Wow- when I head Joni Mitchell for the first time, I was completely smitten with her voice. It was so clear and pure. And I didn't hear her (except Help Me on the radio) until 1994ish, when I heard the album Court and Spark.
Whoa! I... I think I'm having a thought. Yeah, yeah, yeah, that's a thought. Now I'm having a plan. Now I'm having a wiggins.
Xander ,'First Date'
Buffista Music 4: Needs More Cowbell!
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.
Sophia Brooks - May 18, 2010 2:48:31 pm PDT #3022 of 6436
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Amy - May 18, 2010 2:50:55 pm PDT #3023 of 6436
Because books.
I adore Eric Clapton's voice, especially when it's growly. And I loved Joni and Ricki and Lucinda from the outset, too.
I still have a hard time with Dylan unless it's a song I really love.
javachik - May 18, 2010 3:01:37 pm PDT #3024 of 6436
Our wings are not tired.
The thing about my initial hearing of Rickie Lee and Joni was that I was working in retail, and they were part of the 8-track that the store (an Eddie Bauer, in the Bev Center in LA) played every day. And it was hearing "Chuck E's in Love" 400 times a day, and not really "getting it". And the Joni was "Help Me", which just didn't work for me at all until I heard the entirety of the album. So my entire view of their music was based on two songs, played over and over. As soon as I heard more than one song, and in the context of not folding sweaters, I adored both of them to bits.
Sophia Brooks - May 18, 2010 3:04:14 pm PDT #3025 of 6436
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Oh, I get that java. I almost learned to hate Annie Lennox because I heard "Walkin on Broken Glass" approximately eleventy billion times.
Shir - May 19, 2010 6:40:01 pm PDT #3026 of 6436
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
Mark Lanegan is gonna sing to me tonight.
I'm fervid. Fervid enough to take my thesaurus and check alternatives for "excited", because really, that doesn't even begin to cover it.
P.M. Marc - May 19, 2010 6:50:58 pm PDT #3027 of 6436
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
I have strange dislikes for certain vocalists. Ian Curtis, Thom Yorke (but I liked him on the Velvet Goldmine soundtrack), Mick Jagger ... oh, and the Ian Curtis clone who fronts Interpol. Ugh.
WEIRDO.
Ahem.
But then, I can't stand Kate Bush. She's like freakishly twee nails on a chalkboard.
msbelle - May 19, 2010 7:41:40 pm PDT #3028 of 6436
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
had a whole album become unplayable on my iTunes, the length of every track displayed weird in the last couple of days and then went to 0:00. Anyone have something like this happen?
Atropa - May 19, 2010 7:43:03 pm PDT #3029 of 6436
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
But then, I can't stand Kate Bush. She's like freakishly twee nails on a chalkboard.
This is why I did not every try to get you to listen to Emilie Autumn, and just told you about the whackaloon fan wankery. Because EA is what happens if you cross Kate Bush with old-school Courtney Love.
DavidS - May 19, 2010 7:47:53 pm PDT #3030 of 6436
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
msbelle, I have not had that problem.
Ple, you can probably skip Joanna Newsom.
smonster - May 20, 2010 4:09:18 am PDT #3031 of 6436
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
I used to hate Tori Amos' voice (oh, those high breathy "aaahhhahhs"), but grew to love her. I tend to prefer covers of Bob Dylan or Joni Mitchell as opposed to them singing.
Pretty fascinating dissection of "Tik Tok" and why it sucks. [link]