rostasi Posted October 19, 2007 Report Share Posted October 19, 2007 She'll be performing on the radio program "Fair Game" tonight if your NPR/PRI station picks this up: http://pri.morefairgame.org/index.html Kind of surprised to hear about this last night, 'cause the show usually features bad singer-songwriters, but one night they actually featured Antibalas(!!!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HolyStitt Posted October 19, 2007 Report Share Posted October 19, 2007 anyone pick up the sharon jones cd 100 days, 100 nights? I played it last week at work & enjoyed it, though I will have to bring it home to get a better feel for it. I am seeing her & the band in concert next month at First Avenue for the first time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rostasi Posted October 21, 2007 Report Share Posted October 21, 2007 (edited) Anyone who missed Fair Game last night can hear mp3s here. Sharon Jones told a story about singing at a wedding party. The groom was being tossed up in the air using a large tablecloth as a kind of trampoline. Jones was singing Shout ("You know you make me want to SHOUT...") during all of this and something went wrong and BAM, the groom landed on his head. They had to call an ambulance, etc... but she said that she just kept right on singing... Edited October 21, 2007 by rostasi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexander Posted October 21, 2007 Report Share Posted October 21, 2007 "100 Days. 100 Nights" is a wonderful album. Certainly the equal of Jones' first two albums. My copy came with a fun sampler disc of other Daptone releases put together in the form of a radio show hosted by Binky Griptite! I'd certainly like to check out some of the other albums on the label... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazzmoose Posted November 20, 2007 Report Share Posted November 20, 2007 So, a question for you people with her LPs (or CDs): is the single I'm Not Gonna Cry on any of them? Because I have to have that song! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Man with the Golden Arm Posted November 20, 2007 Report Share Posted November 20, 2007 So, a question for you people with her LPs (or CDs): is the single I'm Not Gonna Cry on any of them? Because I have to have that song! I think that was just a 45. w/ a B-side instrumental of same. PM sent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazzmoose Posted November 20, 2007 Report Share Posted November 20, 2007 Cool! I hadn't heard the instrumental before; thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Man with the Golden Arm Posted November 22, 2007 Report Share Posted November 22, 2007 Now me needs to find "Nervous Like Me" - the Dap Kings w/ Kenny Dope! ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted November 22, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 22, 2007 Now me needs to find "Nervous Like Me" - the Dap Kings w/ Kenny Dope! ?? http://www.dustygroove.com/item.php?id=gw6...p%3Bincl_cs%3D1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Man with the Golden Arm Posted November 23, 2007 Report Share Posted November 23, 2007 Now me needs to find "Nervous Like Me" - the Dap Kings w/ Kenny Dope! ?? http://www.dustygroove.com/item.php?id=gw6...p%3Bincl_cs%3D1 thanks Jim... now that Keb Debarge is new to me and that "New Mastersounds" album I've trickled into sounds outta control. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noj Posted November 24, 2007 Report Share Posted November 24, 2007 Which one is Keb? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexander Posted November 24, 2007 Report Share Posted November 24, 2007 Which one is Keb? God, the 80s SUCKED! Look at those HORRIBLE outfits! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chalupa Posted December 20, 2007 Report Share Posted December 20, 2007 Sharon played here last Friday night. I couldn't make it but, I found a mini review w/ photos.... http://www.philadelphiaweekly.com/articles/16061 http://www.philadelphiaweekly.com/photo_ga...snapshot_jones/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soulstation1 Posted December 21, 2007 Report Share Posted December 21, 2007 bad ass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted December 21, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 21, 2007 Well, yeah, I mean, I knew it was going to be good and all that, but the whole thing w/the retro packaging and the faux-60s King studio sound and all that other stuff had me thinking in the back of my mind that this was going to be funk-once-removed, if you know what I mean, and in kind of a way it is, although there's not that sense of "skipped a generation or two, trying to get it back now" that turns me off faster than a dog shitting in my picnic basket 5 minutes before lunchtime. http://youtube.com/watch?v=NJtXE8PDm2A&feature=related I mean, hey, I don't know if this goes beyond "imitation" or if it's just imitation done at the level of artistry, but DAMN. "Clever" ain't enough, and this is enough, so... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
analogak Posted December 21, 2007 Report Share Posted December 21, 2007 i bet those dip guys were playing in a ska band 5 years ago Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John L Posted December 21, 2007 Report Share Posted December 21, 2007 (edited) I agree entirely about the last two Bettye Lavette albums. I just don't get it. "A Woman Like Me" was something close to a modern day soul masterpiece, and got no attention at all. Then they drive Bettye down to Fat Possum, take her out of her musical element, feed her a whole lot of fake "nobody's lived as tough a street life as me" lyrics, and presto! Commercial success. Bring back the old Bettye, PLEASE. Edited December 21, 2007 by John L Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted December 21, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 21, 2007 emo-ska good for sharon making some bones but tejas skeptical enthusiasm (if edc may characterize it as such) Incredulous skeptical enthusiasm is more like it, because there should be no way that this stuff feels like it does. You can call it wishful thinking on my part, or projection, or a peculiarly personal congenital blind spot, whatever, but I've heard 80 bajillion people "try" and do something like this, and the Bogus-O-Meter blows a gasket at, at most, 3 songs (or a ballad, whichever comes first). And yet.. And yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Wheel Posted December 22, 2007 Report Share Posted December 22, 2007 (edited) Has anyone linked to this one yet? For the Big Lebowski fan in the family. Pretty sure it's only available on the 45s from the website. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8X7nVZhqb04 Edited December 22, 2007 by Big Wheel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DukeCity Posted December 22, 2007 Report Share Posted December 22, 2007 Has anyone linked to this one yet? For the Big Lebowski fan in the family. Pretty sure it's only available on the 45s from the website. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8X7nVZhqb04 OK, that's a little synchronicious! I clicked on your post as I'm watching the Big Lebowski, right in the middle of that dream sequence, with that song playing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John L Posted December 22, 2007 Report Share Posted December 22, 2007 (edited) emo-ska good for sharon making some bones but tejas skeptical enthusiasm (if edc may characterize it as such) Incredulous skeptical enthusiasm is more like it, because there should be no way that this stuff feels like it does. You can call it wishful thinking on my part, or projection, or a peculiarly personal congenital blind spot, whatever, but I've heard 80 bajillion people "try" and do something like this, and the Bogus-O-Meter blows a gasket at, at most, 3 songs (or a ballad, whichever comes first). And yet.. And yet. I certainly don't have any problem with bands like this. The kind of retro-funk that they play is great dance music. It was then and it still is now. As you say, the difference between the Dap-Kings and most other bands that play retro funk is that the Dap-Kings are DAMN good at it. Sure, in the Winter of 2007, you can hear good funk coming from some DJs, rappers, drum machines, and computers. Some of that is fine dance music as well. But there is still something special about an all human aggregation like this that all the new technology in the world has yet to replace. This is still my preferred kind of booty-shaking music. It is fantastic that somebody is still playing it with this kind of dedication. Edited December 22, 2007 by John L Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexander Posted December 22, 2007 Report Share Posted December 22, 2007 any thoughts? You're the world's biggest killjoy? Hey, you asked... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted December 22, 2007 Report Share Posted December 22, 2007 So, who's the audience for this stuff - white crate-diggers? MG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
analogak Posted December 22, 2007 Report Share Posted December 22, 2007 these dips are a bogus enterprise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
analogak Posted December 22, 2007 Report Share Posted December 22, 2007 a little syl johnson on the ones and twos last night... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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