What does Jamie Cullum sound like?
Kinda lame cocktail bar jazz. He can certainly play and sing, but is a bit meh.
Flames wouldn't be eternal if they actually consumed anything.
Lilah ,'Not Fade Away'
Buffista Music II: Wrath of Chaka Khan
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.
Jim - Aug 17, 2004 11:28:41 pm PDT #4613 of 10003
Ficht nicht mit Der Raketemensch!
Volans - Aug 18, 2004 3:44:03 am PDT #4614 of 10003
move out and draw fire
You may all gasp with my musical ignorace, but who was the original artist for "Ballroom Blitz?"
Frankenbuddha - Aug 18, 2004 3:46:09 am PDT #4615 of 10003
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Unless it was a cover even then, it was Sweet (although they may have still been The Sweet at the time).
Jim - Aug 18, 2004 4:09:11 am PDT #4616 of 10003
Ficht nicht mit Der Raketemensch!
The Sweet. It's a Chinnichap song, IIRC.
Steph L. - Aug 18, 2004 4:11:50 am PDT #4617 of 10003
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
What does Jamie Cullum sound like?
Kinda lame cocktail bar jazz. He can certainly play and sing, but is a bit meh.
I disagree on the meh part. I like him a lot. I've compared him to Harry Connick Jr., but poppier.
Really, you could just listen to samples at Amazon.com.
DavidS - Aug 18, 2004 7:54:27 am PDT #4618 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
It's a Chinnichap song, IIRC.
Sure is. "Ready Steve?" "Uh-huh..."
joe boucher - Aug 18, 2004 1:14:32 pm PDT #4619 of 10003
I knew that topless lady had something up her sleeve. - John Prine
you could just listen to samples at Amazon.com
Harry Shearer played Cullum's cover of "The Wind Cries Mary" on Le Show last week & the archive has the whole song. (Click the link to hear the entire show and scroll over to the 8 minute mark.) I'm with Jim on the assessment, but listen & decide for yourself.
Speaking of Le Show, check out this week's clip of the off air (but recorded) chatter between Larry King and the Bushes. Laura: "That was the wild night when everybody was drinking?"
Speaking of "hey, pal, this is the music thread"... David, Hayden & any Charlie Rich and/or Mystery Train fans (the Greil Marcus book, not the Elvis song), I was listening to the Charlie Rich obit set on The Hound and I was really struck by the version of "I Feel Like Going Home" played at the end. I've never heard the version Marcus talks about at length in the book, but was thinking maybe this was it. When the back up singers came in, though, it was clear that this is from the Pictures and Paintings sessions. Granted I haven't listened to the album in a long time, but I really think this is an alternate -- and much better -- version. Maybe I'm wrong and this is the album track -- but I always found that one vaguely disappointing, and this one is so good. Anyway, I strongly recommend clicking the link & listening to it.
Glamcookie - Aug 18, 2004 1:28:08 pm PDT #4620 of 10003
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
Shows I'm going to in upcoming months:
- Sebadoh (Lou and Jason only)
- Pixies
- Guided by Voices
- PJ Harvey (again in Oct. per Ms. Harvey herself at last night's Knitting Factory show)
So excited!
Volans - Aug 18, 2004 1:46:07 pm PDT #4621 of 10003
move out and draw fire
The Sweet, huh? That's the version I have, but I couldn't believe it was the original, because, well, it sounds like the Rocky Horror version. Huh. Who knew?
I am going to no shows; having missed Dar Williams at the Birchmere I must observe a period of sulking for a month.
DavidS - Aug 18, 2004 1:48:09 pm PDT #4622 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I am going to no shows; having missed Dar Williams at the Birchmere I must observe a period of sulking for a month.
I'm sure she'll be touring Greece this fall. Or was that Nana Mouskouri?