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Something To Sing About (Albany) is more than just an album or song title, it’s a way of life for vocalist Lisa Kirchner, who offers her talents on a fairly decent 18-track album, and a few times it seems she makes successful attempts at leaving her jazz boundaries.
One of my favorite tracks is “Prince Of The City” and I think it’s because to my ears, she was testing her own limitations and simply working with and within the emotion of the song, which is very telling. “Suicide In C Minor” will definitely place this song on repeat for many, while “Strange” makes you wonder if she did this as a way to show her not-so-true-to-jazz sensibilities. It’s bold and daring when she didn’t have to be, and at times where the strength of the album falters (if only slightly), Kirchner manages to pick up things within a song or two. Something To Sing About? She’s also someone worth taking a chance on to listen to.
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“Go west, young man”, and after a decade that moved and grooves millions of people around the world, Berry Gordy did just that by expanding Motown Records to the West Coast. While Motown already has a number of subsidiary labels (Gordy and Tamla among many), MoWest was a way to stand out from the norm to say “now let’s make a presence in the West”, which was not only geological, but also economical. Motown had been an independent label that ruled the charts as if they were a major, so it was only right for them to explore as many different possibilities as they could, as they did in the 1960′s.
About 15 years ago, I offered a suggestion to both Universal and Rhino to do a compilation for the MoWest label. I knew of MoWest because they were often listed on Motown inner sleeves. Universal said they were not interested, and Rhino were more into “other things”. This was of course at a time when Rhino wasn’t Warner Bros. reissue left nut, and Rhino worked with everyone in order to come up with some incredible compilations and reissues. I learned early on that a lot of labels don’t really want “outside A&R”, despite my pleas that it would be a worthy project. They more or less said “we need projects that sell”, even though British reissue labels were more than willing to dip into American music and reissue it like crazy. Out of nowhere, the good people at Light In The Attic have come up with the idea to do a comp on MoWest, and to the label, I have to say “thank you’.
Our Lives Are Shaped By What We Love: Motown’s MoWest Story 1971-1973 is the first (but could’ve been second had Universal or Rhino taken my idea in 1996) MoWest retrospective ever released, and it features a side of Motown only the deep diggers and collectors known about. Here’s the official track listing:
1. You’re A Song (That I Can’t Sing) – Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons
2. Our Lives Are Shaped By What We Love – Odyssey
3. Give Me Your Love – The Sisters Love
4. Act Like A Shotgun – G.C. Cameron
5. I Love Every Little Thing About You – Syreeta
6. Black Maybe – Syreeta
7. Sun Country – Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons
8. Battened Ships – Odyssey
9. I Can’t Give Back The Love I Feel For You – Suzee Ikeda
10. Don’t You Be Worried – The Commodores
11. You’ve Got To Make Your Choice – The Sisters Love
12. Broken Road – Odyssey
13. A Heart Is A House – The Nu Page
14. I Hope I See It In My Lifetime – Lodi
15. The Night – Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons
16. I Ain’t Going Nowhere – Thelma Houston
By looking at the track listing, it might seem simply enough, but for a number of artists, these were their first releases, specifically The Commodores. Believe it or not, the label was also a brief home for Lesley Gore and The Crusaders, but after two years of not being able to come up with a solid hit, MoWest closed shop. Both The Commodores and Thelma Houston moved to Motown proper, where they ended up with very prosperous careers.
The compilation will be out on June 14th, and will be released on both 2LP vinyl and a single CD.
Oh how the mighty have fallen? It’s amazing how you can be a teenager and come out with arguably one of the best songs of the decade, only to come out with a wad of shit for the next two decades? I speak of Bobby Valentino, who wants to be known as Bobby V these days. This video is being described this way:
Inspired by Jay-Z’s “Change Clothes”, Mr. Blu Kolla rocks the latest fashions all while seducing a sexy flock of models. Things get gritty on the streets…
Okay, I had to stop there. If you care so much about your outfit and how you’re rocking the best threats, can you really get that gritty on the streets? Really? C’mon. Makes me wish the guy who did vocals in “Blackberry Molasses” would tell this guy that perhaps his career is better off dead.
Published June 1st, 2011 at 9:56 am in Opinion with 16 comments
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I used to read Kerrang!, any decent metal fan should. The magazine is celebrating its 30th anniversary and in their magazine they posted a list of who they feel are the 10 most influential rock bands of the last 30 years. Not just metal, but “rock bands”, which (truth be told) covers a lot of ground. At least you think it would. Metallica, who are the cover boys, get top honors. One might say that’s arguable, but Metallica made many kids not want to go down the Def Leppard route, and that’s a good thing. I’d rather be James Hetfield and old than Joe Elliott and sporting hair plugs. Here’s how the rest of the list goes:
2. GREEN DAY
3. IRON MAIDEN
4. SLIPKNOT
5. MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE
6. LINKIN PARK
7. BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE
8. BLINK 182
9. OZZY OSBOURNE
10. FOO FIGHTERS
First off, Ozzy Osbourne is not a band and I think Black Sabbath has had a much bigger impact than he has as a solo artist. But, Black Sabbath released their first album in 1970, not in 1981 when Kerrang! started so that doesn’t count.
Personally, a lot of omissions. Of course, it leads to personal preference but in terms of thinking on a global scale: where’s Slayer in this list? Where’s Nirvana? I’m sure the surviving members of Nirvana would each say “where’s Melvins?” No System Of A Down? How about the Black Crowes? Who in the hell are Bullet For My Valentine? These guys released their debut album in 2005, and manage to fit in a Top 10 list of the best rock bands of the last 30 years? Where are the Butthole Surfers? L7? Faith No More? Mudhoney? Fricken Bullet For My Valentine? Wow.
C’mon, Linkin Park? I support Mike Shinoda and Mr. Hahn, but most influential? Even Shinoda would move into Fort Minor mode and say “stop… bring it back”.
I don’t demand a recount, I demand a trash bin to toss this list out.
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