Music: What are you listening to today?
In the spirit of the books and movies threads, here's one to talk about what you're listening to lately and what you have discovered. Tell us if you like it, what it reminds you of, anything you like, short or not, simple or not.
Like the books thread, I'd ask that we keep it mostly to stuff we are listening to or going to listen to soon, or have just finished listening to (that is, like a log more than a resume).
Below is my first entry.
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Bonnie Raitt, by Bonnie Raitt.
My understanding is that this was her first record, which she made when she was 21. Nine out of the eleven songs are covers; the two she wrote are "Thank You" and "Finest Loving Man," and both are good.
I really liked this album. Bonnie's voice is much sweeter here than I've heard her before, and very warm, traveling between notes more fluently, and not yet as raspy sounding as it became. (Which I also like in its own way.) Despite the sweetness of her voice she manages to put some heart into the bluesy material, and sings with what sounds like a real love for the lyrics. It's great to hear someone who doesn't just walk through lyrics. She sounds like she really thought and felt her way through the songs. Many of the most gifted and popular singers out there don't, winding up leaving a lot of a song's power still on the table, so to speak.*
From an Amazon.com review:
Bonnie wrote two of the songs here (Thank you, Finest loving man) but relied mainly on covers, beginning with a cover of Bluebird (written by Stephen Stills, famous as a member first of Buffalo Springfield then of Crosby Stills and Nash). One of Bonnie's major influences, Sippie Wallace, is represented by two songs (Mighty tight woman, Women be wise) while Bonnie also covers Any day woman (Paul Siebel), Walking blues (Robert Johnson) and Since I fell for you (Bud Johnson) among others.
I really enjoyed Walking Blues a lot and wanted to hear it immediately again, but decided to let the rest of the album play out instead of interrupting its flow. The album is good enough that I think I'm going to listen to it again.
By the way, it's in the Rhapsody's catalogue, if you have that service. It's also at Amazon, and the MP3 256kbps download is on sale there for $2.99. You can listen to samples there too.
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*This reminds me of a biography of John Denver that I saw on PBS the other day. I'm not a big Denver fan, but the biography was so good that this is the second time I felt compelled to watch it. Anyway, in it his manager said that at a particular concert Denver sounded exceptionally good, and it seemed like the audience noticed it. His manager recalls saying something like, "Your voice was incredible today. How did you do it?" Denver replied that he was trying to do what he learned from Placido Domingo when they worked together. He said he was amazed by how deep Domingo's art was; he didn't just sing a line, but put the right emotion into it word by word. If he was going to sing about a piece of steel, his voice would sound like steel. Every line was emotionally full, clear, and precise.
I got a bit of a feeling of that in this Raitt album. Raitt very much inhabited those songs when she sang. Unlike some spoiled divas, the newly emergent Raitt got across the feeling that she was glad to be there.
AND I DONT WANT THE WORLD TO SEE ME
GiJoe with the Kung Fu grip...
I suspect that Tiny Desk isn't long for this world, but one of its greats was when my imaginary Irish girlfriend swaggered in.
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well i suppose we're just gunna have to step outside and fight for her honor, aren't we
either way probably doesn't matter
she strikes me as the type to take the wheel of any relationship
in a good way
Dolores O'Riordan and the Cranberries
boggles the mind how she was considered both common and simultaneously extra ordinary
duly ordained by dueling dingle v doolin ocean spray commercials
she was also erased from us way too early while in her late 40s
suppose it was on her own terms though
a pause to see how far freedom echoes after endless roaring into the void
do we believe she had ample time to share every thought held in her zombie brain?
doubtful
her lore is best ordered from irish to first
In as much as it's January 20...
Miley receives last minute pardon for this video. It's about time.
I do like that ^ song... it's an anthem
Meet the new boss...
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the soundtrack to countless good times and bad decisions
I've seen these guys live a handful of times. Fun band that I first discovered during COVID...sort of a mash up of Talk Talk, New Order and maybe Yaz??...buttery synths throughout and some nice slick bass lines too
your description is rather accurate, they're good listen
Drove by the gas station Saturday night and there were cars lined up around the corner like it was the first day of summer
Sadly looked nothing like the video…
It’s been there forever, there’s a truck rest stop behind it, and right across the street there’s a new gas station plaza of a couple years that has a Taco Bell, Church’s Chicken, etc. They even have a massage place with a float tank, I still want to try it out some day
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