Quote: Chappers @ 22nd January 2015, 8:45 PM GMTI remember quite fancying Bonnie.
This isn't quite as good as the Mad Dogs and Englishmen version though.
I knew the names but that was about all. At 7, it was Mary Hopkin. But Leon Russell wrote it, there is a Clapton link I think, and what you have mentioned is a Joe Cocker live album from 1970 where Rita Coolidge did the vocal. I doubt I've heard it. But it's fitting given the recent departure of the wild man of Sheffield.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDN2bB6sR6Q
That's where I first heard it before the Carpenters version.
Quote: Chappers @ 22nd January 2015, 8:54 PM GMThttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDN2bB6sR6Q
That's where I first heard it before the Carpenters version.
Thanks very much.
Don't think that I've heard it before. Fascinating. It is not simply a good song. It's a magnificent song. My favourite by the Carpenters. Rita Coolidge is essentially "We're All Alone" to me, a song that I've always found slightly flat, dragging and too obvious/cliched in structure. It is maudlin and to my mind it lacks mystery. Listening to this version of "Superstar", I feel a bit the same way. She's probably not my kind of artist. But what is interesting is the way in which there is a definite rock/blues vibe going on there along with a very trilling light classical style piano. It's contradictory but in that era of rock/pop where there was a lot of crossover. Some of it worked. Some of it was "lumpen". I was never totally convinced by the Carpenters' use of electric guitar although Richard C was unquestionably a fine arranger more generally.
Quote: A Horseradish @ 22nd January 2015, 9:05 PM GMTThanks very much.
Don't think that I've heard it before. Fascinating. It is not simply a good song. It's a magnificent song. My favourite by the Carpenters. Rita Coolidge is essentially "We're All Alone" to me, a song that I've always found slightly flat, dragging and too obvious/cliched in structure. It is maudlin and to my mind it lacks mystery. Listening to this version of "Superstar", I feel a bit the same way. She's probably not my kind of artist. But what is interesting is the way in which there is a definite rock/blues vibe going on there along with a very trilling light classical style piano. It's contradictory but in that era of rock/pop where there was a lot of crossover. Some of it worked. Some of it was "lumpen". I was never totally convinced by the Carpenters' use of electric guitar although Richard C was unquestionably a fine arranger more generally.
Is there nuffin you don't know? 
Oh yeah...........DIY 
Quote: A Horseradish @ 22nd January 2015, 9:05 PM GMTThanks very much.
Rita Coolidge is essentially "We're All Alone" to me, a song that I've always found slightly flat, dragging and too obvious/cliched in structure.
Never cared much for Rita's (hit) version but the Boz Scaggs original is the perfect end to a perfect album (Silk Degrees) IMHO!
Quote: radiat10n @ 22nd January 2015, 11:45 PM GMTNever cared much for Rita's (hit) version but the Boz Scaggs original is the perfect end to a perfect album (Silk Degrees) IMHO!
Interesting. Didn't realise it was a Boz Scaggs song and from that album which I recall selling well. I've just listened to it on YT. It's ok but I prefer "What Can I Say", "Lido Shuffle" and "Lowdown". Think I am right in associating him with the idea of "white soul". Not sure that the term was used much before him and, of course, there was a lot of "white soul" in a different form, mainly from Britain, in the 1980s. While the term was often used in a critical way - with elements of inverted racism - I kept an open mind on it and judged artists, groups and songs on their merits. Perhaps mostly, though, Scaggs was in the mid-1970s classic singer-songwriter category. That is a good category to have been in. Few people can write a proper song these days and when they do it can almost seem like pastiche. Richard Hawley is a very decent example.
Boz Scaggs - Lido Shuffle - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQZBaJAngH8
Quote: Hercules Grytpype Thynne @ 22nd January 2015, 9:29 PM GMTIs there nuffin you don't know?
Oh yeah...........DIY
I'm not one to have on a pure General Knowledge team.
My range is much too limited. 
