Post by the Scribe on Mar 9, 2016 17:55:08 GMT -5
I will add more years and if anyone has more to add to that year have at it. Personal reviews, set lists, your own photos from that year, clippings or scrapbook articles.... anything is appreciated.
ABC in Concert. Aired November 9, 1973
www.liveleak.com/view?i=910_1309646356 (this liveleak link is a great location to watch as it is not a cut version) LiveLeak not working well for me at least so watch Linda AusFan's youtube post of the same thing.
This concert is mostly known as "Cat Stevens: Moon & Star Concert" but has also been called "The Hoaxers Midnight Daydream."
Cat Stevens - ABC In Concert 1973
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Cat Stevens - ABC In Concert 1973
With Dr. John & Linda Ronstadt
Aquarius Theather
Hollywood
California
November 9th, 1973
FM Broadcast
I've recreated the concert as best I could. Just missing Dr. John's Popstar and Cat's live version of The Boy with the Moon and Star On His Head.
www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUMq4sB5dsC9-sO0twhclaTUojC1UvDgy
1. Father and Son (4:02)
2. Wild World (3:25)
3. Morning Has Broken (3:20)
4. 18th Avenue (4:34)
5. Moonshadow w/Story (5:28)
6. (Dr John) - Pop Star (6:00)
7. King of Trees (4:07)
8. A Bad Penny (3:53)
9. (Linda Ronstadt) - Fill My Eyes (3:05)
10.(Linda Ronstadt) - First Cut Is The Deepest (2:56)
11.The Boy With The Moon and Star on His Head (6:16)
12.The Hurt (4:45)
13.Foreigner Suite (20:15)
The live audio version was just posted on youtube. This gives me hope the actual full video may someday be found and posted.
Moon & Star Concert Reviews
As Majicat is trying with the 'Moon & Star Petition' to spur the release of the ABC In Concerts 'Moon & Star, I thought it would be interesting for you to relive the excitement of this spectacular televised concert. Reading the reviews of the concert and checking out the TV guides' placement of this rare event of so many years ago, may help you to share the feeling of excitment of reading about the concert prior to the big event. The top two articles are courtesy of Bruce Lawrie and the pictures are courtesy of Ernestine Eisenhouer and Keith Balaam. The last article is from a '1974 In Concert Volume II ' book I purchased years ago.
I urge everyone to please sign the petition Majicat has placed up on the site. We hope one day this very rare and wonderful performance will be available for all to view.
ABC In Concert - 'Moon & Star ' Petition Drive pub4.bravenet.com/guestbook/show.php?usernum=271952048
Courtesy of Bruce Lawrie
Stevens TV Bow On ‘IN CONCERT’
NEW YORK__ Cat Stevens, A&M Records artist, will make his national television debut for the US on ABC-TV’s "In Concert" series. The entire 90 minute segment for Nov, 9 will be devoted to Stevens' music with a number of surprise guests slated to perform his material.
During Stevens’ performance taped before a live audience at the Aquarius Theatre in Hollywood, Stevens will perform his 18 – minute " Foreigner Suite" without commercial interruption.
Show is being directed by Joshua White and produced by Sunny Schnier with Barry Krost the television producer.
TV Guide Advertisement and placement for Friday November 9, 1973
Courtesy of Ernestine Eisenhouer Rolling Stone - ABC In Concert Advertisement
This advertisement appeared in the Rolling Stone Magazine for the November 22 1973 issue page 37. Courtesy of Keith Balaam
TV REVIEW
Stevens Portrait Shows Artist in Right Light
As the first anniversary of the late night TV rockers approaches, and the news of prime time music shows also breaks, it’s equally exciting to see the first attempts at screening entire shows built around strongest pop stars. ABC-TV’s " In Concert" has been first through the gate with "Moon and Stars," screened November 6 in the series' usual late night slot.
The Stevens special pointed up both the inherent strengths of such an approach, and a few of the pitfalls. Viewers were treated to a portrait of Stevens’ music of unusual depth, as Stevens moved through material from various phases of his recording career since joining A&M’s roster. The quality of the stereo-FM track for simulcast was excellent. Showcasing the possible technical heights this medium could reach, and both Stevens and a superb back-up including stalwarts Alun Davies, Jean Roussel and Gerry Conway, long time Stevens collaborators, made that aspect of the show more than just a technical triumph.
