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Joan Armatrading — Baby Blue Eyes
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CinnamonGirl
(Port Townsend, WA)
Posted: Apr 28, 2013 - 20:39
 
I love her! Never heard this album before. Thanks so much RP! Songwriter, rock guitarist, singer, musician. From the Bottom to the TOP!

mamyam
(Germany)
Posted: Feb 25, 2013 - 08:45
 
She is a great musician and singer/songwriter - more like this on RP {#Dance}

spigolli
(Peachtree City, GA, USA)
Posted: Feb 25, 2013 - 08:17
 
I was hip with it until she started playing the kazoo.

oilydwarf
Posted: Nov 23, 2012 - 08:30
 
Truly Outstanding!!

k_trout
(Dream State)
Posted: Sep 21, 2012 - 11:59
 
this is very very powerful (ly) good

d-don
(Oregon)
Posted: Sep 21, 2012 - 11:48
 
 Stingray wrote:
WHERE WOULD JOAN BE 
WERE SHE (also) BEAUTIFUL!
 

Please tell us, O wise one, what this comment brings to the discussion except to prove to the world your utter and complete jackassedness.

mikemalter
(San Rafael, CA)
Posted: Sep 21, 2012 - 11:42
 
I love this song.

GirlFriday
(Austin, TX)
Posted: Apr 16, 2012 - 12:57
 
This reminds me of Eddie Vedder's ukulele. I hope he's next!

mandolin
(...drifting...)
Posted: Apr 16, 2012 - 12:56
 
 WonderLizard wrote:
You ears hear the music—not your eyes.
 

...that's a very flattering cover photo, regardless...

annieb63
(Boston)
Posted: Apr 16, 2012 - 12:55
 
Hearing Joan always makes my day. Thanks.

Red_Dragon
Posted: Mar 15, 2012 - 21:07
 
holy cow.

cc_rider
(Austin Texas. Y'all.)
Posted: Jan 12, 2012 - 08:06
 
Her playing reminds me of Richie Havens. I can see how some folks don't like that style, but hey, different strokes. I like 'em both.

WonderLizard
(2,755.46 mi. due east of Paradise)
Posted: Nov 09, 2011 - 19:45
 
 Stingray wrote:
WHERE WOULD JOAN BE 
WERE SHE (also) BEAUTIFUL!
 
You ears hear the music—not your eyes.


cohifi
(Denver)
Posted: Sep 07, 2011 - 21:20
 
I saw Joan last year here, but I don't remember hearing this song, now

TheMagus
(Memento mori UK)
Posted: Aug 07, 2011 - 12:15
 
Like most others thought Bill had listed this incorrectly... but no it is Joan, really surprising. For an acoustic number it has amazing drive and energy and I for one love it.

the_jake
(on the sideline)
Posted: Jul 07, 2011 - 03:16
 
 RabbitEars wrote:
wow, would never have guessed this is Joan.  so stripped down for her... cool.
 
Heard and liked this song many times on RP.  
Didn't realize it was Joan until I looked at the playlist detail today.
Some of her stuff I really dig and this is definitely one I enjoy..............  {#Sunny}

ronniegirl
(Middle of New Jersey)
Posted: Oct 27, 2010 - 19:08
 
 macadavy wrote:
{BUMP} Re-posting seems a theme on this thread (including trash talk from the likes of Excelsior and Manbirdexperiment) so I'm going to re-post something I wrote here a couple of years ago:

"She achieved fame in the mid 1970s as a headlining musician who was also a solo performing woman of colour, a rarity at that time. Known for her distinctive low voice and intelligent, sensitive lyrics, Armatrading was a pioneer for other female artists and is a three time Grammy Award-nominee" ~ Wikipedia

I've been listening to the girl from St.Kitts for 30+ years and she just keeps getting better. The driven, insistent mandolin counterpoints the tender, poignant lyrics -
just awesome!  {#Good-vibes}  

9 > 10
 

amen.

Jelani
(Home of the freak, land of the vague)
Posted: May 21, 2010 - 10:35
 
 Stingray wrote:
WHERE WOULD JOAN BE 
WERE SHE (also) BEAUTIFUL!
 
