@MrQuestionsforyou Don't know what the video has to do with the song but if it is anything like most 1980's videos, the video has absolutely nothing to do with the song. It doesn't matter to me what the video is like though. Robert still looks hot in that tuxedo!
robert lol what happened in this 1 ? you look like youve taken lesson from stephan dennis "gona make you feel good" lol you still a brillaint artist R.I.P
This was banned by the BBC when it first came out if I'm not mistaken! As for comparing them, I wouldn't. There both different interpretations of a great song.
I looked into that and couldn't find anything. One article I read said he actually eschewed all that stuff, aside from drinking and smoking. I'd like to know where you read that.
DrTim, If you read Guy Pratt's book, you will find quite a few references to RP's drug use. Not that it matters - talent doesn't hide from drug users--obviously in the music business, for sure. Any one that has done cocaine - they will tell you that it has contributed to your death. duh.
I thought that was actually the Rolling Stone critic by the same name that died of the coke habit, but it's still up for debate. I think our Robert was up to some shady things in the 90s, though. His art suffered greatly.
The producer of this video included the obligatory fog machine at the end. True evidence here of video producers of the era taking strange artistic license. I'll bet Palmer wasn't proud of this one in retrospect.
Great song from the great "Maybe It's Live" disc...had "Si Chatouillieux", "Style Kills", "Maybe It's You"... very adventurous for its time, Robert was fearless. He is missed.
As a huge fan of Robert's I must admit this.... I have a " Trifecta of Cool " and it goes as follows... David Bowie, Robert Palmer and Bryan Ferry. Tell me that ain't a cool trio.
This song was originally sung by the obscure group The Presuaders, in the early seventies. Palmer recorded his version years before Rod Stewart did. In fact, I have an old four-cassette greatest hits box of Rod Stewart's, and in the liner notes, when discussing Some Guys Have All the Luck, Rod admits he first heard the song on Palmer's album of the same name. Stewart's version was a bigger hit, but Palmer's is more complex vocally.
freespangler, sorry but you are talking fuckin shite, this is better than rod, and i can honestly say this, as i am a rod stewart fan, but this song is robert's, sorry but this what i think. if anyone has any disagreements, please drop me a message? :-)
Interesting, the chours sounds strikingly similar to Rod Stewart's "Some Guys Have All The Luck"..I always thought Rod did this song originally. Robert Palmer, hell of a guy.
I really like Robert palmer, but I have to say this song is not the best choice he could have made. He should have left it to Rod S., who I also feel made a poor choice. Sorry, I guess I just don't like the song. Palmer always did seem to change with the times as far his music went. He didn't pound out the same crap year after year. He was always offering something new and different.
Two totally unigue versions. Rod's is 'o.k.', but I love Robert's better. Checked them BOTH 2gether singing 'live' Rod's version, the link: ROD STEWART AND ROBERT PALMER - SOME GUYS HAVE ALL THE LUCK..it's awesome!
I know you're thinking I should have said "The man knew how to work a suit" etc, but I still can't think of him as being gone. Every time I put on one of records or watch him on here, he's still very much alive in my mind. A legend. I hope he can see how much he's still adored wherever it is he may be.
he died a few years ago sarah, i think it was a heart attack, iwould say he was a bit whacky at times, but as we would say here in leeds.....absolute quality!!!!!
This completely kicks the a*s of Rod Stewart's abysmal effort. Much artier, darker, more cynical, meaningful, funkier and better sung. RP sules, RS sucks big-time.
mmmmm....hard to decide, rod's version quality, and i am a rod stewart fan, but this is different, and total quality. robert, wherever you are please R.I.P, you were one of the greats.
Every time I turn a card over, I am visited by The Mother Of Death, dressed in a sequin dress that looks like a draping disco ball. She points, points, points. It's more disturbing than happening to be eyes without a face, which is a really hard life.
rob palmer was my grandads cousin you freak. If you dont like it then don't listen or comment on it. go somewhere else if your gonna criticise one of my family members.
the fact that rob palmer has relatives doesnt make his video suck any less. i like the song just not this version. i like how your trying to get recognition by telling everyone your related and how special you are. you're so bad ass sticking up for someone so distantly related. ha
What a video. Then again it was explicit for 1980. These days, some might call this type of video innovative and sexy. A good version of the song. By the time "She Makes My Day" was released in 1988, I was 13. I wish I seen him in concert.