Visually, the show was also a tasteful effort, free from the surplus of quick cutting and "action" slots that have often plagued rock on television and proved distracting rather than compelling. The current addiction to star filters – that turn points of light on the image into prismatic flares – was probably the only flaw here, being rather overused.
Yet, the show itself hit many lulls, despite some strong changes of pace provided by Linda Ronstadt and Dr. John. Each performing a Stevens' composition, and by one of the show’s highlights, an excellent animated version of Stevens’ drawings of Teaser and the Firecat riding an moonshadow (and naturally framed by that song). The shows flow was broken by the necessary flurry of commercial breaks. Late night shows have long been plagued by those breaks, but here it was the sheer frequency that proved the problem.
Stevens is a dark and quiet personality and the show was virtually without any spoken comment. While small screen addicts might have been disappointed by the lack of chatter, it was a refreshing departure from the usual inanity of forced conversations that are often included to provide humor or personality. There may well be artists who in such a special could talk to us as well; Stevens seemed more comfortable just singing and it helped give the show a more natural feel.
CAT STEVENS
Cat Stevens broke a guitar string in the middle of a song and the jam-packed audience at theIn Concert Songbook Aquarius Theater in Hollywood applauded the full 55 seconds it took him to replace it. And when the British superstar politely asked director Joshua White if he could do one song over again for the cameras, the audience went wild.
That’s how eager the hundreds of Cat Stevens fans were to groove on his music.
The memorable occasion was the taping of the "In Concert" segment starring Cat Stevens, on the ABC Television Network’s "ABC Wide World of Entertainment." The show marks Stevens’ American television debut and is his first American appearance in a year.
His powerful performance put to rest rumors that the 25-year old star’s absence from the stage was due to a recurrence of the respiratory ailment that hospitalized him several years ago.
It was the inevitable conflict between art and commercialism that eventually took its toll on the young singer-composer, who was born Steve Georgiou. Following instant stardom at the age of 17, came the unending TV interviews, recording sessions, performance dates, tension, hassling and bad feelings.
Recalling those turbulent days, Stevens says, "I used to dread recording. For days I’d worry and think about that studio, full of blank, uncaring, bored session men who were going to play my music.
"And every time, in would go my music and out would come their music — technically perfect and perfectly antiseptic. It was my music and they would kill me with it."
During his convalescence Stevens came to grips with the problem that so often plagues creative artists.
"Once you’re a success it becomes very difficult to judge things; people love anything you do," he says. "But it’s important for me to try new things, different things, even if they fail."
When Stevens left the hospital and returned to a recording studio he was assured complete artistic integrity. He came out with "Mona Bone Jakon" (1969), an album that swept across Europe and rose into the Top Ten in France. He played to sellout crowds in Holland and Germany, and did a national television concert in Paris.
This year, Stevens recorded "Foreigner," the first album on which he is also producer, and the LP is currently rising to the top of the charts. It features "Foreigner Suite," an 18-minute tour de force he performs on "In Concert."
Linda Ronstadt - You're No Good (Midnight Special - Dec 21, 1973)
Amy Winehouse vs Linda Ronstadt - You Know That You're No Good
(included here for obvious reasons. Linda herself loved this mashup although she didn't think it made much sense. Linda is also a fan of Amy's. rip)
player.vimeo.com/video/73106019?portrait=0&autoplay=1
Masterpiece YouTube: Linda Ronstadt/Amy Winehouse “You’re No Good/You Know I’m No Good” Remix
(ironically I had to go to vimeo to find the original mashup as all of those on youtube are abbreviated versions)
Pop music has changed.
Not just the songs, but the images of the artists as well. What was once risque is now tame; I watched an early Britney Spears music video the other day and was like “so what’s the problem here?” Now you look at people like Miley Cyrus and wonder where the hell music went to. The only “pop” in pop music these days seems to come from Macklemore’s song where he “pops some tags” (and at first, I thought it was “popping some tabs,” like from soda cans or maybe a reference to MDA or some other sort of drug tablets). None of these songs have much of a shelf life. I mean, are we still going to be singing “Shots shots shots shots shots shots” or “You a stupid hoe (repeat)” twenty years from now? Ten? Five?
