4 ever.
― stirmonster, Wednesday, 12 January 2022 22:21 (two years ago) link
Loved her so much, great voice, great singer. I love her later stuff too, not that there’s that much of it. But she sounded great straight thru. Saw one of her Christmas concerts in New York in 2002, it was a blast. R.I.P.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Wednesday, 12 January 2022 22:40 (two years ago) link
Yeah, aside from the one-of-a-kind voice she was a fantastic performer. The one time I saw her in concert she literally brought tears to my eyes - which was embarrassing for me but I had to respect that ability
― Josefa, Wednesday, 12 January 2022 22:44 (two years ago) link
ugh fuck. rip.
― roflrofl fight (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 12 January 2022 22:50 (two years ago) link
I can guarantee the same would've happened to me if I'd ever been fortunate enough to see her. xp
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Wednesday, 12 January 2022 22:50 (two years ago) link
.
― The Door into Summerisle (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 12 January 2022 23:10 (two years ago) link
She frequently posts on social media so it was quite a shock to see her family statement pop up about her brief struggle with cancer. That seems to be the sentiment across other accounts - Darlene Love, Brian Wilson, etc. so she probably kept it private.
― birdistheword, Wednesday, 12 January 2022 23:12 (two years ago) link
This one really hurts. I even love it when the Eddie Money song comes on.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 12 January 2022 23:34 (two years ago) link
I was going to make a similar remark. Whenever I’ve seen her in any context (although never in person) I have that microsecond of preparing myself not to be disappointed because of comparison with the original records but then as soon as the attention is on her when she does a little shimmy and opens her mouth to do her trademark, borrowed from Sam Cooke vocal swoop I am completely hypnotized and thinking “Hal Blaine who?”
― The Door into Summerisle (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 13 January 2022 00:03 (two years ago) link
Just came across this thing called Legendary Ladies of Rock & Roll and the same thing happened, even with a baker's dozen of other no-slouch singers on stage with her.
― The Door into Summerisle (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 13 January 2022 00:29 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14AXsKCnMJAWIth apologies to La La Brooks.
Whereas with this one I am indeed thinking "Where's Bob Babbitt? Where's Owen Bradley?" But then "Ronnie!"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0UKEpfy7AA
― The Door into Summerisle (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 13 January 2022 00:33 (two years ago) link
omg that's the cruise ship entertainment of my dreams
― Josefa, Thursday, 13 January 2022 00:35 (two years ago) link
Forgot about this one — with the E Street Band! Wish they'd done a whole album.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJ72eejEcTQ
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Thursday, 13 January 2022 00:42 (two years ago) link
Lol, Josefa.Have you guys heard the Marshall Crenshaw EP?
― The Door into Summerisle (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 13 January 2022 01:05 (two years ago) link
Feel like she had some kind of Elvis-level performance persona: completely charismatic stage presence and a great big voice, but also an incredible ability to control that voice.
― The Door into Summerisle (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 13 January 2022 01:15 (two years ago) link
Although for some reason no one ever really imitated her, her singing style at least, although obviously Amy Winehouse copied her look.
― The Door into Summerisle (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 13 January 2022 01:17 (two years ago) link
I was thinking about her singing, listening to the Ronettes' album today, and you're right that control is an important part of it. If you ask me what she sounds like, I think of a kind of sly intimacy — but she achieves that by way of big, wide-open swoops and calibrated vibrato. It's quite a trick, to feel like she's whispering to you even when she's belting.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Thursday, 13 January 2022 01:26 (two years ago) link
Steven Van Zandt just shared the sleeve cover, mentioning that the work was especially welcomed by the E Street Band, alluding to the financial strain caused by Springsteen's legal battle with Appel at the time.
― birdistheword, Thursday, 13 January 2022 01:30 (two years ago) link
Love this, written by George Harrison:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0xHx-6WmNg
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 13 January 2022 01:35 (two years ago) link
This was good too - she listened to Johnny Thunders!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NO6_KarjPDU
Kind of a Marianne Faithfull vibe going on.
― birdistheword, Thursday, 13 January 2022 01:36 (two years ago) link
heartbroken by this, prob my favorite singer of all time.
