I always want to say Brian Wilson “returned the favor” by covering “I Can Hear Music” but of course that isn’t quite right, maybe I should say “proved his point,” not sure that works either, but in any case at this stage I never know whether I should consider it a Beach Boys or Ronettes song. Also always think a lot about the lyric concerning “the sound of the city.” Is that where the title of one of Ronnie’s friend David Bowie’s favorite books (and mine) comes from, I wonder. In context “the sound of the city” seems meant to be a bad thing that has to “disappear,” but I alway feel like there is a larger implicit subtext in which the sound of the city is a part of the music too, which makes it extra-grebt.
― The Door into Summerisle (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 13 January 2022 02:06 (two years ago) link
When I saw her in Manhattan in the ‘Beyond the Beehive’ tour of 2012 she performed both the George Harrison song and the Johnny Thunders song
― Josefa, Thursday, 13 January 2022 02:06 (two years ago) link
That George Harrison song was produced by Phil wasn’t it?
― The Door into Summerisle (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 13 January 2022 02:08 (two years ago) link
co-produced by Phil and George Harrison
― Josefa, Thursday, 13 January 2022 02:14 (two years ago) link
My heart, I loved her so much ;_;Love her cover of “Work Out Fine” that she did with Keith Richardshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tq9NVoM4mXA
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 13 January 2022 02:16 (two years ago) link
Thanks, Josefa. One of my ur-texts was a Beatles discography called All Together Now and that was in the section called The Beatles For Others or something, so that makes sense.
― The Door into Summerisle (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 13 January 2022 02:17 (two years ago) link
The b-side of “Try Some, Buy Some” is “Tandoori Chicken,” which sounds like one of those classic Spector b-sides that are purposely designed not to be a hit (although w/ Leon Russell on piano)
― Josefa, Thursday, 13 January 2022 02:27 (two years ago) link
man RIP. so many family road trips soundtracked by 80s-era oldies stations. def my first memory of her, even if I didn’t know who precisely who she was. i certainly watched that Eddie Money video approx 3.7k times in ‘87 tho and that’s who I’ll always have in my head
― concentrating on Rationality (the book) (will), Thursday, 13 January 2022 02:27 (two years ago) link
My head is exploding due to latest FB post from The Wrecking Crew.
― The Door into Summerisle (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 13 January 2022 02:30 (two years ago) link
https://fb.watch/avimbpZYMJ/ See text at the right.
― The Door into Summerisle (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 13 January 2022 02:36 (two years ago) link
Bowie, a Ronnie fan, covered "Try Some, Buy Some" in 2003 -- not well.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSYb7IDRyAg
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 13 January 2022 02:37 (two years ago) link
i saw somewhere on twitter that his only regret he ever expressed was not producing an album for her
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 13 January 2022 02:46 (two years ago) link
That Wrecking Crew post is awesome.
Speaking of Bowie, he was the subject of what looks to be her last Facebook post: https://www.facebook.com/ronniespector/posts/488181225997626
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Thursday, 13 January 2022 02:50 (two years ago) link
There was a Rolling Stone interview with her I just came across that had some stories of them hanging out.
― The Door into Summerisle (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 13 January 2022 02:54 (two years ago) link
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/ronnie-spector-on-keith-richards-david-bowie-and-life-after-phil-181599/
― The Door into Summerisle (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 13 January 2022 02:55 (two years ago) link
i love Ronnies version of Say Goodbye To Hollywood w the E Street Band https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJ72eejEcTQ
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 13 January 2022 02:58 (two years ago) link
She actually posted and commented on a photo of herself with Bowie just four days ago. I've never been around someone during the last days with cancer (but I have in situations involving other illnesses) and it's still shocking to me how quickly someone can go when they're sick from it.
― birdistheword, Thursday, 13 January 2022 03:02 (two years ago) link
apologies, tipsy mothra already posted about that upthread
― birdistheword, Thursday, 13 January 2022 03:03 (two years ago) link
Yeah, not a highlight, but I think he did it also because George's death was fairly recent when he started recording. (If he had to pick something from Living in the Material World, I wish it was "Be Here Now" - that's a track that deserves rescuing. Great as background music in Scorsese's doc, but on its own, it needs something more to hold it together.) At least "Pablo Picasso" went over well.
