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Ray Charles & The Count Basie Orchestra — Feel So Bad
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mrtuba9
(most likely near Normal)
Posted: Jan 27, 2012 - 08:48
 
Great story, Bill.

shellbella
(so california)
Posted: Jan 27, 2012 - 08:46
 
Love it!!  I have a version of BB and Bobby Bland doing this one live... That is my favorite version but I love this too!!  Nice way to kick off my Friday workday.... Thanks for playing {#Cheers}

prophetzarquon
(woodstock 1969)
Posted: Jan 27, 2012 - 08:45
 
 jools wrote:
Great stuff

So far no negatives - but why would there be?!!!!!!! 
 

great voice - dull  and predictable tune

Cynaera
(South of Neanderthal)
Posted: May 19, 2011 - 14:11
 
Well, ain't technology a wunnerful thing? This song was manufactured.  I thought I'd heard it all when Natalie Cole did a duet with her long-deceased father (who had more talent in his pinky than she has in her whole body.)  I have to wonder what's next:  Kurt Cobain collaborating with John Bonham on drums and Dee Murray on bass? Maybe throw in a little Nicky Hopkins on piano.

I like this song, but I don't like the methods used to make it happen.

bam23
(Berkeley)
Posted: Mar 17, 2011 - 13:30
 
Certainly one benefit of RP is that my appreciation of Ray Charles (not even especially on this piece) has increased immeasurably. In his latter days, he had become a sort of parody of himself, but it is clear that early in his career, he deserved all the praise he received, and more. 

nalle
(Malmo, Sweden)
Posted: Dec 13, 2010 - 11:25
 
Godlike!

Bat
(Austin)
Posted: Jul 07, 2010 - 07:52
 

some interesting info about this CD:

Amazon.com

To fake or not to fake: That is the question consumers must answer for themselves in assessing this feat of aural Photoshopping: an "imaginary concert" created by combining recently discovered soundboard tapes of Ray Charles's vocals from a mid-'70s European show and newly recorded backing by the Count Basie Orchestra—the "ghost band," still on the road 22 years after Count's passing. Charles is in exceptional voice, singing the heck out of standards like "How Long Has This Been Going On?," Genius classics like "Busted," and pop covers like Melanie's "Look What They've Done to My Song." His performance is a thrilling corrective to forgettable posthumous albums like Genius Loves Company, designed to cash in on the new audience created for him by the movie Ray. But as competently as the Basie band fill in the blanks under the direction of Bill Hughes, with Joey DeFrancesco guesting on organ, most of the new arrangements are rather pallid, and the ensemble lacks the personality of both the Basie orchestra and Charles's best groups. And as attractive as Ray Sings, Basie Swings may be for the casual listener, the gimmickry will appall serious fans, particularly since neither Charles nor Basie—who never collaborated in life—was around to lend his approval. Is The Doors Sing, Woody Herman Swings next? —Lloyd Sachs

Product Description

The producers of this CD discovered archival reels of Ray Charles and the Count Basie Orchestra performing live together in 1973. Although the vocals were superior, the remaining elements were or extremely poor quality. They decided to bring the current Count Basie Orchestra into the studio and, using the latest technology, they carefully and painstakingly laid down a new musical backdrop for Charles' towering vocals.

copymonkey
(in the northeast, but not near anywhere cool)
Posted: Jul 07, 2010 - 07:44
 
How good is this?

Rotterdam
Posted: Jul 07, 2010 - 07:40
 
brilliant!

jools
(Brighton UK)
Posted: Mar 02, 2010 - 11:04
 
Great stuff

So far no negatives - but why would there be?!!!!!!! 

MojoJojo
(Indianapolis, IN USA)
Posted: Mar 02, 2010 - 11:04
 
 birdland wrote:
This takes the Chicago swing thing and breaks it's neck.

Sublime. Ray and the Count (and band).

Yikes.
 

 and  


thediceareloaded
(Berlin, Germany)
Posted: Sep 26, 2009 - 04:46
 
makes me want to play Fallout 3

On_The_Beach
(Vancouver BC, Bud)
Posted: Aug 25, 2009 - 16:40
 
Sweet!

jamesat43
(Cary, North Carolina)
Posted: Aug 25, 2009 - 16:40
 
Awesome, first time I have heard this cut!

 

Bleyfusz
Posted: Jul 25, 2009 - 02:50
 
Should hit the mute bottom after this is finished. It probably won't get any better for a long long time.

Pyro
Posted: Mar 20, 2009 - 10:10
 
I'm betting this whole CD is killer.  Anybody know?

jagdriver
(Tunin' in from the aptly-named Grass Valley, CA)
Posted: Mar 20, 2009 - 10:07
 
 That_SOB wrote:

 I don't believe there was any music Ray didn't love, and I don't believe there was any music that didn't love Ray !
 

    Pretty much....

Chi_Guy
(Chicago)
Posted: Dec 15, 2008 - 13:35
 
{#Cool} Oh YESSSS!

calypsus_1
Posted: Dec 15, 2008 - 13:35
 

 

Janis Joplin - Me and Bobby McGee      ==>     Ray Charles & The Count Basie Orchestra - Feel So Bad

!Wow!  !Oh boy!    ** 10 **




That_SOB
(The Dark Side of the Tune)
Posted: Oct 13, 2008 - 08:36
 

 I don't believe there was any music Ray didn't love, and I don't believe there was any music that didn't love Ray !

TonyBear
(London, England)
Posted: Oct 13, 2008 - 08:35
 
Great upload - this one has perked me right up on a grey autumn afternoon.

birdland
(Right about....here.)
Posted: Sep 11, 2008 - 18:09
 
This takes the Chicago swing thing and breaks it's neck.

Sublime. Ray and the Count (and band).

Yikes.