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Thursday, 13 January 2022 01:43 (two years ago) link
The Johnny Thunders cover is from the EP Joey Ramone produced for her — man, Ronnie was a lot of rockers' dream date, huh? That EP also includes this sweet cover of "Don't Worry Baby," which she always said Brian Wilson wrote for her but jealous Phil wouldn't let her record.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DUzT1TD_RM
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Thursday, 13 January 2022 01:52 (two years ago) link
when i was a kid i thought eddy money was talking about ronald reagan in take me home tonight and wondered who the old lady in the video was!
― xzanfar, Thursday, 13 January 2022 01:53 (two years ago) link
I think Jim Miller's essay in the first Stranded led me to the first LP, available as a British import in the early '80s with a different cover. And I recall being very covetous of the exceptionally valuable original American release.
― clemenza, Thursday, 13 January 2022 01:55 (two years ago) link
I always want to say Brian Wilson “returned the favor” by covering “I Can Hear Music” but of course that isn’t quite right, maybe I should say “proved his point,” not sure that works either, but in any case at this stage I never know whether I should consider it a Beach Boys or Ronettes song. Also always think a lot about the lyric concerning “the sound of the city.” Is that where the title of one of Ronnie’s friend David Bowie’s favorite books (and mine) comes from, I wonder. In context “the sound of the city” seems meant to be a bad thing that has to “disappear,” but I alway feel like there is a larger implicit subtext in which the sound of the city is a part of the music too, which makes it extra-grebt.
― The Door into Summerisle (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 13 January 2022 02:06 (two years ago) link
When I saw her in Manhattan in the ‘Beyond the Beehive’ tour of 2012 she performed both the George Harrison song and the Johnny Thunders song
― Josefa, Thursday, 13 January 2022 02:06 (two years ago) link
That George Harrison song was produced by Phil wasn’t it?
― The Door into Summerisle (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 13 January 2022 02:08 (two years ago) link
co-produced by Phil and George Harrison
― Josefa, Thursday, 13 January 2022 02:14 (two years ago) link
My heart, I loved her so much ;_;Love her cover of “Work Out Fine” that she did with Keith Richardshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tq9NVoM4mXA
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 13 January 2022 02:16 (two years ago) link
Thanks, Josefa. One of my ur-texts was a Beatles discography called All Together Now and that was in the section called The Beatles For Others or something, so that makes sense.
― The Door into Summerisle (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 13 January 2022 02:17 (two years ago) link
The b-side of “Try Some, Buy Some” is “Tandoori Chicken,” which sounds like one of those classic Spector b-sides that are purposely designed not to be a hit (although w/ Leon Russell on piano)
― Josefa, Thursday, 13 January 2022 02:27 (two years ago) link
man RIP. so many family road trips soundtracked by 80s-era oldies stations. def my first memory of her, even if I didn’t know who precisely who she was. i certainly watched that Eddie Money video approx 3.7k times in ‘87 tho and that’s who I’ll always have in my head
― concentrating on Rationality (the book) (will), Thursday, 13 January 2022 02:27 (two years ago) link
My head is exploding due to latest FB post from The Wrecking Crew.
― The Door into Summerisle (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 13 January 2022 02:30 (two years ago) link
https://fb.watch/avimbpZYMJ/ See text at the right.
― The Door into Summerisle (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 13 January 2022 02:36 (two years ago) link
Bowie, a Ronnie fan, covered "Try Some, Buy Some" in 2003 -- not well.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSYb7IDRyAg
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 13 January 2022 02:37 (two years ago) link
i saw somewhere on twitter that his only regret he ever expressed was not producing an album for her
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 13 January 2022 02:46 (two years ago) link
That Wrecking Crew post is awesome.
Speaking of Bowie, he was the subject of what looks to be her last Facebook post: https://www.facebook.com/ronniespector/posts/488181225997626
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Thursday, 13 January 2022 02:50 (two years ago) link
There was a Rolling Stone interview with her I just came across that had some stories of them hanging out.
