ah ok cool. i wondered what was happening with it.
― jed_, Friday, 16 July 2010 11:38 (thirteen years ago) link
put yourself in jesus' hands, grandma's hands
― d4n, d4n, d4n (yausah, yausah, yausah) (The Reverend), Sunday, 22 August 2010 10:49 (thirteen years ago) link
because grandma is jesus
finally found a copy of live @ carnegie hall on vinyl :)
― just sayin, Saturday, 25 September 2010 15:05 (thirteen years ago) link
:)
― The Reverend, Saturday, 25 September 2010 16:17 (thirteen years ago) link
watched the edited version of doc that jed links to up thread. my goodness, i had the impression that he was a cool guy, but it's almost ridiculous. he is so genuinely and inspiringly humble. really devastatingly beautiful
― dude (del), Saturday, 25 September 2010 17:36 (thirteen years ago) link
(bill withers, i mean. ilxor "jed" can go suck it, obv)
― dude (del), Saturday, 25 September 2010 17:37 (thirteen years ago) link
! do we have a beef?
― jed_, Saturday, 25 September 2010 22:45 (thirteen years ago) link
oh right, sorry joeks etc.
i think?
― jed_, Saturday, 25 September 2010 22:47 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah, clumsy joke. if anything i owe you for emphatically recommending the film. i'm probably going to re-watch it again today
― dude (del), Sunday, 26 September 2010 14:00 (thirteen years ago) link
ha, sorry i realised it was a joke after i posted. it was just one of those interweb things of me missing the obvious.
it's so great isn't it? when he gets up on stage to sing grandma's hand with his friend - huge lump in throat...
― jed_, Sunday, 26 September 2010 14:05 (thirteen years ago) link
it was packed with moments like that. the part where he visits the school...
― dude (del), Sunday, 26 September 2010 14:09 (thirteen years ago) link
damn, the still bill doc is a tear jerker. feel good movie of the year. i want him to be my dad
― jaxon, Thursday, 10 March 2011 18:45 (thirteen years ago) link
Loved the documentary.
― My mom is all about capital gains tax butthurtedness (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 30 April 2011 14:13 (twelve years ago) link
I still need to see that. But I finally got the live at Carnegie Hall cd
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 30 April 2011 14:45 (twelve years ago) link
What an unbelievable human being...loved the bit where he's talking to Cornel West about selling out...just fantastic...restores your faith in human kind...If the scientology had a Withers plateau I would join...
― sonnyboy, Saturday, 30 April 2011 17:35 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmDiTNIm68E
― jaxon, Monday, 1 August 2011 18:03 (twelve years ago) link
Bought the "Still Bill" DVD online yesterday after reading the reviews here. Looking forward to viewing.
― the body of a spider... (scampering alpaca), Tuesday, 2 August 2011 17:12 (twelve years ago) link
bill withers is the meaning of life.
― jed_, Saturday, 29 October 2011 23:40 (twelve years ago) link
he's also a depressive... what does that tell you?
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Sunday, 30 October 2011 04:59 (twelve years ago) link
Still Bill is on BBC4 tomorrow at 9pm for you UK people.
― jed_, Thursday, 8 March 2012 21:10 (twelve years ago) link
What is Still Bill? He's become a theme in this thing I'm writing just now, yet I know very little about him except that he held the longest note on any hit single ('a lovely daaa-aaaaay') until Morten Harket beat his record.
― Ismael Klata, Thursday, 8 March 2012 21:12 (twelve years ago) link
Still Bill is an amazing documentary about where his head is at now.
― jed_, Thursday, 8 March 2012 21:22 (twelve years ago) link
Got it set to record, thanks for the tip. There's a half-hour Bill Withers In Concert on afterwards too.
― Ismael Klata, Thursday, 8 March 2012 21:24 (twelve years ago) link
get yr 'îron game up, folk-soul
― The Reverend, Thursday, 8 March 2012 22:42 (twelve years ago) link
That documentary is so good.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 8 March 2012 23:00 (twelve years ago) link
I still have not seen it yet. Must remedy that
― curmudgeon, Friday, 9 March 2012 16:36 (twelve years ago) link
I would have liked more focus on the music (and its kinda odd that someone coming to this film completely alien to Withers would probably come away thinking that "Grandma's Hands' was the biggest thing he ever did), but yeah, definitely worth a watch.
