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Willie Nelson & Calexico — Señor (Tales Of Yankee Power)
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zair99
(In Cognito)
Posted: Nov 01, 2010 - 20:13
 
Hmm, Willie Nelson might be a legend, but he is most definitely not a good singer here.

LizK
(Houston, Texas)
Posted: Nov 01, 2010 - 19:07
 
I met up with Texas 'n Willie 'n Waylon in 1974.  I still love Willie.  Can't say much good about the Spanish, "r" rolling guy. But I still do love Willie. 

MilSF1
(Arkadelphia, AR)
Posted: May 26, 2010 - 11:11
 
 ScottN wrote:
The gold standard of reinterpreting Dylan is Hendrix' All Along the Watchtower, I would say.
 
Well, considering Dylan started doing the song Hendrix's way from that point on, I would say you're right !

http://www.interferenza.net/bcs/interw/florida.htm (about half way down the page)


ziakut
(Chicago, IL)
Posted: May 26, 2010 - 11:10
 
Never liked this songwriting. The wailing section just really kills it. Ahhh...the ending.

jersey_birdman
Posted: May 26, 2010 - 11:09
 
Dylan covers: always great to hear...

{#Clap}

scraig
(Santa Barbara, CA)
Posted: May 26, 2010 - 11:06
 
guess I'm not high enough to listen to Willie

calypsus_1
Posted: May 07, 2010 - 22:56
 

Willie Nelson II by *GRhoades
©2010 *GRhoades
http://504otos.com

New Orleans



westslope
(BC coast)
Posted: Apr 24, 2010 - 18:01
 
¿No catchen la honda?  Lastima.


westslope
(BC coast)
Posted: Apr 24, 2010 - 17:55
 
 DaveInVA wrote:
I like it until the fluffed up overstuffed opera part
 
Man, you must really dislike some of the folk music in Mexico.  Pity. 


DaveInVA
(In a hovel in effluent Damnville, VA)
Posted: Feb 20, 2010 - 12:59
 
I like it until the fluffed up overstuffed opera part

gatorade
(Ocean Park, WA)
Posted: Feb 20, 2010 - 12:56
 
JGB does one of the best covers of this song. 

whtahtefcuk
(Flagstaff, AZ, USA)
Posted: Feb 20, 2010 - 12:55
 
Love this song
Love Willie
Love Calexico

A+

ScottN
(Vacationing in Gaza)
Posted: Dec 19, 2009 - 17:10
 
 Alafia wrote:
Too bad he sings this great song so flatly and without feeling.  With his voice it could have been so much better than this.
 
I think he did as well as he could with the 7x yr old Willie vibe.  Doing a cover should, imo, add smth or bring a formerly unrealized aspect to the song. This effort by Willie fails that test, I believe.  Tough to cover Dylan of that era...and do it better than Bob did it.
The gold standard of reinterpreting Dylan is Hendrix' All Along the Watchtower, I would say.

RedTopFireBelow
(Jersey shore, USA)
Posted: Dec 19, 2009 - 17:07
 
I actually thought this tune was filled with feeling.... loved it Willie and friends... thanks.

{#Motor}

Decoy
(Milliway's, the Restaurant at the End of the Universe)
Posted: Nov 18, 2009 - 07:11
 
love it, need a corona and a hammock swinging gently in a Pacific breeze

peter_james_bond
(Lunenburg, NS)
Posted: Nov 18, 2009 - 07:10
 
Muchas Gracias, Senor Goldsmith. {#Clap}


crockydile
(I miss Excelsior!)
Posted: Nov 18, 2009 - 07:09
 
Willie at his worst.

Alafia
(you betcha!)
Posted: Nov 18, 2009 - 07:08
 
Too bad he sings this great song so flatly and without feeling.  With his voice it could have been so much better than this.

suebee3
Posted: Sep 16, 2009 - 06:46
 
 Shesdifferent wrote:
I can't wait until this set is over.....
 
