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Post by lrfansteve on Jul 20, 2012 17:29:16 GMT -5
As with so many other artists in my life, I just rediscovered this talented singer. I was delighted to find out she had connections with Linda both performing and recording. And I read somewhere that Linda considers (or considered) Maria Muldaur her favorite singer in rock?
Anyway, Maria is performing a free concert in my area in the near future, Really looking forward to this. Anyone else here seen her in concert?
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Post by erik on Jul 20, 2012 17:40:52 GMT -5
I think some of us have seen her in concert (not me, though). Maria has, among her credits, the always-popular "Midnight At The Oasis" (with her sexually bluesy vocals), and "I'm A Woman", which was on the charts at the same time (winter 1975) as "You're No Good." If I remember right, she and Linda most likely met back in 1969, when Linda did a stint at the Bitter End in New York.
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Post by the Scribe on Jul 20, 2012 19:00:08 GMT -5
I think Linda has said that about several different women in Rock (being her favorite) at least it may be true at the time she said it.
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Post by lrfansteve on Jul 20, 2012 21:46:02 GMT -5
I think Linda has said that about several different women in Rock (being her favorite) at least it may be true at the time she said it. That makes sense, and I'm guessing that she may also have been expressing admiration for different aspects of her favorite artists music or their approach to their music.. |
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Post by kiwifan on Oct 23, 2012 4:57:29 GMT -5
Maria has, among her credits, the always-popular "Midnight At The Oasis" (with her sexually bluesy vocals), . What a great song |
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Post by Richard W on Oct 23, 2012 10:57:56 GMT -5
I remember reading an interview with Maria in which she said that she was offered "You're No Good" but declined it because of its "negative" lyrics.
At any rate, if you're just rediscovering Muldaur, you need to get what I and many others consider her best record, "Sweet Harmony." Her version of Hoagy Carmichael's "Rocking Chair" is just stunning.
Of course, any mention of Maria wouldn't be complete without mentioning her swinging, risque "It Ain't the Meat (It's the Motion)" from the album Waitress in a Donut Shop.
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Post by sliderocker on Oct 23, 2012 16:08:55 GMT -5
I remember reading an interview with Maria in which she said that she was offered "You're No Good" but declined it because of its "negative" lyrics. This sort of reminds me of a similar story about Dionne Warwick turning down "What the World Needs Now" because she didn't like the song or think it was a hit, even though the song came from the pens of her mentors, Burt Bacharach and Hal David. She had a serious rethink and recorded her own version of the song after Jackie DeShannon had a huge hit with the song, and misjudging a song's hit potential must've been a sore point for Warwick. (I sometimes wonder what kind of career Warwick could've had without Bacharach and David? Except for the Bee Gees-penned "Heartbreaker," did Warwick ever record and release a song that was a hit but not written by Bacharach-David?) With Muldaur, however, I'm guessing the interview you're referring to was from the 70s or later? And that Muldaur was "offered" the song during the early to mid 70s? By that time, that song had been around for a decade or more, and Linda had been performing the song since '72. I think the song was perfectly suited for Linda and while others could've and did record the song, they couldn't have gotten a hit on the song, a number one song at least. |
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Post by erik on Oct 23, 2012 17:51:24 GMT -5
Quote by sliderocker re. Dionne Warwick:
Dionne actually had several that didn't have the Bacharach/David credit:
"Deja Vu" (#15, February 1980) (written by Isaac Hayes)
"I'll Never Love This Way Again" (#4, October 1979) (written by Richard Kerr and Will Jennings)
"Theme From Valley Of The Dolls" (#2, March 1968) (written by Dory and Andre Previn)
"You've Lost That Loving Feeling" (#16, October 1969) (written by Barry Mann and Cynthia Weill)
"Then Came You" (with the Spinners) (#1, October 1974) (written by Sherman Marshall and Phillip T. Pugh)
...and a number of others too, I'd suspect.
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Post by suzannes on Oct 23, 2012 18:43:34 GMT -5
I saw Maria a week ago tonight at a bar in Buffalo NY called the Sportsman's Tavern. She was amazing and what a voice! She had a great band, in particular her guitarist who was equally amazing. She has a wonderful stage presence and is very personable and funny. She stayed after for pictures and autographs. A class act all the way.