From the 1940s forward, pop music emerged out of a burgeoning youth culture in America and around the world. These were songs teens could dance along to and sing along with. Pop music has evolved over the years, spawning new genres (like bubblegum pop, country pop, dance pop, adult contemporary) and influenced other styles of music like rock, rap and R&B. Pure pop, however, came from the likes of folks like Linda Ronstadt. I believe that Linda Ronstadt is one of the most versatile performers of our time; her decades-long career has spawned albums in classic pop, contemporary pop, country/western, folk, rock and roll, and Latin, including setting the record for the best-selling non-English-language album in the USA. It shouldn’t have taken until 2014 to induct her into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, but now she’s in a place which deserves her name. She just came out with a book, Simple Dreams, that I am dying to read.
Unfortunately, she has lost the ability to sing due to symptoms from Parkinson’s disease; other than that, she’s alive and healthy, and apparently, according to her Wikipedia page, single and never married. (Linda – if you’re reading this, call me! ;-) )
She has some of the star qualities that are rarer and rarer to find in pop musicians these days. Every song of hers is distinct and has a different sound to it; you know it’s her because her name is on the CD cover, but even if you didn’t know who she was, you’d appreciate the song and the voice. Her songs were catchy, punchy, and had fun lyrics that were easy to remember, actually made some sense, and had a message in them. Her image wasn’t necessarily squeaky-clean, but that didn’t matter as much in those days; keeping your body covered was in, and songs with provocative lyrics didn’t receive much airtime. Frankly, the concept of “squeaky clean” image that we have today didn’t really exist back then; singers just performed, and the innuendo was what the listener made of it.
21st century music, while it has plenty of exceptions, has seen the proliferation of the “adult” factor, especially in teenagers and young twenty-somethings. Drugs, alcohol, and sex, once a subculture, have now hit the mainstream now more than ever. And they’re all so young. Consider Amy Winehouse. Her life was like a side show of addiction that resulted in an unfortunate death at the age of 27, just a year older than I am right now. And ironic, considering one of her breakout hits, “Rehab,” where she sings about not wanting to go there, and very adamantly at that. Fans seem to consider her some sort of musical martyr, but I don’t see it that way. People make choices in their lives, and she made some pretty bad ones and paid the ultimate price. This is by no means to speak ill of the dead, because she could have had a long, fruitful career ahead of her; just look at how Ozzy Osbourne turned out. Okay, maybe not the best example, but you get the picture.
But back to the video. We start off with the Amy Winehouse part, where she sings about drinking while lying in a bathtub and smoking at the bar, telling all the world “You Know I’m No Good.” Basically, a typical Amy Winehouse day. Her outfits are pretty darn revealing, and I don’t even think she’s trying to be all that sexy. After an awesome transition, we tune into a 1970s episode of Midnight Special, with Linda Ronstadt, two backup singers (who have incredible hairstyles, by the way), and a live band belting out “You’re No Good,” with long-haired Linda rocking the mic in her floral patterned Oxford and bellbottoms, and shaking a tambourine and her long brown hair like she just don’t care. The backups have interesting leisure-suit type outfits on, very 70s, especially the one who appears to be in gold lame. We transition back to Amy doing things with her tongue and half-naked boyfriend (not at the same time), with an awesome tambourine clap from Linda in the middle, before transitioning back again to Linda and co., who bring us out on a high note.
Now, what’s the take away here? I’ll start with the imagery. I love both ladies’ looks in this video, but it really shows just how much music has changed. In the 1970s, Linda’s outfit would be considered trendy, fashionable, and maybe even sexy with the tight fitting waist and legs, but today, you’d find that outfit (or a similar variation) at Ann Taylor or H&M. Amy’s outfit isn’t entirely inappropriate, more like club wear, but shows more cleavage than most 1970s pop divas would dare to bare. Their makeup and body language communicate their characters. Linda’s natural look and slight swish of the hips does more to implicate anything sexual than actually do anything sexual, whereas Amy’s heavy makeup, body tattoos, and (implied) nudity in the bubble bath make more of a show out of her, detracting from the voice and the song. The songs themselves go together nicely in one video, but are very different in style and tone: “You’re No Good” is less specific and contains relatively harmless lyrics about a relationship, where “You Know I’m No Good” refers to alcohol, having affairs, and sleeping around. Unfortunately, the original six-minute video has been taken down by YouTube, but this three-minute version packs the same punch.
