Comments on: Friday Flashback: The Four Seasons’ Rendition of ‘We Can Work It Out’ from the ‘All This & World War II’ Soundtrack http://jerseyboysblog.com/friday-flashback-the-four-seasons-rendition-of-we-can-work-it-out-from-the-all-this-world-war-ii-soundtrack/6257 Dedicated to Jersey Boys, the Tony Award-winning smash hit Broadway & international musical of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons. Tue, 23 Jan 2018 04:11:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: stubbleyou http://jerseyboysblog.com/friday-flashback-the-four-seasons-rendition-of-we-can-work-it-out-from-the-all-this-world-war-ii-soundtrack/6257/comment-page-1#comment-711034 stubbleyou Wed, 29 Aug 2012 07:15:51 +0000 http://jerseyboysblog.com/friday-flashback-the-four-seasons-rendition-of-we-can-work-it-out-from-the-all-this-world-war-ii-soundtrack/6257#comment-711034 Clever indeed as well, Ray. Everyone knows it’s Charlie?

]]> By: Ray http://jerseyboysblog.com/friday-flashback-the-four-seasons-rendition-of-we-can-work-it-out-from-the-all-this-world-war-ii-soundtrack/6257/comment-page-1#comment-710600 Ray Mon, 27 Aug 2012 15:15:13 +0000 http://jerseyboysblog.com/friday-flashback-the-four-seasons-rendition-of-we-can-work-it-out-from-the-all-this-world-war-ii-soundtrack/6257#comment-710600 Ted, never knew about that Stevie Wonder connection. Interesting.

I thought it was also very clever that they “borrowed”
some piano cords from Vince Gualardi(?)1963 hit “Cast Your Fate To The Wind” for their version of “Blowing In The Wind”.

My bet is that it was a Calello idea.

]]> By: Ted Hammond http://jerseyboysblog.com/friday-flashback-the-four-seasons-rendition-of-we-can-work-it-out-from-the-all-this-world-war-ii-soundtrack/6257/comment-page-1#comment-710103 Ted Hammond Sat, 25 Aug 2012 17:41:08 +0000 http://jerseyboysblog.com/friday-flashback-the-four-seasons-rendition-of-we-can-work-it-out-from-the-all-this-world-war-ii-soundtrack/6257#comment-710103 Clever indeed. Stubbs, you listened to that aircheck I sent you of Stevie Wonder singing along and playing harmonica to “Don’t Think Twice” by The Wonder Who. Since then, I had to “Wonder” whether Stevie had the Dylan/Bacharach/David 4 Seasons album. The next year, he released “Blowing In The Wind” and the piano arrangement reminded me a lot of the Four Seasons piano arrangement on “Queen Jane Approximately”.

All this goes full circle when you think about Stevie Wonder doing the great cover of “We Can Work It Out”, but that was five years before the Seasons’ version.

]]> By: stubbleyou http://jerseyboysblog.com/friday-flashback-the-four-seasons-rendition-of-we-can-work-it-out-from-the-all-this-world-war-ii-soundtrack/6257/comment-page-1#comment-710078 stubbleyou Sat, 25 Aug 2012 14:11:40 +0000 http://jerseyboysblog.com/friday-flashback-the-four-seasons-rendition-of-we-can-work-it-out-from-the-all-this-world-war-ii-soundtrack/6257#comment-710078 Clever throwing in the riff from the Beatles’ “I Want You (She’s So Heavy)” from Abbey Road a couple of times there.

]]> By: Ted Hammond http://jerseyboysblog.com/friday-flashback-the-four-seasons-rendition-of-we-can-work-it-out-from-the-all-this-world-war-ii-soundtrack/6257/comment-page-1#comment-709985 Ted Hammond Sat, 25 Aug 2012 02:57:07 +0000 http://jerseyboysblog.com/friday-flashback-the-four-seasons-rendition-of-we-can-work-it-out-from-the-all-this-world-war-ii-soundtrack/6257#comment-709985 This must be the single mix of the song. It is quite enhanced from the recording on the Rarities Volume. There are a few added recording tracks and hooks added. The vocals are much more pronounced. If you have the old LP versions of “Who Loves You” and “Helicon”, you are already used to Frankie Valli, Gerry Polci, and Don Ciccone switching off on lead vocals.

I recall that this was a modest hit in the UK. It is fascinating to look at the FV4S songs that were hits in the UK. Along with a lot of obscure R & B tracks from the US, FV4S also has some presence in the Northern Soul phenomenon in the UK.

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