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I NEVER Get Tired Of This Clip! http://www.youtube.com/wa...WtUzdI5hlE
Its saddens me that young people(esp young black people) are slowly 4getting about her. | |
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Nice! That look on Armstrong's face in the beginning is great.
I understand how people can't relate to stuff of this generation, what with the tuxedos and huge smiles (something Miles Davis hated) and all, but the beauty of the art is really lacking today. Not that there's no talent today, but the aesthetic has changed from beauty to cool. The restraints (not being allowed to be completely pornographic on record, for example) on entertainment made people creative. It's easy to entertain when you can just have half-naked women in your video (or be half naked yourself), but when you had to sing/play it was different. [Edited 9/14/06 12:31pm] My Legacy
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Nice clip of Lady Day and Pops.
What's even sadder is the fact that you'd have to know about them in the first place before you could even forget. 
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NDRU said: It's easy to entertain when you can just have half-naked women in your video (or be half naked yourself), but when you had to sing/play it was different.
No sequencers, drum machines or backing tracks to hide the fact that you had no talent. And yes you had to be able to play and you had to be able to sing.  WTF happened? (rhetorical of course) 
Wouldn't it be a hoot if everyone (present day) that considered becoming a musician/singer/songwriter/producer had to be transported back to the '30s first. If they were able to make a living, then they'd be transported back to the present.  Wonder what the survival percentage would be?
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NDRU said: Nice! That look on Armstrong's face in the beginning is great.
I understand how people can't relate to stuff of this generation, what with the tuxedos and huge smiles (something Miles Davis hated) Ya know,,,it took me a great deal of time to really appreciate Satchmo. Just like the rest of the black youth, all that grinning, sweating and shuffling ought to ring an "ugly image" we're trying to block out and 4get. But his body of work speak for its self(esp his time with Earl Hines). Now Lady  that was one TOUGH proud dignified sista, from the jump street. Nobody missed with that woman, black, white or in-between.
I never get sick of hearing her story when she wiped that navy's solider on the street then stepped on him for calling her a 'darkie wench', and by the time the police arrived, she put on her most girly act and said "he hasseld me"  [Edited 9/14/06 12:52pm] | |
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theAudience said: What's even sadder is the fact that you'd have to know about them in the first place before you could even forget.
Hell! I saw this girl singing "God Bless The Child" in Starbucks, I approached her and said "You dig this song, don't you now?", she said "Oh I love it", "Do you know who sang it?", "Oh I don't know, just heard it in American Idol by Katherine(4got her last name)", "Its by Billie Holiday", "Oh you mean, that Diana Ross lady?". What could I say after that?  | |
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Harlepolis said: NDRU said: Nice! That look on Armstrong's face in the beginning is great.
I understand how people can't relate to stuff of this generation, what with the tuxedos and huge smiles (something Miles Davis hated) Ya know,,,it took me a great deal of time to really appreciate Satchmo. Just like the rest of the black youth, all that grinning, sweating and shuffling ought to ring an "ugly image" we're trying to block out and 4get. But his body of work speak for its self(esp his time with Earl Hines). Now Lady that was one TOUGH proud dignified sista, from the jump street. Nobody missed with that woman, black, white or in-between.
I never get sick of hearing her story when she wiped that navy's solider on the street then stepped on him for calling her a 'darkie wench', and by the time the police arrived, she put on her most girly act and said "he hasseld me"
[Edited 9/14/06 12:52pm] Billie Holiday could probably be a star today without changing her style at all. Louis gets underappreciated by some because of that stuff you're talking about. But those folks don't hear how incredible his playing was, I guess they see him as a caricature because of his style of performing. Maybe, but I think it takes character first in order to become a caricature. There's no denying he had a lot of style. My Legacy
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Almost never saw her in a color-pic 
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Actualy, that color pic is a WAXED portrait of her you got tricked.
