Y'all know this one.
"I Don't Want to Talk About It" (Danny Whitten)
https://youtu.be/Azcy9_F0DCE
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/RG9ql-91U90/hqdefault.jpg
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 11 September 2016 14:19 (seven years ago) link
I'm having trouble finding the original 1975 recording; y'all might need to hit Spotify.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 11 September 2016 14:20 (seven years ago) link
the "Slow Side" defines this album, at least in my vague memory of it. the Fast was, barring "Stone Cold Sober," middling, competent rock that was nowhere as good as the middling mid-70s Stones
Rod pretty much took over this song, no? I always forget it was a Crazy Horse tune. Arif Mardin for the string arr
― col, Sunday, 11 September 2016 14:27 (seven years ago) link
Everything But the Girl scored their biggest UK hit with a lovely cover that I prefer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UujO_YwaB_I
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 11 September 2016 14:32 (seven years ago) link
"I Don't Want To Talk About It": Seems like this is one of the great song rescues. The Crazy Horse version is brilliant, an all-time tear jerker (when David Briggs talked about being more impressed with some Whitten's songs of the time than what Neil Young was doing, this one is almost certainly what he was on about). But it wasn't heard much in it's time. Ol' Rod, still in master song-finder mode, lands on it (has it ever been discussed how he actually got ahold of it?). I can still kind of see the Faces tackling it (pathos looms large in their ballads), but it wouldn't quite be so polished and certainly wouldn't have been the hit it was.
― a full playlist of presidential sex jams (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 12 September 2016 03:17 (seven years ago) link
much prefer iain matthews' version which was done a year beforehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9hQm9MiGGc
also jackie de shannon's drift away which went unreleased for decades https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0rHAu1SNRc
― velko, Monday, 12 September 2016 03:56 (seven years ago) link
"It's Not The Spotlight" (Barry Goldberg, Gerry Goffin)
https://youtu.be/VdDyf0DmJ3M
http://assets.nydailynews.com/polopoly_fs/1.2053718.1419279605!/img/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/gallery_1200/rod-stewart-joe-cocker-circa-1975.jpg
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 12 September 2016 12:41 (seven years ago) link
huh i really expected to like Rod's version of "Don't Want to Talk About It" as I love that song and generally love Rod's singing but it doesn't really have that extra haunted quality that Whitton has
― Pull your head on out your hippy haze (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 12 September 2016 15:49 (seven years ago) link
can we discuss how awful that room must smell
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 12 September 2016 15:55 (seven years ago) link
who is that joe cocker?
― Pull your head on out your hippy haze (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 12 September 2016 16:56 (seven years ago) link
and 10,000 cigarettes
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 12 September 2016 16:59 (seven years ago) link
I was feeling a little bad for not keeping up with this thread but now that I read people knocking "Drift Away" I'm just gonna drift away, it won't be good for my soul here.
― droit au butt (Euler), Monday, 12 September 2016 17:00 (seven years ago) link
I like Drift Away
― Pull your head on out your hippy haze (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 12 September 2016 23:03 (seven years ago) link
"This Old Heart of Mine" (Lamont Dozier, Brian Holland, Eddie Holland, Sylvia Moy)
https://youtu.be/819RoBdTzsg
http://www.45vinylvidivici.net/SEVENTIESplus/2012oct/stewart%20rod16659.jpg
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 13 September 2016 11:33 (seven years ago) link
I won't lie: I find the 1989 remake with Ronald Isley a much more exciting and poignant performance.
catching up:
It's Not the Spotlight: a vocal better than the lyric, which is one of Goffin's more anonymous efforts. Wish Rod had done a full-on country album at some point in the 70s.
Old Heart of Mine: I like the immaculate studio vibe of the '75---how it's basically a trio of lead guitar, keyboard and hi-hat---but agree the '89 has a more engaged Rod (plus Ronald Isley elevates most things he's involved in). Feels like it was meant to be an uptempo song--take it too slow and something's missing
― col, Tuesday, 13 September 2016 13:23 (seven years ago) link
"It's Not The Spotlight": Like the guitars and mandolins. Would not have sounded out of place on one of the Mercury albums.
