She was reacting to the all music review of Flying Cowboys (http://www.allmusic.com/album/flying-cowboys-mw0000201326) which someone had copied and pasted (http://overdoseoffingalcocoa.blogspot.com/2010/06/rickie-lee-jones.html).
― Tim F, Wednesday, 9 April 2014 20:19 (ten years ago) link
Just picked this up at Barnes and Noble for less than $10 after tax.
― austinato (Austin), Saturday, 12 April 2014 19:50 (ten years ago) link
saw the Madonna one at Best Buy this morning for $15.
― Bryan Fairy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 12 April 2014 19:52 (ten years ago) link
I know these sets have gotten kind of a bad rep for cheap packaging, but sheesh, at those prices, who could really be that upset?
(listening to that first album right now, by the way; it's good! Yep, it's my first time hearing)
― austinato (Austin), Saturday, 12 April 2014 20:04 (ten years ago) link
her first two albums are two of my favorite records I belatedly discovered last year
― a duiving caTCH, a stuolllen bayeeeess (jamescobo), Sunday, 13 April 2014 23:02 (ten years ago) link
i listened to pirates for the first time today and my life has changed
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Thursday, 31 August 2017 02:47 (six years ago) link
that's what happened to me when i first listened to girl at her volcano in 1985. that voice killed me.
― Ich bin kein Berliner (alex in mainhattan), Thursday, 31 August 2017 14:33 (six years ago) link
even thinking of 'We Belong Together' makes me emotional.
― campreverb, Thursday, 31 August 2017 15:47 (six years ago) link
So this thread got me to pull out Pirates which I haven't heard in probably 25 years. I was blown away. It's such a miraculously lyrical mix of r&b, jazz, and traces of Springsteen/Van/Steely Dan/Joni. Love the intra-song dynamics. Pro tip, lyric sheet is essential.
― that's not my post, Saturday, 2 September 2017 19:57 (six years ago) link
I said fuck it and downloaded a copy of Pirates.
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 2 September 2017 20:00 (six years ago) link
otm and similar revelations await on at least her next two albums imo
― she carries a torch. two torches, actually (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Saturday, 2 September 2017 22:52 (six years ago) link
also mega-OTM. if I go so far as to think "a promise that weeee belong to-gether" in my head I'm a wreck. what a tune
― she carries a torch. two torches, actually (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Saturday, 2 September 2017 22:54 (six years ago) link
That's the only track I owned for years and it killed me.
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 2 September 2017 22:59 (six years ago) link
hearing her interview that led to the sample in Little Fluffy Clouds brings me joy
― Week of Wonders (Ross), Saturday, 2 September 2017 22:59 (six years ago) link
First 2 are total classic, probably some sexism at play in the inevitable comparisons to Waits.Magazine is a bit of a mess, but still has the gut-wrenching line on Gravity "I try to imagine another planet, another sun/Where I don't look like me/And everything I do matters".
I'm a huge fan of Flying Cowboys, and The Sermon on Exposition Blvd works much better than expected.
― campreverb, Saturday, 2 September 2017 23:33 (six years ago) link
Try to imagine another planet, another sunWhere I don't look like meAnd everything I do matters
"Gravity" kills me, and this will be on my tombstone.
― Hideous Lump, Sunday, 3 September 2017 00:36 (six years ago) link
I keep coming back to start of Living It Up. It's a perfect brief characterization, wistful and kinda funny:
Eddie's got one crazy eyeThat turns him into a cartoonWhen a pretty girl comes byAnd there's nothin' here to do anymoreHe sits on the stoop all dayLike there's something he's waiting for
Of course the rest of the song is killer.
― that's not my post, Sunday, 3 September 2017 01:25 (six years ago) link
holy shit just heard we belong together for the first time...amazing
― Week of Wonders (Ross), Sunday, 3 September 2017 01:45 (six years ago) link
Alfred what did you think of the rest of the album?
Best album of all time is the correct answer FYI.
― Tim F, Sunday, 3 September 2017 02:11 (six years ago) link
Her tribute to Walter Becker
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/read-rickie-lee-jones-poignant-tribute-to-walter-becker-w501078
― that's not my post, Monday, 4 September 2017 20:34 (six years ago) link
love the way she writes
― Week of Wonders (Ross), Monday, 4 September 2017 20:46 (six years ago) link
Calling shenanigans on that Orb reference - it looks inserted rather than what she said/wrote..
― Mark G, Monday, 4 September 2017 20:51 (six years ago) link
pirates is absolutely the best album ever made. i think i’m gonna make a poll
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Saturday, 25 November 2017 22:25 (six years ago) link
the first time i heard “we belong together” a few months ago i thought “this is sounds exactly like how i feel inside all the time”
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Saturday, 25 November 2017 22:26 (six years ago) link
it is utterly stunning
― she carries a torch. two torches, actually (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Saturday, 25 November 2017 22:36 (six years ago) link
but "we belong together" will run the table on that poll like Minnesota Fats
― she carries a torch. two torches, actually (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Saturday, 25 November 2017 22:37 (six years ago) link
lol yeah that’s what i was figuring
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Saturday, 25 November 2017 22:37 (six years ago) link
nb Fats loses in the end so who knows, Living it Up & Woody n Dutch might have a chance. iirc when the album was new my local critic was all "if there was more Woody n Dutch on this record it would be a better followup to the resplendent debut." fuck that guy forever btw
― she carries a torch. two torches, actually (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Saturday, 25 November 2017 22:39 (six years ago) link
pirates is absolutely the best album ever made
◎ yes
― mark s, Saturday, 25 November 2017 22:47 (six years ago) link
^^^all polls shd take this form (including the same exact working)
― mark s, Saturday, 25 November 2017 22:48 (six years ago) link
s/b wording
concur
― she carries a torch. two torches, actually (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Saturday, 25 November 2017 22:49 (six years ago) link
massively underrated album.
