The Real Thing
The Real Thing or Real Thing(s) may refer to:
Literature
Music
Performers
Albums
The Real Thing (UK band)
The Real Thing are a British soul group formed in the 1970s. In addition to a string of British hits, the band charted internationally with their song "You to Me Are Everything", which reached No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart, No. 28 on Billboard's R&B Singles chart and No. 64 on the Billboard Hot 100. By number of sales, they were the most successful black rock/soul act in England during the 1970s. The journalist, author and founder of Mojo, Paul Du Noyer credits them alongside Deaf School with restoring "Liverpool's musical reputation in the 1970s" with their success.
History
Begun in 1970 by Chris Amoo, Dave Smith, Kenny Davis and Ray Lake, The Real Thing's live, progressive soul-influenced covers of American hits attracted enough attention for them to secure a recording deal with EMI. The singles they released through EMI in 1972 and 1973 such as "Vicious Circle" were, despite their high quality, not successful sellers (and have not so far been included on any of band's compilation albums). But the band persisted, even after the departure of Kenny Davis. They did appear on Opportunity Knocks (the TV talent show). The turn-around for their career began with their collaboration with David Essex and Pye Records. They toured internationally with Essex, recording with him a number of popular songs, though none were big charters. After Chris Amoo's brother Eddie joined the band, The Real Thing finally found chart success with the catchy pop soul single "You to Me Are Everything", which reached No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart, No. 28 on Billboard's "R&B Singles" and No. 64 on Billboard's "Hot 100". Their follow-up, "Can't Get By Without You", did not chart in the US but was still a success in the United Kingdom, where it reached number 2.
The Real Thing (story)
"The Real Thing" is a short story by Henry James, first syndicated by S. S. McClure in multiple American newspapers and then published in the British publication Black and White in April 1892 and the following year as the title story in the collection, The Real Thing and Other Stories published by Macmillan. This story, often read as a parable, plays with the reality-illusion dichotomy that fascinated James, especially in the later stages of his career. For the illustrator who narrates the story, the genuine article proves all too useless for his commercial purposes. The story portrays the unfortunate victims of a society in which reality and representation are closely intertwined in ways that make art a difficult project to untangle the two.
Plot summary
The narrator, an unnamed illustrator and aspiring painter, hires a faded genteel couple, the Monarchs, as models, after they have lost most of their money and must find some line of work. They are the "real thing" in that they perfectly represent the aristocratic type, but they prove inflexible for the painter's work. He comes to rely much more on two lower-class subjects who are nevertheless more capable, Oronte, an Italian, and Miss Churm, a lower-class Englishwoman.
Real Thing (The Higgins album)
Real Thing is the debut studio album by Canadian country music group The Higgins. It was released on June 24, 2008 by Open Road. The first single, "Flower Child," was released in March 2008. "Flower Child" received the "Single of the Year", "SOCAN Song of the Year", and "Video of the Year" Awards at the 32nd Annual BCCMA Award Ceremony.
