He played a tiny fragment of If You Don't Want My Love (Give it back) on Jools Holland's show a few months back, just him and an acoustic. Sadly, he had no band and just did the Gorillaz number with them.
― Dr X O'Skeleton, Wednesday, 6 October 2010 17:36 (thirteen years ago) link
http://stereogum.com/971542/bobby-womack-please-forgive-my-heart/mp3s/
i like this
― catbus otm (gbx), Tuesday, 13 March 2012 00:06 (twelve years ago) link
new solo album called The Bravest Man In The Universe, his first studio effort since a 2000 Christmas joint. Gorillaz leader Damon Albarn and XL Records boss Richard Russell are both serving as producers,
I like the single too.
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 13 March 2012 03:38 (twelve years ago) link
Need to get and listen to more of his studio efforts
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, November 27, 2007
Shame on me for not remedying this yet, 5 years later. It's been 7 years since I saw Womack live. Wow.
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 13 March 2012 15:17 (twelve years ago) link
o god so timely, i was walking to work this morning and some boys were BLASTIN if u think ur lonely now on they car radio, i was liiike damn this coffee tastes good
― surm, Tuesday, 13 March 2012 15:19 (twelve years ago) link
some boys were BLASTIN if u think ur lonely now
Cool. Bet they were just reading this thread on their phones. Or maybe not.
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 13 March 2012 15:26 (twelve years ago) link
:P
― surm, Tuesday, 13 March 2012 15:30 (twelve years ago) link
The album, which sets Womack's careworn voice and acoustic guitar against clattering electronics, and mixes old gospel songs with guest appearances by Lana Del Rey, is a triumph.
there's no God just fyi
― cosi fan whitford (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Friday, 25 May 2012 13:40 (eleven years ago) link
The songs kicking around already sound pretty good. Plus, yay for beating cancer.
― Simon H., Friday, 25 May 2012 13:42 (eleven years ago) link
"Please Forgive My Heart" is pretty average. His voice is blown.
― go down on you in a thyatrr (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 25 May 2012 13:46 (eleven years ago) link
Bad as I been, I can sing my ass off, better than I could before. Maybe it's been preserved or something. If I can take control of my life from drugs, divorces, anything, I stand tall." He frowns. "I'm speaking for all those singers who gave up. Marvin, Jackie Wilson, Sam Cooke, Wilson Pickett: I can keep naming them until you say OK, I got enough. They need more respect than can ever be given to them. And I'm gonna set the record straight." And that Soto guy,man I need to straighten him out too, he added.
― curmudgeon, Friday, 25 May 2012 14:29 (eleven years ago) link
I think NPR is still streaming his new one.
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 6 June 2012 18:57 (eleven years ago) link
wtf with this shit
― retro-shittified (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 6 June 2012 19:53 (eleven years ago) link
I had a friend tell me she was "our Nico." probably get used to people putting her on where she doesn't belong
― decrepit but free (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Wednesday, 6 June 2012 20:02 (eleven years ago) link
this album just sounded a bit awkward to me
― kanye kardashian (lex pretend), Wednesday, 6 June 2012 20:03 (eleven years ago) link
Nabisco asked Damon Albarn about it for New York magazine:
This morning, I was listening to the Bobby Womack record you worked on, and I was curious — for you, was that sort of a standard production job, or something you were pretty invested in?
Not really a “standard production job” — Bobby and I talked about it on tour, and it took about another eight or nine months to come to fruition. But he came over, and [XL label head] Richard Russell, who’s really into working with Bobby as well, so we just sort of got together, and in a two-week session, pretty much got the arch and structure of the record from scratch. There wasn’t really a lot of writing done outside of the studio. We all had a few little ideas we brought into the mix, but it was a very collaborative and quick process.
Lana Del Rey appears on one track — who brought her into the loop?
