thatch
(Shhh....at work....) | | Posted: May 22, 2013 - 07:41 | |
Dylan, Waits, Mahal - it is age and living that changes their voices. If you can embrace the change, they make great music.
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WonderLizard
(2,755.46 mi. due east of Paradise) | | Posted: Mar 20, 2013 - 13:05 | |
Taj is such an original—can't peg him to any style or genre. BTW, doesn't this one have a bit of "Midnight in Moscow" in the chorus?
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shellbella
(so california) | | Posted: Mar 20, 2013 - 13:01 | |
this is great bubble bath music....  |
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daodot
| | Posted: Feb 17, 2013 - 03:43 | |
rdo wrote:So this summer I'm biking on the Mount Vernon trail on a humid day after weeks of rain fail. Big dragon flies hovering, practically suspended in air all along the way. Have to keep the mouth closed, getting pelted frequently. All of the sudden GULP! Right in the kisser and down the esophagus. Next thing I know I'm writhing on the ground clawing and clutching at the throat. Paramedics arrive and my face has gone from blue to green. Well, to make a long story short, you can imagine what my voice sounded like for the next few weeks.
Funny story! At least for me while reading it 😊 |
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oldfart48
(boulder creek ca.) | | Posted: Dec 16, 2012 - 11:16 | |
aaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhh !!!!! thanks taj, sweet & mellow as it gets.
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calypsus_1
(East of Eden) | | Posted: Aug 28, 2012 - 11:37 | |
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mrdak
(Middle GA) | | Posted: Aug 12, 2012 - 17:18 | |
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NoEnzLefttoSplit
| | Posted: Jul 12, 2012 - 06:51 | |
jackpine wrote:I'm really surprised by others opinion of this, I loved it. in total agreement. This guy is a master. |
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deanofox
(Yorkshire, England) | | Posted: Jul 12, 2012 - 06:48 | |
Good voice, very different. But it does make him sound like a pervert.
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jackpine
| | Posted: Apr 08, 2012 - 02:17 | |
I'm really surprised by others opinion of this, I loved it.
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Limpopoking
(The Parish of St. Alfonzo) | | Posted: Apr 08, 2012 - 02:05 | |
Luverly!!!! Never heard this track before. Thanks
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jimj
(end of the universe) | | Posted: Mar 07, 2012 - 09:50 | |
Last time I listened to Taj Mahal was at a bar in Greenwich village around 1970. He still has a cool sound.
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BLADERUNNER
(Port City on the Cape Fear) | | Posted: Mar 07, 2012 - 09:48 | |
THIS IS TERRIBLE "SINGING". sounds like Tom Waits, only with no humour. is this the way he always sounded? i seem to remember a different sound back in the 70's and 80's. or am i growing old and feeble?
ok, i jumped the gun, this is not so bad afterall, upgrading to a 6.
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Geecheeboy
(under a crescent moon and palmetto tree) | | Posted: Mar 07, 2012 - 09:45 | |
I'm recovering from pneumonia and don't sound like that.
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Bleyfusz
| | Posted: Dec 03, 2011 - 03:51 | |
kysmet wrote:not diggin' this at all
I thought it was Dr. John recovering from pneumonia. |
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rdo
(DC) | | Posted: Aug 30, 2011 - 10:11 | |
So this summer I'm biking on the Mount Vernon trail on a humid day after weeks of rain fail. Big dragon flies hovering, practically suspended in air all along the way. Have to keep the mouth closed, getting pelted frequently. All of the sudden GULP! Right in the kisser and down the esophagus. Next thing I know I'm writhing on the ground clawing and clutching at the throat. Paramedics arrive and my face has gone from blue to green. Well, to make a long story short, you can imagine what my voice sounded like for the next few weeks.
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kysmet
(Central Florida) | | Posted: Aug 30, 2011 - 10:06 | |
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ThePoose
| | Posted: Aug 30, 2011 - 10:02 | |
Waitsy could be producing the Taj. Bet they are smoking the same Cubans.
On_The_Beach wrote:Taj predates Tom W, so I hardly think one can accuse him of stealing Tom's style (but yes, they sound similar).
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perryandcaro
(Down on the farm in SW France) | | Posted: Jun 28, 2011 - 14:53 | |
Seen him live at Jazz in Marciac, SW France. He took the place by storm with his trio. So much more grip on the audience than Joe Cocker and his 18 piece band that followed him. But yeah, on playback, this isn't the best you'll hear from him. Go see the man in the flesh and spend a few days wearing a silly smile.
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lerxst
(A Planet in the Solar Federation) | | Posted: Jun 28, 2011 - 14:48 | |
Without the singing this is perfect elevator music. With the singing it's torture.
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Geecheeboy
(under a crescent moon and palmetto tree) | | Posted: May 27, 2011 - 23:18 | |
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scraig
(Santa Barbara, CA) | | Posted: Apr 26, 2011 - 09:48 | |
this is officially the first Taj Mahal song that did nothing for me. Tom Waits and Kenny G. bleh.
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Plantlife
| | Posted: Apr 26, 2011 - 09:48 | |
So did my voice 40 years ago.........watch out for the inevitable collapse of your own as you hit old age! Ando wrote:His voice used to be so much smoother.
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Plantlife
| | Posted: Apr 26, 2011 - 09:46 | |
There is an substantial and completely unmistakeable difference between Monsignor Waits and the Mahal. Listen to more of their stuff and enjoy...............
Decoy wrote:
I had to come check to see if Waits was doing vocals here too...
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On_The_Beach
(Vancouver BC, Bud) | | Posted: Apr 26, 2011 - 09:45 | |
Taj predates Tom W, so I hardly think one can accuse him of stealing Tom's style (but yes, they sound similar).
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scrubbrush
(Sea of Calm) | | Posted: Apr 26, 2011 - 09:44 | |
pk53 wrote:Pretty much like everything Taj does. If you ever have a chance to see him live, do so, and up close! An amazing/fun evening it will be.
I've seen Taj at least 10 times.... he's fantatstic in concert and he does not play this song which is nowhere close to his best work. |
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DaveInVA
(In a hovel in effluent Damnville, VA) | | Posted: Apr 26, 2011 - 09:44 | |
I actually like this - not bad!
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jazong
| | Posted: Mar 25, 2011 - 20:00 | |
Bad bad bad. I knew it wasn't Waits, but I did think it was a cheap knock off. If I were to hear Radio Paradise for the first time and this song was playing I would never tune in again. Fortunately we have been listening for years and we love most everything else Bill does.
-J
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pk53
| | Posted: Dec 21, 2010 - 17:40 | |
Pretty much like everything Taj does. If you ever have a chance to see him live, do so, and up close! An amazing/fun evening it will be.
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Decoy
(Milliway's, the Restaurant at the End of the Universe) | | Posted: Oct 19, 2010 - 08:10 | |
KahunaMatata wrote:I thought this was Tom Waits for a moment!! Love it! I had to come check to see if Waits was doing vocals here too... |
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