Recommendations? Bob's favorite artists?

Danny Harris · Post by **Danny Harris** » Fri Apr 04, 2008 8:32 pm

...I guess that our hearts choose who we love...

...love's wardrobe (except for Grant's "sack" !) selects it own sartorial splendour...

...pink socks, footy boots, bare-foot, sandals...

...it doesn't matter, when it all comes down...

..."Bring It All Down..." (?)

..what I do know is - the music of Bob Lind requires me to listen, take on board, apply the relevance (or enjoy the disparity) - and ENJOY !

Bav · Post by **Bav** » Thu Apr 17, 2008 2:19 am

How about Labi Siffre? Beautiful voice, simple melodies

bob_32_116 · Post by **bob_32_116** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 9:52 am

Bav wrote:How about Labi Siffre? Beautiful voice, simple melodies

I remember him. He had a rather short career though didn't he? I haven't heard his songs in a LONG time, I can only think of a couple.
You still hear the version of It Must Be Love that was done by Madness quite a bit, and it sounds OK but not as good as the original.

Lost In The Crash · Post by **Lost In The Crash** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 6:10 am

He was around mainly in the early 70's but had a major hit in the 80's with 'something inside so strong'. Unfortunately, like so may singer songwriters of the time his talents were not fully appreciated.

wtbuser · Post by **wtbuser** » Sat Apr 26, 2008 9:02 pm

heh, seems my thread has gone a little astray. off topic, but can anyone point me to a place to buy the album that contains the song cool summer? i can't even find a discography listing it, a while back they had it listed on amazon but its been since removed.

Danny Harris · Post by **Danny Harris** » Sun Apr 27, 2008 9:45 am

yeah, we got a bit all groovey & pc there for a while, wtbuser...

...album (vinyl) is "The Elusive Bob Lind", on Verve label...

Lind's in denial...but, it's a ripper...!

...enjoy

wtbuser · Post by **wtbuser** » Sun Apr 27, 2008 4:55 pm

Thanks... and damn.. seems awfully hard to get... I can't play vinyl. The song that got me addicted to Lind is on that album... mmh 8(

royb404 · Post by **royb404** » Thu May 01, 2008 11:09 pm

Bob is a very required/different taste in today world.
A Man that can transfer words to memories and feelings.
A person that can open doors to ANY songwriter thinking of writing a note.
His songs are first poems and then somehow though his magic and TONS of cord changes become a part of your soul.
I visionary that is very happy being Bob Lind.
Roy in Dallas

bob_32_116 · Post by **bob_32_116** » Thu May 22, 2008 10:50 am

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grant wrote:You may find what you're looking for in Richard Hawley, who's a big Lind fan and who's singing with Lind over on the videos on the Gigs Page in the main part of the board.

I was really pissed off to discover that Richard Hawley is playing tonight in Perth! Much too late for me to go - he is probably playing as I type this... and since I have to give an important presentation tomorrow at Uni perhaps it's just as well, it might have been too much of a distraction.

The pre-event publicity seems to have been approximately nil. I don't believe he is known in this country at all - I found out about the event through http://www.eventful.com... but getting the email the same day as the concert is not much use, it would have been nice to get advance warning.

Post by **grant** » Tue Oct 14, 2008 5:47 pm

I just found this very nice video by a couple of Swedish girls.

Yeah, this being the internet, I know how that sounds, but really - give it a listen. They've got great voices.

royb404 · Post by **royb404** » Tue Oct 14, 2008 10:49 pm

Nice but in no way did she have the cords mastered.

bob_32_116 · Post by **bob_32_116** » Thu Oct 16, 2008 11:45 am

I gather this Tiger Mountain Peasant Song is not a Bob Lind song, correct?

Since we seem to be discussing non-B.L. material now, here's a clip that I think would appeal to many members of this forum. It's a cover - I haven't heard the original so I can't compare, but I think this version is a ripper.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2Xf-ncDjGo

royb404 · Post by **royb404** » Thu Oct 16, 2008 3:30 pm

Bob I would like to know did you like the preformance or the song writing or both.
Good luck tonight friend.
Roy

rob68 · Post by **rob68** » Thu Oct 16, 2008 9:30 pm

grant wrote:I just found this very nice video by a couple of Swedish girls.

Yeah, this being the internet, I know how that sounds, but really - give it a listen. They've got great voices.

And here's the original version by Fleet Foxes.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vu_3RS2rO78

Great new band. I have their EP and full-length CD.

Post by **grant** » Fri Oct 17, 2008 11:17 am

bob_32_116 wrote:I gather this Tiger Mountain Peasant Song is not a Bob Lind song, correct?

Since we seem to be discussing non-B.L. material now, here's a clip that I think would appeal to many members of this forum. It's a cover - I haven't heard the original so I can't compare, but I think this version is a ripper.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2Xf-ncDjGo

Oh, wow. Momus.

The original is by Momus, who are (is?) a little hard to explain. I only have a song or two by him on mix tapes, but the name pops up a lot. As a musician, he's sort of a bridge between pomo conceptual art and dance pop. Like if the Pet Shop Boys were suddenly possessed by members of Television, Leonard Cohen and Steve Reich. He also does a fair amount of writing and lecturing.

You can read more about him here, but in all the words it's easy to lose sight of the fact that a good deal of his music could be played in a Barcelona dance club without anyone thinking it was out of place - unless they caught the lyrics. He's got a cool site over here and you can hear a couple songs here and here.

Anyway, that's a great cover.

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