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     Matthias Treml Member Username: Matthias Post Number: 143 Registered: 05-2005 |
OK, all this talk of women rockers is affecting my work output! New challenge: you get 80 minutes to make the best female singer compilation CD to convert the neophytes. If you're too lazy to figure out the closest 80 minute song selection without going over, then use the general rule of 17-18 songs total. I want you to pick the quintessential song by that group (it doesn't have to be the hit single ~ "8 pictures" or "River of Money" fans out there). And for the real ARs out there, sequence those songs. Feel free to provide a quick blurp as to why you chose one over the other, etc. I'll be compiling my list when I can get in front of my cd collection. Start yer engines... | ||
| Kurt Stephan Member Username: Slothbert Post Number: 638 Registered: 04-2005 |
Are you trying to get us all fired, Matthias? You realize many of us do our posting at work. You keep coming up with these involved, time-consuming challenges! Seriously, I'm not sure I get what you're askng. Are you saying a compilation by the ONE female artist we're trying to tout as the best, or a compilation CD of one song each by all the female artists we consider the best? | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 232 Registered: 01-2005 |
I have all these in my collection, so the list is legit: 1. The Slits - Typical Girls 2. X-Ray Spex - The Day The World Turned Dayglo 3. The Raincoats - Fairytale In The Supermarket 4. Au Pairs - Come Again 5. The Bangles - Dover Beach 6. Rachel Sweet - Who Does Lisa Like? 7. The Waitresses - I Know What Boys Like 8. Blondie - X Offender 9. Kate Bush - Suspended In Gaffa 10.Kirsty MacColl - Walking Down Madison 11.Joan Jett and The Blackhearts - Bad Reputation 12.Berlin - Sex (I'm A...) 13.The Pretenders - Brass In Pocket 14.Eurythmics - There Must Be An Angel 15.Aimee Mann - Fifty Years After The Fair 16. Single Gun Theory - From a Million Miles 17.PJ Harvey - Stella Marie 18. The Sugarcubes - Birthday | ||
| Little Keith Member Username: Manosludge Post Number: 842 Registered: 03-2006 |
OK - I loves me a challenge. Matthias, I assume it's OK if they're solo artists and not necessarily part of a band per se: Pretenders - Tattooed Love Boys Pretty sordid subject matter, but an unbelievably rockin' little tune, with some ferocious guitar breaks PJ Harvey - Rid of Me I think Polly Jean has produced some great music, but I have to admit that her last disc and,, also her live DVD really left me cold. Not so this song... Laura Veirs - Cool Water LV is not unlike Suzanne Vega, but she manages to squeeze a lot of fresh juice out of that template Suzanne Vega - Luka Speaking of SV, this affecting, poignant song never fails to grab me Lucinda Williams - Car Wheels On a Gravel Road One of LW's many songwriting tour de forces and a great example of her narrative gifts... The Breeders - Cannonball Will we see a Breeders reunion, as well, now that the Pixies have found that there's gold in them thar hills? Dusty Springfield - Breakfast In Bed Dusty has too many great vocal performances to mention here, but this one, though I don't know if it's quintessential, really stands out for me Joni Mitchell - A Case of You Luminously sad. I particularly like the live version off of Miles of Aisles, where her swooping up into the higher register induces goosebumps. I don't think she can do that anymore. Cigarettes. Ella Fitzgerald - Night and Day The greatest version of the greatest song ever written, imho, though Sinatra has a great take on it, too Aretha Franklin - Think Any comments on this song are superflous. People have either heard it, or they haven't. If they haven't, they should get out more. Fairport Convention - Who Knows Where the Time Goes The signature song by the great, and lamentably late, Sandy Denny Emmylou Harris - Boulder to Birmingham I think this is about Gram Parsons Rickie Lee Jones - Ugly Man This may or may not be about the Prez Kirsty MacColl - They Don't Know About Us She is sorely missed. Another great one cut down in their prime. Laura Cantrell - Not the Tremblin' Kind Great great. Not unlike Nanci Griffith, if NG were good and didn't sing like a chipmunk. Kasey Chambers - The Captain A younger Lucinda Williams? I think I first heard this on a Sopranos episode. I was turned into an instant fan. Stereolab - Cybele's Reverie Everything sounds better sung with a French accent Amy Rigby - Don't Ever Change I saved my favorite for last. A brilliant songwriter who just makes one great album after another | ||
