Patty waters: c/d

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so I listened to 'college tour' this morning and really enjoyed it. thought it would a 'shriek' fest but it sounds as if she can do anything with her voice (there are some 'sweet' vocals but not sickly sweet). There was minimal backing (mostly bass, flute and piano) but that was made to count, the voice didn't overwhelm everything (even though it is centre stage).

so classic of course (I don't know why i'm even asking really).

must get 'sings' and then there was a third comeback record after she disappeared (I like the fact that she just did vanish). anyone got that one.

I also know she performed at le weekend festival in glasgow: anyone see that?

― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Tuesday, 17 June 2003 14:22 (twenty-two years ago)

Just heard the first 2 and defo classic.

Was tempted by the le weekend thing in part to see her.

So any idea bout Erica Pomerance who I have an understanding is similar.

― tigerclawskank, Tuesday, 17 June 2003 14:27 (twenty-two years ago)

no haven't heard abt erica. if someone knows recommend a record plz?

― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Tuesday, 17 June 2003 14:29 (twenty-two years ago)

Erica Pomerance is sightly similar, in that she's a female vocalist who has no problem getting freaky. However, she seems more folky than jazzy to me. Apparently, now she's a filmmaker.

Patty Waters Sings is a schizophrenic record. The first 3/4 of the record are perfectly normal cocktail lounge jazz vocals, and then the last tune hits and the world blows up. I think it's pretty shocking, even for people accostomed to sudden outbursts.

― dleone (dleone), Tuesday, 17 June 2003 14:31 (twenty-two years ago)

has anyone reissued 'sings'. I know 'college tour' was reissued on vinyl.

― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Tuesday, 17 June 2003 14:49 (twenty-two years ago)

Yes, it was reissued on CD last year on Calibre.

― dleone (dleone), Tuesday, 17 June 2003 14:52 (twenty-two years ago)

i would kind of disagree with dleone about "sings"... though my experience with cocktail lounge jazz is minimal at best, her voice MAKES the songs, it's just so melancholy and barely-there.

the pomerance record is folk stuff, there's some jazz influence there (flute solos, some funky rhythms) and she has a kind of rough but appealing voice. it sounds like it belongs on ESP, a la mij, the godz, etc.

― your null fame (yournullfame), Tuesday, 17 June 2003 15:45 (twenty-two years ago)

ynf, I do like her voice -- sultry, and understated -- when I say cocktail lounge, I don't mean Vegas nightclub, I mean smokey Metropolitan dive at 1am. Smooth, and a little bit sad.

Until the last song...

― dleone (dleone), Tuesday, 17 June 2003 16:00 (twenty-two years ago)

the Pomerance record is called You Used To Think and is great

both Sings and College Tour - classic

― roger adultery (roger adultery), Wednesday, 18 June 2003 06:33 (twenty-two years ago)

thanx for the pomerance recommendation.

I'll hopefully track down 'sings'. it appears no one has heard that third 'comeback' alb (unless I'm dreaming this bcz I'm sure that i read a review of that record in the wire).

― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Wednesday, 18 June 2003 06:58 (twenty-two years ago)

julio check yr inbox

― dave q, Wednesday, 18 June 2003 07:12 (twenty-two years ago)

thank you dave! you've got a reply.

― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Wednesday, 18 June 2003 07:24 (twenty-two years ago)

two weeks pass...

and so dave delivers a CDR of 'sings'. all tracks are basically just piano and her voice (and what a voice). Is it 'cocktail jazz'. well i've never really heard much that is classified like that (don't have anything like it in my record collection, that's for sure) so i can't say but I loved every second of that. but it is such a sweet voice and wonderful voice.

and then to 'Black is the color...', which as dleone sez, has enough sonic 'shocks' to send yr head spinning (in this last track, there is bass, drums added and i think harpischord though i can't recall right now as i type this). At the end you come away feeling that she can do anything with her voice and I'm sure a young diamanda galas was listening to this and taking note.

― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Saturday, 5 July 2003 19:55 (twenty-two years ago)

I had the old issue of Cadence that had an interview with her. It was really cool and in depth (as most Cadence interviews are). She is apparently settled down with children and doing well, etc.

Her "Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair" is obviously one of the greatest sound recordings of all time. Her performance gives goosebumps, but what's notable is the way she transforms this traditional song and situates it in the civil rights movement (she was herself a white woman married to an African-American).

― Mr. Diamond (diamond), Saturday, 5 July 2003 20:09 (twenty-two years ago)

yeah well she played in scotland last month. apparently it was great (she looked great from that pic too, its in the wire).

― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Saturday, 5 July 2003 20:13 (twenty-two years ago)

also Julio if you want to hear the Erica Pomerance, I can burn that for you. I don't really like that record as much as I'd like to.

Have you heard Sainkho Namtchylak? :)

― Mr. Diamond (diamond), Saturday, 5 July 2003 20:13 (twenty-two years ago)

hey diamond that erica record came through the post today (i'm doing some more listening and then i'll do a thread tomorrow, if someone doesn't beat me to it).

''Have you heard Sainkho Namtchylak? :)''

a bit but i haven't got anything. if you wanna burn something i won't stop ya :-)

― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Saturday, 5 July 2003 20:16 (twenty-two years ago)

I haven't decided what I think of her yet.

Just wanted to note that the entire "Black Is the Color..." is used on the soundtrack of a experimental Japanese film from the 1960s (by Wakamatsu, I believe) called "Go, Go, Second Time Virgin."

― amateurist (amateurist), Sunday, 6 July 2003 16:23 (twenty-two years ago)

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