But here's a couple of pix from her(including a colored one for your eyes only ):
. . . . . . . And the infamous long Ebony 1949 interivew:  | |
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theAudience said: Wouldn't it be a hoot if everyone (present day) that considered becoming a musician/singer/songwriter/producer had to be transported back to the '30s first. If they were able to make a living, then they'd be transported back to the present. Wonder what the survival percentage would be?
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Harlepolis said: Actualy, that color pic is a WAXED portrait of her
you got tricked.
But here's a couple of pix from her(including a colored one for your eyes only ):
. . . . . . . And the infamous long Ebony 1949 interivew: GREAT! What was that interview about ? I'm not anknowledged with that . | |
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That interview was after she got out of jail(for possessing drugs).
They made her out to be a "woman who finally seeked redemption" which isn't true. She was STILL living the fast life during that interview(and was linked to a gangster who had connections with the mop then, who used her as a punching bag, as if her addiction wasn't enough). The main DRAG was they focused on her drug use(as opposed to her WHOLE persona and most importantly, her music). People are still obsessed with her "drug tales". | |
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Harlepolis said: That interview was after she got out of jail(for possessing drugs).
They made her out to be a "woman who finally seeked redemption" which isn't true. She was STILL living the fast life during that interview(and was linked to a gangster who had connections with the mop then, who used her as a punching bag, as if her addiction wasn't enough). The main DRAG was they focused on her drug use(as opposed to her WHOLE persona and most importantly, her music). People are still obsessed with her "drug tales". That is also something people tend to dwell on here.....the personal lives of the artists instead of their talent.....(to wit, some of the threads on Miles, Sly, James Brown, Whitney Houston, etc.). Both Satchmo and Billy are two of my all-time favorites...I grew up listening to their music and still do.... Thanks for the clip, Harlepolis...you made my day! "Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive."
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Harlepolis said: That interview was after she got out of jail(for possessing drugs).
They made her out to be a "woman who finally seeked redemption" which isn't true. She was STILL living the fast life during that interview(and was linked to a gangster who had connections with the mop then, who used her as a punching bag, as if her addiction wasn't enough). The main DRAG was they focused on her drug use(as opposed to her WHOLE persona and most importantly, her music). People are still obsessed with her "drug tales". Thanx for that background Harlepolis . I just googled her for those pics i posted , and saw one there where she walks out a door with her head a little bowed , looking sad . She has her dog with her ... you know if that was taken on the day she got out of the jail ? | |
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theAudience said: NDRU said: It's easy to entertain when you can just have half-naked women in your video (or be half naked yourself), but when you had to sing/play it was different.
No sequencers, drum machines or backing tracks to hide the fact that you had no talent. And yes you had to be able to play and you had to be able to sing. WTF happened? (rhetorical of course)
Wouldn't it be a hoot if everyone (present day) that considered becoming a musician/singer/songwriter/producer had to be transported back to the '30s first. If they were able to make a living, then they'd be transported back to the present. Wonder what the survival percentage would be?
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http://www.soundclick.com...dID=182431 LOL...I wish we could do it in the present day. Just unplug everything and tell 'em to go for it. If they can't hang, boot 'em out the door! Prince, in you I found a kindred spirit...Rest In Paradise. | |
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100MPH said: Harlepolis said: That interview was after she got out of jail(for possessing drugs).
They made her out to be a "woman who finally seeked redemption" which isn't true. She was STILL living the fast life during that interview(and was linked to a gangster who had connections with the mop then, who used her as a punching bag, as if her addiction wasn't enough). The main DRAG was they focused on her drug use(as opposed to her WHOLE persona and most importantly, her music). People are still obsessed with her "drug tales". Thanx for that background Harlepolis . I just googled her for those pics i posted , and saw one there where she walks out a door with her head a little bowed , looking sad . She has her dog with her ... you know if that was taken on the day she got out of the jail ? That was during her arrest in 1956  (for the same reason). | |
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