| Kurt Stephan Member Username: Slothbert Post Number: 639 Registered: 04-2005 |
Alright, we're going the compilation of various artists route. So here goes: (1) 50 Foot Wave - Vena Cava Latest from Kristin Hersh. Given that it's impossible to pick just one from her, let's just go with the latest song that rocks my world. (2) PJ Harvey - Meet Ze Monsta A vicious sound; PJ is best when she's a little scary. (3) Lucinda Williams - Car Wheels on a Gravel Road Hardin nailed it. (4) Marianne Faithful - Why D'Ya Do It? Not punk rock, but lyrically it opened the door for riot grrl and the subsequent "angry young women" of rock (Liz, Alannis, etc.) (5) Neko Case - Tightly More straightforward than her norm: simple, perfect. (6) Patti Smith - Gloria A breakthrough track, and everything that's exciting about Patti in six crazed minutes. Also, best opening line in rock history. (7) Pretenders - My City Was Gone My favorite by Chrissie. (8) Aimee Mann - Ghost World Any song adapation of a Daniel Clowes story is alright by me. (9) Barbara Manning - Sympathy Wreath '90s indie-rock self-pity at its rocking best. (10) Yo La Tengo - Pablo and Andrea Georgia Hubley at her best. (11) Joni Mitchell - Coyote Lyrically piercing and musically entrancing. Great road music. (12) Beth Orton - Galaxy of Emptiness Ten swirling minutes of trippy despair. (13) Julianna Hatfield - Universal Heartbeat A guilty pleasure track that I never tire of. (14) Bjork - Army of Me I like her best when she doesn't get overly experimental. This is perfect, start to finish. (15) Marti Jones - Follow You All Over the World Obscure but timeless mid-80s ballad from the Don Dixon's wife. (16) Gregson & Collister - I Specialize Astonishing vocal performance from the great, soulful, underappreciated Christine Collister. (17) Amy Rigby - Like Rasputin Impossible to pick just one by her; this is a great statement of purpose and is impossibly catchy to boot. (18) Dusty Springfield - Breakfast in Bed Maybe she didn't mean breakfast in bed with YOU, mister, but listening to this song, you won't care. I have no idea what this running time works out to, but 18 is a good number to stop at. No disrespect meant to Aretha, but I wouldn't know which song to put...plus everybody knows about her. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 608 Registered: 05-2005 |
Hardin, I laughed at the chipmunk reference! Kurt, LOL at the Dusty comment! | ||
| Little Keith Member Username: Manosludge Post Number: 848 Registered: 03-2006 |
Mr. Kurt really disillusioned me - I always thought Dusty was addressing that to me...next, he's gonna tell me Liz Phair doesn't want to be MY blow job queen... | ||
| Little Keith Member Username: Manosludge Post Number: 849 Registered: 03-2006 |
ps - where's your list of females, Padraig? | ||
| Kurt Stephan Member Username: Slothbert Post Number: 642 Registered: 04-2005 |
No, sorry, LK, she doesn't. However, PJ Harvey does want to rub it 'til it bleeds, if that's any consolation. Has this thread been locked down yet? | ||
| Little Keith Member Username: Manosludge Post Number: 850 Registered: 03-2006 |
Some consolation but not much...her intent, in that song, seems a bit on the malevolent side... Well parried, sir. | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 598 Registered: 03-2005 |
This is going to take massive work. Dunno when I'll have mine ready. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 612 Registered: 05-2005 |
I'll get there Hardin. I have to get it right. Randy's going to Italy to think about it for heaven's sake. | ||
