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Billie Holiday — Speak Low (Bent Remix)
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Stratocaster
(Bermuda)
Posted: Dec 20, 2012 - 11:33
 
quietman wrote:
Reminds me of a track off Falcon and the Snowman.

 

"This Is Not America" by David Bowie.  I heard it before I even read your comment!

Contrary to all of the "why mess with the original" comments - I love this.

kingart
(Brooklyn NY)
Posted: Dec 20, 2012 - 11:33
 
Oh, come on. RP has hit a new high in low.  Wattsup with this thing?  Bille Holiday with a cheesy mix track?  What's next, a Coltrane remix with Kenny G?  Billie abused booze and smack.  I'd have to do the same to make this thing delight my brain. 

mutepoint
Posted: Dec 20, 2012 - 11:32
 
A perfect example of why RP is the coolest station on the innertubes.

dragonlady
(Pasadena, CA)
Posted: Dec 20, 2012 - 11:31
 
{#Notworthy}

dingusbother
(Silver Spring, MD)
Posted: Aug 16, 2012 - 17:24
 
Why mess with such a great song?  {#Naughty}

ScottN
(Condo in Gaza full time now. Thank TFSM I saw the divot where the landmine was placed.)
Posted: Jun 14, 2012 - 17:00
 
I like Madeleine Peyroux's version best.

Jelani
(Home of the freak, land of the vague)
Posted: Jun 14, 2012 - 16:02
 
Why do I feel like i"m listening to the opening of a James Bond movie?
Was this in one? 

Toke
(Bournemouth UK)
Posted: Mar 11, 2012 - 13:03
 
 Dahlia_Gumbo wrote:
I love the Andy Bey version of this song — makes you want to cozy up to someone quick.

{#Tongue-out}
 
I love the Billie Holiday version of this song — makes you want to cozy up to someone quick.

{#Tongue-out}

Dahlia_Gumbo
(San Francisco)
Posted: Sep 03, 2011 - 13:39
 
I love the Andy Bey version of this song — makes you want to cozy up to someone quick.

{#Tongue-out}

Proclivities
(Carrboro, NC)
Posted: Sep 03, 2011 - 13:37
 
I've heard some other stuff from this album which was pretty good, but this tune doesn't do it for me.  I always preferred her minimal recordings anyhow.


mrdak
(Middle GA)
Posted: Sep 03, 2011 - 13:37
 
this is poop..... pure poop.

zivko
(toronto canada)
Posted: Aug 03, 2011 - 03:54
 
Please play the real Billie Holiday.....

helgigermany
(Germany)
Posted: Mar 29, 2011 - 22:45
 
Not bad!

bobringer
(Wayne, NJ)
Posted: Feb 26, 2011 - 11:12
 
If you want to do a remix and do your own noodling with the instruments and such, fine...

But, why in gods name did you need to effect Billie's voice to make her sound like Shirlie Bassey??? 


LizK
(Houston, Texas)
Posted: Oct 23, 2010 - 11:21
 
I like this.... it highlights Billie's voice.  {#Cool}  But where Billie's not singing, the music becomes unnecessary.  Anyway, a revisit to a great singer.

Stefen
(West Hollywood, CA)
Posted: Sep 21, 2010 - 18:24
 

Is that album photo for real?



plaice3
Posted: Jul 19, 2010 - 19:27
 
 quietman wrote:
Every time I hear this, I hear Pat Metheny in the instrumentals. Reminds me of a track off Falcon and the Snowman.

 
yes.


acatamongus
(Here, there and everywhere)
Posted: Mar 14, 2010 - 19:24
 
Wow, don't know what I think of this. I liked it at first, but then it got kind of repetitive - sort of flattened out the vocals...

papaman
(Downstate New Mexico)
Posted: Mar 14, 2010 - 19:21
 
 quietman wrote:
Every time I hear this, I hear Pat Metheny in the instrumentals. Reminds me of a track off Falcon and the Snowman.

 
Interesting...I can hear your point.



flatpicker
(Toronto, Canada)
Posted: Oct 08, 2009 - 11:16
 
Really good remix.
I'm a big fan of all the Verve Remixed series.
Even better when you buy the two-disc albums...
(one disc remixed and the other is the same songs in original version)

peter_james_bond
(Lunenburg, NS)
Posted: Aug 06, 2009 - 10:15
 
 fuh2 wrote:
We need more Bent. 10 thumbs up.
 
Yup, we need to get bent! {#Mrgreen}

fuh2
(salmon land)
Posted: Aug 06, 2009 - 10:13
 
We need more Bent. 10 thumbs up.

lovemydog
Posted: Aug 06, 2009 - 10:11
 
 jpfueler wrote:
This is good. I think it is how she would be doing stuff today if she were here in this time during her prime. Maybe we could keep her from going Whinehouse and all that too..

 
I have to say that of all the girl singers of the era, Billie Holiday was the "Amy Winehouse" of her time. I mean, she left us by the time she was 44. It was certainly

"Too Soon"


jpfueler
(South o' Ft Worth)
Posted: Jul 05, 2009 - 18:03
 
This is good. I think it is how she would be doing stuff today if she were here in this time during her prime. Maybe we could keep her from going Whinehouse and all that too..


dallesio
(Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Posted: Jun 16, 2009 - 10:02
 
9 of 10 times a remix is worse then the original. But this remix is very nicely done. It creates a similar atmosphere and feel. Therefore I can appreciate this remix just as much as I do the original. It's a modern interpretation/tribute to a Legend! And yes, there's a 'Pat Metheny like' guitar in this track (also a great name in Jazz).


quietman
Posted: Apr 01, 2009 - 16:59
 
Every time I hear this, I hear Pat Metheny in the instrumentals. Reminds me of a track off Falcon and the Snowman.


toterola
(Further)
Posted: Mar 11, 2009 - 19:30
 
 holborne wrote:
8 for Billie, and zero for the craptastic remix.
 
