what say you?
also, is the song really about Chuck Eddy?
― JaXoN (JasonD), Tuesday, 3 August 2004 17:23 (nineteen years ago) link
― gabbneb (gabbneb), Tuesday, 3 August 2004 17:28 (nineteen years ago) link
I'm not really objective, to be honest, having been a fan since I was 13 or so. I'm comfortable in saying that there's a lot more to RLJ than Edie Brickell, though, esp. when delving into the later albums, such as 'Ghostyhead'(which may be OOP?).
― derrick (derrick), Tuesday, 3 August 2004 18:12 (nineteen years ago) link
― Joseph McCombs, Tuesday, 3 August 2004 18:26 (nineteen years ago) link
― derrick (derrick), Tuesday, 3 August 2004 18:41 (nineteen years ago) link
They went on forever – theyWhen I -we lived in Arizona,And the skies always had theseLittle fluffy clouds in 'em,And they were long, clear, andThere were lots of stars, at night.And when it would rain, they would all turn -They were beautiful, the most beautiful skiesAs a matter of fact.Um, the sunsets were purple and red and yellowAnd on fire,And the clouds would catch the colors everywhere.That's uh, neat cause I used toLook at them all the time,When I was little.You don't see thatYou might still see it in the desert.
― gygax! (gygax!), Tuesday, 3 August 2004 19:12 (nineteen years ago) link
― JaXoN (JasonD), Tuesday, 3 August 2004 20:12 (nineteen years ago) link
― gabbneb (gabbneb), Tuesday, 3 August 2004 20:18 (nineteen years ago) link
― mzui, Tuesday, 3 August 2004 20:56 (nineteen years ago) link
― derrick (derrick), Wednesday, 10 January 2007 09:23 (seventeen years ago) link
Tell me about Traffic In Paradise.
― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Wednesday, 10 January 2007 11:00 (seventeen years ago) link
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Wednesday, 10 January 2007 14:13 (seventeen years ago) link
Rickie lee Jones, S/D?Rickie Lee Jones, c/d?
― Euai Kapaui (tracerhand), Wednesday, 10 January 2007 14:45 (seventeen years ago) link
I last heard Rickie Lee Jones just two weeks ago. It was in a flat in Paris near République lived in by a newspaper reporter who drinks chartreuse and loves gypsy music.
― Euai Kapaui (tracerhand), Wednesday, 10 January 2007 14:49 (seventeen years ago) link
― timmy tannin (pompous), Wednesday, 10 January 2007 15:35 (seventeen years ago) link
― Haikunym (Haikunym), Wednesday, 10 January 2007 15:41 (seventeen years ago) link
― Haikunym (Haikunym), Wednesday, 10 January 2007 15:42 (seventeen years ago) link
― timmy tannin (pompous), Wednesday, 10 January 2007 15:49 (seventeen years ago) link
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Wednesday, 10 January 2007 15:50 (seventeen years ago) link
― Roy Kasten (Roy Kasten), Wednesday, 10 January 2007 16:30 (seventeen years ago) link
Also, she wrote the self-loathing words that will be on my tombstone:
"Try to imagine another planet, another sunWhere I don't look like meAnd everything I do matters"--"Gravity"
― Hideous Lump (Hideous Lump), Thursday, 11 January 2007 03:48 (seventeen years ago) link
flying cowboys is the becker-produced album, from 1989 i think. it's good but spotty. very clean, polished. my standout tracks are 'rodeo girl', the title track, and 'ghost train'. it's worth having/hearing, but it is not one i listen to often. ghostyhead is great!
by new do you mean the evening of my best day from 2003 or the one out later this spring? i have not heard the latter but quite enjoy the former, although find it a little undynamic.
― derrick (derrick), Thursday, 11 January 2007 09:01 (seventeen years ago) link
― kwhitehead, Friday, 4 May 2007 16:15 (sixteen years ago) link
― I know, right?, Friday, 4 May 2007 16:19 (sixteen years ago) link
― derrrick, Friday, 4 May 2007 23:52 (sixteen years ago) link
Rickie Lee Jones spoke with Ben Greenman of the New Yorker for a Q&A about her forthcoming album The Devil You Know (September 18 / Concord) and the art of reimagining a song. Produced by Ben Harper (who performs on most of the album), The Devil You Know features interpretations of songs by Jagger / Richards, Neil Young, Robbie Robertson, Van Morrison and more. Rickie and her trio will be on the road this summer and fall.
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/culture/2012/08/talking-with-rickie-lee-jones.html
Ben Harper...ugh. Covers of only same ol' rock songs (will have to wait and see)
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 29 August 2012 20:50 (eleven years ago) link
Ben Harper's a really outstanding guitarist though
― we don't wanna miss a THING!!! (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Wednesday, 29 August 2012 21:53 (eleven years ago) link
as a singer and songwriter he's zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz inmho
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 29 August 2012 22:04 (eleven years ago) link
lol aero used to hang out at the Folk Music Center
― chicago rap twitter luminary (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 29 August 2012 22:09 (eleven years ago) link
we went to grade school together! musically his style's not my thing but anybody who denies his chops is just fronting & he's got a good ear - if he's actually twiddling knobs & doing actual engineering he could be really interesting. "good producer" isn't "guy who makes music you like" or Gary Katz & Eddie Kramer would have a whooooole lotta classic albums
― we don't wanna miss a THING!!! (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Thursday, 30 August 2012 01:02 (eleven years ago) link
This thread inspired me to finally go back and listen to her back catalog, as available on Spotify (meaning I missed Ghostyhead) (I'm old enough to have seen her SNL performance when it originally aired, and still remember it). Really pleasantly surprised to find that there are a bunch of worthwhile things there...I kind of assumed that she was a one-trick-pony without ever investigating. Liked Sermon a lot, but have had the opening track of Pirates, "We Belong Together" on repeat for a few weeks now. Some very cool rhythmic stuff going on about halfway through that one. Also fond of her "Rebel, Rebel." The youtubes of Ghostyhead sound encouraging.
― dlp9001, Sunday, 9 September 2012 03:50 (eleven years ago) link