"This Old Heart of Mine": Not that familiar w/the later Rod version. The original Isleys version is pretty much perfect (a certified 'keep the floor filled' number at the monthly Soul Night I go to), and this 70s AM Gold arrangement is interesting if not the most winning reinvention.
Wish Rod had done a full-on country album at some point in the 70s.
Much too late, but back when he did that "Rock Songbook" album, he mentioned to Rolling Stone that he also wanted to do R & B and Country editions as well, but "...the label isn't so keen on the Country one..." Of course, this was right before Raising Sand...Of course, given the track record, Rod's album would have most likely been another Karaoke effort.
― a full playlist of presidential sex jams (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 13 September 2016 20:50 (seven years ago) link
The '89 remake since we're not getting to it: https://youtu.be/N9eQShsxkj4
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 13 September 2016 21:06 (seven years ago) link
The video distracts from the fact that the song is a valentine from Rod to Ron and vice versa
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 13 September 2016 21:07 (seven years ago) link
"Still Love You" (Stewart) – 5:08
https://youtu.be/3Z6tkCU140I
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/c1/51/68/c151688c3c715a3e1c624b7e0251dd71.jpg
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 14 September 2016 13:10 (seven years ago) link
My favorite song after "Stone Cold Sober." It has hints of "Wish You Were Here." Judicious use of drums and violin.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 14 September 2016 13:12 (seven years ago) link
this is good! the violin/guitar in the coda works nicely. a good example of how losing the more shambling Faces for ace studio pros had its upside for him
― col, Wednesday, 14 September 2016 14:28 (seven years ago) link
"It's Not the Spotlight" is lovely - and def wouldn't feel out of place on Every Picture...man he's so good at this type of song...it's funny even the arrangement and production feels more natural and open than a lot of the stuff on the album
This Old Heart of Mine I really love the bass playing, man that's nice who's on it? Nearly Jamerson quality
― Pull your head on out your hippy haze (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 14 September 2016 14:48 (seven years ago) link
Still Love You is great too...actually I'd take the back half of this from "I Don't Want to Talk About It" on as a nice little low-key EP...(without having cheated and listening to Sailing yet so that might be bad)
― Pull your head on out your hippy haze (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 14 September 2016 14:54 (seven years ago) link
"Still Love You": Wow, this is another one that would have fit well on the Mercury LPs. The echo effect on the "Love You"s on the chorus is kinda awkward, an unnecessary production trick on a track otherwise barren of them. Still, my favorite so far on the album.
― a full playlist of presidential sex jams (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 14 September 2016 18:23 (seven years ago) link
I'm curious also how Rod got a hold of "I DOn't want to Talk." In my head, Rod and Neil / Crazy Horse exist in two separate universes.
― calstars, Thursday, 15 September 2016 01:30 (seven years ago) link
Has Rod done any Neil songs? Seems odd if he hasn't.
― a full playlist of presidential sex jams (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 15 September 2016 01:50 (seven years ago) link
"Sailing (Gavin Christopher)"
https://youtu.be/FOt3oQ_k008
http://eil.com/images/main/Rod+Stewart+Sailing+-+BLUE+vinyl+181886.jpg
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 15 September 2016 12:17 (seven years ago) link
his "Mull of Kintyre": enormous UK #1, didn't do much at all on US radio. still don't hear it on classic rock stations that often
― col, Thursday, 15 September 2016 12:53 (seven years ago) link
tom ewing's summary of it works for me: "Stewart seems to be trying to create something that’s expressing yearning in as straightforward and widescreen a way as possible, but all subtlety’s been boiled away and we’re left with a great voice being put to dreary use."
― col, Thursday, 15 September 2016 12:56 (seven years ago) link
this is not the Chris Cross song, right?
