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Madeleine Peyroux — Between The Bars
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jsanio
(Canada)
Posted: May 13, 2013 - 06:58
 
At first I was excited by Madeleine P... But then I noticed she is so derivative of Billie Holiday. While she has a wonderful voice.. I just can't seem to stop thinking ho hum... I have heard this all before and so much better.

palad1
(London UK. A froggie in exile.)
Posted: Apr 12, 2013 - 01:10
 
Thank god for PSD.

So long Elliott :(

MsJudi
(Houston, TX)
Posted: Mar 11, 2013 - 14:30
 
 Cynaera wrote:
I was folding sheets, and this was playing, and I got a shiver and had to just stop what I was doing and listen...

No words... just wow. {#Sunny}
 
Miss you. {#Heartkiss}

karljonasson
(Edmonton, AB, Canada)
Posted: Dec 07, 2012 - 12:39
 
 lshinkawa wrote:
Can't possibly do justice to the original by Elliot Smith.  This is horrendous; she should have left this song alone
 
Love Elliot, but disagree entirely. The Tom Waits-style arrangement takes it in a new and excellent direction.

malvey254
Posted: Aug 03, 2012 - 17:53
 
 SinisterDexter wrote:

Quite possibly the funniest comment I've ever seen on this site. {#Lol}

 
It's Comic Book Guy quote from The Simpsons.  Still, kudos for the reference.

lshinkawa
(Berkeley, CA)
Posted: Sep 21, 2011 - 20:28
 
Can't possibly do justice to the original by Elliot Smith.  This is horrendous; she should have left this song alone

SinisterDexter
Posted: Aug 21, 2011 - 11:37
 
 Hannio wrote:
Are you the creator of Hi and Lois?  Because you are making me laugh.  Now stop banging your head on the display case please, it contains a very rare Mary Worth in which she has advised a friend to commit suicide. Thank you.
 
Quite possibly the funniest comment I've ever seen on this site. {#Lol}


gabrielle7nt
(okidoki)
Posted: Jun 19, 2011 - 10:36
 
 Zweiblumen wrote:
Used to like this, then I heard the Eliot Smith (original?) version.  This now pales.
 

Yes. Peyroux has a beautiful voice but the original moves me.

Cynaera
(South of Neanderthal)
Posted: Nov 10, 2010 - 21:25
 
I was folding sheets, and this was playing, and I got a shiver and had to just stop what I was doing and listen...

No words... just wow. {#Sunny}

jules44
(Sunny North Carolina)
Posted: Aug 07, 2010 - 09:38
 
Voices like this don't come around very often! Great.

helgigermany
(Germany)
Posted: Jul 06, 2010 - 12:42
 
Not for me!!

stevematic
(sandy eggo)
Posted: Jul 06, 2010 - 12:39
 
 skyobrien wrote:
sounds like Billie Holiday
 


Yeah... she does

Susan_Ssun
Posted: Mar 01, 2010 - 16:30
 
She has a lovely voice, nice but all I can think about is Elliot.  Such a great songwriter, so sensitively written - a true artist.

skyobrien
(West Rutland, VT)
Posted: Dec 17, 2009 - 04:18
 
sounds like Billie Holiday

mcYammer
Posted: Nov 15, 2009 - 18:38
 
ode to the sad man on rainy Portland sidewalks

ortallcowgirl
(Globe, Arizona)
Posted: Oct 15, 2009 - 07:26
 
Calming voice, quite the change from DMB

nanuq
(Denmark)
Posted: Oct 15, 2009 - 07:26
 
I love the song but don't particularly care for this cover. The best, in my opinion, is still Amelia's (from the album "To Elliott, From Portland").

Hannio
(Austin, TX)
Posted: Sep 25, 2009 - 10:09
 
 apd wrote:

(assumes Comic-Book Store Guy voice) "Sir: Jerry identified the phenomena of The Two-Face. But La Peyroux is not that. She is extremely attractive, and very sexy, without being particularly beautiful, a phenomena admittedly more common in Europe than in North America. You stand corrected."