This video is a masterpiece because not only does it feature two amazing singers, but it shows some of the stark contrasts between pop music from this century and the last.
Congratulations to Linda as well as Nirvana, Cat Stevens, KISS, Peter Gabriel, and Hall & Oates for their incredibly well-deserved achievement. And also to the nation of Taiwan and the Northwest Territories of Canada for showing up at That’s So Jacob for the first time. Give yourselves a round of applause.
But seriously, Ms. Ronstadt, if you’re ever in the Madison, Wisconsin area, let’s have dinner and drinks. Please?
thatssojacob.wordpress.com/2014/04/11/masterpiece-youtube-linda-ronstadtamy-winehouse-youre-no-goodyou-know-im-no-good-remix/
DOWNLOADS
Cat Stevens - 1973-11-09 - Hollywood, CA
(FM broadcast FLAC)
Cat Stevens - ABC In Concert 1973
With Dr. John & Linda Ronstadt
Aquarius Theather
Hollywood, California
Aired November 9th, 1973
This has been on vinyl boot, and other recordings from the radio broadcast,
but this is the complete version with Dr. John and Linda Ronstadt.
And the best quality source.
From Reel to Reel tape of broadcast (KLOS Los Angeles)
FM>3-3/4 ips Reel>MetalCass>Creative WavStudio 44.1k/16bit>CD>EAC>TLH SBEs fixed>Flac 8>You
www.guitars101.com/forums/f145/cat-stevens-1973-11-09-hollywood-ca-fm-flac-197452.html
Speed Adjusted +1.75% (video as reference)
No signal processing
Quality A+
This Still has the orginal Sansui QS encoding and will decode the orginal quadrophonic mix with Dolby ProLogic, DPLII or better decoders.
01. Father and Son (4:02)
02. Wild World (3:25)
03. Morning Has Broken (3:20)
04. 18th Avenue (4:34)
05. Moonshadow w/Story (5:28)
06. (Dr John) - Pop Star (6:00)
07. King of Trees (4:07)
08. A Bad Penny (3:53)
09. (Linda Ronstadt) - Fill My Eyes (3:05)
10.(Linda Ronstadt) - First Cut Is The Deepest (2:56)
11.The Boy With The Moon and Star on His Head (6:16)
12.The Hurt (4:45)
13.Foreigner Suite (20:15)
Total running time (72:13)
rapidgator.net/file/e7075698c....TUBE.zip.html
mirror:
turbobit.net/3atdazp14vtc/CaS....TUBE.zip.html
mirror:
www.filefactory.com/file/c1ls...AC.by.TUBE.zip
ABC in Concert. Aired November 9, 1973
www.liveleak.com/view?i=910_1309646356 (this liveleak link is a great location to watch as it is not a cut version) LiveLeak not working well for me at least so watch Linda AusFan's youtube post of the same thing.
This concert is mostly known as "Cat Stevens: Moon & Star Concert" but has also been called "The Hoaxers Midnight Daydream."
Cat Stevens - ABC In Concert 1973
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Cat Stevens - ABC In Concert 1973
With Dr. John & Linda Ronstadt
Aquarius Theather
Hollywood
California
November 9th, 1973
FM Broadcast
I've recreated the concert as best I could. Just missing Dr. John's Popstar and Cat's live version of The Boy with the Moon and Star On His Head.
www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUMq4sB5dsC9-sO0twhclaTUojC1UvDgy
1. Father and Son (4:02)
2. Wild World (3:25)
3. Morning Has Broken (3:20)
4. 18th Avenue (4:34)
5. Moonshadow w/Story (5:28)
6. (Dr John) - Pop Star (6:00)
7. King of Trees (4:07)
8. A Bad Penny (3:53)
9. (Linda Ronstadt) - Fill My Eyes (3:05)
10.(Linda Ronstadt) - First Cut Is The Deepest (2:56)
11.The Boy With The Moon and Star on His Head (6:16)
12.The Hurt (4:45)
13.Foreigner Suite (20:15)
The live audio version was just posted on youtube. This gives me hope the actual full video may someday be found and posted.
