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Post by biggerfish2fry on Jun 23, 2008 16:41:57 GMT -8
Anyone have any idea of who is singing backup on Blake Sheltons remake of Michael Buble's "Home"? My wistful ears think its a voice that hasn't been heard since I last visited LA...
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Post by edinburgh1 on Jun 26, 2008 14:09:55 GMT -8
Actually, I believe it's Miranda Lambert. Not Natalie mind you, but another great TX artist.
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Post by biggerfish2fry on Jun 29, 2008 8:14:17 GMT -8
thank you edinburgh. I do believe that you are correct Radio station(clear channel) in Mpls is playing the chicks! In the past week I've heard 7 different songs and considering that the only time I listen to that station is on weekends, that's huge!
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Post by Bingo on Jul 1, 2008 17:17:09 GMT -8
I found this on You Tube - and it's such a moving song (one of the true classics , co-written by Larry Collins, of the Collins Kids, with Felice and Boudeleaux Bryant, I think).
Some of you will probably know that this song was special for Charlie and Emmy, too - and now, some way down the road, here are Miranda and Blake singing it!
"Everyone's a star here in L.A. County You ought to see the things that they do All the cowboys down on the Sunset Strip Wish that they could be like you
The Santa Monica Freeway Sometimes makes a country girl blue You're the reason God made Oklahoma You're the reason God made Oklahoma And I'm sure missing you"
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Post by xxys000 on Jul 2, 2008 2:21:39 GMT -8
I found this on You Tube - and it's such a moving song (one of the true classics , co-written by Larry Collins, of the Collins Kids, with Felice and Boudeleaux Bryant, I think). Some of you will probably know that this song was special for Charlie and Emmy, too - and now, some way down the road, here are Miranda and Blake singing it! "Everyone's a star here in L.A. County You ought to see the things that they do All the cowboys down on the Sunset Strip Wish that they could be like you
The Santa Monica Freeway Sometimes makes a country girl blue You're the reason God made Oklahoma You're the reason God made Oklahoma And I'm sure missing you"Why is this song special for Emily and Charlie? I really like Miranda...
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Post by Bingo on Jul 2, 2008 7:45:04 GMT -8
Charlie quoted that song as a dedication to Emily in the early days.
Miranda's great! Every time I hear her, I think how lucky the Mainstream are to have her - but I don't think they'll keep her too long. I think she'll have a long career in Country Music - I just don't think it will be in the sort of environment that the "divas" perform in.
(However I could be wrong - I've been used to a situation in which the two wings of Country Music tended not to mix and showed little liking for, or acceptance of, each other. That's probably shaped my outlook as a fan. But things may well be changing - maybe the future will be one in which Music Row, the award shows and the commercial radio stations are more welcoming to the varied tapestry of styles in the Country genre.)
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Post by xxys000 on Jul 3, 2008 6:15:52 GMT -8
Charlie quoted that song as a dedication to Emily in the early days. Miranda's great! Every time I hear her, I think how lucky the Mainstream are to have her - but I don't think they'll keep her too long. I think she'll have a long career in Country Music - I just don't think it will be in the sort of environment that the "divas" perform in. (However I could be wrong - I've been used to a situation in which the two wings of Country Music tended not to mix and showed little liking for, or acceptance of, each other. That's probably shaped my outlook as a fan. But things may well be changing - maybe the future will be one in which Music Row, the award shows and the commercial radio stations are more welcoming to the varied tapestry of styles in the Country genre.) Oh really? I didn't know that. That's interesting. Just on what you said about the divides in country music...can I ask what are your feelings on it? You say Mainstream are lucky to have Miranda...are you happy they do? Also, if things moved forward in such a way that every genre was embraced or accepted would you be in favour of that? And also do you think all 'alternative' fans would be? ( alternative probably isn't the correct term but I hope you understand what I mean). I'm asking these questions out of pure curiosity...I have read your opinion that the chicks relationship with mainstream might not have lasted even without the incident and I found it quite interesting and very well reasoned (as usual!).