 

Are you the creator of Hi and Lois?  Because you are making me laugh.  Now stop banging your head on the display case please, it contains a very rare Mary Worth in which she has advised a friend to commit suicide. Thank you.


derekd
(Just Visiting This Planet)
Posted: Jun 22, 2009 - 13:05
 
Nice...A new discovery for me. Thanks RP.

kencav
(New Jersey)
Posted: May 21, 2009 - 19:08
 
Pretty song...reminds me of Nina Simone.

RobAnybody
(Germany)
Posted: Apr 20, 2009 - 03:42
 
nice cover of one of my favourite songs. beats the chris garneau version by far!


apd
(Toronto, On)
Posted: Apr 08, 2009 - 12:23
 
 twcarlin wrote:
Jelani wrote:
ouch.

 


She is definitely someone that looks different in different lighting. I think Seinfeld did a whole episode on this phenomena.

 
(assumes Comic-Book Store Guy voice) "Sir: Jerry identified the phenomena of The Two-Face. But La Peyroux is not that. She is extremely attractive, and very sexy, without being particularly beautiful, a phenomena admittedly more common in Europe than in North America. You stand corrected."


The_Enemy
(The Sewer)
Posted: Mar 19, 2009 - 15:15
 
 big_gare wrote:
Remember when KD Lang tried to pass herself off as the reincarnation of Patsy Cline? She even called her band "The Reclines" (Get it?) Ok, I always felt that was so lame because, in fact, she did not really sound like Patsy Cline. Maybe a little, but not in a way that made you go "wow!" 
 
I don't know how fair that is.

Patsy Kline was k.d. lang's idol and a principal influence but she never hid that.  I don't think she ever tried to pass herself off as "The New Patsy Kline". She's always tried to do her own thing, like it or hate it.  You just have to look at the way she dressed in the early days (ever see Patsy Kline in a tutu? Nope).

hunthunthunt
(London)
Posted: Jan 15, 2009 - 09:15
 
Chris Garneau does a fine job of this also.




Bocephus
(Boulder, CO)
Posted: Jan 15, 2009 - 09:12
 
Can we please have some ES next to clean this out of my ears?

zerosomething
Posted: Dec 14, 2008 - 18:52
 
 Zweiblumen wrote:
Used to like this, then I heard the Eliot Smith (original?) version.  This now pales.
 
You mean this one? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37k_Ri1XxEc It;s certainly nice but sometime someone else does a better or just differently better version, witness Hurt by Johnny C and the original by Trent R. They are both good but...

Zweiblumen
(Boston, MA [2,606 miles ENE of Paradise, CA])
Posted: Nov 13, 2008 - 05:34
 
Used to like this, then I heard the Eliot Smith (original?) version.  This now pales.

twcarlin
(too far, and not far enough)
Posted: Aug 10, 2008 - 09:30
 
Jelani wrote:
ouch.

 


She is definitely someone that looks different in different lighting. I think Seinfeld did a whole episode on this phenomena.


Dog_Ear
Posted: Aug 04, 2008 - 14:41
 
Uniquely inspired. Flawless musicianship & production.

Jelani
(Home of the freak, land of the vague)
Posted: Jul 09, 2008 - 18:59
 
esotericderek wrote:

Hmmmm....you think?



ouch.
birdland
(Right about....here.)
Posted: Jul 09, 2008 - 18:58
 
Yeah, that's it.
Gednabb
(New York City)
Posted: Jul 09, 2008 - 18:58
 
pretty piano. Very! Nice sounds, great smoky voice.
nigelr
(Coffs Harbour, Australia)
Posted: Jul 04, 2008 - 01:14
 
