What Song Are You Listening To Now?

[Slydude]

Line stolen from a youtuber:

Before there was Tori Amos, Alanis Morisette, Fiona Apple, Lauryn Hill etc.....


there was Rickie Lee Jones - Weasel and the White Boys Cool

Thanks for that link. I'd forgotten just how good her voice could sound. From there a few quick mouse clicks led me to her and Bonnie Raitt performing Angel From Montgomery at Farm Aid circa 1985.

 

[bobtomay]

Saw Bonnie in concert just a couple years ago - her voice is still mesmerizing today.

 

[TattooedMac]

Saw Bonnie in concert just a couple years ago - her voice is still mesmerizing today.

Talking mesmerising, I'm listening to Janis Joplin ~ Piece of My Heart . . From her 'Anthology' Album.

I think she is Mesmerising anyway.

 

[Slydude]

Talking mesmerising, I'm listening to Janis Joplin ~ Piece of My Heart . . From her 'Anthology' Album.

I think she is Mesmerising anyway.

Excellent choice. There's something very raw, in a good way, about her voice.

I'm also listening to some of Cyndi Lauper's recent songs. I find that I'm much more impressed by her current voice than when she was doing "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun".

 

[TattooedMac]

Excellent choice. There's something very raw, in a good way, about her voice.

I'm also listening to some of Cyndi Lauper's recent songs. I find that I'm much more impressed by her current voice than when she was doing "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun".

Very true. Its why still now, that she is selling albums, because no matter how far back she passed away, her voice doesn't age at all, and still hits the spot with the youth of today.

As the Cyndi, she is a lot more mature now, and agree her voice is more suited to her age now than back in the 80's.

 

[Slydude]

It wasn't so much that I thought her voice was bad then as much as that song didn't show what her voice could do. I also got tired of the song -- mostly because like many songs of that era it was played way too much.

I became aware of the difference in her voice when she appeared in a couple of episodes of the show Bones and sang one or two songs in that show.

Here's an example of one of the episode's she appeared in. Cyndi Lauper's rendition of At Last. Not Etta James but not bad either.

 

[Spellbinder]

More than a song, but the new release from Wire, "Wire." Released today (April 13, 2015).

BRILLIANT album...

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[TattooedMac]

Here's an example of one of the episode's she appeared in. Cyndi Lauper's rendition of At Last. Not Etta James but not bad either.

I do prefer this voice

The Hard Night ~ Restrung : Hilltop Hood [Australian Hip Hop]

 

[bobtomay]

Imelda May at 14:50 singing Cry Me a River

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Oh, with Jeff Beck at a 2010 concert honoring Les Paul on what would have been his 95th birthday.
Bet you can't listen to only one song.

And an interview related to the concert worth a read to guitar fans...
Guitar World

 

[bobtomay]

Gary Moore - Midnight Blues

 

[Slydude]

Since the announcement of his passing on Thursday I've been playing a large part of my B.B. King collection.

 

[McBie]

Don't know the song .... just listening to a bird on top of the roof whilst having a beer.

Cheers ... McBie

 

[Dysfunction]

That's the Way

Oh yes, that's the way it oughtta be.. alright.

 

[Raz0rEdge]

Shinedown - Miracle

 

[TattooedMac]

Kamikaze ~ PJ Harvey from Stories From the City, Stories From the Sea Album

 

[McBie]

Listening to a 1000 musicians playing the Foo Fighters in an attempt to get the band to come to Italy
That's the way to go ....

1.000 muzikanten spelen samen Foo Fighters-hit - Het Nieuwsblad

Cheers ... McBie

 

[macgig]

I don't know, Ozzy

 

[Bill Gates Jr.]

Eric Church's Wrecking Ball.

 

["Rajbir1994 "]

Now listening "Na Jana Kohi" by James.

 

[chscag]

"Strange Music" by the Living Strings. (Showing my age!)