Ditto.  Sorry - this seems like it'd be a funny SNL spoof.  The combination of sounds in this one is pure tragedy.


tdola2
Posted: Sep 16, 2009 - 06:39
 
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz....

fredriley
(Nottingham, UK)
Posted: Sep 16, 2009 - 06:37
 
 kaybee wrote:
Much as I'm not a fan of Willie Nelson, I was actually enjoying this and going to rate it a 7 until the overwrought opera singer ruined it for me.  Too bad.
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_CXVtm97fWDo/SbwCo-G69wI/AAAAAAAAAG0/YkDzXJMfXRQ/s320/Opera.jpg
 
Yep, I'll second that. It's over when the fat gentleman sings...


Frater_Kork
(Uppsala, Sweden)
Posted: Sep 16, 2009 - 06:37
 
Nope, not my taste at all. Not dissin, just sayin.

cattail321
Posted: Aug 15, 2009 - 18:51
 
Mr.Nelson has rocked  as long as I can remember....Senor'{#Yes}....even his Beatnik days{#Notworthy}

tkosh
Posted: Aug 15, 2009 - 18:47
 
 holborne wrote:

See, now, here's what I don't get: how is it that a lot of the very same people who complain about David Byrne, Neil Young, and Bob Dylan, seem to fall all over themselves prostrate with adulation when Willie Nelson sings? Willie can't sing or carry a tune any better than the other three.

Me, I don't get Willie Nelson. Never have.


 
I didn't get Willie, either, until I read a great article about him in Rolling Stone quite a few years ago.. It was all about his perfection—perfect pitch, perfect riffs, perfect delivery—all that.  Anyway, it really did it for me.  I've loved him ever since.


calypsus_1
Posted: Aug 02, 2009 - 19:26
 


"Pancho and Lefty" Live by Willie Nelson and Bob Dylan:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPMxJROHInM



ce
(the Netherlands)
Posted: Jul 15, 2009 - 03:43
 
I like the Calexico-horns, but the rest just does not do much for me.
I prefer the Señor by Paris Combo.


Tagish_girl
(happily seeking hammock, Helsingborg, Sweden)
Posted: Jul 15, 2009 - 03:31
 

Oh, Willie, give it up.  All I can hear you saying is 'Sen-yore'.  Mental eye-roll.



ThirdRail_33
(Beautiful Bonita Springs in Sunny Florida)
Posted: Jun 13, 2009 - 07:54
 
 kaybee wrote:
Much as I'm not a fan of Willie Nelson, I was actually enjoying this and going to rate it a 7 until the overwrought opera singer ruined it for me.  Too bad.
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_CXVtm97fWDo/SbwCo-G69wI/AAAAAAAAAG0/YkDzXJMfXRQ/s320/Opera.jpg
 
Agreed.  It has to be a joke, isn't it?


kaybee
(Lost in the Wilds of Toronto)
Posted: May 12, 2009 - 17:52
 
Much as I'm not a fan of Willie Nelson, I was actually enjoying this and going to rate it a 7 until the overwrought opera singer ruined it for me.  Too bad.
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_CXVtm97fWDo/SbwCo-G69wI/AAAAAAAAAG0/YkDzXJMfXRQ/s320/Opera.jpg

MCKY
(PEI, Great White North)
Posted: May 12, 2009 - 14:02
 
a real yawner-willie sleepwalking through another cover.

Shesdifferent
(Just visiting this planet this is not my home)
Posted: May 12, 2009 - 14:01
 
I can't wait until this set is over.....

Limpopoking
(The Parish of St. Alfonzo)
Posted: May 12, 2009 - 14:00
 
The Calexico bit is stunning... not so sure about Willie tho... gimme Bob any day!

mongoose01ca
(Terminal City, BC)
Posted: May 12, 2009 - 14:00
 

Calexico's presence saves this - barely.

The one-two punch of Nasal Willie + Opera Man would kill a lesser backing band.