That would be Richard. My studio’s quite close to the BBC, kinda walking distance, so if anyone comes in from abroad and plays at Jools Holland — which is our one legitimate live music show — we’ve got easy access to them. We kidnap them as they’re on break. Which is what we did with Lana, basically. She was amazing, I have to say, she didn’t know any of us personally, she’d just finished her rehearsal at the BBC, came straight here, and, within half an hour, was singing, dueting with Bobby. Really natural, very gorgeous voice she’s got
http://www.vulture.com/2012/05/damon-albarn-on-blurs-london-olympics-reunion.html
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 6 June 2012 20:17 (eleven years ago) link
her part sounds nice for the most part, but i just wish she'd enunciate.
the second half of this album is really great, though i'm not quite sure what to make of "love is gonna to lift you up" ... it sounds like he's singing over a casio keyboard demo, which is somehow both awesome and lame at the same time. i'm not too familiar with a lot of his older stuff, so maybe he was always open to sounding a bit weird, but it strikes me as a stretch.
― borntohula, Thursday, 14 June 2012 00:50 (eleven years ago) link
I've been listening to the new one a lot this week. Loved "Please Forgive My Heart" since I first heard it but the whole thing is finally clicking in a big way. I don't even get that annoyed with Lana Del Ray.
― this is the dream of avril and chad (jer.fairall), Saturday, 1 September 2012 01:52 (eleven years ago) link
Man, this guy's had some bad luck in the last year: http://pitchfork.com/news/49025-bobby-womack-diagnosed-with-early-signs-of-alzheimers/
Bravest Man In The Universe has really grown on me, by the way. Questionable production, definitely, but some of the songs he wrote for this are just too good to ignore.
― Everything You Like Sucks, Wednesday, 2 January 2013 23:38 (eleven years ago) link
Alzheimers. Poor guy.
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 3 January 2013 14:38 (eleven years ago) link
BMITU just missed my Top Ten, but it was a very good year.
― Public Brooding Closet (cryptosicko), Thursday, 3 January 2013 16:18 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.amoeba.com/sized-images/maxs/800/600/uploads/past-performances/hollywood/2012/06.15.2012_Bobby_Womack_Signing/bobbyWomackSigning-7.jpg
― 2am chopped top (brimstead), Thursday, 3 January 2013 19:28 (eleven years ago) link
I saw D.C. old-school soul singer Eddie Jones do a great version of "Harry Hippie" the other night. Was listening to Womack this morning--"Across 110th Street" is so passionate.
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 15 January 2014 15:18 (ten years ago) link
I like his rendition of "California Dreamin'" too
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 15 January 2014 15:43 (ten years ago) link
I can't believe I've gotten this far in life without reading about the Womack clan...iirc Bobby married Sam Cooke's widow (2 months after Sam was killed) while steppin with her daughter Linda who married Cecil who married Mary Wells who later shacked up w another Womack brother whose name escapes me. If there's a biography there I'm going to read it.
― musically, Saturday, 15 March 2014 05:24 (ten years ago) link
The Bravest Man in the Universe, indeed.
― Inside Lewellyn Sinclair (cryptosicko), Saturday, 15 March 2014 12:22 (ten years ago) link
Despite current health issues, he's doing some gigs
LiveSunday May 4, 2014 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, New Orleans
Thursday June 12, 2014 AT&T Performing Arts Center, Dallas
Saturday June 14, 2014 Bonarroo Music And Arts Festival, Manchester
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 20 March 2014 20:34 (ten years ago) link
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/bobby-womack-dead-at-70-20140627
Teenie Hodges, Hi Rhythm and Al Green guitarist died the other day and now the great Bobby Womack (teenage gospel singer, guitarist with Sam Cooke, Wilson Pickett and Sly Stone, pal of the Rolling Stones and successful solo artist). RIP Bobby
― curmudgeon, Friday, 27 June 2014 23:41 (nine years ago) link
So sad. A life and a legacy both.
Did he make that Bonarroo date, I wonder.
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 28 June 2014 01:27 (nine years ago) link
I feel it is worth mentioning that his recent "comeback" album The Bravest Man in the Universe was a) one of the very few of these kinds of things that wasn't just him and a bunch of guest stars rehashing his old hits, but rather an album of new material, and b) was really, really good.