Both Palmer and Stewart covered a lot of R&B and soul songs. They each added their own unique style to them. Folks with huge talent are able to take something that already is good and make it their own while paying homage to the original.
robert palmer is the sex... i mean he's doing these bizarre key changes and making noises that if anyone else tried would make them sound like a sheep being kicked about a rugby field. Palmer just sounds amazing! His range is so impressive.. 5 bazillion stars.
While the great Mr. Palmer had a great solo career, and was a part of the band "Power Station", he got his start with a little 70's group called "Emerson, Lake and Palmer". His solo music is very pop and commercial, ELP wAs more interested in pushing the envelope of where rock bands could go with their music. Always an innovator, he was one of the first of the 70's rockers to embark on a solo career, and had more luck then most of his brethren that followed in his footsteps. RIP Robert Palmer!
Carl Palmer is the Palmer in ELP, not Robert Palmer. Robert was in a band called Vinegar Joe in the late '60's before going it alone. Get your Palmer's straight!
The song "Some Guys Have All The Luck" was written by Jeff Fortang. the first group to have success with the song was a 70's soul band called the Persuaders in 1973. After that, in 1980 Judge Dread did a reggae version. Robert Palmer released his version (using only part of the original chorus but crediting J. Fortang) in 1982. Then in 1984 Rod Stewart covered the song (changing the tempo and last few lines of the lyrics). Hope that helps!
"I was working with Moon Martin when I wrote Some Guys. I played it to him and then a few days later he came in and said he'd just heard someone singing it in the studio across the road, which seemed impossible since I hadn't finished it yet myself! What happened was that I must have heard it subliminally, I think it was on Australian radio, and just hadn't realised." - Robert Palmer, liner notes from Addictions 1
That's why he had to credit J. Fortang on the song. This was the first version of the song I ever tracked down based on the writer of the Persuader's version (which was unavailable). I thought I was barking up the wrong tree because the song didn't use any of the original's lyrics. Not very long after this version, Rod Stewart released his and mentioned the Persuaders' version. Maxi Priest also covered it in 1988. I like Palmer's melody and tempo which Rod seemed to mesh into his cover of it.
If you research Junior Tucker, who was also with Island Records, he did his cover of "Some Guys Have All The Luck" in 1981. I bet this is what "Addictions 1"'s liner notes are referencing.
Very probably, I provided the liner notes as a bit of background for what you were saying. When I first heard Stewarts version I wondered who had come up with it first, then I heard this soul song from the 60's and it threw me. So you helped me with the Persuaders, thought I'd help with the liner notes :D
Glad I could help. I think each version has an element that makes it unique. I like the lead guitar riff (and effects)in Palmer's version, the Persuaders' version is pure 70's soul inspired by the Temptations or the Miracles. Stewart's version definitely uses Palmer's as a spring board, I'm not crazy about the electronic drums and 80's synth in Stewart's version (probably due to Omartian's production). Though you can't find Tucker's version, search on Maxi Priest-it has a very similar sound.
BTW - A YOUTUBER by the name of NWINTER2008 has a rare live performance in 1997 by Robert Palmer and Rod Stewart together. It's Stewart's version of the song, but Robert Palmer does most of the singing, and his voice is in top form. Definitely worth checking out if you haven't seen it yet...
OHHHHH Hellzzzzz No. I have seen Both in concert and I have such great rspect for Rod and Robert may he resy in peace but this is no way better than Rods your on CRACK!!!!!!
That's absurd. I'm not on crack... I'm on heroin. But seriously, Rods version just has a really cheesy feel to it. I like the way Palmer's voice sounds on the, "woo ohh ohh's".
Robert got into trouble for making this song because of the HUUUGE similarity to Rod Stewart's hit, "Some Guys Have All the Luck." Besides that, R.I.P. Robert Palmer!
