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markie

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Re: The Blues on PBS
« Reply #15 on: September 30, 2003, 09:28:00 am »
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  Lou Reed sucked!
 
 His rendition of the blues was happy & bouncy (you can't play the blues unless you pay your dues).
 His voice was totally off key but what do you expect from a lousy "musician" (and I use that word liberally).  Every musical interlude was filled with an off-key "yeah, yeah"  He totally sucks - what do people see in him?
Should I bother defending Lou Reed or not?
 
 happy and bouncy, wasnt it the song with the happy lyrics though? And as for not paying dues, well if Lou hasnt paid them, then who has? Especailly of the modern artists who did covers, Oh I bet Eagle eyed Cherry knows all about the blues.
 
 Isnt the blues often sung off-key or with off-key interjections. Off-key works pretty well for effect, if you ask me.
 
 Go and but a best of Lou Reed or something then you might see what others see in him. Ever heard of the velvet underground?
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Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer

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« Reply #16 on: September 30, 2003, 09:29:00 am »
I didn't see the show, but GGW's and GLove's comments on Mr. Reed don't surprise me.
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thirsty moore

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« Reply #17 on: September 30, 2003, 10:03:00 am »
Sorry Bub, as much as I like Lou Reed, his versions sucked.  I'm glad that they devoted so much time to Skip James.  I've got a video of him, Bukka White, Son House, Muddy Waters and a few others playing in a backroom bar at Newport '64.  The section on J.B. Renoir was great too.  I hadn't heard of him before.  I'll have to check him out.
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markie

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Re: The Blues on PBS
« Reply #18 on: September 30, 2003, 10:44:00 am »
So were any of the new artists versions any good then?
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Mobius

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« Reply #19 on: September 30, 2003, 10:52:00 am »
Under what defintion of blues does Lou Reed qualify?  Anything good he's ever done seems to be the opposite of blues.
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thirsty moore

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« Reply #20 on: September 30, 2003, 10:52:00 am »
I was particularly impressed with Beck's work and Nick Cave always gets a thumbs up in my book.  They weren't bad for honkies.  I don't know much about Lucinda Williams.  Marc Ribot was fantastic.
 
 As for Shemeika Copeland and Cassandra Wilson, I don't know a thing about either of them.  Ms. Wilson was getting a good bit of airtime though.
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jadetree

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« Reply #21 on: September 30, 2003, 10:54:00 am »
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Originally posted by thirsty moore:
  I was particularly impressed with Beck's work and Nick Cave always gets a thumbs up in my book.  They weren't bad for honkies.  I don't know much about Lucinda Williams.  Marc Ribot was fantastic.
 
 As for Shemeika Copeland and Cassandra Wilson, I don't know a thing about either of them.  Ms. Wilson was getting a good bit of airtime though.
whoops, I totally missed the fact Nick Cave was going to be on this, what did he do? full band?
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thirsty moore

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« Reply #22 on: September 30, 2003, 10:57:00 am »
He covered one of Renoir's tunes, I believe.  I don't remember which one.  It was him, guitar, bass, organ drums.  No Blixa.
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thirsty moore

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Re: The Blues on PBS
« Reply #23 on: September 30, 2003, 10:59:00 am »
Hey, did any of you get the feeling that the Swedish woman thought her husband's Swedish sucked?
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markie

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« Reply #24 on: September 30, 2003, 11:05:00 am »
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Originally posted by thirsty moore:
 
 
 As for Shemeika Copeland and Cassandra Wilson, I don't know a thing about either of them.  Ms. Wilson was getting a good bit of airtime though.
Shameika was the one up first with only one song? I really liked her endition.
 
 To be contrary I didnt think that much to any of the others... Well maybe Lucinda Williams.
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thirsty moore

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« Reply #25 on: September 30, 2003, 11:09:00 am »
I think so.  I know she had only one song, but don't remember the order of artists.
 
 
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 Shameika was the one up first with only one song? I really liked her rendition.
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Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer

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« Reply #26 on: September 30, 2003, 11:11:00 am »
If you're not familiar with Cassandra Wilson, check out her New Moon Daughter release. Great covers of everyone from Neil Young to Hank Williams to a Hoagy Carmichael to (gasp) U2.
 
    She's got one sexy voice and is one sexy 40something woman.
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markie

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Re: The Blues on PBS
« Reply #27 on: September 30, 2003, 11:15:00 am »
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  I think so.  I know she had only one song, but don't remember the order of artists.
 
 
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 she was the, err bigger one, the other one had blonde ish hair......
 
 right?
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Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer

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Re: The Blues on PBS
« Reply #28 on: September 30, 2003, 11:17:00 am »
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  I think so.  I know she had only one song, but don't remember the order of artists.
 
 
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thirsty moore

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« Reply #29 on: September 30, 2003, 11:23:00 am »
Cassandra Wilson had blonde dreads.  Shemeika Copeland had reddish brown hair.  Both incredibly attractive with solid voices.
 
 
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 she was the, err bigger one, the other one had blonde ish hair...... right?
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