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- Sensational Alex Harvey Band


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Staring At The Rude Boys ~ T. Ruts (Malcolm Owen)

Gone is Warren ZEVON. He died in 2008. This incredible lyricist, singer and musician should NEVER be forgotten.
'MacGillyCuddy's reeks'
'Lord Byron's luggage'
'Empty handed heart'
Franck and Jesse James'
'Excitable boy'
'johnny strikes up the band'
'Rub me raw'
'Play it all night long'.... and so many other songs....

FRIDAY


Oft requested, etc.

- Clifford T. Ward


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trying again for one of Scotland's most respected musicians

Strolling Down the Highway - Bert Jansch

and what about the man from whom he got

Anji - Davey Graham

and yet another plea for another great guitarist

Leave the Light On - Jeff Healey

Over the hill - John Martyn

Tammi Terrell ~ I Can't Believe You Love Me or with Marvin Gaye ~ Your Precious Love

How to write a song - Harry Nilsson, from his 'Sandman' album, which, come to think of it, I haven't heard in over 30 years. I feel a purchase coming on...

DC

Taxi / Harry Chapin
A Letter to Myself / Chi Lites (Eugene Record)
Operator / Jim Croce
Too weak to fight / clarence Carter

More to follow no doubt

Whitney Houston and the harmful effects of the 'Gravitas' hype.

Almost everyone says that Whitney Houston changed the way female pop vocals were translated,stylistically.As a side issue, I don't think this especially fair to Donna Summer, in particular, but neither were highly rergarded in the black music scene because they were not of, or reflective of, black music - Whitney, the 'pop' princess and Donna, who sang about sex, produced by a man in Munich, of all places, with an industrial 'Karftwerk on speed' sensibility. It was not until Donna moved to LA and made 'State Of Independence' that she was recognised as having 'gravitas' by her peers.

Personally, I think Donna Summer has as many, but different, qualities as Whitney.

Anyone who listens to the long note on 'Dim All The Lights' would be bound to agree, I think.

The thing which was to give Whitney 'gravitas' in the black music scene was her relationship with 'bad boy' Bobby Brown who was very dismissive of her 'pop' sensibilities and therefore became immediately attractive, complete with all the self destructive possibilities that a 'bad boy' from the black music scene could share with her.When Whitney was at the peak of her 'pop princess' role it was Madonna who was seen as the 'bad' girl but in an astonishing role reversal, Madonna went on to write childrens books and Whitney went on to hard drugs which may have given her the much wanted 'gravitas' in the black music scene but ruined the very thing which made her more than a beautiful looking girl: her voice.

It is the greatest irony that from this increasingly damaged voice comes her greatest recording (imho) and the only one I can claim to have in my music collection - and it is a belter of a track, but without a belter of a voice.

My Love Is Your Love - Whitney Houston is a rather softly sung, whispered almost - in places,brillaintly produced, laconiclly R&B, multi - layered, multi tracked vocal - there are few big or long notes, no romantic sensibility. This may be a stylistic change or it may be to assist in disguising the truth that her voice is 'different', not as powerful as it once was.Listen carefully, echos abound, choruses sung independently and simultaneously, prominent constant backing vocal running similtaneously with Whitney, 'deliberately' mumbled phrases, notes shortened and crossed over by other voices - there's a lot going on around a still a beautiful voice, but it's different. Whereas the pop princess had one vocal track, there are maybe five - diffcult to do live.

The effect, however is to produce a record of rare maturity and timelessness in comparison with some of her early work and in which you get a sense that this different voice is less about vocal gymnastics and sentimental romance than it is about reflecting a life lived, a conversation with a higher power - it has 'gravitas', it is a 'black' music record, it speaks of serious things in a way the pop princess never did.

And it comes from a time when to be taken seriously as an artist you had to have 'gravitas' - a back story of bad behaviour and self indulgent, self destructive awfulness encouraged by the very people who are supposed to be responsible for your career development - and which in almost all cases results in the destruction of the artist. This can guarantee a special immortality as martyr to troubled talent or sainthood, like John Lennon - the one 'first' McCartney can never equal, the playing field that can never be levelled.

But, the record business and the world have changed - the hedonism of the past cannot be afforded, to make money you have to perform and you have to be at the top of your game, always.There's just no time for sex and drugs: we're in the strictly rock n roll business - this is a career, developing your talent.

The people we admire now are unglamerous ordinary folk who make it, like Susan Boyle.

Wasteful and destructive behaviour is no longer sexy:these days, we just want to hear you sing at your best.Recent performances showed that Whitney could no longer do this and in this sense, Whitney's passing, accidental and tragic, is also symbolic of a baton changing.