Not exactly steadybeau; Robert's version came out 4 years before Rod's did. Rod's version became the bigger hit though, so maybe that's where the confusion is from. I can see MTV not wanting to play this in the early 80's because of that segment where the players go CSI on the statue. Great song.
Robert's version of this song is the best. I have a recorded interview with him from the 1980's, where he discussed how there were legal problems because of the similarities between the 2 versions. I don't think he was in any trouble, but both singers claimed first ownership... Rod may have had the bigger hit, but I think Robert's version sounded the best.
Your question is perfectly legitimate and you are entitled to ask it and expect a reply. As far as I know Robert Palmer died of a heart attack in Paris, France in 2003 aged 54. His untimely death came as an enormous shock to his family, friends and fans. People generally DO think he is still alive and are upset to discover that he is not. Hope this helps!
This song showcased other variables in his voice, that being a chorus of pigeons or something like that. Very unique, and yet not the items that made him a household name. It is true that Rod Stewart had better commercial success with this.
Does anyone know what the video / song actually means? The symbolism?
MrQuestionsforyou 2 years ago
@MrQuestionsforyou Don't know what the video has to do with the song but if it is anything like most 1980's videos, the video has absolutely nothing to do with the song. It doesn't matter to me what the video is like though. Robert still looks hot in that tuxedo!
5177845 2 years ago
music is wank these days bring bk the 80s
rimmerthon1981 2 years ago 8
great song, I mean this is when videos were done well and with taste, not the shit you see on tv today, and music today sucks.
Len1977gt 2 years ago 3
I dont get it....Whats so explicit in this video?? even for the time it was made, theres nothing out of the ordinary in the video.
chicostixx 2 years ago
It's explicit because of the partial nudity. There isn't total detail, but it's still exposed breasts.
DemurePerversion 2 years ago
Also the knife cutting into the girl's belly is fairly graphic. Wouldn't want a small child to see it.
impactfoto 2 years ago
It's like ABC's "The Look of Love" meets Pier Paolo Pasolini...
...or "Caligula"!!
tricesimo 2 years ago
robert lol what happened in this 1 ? you look like youve taken lesson from stephan dennis "gona make you feel good" lol you still a brillaint artist R.I.P
redhotsuperskunk 2 years ago
great song, video filmed at Butlins ( I shit you not)
teamcrumb 2 years ago
He certainly was a snappy dresser!
scidamenge 2 years ago 2
AWESOME!!!!
supertriton44 2 years ago 3
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there is sex in this video,
it should be banned !!!
roflmao !!
vettemuziekjes 2 years ago
This was banned by the BBC when it first came out if I'm not mistaken! As for comparing them, I wouldn't. There both different interpretations of a great song.
jamesyireland 2 years ago
I like both version but honestly if I must choice one I prefer the verion of mr Palmer!!!!
stjimy 2 years ago 4
God its soooo boring how people insist on comparing this version to Rod Stewart's. They are both good, both different and who really gives a fuck???
DonnyPepquoi 2 years ago 6
I need to go to this casino.
DrTimWhatley 2 years ago 3
Who did this one for Palmer Salvador Dali?
Trippy as hell but great song. RIP Robert and I hope I go to heaven cause the house band is gonna ROCK!!!!
swordsman68 2 years ago 2
At 1:53 is that David Bowie?
Sadly I read Robert Palmer was a massive Cocaine User and helped contribute to his early death,
Tarrant1976 2 years ago
I looked into that and couldn't find anything. One article I read said he actually eschewed all that stuff, aside from drinking and smoking. I'd like to know where you read that.
DrTimWhatley 2 years ago
DrTim, If you read Guy Pratt's book, you will find quite a few references to RP's drug use. Not that it matters - talent doesn't hide from drug users--obviously in the music business, for sure. Any one that has done cocaine - they will tell you that it has contributed to your death. duh.
daslatrobe 2 years ago
@ Tarrant1976
I thought that was actually the Rolling Stone critic by the same name that died of the coke habit, but it's still up for debate. I think our Robert was up to some shady things in the 90s, though. His art suffered greatly.
