― robin (robin), Wednesday, 29 October 2003 19:06 (twenty years ago) link
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!
― J0hn Darn1elle (J0hn Darn1elle), Wednesday, 29 October 2003 19:07 (twenty years ago) link
and who could resist this man?http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drd800/d809/d80945w84g6.jpg
― JasonD (JasonD), Wednesday, 29 October 2003 19:13 (twenty years ago) link
― scott m (mcd), Wednesday, 29 October 2003 19:14 (twenty years ago) link
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― Sean (Sean), Wednesday, 29 October 2003 19:18 (twenty years ago) link
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― Sean (Sean), Wednesday, 29 October 2003 19:34 (twenty years ago) link
hearing 'jojo' or'lido' on the stereomakes me jump around
― Haikunym (Haikunym), Wednesday, 29 October 2003 19:47 (twenty years ago) link
― scott m (mcd), Wednesday, 29 October 2003 20:01 (twenty years ago) link
― scott m (mcd), Wednesday, 29 October 2003 20:04 (twenty years ago) link
― Dean Gulberry (deangulberry), Wednesday, 29 October 2003 20:06 (twenty years ago) link
― gygax! (gygax!), Wednesday, 29 October 2003 20:21 (twenty years ago) link
― Sean (Sean), Wednesday, 29 October 2003 20:29 (twenty years ago) link
― PJ Miller (PJ Miller), Wednesday, 29 October 2003 20:35 (twenty years ago) link
he might, i know it was sold relatively recently (and the booking has been really bad of late).
― gygax! (gygax!), Wednesday, 29 October 2003 20:39 (twenty years ago) link
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?
― Erick H (Erick H), Wednesday, 29 October 2003 20:53 (twenty years ago) link
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― Dean Gulberry (deangulberry), Wednesday, 29 October 2003 20:59 (twenty years ago) link
It's all about "Loan Me A Dime". Classic
― Charles McCain (Charles McCain), Wednesday, 29 October 2003 21:49 (twenty years ago) link
― J0hn Darn1elle (J0hn Darn1elle), Wednesday, 29 October 2003 23:53 (twenty years ago) link
― Hildy, Thursday, 30 October 2003 00:32 (twenty years ago) link
(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 gotPut the money on the table and drive it off the lotTurn on that ole lovelight and turn a maybe to a yesSame old schoolboy game got you into this messHey son better get back to townFace the sad old truth the dirty lowdown
(Who I wonder who) put those ideas in your head(Who I wonder who) yeahCome on back down little sonDig the low low low low lowdown
You ain't got to be so bad got to be so coldThis dog eat dog existence sure is getting oldGot to have a Jones for this Jones for thatThis running with the Joneses boyJust ain't where it's atYou gonna come back aroundTo 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 lowdownThat dirty dirty dirty dirty lowdown(Who I wonder who ohh ohh)Got you thinking like that
― Chris V. (Chris V), Thursday, 30 October 2003 12:52 (twenty years ago) link
So...Silk Degrees vs the 1980 Hits? Quick!
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Tuesday, 12 June 2007 23:21 (sixteen years ago) link
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
― J0hn D., Tuesday, 12 June 2007 23:56 (sixteen years ago) link
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.
― If Timi Yuro would be still alive, most other singers could shut up, Wednesday, 13 June 2007 00:58 (sixteen years ago) link
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?
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Wednesday, 13 June 2007 01:10 (sixteen years ago) link
Incredibly accurate statement.
― kornrulez6969, Wednesday, 13 June 2007 01:32 (sixteen years ago) link
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
― J0hn D., Wednesday, 13 June 2007 02:09 (sixteen years ago) link
Reminds me of Van Morrison, without the listen-to-the-lion mannerisms.
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Wednesday, 13 June 2007 02:19 (sixteen years ago) link
anyone ever heard that first ultra-rare folkie album he made which only came out in Sweden??