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The Real Thing
ALBUMS
- The Very Best of The Real Thing released: 2008
- Children of the Ghetto - The Pye Anthology released: 1999
- Feel the Force released: 1997
- The Real Thing Live released: 1995
- The Very Best Of released: 1992
- Greatest Hits released: 1991
- The Best Of...The Real Thing released: 1991
- 4 From 8 released: 1977
- Real Thing released: 1976
- The Real Thing released:
- A Perfect Match released:
- Can't Get by Without You released:
The Very Best of The Real Thing
Released 2008- You to Me Are Everything
- Can't Get By Without You
- You'll Never Know What You're Missing
- Can You Feel the Force
- Let's Go Disco
- Boogie Down (Get Funky Now)
- She's a Groovy Freak
- Love Is Such a Wonderful Thing
- Whenever You Want My Love
- Rainin' Through My Sunshine
- One Girl in My Life
- I Believe (in You)
- You to Me Are Everything (The Decade remix '76–'86)
- Can't Get By Without You (Second Decade mix)
- Can You Feel the Force (86 remix)
Children of the Ghetto - The Pye Anthology
Released 1999- You to Me Are Everything
- Can't Get by Without You
- Watch Out Carolina
- I Want You Back
- Hallelujah Man
- (He's Just a) Moneymaker
- Young and Foolish
- Flash
- Keep an Eye (On Your Best Friend)
- You'll Never Know What You're Missing
- Love Is a Playground
- Love's Such a Wonderful Thing
- Lovin' You Is Like a Dream
- Down to the Way We Feel
- Plastic Man
- Lightning Strikes Again
- Liverpool Medley: Liverpool Eight / Children of the Ghetto / Stanhope Street
- Dance With Me
- Whenever You Want My Love
- Let's Go Disco
Feel the Force
Released 1997- You to Me Are Everything
- Can't Get by Without You
- You'll Never Know What You're Missing
- Love's Such a Wonderful Thing
- Let's Go Disco
- Rainin' Through my Sunshine
- (He's Just a) Moneymaker
- Keep an Eye (on Your Best Friend)
- Flash
- Topsy Turvey
- Lightning Strikes Again
- Plastic Man
- Children of the Ghetto
- Whatch Say, Whatcha Do
The Very Best Of
Released 1992- You to Me Are Everything
- Can You Feel the Force
- She's a Groovy Freak
- It's the Real Thing
- Love's Such a Wonderful Thing
- Children of the Ghetto
- Boogie Down (Get Funky Now)
- Love Takes Tears
- You'll Never Know What You're Missing
- The Story of My Life
- Let's Go Disco
- Lady I Love You All the Time
- Whenever You Want My Love
- Rainin' Through My Sunshine
- Can't Get By Without You
- You to Me Are Everything (The Decade remix '76–'86)
Greatest Hits
Released 1991- You to Me Are Everything
- Can't Get by Without You
- Can You Feel the Force
- You'll Never Know What You're Missing
- Whenever You Want My Love
- Boogie Down (Get Funky Now)
- Dance With Me
- It's the Real Thing
- You Can't Force the Funk
- Let's Go Disco
- Lightning Strikes
- One Girl in My Life
- She's a Groovy Freak
- The Story of My Life
THE REAL FORCE
ALBUMS
- Get dancing released:
The Real Thing
ALBUMS
- Deluxe released: 2000
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by Lisa Stansfield
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by Miss Montreal
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by Mary Mary
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by Detroit Cobras
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by The Real Thing
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by Tech N9ne
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by Purenrg
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by Bitty McLean
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by Brave Combo
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by The Badlees
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by Faith no More
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by George Strait
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by Delbert McClinton
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by Warren Haynes
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by Badlees
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by Ne-Yo
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by Kingston Wall
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by Bebel Gilberto
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by Amy Speace
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by After Midnight Project
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by Bo Bice
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by Lost Souls
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by ABC
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by Kylie Minogue
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by Terri Clark
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by Kinleys
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by Maccabees
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by Jill Scott
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by Jellybean
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by Years Gone By
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by Phoenix
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by Kenny Loggins
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by Human League
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by Vanessa Williams
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by Gwen Stefani
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by Tony Di Bart
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by Brothers Johnson
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by Alexia
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by The Kinleys
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by Lords Of Acid
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by Money Talks Soundtrack
The Real Thing
by: Midnight OilWho will march for peace
Now that the last of the diggers has gone?
All those who were released
From Sulva Bay and from the Somme
The Mallee is whipped by sand
A great new silence blankets the land
We sure need the Stone Age
In the coming century
Who will feed the poor
Now that the Saint of the gutters is gone?
Who will hear the call?
You lately come or native born
For the touch of the Master's hand
The eye of the Master still watches the lamb
We sure need the Stone Age
In the coming century
The last of the diggers
The last of the diggers
The last of the diggers
The last of the diggers has won
Who gets sent to war?
Who'll lose a child to a foreign coast?
Who will leave our shore
And come home rattling like a ghost?
This country can be cruel
It'll leave you with scars that never heal
We sure need the Stone Age in the coming century
Still gonna need some Stone Age in the coming century
The last of the diggers
The last of the diggers
The last of the diggers
The last of the diggers has won
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