I read one page of that article before becoming too disgusted to finish.
Sharon Jones OTM, basically.
― Have a slice of wine! (HI DERE), Friday, 21 May 2010 17:05 (thirteen years ago) link
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
― i saw a necromancer at the buffalo wild wings in west st. paul (M@tt He1ges0n), Friday, 21 May 2010 17:11 (thirteen years ago) link
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.
― xhuxk, Friday, 21 May 2010 17:19 (thirteen years ago) link
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.
― curmudgeon, Friday, 21 May 2010 18:26 (thirteen years ago) link
failure of marketing imo
― dud rock (crüt), Friday, 21 May 2010 18:30 (thirteen years ago) link
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*.
― tylerw, Friday, 21 May 2010 18:31 (thirteen years ago) link
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 ...
― its like why GROCERY BAG and not saddam? (deej), Sunday, 23 May 2010 17:08 (thirteen years ago) link
It would be very sad if this kind of thing fuels a backlash against her. But it's not unlikely.
― Shin Oliva Suzuki, Friday, 28 May 2010 13:57 (thirteen years ago) link
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?
― I can take a youtube that's seldom seen, flip it, now it's a meme (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 29 December 2010 21:00 (thirteen years ago) link
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.
― I can take a youtube that's seldom seen, flip it, now it's a meme (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 29 December 2010 21:06 (thirteen years ago) link
worth every penny
― I can take a youtube that's seldom seen, flip it, now it's a meme (Hurting 2), Saturday, 1 January 2011 06:51 (thirteen years ago) link
"daerest obama, this sharon jones show was worth every penny!!! you should check her out when she plays dc!!!!"
― not everything is a campfire (ian), Saturday, 1 January 2011 06:58 (thirteen years ago) link
rock the fuck out hurting; she's a a great showi'm friends with one of the sweet divines; how'd ya like their fauxtown stylings?
― predeep natsvitika (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 1 January 2011 16:00 (thirteen years ago) link
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.
― I can take a youtube that's seldom seen, flip it, now it's a meme (Hurting 2), Saturday, 1 January 2011 16:02 (thirteen years ago) link
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.
― I can take a youtube that's seldom seen, flip it, now it's a meme (Hurting 2), Saturday, 1 January 2011 16:03 (thirteen years ago) link
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.
― predeep natsvitika (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 1 January 2011 16:06 (thirteen years ago) link
Just realized that my wedding photographer/shortlived former bassist in my band did the cover photo for I Learned the Hard Way. [ /brag ]
― bert yansh (Hurting 2), Thursday, 16 August 2012 23:47 (eleven years ago) link
Blick?
― "Batshit crazy," the foam clog tycoon said. (forksclovetofu), Friday, 17 August 2012 04:04 (eleven years ago) link
Cool song, cooler video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrOYkHjdpdM
― a fifth of misty beethoven (cryptosicko), Friday, 29 November 2013 23:52 (ten years ago) link
RIP
― the late great, Saturday, 19 November 2016 01:38 (seven years ago) link
:(
― art baengels (monotony), Saturday, 19 November 2016 01:53 (seven years ago) link
Dammmmmnnnnnnnn.....,.,
― Devastatin' Dan the Suggest Ban Man (Dan Peterson), Saturday, 19 November 2016 01:58 (seven years ago) link
Sharon Jones OTM
― Davey D, Saturday, 19 November 2016 02:23 (seven years ago) link
Wtf
― Οὖτις, Saturday, 19 November 2016 03:08 (seven years ago) link
― Dominique, Saturday, 19 November 2016 03:46 (seven years ago) link
oh no :(
― a but (brimstead), Saturday, 19 November 2016 03:50 (seven years ago) link
RIP QUEEN
― Chantilly Bass, Saturday, 19 November 2016 04:18 (seven years ago) link
she was a supernova. RIPhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99WYDZP5gtQ
― the notes the loon doesn't play (ulysses), Saturday, 19 November 2016 07:08 (seven years ago) link
oh, 2016
― sleeve, Saturday, 19 November 2016 07:48 (seven years ago) link
This sucks. RIP.
― hardcore dilettante, Saturday, 19 November 2016 20:00 (seven years ago) link
Fuck 2016
― No longer active (Moka), Saturday, 19 November 2016 20:20 (seven years ago) link
She was a force, and the way that she handled her illness was brave and inspiring. RIP.
― rhymes with "blondie blast" (cryptosicko), Saturday, 19 November 2016 20:39 (seven years ago) link
Tribute on WKCR right now
― Y Kant Jamie Reid (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 20 November 2016 14:41 (seven years ago) link
http://www.stereogum.com/1912250/sharon-jones-had-a-stroke-while-watching-election-results/news/
― Evan, Sunday, 20 November 2016 22:06 (seven years ago) link
― Ross, Monday, 21 November 2016 15:36 (seven years ago) link
just because.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmLl21gZjfM
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Wednesday, 9 October 2019 20:38 (four years ago) link
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
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Wednesday, 2 December 2020 16:58 (three years ago) link
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― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Wednesday, 2 December 2020 16:59 (three years ago) link
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didn't know you knew Jacob!
― the serious avant-garde universalist right now (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 2 December 2020 16:59 (three years ago) link