― campreverb, Sunday, 26 November 2017 00:16 (six years ago) link
massively underrated albumartist.
― campreverb, Sunday, 26 November 2017 00:32 (six years ago) link
love this record
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 26 November 2017 04:00 (six years ago) link
autobiography out April 2019
http://groveatlantic.com/book/rickie-lee/
― beamish13, Wednesday, 23 May 2018 20:13 (five years ago) link
well holy shit this was amazing to stumble on on youtube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_172cffdDJU
― Hmmmmm (jamiesummerz), Wednesday, 1 May 2019 13:45 (five years ago) link
!!!!!
― Uptown VONC (Le Bateau Ivre), Wednesday, 1 May 2019 14:15 (five years ago) link
!
― Hmmmmm (jamiesummerz), Wednesday, 1 May 2019 15:29 (five years ago) link
That's glorious.
I've totally missed (avoided?) Rickie for some reason and holy shit has the last few days been a revelation - to the point I've been afflicted with Nelson fever and will now declare Pirates the best album in the world.
― Good cop, Babcock (Chinaski), Wednesday, 1 May 2019 18:07 (five years ago) link
IMDB trivia for "The Pope of Greenwich Village" - Rickie Lee Jones had originally written and recorded an instrumental demo as a theme, but it was rejected in favor of Frank Sinatra's "Summer Wind." The demo, which retained the title "Theme for the Pope" (because of the movie), wound up on her 1984 album The Magazine.
― Hideous Lump, Tuesday, 16 June 2020 02:16 (three years ago) link
interesting -- I've been listening to The Magazine a lot lately but I wasn't aware of that. here's what Sal Bernardi says about it:
SB: I never wrote lyrics in French, but a few different people wrote French lyrics for a melody that I wrote ‘Theme for the Pope’ - a strange travel for that melody. Initially, a friend in Quebec wrote some lyrics and called it ‘Danse la Reve des Cleo’.Several years later, there was a film called ‘The Pope of Greenwich Village’. I think the film people were seeking soundtrack music. Rickie and I had reworked the song a bit and made a demo without lyrics. It wasn’t used in the film, but Rickie released it on ‘The Magazine’, calling it by the working title for the film “Theme for the Pope”. For the European release of the album, a writer here in Paris wrote French lyrics and titled it ‘Marrant de Duece’, I think. http://www.pennyblackmusic.co.uk/MagSitePages/Article/7823/Sal-Bernardi-Interview
Several years later, there was a film called ‘The Pope of Greenwich Village’. I think the film people were seeking soundtrack music. Rickie and I had reworked the song a bit and made a demo without lyrics. It wasn’t used in the film, but Rickie released it on ‘The Magazine’, calling it by the working title for the film “Theme for the Pope”. For the European release of the album, a writer here in Paris wrote French lyrics and titled it ‘Marrant de Duece’, I think.
http://www.pennyblackmusic.co.uk/MagSitePages/Article/7823/Sal-Bernardi-Interview
I prefer the version with French lyrics that appears on the LP, and I'm not sure why they included a different version on the CD release. I assume the CD version is the original demo and the LP version is the demo with overdubbed vocals
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGrEg9SdN3M
― panburger partner (unregistered), Tuesday, 16 June 2020 03:08 (three years ago) link
oops, that's the CD version but this is the LP version I meant to post:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aqp3z0sX5UI
― panburger partner (unregistered), Tuesday, 16 June 2020 03:09 (three years ago) link
excellent song selection for an ideal concert:https://www.franceinter.fr/emissions/very-good-trip/very-good-trip-11-septembre-2019
― walking towards the sun since 2007 (alex in mainhattan), Wednesday, 1 July 2020 09:14 (three years ago) link
I really don't know much about Rickie Lee Jones, but I was listening to the radio just now and came across an interview with someone I didn't know. All I knew is that it was a musician, and that when they played bits of her music it wasn't that old, like '70s-now, but the person being interview sounded like she was in her 90s, which didn't add up. I was absolutely shocked to learn it was Rickie Lee Jones, who is only 66. Wow. I guess she lived hard.
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 11 April 2021 22:48 (three years ago) link
she certainly doesn't look 90, her voice does sound a bit odd now thoughhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOjAtmLzM6g
― Camaraderie at Arms Length, Sunday, 11 April 2021 23:04 (three years ago) link
she can still sing pretty well, though her range seems to have narrowed a great deal.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOjAtmLzM6g
― Camaraderie at Arms Length, Sunday, 11 April 2021 23:09 (three years ago) link
It seems like there's always been a mismatch between her singing voice and speaking voice. I remember being truly surprised that the voice sample in "Little Fluffy Clouds" by The Orb was her. But then her speaking voice now sounds way different from her speaking voice then.
― Josefa, Sunday, 11 April 2021 23:33 (three years ago) link
I just compared two interviews from 2015 and 1989, and I guess she always had a drawl. That does make her speaking voice now sound like an older person's.
― Halfway there but for you, Sunday, 11 April 2021 23:33 (three years ago) link
She sounds much better in that clip, this thing I heard on NPR sounded old and raspy.
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 11 April 2021 23:37 (three years ago) link