― calstars, Thursday, 15 September 2016 13:06 (seven years ago) link
Unfortunately no.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 15 September 2016 13:51 (seven years ago) link
I had never heard of "Sailing" until reading about it a few years ago.
hmmmm "Sailin'" almost seems like it's the first trial balloon for Stewart's "Rod sings the American Songbook" type albums
in any case I hereby declare Atlantic Crossing by Rod Stewart to be.....PRETTY OKAY...I GUESS.
I think I could scrap together a decent Spotify EP version of it with most of the second half and a couple of the rockers from side 1.
though this is kinda a funny contrast to the Eagles thread in that I'm gonna be trying to bend over backwards to give Rod the benefit of the doubt whereas with the Eagles one bad lyrics or drum part and I'm like FUCK THESE ASSHOLES haha
― Pull your head on out your hippy haze (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 15 September 2016 14:08 (seven years ago) link
well, Stewart was a better songwriter by himself than Frey-Henley and their bros.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 15 September 2016 14:10 (seven years ago) link
the majority of his Jeff Beck Group/Faces/early solo era is as good as rock music gets for me
― Pull your head on out your hippy haze (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 15 September 2016 14:19 (seven years ago) link
Sailing is of course is a cover originally performed by Sutherland Brothers & Quiver.
https://youtu.be/0dSU8XR0Gmchttp://scdb.abradio.cz/uploads/400x400/songs/oldies/s/sailing-3.jpg
The interesting story behind this one of course is that bass player Terry Comer from contemporaneos bar-band Ace was surrepticiously gigging with the Sutherland Bros. without his regular band being informed of this, with the inference he might jump ship if he liked the Sutherlands better. Singer Paul Carrack learned what he was planning, which he turned into a song regarding the situation which became the hit "How Long"
― Lee626, Thursday, 15 September 2016 16:25 (seven years ago) link
...which we'll be hearing a Rod version of eventually ITT! #WheelsWithinWheels
― a full playlist of presidential sex jams (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 15 September 2016 18:37 (seven years ago) link
p sure "Sailing" is his signature song in Denmark
it's not v good tho imo
― niels, Thursday, 15 September 2016 18:42 (seven years ago) link
"Sailing": This has got the classic Power Ballad 'build build build' singalong structure. Pretty tune, although yes it feels a harbinger of rougher sailing (ha!) to come Rod-wise. Isn't this a big football anthem over in Blighty? And on that tip, will "Ole Ola" be part of our revue?
― a full playlist of presidential sex jams (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 15 September 2016 22:40 (seven years ago) link
Also, what the hell was this TV show it was the theme of?
― a full playlist of presidential sex jams (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 15 September 2016 22:41 (seven years ago) link
Whoo! Let's go to 1976's A Night on the Town!
"Tonight's the Night (Gonna Be Alright)" (Rod Stewart)
https://youtu.be/IZr6AE-u2UM
http://justhungry.com/files/images/70s2.jpg
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 16 September 2016 10:39 (seven years ago) link
A classic about which I've nothing to say. Means nothing to me.
Who is Gavin Christopher? Written by Gavin Sutherland of course! And, yes, this is probably his most famous/popular song in the UK.
― Bottlerockey (Tom D.), Friday, 16 September 2016 10:43 (seven years ago) link
I suppose there's a Scottish thing going on there - musically and lyrically? Possibly?
― Bottlerockey (Tom D.), Friday, 16 September 2016 10:46 (seven years ago) link
a typo
xpost
Gavin Christopher was an American singer-songwriter
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 16 September 2016 10:51 (seven years ago) link
A young Giles Coren in the photo Alfred posted.
― Horizontal Superman is invulnerable (aldo), Friday, 16 September 2016 11:12 (seven years ago) link
... serving cocktails to Sue Perkins in a wig.
― Bottlerockey (Tom D.), Friday, 16 September 2016 11:16 (seven years ago) link
The Great British Fuck Off
― Foster Twelvetrees (Ward Fowler), Friday, 16 September 2016 11:19 (seven years ago) link
Also, I reckon Do You Think I'm Sexy must give Sailing a run for its money as Rod's most popular/well known song in the UK
― Foster Twelvetrees (Ward Fowler), Friday, 16 September 2016 11:20 (seven years ago) link