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Bettye LaVette — Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood
Album: Interpretations
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Released: 2010
Length: 3:44
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Baby, do you understand me now
Sometimes I feel a little mad
But don't you know that no one alive
Can always be an angel
When things go wrong, I seem to be bad

I'm just a soul whose intentions are good
Oh Lord, please don't let me be misunderstood

Baby, sometimes I'm so carefree
With a joy that's hard to hide
And sometimes it seems that all I have do is worry
And then you're bound to see my other side

But I'm just a soul whose intentions are good
Oh Lord, please don't let me be misunderstood

If I seem edgy, I want you to know
That I never mean to take it out on you
Life has its problems, and I get my share
And that's one thing I never mean to do
Because I love you
Oh, oh baby don't you know that I'm human
I have thoughts like any other one
Sometimes I find myself long regretting
Some foolish thing, some little simple thing I've done

I'm just a soul whose intentions are good
Oh Lord, please don't let me be misunderstood
Yes, I'm just a soul whose intentions are good
Oh Lord, please don't let me be misunderstood
Yes, I'm just a soul whose intentions are good
Oh Lord, please don't let me be misunderstood

Yes, I'm just a soul whose intentions are good
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Look, I can only thank you for your interest, contribution and help for my comment. You're going in the right direction. About "Tea Partier," you can be at ease, nothing about it. Oh, by the way, Bettye LaVette is an extraordinary singer who deserves to be appreciated here. We know that all is not obvious takes longer.

 pdemeester wrote:

I think I get what you're saying . . . still scratching my head at some of your sentence structure . . . but, for the most part, agree. Im not a fan of everything on RP but can honestly say I have a much wider appreciation having listened to some music that I most certainly would not have heard without RP's help.

That being said, in my opinion (and, after all, that's all we can offer here), some tracks just are not that good. The "bad tracks" however, are not directly associated with my past awareness of a band and their work. I didn't enjoy Bettye's version of this song and rated it low as a result. I've heard "bad tracks" from Bob Dylan and other well-known names and from Great Lakes Swimmers and other less-known names. The Pixies (now playing) are a good example. Wouldn't go out of my way to listen to them again. For someone, however, they are likely a great pick. The beauty of democracy . . . you can say what you want knowing that your voice counts as one among many (oops, unless you're an American Tea Partier in which case, apparently, your voice is capable of shaming an entire country into submission . . . but I'm getting off topic).

I think I just said the same basic thing as Calypsus. I think?

 


 calypsus_1 wrote:

The fact that we all really like the RP, does not mean having ceased to be critical sense.
I refer to some of the extracts of music and musical styles, which are not properly appreciated and valued by the listeners. And here there is some responsibility for production, that is constantly "channel" the attention, too much, for so-called "soft-rock" (that is trendy screams), and then when you try to "inject" more authors who require hearing demanding, people are surprised. And then if they are not well known authors, there exists a "shock" on the assessments and ...... same time that the production tries to arouse people's attention to authors in the areas of folk, ethnic, african, latin, world music, celtic, country, jazz, blues, etc., the ears of the some listeners seem to suffer a panic attack and momentarily fade .....
Well, it seems that the programming "ideal" would be to give equal exposure proportional to all types of music (even at the expense of losing some listeners usual, but make many others).
As an author before composing a new song, has no guaranteed recipe for success, so the radio also does not know the right recipe.
Still, I have to acknowledge (and thank) for the RP is probably making more effort to the criterion that just spur, on the international radio stations.
And you have no illusions, the majority of interested listeners, are not even registered and have never written a single line in the comments on these pages and never given a score to a song. Listen, enjoy or "stand up" in silence the arrival of "their song" and never protest.

 
I think I get what you're saying . . . still scratching my head at some of your sentence structure . . . but, for the most part, agree. Im not a fan of everything on RP but can honestly say I have a much wider appreciation having listened to some music that I most certainly would not have heard without RP's help.

