it's just the night cuts through me like a knife (like a knife)would you care to stay a while and save my life?would you care to stay a while and save my life?
― jed_, Thursday, 16 February 2012 02:41 (twelve years ago) link
RIP. Love "Twenty-Mile Zone" too.
― the box cutter killer from the calcutta gutter (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Thursday, 16 February 2012 04:15 (twelve years ago) link
'Mr Whisper' as well. That outro cuts me to ribbons. RIP Dory.
― Cragenham Craig (Craigo Boingo), Thursday, 16 February 2012 12:37 (twelve years ago) link
Sad news
― JacobSanders, Thursday, 16 February 2012 14:21 (twelve years ago) link
What a great songwriter. RIP Dory Previn.
― banjoboy, Friday, 17 February 2012 02:00 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92LU5dGNMSA
― small doug yule carnival club (unregistered), Monday, 18 January 2016 22:14 (eight years ago) link
there was a dory previn article in a recent pitchfork review (written by a friend of mine) -- i spent some time digging into her discography. pretty strange stuff! but kinda good. and as the article suggests, it's a little bit hard to imagine it becoming "cool" again.
― tylerw, Monday, 18 January 2016 22:46 (eight years ago) link
Wow, had no idea she co-wrote "Come Saturday Morning."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALcEcZ7UgRA
― clemenza, Tuesday, 19 January 2016 12:46 (eight years ago) link
I just came across this this morninghttp://www.wrasserecords.com/Dory_Previn_228/Mythical_Kings_and_Iguanas_The_Ultimate_Collection_462.htmla 2cd compi that came out last year. It covers her first few lps including the late 50s one under the name Dory Langdon but not the last 2 - the s/t and the one with Harpo Marx in the titlehasa tracklisting of
CD1: 1. Mythical Kings and Iguanas CD1: 2. Yada Yada la Scala CD1: 3. Going Home (Mythical Kings And Iguanas) CD1: 4. Beware Of Young Girls CD1: 5. Forget Me CD1: 6. Play It Again, Sam CD1: 7. The Lady With The Braid CD1: 8. Gooney Bird CD1: 9. Lemon Haired Ladies CD1: 10. Jesus Was A Androgyne CD1: 11. The Midget's Lament CD1: 12. Michael Michael CD1: 13. Twenty-Mile Zone CD1: 14. Mary C. Brown And The Hollywood Sign CD1: 15. Doppelganger CD1: 16. The Game CD1: 17. With My Daddy In The Attic CD1: 18. Scared To Be Alone CD1: 19. He Lives Alone CD1: 20. I Ain't His Child CD2: 1. Can't We Be Enemies CD2: 2. Let Me Show You Off CD2: 3. Warm Winter Day CD2: 4. Mr. Whisper CD2: 5. Carefree Love CD2: 6. Her Mothers Daugher CD2: 7. The Altruist And The Needy Case CD2: 8. King Kong CD2: 9. Lonely Girl In London CD2: 10. My Heart Is A Hunter CD2: 11. Many Sides CD2: 12. I Dance And Dance And Smile And Smile CD2: 13. Leprochauns Are Upon Me CD2: 14. No CD2: 15. Sea Shells CD2: 16. Just For Now CD2: 17. Angels And Devils The Following Day CD2: 18. Left Hand Lost CD2: 19. Stone For Bessie Smith CD2: 20. Esther's First Communion
so 20 tracks per cd. I'm not sure hwo comprehensive taht is or what the sound is like. But I think that's a lot of tracks.I couldn't find a specific review of the set earlier so wonder, has anybody heard it?
― Stevolende, Monday, 11 April 2016 17:24 (eight years ago) link
been listening to the 2nd disc and it has presumably most of the '58 Dory Langdon lp on. It's nice jazzy stuff but too different to the 70s stuff. Destroys the flow.I may need to get the 2fers of the lps still.
― Stevolende, Wednesday, 20 April 2016 00:02 (seven years ago) link
Interesting to see some of the other composers she wrote lyrics for, such as Harold Arlen.
― Isinglass Ponys (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 23 August 2020 15:31 (three years ago) link