| Cichli Suite Member Username: Cichli_suite Post Number: 167 Registered: 08-2004 |
Hey Randy, enjoy Italia. The road from Firenza to Milano would be the A1, l'autostrada del Sole. Although, it is one the principle motorways in Italy - it often doesn't feel like it and is tiring to drive as it is made up of a series of long curves. One lane will generally be taken up by a convoy of trucks. But it's all part of the Italian experience along with the fantastic wine and food! Let me know if you will in the Trento area. I could meet you for a vino and show you around. It would be good to meet regular contributor from the board. | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 780 Registered: 05-2005 |
The Au Pairs - All time classic original group. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 614 Registered: 05-2005 |
Here’s a double CD’s worth from my iTunes Abba - Knowing Me, Knowing You Beth Orton - Sisters Of Mercy The Breeders - Divine Hammer Bridget Storm - Quaalude Interlude Chaka Khan - I Feel For You Divinyls - I Touch Myself The Duke Spirit - Lion Rip Throwing Muses with Bob Mould - Dio Edie Brickell - What I Am Eileen Rose - Good Man Enya - Orinoco Flow Kate Anderson - Beautiful Vision Gemma Hayes - Hanging Around Clannad - Theme From Harry's Game Jennifer Warnes - First We Take Manhattan Joan Armitrading - All The Way From America Joni Mitchell - Blue Juliana Hatfield - Everybody Loves Me But You Kate Bush – The Morning Fog Kirsty MacColl – They Don’t Know Kristin Hersh - William's Cut KT Tunstall - Black Horse And The Cherry Tree Single Gun Theory – Fall Loretta Lynn – Van Lear Rose Macy Gray – Why Didn’t You Call Me? Mary Lee's Corvette – You’re A Big Girl Now Mary Margaret O'Hara – Anew Day Bjork - Violently Happy The New Pornographers – Letter From An Occupant PJ Harvey – Sheela Na Gig Portishead – Mysterons Sinead O’Connor – Mandinka KD Lang – Constant Craving | ||
| jerry hann Member Username: Jerry_h Post Number: 245 Registered: 07-2005 |
Jenny Lewis (Rilo Kiley) -Portion for Foxes | ||
| Jerry Clark Member Username: Jerry Post Number: 418 Registered: 08-2004 |
1. Bjork - Bachelorette 2. The Sundays - Hideous Towns 3. Electribe 101 - You're Walking 4. Mazzy Star - Five String Serenade 5. Blondie - Union City Blue 6. Chaka Khan - Ain't Nobody 7. PP Arnold - First Cut Is The Deepest 8. Janis Joplin - Me & Booby Mcgee 9. VU & Nico - All Tomorrow's Parties 10. PJ Harvey - Big Exit 11. Morcheeba - Shoulder Holster 12. Portishead - Roads 13. Massive Attack - Unfinished Sympathy 14. Goldfrapp - Train 15. Sophie B. Hawkins - Beside You 16. Siouxsie & The Banshees - Swimming Horses 17. Dolly Parton - Jolene 18. The Sugarcubes - TV Only Bjork get's on here twice. Probably could do a lot more if I delved into the depths of my collection. | ||
| Kurt Stephan Member Username: Slothbert Post Number: 646 Registered: 04-2005 |
I know it's extremely bad form to point out typos, but I laughed out loud at "Me & Booby McGee." Which says a lot about me, none of it good. | ||
| Little Keith Member Username: Manosludge Post Number: 854 Registered: 03-2006 |
"I'd give all my breasts tomorrow for one single yesterboob." | ||
| Jerry Clark Member Username: Jerry Post Number: 419 Registered: 08-2004 |
Very cruel, Kurt. Honestly my typing is all over the shop at the moment. I get tired of correcting after a while. Haven't you heard the Mcgee version then? | ||
| Matthias Treml Member Username: Matthias Post Number: 145 Registered: 05-2005 |