― Stormy Davis, Wednesday, 13 June 2007 02:22 (sixteen years ago) link
he & Morrison have comparably excellent pitch, yes
― J0hn D., Wednesday, 13 June 2007 02:54 (sixteen years ago) link
"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…
― Veronica Moser, Wednesday, 13 June 2007 12:18 (sixteen years ago) link
"Dime a Dance Romance" off Steve Miller's "Sailor" was Scaggs, I think, and is a great song.
― Bill Magill, Wednesday, 13 June 2007 14:26 (sixteen years ago) link
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.
― Jaq, Wednesday, 13 June 2007 15:18 (sixteen years ago) link
Has SIlk Degrees had the remaster treatment lately?
― Jon Lewis, Wednesday, 13 June 2007 15:24 (sixteen years ago) link
A couple of years ago.
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Wednesday, 13 June 2007 15:25 (sixteen years ago) link
<i>Has SIlk Degrees had the remaster treatment lately?</i>
Also, Hits, last year. Black and white houndstooth blazer instead of pink :(
― Jaq, Wednesday, 13 June 2007 15:49 (sixteen years ago) link
Black and white houndstooth blazer instead of pink
in a just world there'd be rioting in the streets over this kind of shit
― J0hn D., Wednesday, 13 June 2007 15:50 (sixteen years ago) link
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.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 13 June 2007 16:52 (sixteen years ago) link
can I saw how great "Harbor Lights" is? Thanks.
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Saturday, 22 November 2008 14:20 (fifteen years ago) link
oh HELL yes
― J0hn D., Saturday, 22 November 2008 14:25 (fifteen years ago) link
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.
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Saturday, 22 November 2008 14:31 (fifteen years ago) link
there is no better amusement park song than "Lowdown"...
― henry s, Saturday, 22 November 2008 15:36 (fifteen years ago) link
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.
― my inbox so hot (will), Saturday, 22 November 2008 16:02 (fifteen years ago) link
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?
― Moodles, Saturday, 22 November 2008 18:01 (fifteen years ago) link
note: that's new year's eve, oakland 1976. kind of the perfect storm of awesome, that show.
― J0hn D., Saturday, 22 November 2008 18:06 (fifteen years ago) link
haha this:
nice build up. ends with what appears to be the same NYE show from above.
― my inbox so hot (will), Saturday, 22 November 2008 19:05 (fifteen years ago) link
"Jojo"
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Saturday, 22 November 2008 19:29 (fifteen years ago) link
right on. do you like destroyer's album Kaputt, alfred? that was the album that made me look again at smooth rock '70s stuff.
― Treeship, Friday, 17 May 2013 15:17 (ten years ago) link
Yep.
― A deeper shade of lol (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 17 May 2013 15:23 (ten years ago) link
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.
― Oral Sex in Sharp’s Ridge Park (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Friday, 17 May 2013 15:38 (ten years ago) link
/It's all about "Loan Me A Dime". Classic/Incredibly accurate statement.
― Beam Me Up (I Feel Like Being A) Doomsday Machine (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 17 May 2013 15:54 (ten years ago) link
one more for the road
― reggie (qualmsley), Friday, 17 May 2013 15:55 (ten years ago) link
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
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Friday, 17 May 2013 16:00 (ten years ago) link
I'm really itching to whip out a version of Lido Shuffle next time I go to a karaoke bar
― Moodles, Friday, 17 May 2013 16:12 (ten years ago) link
Brad! Can you post it?
― A deeper shade of lol (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 17 May 2013 16:13 (ten years ago) link
please post!!
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 17 May 2013 16:29 (ten years ago) link
http://oneweekoneband.tumblr.com/post/14984902531/boz-scaggs-were-all-alone-final-track-from
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Friday, 17 May 2013 17:07 (ten years ago) link
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
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Friday, 17 May 2013 17:41 (ten years ago) link
that's a terrific read, Brad.
― A deeper shade of lol (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 17 May 2013 17:46 (ten years ago) link
thank you!
