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Post by Charlie O. on Oct 16, 2024 15:26:24 GMT
If I had the opportunity to meet Bobbie Gentry, who has seemingly not been seen in public or interviewed in over forty years, the first thing I'd ask her is why on earth she chose to shelve this song (it first appeared in 2007 on a "Best Of"). Let's see what G makes of it.
Demo version (I honestly can't decide which I prefer):
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Post by Charlie O. on Oct 19, 2024 3:31:34 GMT
Jeez, you'd think there was a CUP on or something...
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Post by rayge on Nov 10, 2024 12:53:14 GMT
BUMP. Get it together G, it's your thread after all
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Post by rayge on Nov 10, 2024 12:59:42 GMT
If I had the opportunity to meet Bobbie Gentry, who has seemingly not been seen in public or interviewed in over forty years, the first thing I'd ask her is why on earth she chose to shelve this song (it first appeared in 2007 on a "Best Of"). Let's see what G makes of it. Demo version (I honestly can't decide which I prefer): I thought that was lovely , Charlie. I'm a big fan of La Gentry, bought her first three or four albums back in the Sixties: she was so much more than her big hits, a genuine auteur pop singer-songwriter with a distinctive and wide-ranging style based in Southern Gothic, but often flying away from it. I've occasionally considered opening a thread on her, but didn't because I thought she would be trashed or ignored and I couldn't face that. I think I preferred the produced version over the demo, but they both please, and act as fine palate cleansers before having to chew over more slim pickings in the final.
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Post by Stacy Heydon on Nov 10, 2024 13:02:31 GMT
Yeah sorry, I'll do it tonight. Apologies Charlie.
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Post by Stacy Heydon on Nov 13, 2024 7:57:43 GMT
If I had the opportunity to meet Bobbie Gentry, who has seemingly not been seen in public or interviewed in over forty years, the first thing I'd ask her is why on earth she chose to shelve this song (it first appeared in 2007 on a "Best Of"). Let's see what G makes of it. Demo version (I honestly can't decide which I prefer): I think this is really beautiful. It has a magical child-like wonder about it, especially with the spiralling, chiming instrumentation. I do have a compilation, but most of it is in an uptempo country-funk style. I need to get some albums proper. Many thanks Charlie and sorry for the long delay. |
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Post by Stacy Heydon on Nov 13, 2024 8:28:28 GMT
Ellen McIlwaine has an interesting history and I find her music pretty distinctive. I was going to use this one in the cup final if I'd made it...I doubt it would have gone down well, those jazzy vocal gymnastics tend to be unpopular but I like stuff like that.
Anyway let's see what Loveless thinks..
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Post by Charlie O. on Nov 13, 2024 10:55:27 GMT
I need to get some [Bobbie Gentry] albums proper. The albums are a mixed bag, honestly. But her second album The Delta Sweete has latterly become a cult item, and not without reason; I'd suggest you start there and see if you want to investigate further. |
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Post by rayge on Nov 13, 2024 13:02:44 GMT
I need to get some [Bobbie Gentry] albums proper. The albums are a mixed bag, honestly. But her second album The Delta Sweete has latterly become a cult item, and not without reason; I'd suggest you start there and see if you want to investigate further. I endorse this. Have you heard Mercury Rev's reworking of it, Charlie?
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Post by loveless on Nov 13, 2024 13:10:50 GMT
Oh, yeah - you found a good one for me, G. I like the sound of that a lot (what I can only refer to as a sort of intersection of folk and jazz). Thanks for that!
Since my friend Charlie is up and active, I'm going to send him this song.
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Post by Charlie O. on Nov 13, 2024 14:28:41 GMT
The albums are a mixed bag, honestly. But her second album The Delta Sweete has latterly become a cult item, and not without reason; I'd suggest you start there and see if you want to investigate further. I endorse this. Have you heard Mercury Rev's reworking of it, Charlie?
I have, once. It was interesting. |
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Post by Charlie O. on Nov 13, 2024 14:35:37 GMT
Oh, yeah - you found a good one for me, G. I like the sound of that a lot (what I can only refer to as a sort of intersection of folk and jazz). Thanks for that! Since my friend Charlie is up and active, I'm going to send him this song. Don't think much of the lyric, but I like the music (arrangement as well as composition) and the recording a lot. Gary McFarland was an intriguing cat. I haven't heard this album. I'll try to think of something to send out later today. |
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Post by loveless on Nov 13, 2024 14:43:11 GMT
Oh, yeah - you found a good one for me, G. I like the sound of that a lot (what I can only refer to as a sort of intersection of folk and jazz). Thanks for that! Since my friend Charlie is up and active, I'm going to send him this song. Don't think much of the lyric, but I like the music (arrangement as well as composition) and the recording a lot. Gary McFarland was an intriguing cat. I haven't hard this album. I'll try to think of something to send out later today. I recommend the album pretty unreservedly based on your feedback. Maybe as close as he got to making a mid-early Nilsson record. |
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Post by loveless on Nov 13, 2024 14:47:57 GMT
I need to get some [Bobbie Gentry] albums proper. The albums are a mixed bag, honestly. But her second album The Delta Sweete has latterly become a cult item, and not without reason; I'd suggest you start there and see if you want to investigate further. is pretty fantastic. I was lucky to find a minty original for a stupidly cheap price in an otherwise janky shop (I reckon it fell through the cracks in a "didn't know what they had" kinda way). Conversely (though I've only played it once), I bought an audiophile mono reissue of Ode to Billy Joe based on my obsession with the title track, and...I was utterly dismayed at just how many of the tracks started and were based on that distinctive OTBJ opening guitar figure. |
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Post by Charlie O. on Nov 13, 2024 14:59:20 GMT
Conversely (though I've only played it once), I bought an audiophile mono reissue of Ode to Billy Joe based on my obsession with the title track, and...I was utterly dismayed at just how many of the tracks started and were based on that distinctive OTBJ opening guitar figure. In light of The Delta Sweete and the later Patchwork, I suspect Bobbie was thinking in terms of giving the album a quasi-conceptual through line... but I agree that it doesn't work there. There's still a handful of great songs on that album, though. |
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