Kurt, I didn't say you had to respond at work. But then again you're not really mad at me are you? You know that this board has kept you happy on many a crap day at the ole workplace. Why do re-file those TPS reports when you can make a Desert Island Mixed CD? hehe. Here's my choices (and yes, I'm at work right now but I did consult my collection last night...) 1. All About Eve - Wishing the Hours Away or Never Promise (Anyone Forever) (live from 13 single) 2. Natalie Merchant - River or Gulf of Araby live (from NYC CD) 3. Sinead - Troy (live on 3 Babies CD single) 4. Eddi Reader - What You Do With What You've Got 5. Patty Griffin - Top of the World or a dozen others 6. Etta James - At Last 7. Diana Krall - I've Got You Under My Skin 8. Norah Jones - Come Away With Me or Cold Cold Heart 9. Mae Moore - Bohemia (btw, SK produced and GM play on this record) 10. Suzanne Vega - It Makes Me Wonder or almost anything off Songs in Red & Gray 11. Sarah McLachlan - Plenty 12. Cowboy Junkies - Blue Moom Revisited 13. Shawn Colvin - This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody) or most anything on Cover Girl 14. Lisa Loeb - Stay (I know but I still like it) 15. Chantal Kreviazuk - Blue 16. Jonatha Brooke - Less Than Love Is Nothing 17. Tracy Chapman - Fast Car or The Promise 18. Kate Bush - This Woman's Work 19. Sugarcubes - Birthday Incidentally, Mae Moore did an interview where she said recording Bohemia with Steve Kilbey was truly revolting. Drug paraphenalia on the floors of the flat and a lot of shady people around. As a close follower of the Church and knowing Steve's drug problem, I've always wondered if Grant partook and if so in what (he did two albums with him as JF and it was during SK's darkest drug period). I think drugs are horrible especially, heroine, LSD, crack, etc. SK's lyrics (Milky Way, Buffalo, Hotel Womb, My Little Problem, the list goes on and on) are laden with drug references and strange LSDesque references. I've not found them in Grant's lyrics. In his tribute, SK vaguely refers to Grant having his own demons but doesn't elaborate. If his vices were Gitanes and liquor that's one thing. Anyone know? Regardless, I still love the man, heart and soul. | ||
| andreas Member Username: Andreas Post Number: 247 Registered: 04-2006 |
Female-fronted Band? that is difficult, because a lot of female singers are formally solists, but naturally have bands which play with him live or in the studio. and the lists shows that female-fronted bands are almost in the minority. if i find the time i will try to list. | ||
| Kurt Stephan Member Username: Slothbert Post Number: 651 Registered: 04-2005 |
Hey, Matthias, you know I was actually thanking you for giving me something interesting to do to distract me from work! As for the Kilbey/Grant drug thing, you might want to go to the archived threads and do some searching. I believe the main discussion about this (with contributions from David Nichols) was in a thread about the "Hammer the Hammer" lyrics. For if Grant wrote a drug song, that would seem to be the one...though he denied that was what it was about. | ||
| Little Keith Member Username: Manosludge Post Number: 856 Registered: 03-2006 |
Matthias, I'm a big fan of Eddi Reader, too, particularly an album she did that featured a lot of songs by Boo Hewerdine (brilliant songwriter type that she's collaborated with a lot), the name of which escapes me...all of her stuff is great, though. Maybe Grant was one of those people like Mick Jagger, who could dabble with drugs but put them down when he'd sampled to his satisfaction. Those people do exist... Here's a provocateurish question - I notice that most people's picks are on the attractive side. Does that give them a pass, a little bit? Do we judge them less harshly, or are we that much more receptive to their messages? Or,tracing it back further, do women have to be of a certain appeal to get record deals and thereby be heard by us? (There are a few exceptions on some of the lists - but I'm too genteel to name names. Suffice it to say that one of them's name rhymes with "Bracy Clapman") | ||
| Kurt Stephan Member Username: Slothbert Post Number: 652 Registered: 04-2005 |
More than it's us giving them a "pass," I think it's the record companies and media that bring these attractive female artists to our attention. How many truly unattractive female musicians are out there, really? Probably more than we think, but we haven't heard of most of them. But ugly guys can thrive and even be glorified as sex gods in rock (Steven Tyler, for one). By the way, I noticed you had Laura Veirs in your list, and I like her too. I've heard some call her "ugly" because she looks fairly nebbish and wears her nerd glasses. But I don't agree--she looks like a hip, stylish, albeit bookish Seattle woman. In fact, for awhile, I could have sworn Laura Veirs was riding the same commuter bus as me (I'm guessing she has a day job), but it was just one of the thousands of women here who share that look. | ||