I find hard to imagine Adele and her contemporaries going the same way.

regardez youse

henri

Rainy Night in Georgia / Brook Benton


Cry to me /

These Arms of mine /

Georgia on my mind /

The whole town's laughing at me /

#11 I happen to agree that Donna Summer had much more to her voice than Whitney and made far better records. The only Whitney song I really like is Hold Me probably cos it has one of the best black voices of all time singing it with her , Teddy Pendergrass.

Here's another great voice
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'In circles' by Benjamin ORR [CARS]

Howie Epstein:

Makin' Some Noise - Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers

Billy PRESTON 'Nothing from Nothing

... or Kevin COYNE 's 'I'll go too' _featuring on 'Millionaires and Teddy Bears'

#11 Non-white youths

Well thats Carnival over fur anither year....

#7 DC, as much as I am a fan, I wouldnt say John Martyn passed away in his prime.
Neither did Elvis come to that.
Any others need reviewing? I mean the theme is the theme. Perhaps we need a definition of prime.

Adam I think the definition of Prime depends on how old you are! Cut down in their prime as far as I am concerned:

Buddy Holly - Brown Eyed Handsome man
Joe Strummer - Coma Girl
Tim Buckley - Dolphins
Jeff Buckley - Lover You Should Have Come Over
Marc Bolan - The Wizard
Mick Ronson - Only After Dark

Johnny, Dee Dee and Joey Ramone:

'Danny Says' - The Ramones...a nice wee love song, seldom played.

.... Or 'People People' by Tommy BOLIN

#20
I suppose the theme would be clearer if it was about dying young. Whitney died young (by modern standards of western mortality) but certainly not in her prime.

John Lennon died young but arguably was at the beginning of the 2nd coming of John Lennon so, died in his prime.Of course, the advantage of dying young ( excepting that you are dead, of course) is that you are frozen in time and never go on to spoil your rock and roll credentials by writing a frog chorus or an oratorio and suchlike.

From the 2nd coming of John Lennon - Watching The Wheels

regardez youse

henri

#24 That is a great song. Just brilliant.

FRIDAY



Three of the people in photie were killed in a plane crash on the 24th. of October, 1977

Four of the people in the photie have since gone to Heaven.

Three of the people in the photie are still with us.


I Know a Little - Lynyrd Skynyrd


Taken in their prime...

Stevie Ray Vaughan had cleaned up his near fatal drug and alcohol addiction and was producing some of his best material to date.
He had often said he wanted to make an album with his brother Jimmy and, with the help of his good friend Nile Rodgers, they had completed the recording of same in the summer of 1990, sadly he would not live to see it's release.

In August of the same year SRV had just finished a show with Eric Clapton, Robert Cray, Buddy Guy and Jimmie Vaughan, they finished with everyone on stage jamming to 'Sweet ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Chicago'
After the show SRV boarded a helicopter with three members of Eric Clapton's entourage and the pilot, the helicopter crashed just after take-off with no survivors.

The Family Style Album was released a month later......

Can I request.

The Vaughan Brothers - Tick Tock

Al.

an awfy busy day................

for the record, i don't rate adele.

the voice has to have ownership of the words,there has to be some chemistry that transmits to the listener, like this.......

'sunday morning coming down..........johnny cash

cheers frae the dale

#20 ah... the Bobby fae Brazil returns. Have a good holiday?

It could be argued that John Martyn is a prime example of someone not in his prime, and also that Elvis died because of an overdose of prime beef with side fries.

Both therefore qualify

Alfrae......

Henri...the second coming of John Lennon?
As I recall the double fantasy album was hovering around the lower reaches of the chart on it's release. Just like startin over had made it into the top twenty and dropped out. A few bullets later and next week they were both Number one. Followed by Woman, Imagine and a no.2 with Happy Xmas. Watching the wheels wasn't as successful probably as everyone had the album by now.

Had this tragic event not happened where do you think we would have been with the second coming? Genuine question.

ODE TO JOHN LAW by STONE THE CROWS - Les Harvey

The day the mmuisc died:

The Big Bopper - Chantilly Lace

Richie Valens - La Bamba

Otis Redding - 'Hard To Handle'

Ian Dury (and drummer Charlie Charles of The Blockheads) - 'What A Waste'

Ray Charles - 'You Don't Know Me'

Elvis Presley - 'Clean Up Your Own Back yard' (great song...give it a shot)

Eddie Cochran - 'Sittin' On The Balcony'

Sylvester - 'You make me feel mighty real'

Desmond Dekker - 'Sing A Little Song' (I've had a ughy day...this'd cheer me up)

Sammy Davis Jr - 'Love Me Or Leave Me'

Mick Ronson - 'Billy Porter'

Phil Lynott - 'Old Town'

James Honeyman-Scott

The Pretenders - Day After Day

Sugar Minott - 'Good Thing Going'

#28

dale_kelvin,

Thank you! Someone gave me 21 as a gift and I just don't like it!