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Post by sliderocker on Oct 24, 2012 5:55:28 GMT -5
Dionne actually had several that didn't have the Bacharach/David credit: "Deja Vu" (#15, February 1980) (written by Isaac Hayes) "I'll Never Love This Way Again" (#4, October 1979) (written by Richard Kerr and Will Jennings) "Theme From Valley Of The Dolls" (#2, March 1968) (written by Dory and Andre Previn) "You've Lost That Loving Feeling" (#16, October 1969) (written by Barry Mann and Cynthia Weill) "Then Came You" (with the Spinners) (#1, October 1974) (written by Sherman Marshall and Phillip T. Pugh) ...and a number of others too, I'd suspect. I'd forgottem about these hits, especially "Deja Vu" and "I'll Never Love This Way Again" (which is one of my favorite Dionne songs). I'd always thought Bacharach-David wrote "(Theme from) Valley of the Dolls" (another favorite) because they did write quite a few songs for the movies. I don't remember her version of "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" at all - I'll have to look that one up. (Btw, Phil Spector's name is on the writing credit for YLTLF, according to BMI. I suspect he cut himself in for a third of the songwriting royalties when the Righteous Brothers recorded the song in exchange for the song being released, but I suspect he truly had nothing to do with the writing of the song.) Wasn't she also on "That's What Friends Are For" as well, which I don't believe was a Bacharach-David song. I never liked that song. Like "Feelings" and "I Write the Songs," it was one of the most grating, irritating and annoying songs to ever be released. It's musical vomit. Luckily, the song hasn't been played that much here since it was a hit way back when, but the moment I hear that song's intro being played on the radio, I change the station. |
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Post by erik on Oct 24, 2012 8:44:07 GMT -5
"Friends" was written by Burt Bacharach and Carole Bayer Sager.
Back to Maria for a moment:
I don't know if it's true or not, but I had heard talk that some AM stations had a problem with playing "Midnight At The Oasis" for its semi-suggestive lyrics (which of course weren't even Maria's to begin with; the song was written by David Nichtern, I believe): "let's slip off to a sand dune, real soon/and kick up a little dust", etc. And the bluesy way Maria did that song kind of amped up the suggestiveness factor. Even so, whether in spite of or because of its "sexy" nature, the song still peaked at #6 in May 1974.
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Post by Partridge on Oct 24, 2012 16:43:02 GMT -5
Have we discussed how the lyrics combine imagery of the Southwest with that of the Middle East?
Let's slip off to a sand dune.
Cactus is our friend, he'll point out the way.
Apparently there are no cacti, or even cactuses, in the desert in the Middle East. I did not know that until I read it somewhere, I thought perhaps on this forum.
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Post by erik on Oct 24, 2012 17:28:14 GMT -5
And as far as I know, there aren't any sheiks in the Mojave or Sonoran Desert either (LOL).
"And you won't need camel, no, no, when I take you for a ride."
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Post by the Scribe on Oct 25, 2012 10:26:42 GMT -5
And as far as I know, there aren't any sheiks in the Mojave or Sonoran Desert either (LOL). "And you won't need camel, no, no, when I take you for a ride." Sheik condoms maybe. Littered around the cactus. Only the Sonoran Desert has the big beautiful Saguaro cactus and is more like a desert garden than the somewhat lackluster Mojave. imho |
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Post by erik on Oct 25, 2012 16:59:20 GMT -5
Quote by ronstadtfanaz: The Mojave makes up for it with the Joshua tree; in fact, this is the only desert on Earth where you can find them:  |
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Post by the Scribe on Oct 26, 2012 9:42:06 GMT -5
Joshua Tree National Park is in the Sonoran Desert although they may be more plentiful in the Mojave Desert. I actually had one in my front yard at one point. For the most part these deserts are beautiful and teeming with life.
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Post by erik on Oct 26, 2012 9:58:21 GMT -5
Joshua trees don't just grow in that park; they grow throughout the Mojave Desert, as far west as the Antelope Valley, just 60 miles north of where I live. They're all over, and extremely recognizable, if kind of....well, craggy-looking.
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