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Shocking Blue — Venus
Album: At Home
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Released: 1969
Length: 3:00
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A goddess on a mountain top
Was burning like a silver flame
The summit of beauty and love
And Venus was her name

She's got it
Yeah baby, she's got it
Well, I'm your Venus
I'm your fire
At your desire
Well, I'm your Venus
I'm your fire
At your desire

Her weapons were her crystal eyes
Making every man mad
Black as the dark night she was
Got what no one else had

She's got it
Yeah baby, she's got it
Well, I'm your Venus
I'm your fire
At your desire
Well, I'm your Venus
I'm your fire
At your desire

She's got it
Yeah baby, she's got it
Well, I'm your Venus
I'm your fire
At your desire
Well, I'm your Venus
I'm your fire
At your desire
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Posted 3 years ago by justin4kick    [ Reply ]
I never knew the Bananarama version was a cover. Interesting!
Posted 4 years ago by theirongiant    [ Reply ]
 strous wrote:
The 60's in The Netherlands. The Hague scene. R.I.P. Mariska Veres
 
I always thought the lead singer was a man! (obviously never saw pictures of the band...). Now I hear a bit of Grace Slick in the vocal.
Posted 4 years ago by tinypriest    [ Reply ]
Lyrics seem very ESL. Probably work better in Dutch...
Posted 4 years ago by firefly6    [ Reply ]
Posted 4 years ago by uksminas    [ Reply ]
Love this version
Posted 4 years ago by pawelcitak83    [ Reply ]
I wonder if THIS is where I got my taste for pedal steel?
Posted 4 years ago by bimmerfan739    [ Reply ]
 UncleRemus wrote:
I do wonder though, why didn't the songwriter try rhyming any words with Venus?
 
It would give the lines "She's got it/Yeah, Baby, she's got it" new meaning...
Posted 4 years ago by sjccroquet    [ Reply ]
The very definition of "quite likeable," imo.
Posted 4 years ago by cely    [ Reply ]
 UncleRemus wrote:
I do wonder though, why didn't the songwriter try rhyming any words with Venus?
 
Cleanus o'meanus?
Posted 4 years ago by Akazungu    [ Reply ]
 hcaudill wrote:
I liked the Bananarama cover better. Does that make me a bad person?
 

Heh, me too. The Bananarama "Venus" album was excellent.
Posted 4 years ago by Akazungu    [ Reply ]
 hcaudill wrote:
I liked the Bananarama cover better. Does that make me a bad person?
 

Not imo....they do it quite well, too!!
Posted 4 years ago by Signwrtr61    [ Reply ]
Even though I've heard this song about a million times, I always thought they were singing "she's goddess" not "she's got it."  You learn something everyday. 
Posted 4 years ago by hal2222    [ Reply ]
 hcaudill wrote:
I liked the Bananarama cover better. Does that make me a bad person?
 
I just can't hear it without thinking of that ridiculous razor commercial from several years back...
Posted 5 years ago by rhlrstn    [ Reply ]
 123heyaho! wrote:
"Released: null"??
 

developer thing
Posted 5 years ago by giammin    [ Reply ]
"Released: null"??
Posted 5 years ago by 123heyaho!    [ Reply ]
The first charming sentence: a godness on a mountain top
Posted 6 years ago by Jarl    [ Reply ]
Saw them plenty of times, great live band.
Posted 6 years ago by Jarl    [ Reply ]
Reminds me of the community’s pool party when I was 13 or so. 50 cent entry fee.
Posted 6 years ago by PaganSkier    [ Reply ]
One of my fave songs when I was 9 years old.
Posted 6 years ago by junebaby65    [ Reply ]
 calypsus_1 wrote:

One-Hit Wonders Shocking Blue 1969  by RickRaven'sBeak
https://www.flickr.com/photos/54909778@N05/

There was also a band that called itself "Frijid Pink" too. This band's hit was "Venus."

