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Joan Osborne — If I Was Your Man
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aspicer
(Chicago, IL)
Posted: Dec 15, 2012 - 06:12
 
On this one she sounds SO MUCH like Sioxsie Sioux?!  Definitely one of her better tunes.

oldsaxon
(Wales via Vancouver, BC.)
Posted: Oct 13, 2012 - 12:57
 
Added to the list of favourite female voices....

nook
(gone)
Posted: Feb 03, 2012 - 11:49
 
Joan, I'd be your woman, if you sang me to sleep every night........

shellbella
(so california)
Posted: Feb 03, 2012 - 11:47
 
Luv Joan Osborne!!!!

Blip
(on the radar)
Posted: Jan 02, 2012 - 17:08
 
 cohifi wrote:

An oud?  What a cool seque!
 
Don't know about the origin of the melody, but it was also used in this Hindi song from a 1996 Bollywood movie:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FX709hAY6k

(posting the first link I found on youtube, I suggest you skip the comments associated with the video)

Read the synop on IMDb if you want to know more about the movie (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116950/)


lily34
(lexvegas)
Posted: Jan 02, 2012 - 17:04
 
i love love love her voice.

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Jan 02, 2012 - 17:00
 
 hippiechick wrote:
Love Joan!
 


Everybody in my hotel room loves this groovy song...

 

shakitten
(Not where I want to be yet)
Posted: Jan 02, 2012 - 16:56
 
 Nuance wrote:
The bridge sure doesn't click with the song...
 


I agree. Something's not flowing, at least, not to my ears.

d-don
(Oregon)
Posted: Sep 29, 2011 - 14:49
 
 RedTopFireBelow wrote:
This tune is very exotic...  kind of sexy (or maybe I'm just horny.. lol)

{#Eh}
 

Call me.

hippiechick
(topsy turvy land)
Posted: Jun 27, 2011 - 09:52
 
Love Joan!

fredriley
(Nottingham, UK)
Posted: Feb 21, 2011 - 04:20
 
 rtrudeau wrote:

A man who uses the words "pedant" and "subjunctive" in the same post. I'm turned on.

 
{#Roflol} You are one sad woman {#Wink}

cohifi
(Denver)
Posted: Jan 20, 2011 - 22:22
 
 RParadise wrote:

Definitely not a sitar.  Sounds more middle eastern then Indian.  Sounds like an oud.
 
An oud?  What a cool seque!



RParadise
(Hastings-on-Hudson, NY)
Posted: Nov 18, 2010 - 19:08
 
 ugly wrote:
I like this song. I like the sound of the strings... is it a sitar?  Following it with Dead can Dance was brilliant. Superb set.
 
Definitely not a sitar.  Sounds more middle eastern then Indian.  Sounds like an oud.



ugly
(Compton, CA)
Posted: Oct 18, 2010 - 03:10
 
I like this song. I like the sound of the strings... is it a sitar?  Following it with Dead can Dance was brilliant. Superb set.

RedTopFireBelow
(Jersey shore, USA)
Posted: Jul 14, 2010 - 10:20
 
This tune is very exotic...  kind of sexy (or maybe I'm just horny.. lol)

{#Eh}

Nuance
(Winnipeg)
Posted: Mar 09, 2010 - 11:20
 
The bridge sure doesn't click with the song...

sirdroseph
(Outer Mongolia)
Posted: Mar 09, 2010 - 11:17
 
This was one of the first tunes in RPs rotation when I started listening way back in 2001, I got it caused I heard it here first! Thanks RP!{#Cheers}

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Jan 05, 2010 - 12:26
 


This song is groovy...



donnyballgame
Posted: Nov 03, 2009 - 18:37
 
Is using the word pedantic, pedantic? Hmmm.
 rtrudeau wrote:

A man who uses the words "pedant" and "subjunctive" in the same post. I'm turned on.

 



Sleepytyme
(Left Coast, California)
Posted: Sep 01, 2009 - 17:32
 
 toterola wrote:

Hey, different strokes, as they say. I think she's hotter than Hell's hinges, myself. Always have. I saw her singing background for The Dead, and she was magnificent. {#Clap} {#Hearteyes} {#Cheesygrin}
 
When she was doing back up for the Dead, she was called "a hippy in training"...I love that description.
Wish Jerry could have heard her though, heck, he probably did...


Sleepytyme
(Left Coast, California)
Posted: Sep 01, 2009 - 17:32
 
 toterola wrote:

Hey, different strokes, as they say. I think she's hotter than Hell's hinges, myself. Always have. I saw her singing background for The Dead, and she was magnificent. {#Clap} {#Hearteyes} {#Cheesygrin}
 
When she was doing back up for the Dead, she was called "a hippy in training"...I love that description.
Wish Jerry could have heard her though, heck, he probably did...


rtrudeau
(Bay Area, California)
Posted: Jun 30, 2009 - 10:15
 
 fredriley wrote:
A Pedant writes: this really should be "Oh, if I were your man".

Regards from the Society for the Preservation of the Subjunctive in English ;)
 
A man who uses the words "pedant" and "subjunctive" in the same post. I'm turned on.


derekd
(Just Visiting This Planet)
Posted: May 29, 2009 - 15:03
 
Pretty cool, actually. Growing on me.

fredriley
(Nottingham, UK)
Posted: Mar 27, 2009 - 10:02
 
A Pedant writes: this really should be "Oh, if I were your man".

Regards from the Society for the Preservation of the Subjunctive in English ;)

toterola
(Further)
Posted: Feb 23, 2009 - 21:27
 
 Crawlmeister wrote:
Well, Joan is BI-sexual, if anyone is wondering.