― The Door into Summerisle (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 13 January 2022 02:54 (two years ago) link
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/ronnie-spector-on-keith-richards-david-bowie-and-life-after-phil-181599/
― The Door into Summerisle (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 13 January 2022 02:55 (two years ago) link
i love Ronnies version of Say Goodbye To Hollywood w the E Street Band https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJ72eejEcTQ
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 13 January 2022 02:58 (two years ago) link
She actually posted and commented on a photo of herself with Bowie just four days ago. I've never been around someone during the last days with cancer (but I have in situations involving other illnesses) and it's still shocking to me how quickly someone can go when they're sick from it.
― birdistheword, Thursday, 13 January 2022 03:02 (two years ago) link
apologies, tipsy mothra already posted about that upthread
― birdistheword, Thursday, 13 January 2022 03:03 (two years ago) link
Yeah, not a highlight, but I think he did it also because George's death was fairly recent when he started recording. (If he had to pick something from Living in the Material World, I wish it was "Be Here Now" - that's a track that deserves rescuing. Great as background music in Scorsese's doc, but on its own, it needs something more to hold it together.) At least "Pablo Picasso" went over well.
― birdistheword, Thursday, 13 January 2022 03:08 (two years ago) link
Wait, “Pablo Picasso”?
― The Door into Summerisle (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 13 January 2022 03:08 (two years ago) link
oh yes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hk2hYnPo77M
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 13 January 2022 03:16 (two years ago) link
<3 her Amy Rigby cover.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oBlsJ24HP8
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Thursday, 13 January 2022 05:09 (two years ago) link
yesss i love All I Want so much, maybe my favorite of Ronnie’s?
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 13 January 2022 05:19 (two years ago) link
https://preview.redd.it/i3gwnrplbzxz.jpg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=9568cbadce481f020f7af5cc1d27755560c2a442
Ronnie, Bowie, Iggy
― Precious, Grace, Hill & Beard LTD. (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 13 January 2022 05:36 (two years ago) link
Saw her on that 2012 tour when she was doing "Can't Put Your Arms around a Memory," plus since it was December we got a Ronettes Christmas song, as weel as stories about John Lennon, Joey Ramone, and Amy Winehouse.
RIP
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 13 January 2022 05:37 (two years ago) link
Here is Ronnie's cover of "Something's Gonna Happen" from the Marshalll Crenshaw EP I mentioned earlier.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kn6E2tQIzFg
― The Door into Summerisle (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 13 January 2022 15:13 (two years ago) link
Before I forget, before I leave you again, didn't the run out groove for the LP of Let It Be used to say "Phil + Ronnie"?
― The Door into Summerisle (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 13 January 2022 16:13 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GM5r0Ve8Las
#OneThread
― Precious, Grace, Hill & Beard LTD. (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 13 January 2022 16:34 (two years ago) link
Reading about Estellle yesterday evening. Pretty sad stuff. https://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/17/arts/music/17rone.html
― The Door into Summerisle (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 13 January 2022 17:39 (two years ago) link
Wonder who is playing bass during "Sleigh Bell/Frosty the Snowman"? Sounds good!
― The Door into Summerisle (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 13 January 2022 18:31 (two years ago) link
Neil Jason, seems to be. Never heard of him. Only mentioned on ILX twice before, on a Dire Straits POLL threads.
― The Door into Summerisle (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 13 January 2022 18:35 (two years ago) link
Seems like he subbed with them over one hundred times and was also in the SNL house band for two years in the mid-eighties.
― The Door into Summerisle (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 13 January 2022 18:37 (two years ago) link
he plays on Roxy albums
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 13 January 2022 19:04 (two years ago) link
Yeah, just saw that, thanks.
― The Door into Summerisle (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 13 January 2022 19:15 (two years ago) link
When I saw reunited Roxy they had another somewhat below the radar guy on bass named Zev Katz, who also played with Rosanne Cash so maybe you heard of him. Then another time I saw Bryan Ferry solo and he had some weird band. I was walking down the street and ran into a friend who was hanging with Sophie B. Hawkins and she told me that she had been in a better version of the band preparing for the tour but then a couple of weeks before it was about to start Bryan fired everybody and replaced them with worse (younger? cheaper?) players.