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I heard this song a 1,000 times back in the antedeluvian age when it was a hit. But it's another first for me here, and so it's another trip on the RP United Federation Hitship time machine.  
Shocking Blue and Frijid Pink were far from the only groups of that time to be one-hit wonders. Bill could probably program an entire damn afternoon of music here on RP of groovy and well-known tunes of the era, maybe even just '68 or '69 alone, that were singular one-offs. This is one of the few from those days that I've heard here. Human Beinz anyone? Every Mother's Son? American Breed? 
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Posted 6 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
The 60's in The Netherlands. The Hague scene. R.I.P. Mariska Veres
Posted 6 years ago by strous    [ Reply ]
 rgabriel wrote:

No, because it IS better. (IMHO)  {#Laughing}

 
Being dutch I beg to differ {#Good-vibes}
Posted 6 years ago by GustaafJHeinh    [ Reply ]
 hcaudill wrote:
I liked the Bananarama cover better. Does that make me a bad person?
 
No, because it IS better. (IMHO)  {#Laughing}
Posted 6 years ago by rgabriel    [ Reply ]

One-Hit Wonders Shocking Blue 1969  by RickRaven'sBeak
https://www.flickr.com/photos/54909778@N05/

There was also a band that called itself "Frijid Pink" too. This band's hit was "Venus."

Copyright All rights reserved
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Posted 13 years ago by calypsus_1    [ Reply ]
tony620d wrote:
does anyone else hear pinball wizard in this song?
You're right. Robbie van Leeuwen, who wrote it, admitted he was influenced (to put it mildly) by The Who's Pinball Wizard (intro) and (I believe) The Beatles' Ticket to Ride. To great effect, I must say.
Posted 20 years ago by Johray63    [ Reply ]
I do wonder though, why didn't the songwriter try rhyming any words with Venus?
Posted 20 years ago by UncleRemus    [ Reply ]
hcaudill wrote:
I liked the Bananarama cover better. Does that make me a bad person?
No but it doesn't make their cover any better!
Posted 20 years ago by UncleRemus    [ Reply ]
tony620d wrote:
does anyone else hear pinball wizard in this song?
Never thought about it, but these guys and The Who would both be 1969. Funny to hear it on RP though. What's next - Green Eyed Lady?
Posted 20 years ago by UncleRemus    [ Reply ]
hey this song is good. GoOoD w0rk
Posted 20 years ago by Sobient    [ Reply ]
does anyone else hear pinball wizard in this song?
Posted 20 years ago by tony620d    [ Reply ]
I liked the Bananarama cover better. Does that make me a bad person?
Posted 20 years ago by hcaudill    [ Reply ]
Spliff wrote:
Ouick call Bill's sponsor - he's back on the drugs.
Delete that you insensitive Fuck!
Posted 20 years ago by mig7    [ Reply ]
laprincessa wrote:
Dude, that was totally rude.
Didn't mean to be rude - hopefully he hasn't lost his sense of humor, only his addictions.
Posted 20 years ago by Spliff    [ Reply ]
silver_deuce wrote:
....not then, not now.
Thank you, thank you for that honest opinion. This is not the time nor the place. A cover of it by Poe...there's an open mind here.
Posted 20 years ago by pseudafred    [ Reply ]
Spliff wrote:
Ouick call Bill's sponsor - he's back on the drugs.
Dude, that was totally rude.
Posted 20 years ago by laprincessa    [ Reply ]
....not then, not now.
Posted 20 years ago by silver_deuce    [ Reply ]
i liked the sixties this song....not so much thinking of ladies razors
Posted 20 years ago by jaymusicfan    [ Reply ]
I can't listen to the refrain of this song without thinking of that stupid razor comercial. TV has ruined another perfectly good song. I wish I had it here first! 8)
Posted 20 years ago by depski2003    [ Reply ]
Ouick call Bill's sponsor - he's back on the drugs.
Posted 20 years ago by Spliff    [ Reply ]
Yeah, Baybee! It's the sixties again. Oh wait, they kinda sucked...
Posted 20 years ago by Gregorama    [ Reply ]