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Post by Dora on Jul 3, 2008 17:59:28 GMT -8
Blake was interviewed about this song and he said if he didn't ask Ran to sing back-up, she'd have kicked his ass!
ahaha.. love them!
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Post by drizzletown on Jul 3, 2008 18:57:30 GMT -8
I don't know much by him, but when he sang "home" on Nashville Star, hubby said "when they have these musicians on, it really makes the contestants sound bad in comparison. See folks that's what you're supposed to sound like".
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Post by Bingo on Jul 3, 2008 19:46:28 GMT -8
Just on what you said about the divides in country music...can I ask what are your feelings on it? You say Mainstream are lucky to have Miranda...are you happy they do? Also, if things moved forward in such a way that every genre was embraced or accepted would you be in favour of that? And also do you think all 'alternative' fans would be? ( alternative probably isn't the correct term but I hope you understand what I mean). I'm asking these questions out of pure curiosity...I have read your opinion that the chicks relationship with mainstream might not have lasted even without the incident and I found it quite interesting and very well reasoned (as usual!). The divide between "Mainstream" Pop-Country and "Alternative" Roots-Country is something many fans have grown up with and become very used to. In my experience, most fans are in one camp or the other and don't mix well. It's estimated that about 80-85 % like Pop-Country and about 15-20% like Roots-Country. So the latter is commercially a much smaller market. It tends to have its own radio stations and its own award shows. Numerically, most artists are Roots artists - but most of them are much less well-known. Their following is concentrated in the Festivals, smaller bars and music clubs and on the College circuit. Geographically, there are a variety of centres where Roots-Country has particular performance "strongholds" - Texas (especially Austin and New Braunfels), East Tennessee, North Carolina (Asheville, Raleigh, Chapel Hil)l, Stillwater OK, Athens GA, Colorado (Lyons, Telluride), etc. I tend to say "Roots", but the name doesn't matter much - Alt. Country, or Y'all-ternative is OK - (but it would be annoying to many fans if you called only the Pop chart acts "Country" - since that more or less implies that the rest doesn't exist!) The "rest" actually consists of a wide range of styles and sub-genres, including Old Time Mountain Music, Rockabilly, traditional Bluegrass, Progressive Bluegrass, traditional Western, Western Swing, traditional Country, modern singer-songwriter styles, thrash grass, hard Country Rock, etc. These styles are often very different - but the smaller circuit of Roots radio stations tend to play a mixture of all of them (and lump them together as "Americana") I think many Alternative fans like that - they welcome a mixture! (But some will prefer to find internet radio stations that play only Rockabilly or only Bluegrass - and some Bluegrass fans won't listen to the Progressive jam bands, for example. You'll always have purists as well as blenders - and I think it's right that there should be scope for both.) But I don't think many would be keen to merge with the Mainstream. It's very much governed by commercial pressure to conform, and has much less time for either the older styles or for cutting edge innovation. For that reason, I think the division will always exist - one side is playing to a mass market, and the other is supported by a range of niche audiences. Our friend Alikat recently posted links to two good articles about the group Jypsi - and these suggested that, in order to sell and get radio time, they're coming under some pressure to conform and modify their image - pressure they are largely likely to resist, I think. For the same reason, I'd not be surprised if Miranda Lambert didn't get disillusioned with Mainstream attitudes and identify more fully with independent "Outlaw" music - that's what I was hinting at earlier. Anyway - it's a good topic - hope that helps a bit
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Post by xxys000 on Jul 7, 2008 6:37:27 GMT -8
^^^^ Thanks for the info Bingo...it was a very interesting read.
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Post by samfan6 on Jul 23, 2008 19:48:33 GMT -8
I like this David Frizzell and Shelly West version too....
As a side note...my niece will be marrying into the Frizzell family in Oct...
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Post by Bingo on Jul 23, 2008 20:03:05 GMT -8
That's cool!
David's older brother, the late Lefty Frizzell, was one of the giants of '50s honky-tonk music, and a very big influence on many of the singers who followed him.
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