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What Are You Listening To? - jazzboCR - 19-07-2014
rebelgirl Wrote:I watched the Dean Martin show every week. He loved country music and sang it very well. I think the first time I saw Kris was on his show. He sang Why Me Lord.Assuming you meant Kris Kristofferson. Hope this brings back some happy memories: [URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNrwjR4guHI"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNrwjR4guHI
Here's Kris telling the story of and singing "Why Me Lord": [/URL][URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tA7E7pbUws"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tA7E7pbUws
[/URL]Can't stop this hijacking now--here's a marvelous bio of Mr. Kristofferson by Steve Earle on the BBC (set aside some time--it runs over 2 hours): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pO3Qx0E48x8&list=PLZ-_j5oFrxUGRbsLdOToras_v4g7CHAtq
What Are You Listening To? - jazzboCR - 19-07-2014
sakifsaim Wrote:Message of Love - The Pretenders
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Outstanding lead/writer in Chrissie Hynde, and only 1 turkey disc in their career (and that was 24 years ago). Came back strongly in '08 with Break Up the Concrete. The Pretenders are worthy of further and deeper examination. Here's that song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rL8Dj5xOjm0 and remastered: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=go6hxH4UnFE Coke and/or heroin did in the guys hence this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmvrXHLAtmI << I've lost folks to it--maybe you have too. "...Every junkie's like a setting Sun..." On a happier note how about a Bob Dylan pastiche *?: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQnf4qRRu_U
More on Ms. Hynde: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrissie_Hynde
* Being tedious I know but an important distinction--not parody or mockery: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pastiche
What Are You Listening To? - jazzboCR - 19-07-2014
SteveO Wrote:Glad to see you are back in the fold Jerome ! Fantastic contemporary jazz! I could listen to this type of jazz all day! I loved Avishai's bass solo also!!!! Nu Nu is my buddy's beagle's name...must find out where he got the name?...lol Great stuff...thanks J!
As a family of virtuoso jazz players/writers, I'd be hard put to say which one is more talented...and together? Mercy, mercy, mercy. Here's their Website for more: http://www.3cohens.com/html/text_block.php << As the All About Jazz headline alludes to, they stand with the best and with the ages.
What Are You Listening To? - jazzboCR - 19-07-2014
SteveO Wrote:A new twist on a great classic!
[video=youtube;xftG43Ou6C4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xftG43Ou6C4[/video]
How much wit and talent can you pack in one brain? 'Cuz Ms. Barber sure pushes against any limits.: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patricia_Barber
She is Chicago-centric, playing mainly at that marvelous venue, The Green Mill--you listening, Sister Mary? How about some more? Oh hell yes: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9J8uHjFaZTM&list=ALBTKoXRg38BBwq1C1qAgktgZs8SeXK1BU Advisory: This is nothing like as breezy and accessible as the previously quoted piece...but the work is so worth it. All her albums are 4-star outings (I use that word advisedly); here's what AMG says about this one: [URL="http://www.allmusic.com/album/verse-mw0000223867"]http://www.allmusic.com/album/verse-mw0000223867
She even takes a "standards" album in different and wonderful directions: [/URL]http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-cole-porter-mix-mw0000796046
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Run7e9-G1is&list=PLkaK5DhzmyNmSQFkSTIptNJYB8YFvrCSY
What Are You Listening To? - Jerome - 19-07-2014
Ryuichi Sakomoto - Mototronic - pure bloody genius - one minute it's classical, next it's pop, then it's epic movie soundtrack, then it's bossa nova. Absolutely brilliant. And if ever you want some music to chill out with in the evening, his solo piano works are mesmerizing. A master of surprise.
What Are You Listening To? - jazzboCR - 19-07-2014
CRAZY-HORSE Wrote:i like Engelbert, but sadly, dont own anything...that will change,he's on my christmas list...
BTW, Tom Jones once said that engelbert and john farnham have the best voices he has ever heard...!
