Boz Scaggs - C/D?

The rest of Silk Degrees? Not so good.

Search especially the Silk Degrees version of later-to-be-Anne-Murray's-signature-number "We're All Alone": the original is DEVASTATING

x-post: thank you Robin!

and who could resist this man?
http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drd800/d809/d80945w84g6.jpg

hearing 'jojo' or
'lido' on the stereo
makes me jump around

he might, i know it was sold relatively recently (and the booking has been really bad of late).

And let's not forget the fact that he's had some kick-ass records since the early '90s...catchy songs that defy easy categorization, and the man sounds better than ever. But Beautiful, Some Change, Come On Home...and let's not forget one of the best production jobs in the 00's (especially on the DVD-Audio version) in Dig.

And Porcaro's drumline on "Lowdown" still kills me after all these years...just like his intro to "Rock With You." But this isn't a Porcaro thread, is it?

It's all about "Loan Me A Dime". Classic

(Who I wonder who) taught her how to talk like that
(Who I wonder who) gave her that big idea

Nothing you can't handle nothing you ain't got
Put the money on the table and drive it off the lot
Turn on that ole lovelight and turn a maybe to a yes
Same old schoolboy game got you into this mess
Hey son better get back to town
Face the sad old truth the dirty lowdown

(Who I wonder who) put those ideas in your head
(Who I wonder who) yeah
Come on back down little son
Dig the low low low low lowdown

You ain't got to be so bad got to be so cold
This dog eat dog existence sure is getting old
Got to have a Jones for this Jones for that
This running with the Joneses boy
Just ain't where it's at
You gonna come back around
To the sad sad truth the dirty lowdown

(Who I wonder who) got you thinking like that boy
(Who I wonder who)
(Who I wonder who said who I wonder who)
Oh look out for that lowdown
That dirty dirty dirty dirty lowdown
(Who I wonder who ohh ohh)
Got you thinking like that

So...Silk Degrees vs the 1980 Hits? Quick!

well, I'd guess that Hits would be the one for you Alfred, just from what I know about your kinda radical pop-ism - you're not much of an album-as-form dude are ye? 'cause Silk Degrees is very much in the album/auteur mode - the sequence is immaculate, the transitions weightless, the flow from start to finish as smooth as ghee. It is one of my ten favorite albums of all time.

Hits:
1) has an appalling cover vs. SD's completely bitchin' & iconic cover, but
2) has "you make it so hard to say no," which is one of my favorite boz tunes, but
3) is otherwise kinda weird - where's the stuff from Down Two, which you're also gonna need?

I say Silk Degrees but you and I disagree so often that you might accordingly wanna zag here

Silk Degrees all the way. I was just playing it yesterday. Among all the great stuff mentioned above, there's also a couple of curves, including the almighty blues-rockin' "Jump Street." Hits! always felt a little half-assed to me, particularly in comparison.

well, I'd guess that Hits would be the one for you Alfred, just from what I know about your kinda radical pop-ism - you're not much of an album-as-form dude are ye

Gee, that couldn't be more wrong! I had no idea I created tha timpression. "Radical popism" and "album-as-form" (which I do believe in) are not binarities!

Speaking of disagreeing...we can't arguge about how bitchin' Boz looks in a pink blazer, no?

It's all about "Loan Me A Dime". Classic

Incredibly accurate statement.

there was some amazing stuff on the set he put out last year, too, although the re-recorded "Lowdown" was quite poor

I'd listen to Boz sing anything though really, dude has one of the all-time great rock voices & killer phrasing

Reminds me of Van Morrison, without the listen-to-the-lion mannerisms.

anyone ever heard that first ultra-rare folkie album he made which only came out in Sweden??

he & Morrison have comparably excellent pitch, yes

"wunn moe tahm, gonna get it…wunn fo' the rohh-hoe-oh-oh-oh-ode…"

"LIDO…WHOA OH OH OH OH-oh…"

awesome keyb arpeggios floow…

"Dime a Dance Romance" off Steve Miller's "Sailor" was Scaggs, I think, and is a great song.

Total C and Silk Degrees over Hits. I've been listening to Silk Degrees, Some Change, and Come on Home off and on for two weeks.

Has SIlk Degrees had the remaster treatment lately?

A couple of years ago.