| Little Keith Member Username: Manosludge Post Number: 860 Registered: 03-2006 |
If you're open to that "brainy, but sexy" thing, I think LV squeaks in under that...I used to think she was pretty good-looking, which may have been magnified by the "halo effect" of her music...I saw a video though that dispelled that a bit - she's about 3 feet high... You make a great case - looking at everybody's lists they read like a litany of outstanding "lookers"... | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 599 Registered: 03-2005 |
Janis Joplin sure as hell was no goddess. Shame on you, Hardin, for your "Bracy Clapman" comment. | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 600 Registered: 03-2005 |
I was up long past my bedtime last night painstakingly entering my list onto this board when I got into trouble (for the first time ever!) for unsavory language used in an anecdote about one of the artists chosen. I tried to fix it several different ways and then when I hit the "post this message" button it all just disappeared. So it's hard to work up the enthusiasm for redoing it so thoroughly but I'll try. First off, I found to my dismay that I overestimated my ratio of female to male artists when chastising Kevin for his. I find it comes down to about ten male artists for every one female artist. That made things tougher. Plus my longstanding practice of avoiding buying records that everybody else is buying got in the way as well. My list simply consists of some of the performances in my collection that I feel have been unfortunately overlooked or unfairly forgotten. 1. Jackie DeShannon -- You Know Me. With a recording career spanning over 40 years I'm not going to try to pick the "best." Instead I offer the best song from her last album, released in 2000 and already out of print for several years now. 2. Betty (or Bettye) Lavette -- Souvenirs. She had one single classic hit in the early 60s, "Let Me Down Easy." This bluesy soul singer from Detroit was seldom afforded a chance to record an album and her personal favorite, from which this song is pulled, was recorded in 1972 and then shelved by Atlantic Records until a French reissue label exhumed it in the late 1990s. Rhino Handmade has recently reissued it again. It's worth the revival. 3. Timi Yuro -- Smile. Her famous hit is "Hurt." Anybody who can make me pay attention to a soppy old chestnut like this Chaplin song resides in the pantheon of the greats. This fabulous hoarse/throaty almost Mahalia Jackson-like singer was cursed with inadequate control over her own career and also by the fact that she was Italo-american rather than black. 4. April March -- Last Train to Christmas. I don't know how she fares in Euroland, but April March never got anywhere while she was here in the States. This song comes from an album she cut in Glendale, CA backed by Los Cincos, complete with lovely string quartet and sleigh bells. Since this, she has done two excellent Bertrand Burgalat-produced albums of nouveau yeh-yeh pop that sound a bit like a French McDonna on acid. 5. Kate (and Anna) McGarrigle -- Matapedia. You might need to be a certain age and have a certain history for this beautiful exploration of reincarnation through our children and memory to have its full impact. It reduces me to tears every time. 6. Bush Tetras -- You Can't Be Funky. I don't have this one. I borrowed it years ago for a cassette tape and have never forgotten it. A cool precursor to riot grrl. 7. Carlene Carter -- Too Bad About Sandy. This is the artist who got me in trouble with the board's naughty-word detector. The much naughtier and sexier stepdaughter from the Johnny Cash/June Carter Cash marriage, she famously offended her parents by announcing that she had put the [bad word that sounds like