yeah, her warbling off pitch (but never really far enough to grate on the ears) is definitely evocative of sobbing, i think it's probably even intentional. also the way the drums drag behind the vocal makes the whole thing sound like it's on the edge of collapse, also very evocative.
i really like the shangri-la's version too--the sound is really distorted on that one, but in a juicy joe-meek sort of way. it sounds like it was recorded on a runway at la guardia or something.
― amateur!st (amateurist), Wednesday, 19 May 2004 03:32 (nineteen years ago) link
― amateur!st (amateurist), Wednesday, 19 May 2004 03:34 (nineteen years ago) link
Arlene Smith.
― rumple, Wednesday, 19 May 2004 14:38 (nineteen years ago) link
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― lauren (laurenp), Thursday, 20 May 2004 00:14 (nineteen years ago) link
the cover of the chantels first record makes those "best covers of all time" books a lot.
i don't buy the story about the producer berating smith until she sang with a sob in her voice. reminds me of that olivier quote, "it's called ACTING."
― amateur!st (amateurist), Thursday, 20 May 2004 02:43 (nineteen years ago) link
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― Mike Ouderkirk (Mike Ouderkirk), Thursday, 20 May 2004 03:33 (nineteen years ago) link
― amateur!st (amateurist), Thursday, 20 May 2004 03:34 (nineteen years ago) link
Candi Staton on Rick Hall: "Rick didn't always understand his singers, he thought everybody should be hoarse. that in order to sing soulfully you had to have a gruff voice. So he used to work me until my throat was absolutely irritated to get the sound he wanted."
amateurist knows how to hold a grudge. I don't know about you, but I picture a sort of cross between Billy Barty and Luc Sante. A Little Lord Fauntleroy in powder-blue knickers adjusting his monocle and ashing his cigarette holder. "Drucilla, if I told you once I've told you a thousand times, only I can handle the 180-Gram vinyl."
a sadist of a different sort, perhaps?
and to all a goodnight
― rumple, Thursday, 20 May 2004 03:55 (nineteen years ago) link
that's different though. that's a matter of him pushing her until her voice had a certain quality.
i guess it's the sometimes-presumed direct connection between actual *emotional* distress and the rendering thereof that galls me.
i find your description of me sort of flattering in a weird way.
― amateur!st (amateurist), Thursday, 20 May 2004 03:57 (nineteen years ago) link
― amateur!st (amateurist), Thursday, 20 May 2004 03:59 (nineteen years ago) link
Both men got excellent results, in my humble opinion.
And a big sloppy kiss on the slightly powdered cheek of Lord A and I bid you adieu.
― rumple, Thursday, 20 May 2004 04:00 (nineteen years ago) link
― amateur!st (amateurist), Thursday, 20 May 2004 04:03 (nineteen years ago) link
oh man, this song
― k3vin k., Thursday, 9 June 2016 02:27 (seven years ago) link
maybe if i hold your handyou will understandand maybe if i kiss your lipsi'll be at your commandoh, maybe
i've prayed and prayed to the lordto send you back, my lovebut instead you came to me only in my dreams
― k3vin k., Friday, 10 June 2016 13:33 (seven years ago) link
i mean come on. come. the. fuck. on.
“I love you so” is my new obsession
― k3vin k., Wednesday, 18 November 2020 22:50 (three years ago) link