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Clarence every time. That voice. He is criminally under valued.
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This is actually the first time I've heard the COTB version. It's good, but Clarence's has a more dynamic arrangement.
I used to toy with the idea of doing a version with additional verses, where the singer's tribulations get more and more preposterous (a heavy rain of toads, say), while his daddy's remembered advices become less and less helpful:
... but I never got around to it.
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I used to toy with the idea of doing a version with additional verses, where the singer's tribulations get more and more preposterous (a heavy rain of toads, say), while his daddy's remembered advices become less and less helpful:
- He said, 'If you can't stand the heat, then get in the shade
If life hands you lemons then drink lemonade
You know today's the first day of the rest of your life
So never make a pretty woman your wife'
He said, 'Patches, I'm dependin' on ya son...'
... but I never got around to it.
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yomptepi wrote:Clarence every time. That voice.
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Yeah, really, that Clarence Carter track shouldn't work at all. It's so molasses thick in sentimentality that there should be a warning for diabetics, and I'm still not entirely convinced by the spoken word parts. But the way he sings it- why, it just can't be denied. He throws everything into the conceit, and you come out the other end believing it. Carter is an underrated singer, I've got the single-disc Rhino Best of Snatching It Back, and it's loads of fun, he has an almost conversational approach to singing, which is at odds with the fact he was in possession of a fabulous, wide-ranging voice.
It's before my time but I've been told, he never came back from Karangahape Road.
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Just me that finds it comical then ? It's dreadful.
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I never really liked it until I saw Rick Hall talking about its personal meaning to him on the Muscle Shoals documentary. I've always liked the track, but can take the cloying sentimentality (or whatever you want to say about the lyrics) a little better now.
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Charlie O. wrote:
I used to toy with the idea of doing a version with additional verses, where the singer's tribulations get more and more preposterous (a heavy rain of toads, say), while his daddy's remembered advices become less and less helpful:He said, 'If you can't stand the heat, then get in the shade
If life hands you lemons then drink lemonade
You know today's the first day of the rest of your life
So never make a pretty woman your wife'
He said, 'Patches, I'm dependin' on ya son...'
... but I never got around to it.
You're welcome.
You are one of the dudes, Charlie!
Similarly, I've always reckoned that "Alone Again Naturally" seems to be just getting started when it ends - another handful of verses in which the narrator develops rickets, blindness, falls homeless, kidnapped, prisoner of war, long painful death, etc.
Clarence for me, of course.
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Bent Fabric wrote:Similarly, I've always reckoned that "Alone Again Naturally" seems to be just getting started when it ends - another handful of verses in which the narrator develops rickets, blindness, falls homeless, kidnapped, prisoner of war, long painful death, etc.
... confinement in a rubber room...
Or, going the other way: dealing with a backed-up septic tank, getting an ingrown toenail, not being elected to city council...
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Charlie O. wrote:
Or, going the other way: dealing with a backed-up septic tank, getting an ingrown toenail, not being elected to city council...
Of course! The scale of perceived personal tragedy is deeply relative. Maybe some other guy has always got it worse, but...it's GIL'S story to tell, ultimately.
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Didn't General Johnson write the damned thing?
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I don't know but I want Charlie and Bent to write their damn thing!
Let U be the set of all united sets, K be the set of the kids and D be the set of things divided.
Then it follows that ∀ k ∈ K: K ∈ U ⇒ k ∉ D
Then it follows that ∀ k ∈ K: K ∈ U ⇒ k ∉ D
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K wrote:Jeemo wrote:Christ, I hate that song. sentimental heart string puller.
I get exactly where you're coming from, J. I'm just a sucker for the funky bit before each chorus.
I'm with jeemo on this one fwiw
Though I love real deal funky CC
Let U be the set of all united sets, K be the set of the kids and D be the set of things divided.
Then it follows that ∀ k ∈ K: K ∈ U ⇒ k ∉ D
Then it follows that ∀ k ∈ K: K ∈ U ⇒ k ∉ D
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Muskrat wrote:Didn't General Johnson write the damned thing?
He did.
He did.
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I am having problems with my computer -- probably more that than Windows 10. Sorry. Life would be much easier f we were able to delete out own posts; but until then, I must throw myself on the mercy of the mods.
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Muskrat wrote:Didn't General Johnson write the damned thing?
I'll be damned.
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Along with "Abraham, Martin, and Join", "Honey", and "Puff the Magic Dragon", one of those songs that was emotionally overwhelming to me, a seven year old kid. Even now, I can barely stand to listen to them, yet I want more than anything for music to try to affect me so strongly.
That's why I love guys like Nick Lowe. I love people who try to make me cry.
That's why I love guys like Nick Lowe. I love people who try to make me cry.
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Clarence. I had not heard the COTB version before and I found the arrangement of the chorus rather underwhelming, it goes down when it should go up.
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