Palmerholic 2 years ago
Definitely not Bowie
impactfoto 2 years ago
haha here he looks like peter cetera from chicago. kick ass song
BrentShiohama 2 years ago
The producer of this video included the obligatory fog machine at the end. True evidence here of video producers of the era taking strange artistic license. I'll bet Palmer wasn't proud of this one in retrospect.
tjosephson 2 years ago 2
this is a good song.
always was/is.
but i cant help liking the version Rod Stewart released better.
orinanime 2 years ago
He sounds like Bowie on this
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I love Robert, but this really pales in comparison to Rod Stewart.
Tacomadome24 2 years ago
so.... weird
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BonSprite 2 years ago
Not explicit just for an more grown up group But what do I know? Some guys have all the luck....
thegreatactor 2 years ago
Great song from the great "Maybe It's Live" disc...had "Si Chatouillieux", "Style Kills", "Maybe It's You"... very adventurous for its time, Robert was fearless. He is missed.
Babaziba 2 years ago 2
That's the Man.
Bon voyage Robert.
simmonseen 2 years ago 5
As a huge fan of Robert's I must admit this.... I have a " Trifecta of Cool " and it goes as follows... David Bowie, Robert Palmer and Bryan Ferry. Tell me that ain't a cool trio.
bryanferryfan 2 years ago 14
this is my favorite song on ipod at moment....what a voice this guy has
CADAVERHUSK 2 years ago 2
1:38 is this Brian Peppers?
CADAVERHUSK 2 years ago
Robert was the man....what a voice. Fantastic.
ross8503 2 years ago 6
This song was originally sung by the obscure group The Presuaders, in the early seventies. Palmer recorded his version years before Rod Stewart did. In fact, I have an old four-cassette greatest hits box of Rod Stewart's, and in the liner notes, when discussing Some Guys Have All the Luck, Rod admits he first heard the song on Palmer's album of the same name. Stewart's version was a bigger hit, but Palmer's is more complex vocally.
AlexTrevelyan 3 years ago 4
Miss the originality of the 80's !!!
Great track....Great clip.
DonnyPepquoi 3 years ago 6
This video confused me as a kid! Great version , though
DazedSheep 3 years ago
Still does to me
sausagekiller 3 years ago 2
You're right some guys have all the luck...
IdolizeYourself 3 years ago
the lirycs of this guy are so hard to sing in a karaoke!!!!!!! once more time give my regards to Mr. Palmer.
darkronin2008 3 years ago
Robert Palmer was the man. He OWNED every song he performed. No one will top him. He got me through high school... I will love him forever.
mouseytunge 3 years ago
I didn't know Palmer recorded this too!! Thanks. R.I.P. Palmer.
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Simple music for simple minded people.
LOL. LONG LIVE IGNORANT SHEEP...
ruleoforder 3 years ago
freespangler, sorry but you are talking fuckin shite, this is better than rod, and i can honestly say this, as i am a rod stewart fan, but this song is robert's, sorry but this what i think. if anyone has any disagreements, please drop me a message? :-)
bri444844 3 years ago
yup i toooootally agree with you
Rod Stewart's version is terrible compared to this
sausagekiller 3 years ago 8
Aww. You will grow out of it when you are older!
DazedSheep 3 years ago
I like the Rod Stewart version better
coltonbuhler 3 years ago
Robert's version rocks it best!!!
emmeenchanted 2 years ago 4
Rod Stewart does a MUCH better job!!! I love Robert Palmer but NO ONE does it like Rod!!!!
freespangler 3 years ago
Best version of this song, better than Rod (dickhead)Stewart's version
wgaule 3 years ago
What a ridiculous video. Oh, the 80's...
pickles13 3 years ago
So young, so handsome, so talented, so......Robert!
3Capricorn 3 years ago 3
The Man makes good Music.
chrisi57 3 years ago 2
Interesting, the chours sounds strikingly similar to Rod Stewart's "Some Guys Have All The Luck"..I always thought Rod did this song originally. Robert Palmer, hell of a guy.