You would never catch me trying to impose my tastes upon other people...

Kiss and say goodbye - Kate (& Anna) McGarrigle

Now that would be a graaayyyttt way to end the show

DC

Pete de Freitas

Echo & The Bunnymen - A Promise

Isaac Hayes - wrote 'Hold On, I'm Comin'' and 'When Something Is Wrong With My Baby' - sung by Sam & Dave (Dave's deid too)

#30 Thanks Paolo

The boy has taken footage from an SRV show he did in 1989 in Austin and spliced it with the 1996 Tribute Show.
Enjoyed watching the result though...

Here's a wee snip of SRV from the Austin footage that might raise a smile.

Al.

Eddie Kendricks - 'Get Ready' - The Temptations

Eddie Kendricks and David Ruffin (as Ruffin & Kendrick) - 'I Couldn't Believe It' (that Dave's deid too)

Quite a sad theme tonight

Itchycoo Park / Small Faces (Steve Marriott)

How Come / Ronnie Lane

Woman / Free (Paul Kossoff)

I Won't Last a Day Without You / The Carpenters

Al.

Oops! Missed the bit about being 'in their' prime'. Thought you lot were just having one of your debates. Suppose that'll cut some from my list...or will it...oh I can't be bothered...is it not going-home time yet? Roll on the weekendzzzzzzzzzzz

#12 & #33

Ray Charles was 74 when he went!!!!

#44 Och I know...but I was out from lunchtime till late-o'clock yesterday and had too many long vodkaszzzzzzzzzzzz

#10

Reports of Clarence Carter's untimely death have been greatly exaggerated, unless the curse of Megrahi has kicked in on the quiet.

#30 Agreed Double fantasy is duff, except Watching the Wheels. Most people had forgotten about John until he died - his post 'Imagine' work was not highly regarded, though I like Mind Games. McCartney won it hands down. I think the writing process, though is the come back album is like starting over, it is the subsequent ones that pull the quality of the writing and the work up once you're back 'into' it. So when I say 2nd coming I'm being slightly sarcastic because he's been made out to be a saint, greatest person who ever lived etc. but also because of A Walk On Thin Ice which was due out but for his untimely death is a fabulous record that gave a clue to where he was headed, but Bryan won't play that. Maybe he will?

#41 Big 2nd for anything by Eddie Kendricks - how about Keep On Truckin, the greatest LA Motown record ever made.

regardez youse

henri

Oh how many times asked for, this gorgeous song. You can keep your Duffys and Adeles,

Sandy Denny - I'm a Dreamer

#46...how about the ones I suggested instead! lol

James Honeyman-Scott and Pete Farndon

Pretenders - Space Invadert

Behind Blue Eyes - The Who, featuring the lates Keith Moon & John Entwhistle

DC

#48 - You're quite right... sometimes my natural exuberance spills out all over the place... let's go with your suggestions:-))

Google reveals there is a singer songwriter called Craig Whyte.....but he's currently alive and well.

Ian Curtis

Joy Division - Atmosphere

John McGeoch

Siouxsie & The Banshees - Spellbound

Pete Ham & Tom Evans

Badfinger - No Matter What

#44

Exactly!

Although he died (January 1, 1953) aged 29, Hank Williams, did live to see himself become a major country music star when 33 of his songs hit the charts while he was still alive. However, it seemed like no one at the time would realise the impact his songwriting would have on American music in the years to follow.

At The First Fall Of Snow ~ Hank Williams

Maybe we should have gone with Henri's theme of who al-Meghrai has outlived. So that would be all artists born on April 1st 1952 or later but who have since died.

Still not a very Friday night sort of theme though, is it?

Well, I was only going to with those outlived by Megrahi from his release date of August 2009 - the people we wouldn't have expected him to outlive... it's not as narrow as you think.

I can feel in my bones we're going to be late for this concert. I hate that.

regardez youse

henri

#10 #46
Why did I think Clarence Carter was dead?

To prove I don't google?



I would have had my mortgage on that. Just as well I dont gamble.


And Adam, Ray Charles might have been 74 but he was just getting warmed up.....

Something by Robert Palmer or Gerry Rafferty

ZEVON sometimes gets some airplay, ok. But Tommy BOLIN, Billy PRESTON and Kevin COYNE are gone AND forgotten.