He hates the term "crooner"; he calls himself a " contemporary singer, a stylized performer". " I can hit notes a bank couldn't cash", says he. BTW, he can call himself only Engelbert in Germany; the family of the original EH (a 19th century composer) has enjoined him there. Started music as a saxophonist, only later moving to singer.: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engelbert_Humperdinck_%28singer%29
What Are You Listening To? - jazzboCR - 19-07-2014
CRAZY-HORSE Wrote:
CHRIS REA "shamrock diaries" cd, 1985
career stats:
STUDIO ALBUMS....23
LIVE ALBUMS.........1
COMPILATIONS......11
SINGLES...............72
album stats: #15 UK, #41 AU
single stats:
"josephine"..........#67 UK, #79 AU
"stainsbury girls"..#26 UK, #94 AU
Chris Rea has to be one of the most underrated/under-appreciated singer/songwriter/guitarists in popular music IMO...
i have five albums and either love or almost love all of them...yet he never really set any charts alight in his career...
this album is typical easy listening/soft rock type stuff that we expect off Chris, lots of lovely melodies,lyrics and vocals also...
Chris(as i just found out via wikipedia) was diagnosed with Pancreatic Cancer in 2001 and defied all the odds to survive this normally lethal disease...
in 2005 he retired from making solo records but still occasionally pops up on other peoples albums and still occasionally tours with Memphis Fireflies...
but, all up a very good album from a very good artist
I LIKE THIS ALBUM
worst track: love turns to lies
best track: steel river
tracks:
1. steel river ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOSA5v-foMs live
2. stainsbury girls ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYLSfSrsiv8 live
3. chisel hill **
4. josephine ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uttQLuW-qM4 live
5. one golden rule **
6. all summer long **
7. stone **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=On4KhhM95nM audio
8. shamrock diaries **
9. love turns to lies **
10.hired gun **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VDGI2tJy_M audio
3s=3
2s=7
1s=0
rating: 2.3 or 7.5/10
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Here's a "Best of" disc, chosen by Mr. Rea: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04ersUwabZ4 during which you can read this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Rea and reach out to his fansite: http://www.chrisrea.biz/ << love the voice and a hellified slide player.
What Are You Listening To? - jazzboCR - 19-07-2014
top40charts Wrote:Giving John Rowles a bit of time tonight
As I also love Engelbert and Tom Jones, John Rowles has one of those era power voices.
If you have never heard of him, look for a you tube song " Cheryl Moana Marie "
Here's that Maori magic that the OP mentioned: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCxWdVJTlpY plus a couple: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19PRWiRE0Fw and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTKUOiRlftM
What Are You Listening To? - jazzboCR - 19-07-2014
CRAZY-HORSE Wrote:this is Bobby Darin a million miles away from his stupid "splish,splash" debut a couple of years before
Your feelings to the contrary, it was a good period piece, he co-wrote it and never disavowed it. For the younger among us here's that one and another one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSA-yHzkvP8 and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVHAQX5sSaU << Every time I hear this, I'm a mess for the next hour. He wrote this one too.
BTW, how would anybody react on finding out at 32 that those 2 folks who raised you were really your grandparents and that woman you thought was your sister was really your mother? Profound depression, I'm thinking.
Much later addition: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZUMuYVJmTM << a full showing how masterful a showman he was
What Are You Listening To? - jazzboCR - 19-07-2014
CRAZY-HORSE Wrote:Bobby only spent a year or two as a pop-idol, i prefer his crooner stuff better overall, even though this album's score doesnt reflect that, also, shame he died so young, he had so much more music to offer the world IMO
Ricky Lee...
i love about half that debut album, the rest(from memory) wasnt that good, but the 5cd set for a single disc price...cant really go too far wrong overall i guess
i agree on the 'sharp decline' comment you made also
Very polarizing artist is Ms. Jones--love her or hate her; there's no in-between. Her fans are rabid as shown by the fan ratings on AMG. She did have a reasonable covers album 2 years ago (not redemption but perhaps palliation): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAF_qVu7PNs&list=ALGLx1orRGw4XkfxRp5SyjE8omP9Tkvnsm&index=1 << you can wipe the spit off the screen now.
BTW, she has a song called "We Belong Together". Silly me--I thought it was this: [URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVRTCKTJU5Q"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVRTCKTJU5Q
Another BTW--How much did you get when selling that 5 CD box? Inquiring minds want to know...
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