RazelG 3 years ago 2
I love his cheeky little face (& I aint no fag!)
iwasknownasthewild1 3 years ago
I'd go fag for palmer any day of the year.
thehairyflannel 3 years ago
another great who has sadly passed long before his time. gone but never forgotten RIP RP.
neil1963creed 3 years ago 6
absolutely brilliant song.
dermotoblong 3 years ago 2
Love it! It makes me want to dance!!!
tammykay2000 3 years ago
Awesome 80's song!
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what album is this from?
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素晴らしいアレンジのカバー。The Persuadersの原曲を見事に消化し、自分のものにしている。ロバート・パーマーのカバーがあったからこそ、ロッド・スチュアートのカバーも生まれたのだろう。
seseragikoen 3 years ago
Sensational!
fsm1982 3 years ago 5
what a fukin tune
j0n5 3 years ago 4
Love this song lmao even though im a girl aha
lilmisskinky101 3 years ago 7
Some girls have all the luck too, ya know! Haha, it's the same for us guys and gals. :)
jimbo161921 3 years ago 3
you tell 'em jimbo, us gals 'do' get lucky too! lol! RIP
3Capricorn 3 years ago 3
great video-great song
17REM 3 years ago 2
I really like Robert palmer, but I have to say this song is not the best choice he could have made. He should have left it to Rod S., who I also feel made a poor choice. Sorry, I guess I just don't like the song. Palmer always did seem to change with the times as far his music went. He didn't pound out the same crap year after year. He was always offering something new and different.
jencomackey 3 years ago
Yup I am. I like Robert a lot too. I'm sorry I never saw him live before. Hes great!
RodStewartfan1 3 years ago
What a sexy voice : )
brummiehoney 3 years ago
Two totally unigue versions. Rod's is 'o.k.', but I love Robert's better. Checked them BOTH 2gether singing 'live' Rod's version, the link: ROD STEWART AND ROBERT PALMER - SOME GUYS HAVE ALL THE LUCK..it's awesome!
3Capricorn 3 years ago
I know you're thinking I should have said "The man knew how to work a suit" etc, but I still can't think of him as being gone. Every time I put on one of records or watch him on here, he's still very much alive in my mind. A legend. I hope he can see how much he's still adored wherever it is he may be.
Jenne61265 3 years ago
Damn know it! The man knows how to work a suit!! And he kicks Rod's ass on this version!!
Jenne61265 3 years ago 3
I agree dude! Robert Palmer's voice was in a league of its own. Rod Stewart could not even compare to Robert Palmer. Thanks for posting!
jimbo161921 3 years ago 4
I agree with you 'both' on this one!!!!
3Capricorn 3 years ago 2
He was beautiful!
jimbo161921 3 years ago 3
Fantastic track. The best version for sure.
DonnyPepquoi 3 years ago 2
he died a few years ago sarah, i think it was a heart attack, iwould say he was a bit whacky at times, but as we would say here in leeds.....absolute quality!!!!!
bri444844 3 years ago
my gerbil loved this song, RIP Jerry...
leopardgeckocrazy 3 years ago
This completely kicks the a*s of Rod Stewart's abysmal effort. Much artier, darker, more cynical, meaningful, funkier and better sung. RP sules, RS sucks big-time.
eamonndoconnor 3 years ago 4
mmmmm....hard to decide, rod's version quality, and i am a rod stewart fan, but this is different, and total quality. robert, wherever you are please R.I.P, you were one of the greats.
bri444844 3 years ago 3
robert will be sadly missed great performer
deppy6 3 years ago
is robert palmer dead?
sarahknight07 3 years ago
I'm sorry if I offended anyone.I like Robert I think he was a wonderful singer and performer. I'm sad hes gone.I just prefer Rod's version.
RodStewartfan1 3 years ago
No you were right, as much as I like Palmer, this version is pretty weak.
xlledx 3 years ago
Thats nice but do everyone a favour here & just keep it to yourself and stick to the Rod Stewart posts
DonnyPepquoi 3 years ago
RodStewartfan1,
you really are a fan aren't you ! ( i looked at your page : )
brummiehoney 3 years ago
this man was was a proper man with lyrics not like the shit of today
donkeysknob 3 years ago 3
Every time I turn a card over, I am visited by The Mother Of Death, dressed in a sequin dress that looks like a draping disco ball. She points, points, points. It's more disturbing than happening to be eyes without a face, which is a really hard life.
