The recent loss of the great David Lindley prompted this look at his work with Marshall Crenshaw, as well as the prodigious songwriting talents of Ms. Diane Warren!
I am trying to come up with a good nickname for you, something that captures your words width, depth and height. That connotes the speed in which you are able to put together a post in these here digital pages and have it all seem like something written and researched for weeks. Music history's whirling dervish if you will.
It seems, it doesn't matter the artist, you will find their tie to some power-pop icon. I had no idea Lindley played on a Marshall Crenshaw album. Not that it surprises me, considering Lindley was perhaps the ultimate collaborator. Like the quote I used in my piece -- "“I try to keep my ears open when I hear things, and everybody else in the band does the same thing.”
I didn't know "Some Hearts" (yet I do have that Marshall Crenshaw album -- when was the last time I played it? The year it came out maybe.). I'll take a listen to the various versions, even if I am allergic to Carrie Underwood's voice.
Golly, Steve....thanks! I'm beyond flattered, and certainly humbled! "Music history's whirling dervish"? I'll take it....I've certainly been called worse (I've been married AND I used to teach). Thanks again for your inspiration in my even getting to this post! To paraphrase the "great minds" sentiment, great hearts inspire alike! Hamlet, you're a prince!
For the (literal) record, I checked, and Lindley played on no other Crenshaw album. I wanted to see if there was anything close to a trend, but Marshall wanted what he wanted, and when he landed on "fiddle," his first thought, I'm guessing, must've been Lindley!
I think there's a banjo in there, too, which I should've mentioned added to the barn-dance shading I'm willing to bet Ms. Warren must've held in great disdain! I love the fact that songwriter Marshall went up against a Mt. Rushmore-statured songwriter (as Diane had become by '89), not only musically, but lyrically! You go, MC!💪
As for Carrie, my mom and I were avid "American Idol" viewers in the early part of the century, so when Carrie came forth, she rose so far above the other pretenders in the previous 3 years. Don't get me wrong, I'm not a "fan," but I couldn't help but marvel at her literal perfection at every turn: Never a flubbed lyric, never a blown note, and never (to my ear) off-pitch!
She was relentlessly reliable, as far as delivering a song goes. THAT's what you want on your roster....saves on studio rental time, the players' time, and I think her vocal accuracy even rules out the dreaded AutoTune!🎶That alone should earn her kudos!👏
No offense to any Carrie Underwood fans, and I did watch that season of American Idol fairly intensely, but I found her overly slick and polished. And I tend to prefer rough around the edges, or at least some sense of genuine gravitas beneath the polish. I can’t say that I loved Bo Bice, but I definitely rooted for him to win it all.
Fair point, certainly. I think Carrie's undisputed "slick polish" might've been as off-putting to some viewers as it was yet another hard-to-believe checked box for the show's producers, and ultimately, 19 Productions and Arista (the eyes thru which I was looking at the time, probably due to my years in radio, and even retail records...I watched the show wearing an A&R exec's hat...well, not literally!).
I was thinking, "Dang, even if she comes in last, she'll have no problem getting signed, and depending on material, she should sell a ton!" Material counts...ask Jennifer Holliday, Lisa Hartman (2 Houston homegals, as it happens!), and hundreds of others who have better-than-average to great voices, but with lousy songs, went nowhere!
To have such a "finished product" at such a young age appear before them on a show filled with so many Sanjaya Malakars and William Hungs had to be as stunning as it was exhilarating!
I like playing the "Name Game" with Bo Bice! C'mon, join me: "Let's do Bo Bice...BoBice BoBice Bo-na-na fanna, fo-BoBice
Fee fi mo-BoBice, BoBice!"
*Sigh* You're looking at a man with way too much spare time on his hands!🤷♂️
I am trying to come up with a good nickname for you, something that captures your words width, depth and height. That connotes the speed in which you are able to put together a post in these here digital pages and have it all seem like something written and researched for weeks. Music history's whirling dervish if you will.
It seems, it doesn't matter the artist, you will find their tie to some power-pop icon. I had no idea Lindley played on a Marshall Crenshaw album. Not that it surprises me, considering Lindley was perhaps the ultimate collaborator. Like the quote I used in my piece -- "“I try to keep my ears open when I hear things, and everybody else in the band does the same thing.”
I didn't know "Some Hearts" (yet I do have that Marshall Crenshaw album -- when was the last time I played it? The year it came out maybe.). I'll take a listen to the various versions, even if I am allergic to Carrie Underwood's voice.
Golly, Steve....thanks! I'm beyond flattered, and certainly humbled! "Music history's whirling dervish"? I'll take it....I've certainly been called worse (I've been married AND I used to teach). Thanks again for your inspiration in my even getting to this post! To paraphrase the "great minds" sentiment, great hearts inspire alike! Hamlet, you're a prince!
For the (literal) record, I checked, and Lindley played on no other Crenshaw album. I wanted to see if there was anything close to a trend, but Marshall wanted what he wanted, and when he landed on "fiddle," his first thought, I'm guessing, must've been Lindley!
I think there's a banjo in there, too, which I should've mentioned added to the barn-dance shading I'm willing to bet Ms. Warren must've held in great disdain! I love the fact that songwriter Marshall went up against a Mt. Rushmore-statured songwriter (as Diane had become by '89), not only musically, but lyrically! You go, MC!💪
As for Carrie, my mom and I were avid "American Idol" viewers in the early part of the century, so when Carrie came forth, she rose so far above the other pretenders in the previous 3 years. Don't get me wrong, I'm not a "fan," but I couldn't help but marvel at her literal perfection at every turn: Never a flubbed lyric, never a blown note, and never (to my ear) off-pitch!
She was relentlessly reliable, as far as delivering a song goes. THAT's what you want on your roster....saves on studio rental time, the players' time, and I think her vocal accuracy even rules out the dreaded AutoTune!🎶That alone should earn her kudos!👏
No offense to any Carrie Underwood fans, and I did watch that season of American Idol fairly intensely, but I found her overly slick and polished. And I tend to prefer rough around the edges, or at least some sense of genuine gravitas beneath the polish. I can’t say that I loved Bo Bice, but I definitely rooted for him to win it all.
Fair point, certainly. I think Carrie's undisputed "slick polish" might've been as off-putting to some viewers as it was yet another hard-to-believe checked box for the show's producers, and ultimately, 19 Productions and Arista (the eyes thru which I was looking at the time, probably due to my years in radio, and even retail records...I watched the show wearing an A&R exec's hat...well, not literally!).
I was thinking, "Dang, even if she comes in last, she'll have no problem getting signed, and depending on material, she should sell a ton!" Material counts...ask Jennifer Holliday, Lisa Hartman (2 Houston homegals, as it happens!), and hundreds of others who have better-than-average to great voices, but with lousy songs, went nowhere!
To have such a "finished product" at such a young age appear before them on a show filled with so many Sanjaya Malakars and William Hungs had to be as stunning as it was exhilarating!
I like playing the "Name Game" with Bo Bice! C'mon, join me: "Let's do Bo Bice...BoBice BoBice Bo-na-na fanna, fo-BoBice
Fee fi mo-BoBice, BoBice!"
*Sigh* You're looking at a man with way too much spare time on his hands!🤷♂️
I can’t bring myself to hit that heart button!:)
I did!!! I pinch-hit for ya!⚾