10 for Billie, f*ck the remix! You don't mess with perfection. {#Naughty}

Oscar_the_Grouch
(In my trash can)
Posted: Jan 28, 2009 - 14:25
 
 holborne wrote:
8 for Billie, and zero for the craptastic remix.
 
THIS


jameyp
(New York via Austin)
Posted: Jan 28, 2009 - 14:13
 
nice {#Daisy}

fuh2
(The Ring of Fire)
Posted: Jan 07, 2009 - 14:03
 
VERY yummy inDEED! We need more Bent on RP.  

alaken
(Missoula, MT)
Posted: Jan 07, 2009 - 14:01
 
Oh god, we are on a string-synthesizer orgy here today!

1wolfy
(Mission Viejo California)
Posted: Jan 07, 2009 - 14:00
 
 me LIKE it too  sahlman wrote:
we LIKE it!
 



SuzenJueL
(Minneapolis)
Posted: Jan 07, 2009 - 13:59
 
BIG Kudos to The verve mmmm hmmm and for remixing a great mix of trip hop ambient of Billie Holiday, very yummy!

holborne
(New York)
Posted: Nov 26, 2008 - 09:08
 
8 for Billie, and zero for the craptastic remix.

flyboy50
(Austin TX)
Posted: Nov 05, 2008 - 10:52
 
 HarrO wrote:
What did they DO to this tune?????? Billie doesn't (didn't) need any help here. I like my Billie straight up thanks. No tonic, no ice, no vermouth, and certainly no sugar.

 
I hear you brother. Sometimes it takes a little sugar to get people to 'taste' the music. A lot of folks who may never had listened to Billie in her straight up form. As for me..... a good Gin martini with a whisper of vermouth.


HarrO
(Florida)
Posted: Oct 25, 2008 - 19:49
 
What did they DO to this tune?????? Billie doesn't (didn't) need any help here. I like my Billie straight up thanks. No tonic, no ice, no vermouth, and certainly no sugar.


calypsus_1
Posted: Oct 04, 2008 - 20:41
 

to the times it (remix) goes well....-

  10.



Rotterdam
Posted: Sep 19, 2008 - 05:27
 
 rtrudeau wrote:


This track makes me feel odd and schizophrenic. On one hand I'm saying "what a cool song," and on the other I'm thinking "It's Billie Holiday! Sacriledge!" Now I'm just confused.

 

Yeah, I know what you mean. Verve also remixed a song by Nina Simone that did not need any help, but the fact is that I find the remix really exciting. I think this is a justifiable art-form - maybe like a painter or sculptor that bases their artwork on a classic.

sahlman
Posted: Sep 19, 2008 - 05:27
 
we LIKE it!

kaybee
(Lost in the Wilds of Toronto)
Posted: Aug 18, 2008 - 15:44
 
I much prefer Billie Holiday without the "help".  This version is too much like gilding the lily. : (

rtrudeau
(Bay Area, California)
Posted: Jul 22, 2008 - 23:17
 
 MsJudi wrote:

Now I've heard it all- a remix of Billie Holiday.


 

This track makes me feel odd and schizophrenic. On one hand I'm saying "what a cool song," and on the other I'm thinking "It's Billie Holiday! Sacriledge!" Now I'm just confused.


MsJudi
(Houston, TX)
Posted: Jun 16, 2008 - 11:47
 
Now I've heard it all- a remix of Billie Holiday.
Ericac
(Lakeville, MN)
Posted: Jun 16, 2008 - 11:45
 
robco1 wrote:
Me too, on both counts. Very nice . . .


Me three! I was sure it Shirley Bassey. This is good.
davin
(Victoria, British Columbia)
Posted: Jun 16, 2008 - 11:45
 
Mnemo wrote:
Imo we should pay tribute to "Bent" too for this really nice remix. Thumbs up guys.


Agreed. Bent is a weird and wonderful group. Some of their stuff is just plain strange, but some of their stuff (such as this remix) is quite accessible.
wenatchee
(Duvall, WA)
Posted: Apr 14, 2008 - 12:54
 
Falls into a "clever" category - quite likeable
lathyris
(Houston, TX)
Posted: Apr 14, 2008 - 12:53
 
This is very slick.
robco1
(Chicago, IL)
Posted: Apr 14, 2008 - 12:53
 
ronniegirl wrote:


I looked, expecting it was Shirley! I like it.
Me too, on both counts. Very nice . . .
Gryn
(Oregon)
Posted: Mar 14, 2008 - 01:02
 
This is *almost* as good as Cocorosie.
spraehbuer
(London, UK)
Posted: Feb 27, 2008 - 03:28
 
ronniegirl wrote:
quesarah wrote:
Kind of nice. Didn't realize before how much Shirley Bassey's voice reminds me of BH ( from what little I've heard of Billie, I have to admit. )



I looked, expecting it was Shirley! I like it.

same here! love it
ronniegirl
(Middle of New Jersey)
Posted: Feb 16, 2008 - 12:57
 
quesarah wrote:
Kind of nice. Didn't realize before how much Shirley Bassey's voice reminds me of BH ( from what little I've heard of Billie, I have to admit. )



I looked, expecting it was Shirley! I like it.