Dancingfuckface 3 years ago
That was such a fun party.
Dancingfuckface 3 years ago
eyes wide shut. kinda creepy. human sacrifice.
hagnuj 3 years ago 2
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Rod Stewart's is 100 times better! IMO
RodStewartfan1 3 years ago
Na!
vanhummel 3 years ago
Well, as a BIG Robert Palmer fan..I say...."fooey" on you! :)
utubefanforever 3 years ago
i got this bitch off of youtube. we can breathe again.
5177845 3 years ago
i was referring to youtubefanfoever by the way
5177845 3 years ago
Mate its not retarded. Its 1980. Its all about being different.
vanhummel 3 years ago 3
...and 'different' it was....
utubefanforever 3 years ago
great song retarded video
steviegbcool 3 years ago
Terrific! Maybe the weirdest video ever made by a mainstream act. Has anyone mentioned that it looks as if Bowie makes an appearance in this?
yes55 3 years ago
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rubbish
britishbuldoggg 3 years ago
lol at 1:50
NinaAlyse 3 years ago 2
freaky
Steelo2007 3 years ago
I heard Rod Stewart singing something like this, is he covering Rod Stewart or was Rod covering him ?
eftekhar2006 3 years ago
well, this is in 82. rod's was in 84, but their lyrics are different i think. also, their have been previous versions of this song before this.
Brettwbeyer14 3 years ago
No they're 2 completely different songs apart from the title! This is class R.I.P.
iwasknownasthewild1 3 years ago
WTF?!??
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angrywhitewoman u really suck a good cock! seriously like i jizzed a waterfall u cunty bitch!
enriquewario911 3 years ago
nasty grubb...take it home and keep it there
sapphirelotus 3 years ago
Jean-Pierre Berckmans did goods videos. Taco - Puttin' On The Ritz is the best one I've seen though. Song pwnz too.
TestSubject7B 3 years ago
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wow this really sucks
angrywhitewomen 3 years ago
rob palmer was my grandads cousin you freak. If you dont like it then don't listen or comment on it. go somewhere else if your gonna criticise one of my family members.
IndieeKid 3 years ago
my comment was to angrywhitewoman by the way
IndieeKid 3 years ago
the fact that rob palmer has relatives doesnt make his video suck any less. i like the song just not this version. i like how your trying to get recognition by telling everyone your related and how special you are. you're so bad ass sticking up for someone so distantly related. ha
angrywhitewomen 3 years ago
u no im not tryin 2 get attention by sayin hes mi relative im saying that if you dnt like this then just dont comment on it. end of.
IndieeKid 3 years ago
You'll know his first name wasn't Robert then, won't you and why he started using Robert?
ronwhycherly 3 years ago
What a video. Then again it was explicit for 1980. These days, some might call this type of video innovative and sexy. A good version of the song. By the time "She Makes My Day" was released in 1988, I was 13. I wish I seen him in concert.
enaeb 3 years ago
very different from Rod Stewards version
eightday 3 years ago
rod didnae do a 'version' - 2 different songs altogether (see also Power of Love/Piece of the Action,etc.
iwasknownasthewild1 3 years ago
A word about the video itself: I think it was shot at Oostende's casino in Belgium.
huguesleb 3 years ago
Both Palmer and Stewart covered a lot of R&B and soul songs. They each added their own unique style to them. Folks with huge talent are able to take something that already is good and make it their own while paying homage to the original.
edbeefhart 3 years ago
it's always new and fabulous, I also like the version he did with Rod(the concert version).
alfiomassimino 3 years ago
A Batley Lad !! I know where you used to live !!
CazzieJones 3 years ago
There is much to this sensational deceased man. I love this beautiful, classy song! No more need to analyse. It would just fry my brain.
