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I think you get it. I think about music and books but not the artist themselves. I am not a celebrity fan at all. I don't care how they live, think, etc. I appreciate the work.....sometimes.
:) I just heard this song a bit ago today -- I have Etta playing right now in the background as I do this-and-that. I'm listening to your post, though, too, now. I do like her style, so! :)
Years active: 1954–2012..Genres: Blues; R&B; soul; gospel - She won six Grammy Awards and 17 Blues Music Awards. She was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1993, the Blues Hall of Fame in 2001, and the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999. Rolling Stone magazine ranked James number 22 on its list of the 100 Greatest Singers of All Time, she died on January 20, 2012... -wiki
Regardless of your nice pun, I have a dear friend who quotes Nelson's songs frequently! I've got to listen to Nelson more. My friend has good taste and he quotes some wonderful stuff that Nelson has penned. :)
I think his gravel voice is wonderful.......he's just such a natural singer....He sings with Ray Charles......Seven Spanish Angles....They are both amazing singers I think.....
Just today I stumbled across a compilation of Anton Karas recordings that I had never heard before. I never realized that he had such a wide variety of works. Of course you know Anton Karas did all the music for the movie "The Third Man", and he, the movie, the theme, and the zither were all pretty much conjoined for the last sixty years.
I like the four minute mark in your link and the surrounding moments/minutes - - oh, it's the last minute of the Bon Bons, I think. Or the end of the first "set." The Samt und Seide is quite different to me. Maybe it's just the slower tempo. I liked listening to all of this, Jewels Vern! Thanks!
HEY WELBY......WE think alike lots of times......I loved Etta too.
AND......WAY back in the 1960s, I friend & saw her at a kinda dumpy niteclub in Cleveland..........he was a DJ and knew all the 'in crowd'......the backup group she had were local high school kids!! her group didn't make it for some reason......
sooooooo she was kinda 'annoyed' with them and at one point,after a song, turned to them and while we couldn't hear what she was saying, the look on her face was not pleasant.......my friend had told me they were not her backup group.
ANYWAY.....AFTERwards, I followed her back to her dressing room, and politely asked if I could get her autograph......she said yes and invited me to sit down!!!!! she signed for me and I noticed she kept wiping tears from her eyes.........I asked my friend why that was & he said 'probably drugs".......HUH? I'm sorry now I never asked him what kind of drug/s would cause that reaction.......but I never asked so not it's a big mystery!!
anyway, I was so glad I got to meet her.....& glad that it was at that type of venue and not some huge concert hall, where it's usually hard to get autographs after a performance.
anyway, thought you'd like to hear about that!!
OH and one of my favorites is "Too Soon to Know"......that opening piano, crescendo, I think it's called, gives me goosebumps every time!!!
hey good to hear from you again, no matter how long it took! LOL.....glad you liked the story...and that "Too soon to know' (esp. that PIANO bit!!) resonated with you!!! ..............regards, Ben
Hi Ben! Yeah, I just now listened to that James song again for fun - and now I'm listening to Alice in Chains - an abrupt change of style for sure but I like both a lot, ha! :)
That beginning piano moment at the beginning of the song that you like is an arpeggio but it does get louder as it goes along (crescendo), so you're right. :) Hell, I'm trying to be helpful without sounding like a lecture. I mean it all in a fun way. ( Yeah, weird morning in my head today so far, can you tell?) :)
Be Well - :)
This post was edited by WelbyQuentin at February 1, 2020 8:00 AM MST
hey, I never knew that that was an arpeggio.....thanks for educating me on that...Alice in Chains? have heard the name but not their music...not my speed, I guess. LOL.......and no, you aren't lecturing, you are informing! lol......on an entirely different note, are you familiar with a site called "Quora"?? WOW you have to see this one.....kinda like Answermug but a lot more involved......you can sign up to answer questions in your 'field', so to speak, and I've had dozens of questions......if you can't answer one, you 'pass' on it......there must be a million people on it.....it's very interesting.....so do look into it and tell me what you think!!
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