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Caro Emerald — I Know That He's Mine
Album: Deleted Scenes from the Cutting Room Floor
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Released: 2010
Length: 4:12
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Three o'clock on a late Sunday morning
The candles have burned to their end
Found the pictures we've taken
And now I'm awaken and
Sleep's my invisible friend

So I'm staring the hands off my wall clock
Seems both of us just hang around
Got no one to warm me
And nothing to hold
My body needs what it don't have

Without him
I really don't mind
A little bit lonely
He'll make up in time
As long as he loves me
He'll answer his crime
The door stays wide open
I know that he's mine

The tracks of my tears keep on freezin'
I'm melting the cold in the halls
I feel like I'm drownin'
There's no one around
And now I'm just climbing the walls

Perhaps if I played the seductress
A passionate woman of guile
He'd be there in a minute
The heat won't diminish
He'd wear nothing more than a smile

Without him
I really don't mind
A little bit lonely
He'll make up in time
As long as he loves me
He'll answer his crime
The door stays wide open
I know that he's mine

Charlie keep singin' that chanson
Your words always make so much sense
And though they're in French
I've got no defense
I know that I'm reaching the end

So, rumors, keep flying around me
It's you I refuse to believe
He's right 'round the corner
He knows that I'm home now
And nobody calls me naive

Without him
I really don't mind
A little bit lonely
He'll make up in time
As long as he loves me
He'll answer his crime
The door stays wide open
I know that he's mine
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Love me some Caro Emerald! Thanks RP for turning me onto this gem of a singer! Such a unique voice and love her style. 
I had never heard of  her before RP. Now, I love everything she does!!  Thanx RP!  PS: the only thin missing is Stan Getz on saxophone!
Her voice reminds me of Lily Allen (or Lily Allen reminds me of Caro Emerald?)  Either way, I like the vibe.  
Quality music form a tiny country, but crowdy.
Pretty great album title. Oh also, I like the song.
 -Cor- wrote:
I keep being so proud of introducing RP to Caro Emerald. Thanks for embracing this fantastic Dutch artist, Bill and Rebecca!
 

Been to see her 3 times since I heard her on RP coupla years ago. At those gigs, even as an old fart, I was up and swaying with the best of them! 
If you don't like it then get the f- out
cuz we bumpin in here
10
Yes {#Smile}fredriley wrote:

Think smokey, basement lounge bars with louche clients.

 


rgabriel, for the most part Bill & Rebecca don't decide which songs are added to the RP library.  Registered users upload songs, and then go into the Listener Review Channel playlist and listeners of that separate stream vote thumbs up or down.  Enough thumbs up and the songs get added, not enough and they don't. {#Mrgreen}

rgabriel wrote:
Not bad.
IMHO the best song of Caro Emerald is "Tangled Up" - and I really don't understand why exactly that one has been dismissed by Bill... {#Grumpy}

 


 EdmoJoe wrote:
Caro Emerald is the one artist played on RP that I simply don't "get". Sorry, her music does nothing for me.

 
Same here. Doesn't fit in with what RP stands for: artistic independence and integrity. 
Not bad.
IMHO the best song of Caro Emerald is "Tangled Up" - and I really don't understand why exactly that one has been dismissed by Bill... {#Grumpy}
 EdmoJoe wrote:
Caro Emerald is the one artist played on RP that I simply don't "get". Sorry, her music does nothing for me.

 
Think smokey, basement lounge bars with louche clients.
i like the bits of acordian i hear or maybe organ
Wow! I thought I was in a speak-easy there for a moment. Great stuff.... 
 pbrownyyc wrote:

Bandpass filter

 
I am glad you wrote that, but it does go to show, some pedagogue will beat it over the head of a truly talented artist, and we'll almost surely lose out....
I love vuluptous women with great legs...oh, and a great voice!
I also love this artist, she's got a fantastic voice. This song doesn't show off her talents nearly as well as her other material.
Puh-leez.
You've been bringing me down all morning.  This is the icing on the stale cake. 
I like plump women, especially those oooze sensuality :).
Is this a record? 
Caro Emerald is the one artist played on RP that I simply don't "get". Sorry, her music does nothing for me.
 gvan wrote:
For a second there I was excited that RP was playing a real record, but those aren't real record scratches; those are Sears record scratches.

 
Zappa reference noted...
For a second there I was excited that RP was playing a real record, but those aren't real record scratches; those are Sears record scratches.
I always get such a kick out of the way this gal sings...
 maxmox wrote:

It's a production technique (not a rule) that tries to emulate singing through a megaphone, as was once essential when a big band was cranking it behind you.
 