Cat Power - The Greatest (Live Jools Holland June 26, 2006)
Quote: George Kaplan @ 23rd January 2015, 10:37 PM GMTCat Power - The Greatest (Live Jools Holland June 26, 2006)
I saw her at some fantastic shows in L.A. 15 years ago. Harrowing performances, but very memorable.
Quote: DaButt @ 24th January 2015, 2:51 AM GMTI saw her at some fantastic shows in L.A. 15 years ago. Harrowing performances, but very memorable.
I don't know much about her. Just ordered a couple of cds: Sun (2012) and The Greatest (2006). Any albums you recommend?
Been to LA once, ages ago. Saw Graham Parker at the Troubadour, and went for a meal at Dan Tana's nearby.
Quote: A Horseradish @ 23rd January 2015, 4:20 PM GMTInteresting. Didn't realise it was a Boz Scaggs song and from that album which I recall selling well. I've just listened to it on YT. It's ok but I prefer "What Can I Say", "Lido Shuffle" and "Lowdown".
Oh, I agree, it's not my favourite from the album by any stretch (sits just above 'Love Me Tomorrow' and 'Jump Street' for me) and is overrated within Scaggs's catalogue - but it's still a cut above average!
Speaking of Boz, was a pleasant surprise to see him doing Lido and Lowdown on Jools' Hootenanny at New Year.
The main man Louis Armstrong.
Quote: George Kaplan @ 24th January 2015, 12:35 PM GMTI don't know much about her. Just ordered a couple of cds: Sun (2012) and The Greatest (2006). Any albums you recommend?
Been to LA once, ages ago. Saw Graham Parker at the Troubadour, and went for a meal at Dan Tana's nearby.
I haven't kept track of her career, but back in the late 90s her shows were often a mess: incomplete songs, mumbled banter and sometimes tears -- all taking place while her back was to the crowd and her hair hid her face. An incredible talent, though.
These are my favourite albums:
What Would The Community Think?
Moon Pix
You Are Free
Here are some videos from those 3 albums:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wU291yKCbBE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-omWlUVIA4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZVqNnqEDO8
There are only 3 things I miss about living in southern California: my kids, the weather, and the live music scene. I saw a lot of great shows at the Troubadour over the years.
Scott Joplin
Chicago - 25 or 6 to 4.
Got this link but it sounds crap to me like they're all out of time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXb8ZDuICCs&feature=youtu.be
Is this one better?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEqRTZcisos
Quote: radiat10n @ 22nd January 2015, 11:45 PM GMTNever cared much for Rita's (hit) version but the Boz Scaggs original is the perfect end to a perfect album (Silk Degrees) IMHO!
For some reason I get Rita and Yvonne Elliman mixed up.
Quote: DaButt @ 24th January 2015, 4:04 PM GMTI haven't kept track of her career, but back in the late 90s her shows were often a mess: incomplete songs, mumbled banter and sometimes tears -- all taking place while her back was to the crowd and her hair hid her face. An incredible talent, though.
These are my favourite albums:
What Would The Community Think?
Moon Pix
You Are FreeHere are some videos from those 3 albums:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wU291yKCbBE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-omWlUVIA4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZVqNnqEDO8
There are only 3 things I miss about living in southern California: my kids, the weather, and the live music scene. I saw a lot of great shows at the Troubadour over the years.
Thank you! The three songs you picked out are all great. On first listening, "Cross Bones Style" reminds me of Sharon Van Etten; "Nude as the news" of PJ Harvey; and "He War" a combination of both. All the videos are interesting too.
Look forward to hearing those albums.
To possibly return the favour, here are a couple of things I discovered last year you might like. (Have posted them here before.)
Haley Bonar - Last War (Live on 89.3 The Current)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRU2W949rSk
Saw her live a couple of months ago. She played a free gig in a really small venue (much smaller than the Troubadour) and she and her band were incredible.
Am also very taken with this album:
Angus & Julia Stone - Angus and Julia Stone (New album 2014)