LeaMillsy 3 years ago
Simply pure and utter class. So suave and sophisticated and talent to boot, some guys have all the luck right enough!!
bananie717 3 years ago 2
robert palmer is the sex... i mean he's doing these bizarre key changes and making noises that if anyone else tried would make them sound like a sheep being kicked about a rugby field. Palmer just sounds amazing! His range is so impressive.. 5 bazillion stars.
sheerdeep 3 years ago 3
A sheep kicked about...I love it :) (It's also very true, about Palmer I mean.)
LovelyLady1988 3 years ago
MORE 80'S MUSIC IN MY PLAYLIST.!
Outstep31 3 years ago 4
While the great Mr. Palmer had a great solo career, and was a part of the band "Power Station", he got his start with a little 70's group called "Emerson, Lake and Palmer". His solo music is very pop and commercial, ELP wAs more interested in pushing the envelope of where rock bands could go with their music. Always an innovator, he was one of the first of the 70's rockers to embark on a solo career, and had more luck then most of his brethren that followed in his footsteps. RIP Robert Palmer!
offthehookteleviSUCK 3 years ago
Carl Palmer is the Palmer in ELP, not Robert Palmer. Robert was in a band called Vinegar Joe in the late '60's before going it alone. Get your Palmer's straight!
Adulteducation8 3 years ago 2
Love this song :)
rhaina77 3 years ago
this is really great song :)
tund0 3 years ago 4
is this the same song as Rod's? The words sound different, but the chourus sounds similar.
MurzainCalibur 3 years ago 3
Well, Yes and no..... Let me explain.
The song "Some Guys Have All The Luck" was written by Jeff Fortang. the first group to have success with the song was a 70's soul band called the Persuaders in 1973. After that, in 1980 Judge Dread did a reggae version. Robert Palmer released his version (using only part of the original chorus but crediting J. Fortang) in 1982. Then in 1984 Rod Stewart covered the song (changing the tempo and last few lines of the lyrics). Hope that helps!
artfuldodgersite 3 years ago 3
"I was working with Moon Martin when I wrote Some Guys. I played it to him and then a few days later he came in and said he'd just heard someone singing it in the studio across the road, which seemed impossible since I hadn't finished it yet myself! What happened was that I must have heard it subliminally, I think it was on Australian radio, and just hadn't realised." - Robert Palmer, liner notes from Addictions 1
koncorde 3 years ago
That's why he had to credit J. Fortang on the song. This was the first version of the song I ever tracked down based on the writer of the Persuader's version (which was unavailable). I thought I was barking up the wrong tree because the song didn't use any of the original's lyrics. Not very long after this version, Rod Stewart released his and mentioned the Persuaders' version. Maxi Priest also covered it in 1988. I like Palmer's melody and tempo which Rod seemed to mesh into his cover of it.
artfuldodgersite 3 years ago
If you research Junior Tucker, who was also with Island Records, he did his cover of "Some Guys Have All The Luck" in 1981. I bet this is what "Addictions 1"'s liner notes are referencing.
artfuldodgersite 3 years ago
Very probably, I provided the liner notes as a bit of background for what you were saying. When I first heard Stewarts version I wondered who had come up with it first, then I heard this soul song from the 60's and it threw me. So you helped me with the Persuaders, thought I'd help with the liner notes :D
koncorde 3 years ago
Glad I could help. I think each version has an element that makes it unique. I like the lead guitar riff (and effects)in Palmer's version, the Persuaders' version is pure 70's soul inspired by the Temptations or the Miracles. Stewart's version definitely uses Palmer's as a spring board, I'm not crazy about the electronic drums and 80's synth in Stewart's version (probably due to Omartian's production). Though you can't find Tucker's version, search on Maxi Priest-it has a very similar sound.
artfuldodgersite 3 years ago
BTW - A YOUTUBER by the name of NWINTER2008 has a rare live performance in 1997 by Robert Palmer and Rod Stewart together. It's Stewart's version of the song, but Robert Palmer does most of the singing, and his voice is in top form. Definitely worth checking out if you haven't seen it yet...
artfuldodgersite 3 years ago
You can find Tuckers version on imeem. I'm a dedicated fan of Roberts - so his version will forever be "the" one for me.
koncorde 3 years ago
i thought this was the little texas song lol.
xxlonestarxchickxx 3 years ago 2
rod stewart sucks palmer is the best rip robert.
tahasic 3 years ago 5
Kind of reminds me of the video for I Don't Remember by Peter Gabriel.
lurch321 4 years ago
Great song. I had never heard it before. To me it's a lot better than Rods.
blakefavre 4 years ago
OHHHHH Hellzzzzz No. I have seen Both in concert and I have such great rspect for Rod and Robert may he resy in peace but this is no way better than Rods your on CRACK!!!!!!