That being said, in my opinion (and, after all, that's all we can offer here), some tracks just are not that good. The "bad tracks" however, are not directly associated with my past awareness of a band and their work. I didn't enjoy Bettye's version of this song and rated it low as a result. I've heard "bad tracks" from Bob Dylan and other well-known names and from Great Lakes Swimmers and other less-known names. The Pixies (now playing) are a good example. Wouldn't go out of my way to listen to them again. For someone, however, they are likely a great pick. The beauty of democracy . . . you can say what you want knowing that your voice counts as one among many (oops, unless you're an American Tea Partier in which case, apparently, your voice is capable of shaming an entire country into submission . . . but I'm getting off topic).

I think I just said the same basic thing as Calypsus. I think?

The fact that we all really like the RP, does not mean having ceased to be critical sense.
I refer to some of the extracts of music and musical styles, which are not properly appreciated and valued by the listeners. And here there is some responsibility for production, that is constantly "channel" the attention, too much, for so-called "soft-rock" (that is trendy screams), and then when you try to "inject" more authors who require hearing demanding, people are surprised. And then if they are not well known authors, there exists a "shock" on the assessments and ...... same time that the production tries to arouse people's attention to authors in the areas of folk, ethnic, african, latin, world music, celtic, country, jazz, blues, etc., the ears of the some listeners seem to suffer a panic attack and momentarily fade .....
Well, it seems that the programming "ideal" would be to give equal exposure proportional to all types of music (even at the expense of losing some listeners usual, but make many others).
As an author before composing a new song, has no guaranteed recipe for success, so the radio also does not know the right recipe.
Still, I have to acknowledge (and thank) for the RP is probably making more effort to the criterion that just spur, on the international radio stations.
And you have no illusions, the majority of interested listeners, are not even registered and have never written a single line in the comments on these pages and never given a score to a song. Listen, enjoy or "stand up" in silence the arrival of "their song" and never protest.




Album:  "Interpretations The British Rock Songbook"  *  

* Why the timidity of shortening the title to the Album? Because American audiences?


**9 **
i really love both Nina Simone's and Eric Burdon's versions—-it's sad and frustrating when you feel misunderstood. Bettye didn't put that sadness into it but put the frustration, only—-I love sad songs the best.

I don't get where she's coming from...
Tina wannabe — dream on  {#No}
 Albert1967 wrote:
Tina -ish
Yuh-huh.

 FlatCat wrote:
I heard her interviewed on Fresh Air and was really looking forward to hearing this. But alas, the retching and coughing are too tortured for me to enjoy. 

 

I liked this at first but yeah, her style is just too over the top to listen to unless you are in the melodramatic, meloncholy mood....
I changed my rating 'cause I just ain't feeling that way
I heard her interviewed on Fresh Air and was really looking forward to hearing this. But alas, the retching and coughing are too tortured for me to enjoy. 

I'm not a big fan of her vocal stylings, but the musicians backing. . .OOOWWW!  Love it!
Can't slam enough brews to make this sound like the blues....
 
She has a voice and an interesting life. Her voice gets right on my last nerve in this song.

Love it Bill!!! Don't let the turkeys get you down.
I actually don't mind some of the other cuts off of this album, but no way this is even 1/2 of Nina Simone's version.
Nina would get a 8 by me (if it was on rp), so 4 it is...
I'm not so naive as to think you will miss me, but I'm changing channels until this is over. 
 Aud wrote:
Interesting!!
 
Tina -ish
 mamerjamer wrote:
I have heard two song off of this, and I can say without hesitation that I would use this CD as a Frisbee.
 
I've heard three, and I liked two of them, and the one I didn't care for I at least had to respect for being an attempt to do something outside the box.

I have heard two song off of this, and I can say without hesitation that I would use this CD as a Frisbee.
Interesting!!
I am really digging these interpretations of classic British rock songs by Bettye LaVette