the first syllable to "country"] back into country music. At present, this hellion is under the legal guardianship of her own daughter. The wages of sin. This song dates from her Nick Lowe era. 8. Textones -- Number One is to Survive. The Textones were fronted by Carla Olson before she moved on to work with Gene Clark. This great Rolling Stonesesque power ballad will probably forever be her signature song. 9. Luv'd Ones -- Truth Gotta Stand. There was one single all-female garage band in the mid-60s, up in the Michigan environs. Guitarist/singer/songwriter Char Vinnedge was very serious about making the best music she could. The audiences (and often her own bandmates) just saw them as a novelty act. Char got gyped by the time machine. 10. Marianne Faithfull -- Times Square. Certainly not an overlooked artist, for many years people questioned whether she had any talent or just had, as Andrew Oldham put it, "the face of an angel with big tits." Forty years later after so many superb records, we know the answer. 11. Esther Phillips -- Home is Where the Hatred Is. Also not really an overlooked artist but, last time I checked, I still could not get a CD copy of her greatest album "From a Whisper to a Scream" from which this song originates. 12. Lulu -- Feelin' Alright. No, I'm not kidding. Lulu started out at the age of 14 as a blue-eyed soul screamer and, while pushed by the record companies to move into MOR, she continued to revisit this territory again and again over her career. This cover of the Dave Mason song was recorded in Muscle Shoals and has the full southern treatment plus Lulu's very best Brit soulbird voicings. Lulu is so uncool that the album this comes from, "New Routes," has never been reissued on CD even though it had a bona fide hit on it and Duane Allman was one of the guitarists who backed her on these sessions. Minor point of pride: Lulu co-wrote the song "I Don't Wanna Fight" that Tina Turner had a big hit with. All Lulu ever recorded was a demo. 13. Ann Peebles -- I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down. Another great southern production, this time from the Willie Mitchell factory, it's pretty much impossible to find anything other than a "best of" CD for this firey little soulstress. 14. Salem 66 -- Pony Song. They sound like the Luv'd Ones moved up to the 80s. 15. La Grand Sophie -- Martin. No idea if this was big in France but it did nothing here in the States. Loads of offpitch guitars and "la la's" in the refrain, a sure formula for Randy Adams' approval. Especially when I can't understand the French lyrics so it doesn't matter if they turn out to be banal. The entire album this comes off of, "Le Porte-Bonheur," is a joy of guitar pop. Her next album is a big disappointment though. 16. Tanita Tikiram -- Everything is New. Has everybody forgotten her? This is a very good song. 17. Dusty Springfield -- Windmills of Your Mind. Ok, well out of the underappreciated category here. I never took this song seriously until I heard this version. 18. Neko Case -- Star Witness. Also not underappreciated but my personal favorite discovery of this year. I love this song's liberties with song structure and the shifting viewpoints and timeframes in the lyrics. | ||
| jerry hann Member Username: Jerry_h Post Number: 247 Registered: 07-2005 |
Well done Randy, fantastic list I'm going to give up for the night, will be checking out some of these,especially the Kate McGarrigle.Are you off to Italy, if so have a fantasic time. | ||
| Little Keith Member Username: Manosludge Post Number: 861 Registered: 03-2006 |
"They want that cold, hard cash"...yes indeedy. I loved that record, too, Randy, along with the one she did right after that, called I think, "Blue Nun"... Seconding your nomination of the McGarrigles, as well. Wonderful singers and wonderful songwriters. Tanita Tikram was great as well. In a bit of synchronicity combining elements of your post, she has a new record out, available as an import, featuring duets with Nick Lowe. I never got around to seeking it out, so I can't vouchsafe its quality. Marianne Faithfull - what an absolute beauty she was back in the day (I bet a Mars bar never tasted so good)...I also really love her versions of the classic blues song, "Trouble In Mind" and the beautiful Kris Kristofferson ballad, "The Hawk". | ||