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Friday, 17 May 2013 17:57 (ten years ago) link
yeah great stuff, thank you so much for sharing!
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 17 May 2013 18:02 (ten years ago) link
anyone heard A Fool to Care?
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 7 September 2015 22:06 (eight years ago) link
it's pretty good!
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Monday, 7 September 2015 23:38 (eight years ago) link
the "full of fire" cover especially
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Monday, 7 September 2015 23:39 (eight years ago) link
he's been solid for a while though. Check this out:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EaQ8H729kBE
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 7 September 2015 23:54 (eight years ago) link
it's good, not as good as Fade Into Light though which had some utterly breathtaking classics on it
― tremendous crime wave and killing wave (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Tuesday, 8 September 2015 00:33 (eight years ago) link
gotta say though this album is hitting the spot tonight, thanks for waking up the thread Alfred
― tremendous crime wave and killing wave (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Tuesday, 8 September 2015 00:51 (eight years ago) link
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
― tremendous crime wave and killing wave (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Sunday, 1 November 2015 20:53 (eight years ago) link
the other bobby caldwell cowrite on this album:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQT3rb7h8JY
― tremendous crime wave and killing wave (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Sunday, 1 November 2015 20:55 (eight years ago) link
my jam:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hO26sQ5UkiU
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 1 November 2015 21:01 (eight years ago) link
Simone is sweet, it popped up on my spotify playlist last night
― too young for seapunk (Moodles), Sunday, 1 November 2015 21:19 (eight years ago) link
that Paich synthscape in the middle is a thing of beauty
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 1 November 2015 21:29 (eight years ago) link
His new album is really nice
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hmj6khcLM2Y
― Brad C., Thursday, 2 August 2018 13:30 (five years ago) link
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."
― andrew m., Thursday, 2 August 2018 14:21 (five years ago) link
I've never heard anyone say that about Boz Scaggs before
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Thursday, 2 August 2018 14:53 (five years ago) link
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
― Brad C., Thursday, 2 August 2018 15:49 (five years ago) link
The shoulder pads in the suit he wore on the cover of Hits probably fucked him up.
― brimstead, Thursday, 2 August 2018 18:25 (five years ago) link
Nice song, that new one!
― ... (Eazy), Thursday, 2 August 2018 18:36 (five years ago) link
even if he sucked -- which he very much doesn't -- his name is boz scaggs
― mookieproof, Monday, 23 December 2019 06:19 (four years ago) link
Is it short for Boris?
― an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Monday, 23 December 2019 06:30 (four years ago) link
William Royce
― a bevy of supermodels, musicians and Lena Dunham (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 23 December 2019 06:45 (four years ago) link
boz scaggs
― mookieproof, Monday, 23 December 2019 07:10 (four years ago) link
respect
― an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Monday, 23 December 2019 07:33 (four years ago) link
What do you need? These songs.
― Patriotic Goiter (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 21 November 2020 03:33 (three years ago) link
Nice! I liked a few recent ones, can’t remember what Xgau said.
― Indieland Phil and Indieland Don (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 21 November 2020 04:55 (three years ago) link
― mookieproof, Saturday, 21 November 2020 04:56 (three years ago) link
one of my hobbyhorses is that his 2004-ish iirc Fade Into Light is massively underrated, esp.the title song, one of his best.
― J Edgar Noothgrush (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Saturday, 21 November 2020 04:57 (three years ago) link
_boz scaggs_
― Indieland Phil and Indieland Don (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 21 November 2020 05:18 (three years ago) link
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.
― brimstead, Wednesday, 12 May 2021 22:48 (two years ago) link
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
― dow, Thursday, 13 May 2021 00:12 (two years ago) link
Some have wings and others singThe rest do lazy ballets in the air
― brimstead, Tuesday, 18 May 2021 02:37 (two years ago) link
Boz rocks!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8R19JVuwmQ
― stuffing your suit pockets with cold, stale chicken tende (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 19 November 2023 16:15 (four months ago) link