Moon & Star Concert Reviews
As Majicat is trying with the 'Moon & Star Petition' to spur the release of the ABC In Concerts 'Moon & Star, I thought it would be interesting for you to relive the excitement of this spectacular televised concert. Reading the reviews of the concert and checking out the TV guides' placement of this rare event of so many years ago, may help you to share the feeling of excitment of reading about the concert prior to the big event. The top two articles are courtesy of Bruce Lawrie and the pictures are courtesy of Ernestine Eisenhouer and Keith Balaam. The last article is from a '1974 In Concert Volume II ' book I purchased years ago.
I urge everyone to please sign the petition Majicat has placed up on the site. We hope one day this very rare and wonderful performance will be available for all to view.
ABC In Concert - 'Moon & Star ' Petition Drive pub4.bravenet.com/guestbook/show.php?usernum=271952048
Courtesy of Bruce Lawrie
Stevens TV Bow On ‘IN CONCERT’
NEW YORK__ Cat Stevens, A&M Records artist, will make his national television debut for the US on ABC-TV’s "In Concert" series. The entire 90 minute segment for Nov, 9 will be devoted to Stevens' music with a number of surprise guests slated to perform his material.
During Stevens’ performance taped before a live audience at the Aquarius Theatre in Hollywood, Stevens will perform his 18 – minute " Foreigner Suite" without commercial interruption.
Show is being directed by Joshua White and produced by Sunny Schnier with Barry Krost the television producer.
TV Guide Advertisement and placement for Friday November 9, 1973
Courtesy of Ernestine Eisenhouer Rolling Stone - ABC In Concert Advertisement
This advertisement appeared in the Rolling Stone Magazine for the November 22 1973 issue page 37. Courtesy of Keith Balaam
TV REVIEW
Stevens Portrait Shows Artist in Right Light
As the first anniversary of the late night TV rockers approaches, and the news of prime time music shows also breaks, it’s equally exciting to see the first attempts at screening entire shows built around strongest pop stars. ABC-TV’s " In Concert" has been first through the gate with "Moon and Stars," screened November 6 in the series' usual late night slot.
The Stevens special pointed up both the inherent strengths of such an approach, and a few of the pitfalls. Viewers were treated to a portrait of Stevens’ music of unusual depth, as Stevens moved through material from various phases of his recording career since joining A&M’s roster. The quality of the stereo-FM track for simulcast was excellent. Showcasing the possible technical heights this medium could reach, and both Stevens and a superb back-up including stalwarts Alun Davies, Jean Roussel and Gerry Conway, long time Stevens collaborators, made that aspect of the show more than just a technical triumph.
Visually, the show was also a tasteful effort, free from the surplus of quick cutting and "action" slots that have often plagued rock on television and proved distracting rather than compelling. The current addiction to star filters – that turn points of light on the image into prismatic flares – was probably the only flaw here, being rather overused.
Yet, the show itself hit many lulls, despite some strong changes of pace provided by Linda Ronstadt and Dr. John. Each performing a Stevens' composition, and by one of the show’s highlights, an excellent animated version of Stevens’ drawings of Teaser and the Firecat riding an moonshadow (and naturally framed by that song). The shows flow was broken by the necessary flurry of commercial breaks. Late night shows have long been plagued by those breaks, but here it was the sheer frequency that proved the problem.
Stevens is a dark and quiet personality and the show was virtually without any spoken comment. While small screen addicts might have been disappointed by the lack of chatter, it was a refreshing departure from the usual inanity of forced conversations that are often included to provide humor or personality. There may well be artists who in such a special could talk to us as well; Stevens seemed more comfortable just singing and it helped give the show a more natural feel.
CAT STEVENS
Cat Stevens broke a guitar string in the middle of a song and the jam-packed audience at theIn Concert Songbook Aquarius Theater in Hollywood applauded the full 55 seconds it took him to replace it. And when the British superstar politely asked director Joshua White if he could do one song over again for the cameras, the audience went wild.
That’s how eager the hundreds of Cat Stevens fans were to groove on his music.
The memorable occasion was the taping of the "In Concert" segment starring Cat Stevens, on the ABC Television Network’s "ABC Wide World of Entertainment." The show marks Stevens’ American television debut and is his first American appearance in a year.
His powerful performance put to rest rumors that the 25-year old star’s absence from the stage was due to a recurrence of the respiratory ailment that hospitalized him several years ago.
It was the inevitable conflict between art and commercialism that eventually took its toll on the young singer-composer, who was born Steve Georgiou. Following instant stardom at the age of 17, came the unending TV interviews, recording sessions, performance dates, tension, hassling and bad feelings.