― birdistheword, Thursday, 13 January 2022 03:08 (two years ago) link
Wait, “Pablo Picasso”?
― The Door into Summerisle (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 13 January 2022 03:08 (two years ago) link
oh yes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hk2hYnPo77M
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 13 January 2022 03:16 (two years ago) link
<3 her Amy Rigby cover.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oBlsJ24HP8
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Thursday, 13 January 2022 05:09 (two years ago) link
yesss i love All I Want so much, maybe my favorite of Ronnie’s?
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 13 January 2022 05:19 (two years ago) link
https://preview.redd.it/i3gwnrplbzxz.jpg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=9568cbadce481f020f7af5cc1d27755560c2a442
Ronnie, Bowie, Iggy
― Precious, Grace, Hill & Beard LTD. (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 13 January 2022 05:36 (two years ago) link
Saw her on that 2012 tour when she was doing "Can't Put Your Arms around a Memory," plus since it was December we got a Ronettes Christmas song, as weel as stories about John Lennon, Joey Ramone, and Amy Winehouse.
RIP
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 13 January 2022 05:37 (two years ago) link
Ronnie Barnett from the Muffs, FB post
The Muffs were lucky enough to play with her a half dozen times or so. Lots of memories of course (like watching her sign a fan’s walker, not kidding!) but the first time will remain my favorite.It was 1997 & we got a call saying she was to play her first gig here in Los Angeles in many years & that she specifically wanted our band to open.We of course excitedly agreed & upon meeting her at soundcheck I had to ask:“You’ve heard of us?” & she replied “I told Joey (yes, that one!) I was playing L.A. & he said ‘then you have to have the Muffs open’”.Rest easy Ronnie Spector & Joey Ramone, you will continue to be remembered & loved……❤️
It was 1997 & we got a call saying she was to play her first gig here in Los Angeles in many years & that she specifically wanted our band to open.
We of course excitedly agreed & upon meeting her at soundcheck I had to ask:“You’ve heard of us?” & she replied “I told Joey (yes, that one!) I was playing L.A. & he said ‘then you have to have the Muffs open’”.
Rest easy Ronnie Spector & Joey Ramone, you will continue to be remembered & loved……❤️
― Precious, Grace, Hill & Beard LTD. (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 13 January 2022 06:00 (two years ago) link
i'll always remember her at mccarren pool. at those "pool parties" there was always a dodgeball game going that didn't stop for nuthin'. indie bands would come and go and the dodgeball game would rage on. but when ronnie played the dodgeball game froze. when she sang "be my baby" it was like the national anthem -- i can almost picture those dodgeball players standing with their hands over their hearts.
― Thus Sang Freud, Thursday, 13 January 2022 10:42 (two years ago) link
Great story, TSF!
― The Door into Summerisle (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 13 January 2022 11:27 (two years ago) link
absolutely genuinely weeping here at the wrecking crew post before i even started playing the clip ffs
― mark s, Thursday, 13 January 2022 11:29 (two years ago) link
I don’t know who is usually posting the almost daily birthday tributes etc on that page, which is still pretty interesting tbh, but it’s really nice that Denny Tedesco stepped up to tell this story, can’t remember too many like it before.
― The Door into Summerisle (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 13 January 2022 12:02 (two years ago) link
I also just found some darker side stuff that will probably be no surprise which is really not that bad all things considered but perhaps will keep to myself for the time being because too soon etc.
― The Door into Summerisle (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 13 January 2022 12:06 (two years ago) link
Nothing you wouldn’t already know if you had read Josh Alan Friedman’s Tell the Truth Until They Bleed, which I recommend.
― The Door into Summerisle (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 13 January 2022 12:14 (two years ago) link
― Naive Teen Idol, Thursday, 13 January 2022 12:34 (two years ago) link
!
― The Door into Summerisle (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 13 January 2022 12:58 (two years ago) link
You are correct, sir, it was indeed Alex Chilton's guitar mentor and Billy Hinsche's brother-in-law Carl Wilson in charge, with Brian nowhere to be found apparently.
― The Door into Summerisle (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 13 January 2022 13:05 (two years ago) link
She recorded The Ramones's "Here Today, Gone Tomorrow" twice?
