Lizard's Convention - Wooden Heart (Remix) (1995)

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Remembering those happy days with my barkada's (friends) attending in some parties in school and disco... dancing, shouting while singing this great tune... uhm! it really brings back some naughty days too hehehe.... never forget this song for the rest of my life...pls. enjoy!

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Here's A Funny Fish, Hurrah! also had several very imaginative covers: a upbeat yet plaintive version of "Wooden Heart," which is most associated with Elvis, plus a couple of 70s disco-rock songs in "Stuck In The Middle With You" and "Rock The Boat." I especially love the latter, despite having very little use for the Hues Corporation original. The band tweaks the song in small, but noticeable and effective ways. The original, you may remember, has a short three-note horn section that appears at the beginning, which is then pretty much buried in the mix for the rest of the song. The Lizards' Convention builds on and expands that passage, playing it on chiming guitars and making it into much more of a hook. The tempo is a little faster, less shuffling than the original. At the end of the song they interpellate a snippet of "Row, Row, Row Your Boat," which is, frankly, genius, especially since it allows them to end on the slightly ominous line "life...is but a dream." The vocalist, Kristine Oehlers, has a high-pitched, fragile, and somewhat thin voice that, at moments on the record, comes close to being off-pitch. But she's great at using that voice, with all its limitations. Here, for example, the way she goes up an octave on "our love is like a ship on the ocean" is quite spine-tingling.

The band did well with the album, having radio hits with "Pleasant Song," "The Goat..," and "Wooden Heart" (which was apparently also very popular in Thailand). The band, now down to three members, then recorded a follow-up album called Quarkstar, which was unfortunately shelved after their original label folded and the company who took over found the new album -- apparently an acoustic affair -- too uncommercial. It's not entirely clear if the band is still going, since their website (on Geocities! Quaint! Kids, ask your parents to explain) hasn't been updated in about five years. However, some of the links on the "Downloads" page are still working, and I especially recommend "Pleasant Song" in addition to the two I've posted.

One final, funny story: when the album was first released, I picked it up on cassette (again, younger readers, ask your 'rents) on a trip back to Singapore. About four or five years later, I was still living in the Boston area, and one day found the CD at a second-hand store for a buck. It's not totally strange, since the guitarist/lead songwriter of the group at that time lived (and still does, I believe) in Boston, but it was still amusing that I went thousands of miles away from "home" only to come -- in a welcomed manner, which isn't always the case -- face-to-face with it again.

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Naaalala ko tong kantang to nung bata ko. I remember hearing this song playing on the radio when I was a kid in the Philippines. It's very nostalgic. I thought that this group were Filipinos, but they were from Singapore.

curiousquietboy

glad i belong in this era. i have lots of great moments and adventures in my music wayback in my childhood life. now i became better musician. and i still look back from where i started my journey. coz this era gave me a lot of inspirations. god bless batch 90's 🙏

courtshocker

The decade of artists with sweet voices, lizard convention, the cardigans, whigfield, frente, claire marlowe and never forget sixpence none the richer.

harvquilas

Omg im crying now 😭😭😭😭😭 my childhood memories…. Life is hard back then but super happy. Now life is good but sad… you cant have the best of both worlds i guess… i love this song. Out of the blue i was humming this song i was like i have to find it, at first all i see is the original elvis’s. So happy to find and heard this song again in a long time.. Feels like yesterday.

gemznazy

I've been searching this remix version for a long time. The video is also awesome which is compatible with song. thanks for uploading.

sailormelodyguy