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AvoidingWork
(Home of Big Boy #4004)
Posted: Mar 27, 2013 - 09:56
 
 fredriley wrote:

Any relation to Paul who works at the kennels, aka The Dog's Paul Ochs?

I'll get me lead...
 
If you like it, why are you leaving?

fredriley
(Nottingham, UK)
Posted: Jul 19, 2012 - 02:56
 
 steeler wrote:
Phil Ochs.
 
Any relation to Paul who works at the kennels, aka The Dog's Paul Ochs?

I'll get me lead...

steeler
(Perched on the precipice of the cauldron of truth)
Posted: Mar 14, 2012 - 09:11
 
Phil Ochs.

lattalo
(Beartooths)
Posted: Feb 11, 2012 - 14:47
 
So good, Bill please play more CB, early stuff.

Shesdifferent
(Just visiting this planet)
Posted: Feb 11, 2012 - 14:46
 
Love these guys. Love the lyrics......wish they were still around or wish I was back there......

bluecshells
(EARTH)
Posted: Feb 11, 2012 - 14:46
 
{#Daisy}

shakitten
Posted: Dec 26, 2011 - 06:35
 
I love CB. Johnette's voice is amazing and incredibly powerful. More CB, please!

Jelani
(Home of the freak, land of the vague)
Posted: Nov 08, 2011 - 08:36
 
Adele's older sister?

ick
(...out of the primordial ooze)
Posted: Sep 22, 2011 - 07:00
 
A band that Michael Stipe of R.E.M. named.



nigelr
(Coffs Harbour, Australia)
Posted: Aug 06, 2011 - 01:20
 
Rewards serious listening, somewhat under-appreciated IMHO.

cossey_m
Posted: Jul 21, 2011 - 13:22
 
Her voice also brings me back to another time ... a young, pretty cool but weird time!

bluecshells
(EARTH)
Posted: Jul 21, 2011 - 13:19
 
Hell yeah!


Carvin
Posted: Jun 19, 2011 - 21:13
 
Good song

WonderLizard
(2,755.46 mi. due east of Paradise)
Posted: May 19, 2011 - 06:16
 
 Cynaera wrote:

Oooo - I have "Bloodletting," but that's not the first one. What's on it?  I love her voice (and I can't spell her name, even if my stupid fingers WOULD work on the keyboard...)  I did my stretches on my ballet-bar to her music, with the lights off, candles lit, and a view to a vast fenced back yard where raccoons, opossums and feral cats went to eat and drink. It was a weirdly-magical time...

 
I love that you share yourself, your sensations, and your recollections. Thanks. BTW, her name is Johnette Napolitano. I love her voice, also—instantly recognizable, yes?


cohifi
(Denver)
Posted: Jan 29, 2011 - 02:11
 
wow

bachbeet
Posted: Sep 08, 2010 - 20:45
 
Always liked Concrete Blonde.  I have quite a few of their albums.

Cynaera
(South of Neanderthal)
Posted: Aug 23, 2010 - 17:14
 
 kaybee wrote:
This is a very fine album; but I prefer the excellent (1st?) "Concrete Blonde" album.

 
Oooo - I have "Bloodletting," but that's not the first one. What's on it?  I love her voice (and I can't spell her name, even if my stupid fingers WOULD work on the keyboard...)  I did my stretches on my ballet-bar to her music, with the lights off, candles lit, and a view to a vast fenced back yard where raccoons, opossums and feral cats went to eat and drink. It was a weirdly-magical time...


Cynaera
(South of Neanderthal)
Posted: Aug 23, 2010 - 17:10
 
I have the cassette "Bloodletting," and "Caroline" is sooo good. Oh, look - it's here! It'd be so good paired with "Cuts You Up" by Peter Murphy...

I love the whole thing, as creepy as it is sometimes.

dannyboy57
(Somerville, MA)
Posted: Jul 22, 2010 - 17:54
 
I love Johnette's voice and her songs. Can you play something from her masterwork, Pretty & Twisted?{#Hearteyes}

jenseda
(Small Town Southwest)
Posted: May 04, 2010 - 09:51
 
I am so looking forward to June 22 when I get to see them in concert again.