Bandpass filter
Yes
No
 Proclivities wrote:

I'm not sure if there is an actual term for that technique.  Many artists have used it, though - so it seems like it should have a name.  Paul McCartney employed it several times - with and without The Beatles.
 
It's a production technique (not a rule) that tries to emulate singing through a megaphone, as was once essential when a big band was cranking it behind you.
 rdo wrote:

The first step toward a rule is a term to identify the phenomenon.  Let's not go there.
 
That's a good point.
 Proclivities wrote:

I'm not sure if there is an actual term for that technique.  Many artists have used it, though - so it seems like it should have a name.  Paul McCartney employed it several times - with and without The Beatles.
 
The first step toward a rule is a term to identify the phenomenon.  Let's not go there.
 johnjconn wrote:

I see why

 
jocelynsart wrote:
I truly Love this artist!!!!!!!!
 
 
lol! I am not male though :-) I truly love her voice and music lol!
......smiley....... ;-)
Excellent music from my little Holland
I just cannot get into her pseudo retro thing. 
 georgelai01 wrote:
Can more knowledgeable listeners recommend more artists like Caro? Please?
 
I think Caravan Palace has a very similar style.  Usually a bit more uptempo than this track, but I love their Djangly guitar!
I truly Love this artist!!!!!!!!
I just love her music!!
I keep being so proud of introducing RP to Caro Emerald. Thanks for embracing this fantastic Dutch artist, Bill and Rebecca!
I love this. Great sound. We've got such a wealth and variety of musical expression, tradition, and history today that it is surprising we don't hear more artists mixing styles across culture and era like this.
 ce wrote:

The closest I can quickly think of, of contemporary artists, are Koop.
At least their album "Koop Islands" is not very far from this Cutting Room Floor, I mean, from the Emerald Isle. {#Sunny}
It has a 1940's big band "swing" atmosphere with female solo singers, on modern instruments and DJ-magic.
It's good!
Ah, now playing: Mocean Worker -Shooby Shooby Do Yah!

 



I will look Koop up. Thanks
 georgelai01 wrote:
Can more knowledgeable listeners recommend more artists like Caro? Please?
 
The closest I can quickly think of, of contemporary artists, are Koop.
At least their album "Koop Islands" is not very far from this Cutting Room Floor, I mean, from the Emerald Isle. {#Sunny}
It has a 1940's big band "swing" atmosphere with female solo singers, on modern instruments and DJ-magic.
It's good!
Ah, now playing: Mocean Worker -Shooby Shooby Do Yah!

Can more knowledgeable listeners recommend more artists like Caro? Please?
 unclehud wrote:
Technical question:  Is there a recording term for running vocals through ... whatever it is ... that makes the voice sound like I'm hearing it on a 3-inch speaker in a transistor AM radio?

The song is fine; my brain often runs around loose in left field.
 
I'm not sure if there is an actual term for that technique.  Many artists have used it, though - so it seems like it should have a name.  Paul McCartney employed it several times - with and without The Beatles.


 numbat wrote:
Sounds like it was recorded with two tin cans connected by string...at a barbecue.
 
...and despite that, or perhaps even partly because of it, I like it.
Another album I think I'll have to chase up. Thanks Bill.

 scraig wrote:
the first accordion rap song 
 
Nah, Weird Al Yankovic probably did one years ago.  This doesn't really sound like a rap tune though: it's more like a cabaret tune with slight reggae overtones.


 scraig wrote:
the first accordion rap song 
 

haha!
 unclehud wrote:
Technical question:  Is there a recording term for running vocals through ... whatever it is ... that makes the voice sound like I'm hearing it on a 3-inch speaker in a transistor AM radio?
 
The vocals were probably recorded normally, but then run through a bandpass filter to mimic a 1W speaker on a transistor radio.  Likewise the vinyl static crackling was probably added during production.


Sounds like it was recorded with two tin cans connected by string...at a barbecue.
Am I in Paris in the 1920's or just sitting on my butt in a crappy trailer in Cairo, Ilinois...? Oh, yeah- Illinois.
the first accordion rap song 
Technical question:  Is there a recording term for running vocals through ... whatever it is ... that makes the voice sound like I'm hearing it on a 3-inch speaker in a transistor AM radio?

The song is fine; my brain often runs around loose in left field.
Interesting music but not what I enjoy.
Yet another great RP find!