Looking, you mean, right?

Jelani
(Home of the freak, land of the vague)
Posted: May 21, 2010 - 10:34
 
 Xeric wrote:
Wow.  Very cool.  Wonderful to hear a woman singer pushing into the lower reaches of her range—so rare.  Nice.
  Check out Happy Rhodes if you like exploring the low range.



Stingray
(EUROPE)
Posted: May 21, 2010 - 10:33
 
WHERE WOULD JOAN BE 
WERE SHE (also) BEAUTIFUL!

macadavy
(Cascadia's attic, eh?)
Posted: Apr 19, 2010 - 16:47
 
{BUMP} Re-posting seems a theme on this thread (including trash talk from the likes of Excelsior and Manbirdexperiment) so I'm going to re-post something I wrote here a couple of years ago:

"She achieved fame in the mid 1970s as a headlining musician who was also a solo performing woman of colour, a rarity at that time. Known for her distinctive low voice and intelligent, sensitive lyrics, Armatrading was a pioneer for other female artists and is a three time Grammy Award-nominee" ~ Wikipedia

I've been listening to the girl from St.Kitts for 30+ years and she just keeps getting better. The driven, insistent mandolin counterpoints the tender, poignant lyrics -
just awesome!  {#Good-vibes}  

9 > 10



alanthecowboy
(Lakefield)
Posted: Apr 19, 2010 - 16:43
 
 joshtime wrote:
i keep waiting for it to break and the BIG DRUMS and BASS to come in and save the day... still waiting.
 
I know.  Doesn't matter how many times I hear it, I still keep thinking it'd be cool if the band started now... or now... or now... too late.


Xeric
(Montana)
Posted: Apr 08, 2010 - 19:55
 
Wow.  Very cool.  Wonderful to hear a woman singer pushing into the lower reaches of her range—so rare.  Nice.

joshtime
Posted: Dec 14, 2009 - 16:18
 
i keep waiting for it to break and the BIG DRUMS and BASS to come in and save the day... still waiting.

yclept
(left of here, right of there)
Posted: Dec 14, 2009 - 16:16
 
painful ineptitude...awful!

shutter
(You can't get here from there)
Posted: Dec 10, 2009 - 12:55
 
I thought this was John Hiatt


govna
(beantown)
Posted: Nov 02, 2009 - 12:31
 
 RabbitEars wrote:
wow, would never have guessed this is Joan.  so stripped down for her... cool.
 
wow, would never have guessed this was...a WOMAN.  like it, though.


Danimal174
(Upstate South Carolina)
Posted: Oct 23, 2009 - 10:25
 
The intro to this sounds very similar to "Rise Up", by Eddie Vedder, to me.

RabbitEars
Posted: Oct 23, 2009 - 10:22
 
wow, would never have guessed this is Joan.  so stripped down for her... cool.

floydoftherocks
(Frisco)
Posted: Oct 13, 2009 - 09:53
 
 floydoftherocks wrote:
wow. i thought this was george harrison makin' another comeback.

anyway love the song. also reminds me of 'the beach'

 
oh, shit.. just remembered he's dead..

my bad. {#Taped-shut}

floydoftherocks
(Frisco)
Posted: Oct 12, 2009 - 18:40
 
wow. i thought this was george harrison makin' another comeback.

anyway love the song. also reminds me of 'the beach'


helgigermany
(Germany)
Posted: Sep 11, 2009 - 05:57
 
I like her music and first the lyrics. She sings the truth!

peter_james_bond
(Lunenburg, NS)
Posted: Sep 11, 2009 - 05:49
 
 AdyMiles wrote:
what's with the strumming, mediocre middle-of-the-road folk music in the selection of the last four or five songs? makes me want to turn of RP and switch stations
 
{#Rolleyes} Please do,and don't bother switching back....


shutter
(You can't get here from there)
Posted: Sep 11, 2009 - 05:49
 
...well she does sound rather man-ish, baby

AdyMiles
(Wolverhampton, UK)
Posted: Sep 11, 2009 - 05:47
 
what's with the strumming, mediocre middle-of-the-road folk music in the selection of the last four or five songs? makes me want to turn of RP and switch stations

WayUpNorth
(Down on the Farm)
Posted: Aug 31, 2009 - 10:49
 
"Those little imperfections
Are what I love about you"

My response to the Joan-haters out there.  She is, if nothing else, authentic and talented.  Repeat after me: "diversity is good ..." {#Chillpill}

catsoup
(Euclid, OH)
Posted: Aug 31, 2009 - 10:48
 
 liser wrote:


For a true catharsis (i.e., life-changing, enlightening experience) learn to play it instead. 
 