NoEnzLefttoSplit
Posted: Mar 02, 2010 - 02:55
 
Great great voice.

grungepuppy
(Flagstaff, AZ)
Posted: Jan 29, 2010 - 15:38
 
I love her voice. To me a singer can be raspy, maybe occasionally off-key, as long as there is range and emotion. Singers who have neither, which describes a good deal of the "emo" bands of today, are the ones I avoid listening to.


rbigelo
(Spanish Town)
Posted: Nov 27, 2009 - 19:52
 
A part of why I enjoy voices like Johnette's, Amiee's, Margot Timms' and such is that "earthy" quality about them. Equally so, I enjoy Ann and Nancy Wilson's performances as 'the Lovemongers.' Those two *can sing* and so do the others', too. I also enjoy listening to Leotyne Price and Alison Krauss. Each has their own unique quality that I enjoy. I *love* music - all kinds of music and I won't look down my nose at one or the other, just because it doesn't suit my particular taste or mood at a given moment. I'm from a musical family, I grew up listening to all kinds of music - and dancing to it, too - and I promise *never* to be a snob about it.

jadewahoo
(Beautiful Earth)
Posted: Nov 27, 2009 - 19:46
 
An angel's voice here on earth.

SmackDaddy
(San Diego)
Posted: Nov 27, 2009 - 19:44
 
 FlatCat wrote:
 RadioDoc wrote:
FlatCat wrote:
Broken, raspy voice hard to listen to. I guess some people love it. Some don't.
You must hate most rock music then. Some would say that is almost a prerequisite.  Johnette can sing to me any time.
I beg to differ. There are so many lovely voices in rock music. Here's Bill playing Neil Young, for example, and then Aimee Mann. I could list hundreds. And I don't dislike rough or unschooled voices. I mean ones where you can hear the swollen, abused vocal cords being beaten into a pulp. When I hear a voice that is so clearly damaged as Johnette's, for me it makes me cringe as much as looking at someone with a deep, bleeding wound. 

 

Actually I think you're completely wrong. Johnette's voice is not damaged, that's just the way it is. I saw them in their early years and I saw her do a solo show about two years ago, the voice is the same. Not everyone has to sound like Celine Dion.

RadioDoc
(Chicagoland)
Posted: Nov 11, 2009 - 21:18
 
 FlatCat wrote:
 RadioDoc wrote:
FlatCat wrote:
Broken, raspy voice hard to listen to. I guess some people love it. Some don't.
You must hate most rock music then. Some would say that is almost a prerequisite.  Johnette can sing to me any time.
I beg to differ. There are so many lovely voices in rock music. Here's Bill playing Neil Young, for example, and then Aimee Mann. I could list hundreds. And I don't dislike rough or unschooled voices. I mean ones where you can hear the swollen, abused vocal cords being beaten into a pulp. When I hear a voice that is so clearly damaged as Johnette's, for me it makes me cringe as much as looking at someone with a deep, bleeding wound. 

 
Tom Waits must drive you to drink then.



kaybee
(Lost in the Wilds of Toronto)
Posted: Oct 27, 2009 - 16:47
 
This is a very fine album; but I prefer the excellent (1st?) "Concrete Blonde" album.


songbirdfemme
(syracuse ny)
Posted: Oct 27, 2009 - 10:03
 
i LOVE this song when it was recorded live in Brazil...beautiful... this version is lacking something to me.

FlatCat
(Chicago)
Posted: Aug 25, 2009 - 08:24
 
 RadioDoc wrote:
FlatCat wrote:
Broken, raspy voice hard to listen to. I guess some people love it. Some don't.
You must hate most rock music then. Some would say that is almost a prerequisite.  Johnette can sing to me any time.
I beg to differ. There are so many lovely voices in rock music. Here's Bill playing Neil Young, for example, and then Aimee Mann. I could list hundreds. And I don't dislike rough or unschooled voices. I mean ones where you can hear the swollen, abused vocal cords being beaten into a pulp. When I hear a voice that is so clearly damaged as Johnette's, for me it makes me cringe as much as looking at someone with a deep, bleeding wound. 


jagdriver
(Tunin' in from the aptly-named Grass Valley, CA)
Posted: Aug 25, 2009 - 08:18
 
ugh!

Shesdifferent
(Just visiting this planet this is not my home)
Posted: Aug 09, 2009 - 08:36
 
Love this group but there are much better songs than this......play something from Bloodletting.

vandal
(arriving somewhere, but not here. . .)
Posted: Jul 08, 2009 - 17:07
 

Somewhere, sometime, down the line
Someday I may confess
And spill it all



quatsch
(Honolulu, HI)
Posted: May 06, 2009 - 04:47
 
 RedGuitar wrote:

Linda Perry was the vocalist for 4 Non Blondes.  She went solo after they recorded (but not released) their second album.