Griff1319 3 years ago
That's absurd. I'm not on crack... I'm on heroin. But seriously, Rods version just has a really cheesy feel to it. I like the way Palmer's voice sounds on the, "woo ohh ohh's".
blakefavre 3 years ago 2
Rod Stweert has done some brilliant tracks, but his version sounds tired, boring and lifeless compared to this .
Ordsall66 3 years ago
This video is pretty messed up. Yet again, more proof of how awesome Robert Palmer was.
ryancashman 4 years ago
I like Stewart's version but Palmer's dark take on his own song makes it a classic. Love the dark video.
olman99 4 years ago
so talented. such a distinctive voice. RIP.
iwantchrisbrown 4 years ago
dont 4get he was the lead singer of a group called the power station with john taylor from duran duran
tiana1017 4 years ago
The good always die young
o4fcuksake 4 years ago
Robert got into trouble for making this song because of the HUUUGE similarity to Rod Stewart's hit, "Some Guys Have All the Luck." Besides that, R.I.P. Robert Palmer!
♥♥♥♥♥
steadybeau 4 years ago
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splennox 3 years ago
Not exactly steadybeau; Robert's version came out 4 years before Rod's did. Rod's version became the bigger hit though, so maybe that's where the confusion is from. I can see MTV not wanting to play this in the early 80's because of that segment where the players go CSI on the statue. Great song.
splennox 3 years ago
Robert's version of this song is the best. I have a recorded interview with him from the 1980's, where he discussed how there were legal problems because of the similarities between the 2 versions. I don't think he was in any trouble, but both singers claimed first ownership... Rod may have had the bigger hit, but I think Robert's version sounded the best.
steadybeau 3 years ago 2
I love him so much!!!:)
..miss him..
pulao88 4 years ago
Wicked...R.I.P. Robert.
mrblushy 4 years ago 2
wow he's a good surgeon. LOL
tallshortie 4 years ago 2
oh boy????
mytheropy 4 years ago
love this
miss him
1575allan 4 years ago 4
what do you mean you miss him? omg did he die?!?!
ChrisMesropian 4 years ago
OMG WHAT PLANET ARE YOU ON !?!?!?
1575allan 4 years ago
1575allan im on planet earth, dumbass. On planet Earth we answer questions and not start fights!
ChrisMesropian 4 years ago 3
well if you were on earth you would have been aware of the fact that he is dead you smart alec dipshit
Tubezy 4 years ago
Your question is perfectly legitimate and you are entitled to ask it and expect a reply. As far as I know Robert Palmer died of a heart attack in Paris, France in 2003 aged 54. His untimely death came as an enormous shock to his family, friends and fans. People generally DO think he is still alive and are upset to discover that he is not. Hope this helps!
bhammale1971 4 years ago 2
And Chingy is still alive - what a world!
archerjoe17 4 years ago
Robert Palmer was an amazing artist and performer. May his ideas and inspirations live forever in his music and videos. May peace be among him.
wiccanfrog 4 years ago 5
This song showcased other variables in his voice, that being a chorus of pigeons or something like that. Very unique, and yet not the items that made him a household name. It is true that Rod Stewart had better commercial success with this.
NoMoSpam 4 years ago 2
may he rest in peace...class act
devilworshipper 4 years ago 4
ROBERT PALMER was the best
Villedk 4 years ago 3
Rod Stewart did a good job of stealing this song.
flaxman0 4 years ago
he was way ahead of his time and in a class all his own
Viletshadow 4 years ago