― The Door into Summerisle (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 13 January 2022 19:21 (two years ago) link
first line of your memoir
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 13 January 2022 19:27 (two years ago) link
Because It sounds like Catcher in the Rye or something?
― The Door into Summerisle (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 13 January 2022 19:29 (two years ago) link
The first thing you'll probably want to know about James Redd is blah blah blah Ronnie Spector blah blah blah Emitt Rhodes blah blah blah Paul Griffin...
― The Door into Summerisle (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 13 January 2022 19:42 (two years ago) link
Jonathan Richman blah blah blah Joey Ramone's brother blah blah blah Alex Chilton blah blah blah
― The Door into Summerisle (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 13 January 2022 19:59 (two years ago) link
I'm almost certain I've heard it before, but damn, that "Say Goodbye To Hollywood" cover is majestic.
― Les hommes de bonbons (cryptosicko), Thursday, 13 January 2022 20:14 (two years ago) link
https://digital.olivesoftware.com/Olive/ODN/DailyGazette/shared/DLYGAZ-2018-10-22/image.ashx?kind=block&href=DLYGAZ%2F2018%2F10%2F22&id=Pc0210200&ext=.jpg&sk=BFFDEF26
The Ronettes w/guitarist Jimmy James.
― Precious, Grace, Hill & Beard LTD. (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 13 January 2022 20:16 (two years ago) link
I look forward to the day when someone famous writes a memoir where they simply list every famous person they ever met and nothing more.
― birdistheword, Thursday, 13 January 2022 20:25 (two years ago) link
good lyric
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 13 January 2022 20:26 (two years ago) link
Thanks. But hey, enough of my yakkin' we have a very special guest waiting in the wings, Ronnie c'mon up!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0coQJBQy1n8
― The Door into Summerisle (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 13 January 2022 20:30 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFNdYNEJ26s
Nice photo C. Grisso/McCain!
― The Door into Summerisle (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 13 January 2022 20:35 (two years ago) link
https://www.villagevoice.com/1999/03/09/ronnie-spector/
― The Door into Summerisle (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 13 January 2022 21:23 (two years ago) link
All Hopped up and Ready to Go, by Tony Fletcher, has a very clear telling of the very beginning of The Ronettes, which I had been a little confused about up until now.
― The Door into Summerisle (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 13 January 2022 23:12 (two years ago) link
WIth blurbs from the likes of Lenny Kaye, Simon Reynolds and Mike Stoller, to name just three, plus 101 (!) mentions of George Goldner, what's not to like?
― The Door into Summerisle (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 13 January 2022 23:15 (two years ago) link
Oops, forgot the #onethread tag
― The Door into Summerisle (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 13 January 2022 23:16 (two years ago) link
So in the Josh Alan Friedman piece about when he dated Ronnie Spector in 1977, entitled "Mr. Nobody" which is what she called him upon occasion, she is doing a package tour in which Eddie Fisher is the headliner. "Only Eddie gets a limo!" she is told. The tour is run by a creepy figure named Roy Radin. I had to look him up but he was a victim in something know as "The Cotton Club Murders," although I am not sure who else was killed to make it plural. Roy Radin's management clients included Pat Paulsen and (Grady) Demond Wilson of Sanford & Son. The latter had to testify. Producer Robert Evans took the Fifth.
― Presenting the Fabulous Redettes Featuring James (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 14 January 2022 16:11 (two years ago) link
As my own Ronnie moment is fading, it is sort of fun to see what shows up in my Facepalm feed and click through to see what other musicians, celebrity or otherwise, had to say, along with their likeminded friends, and to see new photos of her, candid or professional, like the one with Vini "Mad Dog" Lopez or the one shot by James Hamilton, to pick two examples.
― Presenting the Fabulous Redettes Featuring James (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 15 January 2022 01:52 (two years ago) link
One guy mentions the "Phil Loves Ronnie" Let It Be outgroove thing I slightly misquoted upthread. Not really much about it on the internet though.
