YOU LOVE IT: sharon jones & the dap kings - "naturally"

I just want to say that I replayed her few-years-old "How Long Do I Have To Wait For You?" 45 a few days ago, and was surprised to find that I still like it enough to keep it. But right, she's dime-a-dozen compared to most of the current music by beloved singers her audience has never heard of that I hear on Southern Soul radio shows all the time; there's a good chance that music's fans -- who seem to, mainly, be black people in their 40s or older -- would find her mediocre. In the indie/adult-alternative realm, she still strikes me as a novelty act. More power to her, I guess; it's cool that she found an audience.

(Haven't read that piece linked to yet, fwiw.)

the beach music scene of SC (which also grew out of the 60s soul tradition) has been fueled by a largely white audience iirc

xp (And I've still yet to hear any other songs by her as good as that one. Though I admittedly haven't checked out everything she's done.)

I read one page of that article before becoming too disgusted to finish.

Sharon Jones OTM, basically.

Tangari agrees, but he thinks it's fair to ask if the Dap-Kings would be as popular if Jones were white.

"That's really hard to say, but I kind of don't think so," he says. "She'd just be coming from a different place, and it's also unlikely they'd have the same sound they do, which is part of what helps them."

questions like this are kinda bullshit IMO...like music "quality" is this scientific thing, you put a sharon jones MP3 in a petri dish and use and eye dropper to put some chemical on it and it turns blue if the music is "good"

i mean, sure, yeah race, class, clothes, personality, a whole shitload of things make a difference in how you see a performer

would bowie have been the same if he dropped the exact same ziggy stardust album but looked like rupert holmes?

http://www.comicgenius.com/DiscoFever/disco_profiles/rupert_holmes/images/rupert_holmes.jpg

Oh yeah -- Also heard her version of "This Land Is Your Land" again this week, by accident -- it was played over the opening credits of Up In The Air, which I finally rented through Netflix. Her song struck me as worse than the movie, which I didn't like all that much.

There are African-Americans still interested in soul though--but for the most part they're not interested in Sharon Jones because she's not marketed to them (and / or they may not like her throwback approach). When I saw Southern soul circuit regulars Lattimore and Marvin Sease and others on a big bill a year and a half ago at the Showplace Arena in Maryland outside Washington DC the nearly 3,000 people crowd consisted almost entirely of age 40 and up African-Americans. White guy me counted 5 other white people there. When I saw Sharon Jones at the 930 Club, the 1,000 person crowd was nearly all 20-something white folks. The Southern soul music labels are not reaching out to those Sharon Jones fans and those fans (including the likes of David Byrne, and Carrie Brownstein) are not seeking out Ecko and Malaco and other Southern soul label releases.

failure of marketing imo

sharon jones has a story angle -- the rikers island cop turned soul diva thing -- that npr-types love. that definitely accounts for some of their higher profile, right? but i'm curious -- you put sharon in front of a crowd like you describe in Maryland ... and they wouldn't go over well? they sort of strike me as a band that would go over well *anywhere*.

these kind of discussions always strike me as a way of avoiding having to handle the more difficult task of evaluating an artists work honestly & critically ...

It would be very sad if this kind of thing fuels a backlash against her. But it's not unlikely.

I hope this means they tour again. Best live show I've ever seen.

― The Reverend, Thursday, July 26, 2007 7:13 PM Bookmark

So should I splurge for NYE tickets since we have nothing else to do other than a couple of parties where we won't know anyone?

Fuck it, I did it.

Man, motherfuck a "processing fee" though. The tickets wound up about 20% more expensive than advertised. I'm writing to Obama about this.

worth every penny

"daerest obama, this sharon jones show was worth every penny!!! you should check her out when she plays dc!!!!"

rock the fuck out hurting; she's a a great show
i'm friends with one of the sweet divines; how'd ya like their fauxtown stylings?

Um, they weren't on the bill. I think you're thinking of the Marva Whitney show at the Bell House.

But Allen Toussaint was amazing.

The Dap-Kings are such a great, great band. They did "Get Out My Life Woman" with him and it really sounded like his original recording.

o fuck right, wrong show. tous is always an amazing time though; i think i've been at something like fourteen live perfs with him and he's always a mindboggler.

Just realized that my wedding photographer/shortlived former bassist in my band did the cover photo for I Learned the Hard Way. [ /brag ]

Blick?

Cool song, cooler video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrOYkHjdpdM

RIP

:(

Dammmmmnnnnnnnn.....,.,

RIP

Sharon Jones OTM

Wtf

RIP

oh no :(

RIP QUEEN

she was a supernova. RIP
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99WYDZP5gtQ

oh, 2016

This sucks. RIP.

Fuck 2016

She was a force, and the way that she handled her illness was brave and inspiring. RIP.

Tribute on WKCR right now

http://www.stereogum.com/1912250/sharon-jones-had-a-stroke-while-watching-election-results/news/

RIP

just because.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmLl21gZjfM

Friend who did a lot of her photography is selling these amazing prints rn for $65 each in a giving tuesday flash sale

https://www.alltogetherprints.com/category/sharon-giving-tuesday?fbclid=IwAR1p8Ep6_d3MTGjpe39Qe5ZczKKH3QxYSlLF4Grmnvbv5vkDp9GPbeVazl0

https://assets.bigcartel.com/product_images/287488632/0112.08.18_daptone1341.jpg?auto=format&fit=max&w=1200

https://assets.bigcartel.com/product_images/287489058/0314.12.04_daptoneC32.jpg?auto=format&fit=max&w=1200

didn't know you knew Jacob!