Very fine song........
cattail321
Posted: Jun 23, 2008 - 21:08
 
One take and I was taken....CD is on it's way to my postal address as we speak!!! can't wait to here the balance of this Disc!!
out_to_lunch
(Philly by way of CT)
Posted: Jun 02, 2008 - 12:49
 
good take on Elliott.
esotericderek
Posted: May 23, 2008 - 10:37
 
ubastard wrote:
oh soooooo sexy :-)

Hmmmm....you think?




superfido
(Sweden)
Posted: Apr 21, 2008 - 22:52
 
I think she's in love with me

No wait, it was me in love with her. Yeah that was it.
ubastard
(UK)
Posted: Mar 31, 2008 - 15:09
 
oh soooooo sexy :-)
fletch
Posted: Mar 05, 2008 - 19:51
 
eerie and beautiful singing and arrangement.
robco1
(Chicago, IL)
Posted: Jan 28, 2008 - 16:20
 
Very interesting. Personally, I like it but like the original much better. Funny how this one fairs with the peanut gallery. Very much a love-it-or-hate-it thing.
tiare
(St. Remy, Paris, Los Angeles, Hilo, Wailuku Manoa, are my main hangs)
Posted: Jan 28, 2008 - 16:11
 
SHE is a GOD-ess!! I love her rendering and her delivery. Don't know what happened in Pub Radio, but she delivers!
Inamorato
Posted: Nov 26, 2007 - 20:20
 
After hearing her sloppy, out of tune performance on A Prairie Home Companion on Saturday, I think it's best to listen to Ms. Peyroux after she has had some engineering help in the studio.

tinybubbles
(missoula, montana)
Posted: Nov 26, 2007 - 20:16
 
sacrilege.
casabach
Posted: Nov 16, 2007 - 16:30
 
Keep the beat.
No more downers.
It Friday.
iMichael
(Atlanta, the new American Sahara)
Posted: Nov 01, 2007 - 05:14
 
I heard her voice and was captivated, so I sprung for one of her CDs. Overall, awful. Great voice, but really poor tune selection.
big_gare
(Cloverdale, BeeCee, Canada)
Posted: Oct 26, 2007 - 10:33
 
Remember when KD Lang tried to pass herself off as the reincarnation of Patsy Cline? She even called her band "The Reclines" (Get it?) Ok, I always felt that was so lame because, in fact, she did not really sound like Patsy Cline. Maybe a little, but not in a way that made you go "wow!" Well, Madeleine Peyroux is a whole different deal. She is a brilliant "homage" to a brilliant artist. I'm sure her portrayal of Billie Holiday is intentional, but at least she has the god given talent to completely pull it off. Unapologetically! I love her for that!
tlbritton
(Texas)
Posted: Sep 30, 2007 - 18:13
 
comparisons or not - her voice is like "butta"! beautiful....
Roverfish
(Tucson, AZ - Thanks for visiting...now go home!)
Posted: Sep 14, 2007 - 21:15
 
verninino wrote:
I've been listening off and on to Radio Paradise for two years, but this is my first time commenting.

I imagine Mdm Peyroux must have very ambivalent feelings about having her voice constantly associated with Billie Holiday-- a lucrative blessing and an inescapable curse. Nevertheless, that's what drew me to leave a comment. I'm glad she chooses to celebrate and revel in the resemblance rather than mask it.

Excellent and insightful comment. Welcome to RP!

I've stopped listening to this album for a long while, but only because I played it so often before. Comparisons aside, she has a remarkable talent in her voice...hopefully, she finds a way to channel it through more complex and varied music in the future. Likeable tune.
jjbix
(san diego)
Posted: Aug 30, 2007 - 08:02
 
diseasedyak wrote:
:puke:


DITTO
ambliance
(Off the 'Vine)
Posted: Aug 24, 2007 - 15:12
 
Not buyin' it. These lyrics coming from her? They're Elliott's. They do not seem generic and universal to me, where anyone could take them up and sing them.