Separate Lives (Love Theme From White Nights)

Phil Collins And Marilyn Martin | Format: MP3 Download
From the Album ...Hits

Product Details

• Original Release Date: October 6, 1998
• Release Date: October 6, 1998
• Label: Atlantic Records
• Copyright: 1998 Atlantic Record Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States
• Duration: 6:15 minutes
• Genres:
• ASIN: B001RHRBIE
• Average Customer Review: 2.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,334 Paid in MP3 Songs (See Top 100 Paid in MP3 Songs)

Customer Reviews

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Warning! Don't Be Fooled!, June 6, 2009

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Sculpt (IL USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Separate Lives (Love Theme From White Nights) (MP3 Download)

Be warned. This is a "LIVE" version of Separate Lives, and Marilyn Martin does NOT sing on this recording. This is NOT the original version from the the movie soundtrack White Nights. I was fooled. The song sample sounds like the original, merely with more reverb. And I doubted the original song was over 6 minutes long, but for $0.99, I thought I'd roll the dice. I was wrong. I already know I'll never listen to this song again.

My review of this version is: if you want the original, don't buy this. It's a live version that plays around with the melody and harmony of the original... unsuccessfully. There's too many vocal runs, it's lost the stark emotion of the original. There are three vocalists, Phil Collins, a female vocalist (not Marilyn Martin), and extraneously, there is a third baritone male's vocalist, singing some of the verses solo (not harmonizing in the chorus, mind you). That's funny, I thought this was a lovers' duet. Why add a second male vocalist singing the verses? Is he why they are now living separate lives? Don't separate from your money for this song.

Interesting note: if you look, you'll find the original version of Separate Lives from the White Nights movie soundtrack does not appear on any Phil Collins music compilation; they are always live versions, and without Marilyn Martin. Obviously there is some copyright issue. Unfortunately, this original soundtrack version is not available for mp3 download from Amazon.com, as of today 06/08/09.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars This is ripoff, August 27, 2009

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Peter M. Tang "ex book worm" (San Diego) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Separate Lives (Love Theme From White Nights) (MP3 Download)

I distinctly remembered wanting to buy some Phil Collins MP3s and ending up not buying anything because I couldn't find what I wanted on Amazon. Today, I decided to get a Kenny Rogers song when I saw them selling Separate Lives. Sweet I thought, they're finally selling what I want. It was stupid of me not to check the reviews. I downloaded it only to find that it is a different version with no Marilyn Martin! This feels like a cheap trick to milk more money out of people who wanted to listen to the original. And you wonder why people Pirate songs off the internet. At least they get what they want!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars separate lives by phil collins & marilyn martin, July 30, 2010

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Thomas L Burch (Ontario, CA, US) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Separate Lives (Love Theme From White Nights) (MP3 Download)

I noted that in the reviews I read on "Separate Lives" the common complaint was that the available song was a live version which did not feature Marilyn Martin. Also, reviewers stated that there was no Marilyn Martin version available except on the soundtrack for "White Nights". This is not true. The version from the movie featuring Marilyn Martin is found on my edition of Phil Collins' compilation CD "Hits" (run time 4.06 minutes). I also have a live version of this song on Phil Collins' "Serious Hits...Live! which features Brigitte Bryant. This is a very decent live version of this song, but the run time is only 5.16 minutes. The song listed for sale by Amazon has a run time of 6.15 minutes, which probably means that it is a different version from either of the two versions I have. As another reviewer stated, there is probably a copyright issue. I declined to purchase the song from Amazon, but the sample has a different sound than either of my two versions.

T Burch