― The Door into Summerisle (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 13 January 2022 14:27 (two years ago) link
Interesting.
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 13 January 2022 14:33 (two years ago) link
One produced by Genya Ravan in 1980, with some Thunderesque guitar and the other produced by a friend of a friend (apparently) in 2006, with the producer doing a Bowie (HI DERE!) imitation, musically and vocally.
― The Door into Summerisle (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 13 January 2022 14:35 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbB9URwhyiA
― The Door into Summerisle (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 13 January 2022 14:36 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dR0ffSLJms
this thread John Sebastian/Ronnie Spector/McGuinn: Literally The Most Un-Cool Song & Video In Rock Historylead me to the following tweet:
Rest In peace to the great Ronnie Spector, a true icon with an unforgettable voice.Richard appeared alongside Ronnie Spector in a song called “You And Me Go Way Back,” written by John Sebastian and featured in a 1986 television show. pic.twitter.com/7AudA0JfHR— The Richard Manuel Archive (@manuelarchive) January 12, 2022
― The Door into Summerisle (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 13 January 2022 14:39 (two years ago) link
Full thing here, if you dare:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PM1FxU9I9YA
― The Door into Summerisle (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 13 January 2022 14:42 (two years ago) link
Song and dancing kind of cheesy, but band is good, in particular, Richard Manuel is killing it on funky drums, kind of wish he was singing instead of the composer. *Wipes on Ozuesque tear away, a shadow of yesterday evening's waterworks*
― The Door into Summerisle (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 13 January 2022 14:46 (two years ago) link
John Sebastian, Jr's harmonica playing not bad though, a chip off the old block!
― The Door into Summerisle (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 13 January 2022 14:47 (two years ago) link
He let's Felix Cavllere sing earlier in the show with NRBQ as the backing band which is pretty good. And which brings me to my next, um, point.
― The Door into Summerisle (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 13 January 2022 14:49 (two years ago) link
Last week I was going down a Redd rabbit hole and came across this undercredited performance on an Arthur Alexander tribute album:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50w_FErFdfY
― The Door into Summerisle (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 13 January 2022 14:51 (two years ago) link
Cavaliere
― The Door into Summerisle (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 13 January 2022 14:52 (two years ago) link
That song is a trifle, a throwaway, never recorded before or since, songwriting credited to Arthur Alexander and Jon Tiven but still, coming across it and listening to it last week, hearing that voice and realizing who Veronica was still gave me that same shock of recognition, receiving the transmission that told me that there was life out there somewhere, maybe on Mars, even.
― The Door into Summerisle (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 13 January 2022 15:06 (two years ago) link
Earlier mention of "Try Some, Buy Some" by ILX0R Old Lunch:i can't believe it's not ronnie spector: now with less awesome... but still!
― The Door into Summerisle (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 13 January 2022 15:10 (two years ago) link
Here is Ronnie's cover of "Something's Gonna Happen" from the Marshalll Crenshaw EP I mentioned earlier.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kn6E2tQIzFg
― The Door into Summerisle (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 13 January 2022 15:13 (two years ago) link
So in the Josh Alan Friedman piece about when he dated Ronnie Spector in 1977, entitled "Mr. Nobody" which is what she called him upon occasion, she is doing a package tour in which Eddie Fisher is the headliner. "Only Eddie gets a limo!" she is told. The tour is run by a creepy figure named Roy Radin. I had to look him up but he was a victim in something know as "The Cotton Club Murders," although I am not sure who else was killed to make it plural. Roy Radin's management clients included Pat Paulsen and (Grady) Demond Wilson of Sanford & Son. The latter had to testify. Producer Robert Evans took the Fifth.
― Presenting the Fabulous Redettes Featuring James (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 14 January 2022 16:11 (two years ago) link
As my own Ronnie moment is fading, it is sort of fun to see what shows up in my Facepalm feed and click through to see what other musicians, celebrity or otherwise, had to say, along with their likeminded friends, and to see new photos of her, candid or professional, like the one with Vini "Mad Dog" Lopez or the one shot by James Hamilton, to pick two examples.
― Presenting the Fabulous Redettes Featuring James (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 15 January 2022 01:52 (two years ago) link
One guy mentions the "Phil Loves Ronnie" Let It Be outgroove thing I slightly misquoted upthread. Not really much about it on the internet though.
