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Because Rickie Lee Jones is wonderful. Here's one good start to a Sunday: Rickie Lee and her good band live in Paris in 1983.
Love Rickie Lee Jones. One of my favorites is the track she recorded with Rob Wasserman: The Moon Is Made Of Gold
posted by Hairy Lobster at 10:38 AM on March 15, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by Hairy Lobster at 10:38 AM on March 15, 2015 [1 favorite]
About a year ago I was standing in a bakery in Atwater Village (L.A.), waiting for the customer ahead of me to be served. When she opened her mouth to order several dozen cookies for a party there was an immediate ZING! the moment I heard her voice. It was Rickie Lee Jones ordering cookies, and it was just as beautiful as a song! Rickie Lee 4-ever.
posted by BlahLaLa at 11:24 AM on March 15, 2015 [7 favorites]
posted by BlahLaLa at 11:24 AM on March 15, 2015 [7 favorites]
Just what I needed today... doing taxes, and like RLJ, I make half of it up as I go along.
posted by skippyhacker at 12:11 PM on March 15, 2015 [2 favorites]
posted by skippyhacker at 12:11 PM on March 15, 2015 [2 favorites]
It must be a very strange life, having That Voice be what comes out every time you open your mouth.
posted by nebulawindphone at 1:17 PM on March 15, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by nebulawindphone at 1:17 PM on March 15, 2015 [1 favorite]
That was lovely. A nice accompaniment to my evening work. thanks for posting!
posted by dawkins_7 at 8:16 PM on March 15, 2015
posted by dawkins_7 at 8:16 PM on March 15, 2015
I'm very ambivalent. ADORED her first album. Saw the trainwreck of a junkie/alcoholic on David Letterman. Saw her live - she showed up an hour late, blaming traffic (in a very "um, the dog ate my homework" tone), and ended her show EARLY, claiming the event planners wouldn't let her play more.
She's brilliantly talented, and a near-total-fuckup. Like a less-volatile Amy Winehose.
posted by IAmBroom at 8:29 PM on March 15, 2015
She's brilliantly talented, and a near-total-fuckup. Like a less-volatile Amy Winehose.
posted by IAmBroom at 8:29 PM on March 15, 2015
IAMBroom, I think that was decades ago.
She remains a performer. Last time I saw her live, in Oakand around 1999, she did a cover of Bowie's "Rebel Rebel," which was as much a Rickie Lee song as a cover of Bowie could be. At the end, she said, wryly, "That is as much sex as I've had this year," and a guy in the audience stood up and said, "I'm here, Rickie!" Which she accepted graciously.
posted by goofyfoot at 10:35 PM on March 17, 2015 [1 favorite]
She remains a performer. Last time I saw her live, in Oakand around 1999, she did a cover of Bowie's "Rebel Rebel," which was as much a Rickie Lee song as a cover of Bowie could be. At the end, she said, wryly, "That is as much sex as I've had this year," and a guy in the audience stood up and said, "I'm here, Rickie!" Which she accepted graciously.
posted by goofyfoot at 10:35 PM on March 17, 2015 [1 favorite]
The concert was about a decade ago, so not "decades".
I hope she's usually a decent performer. She wasn't that time.
posted by IAmBroom at 2:33 PM on March 18, 2015
I hope she's usually a decent performer. She wasn't that time.
posted by IAmBroom at 2:33 PM on March 18, 2015
Yeah, my sense is that she's gotten her shit together and then less-together and then more-together-again a couple of times over the years.
posted by nebulawindphone at 8:44 PM on March 18, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by nebulawindphone at 8:44 PM on March 18, 2015 [1 favorite]
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