John Cale, Richard Thompson and Shawn Colvin do Heartbreak Hotel.
John Cale, Chrissie Hynde and Nick Cave do Ship of Fools.
John Cale & The Creatures play I Was Me.
It doesn't suck to be John Cale.
They're doing it backwards; walking up the down slide.
River ,'Ariel'
Buffista Music III: The Search for Bach
There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.
DavidS - Jul 25, 2007 8:35:30 pm PDT #6057 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
tommyrot - Jul 25, 2007 8:52:33 pm PDT #6058 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
It doesn't suck to be John Cale.
Nope. He got to smash a piano on stage. This was before he took up rock-n-roll....
Hayden - Jul 25, 2007 9:21:27 pm PDT #6059 of 10003
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
I was just talking about the fact that the drummer from Husker Du had to become a chef.
The Cale is awesome, but I must pick this nit. It's not the drummer from Husker Du, Grant Hart, who became a chef, but Greg Norton, the bassist.
Jon B. - Jul 26, 2007 12:13:24 am PDT #6060 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
I thought Greg was a Maitre D.
Frankenbuddha - Jul 26, 2007 2:44:14 am PDT #6061 of 10003
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
It's not the drummer from Husker Du, Grant Hart, who became a chef, but Greg Norton, the bassist.
OK, that makes more sense.
Theodosia - Jul 26, 2007 4:43:14 am PDT #6062 of 10003
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Actually, I kind of like it that good musicians have the wherewithal to pursue other professions successfully, like Mo Tucker becoming a computer programmer or Sterling Morrison a professor of English. Instead of becoming drug addicts on welfare, for instance.
Frankenbuddha - Jul 26, 2007 5:07:09 am PDT #6063 of 10003
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Actually, I kind of like it that good musicians have the wherewithal to pursue other professions successfully, like Mo Tucker becoming a computer programmer or Sterling Morrison a professor of English. Instead of becoming drug addicts on welfare, for instance.
Well, except that per Tony Bourdain, being a chef isn't necessarily much healthier a lifestyle than being a musician.
tommyrot - Jul 26, 2007 5:13:23 am PDT #6064 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Mo became a programmer? Huh. I was gonna ask what she's up to recently.
Last I knew she was working at K-Mart. Then I assume she quit to tour behind Life in Exile After Abdication. (Love that album.) Then I sorta' lost track of her.
Liese S. - Jul 26, 2007 8:16:26 am PDT #6065 of 10003
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
The truth of the matter is that not that many people make money making music. And even those that are moderate with their significant income at the time rarely make enough to live off the rest of their lives after their unbelievably short shelf life.
Remember that lots of those musicians weren't able to hang on to their publishing rights; those got signed off to the record companies, so they may not be making residuals off any new sales. So what they have is what they made during their few years in the spotlight. The advances all got paid back out to reimburse the record companies for their expenses. Probably they didn't personally own the merchandising rights. Ticket sales go to the venue and promoter.
In Christian music, nobody is making any money except for a few songwriters. I'd imagine the situation is similar for many of the other smaller genre markets.
Jon B. - Jul 26, 2007 1:02:11 pm PDT #6066 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
I stand corrected! Greg Norton's restaurant: [link]