms. King's, I'm sorry in advance.

lyrics

"Shame"

Shame
Burning, you keep my whole body yearning
You got me so confused
It's a shame
Sometimes I think I'm going insane
But still I want to stay

Wrapped in your arms
Is where I want to be, want to be
Wrapped in your arms
That's my high, my high

Shame, ooh
My mother says you're playing a game
And what you do to me is a shame
Ooh, gonna love you just the same
Mama just don't understand

Wrapped in your arms
Is where I want to be, want to be
Wrapped in your arms
That's my high, my high

I can't get enough, ooh baby
Enough of that magic touch
Love is in my heart
Tearing the rules apart
So, why should I be ashamed

Only love can be to blame
If we lose our love it's a shame
Ooh, I wouldn't want to live with the pain
Gonna stay forever

Wrapped in your arms
Is where I want to be, want to be
Wrapped in your arms
That's my high, my high

Shame
Only love can be to blame
If we lose our love it's a shame
Ooh, I wouldn't want to live with the pain
Oh, it's a shame
Shame...

Lyrics by J.h. Fitch, R. Gross

credits

released May 23, 2021
Rich Boucher, vocals and keys

The following are samples used to create this track:

"jack-n-jill_guitar_banjo" by shorthopper at freesound.org
"Latin Litanies" sound by Cormi at freesound.org
"Children-singing" recording by isohoo at freesound.org
"Chainsaw-3" sound by piwilliwillski at freesound.org
"Short-d-swell" sound by RichHeard at freesound.org
"Matchstrike" by Jamius at freesound.org
"Telephone-dialing" by djfroyd at freesound.org
"Typewriter-pullback" by tjandrasounds at freesound.org
"Rooster-crowing-a" by inspectorj at freesound.org
"Old-church-bell" by dsp9000 at freesound.org
"Maracas" by nathanmanaker at freesound.org
"Vinyl-dust3" by mitchanary at freesound.org
"Nemean-roar" by rifthead at freesound.org
"Vinyl-dust4" by mitchanary at freesound.org

Non-freesound.org sample sources:

animal clips found on YouTube
something from PornHub
a '90's "girl/girl" VHS tape
my voice recorder on my phone

NO BELL BOTTOMS WERE HARMED IN THE MAKING OF THIS RECORDING.

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Rich Boucher Albuquerque, New Mexico

Rich Boucher is a performance poet whose poems have appeared in Adobe Walls: An Anthology of New Mexico Poetry, Fickle Muses, The Rag, The Malpais Review, Menagerie, Clutching at Straws, Shot Glass Journal, Sparkbright, The Mas Tequila Review, The Legendary and The Nervous Breakdown, among others. ... more