 
Which has what to do with Concrete Blonde?


lattalo
(Beartooths)
Posted: Apr 20, 2009 - 14:46
 
Man I miss this band, saw them live in DC I think in the late 80's or early 90's.  Excellent
music.  Oh, yeah I saw them open for Sting, during their Joey period, they were great,
then Sting came out and we left.  Just couldn't sit through his music compared to theirs!

RedGuitar
(Iowa, USA)
Posted: Apr 20, 2009 - 14:45
 
 mandolin wrote:
...funny, at first i thought this sounded a little like four non-blondes...
 
Linda Perry was the vocalist for 4 Non Blondes.  She went solo after they recorded (but not released) their second album.


JerrytheMoose
Posted: Feb 16, 2009 - 13:41
 
 mandolin wrote:
...funny, at first i thought this sounded a little like four non-blondes...
 

Funny.. I've always thought 4 Non Blondes was an overly obvious Concrete Blonde rip off!   Concrete Blondes' first 3 albums. Concrete Blonde, Free, and Bloodletting are all solid end to end.. you can listen to them straight through and they make total sense - their Greatest hits and the Still in Hollywood( B sides and rarities) album are also fantastic. 

mandolin
(...drifting...)
Posted: Feb 16, 2009 - 13:35
 
...funny, at first i thought this sounded a little like four non-blondes...

RadioDoc
(Chicagoland)
Posted: Feb 16, 2009 - 13:35
 
FlatCat wrote:
Broken, raspy voice hard to listen to. I guess some people love it. Some don't.
You must hate most rock music then. Some would say that is almost a prerequisite.  Johnette can sing to me any time.


JerrytheMoose
Posted: Feb 16, 2009 - 13:35
 
Thanks Bill! One of my favorite songs of all time, from one of my favorite bands...

FlatCat
(Chicago)
Posted: Jan 31, 2009 - 12:49
 
Broken, raspy voice hard to listen to. I guess some people love it. Some don't. 


prstx
(San Juan)
Posted: Oct 28, 2008 - 17:50
 
Love Johnette and the guys! Miss CB, one of the best bands, so charasmatic and passionate.
Check out Johnette's solo album, Scarred, from 2007. Fans will not be dissapointed.

nigelr
(Coffs Harbour, Australia)
Posted: Sep 27, 2008 - 02:18
 
 Droidac wrote:

If you don't know what it was, why don't you go find out. I think you'll discover a pretty incredbile band.
 

Damn right! Incredible!

Droidac
(4066 kms east of Paradise)
Posted: Sep 11, 2008 - 10:47
 
 Excelsior wrote:
I don't know what the hell that just was, but at least it came after Alanis, so it didn't seem QUITE as bad by comparison.
 
If you don't know what it was, why don't you go find out. I think you'll discover a pretty incredbile band.

Excelsior
Posted: Sep 11, 2008 - 10:46
 
I don't know what the hell that just was, but at least it came after Alanis, so it didn't seem QUITE as bad by comparison.

Droidac
(4066 kms east of Paradise)
Posted: Aug 26, 2008 - 12:28
 
 sanath1978 wrote:
I love this band. They put more emotion to their songs. I miss this band.Good lock
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Sanath
Wide Circles
 
Please keep your spam outta here!


sanath1978
Posted: Jul 29, 2008 - 03:51
 
I love this band. They put more emotion to their songs. I miss this band.Good lock
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Sanath
Wide Circles



Droidac
(Kitchener, Ontario)
Posted: Jun 24, 2008 - 07:10
 
Johnette just puts so much emotion in to her songs. This one has a beautiful intimacy to it.

Man, I miss this band.....
peyotecoyote
(Home of Sir Frederick Banting)
Posted: Jun 24, 2008 - 07:09
 
babyjuice wrote:
Love her voice, shes like a rockin rougher Dusty Springfield.


exactly!
BruceN
(Land of the Conoy)
Posted: May 23, 2008 - 20:38
 
passsion8 wrote:


I've followed them for years and love her voice and delivery. This particular song gives the impression of an added strain of some sort.


Word
keller1
(Altered States)
Posted: May 08, 2008 - 06:39
 
thewiseking wrote:
could a voice be any uglier?


Au contraire Mooseface.

Reedy, sultry voice. Rockin bass player.

And when she was in Toronto with Pretty and Twisted she wore a dress that I won't forget if I live to be 100 years old.