What are you listening to

[MitchW]

9 hours ago, backyardchef said:

Merry Clayton, "Keep Your Eye on the Sparrow"

Sooooooul Train.......

Sister of Sam Clayton (still with Little Feat) and the great backing singer on Gimme Shelter!

[backyardchef]

8 hours ago, MitchW said:

Sister of Sam Clayton (still with Little Feat) and the great backing singer on Gimme Shelter!

Circle takes the square

[maison rustique]

My dear old friend Toni Zeto wrote and performed this with her band Second Language.

Sky Will Open

[Mitchell101]

Damn this song breaks my heart…..

 

[backyardchef]

La Monte Young, "Compositions 1960"

[Sneakeater]

You know how good Cowboy Carter is?

Beggar's Banquet good.

[Mitchell101]

I’m enjoying about 1/2 of it. Which isn’t a bad thing. 

[Mitchell101]

Meanwhile, some of the criticism (especially from you Megyn Kelly!) is so ridiculous. They have no idea what a song like Jolene is even about. Completely backwards. 

[Sneakeater]

I mean I'm not happy she messed with the lyric thrust of "Jolene".

Although the insertion of a bridge certainly didn't hurt.

[Sneakeater]

Of course the key point is that it's NOT REMOTELY A COUNTRY ALBUM so just shut up about that.

[small h]

6 minutes ago, Sneakeater said:

I mean I'm not happy she messed with the lyric thrust of "Jolene".

This is a very mild version of my opinion.

[Wilfrid]

Nothing against Beyoncé at all, but I wince at all these stories about the first Black woman to top the country charts. Duh, she’s Beyoncé. Taylor Swift would top the R&B charts if she wanted to (maybe she did already, I don’t know).

There are terrific Black women working in country/Americana. Hopefully Beyoncé will lift them up.

[Sneakeater]

Even worse, that stuff just misses the point.  That’s not what this album’s about

Also, the contemporary fixation on chart performance makes me want to puke. 

Edited April 16, 2024 by Sneakeater

[Wilfrid]

“You’re no Dylan Thomas/I’m no Patti Smith..”

True.

Now listening to “Horses.”

[MitchW]

5 hours ago, Wilfrid said:

“You’re no Dylan Thomas/I’m no Patti Smith..”

True.

Now listening to “Horses.”

Patti was quite pleased to be mentioned in her song.

Thomas, I’m not so sure.

[MitchW]

I saw T-Bone Burnett do an interview, and then sing about 6 songs (5 songs from his new record, The Other Side), at National Sawdust a couple of weeks ago.  It was a great evening, and a rare performance in front of an audience...https://www.nationalsawdust.org/event/the-grammy-museum-presents-a-new-york-evening-with-t-bone-burnett

This interview in Variety is very similar to what the interview at National Sawdust was all about.  

Also, the new record is wonderful.

 

 

Edited May 7, 2024 by MitchW

[hollywood]

 

[Wilfrid]

I wasn’t paying attention to this today but a friend posted a clip of Dion singing Piaf across the Seine and just wow.

Okay, a friend posted a link to this, I am not following the Wu Tang account although it is probably great.

[maison rustique]

Yes and a wonderful song she sang, too. 

[small h]

I love her so much.

[Sneakeater]

Shit.  I thought you meant Dion.

[Wilfrid]

That Dion singing Piaf would be interesting.

[Sneakeater]

As far as I’m concerned, he can sing anything.

[Sneakeater]

I'm at a loss to understand why Ingrid Haebler's pianoplaying isn't held in higher general regard.

There's a difference between limp and limpid, you know.

[hollywood]