Leslie
(Antioch, CA)
Posted: Mar 10, 2009 - 11:30
 
No thanks.

holborne
(New York)
Posted: Mar 10, 2009 - 11:30
 

See, now, here's what I don't get: how is it that a lot of the very same people who complain about David Byrne, Neil Young, and Bob Dylan, seem to fall all over themselves prostrate with adulation when Willie Nelson sings? Willie can't sing or carry a tune any better than the other three.

Me, I don't get Willie Nelson. Never have.





keller1
(In A Gadda Da Vida, Baby)
Posted: Dec 05, 2008 - 18:54
 
I was listening to IO "Seasons' the other day and they played Willie doing a Christmas tune.

It sounded for all the world like he was singing the phone book.


calypsus_1
Posted: Oct 03, 2008 - 22:14
 
Oh boy!....!Wow!-    9.


Lonestar
(Probably Above You)
Posted: Oct 03, 2008 - 13:17
 
Does not translate. The opera pairing is as bad as that festering turd he recorded with toots.


raewah
(Somewhere where the mountains meet the plains)
Posted: Oct 03, 2008 - 13:16
 
Amen to that!!!!{#Beat}

 rtrudeau wrote:
 
I was doing fine with this song until Opera Man checked in.
 



hippiechick
(Weekendland)
Posted: Oct 03, 2008 - 13:14
 
Perfect combination!{#Bananajam}

rtrudeau
(Bay Area, California)
Posted: Sep 04, 2008 - 22:47
 
 AphidA wrote:
More Opera Man. Super.
  
I was doing fine with this song until Opera Man checked in.

PurplePrincess
(the mountains)
Posted: Sep 04, 2008 - 22:46
 
I love this version so much that I downloaded it from Amazon after hearing it on RP. Age, and smoke have weathered Willie's voice wonderfully, and Calexico blends perfectly.

booster
(Federal Republic of Yurp)
Posted: Sep 02, 2008 - 00:10
 
I like it. Sure it's no match for the original, but this one would go into the "guilty pleasures", just like watching "Scrubs".


TanteJensen
(one step ahead from my shoe shine, two steps away from the county line)
Posted: Aug 04, 2008 - 07:14
 
Señor? Señor?
Could it be there's some re-encoded HTML entity, señor?


Jack_Jefferson
(Columbus, OH)
Posted: Aug 01, 2008 - 08:31
 
 Xeric wrote:

It's Willie. How can there be any question?

EDIT: Wait. That's not Willie. No sir. Sure ain't. Yikes.


 

I'd be willing to guess that the opera/mariachi singer is the same guy in Lays the Reigns.  But I could be wrong.


Marr
(Houston (dreaming of Austin))
Posted: Aug 01, 2008 - 08:31
 
 meloman wrote:
Do us all a favor, Willie...retire.

 

Do meloman a favor and send him a special mute button. Let the rest of us who love Willie keep listening.


rtb
(NE corner of Work and Boredom)
Posted: Aug 01, 2008 - 08:30
 
 kazuma wrote:

My problem with Street Legal is and always has been that about half of it is as good as anything I've ever heard from Dylan and the other half is absolutely wretched. When I listen to it, I listen to the four great tracks ("Changing of the Guards", "Is Your Love in Vain?", "Se�or (Tales of Yankee Power)", and "Where Are You Tonight? (Journey Through Dark Heat)") and skip the rest.

 
My problem with Street Legal is that it was a cheeseball CBC legal drama from the 1980s and 1990s.

Rotterdam
Posted: Aug 01, 2008 - 08:30
 
 meloman wrote:
Do us all a favor, Willie...retire.

 

Speak for yourself, meloman

meloman
(Warsaw, Poland)
Posted: Aug 01, 2008 - 08:29
 
Do us all a favor, Willie...retire.

MiMa
(Düsseldorf, Germany)
Posted: Aug 01, 2008 - 08:28
 
It´ll never be one of my favourites, but it´s a clear 6, maybe sometimes a 7, for me.