― Presenting the Fabulous Redettes Featuring James (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 15 January 2022 02:00 (two years ago) link
Adding Caryn Rose's Vulture obit here for when I want to be reminded of it later. If you haven't already peeped it, do.
https://www.vulture.com/article/ronnie-spector-obit-best-songs.html
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Sunday, 16 January 2022 03:36 (two years ago) link
Nice! Some good detail in there, thanks.
― Presenting the Fabulous Redettes Featuring James (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 16 January 2022 13:48 (two years ago) link
https://nypost.com/2012/11/11/a-mob-tale-with-a-twist/
― Presenting the Fabulous Redettes Featuring James (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 16 January 2022 15:44 (two years ago) link
Ugh, maybe I shouldn't have posted before reading properly.
― Presenting the Fabulous Redettes Featuring James (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 16 January 2022 15:47 (two years ago) link
John Sebastian/Ronnie Spector/McGuinn: Literally The Most Un-Cool Song & Video In Rock History
― Precious, Grace, Hill & Beard LTD. (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 16 January 2022 19:42 (two years ago) link
I've watched the RoRHOF performance a few times. Really good, although apparently Estelle was not in a state to go on so one the touring Ronettes of the time sang instead and they had a lot of other backing singers anyway.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CedKCeccSew
― Presenting the Fabulous Redettes Featuring James (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 17 January 2022 02:57 (two years ago) link
The lead comments say "Probably the only time outside of the studio that Phil Spector's Wall Of Sound was recreated. I think Shaffer, who has always been a huge Spector fan, deserves a lot of credit for pulling this off." But Paul Shaffer was doing this pretty much every single year on Letterman when Darlene Love sang "Christmas (Baby, Please Come Home)." I even had a brief conversation once about it with somebody who did that gig because I had seen the Letterman show on his resume. I guess there were a few times at the beginning when it was just the World's Most Dangerous Band. See for yourself, go look for the two hour video on Youtube of all of them.
― Presenting the Fabulous Redettes Featuring James (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 17 January 2022 03:03 (two years ago) link
Just thought of another song on the Beach Boys/Ronettes Axis, which is "I'm So Young," originally done by The Students. I don't know if I've ever heard a third version, although they seem to be out there. Think I'll stlck with the ones I know.
― Presenting the Fabulous Redettes Featuring James (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 17 January 2022 03:09 (two years ago) link
not Ronnie related (rip queen) but saw some Neil Jason talk upthread... check out his solo on this at about 6:15 please. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKyJou39Kks
― kurt schwitterz, Tuesday, 18 January 2022 18:18 (two years ago) link
shd be a thread just for roxy bass players tbr
i once met one of the early ones at a friend's wedding but i don't now remember which
― mark s, Tuesday, 18 January 2022 18:25 (two years ago) link
not Ronnie related (rip queen) but saw some Neil Jason talk upthread... check out his solo on this at about 6:15 please.
― Presenting the Fabulous Redettes Featuring James (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 18 January 2022 18:45 (two years ago) link
Beautiful Ronnie Spector story from John Lurie. pic.twitter.com/lYy2u59KkK— 𝗞𝗮𝘁𝗵𝘆 📼 𝗙𝗲𝗻𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀𝘆 (@kcfennessy) January 13, 2022
― Precious, Grace, Hill & Beard LTD. (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 19 January 2022 00:33 (two years ago) link
aw! what a gal <3
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 19 January 2022 00:41 (two years ago) link
Heard "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" in the car tonight: "Some boys take a beautiful girl/And hide her away from the rest of the world."
― clemenza, Tuesday, 22 February 2022 02:23 (two years ago) link
And that whole song she sings in a Ronnie Spector-ish voice
― Josefa, Tuesday, 22 February 2022 02:28 (two years ago) link
Never thought about that before but yeah
― Solaris Ocean Blue (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 22 February 2022 02:39 (two years ago) link
If I remember the video correctly, the lyric is matched to some silent-film footage.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 22 February 2022 02:46 (two years ago) link
I guess if you slow it down (but preserve the pitch) it would sound a lot like Ronnie Spector.
― Mark G, Wednesday, 23 February 2022 19:54 (two years ago) link