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Buffista Music III: The Search for Bach

There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.

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DavidS - May 02, 2006 9:24:29 am PDT #3156 of 10003

"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Hey Alicia!

I'd also read she'd had a breakdown/snit/something on stage at one point

Not just "at one point" - just about every other concert. No snits, though, just crushing stage-fright. It sounds like she's learning to deal with it.

What are her other albums like? Are they all different?

This current album is considered to be a significant departure for her sonically. Previously her records were more acoustic. I don't know here catalog that well, but I really loved her Covers Record. Lot of folks like Moon Pix.

tommyrot - May 02, 2006 10:21:13 am PDT #3157 of 10003

Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

You Are Free is one of my favorite albums. I especially love "I Don't Blame You" and "He War" and... a bunch of others from that album. [link]

Damn. I knew that Eddie Vedder did backup vocals, but I didn't know that Dave Grohl played the drums on that album.

She also had a couple members of Sonic Youth backing her for one of her first performances....

Alicia K - May 02, 2006 11:53:40 am PDT #3158 of 10003

Uncertainty could be our guiding light.

:makes notes:

Thanks for the info!

Crushing stage fright, eh? Now I feel bad for writing her off as a fragile indie chick who throws fits. Sorry, Chan!

Jon B. - May 02, 2006 3:02:51 pm PDT #3159 of 10003

A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

She had a breakdown while recording a set in the WMBR studios some years ago. There were only a few people around and it wasn't even being broadcast live. I'd say her problem was/is greater than mere stage fright.

Fred Pete - May 03, 2006 3:49:03 am PDT #3160 of 10003

Ann, that's a ferret.

It's always nice to discover a new Herman's Hermits song. Especially one with a title like "Don't Go Out Into the Rain (You're Going to Melt)."

sumi - May 03, 2006 7:10:46 am PDT #3161 of 10003

Art Crawl!!!

Tonight Jon Langford is going to be on the PBS show Chicago Tonight - it airs at 7 pm and repeats at 1 am.

Hayden - May 03, 2006 7:22:51 am PDT #3162 of 10003

aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."

Thanks for the heads up!

Edit - Should there be an apostrophe in "heads up"? If so, where? Is head possessive? Plural possessive? Why am I thinking about this?

tina f. - May 03, 2006 7:28:17 am PDT #3163 of 10003

I am going to go with no apostrophe. The phrase is not "head is up" so no contraction. And the "up" does not belong to the head. It's more like a short way of saying "folks, put your heads up because this dope thing is about to happen" so "heads up" is really just a noun and a verb. No apostrophe.

flea - May 03, 2006 7:35:47 am PDT #3164 of 10003

information libertarian

I think of it as short for "everybody put your heads up", so no apostrophe. Of course, then it should be "everybody put your head up", since each person only has one, so nevermind. This is the muddle that thinking can get you into.

DavidS - May 03, 2006 7:37:02 am PDT #3165 of 10003

"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

It's always nice to discover a new Herman's Hermits song. Especially one with a title like "Don't Go Out Into the Rain (You're Going to Melt)."

Do you have "It's Nice To Be Out In The Morning"? It's a Graham Gouldman gem they did in their movie Mrs. Brown You've Got A Lovely Daughter. Side note: if you haven't seen the movie - Mrs. Brown is a greyhound.

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