Stratocaster
(Bermuda) | | Posted: Dec 20, 2012 - 11:33 | |
quietman wrote:Reminds me of a track off Falcon and the Snowman.
"This Is Not America" by David Bowie. I heard it before I even read your comment! Contrary to all of the "why mess with the original" comments - I love this. |
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kingart
(Brooklyn NY) | | Posted: Dec 20, 2012 - 11:33 | |
Oh, come on. RP has hit a new high in low. Wattsup with this thing? Bille Holiday with a cheesy mix track? What's next, a Coltrane remix with Kenny G? Billie abused booze and smack. I'd have to do the same to make this thing delight my brain.
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mutepoint
| | Posted: Dec 20, 2012 - 11:32 | |
A perfect example of why RP is the coolest station on the innertubes.
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dragonlady
(Pasadena, CA) | | Posted: Dec 20, 2012 - 11:31 | |
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dingusbother
(Silver Spring, MD) | | Posted: Aug 16, 2012 - 17:24 | |
Why mess with such a great song?  |
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ScottN
(Condo in Gaza full time now. Thank TFSM I saw the divot where the landmine was placed.) | | Posted: Jun 14, 2012 - 17:00 | |
I like Madeleine Peyroux's version best.
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Jelani
(Home of the freak, land of the vague) | | Posted: Jun 14, 2012 - 16:02 | |
Why do I feel like i"m listening to the opening of a James Bond movie?
Was this in one?
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Toke
(Bournemouth UK) | | Posted: Mar 11, 2012 - 13:03 | |
Dahlia_Gumbo wrote:I love the Andy Bey version of this song — makes you want to cozy up to someone quick.  I love the Billie Holiday version of this song — makes you want to cozy up to someone quick. |
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Dahlia_Gumbo
(San Francisco) | | Posted: Sep 03, 2011 - 13:39 | |
I love the Andy Bey version of this song — makes you want to cozy up to someone quick. |
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Proclivities
(Carrboro, NC) | | Posted: Sep 03, 2011 - 13:37 | |
I've heard some other stuff from this album which was pretty good, but this tune doesn't do it for me. I always preferred her minimal recordings anyhow.
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mrdak
(Middle GA) | | Posted: Sep 03, 2011 - 13:37 | |
this is poop..... pure poop.
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zivko
(toronto canada) | | Posted: Aug 03, 2011 - 03:54 | |
Please play the real Billie Holiday.....
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helgigermany
(Germany) | | Posted: Mar 29, 2011 - 22:45 | |
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bobringer
(Wayne, NJ) | | Posted: Feb 26, 2011 - 11:12 | |
If you want to do a remix and do your own noodling with the instruments and such, fine...
But, why in gods name did you need to effect Billie's voice to make her sound like Shirlie Bassey???
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LizK
(Houston, Texas) | | Posted: Oct 23, 2010 - 11:21 | |
I like this.... it highlights Billie's voice.  But where Billie's not singing, the music becomes unnecessary. Anyway, a revisit to a great singer. |
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Stefen
(West Hollywood, CA) | | Posted: Sep 21, 2010 - 18:24 | |
Is that album photo for real? |
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plaice3
| | Posted: Jul 19, 2010 - 19:27 | |
quietman wrote:Every time I hear this, I hear Pat Metheny in the instrumentals. Reminds me of a track off Falcon and the Snowman.
yes. |
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acatamongus
(Here, there and everywhere) | | Posted: Mar 14, 2010 - 19:24 | |
Wow, don't know what I think of this. I liked it at first, but then it got kind of repetitive - sort of flattened out the vocals...
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papaman
(Downstate New Mexico) | | Posted: Mar 14, 2010 - 19:21 | |
quietman wrote:Every time I hear this, I hear Pat Metheny in the instrumentals. Reminds me of a track off Falcon and the Snowman.
Interesting...I can hear your point. |
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flatpicker
(Toronto, Canada) | | Posted: Oct 08, 2009 - 11:16 | |
Really good remix.
I'm a big fan of all the Verve Remixed series.
Even better when you buy the two-disc albums...
(one disc remixed and the other is the same songs in original version)
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peter_james_bond
(Lunenburg, NS) | | Posted: Aug 06, 2009 - 10:15 | |
fuh2 wrote:We need more Bent. 10 thumbs up.
Yup, we need to get bent!  |
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fuh2
(salmon land) | | Posted: Aug 06, 2009 - 10:13 | |
We need more Bent. 10 thumbs up.
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lovemydog
| | Posted: Aug 06, 2009 - 10:11 | |
jpfueler wrote:This is good. I think it is how she would be doing stuff today if she were here in this time during her prime. Maybe we could keep her from going Whinehouse and all that too..
I have to say that of all the girl singers of the era, Billie Holiday was the "Amy Winehouse" of her time. I mean, she left us by the time she was 44. It was certainly "Too Soon" |
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jpfueler
(South o' Ft Worth) | | Posted: Jul 05, 2009 - 18:03 | |
This is good. I think it is how she would be doing stuff today if she were here in this time during her prime. Maybe we could keep her from going Whinehouse and all that too..
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dallesio
(Amsterdam, Netherlands) | | Posted: Jun 16, 2009 - 10:02 | |
9 of 10 times a remix is worse then the original. But this remix is very nicely done. It creates a similar atmosphere and feel. Therefore I can appreciate this remix just as much as I do the original. It's a modern interpretation/tribute to a Legend! And yes, there's a 'Pat Metheny like' guitar in this track (also a great name in Jazz).
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quietman
| | Posted: Apr 01, 2009 - 16:59 | |
Every time I hear this, I hear Pat Metheny in the instrumentals. Reminds me of a track off Falcon and the Snowman.
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toterola
(Further) | | Posted: Mar 11, 2009 - 19:30 | |
holborne wrote:8 for Billie, and zero for the craptastic remix.
10 for Billie, f*ck the remix! You don't mess with perfection. |
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Oscar_the_Grouch
(In my trash can) | | Posted: Jan 28, 2009 - 14:25 | |
holborne wrote:8 for Billie, and zero for the craptastic remix.
THIS |
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jameyp
(New York via Austin) | | Posted: Jan 28, 2009 - 14:13 | |
nice  |
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fuh2
(The Ring of Fire) | | Posted: Jan 07, 2009 - 14:03 | |
VERY yummy inDEED! We need more Bent on RP.
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