 
Hey, different strokes, as they say. I think she's hotter than Hell's hinges, myself. Always have. I saw her singing background for The Dead, and she was magnificent. {#Clap} {#Hearteyes} {#Cheesygrin}

Misterfixit
(Nashville)
Posted: Jan 23, 2009 - 07:33
 
 rocklandlove wrote:
Also from RELISH, we need to get "My Right Hand Man," Joan's screaming-hot ode to, um, self-love, on RP!
 

Hey!  Damn that Right Hand Man .. he's cheating on me again!  And with a Woman!!!  Well,  I'll fix him ... I'll go steal something over in Iran.  Oh, but wait, that Left Hand is like sooooo strange!  Nevermind.  TMI.

{#Drummer}

DeeCee1109
(People's Republic of A2)
Posted: Aug 18, 2008 - 08:52
 
Terrific album . . .  {#Good-vibes}

hippiechick
(Weekendland)
Posted: Aug 18, 2008 - 08:51
 
This is a very enjoyable album. Every song is good.

rocklandlove
(Hudson Valley, New York)
Posted: Aug 18, 2008 - 08:50
 
Also from RELISH, we need to get "My Right Hand Man," Joan's screaming-hot ode to, um, self-love, on RP!

Crawlmeister
(NYC)
Posted: Aug 18, 2008 - 08:49
 
Well, Joan is BI-sexual, if anyone is wondering.


vandal
(arriving somewhere, but not here. . .)
Posted: Jul 17, 2008 - 17:35
 

ok - I've changed my mind, she can be my man if she wants. . .



hiorgos
(Matrix)
Posted: Feb 11, 2008 - 07:11
 

Are you sure that this is not Siouxsie????
FluorideFreeMN
(Central Minnesota)
Posted: Jan 10, 2008 - 19:56
 
I never heard this side of Joan before....!
burdell
Posted: Dec 10, 2007 - 10:23
 
I am happy you included a Sitar in your song. But, next time please write an original melody to play on it.


sugarbaby
(portland/hollywood)
Posted: Oct 08, 2007 - 14:44
 
she sounds good here. still haven't forgotten her mangling of dylan's man in the long black coat...
crushedvelvet
(Kongorong Country Women's Association, Australia)
Posted: Sep 07, 2007 - 04:43
 
Joan, you can be my man....
jomercer
(Maryland)
Posted: Aug 06, 2007 - 18:28
 
It's been interesting to hear her voice develop over the years. I've always liked it....and this song.

Now, back to my shoulder shimmies and veil work.
themotion
(acrobatic nonsense)
Posted: Jul 06, 2007 - 06:05
 
davin wrote:
Is this a soundgarden song?


when bush finds weapons of mass destruction.
out_to_lunch
(Philly by way of CT)
Posted: Jul 06, 2007 - 06:02
 
Wizzuvv_oz wrote:

A segue to "Cities in Dust" would be cool right now, to test that....


nah - the next song is Face to Face
out_to_lunch
(Philly by way of CT)
Posted: Jul 06, 2007 - 06:01
 
I swear, I thought this was the Creatures for a minute there.
jagdriver
(Auburn, CA)
Posted: Jun 04, 2007 - 22:17
 
SmackDaddy wrote:


The mere fact that you even know or listen to anything by Ricky Martin says a lot about your music taste.


Funny! (But don't you go rippin' my Ricky-man...)
SmackDaddy
(San Diego)
Posted: May 04, 2007 - 12:52
 
Matts wrote:
I can't understand this song, the idea is probably original, but the result is frustrating and bad, the transition between the oriental and western melody is just not working out here, and sounds like cheap pop music, you can't just squeeze some oriental riff in a piece of music like this, and get a way with it.
I'd rather listen to Ricky Martin's One Night Man instead.


The mere fact that you even know or listen to anything by Ricky Martin says a lot about your music taste. Good luck with that.
LongGoneDaddy
Posted: May 04, 2007 - 12:50
 
Kentucky Woman!
drtjdel
(Saratoga, CA)
Posted: Apr 18, 2007 - 13:57
 
celadonstone wrote:
There have have been intermittent tunes this afternoon that made me wish I knew how to belly dance with their wavering melodies. This one is no exception.

(happy belly dancing fruit here)



The minor diminished scale gives it that 'Mid East' sound. Flatten the 7th. Or I may be completely off here.
Wizzuvvoz
(Innerspace)
Posted: Apr 18, 2007 - 13:55
 
eskles wrote:
>

Hey, I heard that too - but I'm still on the fence as to whether it's worthy.

A segue to "Cities in Dust" would be cool right now, to test that....
davin
(Victoria, British Columbia)
Posted: Apr 18, 2007 - 13:54
 
hrmph.
eskles
Posted: Mar 02, 2007 - 15:40
 
eisbaer_67 wrote:
worthy heir to Siouxsie & The Banshees
>

Hey, I heard that too - but I'm still on the fence as to whether it's worthy.
azdcryan
(Sunny Arizona)
Posted: Mar 02, 2007 - 15:38
 
meydele wrote:


Huh?


double-huh?
Matts
(California)
Posted: Feb 14, 2007 - 23:28
 
I can't understand this song, the idea is probably original, but the result is frustrating and bad, the transition between the oriental and western melody is just not working out here, and sounds like cheap pop music, you can't just squeeze some oriental riff in a piece of music like this, and get a way with it.
I'd rather listen to Ricky Martin's One Night Man instead.
MylenerHead
(Somewhere In the South)
Posted: Jan 31, 2007 - 05:01
 
celadonstone wrote:
There have have been intermittent tunes this afternoon that made me wish I knew how to belly dance with their wavering melodies. This one is no exception.

(happy belly dancing fruit here)


Having been a Belly Dancer, you are quite right. Excellent music for such dancing.