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Alannah Myles — Black Velvet
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maxmox
(Broome, Western Australia)
Posted: Mar 28, 2013 - 23:27
 
 cantbesure wrote:
Its playing songs like this that just about stop Radio Paradise from slipping into a humourless, white, Canadian, blandoid hellhole. Well done and thank you. 
 
AND WELL DONE TO YOU TOO!

"BLANDOID HELLHOLE"....my,  Albert Camus would be proud of you.

RedTruk
(Calgary)
Posted: Feb 25, 2013 - 12:51
 
Haunting. One of my all-time classic rock favorites that define an era in my life, up there with Red Rider's Lunatic Fringe, Pretty Woman, Layla, When the Levee Breaks, Maybelline, Brown Sugar, Whiter Shade of Pale, Gimme Some Lovin', Light My Fire, London Calling, Born to be Wild, Paranoid, Dazed & Confused, Cowgirl in the Sands, Gimme Shelter, Paradise by the Dashboard Lights, Revolution, Cinnamon Girl, Wild Thing, Comfortably Numb, I Can See for Miles, Under the Boardwalk, .... First line plays and .... yeah!

Proclivities
(Paris of the Piedmont)
Posted: Feb 25, 2013 - 12:44
 
 mdnlsn wrote:
Whoah! I'm having a Canadian classic rock radio flashback! 
 
I was having a Canadian whisky flashback.
telly

Ahnyer_Keester
(Chicago Il)
Posted: Feb 25, 2013 - 12:41
 
Really don't like this song. And I just listened to it while working without even noticing.

Stranglersfan
(Revelstoke, B.C.)
Posted: Feb 25, 2013 - 12:40
 
Is this a joke?

mdnlsn
Posted: Feb 25, 2013 - 12:39
 
Whoah! I'm having a Canadian classic rock radio flashback! 

Jazbo
(Beautiful Valparaiso IN.)
Posted: Feb 25, 2013 - 12:38
 
Uhmm.....what?...

cantbesure
Posted: Jan 25, 2013 - 05:23
 
Its playing songs like this that just about stop Radio Paradise from slipping into a humourless, white, Canadian, blandoid hellhole. Well done and thank you. 

evansdad
(CT)
Posted: Jan 25, 2013 - 05:18
 
This is awful. 

farmerkelvin
Posted: Dec 24, 2012 - 21:29
 
I heard that this song was about Elvis.  

msymmes
(Toronto, CA)
Posted: Nov 23, 2012 - 13:16
 
 blotto wrote:
Wonder what ever happened to this woman.
 

Good question.   A Toronto girl ?

I have this listed as a 1.  Sucko Barfo.   The syndicated radio stations in Parry Sound, Muskoka, Bancroft and Haliburton play this once a day still after 23 years.


Toke
(Bournemouth UK)
Posted: Nov 23, 2012 - 12:57
 
Is she refering to Cider and Guinness or Champagne and Guinness, as the line 'Black Velvet if you please, seems a request to a bartender. ???

ziakut
(Slightly North of Obvlivion)
Posted: Nov 23, 2012 - 12:54
 
Sure it's a bit cheap, but she is a powerful vocalist. Bass part is hypnotic and cool. Not a bad song...never meant to be ultra serious.

blotto
(127.0.0.1)
Posted: Nov 23, 2012 - 12:52
 
Wonder what ever happened to this woman.

lemmoth
(NYC)
Posted: Sep 21, 2012 - 16:15
 
 scott_bruce wrote:
Way to mix it up, Bill!!! 

Just because the song was a hit and won a Grammy doesn't make it BAD music. Don't let the comments from the anti-popular snobs keep you from throwing in an occasional hit like this...
   
 
Dude.  Totally agree that being populare or winning a Grammy doesn't make a song bad.  I love popular music.  The Beatles are my favorite band of all time for Chrissake. Stevie Wonder is a genius in my book and for a few years there the Grammy's were the Stevie awards.

But this is .... oh well my colleague - see below says it best.

lemmoth
(NYC)
Posted: Sep 21, 2012 - 16:12
 
 ncollingridge wrote:
Plodding beat, session-musician guitar screaming, over-dramatic double-tracked vocals, this is just tedious pop pap.
 

Perfect description.  And to follow this with Muddy Waters is sacrilege.

BKardon
(Louisville, CO)
Posted: Sep 21, 2012 - 16:09
 
Have always enjoyed this song.

alezz_ua
(Ukraine, Kyiv and Den Haag)
Posted: Sep 21, 2012 - 16:08
 
 msymmes wrote:
A porn star on R.P. ?
 
 
not necessary bad thing

glassman
(Nanaimo, British Columbia)
Posted: Sep 21, 2012 - 16:05
 
Sold her soul to record this. Last I heard, as of a  couple  years ago, she still owed money for recording this album.

Ghiaap
(Haarlo, The Netherlands)
Posted: Aug 21, 2012 - 04:33
 
Hey, Bill...momentary lapse of reason?

Hasan
Posted: Jul 20, 2012 - 18:45
 
I can see why musicians would be offended by hearing this on RP, but ... I've always really liked it.  It makes me happy.{#Daisy}

rabaak
Posted: Jul 20, 2012 - 18:39
 
I remember this being a pretty good album. I think I will have to listen again to make sure. It has been a while since I've gotten this CD out of the rack. 

jim1964
(1379 miles to Wall Drug)
Posted: Jul 20, 2012 - 18:36
 
I don't know about the rest of her stuff, but I think this song is great.

mandolin
(...drifting...)
Posted: May 18, 2012 - 11:21
 
 Baketown wrote:
The funny thing is,  I saw Alannah Myles open up for Robert Plant back in 1989!  Bill always follows up this song with some Pant!  lol
 

...they were dating at the time; 29 palms is supposedly about alannah myles...