― I Fucked Up (jer.fairall), Friday, 9 March 2012 20:31 (twelve years ago) link
that was great. such a good guy ..and voice is still on the button.man, he needs to get some of those home demos released.
― mark e, Friday, 9 March 2012 22:13 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah, I watched this last night also... by the time it ended, I found myself absolutely full of admiration for the guy. And I've always loved his music.
― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Saturday, 10 March 2012 16:56 (twelve years ago) link
Haven't watched the doc yet, but I did start my day with the 'live in concert' show that was on immediately afterwards. It was really nice.
― Ismael Klata, Saturday, 10 March 2012 17:04 (twelve years ago) link
http://api.ning.com/files/sDKfZJcDqj5huel7DUYLaQ*c-B7SV7I4kzFSHG1bRbh8F5PeYL-Rh6Q*u1PCNMDmIcz3eg5zjKvb65VvOIZ6N-b*4KMMnTpu/withers.jpgone of the best live albums of all time
― brokering (pimping) (stevie), Saturday, 10 March 2012 21:00 (twelve years ago) link
^ absolutely.
― owenf, Saturday, 10 March 2012 21:04 (twelve years ago) link
thirded
― jed_, Saturday, 10 March 2012 21:09 (twelve years ago) link
fourthed
― Ismael Klata, Saturday, 10 March 2012 21:12 (twelve years ago) link
What they all said.
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 10 March 2012 21:14 (twelve years ago) link
sixthded.
― we can be gyros just for one day (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Saturday, 10 March 2012 21:22 (twelve years ago) link
I can't imagine anyone hearing that record and not loving it.
― jed_, Saturday, 10 March 2012 21:22 (twelve years ago) link
I'm surprised this isn't seen as being as canonical as, say, Live At Leeds or It's Too Late To Stop Now. This is beyond captivating from start to finish.
― we can be gyros just for one day (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Saturday, 10 March 2012 21:30 (twelve years ago) link
even his chat between the songs is enough to make you fall in love with him.
― jed_, Saturday, 10 March 2012 22:03 (twelve years ago) link
just watched this documentary on the iPlayer and whoa, that part where he's talking to the children was proper inspiring. Brilliant.
― boxedjoy, Saturday, 10 March 2012 22:25 (twelve years ago) link
Love Bill but find most live records disposable. How bad do I need to check this out?
― I Fucked Up (jer.fairall), Saturday, 10 March 2012 22:44 (twelve years ago) link
I find live records utterly disposable too. This is pretty much the only one that I fuck with.
― owenf, Saturday, 10 March 2012 22:46 (twelve years ago) link
Well, since looking back over this thread, like one out of every three posts is a rave about Carnegie Hall I'm tossing it on Spotify now, crossing fingers...
― Doctor Casino, Saturday, 10 March 2012 22:51 (twelve years ago) link
just watched this documentary on the iPlayer and whoa, that part where he's talking to the children was proper inspiring. Brilliant.― boxedjoy, Saturday, 10 March 2012 Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
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otm. Loved that bit.
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 10 March 2012 23:01 (twelve years ago) link
i don't know if it's inspiring so much as that it shows the two sides of him so nakedly. like, he seems a bit uncomfortable with the performance they give for him and that he's worried that he's not responding appropriately but it flips over into empathy.
they show this interesting clip too where he's singing "just the two of us" and he looks totally dead inside.
― jed_, Saturday, 10 March 2012 23:07 (twelve years ago) link
I don't know, the part where he talks about having to be more forgiving than other people and how it makes for better character seemed like a really positive way to get children who might be victimised to see a way to turn their problems into a sign of strength, that whole part really got to me.
― boxedjoy, Saturday, 10 March 2012 23:14 (twelve years ago) link
yes, so true.
― jed_, Saturday, 10 March 2012 23:26 (twelve years ago) link
― boxedjoy, Saturday, March 10, 2012 5:14 PM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
yeah, shit was profound. love this guy x1,000,000.
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Sunday, 11 March 2012 02:58 (twelve years ago) link
withers is one of those rare dudes who can answer questions off the cuff in fully-turned, beautiful sentences that i would kill to be able to write. i know some people in my personal life who are like that, but the other famous guy who speaks like that is leonard cohen.
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Sunday, 11 March 2012 03:07 (twelve years ago) link