But creation is so much harder than destruction...


Droidac
(4066 kms east of Paradise)
Posted: Aug 21, 2009 - 08:26
 
10 -> 10

mandolin
(...drifting...)
Posted: Aug 21, 2009 - 08:26
 
8 -> 9

glassbuteo
(a fault line on an island)
Posted: Jul 30, 2009 - 21:39
 
gawd and I do not like this song

kaybee
(Lost in the Wilds of Toronto)
Posted: May 28, 2009 - 16:52
 
 MM13 wrote:


Yo, Wormtail, you and god spend quite a bit of time together, listening to music you hate, seeing how many of these posts are in the forum.  No wonder He doesn't have time to make the world a better place. Maybe you should tell your pal to start forming an opinion of his own. I'll be waiting for signs.
 
{#Lol}  It appears that the Manbirdexperiment was a failure.


Pyro
Posted: May 28, 2009 - 08:25
 
Not a big fan of Joan's but I really LIKE this one.  It's partly because of the mandolins...it gives her a very different sound!

HarrO
(Just Down the Hill from Paradise)
Posted: Apr 23, 2009 - 00:14
 
BTW, I give this one an honest 10. Those Mandos are just plain beautiful.

HarrO
(Just Down the Hill from Paradise)
Posted: Feb 22, 2009 - 14:46
 
Come on Guys, Excelsior has been gone for over four months now. How about we stop re-posting his trash. Thanks.


liser
(on the green turtle)
Posted: Feb 12, 2009 - 11:24
 
 Excelsior wrote:
Also, this song makes me want to go out, buy a mandolin, and BURN IT.  It would be an incredibly cathartic experience.
 

For a true catharsis (i.e., life-changing, enlightening experience) learn to play it instead. 

stkman
(Texas)
Posted: Feb 07, 2009 - 03:08
 
 Excelsior wrote:
Alright, we've heard this song about a billion times by now.  Can we just assume that everyone who enjoys it has already bought the CD and can listen to it on their own, and MOVE ON TO ANOTHER SONG ALREADY??  Perhaps to a woman who doesn't sound like a guy???  {#Frustrated}
 
OK we get the idea so since you have rated more songs a 1, over 1300 thats 22%  which means most of the time you don't like what ya are listening to and don't appreciate Bill and Rebeccas hard work, and it is I was a DJ , to bring us a blend of musical excellence then why don't you (close your eyes Bill and Rebecca) take that mandolin that you want to light on fire and stick it in the small hole at the south end of your oh hell skip that just shove it up your ass!!!!! sorry Bill I know I'm in the dog house. Please forgive me


MM13
(Slightly under sealevel)
Posted: Jan 22, 2009 - 01:35
 
 manbirdexperiment wrote:

 

Yo, Wormtail, you and god spend quite a bit of time together, listening to music you hate, seeing how many of these posts are in the forum.  No wonder He doesn't have time to make the world a better place. Maybe you should tell your pal to start forming an opinion of his own. I'll be waiting for signs.



Zep
(RP Rehab.)
Posted: Jan 07, 2009 - 12:39
 
This is Joan Armatrading? Wow, so different from Show Some Emotion.... What happened to her voice? I am not sure it's an improvement....
Excelsior wrote:
{#Puke}

Deep insight.


drife
(Golden, CO)
Posted: Dec 17, 2008 - 14:39
 
Such a radical departure from her early work, which I adore. But I have come to really
like this song.

macadavy
(Cascadia's attic, eh?)
Posted: Nov 04, 2008 - 08:21
 
 ThePoose wrote:
I went to her concert in Montréal in 1976 and was blown away. Still am.
 
Wow Poose, moi too!
(See earlier comment below.)