Ag3nt0rang3
(Canada)
Posted: May 18, 2012 - 11:19
 
Good grief. Hit the PSD to get away from this, and it was a Jethro Tull song on the other stream. So Alannah Myles it is. Yech.

ncollingridge
(Knebworth, UK)
Posted: May 18, 2012 - 11:19
 
Plodding beat, session-musician guitar screaming, over-dramatic double-tracked vocals, this is just tedious pop pap.

Cinzia
(Berkshires, MA)
Posted: May 18, 2012 - 11:19
 
First Donna Summers and now THIS?!?!  What's goin' on at RP today? I feel like I'm stuck in a bad radio station.{#Stop}

Ahnyer_Keester
(Chicago Il)
Posted: May 18, 2012 - 11:17
 
Blech. Earbuds disengaged. Music standby for the next 4 minutes. Engage. See ya'll in a few.

scott_bruce
(Southern Maryland)
Posted: Apr 16, 2012 - 17:46
 
Way to mix it up, Bill!!! 

Just because the song was a hit and won a Grammy doesn't make it BAD music. Don't let the comments from the anti-popular snobs keep you from throwing in an occasional hit like this...
   

snitramc
(earth)
Posted: Apr 16, 2012 - 17:43
 
I'm not sure if she is channeling Pat Benetar or Heart, but either way, this does not belong on RP. Yucko.

socalhol
(Seattle)
Posted: Apr 16, 2012 - 17:42
 
 agkagk wrote:

This was a massive worldwide hit, and it got way overplayed making us take it for granted. But give it a good listen again and you'll recognize the talent and feel the soul. She's got it. To me, she has a voice that's up there with the likes of Linda Ronstadt. 

Agreed — I was just wishing she had sung some other hits, I think she does have talent.  Nice to hear this now and again as a "filler song".

Barman
(Milan, Italy)
Posted: Apr 16, 2012 - 17:42
 
 Baketown wrote:
The funny thing is,  I saw Alannah Myles open up for Robert Plant back in 1989!  Bill always follows up this song with some Pant!  lol
 
April 2012. He did it again. I was there.

n4ku
(Lexington)
Posted: Apr 16, 2012 - 17:42
 
 chasech5 wrote:
This song has no business on RP. If I want this tripe I can listen to Clear Channel's "I Heart Radio" claptrap.

I'm especially disappointed because I thought this was going to be "Everyday Now," a track from Texas's first cd. 
 
Music snobs have no business listening to Radio Paradise. Go away.
 


kurtster
(Back in Ohiya, for now ...)
Posted: Apr 16, 2012 - 17:41
 
I like this song enough to have actually bought the disc just for it back when it was new.  The bass line hooked me in.  Didn't care much for the rest of the album.  Might be worth digging up and seeing if I feel the same way now.

lemmoth
(NYC)
Posted: Apr 16, 2012 - 17:41
 
I don't normally say this but...please Bill, this is sclock.

chasech5
(Ames, IA)
Posted: Apr 16, 2012 - 17:40
 
This song has no business on RP. If I want this tripe I can listen to Clear Channel's "I Heart Radio" claptrap.

I'm especially disappointed because I thought this was going to be "Everyday Now," a track from Texas's first cd. 

Stratocaster
(Bermuda)
Posted: Mar 16, 2012 - 01:52
 
'Love Me Tender' leaves em cryin' in the aisle.  Love that line!

Sultry song. 7 for me. 

Frater_Kork
(Uppsala, Sweden)
Posted: Feb 13, 2012 - 07:20
 
 msymmes wrote:
A porn star on R.P. ?
 
Can I have some of what you are smoking? 

Baketown
(Maryland)
Posted: Feb 13, 2012 - 07:15
 
The funny thing is,  I saw Alannah Myles open up for Robert Plant back in 1989!  Bill always follows up this song with some Pant!  lol

vandal
(arriving somewhere, but not here. . .)
Posted: Feb 13, 2012 - 07:11
 
bleh

GaryPdx
Posted: Jan 12, 2012 - 12:54
 
Until this second, I always thought this was pat benatar.

gemtag
(Texas)
Posted: Jan 12, 2012 - 12:52
 
HA!! Always though this was Pat Bennitar. What happens when they start putting pix next to songs.

msymmes
(Toronto, CA)
Posted: Jan 12, 2012 - 12:50
 
 kylieh wrote:
Good lord, how did I switch to the local AM station???
 

I am giving this a 1 because ZERO is not possible.
 

terryp17
(Whitegate, UK)
Posted: Jan 12, 2012 - 12:50
 
come on guys, at least it moves ......or vibrates!

malvey254
Posted: Jan 12, 2012 - 12:50
 
 kindermanltd wrote:
Ya, why not just play Wierd Al's version of "My Velvet Elvis".
 

He just did the Calling Elvis - Black Velvet back to back again and I had the same thought before I even saw this post.

Not that I know Weird Al's back catalog or anything... cough cough...

Seriously, what the heck? 

kylieh
(Gibsons, BC)
Posted: Jan 12, 2012 - 12:49
 
Good lord, how did I switch to the local AM station???

msymmes
(Toronto, CA)
Posted: Jan 12, 2012 - 12:49
 
A porn star on R.P. ?
 

keller1
(In A Gadda Da Vida, Baby)
Posted: Dec 11, 2011 - 18:28
 

Nice polymetric triplet groove.

Phil Selway won't be able to do that in this lifetime or the next one.



On_The_Beach
(The Blue Planet)
Posted: Dec 11, 2011 - 17:35
 

Which is cheesier, the song or this ad?  ; )

Grammarcop
(Hey, I can see Canada from here!)
Posted: Dec 11, 2011 - 17:34
 
Really?