Recalling those turbulent days, Stevens says, "I used to dread recording. For days I’d worry and think about that studio, full of blank, uncaring, bored session men who were going to play my music.
"And every time, in would go my music and out would come their music — technically perfect and perfectly antiseptic. It was my music and they would kill me with it."
During his convalescence Stevens came to grips with the problem that so often plagues creative artists.
"Once you’re a success it becomes very difficult to judge things; people love anything you do," he says. "But it’s important for me to try new things, different things, even if they fail."
When Stevens left the hospital and returned to a recording studio he was assured complete artistic integrity. He came out with "Mona Bone Jakon" (1969), an album that swept across Europe and rose into the Top Ten in France. He played to sellout crowds in Holland and Germany, and did a national television concert in Paris.
This year, Stevens recorded "Foreigner," the first album on which he is also producer, and the LP is currently rising to the top of the charts. It features "Foreigner Suite," an 18-minute tour de force he performs on "In Concert."
Linda Ronstadt - You're No Good (Midnight Special - Dec 21, 1973)
Amy Winehouse vs Linda Ronstadt - You Know That You're No Good
(included here for obvious reasons. Linda herself loved this mashup although she didn't think it made much sense. Linda is also a fan of Amy's. rip)
player.vimeo.com/video/73106019?portrait=0&autoplay=1
Masterpiece YouTube: Linda Ronstadt/Amy Winehouse “You’re No Good/You Know I’m No Good” Remix
(ironically I had to go to vimeo to find the original mashup as all of those on youtube are abbreviated versions)
Pop music has changed.
Not just the songs, but the images of the artists as well. What was once risque is now tame; I watched an early Britney Spears music video the other day and was like “so what’s the problem here?” Now you look at people like Miley Cyrus and wonder where the hell music went to. The only “pop” in pop music these days seems to come from Macklemore’s song where he “pops some tags” (and at first, I thought it was “popping some tabs,” like from soda cans or maybe a reference to MDA or some other sort of drug tablets). None of these songs have much of a shelf life. I mean, are we still going to be singing “Shots shots shots shots shots shots” or “You a stupid hoe (repeat)” twenty years from now? Ten? Five?
From the 1940s forward, pop music emerged out of a burgeoning youth culture in America and around the world. These were songs teens could dance along to and sing along with. Pop music has evolved over the years, spawning new genres (like bubblegum pop, country pop, dance pop, adult contemporary) and influenced other styles of music like rock, rap and R&B. Pure pop, however, came from the likes of folks like Linda Ronstadt. I believe that Linda Ronstadt is one of the most versatile performers of our time; her decades-long career has spawned albums in classic pop, contemporary pop, country/western, folk, rock and roll, and Latin, including setting the record for the best-selling non-English-language album in the USA. It shouldn’t have taken until 2014 to induct her into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, but now she’s in a place which deserves her name. She just came out with a book, Simple Dreams, that I am dying to read.
Unfortunately, she has lost the ability to sing due to symptoms from Parkinson’s disease; other than that, she’s alive and healthy, and apparently, according to her Wikipedia page, single and never married. (Linda – if you’re reading this, call me! ;-) )
She has some of the star qualities that are rarer and rarer to find in pop musicians these days. Every song of hers is distinct and has a different sound to it; you know it’s her because her name is on the CD cover, but even if you didn’t know who she was, you’d appreciate the song and the voice. Her songs were catchy, punchy, and had fun lyrics that were easy to remember, actually made some sense, and had a message in them. Her image wasn’t necessarily squeaky-clean, but that didn’t matter as much in those days; keeping your body covered was in, and songs with provocative lyrics didn’t receive much airtime. Frankly, the concept of “squeaky clean” image that we have today didn’t really exist back then; singers just performed, and the innuendo was what the listener made of it.
21st century music, while it has plenty of exceptions, has seen the proliferation of the “adult” factor, especially in teenagers and young twenty-somethings. Drugs, alcohol, and sex, once a subculture, have now hit the mainstream now more than ever. And they’re all so young. Consider Amy Winehouse. Her life was like a side show of addiction that resulted in an unfortunate death at the age of 27, just a year older than I am right now. And ironic, considering one of her breakout hits, “Rehab,” where she sings about not wanting to go there, and very adamantly at that. Fans seem to consider her some sort of musical martyr, but I don’t see it that way. People make choices in their lives, and she made some pretty bad ones and paid the ultimate price. This is by no means to speak ill of the dead, because she could have had a long, fruitful career ahead of her; just look at how Ozzy Osbourne turned out. Okay, maybe not the best example, but you get the picture.