| Kurt Stephan Member Username: Slothbert Post Number: 654 Registered: 04-2005 |
>>(I bet a Mars bar never tasted so good) Oh lord, how low we've sunk...damn, another double-entendre there. | ||
| Kurt Stephan Member Username: Slothbert Post Number: 655 Registered: 04-2005 |
> she famously offended her parents by announcing that she > had put the [bad word that sounds like the first syllable to > "country"] back into country music. Ah, you've identified another word we can't say on the board! Those of us who watch "Deadwood" have grown very blase about that word and have to be reminded that it's not OK to say in polite company. Or even impolite company. | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 601 Registered: 03-2005 |
I should have known that the word that sent Johnny and June Carter Cash out of their seats and out the door wasn't going to go over well here either. But, hey, it was late and I'd plugged away at that damn list for longer than I want to admit. I don't head out for Italia until October 13. Cichli, I will figure out where we're going but I'm not really in control of this trip; I'm joining a friend who will have already been there for a few weeks. Your description of the relevant autostrada is noted. How I wish it was, say, about 1960 and we could still guzzle down the wine and then careen down the road in something stylish like a Lancia Flaminia or an Alfa Guilietta. Hardin, it figures you'd know the Carlene Carter songs straight away. Yeah, "Blue Nun" is great too. After that she started to bland out. Tanita Tikaram with Nick Lowe sounds really wild. Who has the lower voice? | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 240 Registered: 01-2005 |
Matthias, did you catch Shawn Colvin touing Cover Girl at Pine Knob? I'm thinking it was 1994. I thought it was a great show. Did you pick up the new one by her? | ||
| Matthias Treml Member Username: Matthias Post Number: 148 Registered: 05-2005 |
Michael, no I didn't. Discovered her well after from a friend's top 20 albums list. Haven't gotten the new one. I'm pretty selection now as my purse strings are needing to close. BTW, Robyn Hitchcock's coming 11-9 I believe at the Bag with Peter Buck. Cut you probably already know that. | ||
| Little Keith Member Username: Manosludge Post Number: 866 Registered: 03-2006 |
I actually picked up the new Shawn Colvin, Michael. I wasn't going to, because I have enough records by her, and though I'm a champion of the female artists and the artistic heights they can reach, even I get a little burned out on the gynocentric and the folky, sensitive stuff. Anyways, the price was right (more or less free) so I picked up Shawn's latest, and I must tell you: it's really good, perhaps her best. There's sort of a pissed-off gravitas to the songs, if you will, that serves her well and keeps them from being overly twee...Yup, I recommend it. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 622 Registered: 05-2005 |
"Cover Girl at Pine Knob" sounds very dirty Michael! | ||
| Jerry Clark Member Username: Jerry Post Number: 424 Registered: 08-2004 |
I forgot... 19. The Cardigans - Sick & Tired Janis Joplin while not a conventional beauty I'll agree, has an awesome level of sexiness. Bada-bing bada-boom. | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 291 Registered: 01-2005 |
Padraig, "Cover Girl at Pine Knob", hah, it does sound somewhat dirty. Pine Knob used to be the name of a cool outdoor amphitheater a couple of miles from my house. They sold their name for corporate sponsership though a few years back, and now it DTE Music Center or some such bullshit. Everyone still calls it Pine Knob though. I saw some great concert at Pine Knob. Talking Heads back in 1983 was one of my favorites. They ran out of songs to do after 3 encores, so they did "Burning Down The House" a second time! |