tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-660808341284783109.post528961837343041683..comments2024-03-02T07:40:22.786+03:00Comments on Only Solitaire blog: Brenda Lee: Johnny One TimeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-660808341284783109.post-80727269225112791832013-12-16T10:17:51.836+04:002013-12-16T10:17:51.836+04:00MEMPHIS PORTRAIT isn't a country album.
It...MEMPHIS PORTRAIT isn't a country album.<br /><br />It's a soul album. Basically her answer to DUSTY IN MEMPHIS.<br /><br />While I am not a fan of Brenda's more MOR material, she really cut loose on MEMPHIS PORTRAIT. You really ought to stick it out for one more album, **then** "cut the cord." She did move on to doing straight country, but that was a little later.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-660808341284783109.post-46321518632524612002013-12-04T19:52:57.364+04:002013-12-04T19:52:57.364+04:00When, oh when, are you going to hurry up and give ...When, oh when, are you going to hurry up and give us your review Black Sabbath's new album "13" ... it seems you're purposely avoiding this one, even though it's alphabetically in the neighborhood ...<br /><br />By the way George, I really enjoy your reviews and wonder how you find time to write them with all the other responsibilities in your life.<br /><br />Jerry<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-660808341284783109.post-21803199536038965152013-12-04T03:27:52.519+04:002013-12-04T03:27:52.519+04:00Brenda definitely wasn't the one to put the cu...Brenda definitely wasn't the one to put the cunt in country, that's for sure, but how can one write a polite answer to your blatant hatred towards CCR? The Turner-Version of 'Proud Mary' ripped out the very soul of the song, something I always found rather irritating for Ike being a kind of Soul and R&B-Artist. And aggressive female sexuality? Where? She either purrs or shouts, as far as I remember (haven't heard that dreck for many, many years), and if the sick arrangement of the music isn't enough to kill every mood her vocals surely do. I usually like it when an Artist/a Band takes a different approach when covering a song, but this was, is, and always will be offensive bull, at least to me and my ears.Manfrednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-660808341284783109.post-22989039294806181152013-12-04T02:52:44.621+04:002013-12-04T02:52:44.621+04:00Wait, there's Zappa on Z. ;-)
Anyway, if you ...Wait, there's Zappa on Z. ;-)<br /><br />Anyway, if you want George's thoughts on Tangerine Dream business, there's always http://starling.rinet.ru/music/tanger.htm.Simpliushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13125893204327162588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-660808341284783109.post-4727926058680404612013-12-04T01:01:52.936+04:002013-12-04T01:01:52.936+04:00It would be bad for George if he would have to wri...It would be bad for George if he would have to write reviews on Blonde on Blonde and such every day, he would burn out. Ceresnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-660808341284783109.post-31116040424003222792013-12-04T00:15:54.992+04:002013-12-04T00:15:54.992+04:00Understandable. Not everybody can understand that ...Understandable. Not everybody can understand that kind of aggressive female sexuality - something Brenda Lee of course doesn't deliver. Fortunately for them there is refuge in CCR's sleep inducing original with Fogerty's powerful but bland voice and an unimaginative backing band specializing in dull 4/4 mid tempo stompers. Brenda Lee is obviously more interesting than that.MNbnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-660808341284783109.post-43684698809814753912013-12-03T18:32:17.269+04:002013-12-03T18:32:17.269+04:00You're discontinuing the reviews for much the ...You're discontinuing the reviews for much the same reason you skipped Al Green's gospel albums. Gospel and country are genres that you have to listen on their own terms to really appreciate and assess. If you don't "have church" and appreciate the stylistic conventions of the gospel genre (Lots of dramatic organ, shouting, preaching, testifyin'), you'll only be disappointed. I have to admit, I'm a Christian and don't always get into gospel music (Urban or Southern). I respect you for drawing the line where you have, and l gratefully let you off the hook. Just please don't let your next artist be Brian Hyland!JimmADerbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13331334978761537408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-660808341284783109.post-65555964003850609302013-12-03T15:11:59.391+04:002013-12-03T15:11:59.391+04:00Intersting version indeed, much better than the bu...Intersting version indeed, much better than the butchered crap by Ike and Tina.Manfrednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-660808341284783109.post-48882965555611289392013-12-03T14:39:43.013+04:002013-12-03T14:39:43.013+04:00If you're not a country listener, I imagine Na...If you're not a country listener, I imagine Nashville countrypolitan is the least thing you want to delve into, unlike people like Hank Williams, Buck Owens or Willie Nelson, who can be enjoyed non-ironically by rock fans. Not to mention many of the best soft-rock and singer-songwriter artists of the 70s who have strong country leanings (thinking John Prine or Gene Clark here).<br /><br />BTW, Brenda Lee is one of the women who shares the mic with k.d. lang in the last track of "Shadowland", and her voice is instantly recognizable.Jaime Vargashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14412648861919343738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-660808341284783109.post-35322024815986404322013-12-03T13:45:28.177+04:002013-12-03T13:45:28.177+04:00Still Brenda Lee's take on Proud Mary (to be f...Still Brenda Lee's take on Proud Mary (to be found on Memphis Portrait) is quite interesting.MNbnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-660808341284783109.post-38240282393516722882013-12-03T12:07:14.227+04:002013-12-03T12:07:14.227+04:00Okay, poor choice of words on my part. Instead of ...Okay, poor choice of words on my part. Instead of "giving up", you just decided that was the end point to the part of Brenda's career that mattered.<br /><br />Great job with the reviews! Let's hope you get to "Z"... even if you must get through Tangerine Dream first. >:DAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-660808341284783109.post-92023396603524851012013-12-03T10:51:14.693+04:002013-12-03T10:51:14.693+04:00I have explained the reasons for giving up on Bren...I have explained the reasons for giving up on Brenda Lee in the review, and the same reasons do not apply neither to B. B. King nor to Tangerine Dream (the latter, fortunately, are still a long way away).G. S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05848634884798924824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-660808341284783109.post-68533636475004357832013-12-03T08:14:39.235+04:002013-12-03T08:14:39.235+04:00Ah, so you've given up on reviewing Brenda Lee...Ah, so you've given up on reviewing Brenda Lee. And yet you reviewed all of B.B. King's music? Are you going to review every album Tangerine Dream ever released as well?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com