<i>Has SIlk Degrees had the remaster treatment lately?</i>

Also, Hits, last year. Black and white houndstooth blazer instead of pink :(

Black and white houndstooth blazer instead of pink

in a just world there'd be rioting in the streets over this kind of shit

I have to thank this thread and a coworker of mine for making me figure out he was the guy singing "Lido Shuffle" (and what the song itself was called) -- a mystery I rank on the level of figuring out that the one song was called "Baker Street" and was sung by Gerry Rafferty.

can I saw how great "Harbor Lights" is? Thanks.

oh HELL yes

I never did buy Silk Degrees, John: I chose the updated Hits instead, which has got his not-so-good '88 Top 40 single. I shouldn't have been so shocked that apart from the singles I knew the guy is some kind of near genius.

I can't listen to Danny Wilson again either.

there is no better amusement park song than "Lowdown"...

if all you ever did in your entire life was the 3:57 featured in this youtube clip, your classic status would be unimpeachable:

check out j. porcaro. he's probably like 20 in this.

Yes, this is an absolute classic. Love Boz's dance as he comes out on stage - folks had much better moves way back when. Also, love the reveal of the orchestra. When was the last time a band unveiled a funky orchestra in such a dramatic fashion?

note: that's new year's eve, oakland 1976. kind of the perfect storm of awesome, that show.

they've BEEN back.

but welcome! And play "We're All Alone" and "Harbor Lights" loudly.

right on. do you like destroyer's album Kaputt, alfred? that was the album that made me look again at smooth rock '70s stuff.

Yep.

one of my favorite albums of all time. perfect in almost every way except, as Xgau likes to harp on, sometimes the lyrics are lazy as hell.

/It's all about "Loan Me A Dime". Classic/

Incredibly accurate statement.

one more for the road

two years ago i had a really rewarding experience just listening to "we're all alone" on repeat and trying to pull together a piece about it. no idea how i feel about that piece at this point but it was about three days of deep, meditative, mentally engaging work that of course i wouldn't have experienced without the stark landscape of that song

I'm really itching to whip out a version of Lido Shuffle next time I go to a karaoke bar

Brad! Can you post it?

please post!!

http://oneweekoneband.tumblr.com/post/14984902531/boz-scaggs-were-all-alone-final-track-from

should mention that the penultimate revelation in that piece about boz missing from the back cover art is indebted and deployed similarly to how aero described it in a video from a few years ago, which convinced me to buy the record

that's a terrific read, Brad.

thank you!

yeah great stuff, thank you so much for sharing!

anyone heard A Fool to Care?

it's pretty good!

the "full of fire" cover especially

he's been solid for a while though. Check this out:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EaQ8H729kBE

it's good, not as good as Fade Into Light though which had some utterly breathtaking classics on it

gotta say though this album is hitting the spot tonight, thanks for waking up the thread Alfred

my older son wanted me to play my LP of Other Roads, which I didn't remember as being too terrific, but wow -- really solid. wasn't ready for it when I bought it back around '98/'99. first song has a Jim Carrol cowrite credit, but it's the third song's credits that gave me a big smile: a Bobby Caldwell cowrite!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0OMzKGYLpo

the other bobby caldwell cowrite on this album:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQT3rb7h8JY

my jam:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hO26sQ5UkiU

Simone is sweet, it popped up on my spotify playlist last night

that Paich synthscape in the middle is a thing of beauty

His new album is really nice

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hmj6khcLM2Y

https://i.pinimg.com/736x/3a/81/53/3a8153d87e29d1cbc47df95598a08a23--suitcases-new-girl.jpg

reminds me of molly shannon on seinfeld. "what's wrong with her arms? they just hang like salamis."

I've never heard anyone say that about Boz Scaggs before

apparently Boz can't lift his hands above his shoulders, though sometimes he tries

https://i.pinimg.com/736x/60/dc/25/60dc253d55149627e083f0cda404eb96--music-music-music-lyrics.jpg

The shoulder pads in the suit he wore on the cover of Hits probably fucked him up.

Nice song, that new one!

even if he sucked -- which he very much doesn't -- his name is boz scaggs

Is it short for Boris?

William Royce

boz scaggs

respect

What do you need? These songs.

Nice! I liked a few recent ones, can’t remember what Xgau said.

boz scaggs

one of my hobbyhorses is that his 2004-ish iirc Fade Into Light is massively underrated, esp.the title song, one of his best.

_boz scaggs_

how do we feel about some change? i think it’s rather good. good tunes, diverse sounds, his voice sounds really cool. thumbs up. “sierra” has gotta be up there with the top boz ballads.

Prob somewhere upthread, but I was always pretty taken with this, esp. the shift (which galvanizes but doesn't bust the vibe), when Duane Allman eventually shows up (spoiler)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGGvlTXGERA

Some have wings and others sing
The rest do lazy ballets in the air

Boz rocks!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8R19JVuwmQ