But back to the video. We start off with the Amy Winehouse part, where she sings about drinking while lying in a bathtub and smoking at the bar, telling all the world “You Know I’m No Good.” Basically, a typical Amy Winehouse day. Her outfits are pretty darn revealing, and I don’t even think she’s trying to be all that sexy. After an awesome transition, we tune into a 1970s episode of Midnight Special, with Linda Ronstadt, two backup singers (who have incredible hairstyles, by the way), and a live band belting out “You’re No Good,” with long-haired Linda rocking the mic in her floral patterned Oxford and bellbottoms, and shaking a tambourine and her long brown hair like she just don’t care. The backups have interesting leisure-suit type outfits on, very 70s, especially the one who appears to be in gold lame. We transition back to Amy doing things with her tongue and half-naked boyfriend (not at the same time), with an awesome tambourine clap from Linda in the middle, before transitioning back again to Linda and co., who bring us out on a high note.
Now, what’s the take away here? I’ll start with the imagery. I love both ladies’ looks in this video, but it really shows just how much music has changed. In the 1970s, Linda’s outfit would be considered trendy, fashionable, and maybe even sexy with the tight fitting waist and legs, but today, you’d find that outfit (or a similar variation) at Ann Taylor or H&M. Amy’s outfit isn’t entirely inappropriate, more like club wear, but shows more cleavage than most 1970s pop divas would dare to bare. Their makeup and body language communicate their characters. Linda’s natural look and slight swish of the hips does more to implicate anything sexual than actually do anything sexual, whereas Amy’s heavy makeup, body tattoos, and (implied) nudity in the bubble bath make more of a show out of her, detracting from the voice and the song. The songs themselves go together nicely in one video, but are very different in style and tone: “You’re No Good” is less specific and contains relatively harmless lyrics about a relationship, where “You Know I’m No Good” refers to alcohol, having affairs, and sleeping around. Unfortunately, the original six-minute video has been taken down by YouTube, but this three-minute version packs the same punch.
This video is a masterpiece because not only does it feature two amazing singers, but it shows some of the stark contrasts between pop music from this century and the last.
Congratulations to Linda as well as Nirvana, Cat Stevens, KISS, Peter Gabriel, and Hall & Oates for their incredibly well-deserved achievement. And also to the nation of Taiwan and the Northwest Territories of Canada for showing up at That’s So Jacob for the first time. Give yourselves a round of applause.
But seriously, Ms. Ronstadt, if you’re ever in the Madison, Wisconsin area, let’s have dinner and drinks. Please?
thatssojacob.wordpress.com/2014/04/11/masterpiece-youtube-linda-ronstadtamy-winehouse-youre-no-goodyou-know-im-no-good-remix/
DOWNLOADS
Cat Stevens - 1973-11-09 - Hollywood, CA
(FM broadcast FLAC)
Cat Stevens - ABC In Concert 1973
With Dr. John & Linda Ronstadt
Aquarius Theather
Hollywood, California
Aired November 9th, 1973
This has been on vinyl boot, and other recordings from the radio broadcast,
but this is the complete version with Dr. John and Linda Ronstadt.
And the best quality source.
From Reel to Reel tape of broadcast (KLOS Los Angeles)
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Speed Adjusted +1.75% (video as reference)
No signal processing
Quality A+
This Still has the orginal Sansui QS encoding and will decode the orginal quadrophonic mix with Dolby ProLogic, DPLII or better decoders.
01. Father and Son (4:02)
02. Wild World (3:25)
03. Morning Has Broken (3:20)
04. 18th Avenue (4:34)
05. Moonshadow w/Story (5:28)
06. (Dr John) - Pop Star (6:00)
07. King of Trees (4:07)
08. A Bad Penny (3:53)
09. (Linda Ronstadt) - Fill My Eyes (3:05)
10.(Linda Ronstadt) - First Cut Is The Deepest (2:56)
11.The Boy With The Moon and Star on His Head (6:16)
12.The Hurt (4:45)
13.Foreigner Suite (20:15)
Total running time (72:13)
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