― Presenting the Fabulous Redettes Featuring James (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 15 January 2022 02:00 (two years ago) link
Adding Caryn Rose's Vulture obit here for when I want to be reminded of it later. If you haven't already peeped it, do.
https://www.vulture.com/article/ronnie-spector-obit-best-songs.html
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Sunday, 16 January 2022 03:36 (two years ago) link
Nice! Some good detail in there, thanks.
― Presenting the Fabulous Redettes Featuring James (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 16 January 2022 13:48 (two years ago) link
https://nypost.com/2012/11/11/a-mob-tale-with-a-twist/
― Presenting the Fabulous Redettes Featuring James (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 16 January 2022 15:44 (two years ago) link
Ugh, maybe I shouldn't have posted before reading properly.
― Presenting the Fabulous Redettes Featuring James (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 16 January 2022 15:47 (two years ago) link
John Sebastian/Ronnie Spector/McGuinn: Literally The Most Un-Cool Song & Video In Rock History
― Precious, Grace, Hill & Beard LTD. (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 16 January 2022 19:42 (two years ago) link
I've watched the RoRHOF performance a few times. Really good, although apparently Estelle was not in a state to go on so one the touring Ronettes of the time sang instead and they had a lot of other backing singers anyway.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CedKCeccSew
― Presenting the Fabulous Redettes Featuring James (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 17 January 2022 02:57 (two years ago) link
The lead comments say "Probably the only time outside of the studio that Phil Spector's Wall Of Sound was recreated. I think Shaffer, who has always been a huge Spector fan, deserves a lot of credit for pulling this off." But Paul Shaffer was doing this pretty much every single year on Letterman when Darlene Love sang "Christmas (Baby, Please Come Home)." I even had a brief conversation once about it with somebody who did that gig because I had seen the Letterman show on his resume. I guess there were a few times at the beginning when it was just the World's Most Dangerous Band. See for yourself, go look for the two hour video on Youtube of all of them.
― Presenting the Fabulous Redettes Featuring James (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 17 January 2022 03:03 (two years ago) link
Just thought of another song on the Beach Boys/Ronettes Axis, which is "I'm So Young," originally done by The Students. I don't know if I've ever heard a third version, although they seem to be out there. Think I'll stlck with the ones I know.
― Presenting the Fabulous Redettes Featuring James (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 17 January 2022 03:09 (two years ago) link
not Ronnie related (rip queen) but saw some Neil Jason talk upthread... check out his solo on this at about 6:15 please. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKyJou39Kks
― kurt schwitterz, Tuesday, 18 January 2022 18:18 (two years ago) link
shd be a thread just for roxy bass players tbr
i once met one of the early ones at a friend's wedding but i don't now remember which
― mark s, Tuesday, 18 January 2022 18:25 (two years ago) link
not Ronnie related (rip queen) but saw some Neil Jason talk upthread... check out his solo on this at about 6:15 please.
― Presenting the Fabulous Redettes Featuring James (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 18 January 2022 18:45 (two years ago) link
Beautiful Ronnie Spector story from John Lurie. pic.twitter.com/lYy2u59KkK— 𝗞𝗮𝘁𝗵𝘆 📼 𝗙𝗲𝗻𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀𝘆 (@kcfennessy) January 13, 2022
― Precious, Grace, Hill & Beard LTD. (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 19 January 2022 00:33 (two years ago) link
aw! what a gal <3
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 19 January 2022 00:41 (two years ago) link
Heard "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" in the car tonight: "Some boys take a beautiful girl/And hide her away from the rest of the world."
― clemenza, Tuesday, 22 February 2022 02:23 (two years ago) link
And that whole song she sings in a Ronnie Spector-ish voice
― Josefa, Tuesday, 22 February 2022 02:28 (two years ago) link
Never thought about that before but yeah
― Solaris Ocean Blue (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 22 February 2022 02:39 (two years ago) link
If I remember the video correctly, the lyric is matched to some silent-film footage.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 22 February 2022 02:46 (two years ago) link
I guess if you slow it down (but preserve the pitch) it would sound a lot like Ronnie Spector.
― Mark G, Wednesday, 23 February 2022 19:54 (two years ago) link