― You know something? He *did* say "well, yeah" a lot. (cryptosicko), Saturday, 28 June 2014 01:30 (nine years ago) link
Not sure if he really played on "Suspicious Minds" but who cares. RIP.
― That's How Strong My Dub Is (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 28 June 2014 15:27 (nine years ago) link
Major RIP :(
― Οὖτις, Saturday, 28 June 2014 16:11 (nine years ago) link
This sucks, his music was a big part of my life
― Dr X O'Skeleton, Saturday, 28 June 2014 16:16 (nine years ago) link
Never knew he was left-handed and played upside down.
― That's How Strong My Dub Is (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 28 June 2014 16:22 (nine years ago) link
Extra sad this came in the middle of a career revival. RIP.
― the joke should be over once the kid is eaten. (chap), Saturday, 28 June 2014 17:41 (nine years ago) link
i saw him a few months ago at jazzfest and he was absolutely incredible, no surprise. rip, blasting the shit out of the poet all day
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Saturday, 28 June 2014 17:51 (nine years ago) link
Yeah RIP. Very significant in my teenage years. I never saw him perform, to me he had everything.
― mmmm, Saturday, 28 June 2014 23:22 (nine years ago) link
Not sure if he really played on "Suspicious Minds" but who cares. RIP.― That's How Strong My Dub Is (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, June 28, 2014 10:27 AM (11 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― That's How Strong My Dub Is (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, June 28, 2014 10:27 AM (11 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
...especially when he is all the fuck over there's a riot goin' on.
blasting that's the way i feel about cha right now.
RIP bobby.
― I dunno. (amateurist), Sunday, 29 June 2014 04:34 (nine years ago) link
Hm. Didn't even realize he was on that. Must...read...the credits... carefully...as in the old days.
― Riot In #9 Dream (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 29 June 2014 04:41 (nine years ago) link
i don't think there are actually proper credits on that LP! but it's well-known.
― I dunno. (amateurist), Sunday, 29 June 2014 07:27 (nine years ago) link
I feel pretty silly for having listened to Riot for 25 years and not knowing Womack was on it until two days ago.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Sunday, 29 June 2014 11:53 (nine years ago) link
NYTimes obit:
Correction: June 28, 2014An earlier version of this obituary rendered incorrectly one word in the title of Sly Stone’s most ambitious album, which Bobby Womack helped produce and which is now a soul classic. The title is “There’s a Riot Goin’ On,” not “There’s a Riot Going On.”
An earlier version of this obituary rendered incorrectly one word in the title of Sly Stone’s most ambitious album, which Bobby Womack helped produce and which is now a soul classic. The title is “There’s a Riot Goin’ On,” not “There’s a Riot Going On.”
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Sunday, 29 June 2014 11:55 (nine years ago) link
He's got some credits that are hard to keep track of, like Kaylan and Volman.
― Riot In #9 Dream (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 29 June 2014 12:21 (nine years ago) link
RIP Bobby.
(Just noticed I started this thread and I never start threads...)
― Tommy McTommy (Tom D.), Sunday, 29 June 2014 13:26 (nine years ago) link
You must have been moved to do so by the passing of Jim Ford.
― Riot In #9 Dream (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 29 June 2014 13:35 (nine years ago) link
You can check the timing here
― Riot In #9 Dream (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 29 June 2014 13:36 (nine years ago) link
stones do all over now in tribute
― Thus Sang Freud, Sunday, 29 June 2014 14:36 (nine years ago) link
First time I saw him he opened for the Stones
― curmudgeon, Monday, 30 June 2014 15:57 (nine years ago) link
Not as sad as if it had happened before a career revival though. At least he got the chance to make a great record, get back on the road, play arena shows and festival headliners with Gorillaz and get adoring press.
― What is wrong with songs? Absolutely nothing. Songs are great. (DL), Monday, 30 June 2014 18:06 (nine years ago) link
Its sad that he died, period at age 70.
― curmudgeon, Monday, 30 June 2014 18:41 (nine years ago) link