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Jimster

Jimster

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  • 2023 R.I.P. Thread

    JimsterJimster
    Absolute banger : (They Long to Be) Close to You.  The Carpenters one.

    Everyone knows a BB tune.  For me, the signature move is the melody is always written for the human voice.  And the tastemiester bab-bah horn arrangements.  I read all the obits and never knew he'd gone back so far as Marlene Dietrich and been married to Angie Dickinson, or that his Asperger's daughter killed herself.  For all the fame, there's always a hint of tragedy in the wings, right?

    Lachrymosity-R : "Close to You" reminds me of my late mum.  Even before she passed, I knew this would be the tune that would always kick me right in the feels and then once more for spite, when she wasn't going to be around anymore. I remember her singing this to me at probably two or three years old.  One of my earliest memories.

    Thanks Burt!
    ketan

  • Thes One - Farewell, My Friend

    JimsterJimster
    Saw Thes had posted this across other platforms but glad to see he's active and making music.  It's what Mike would have wanted and long may it continue.

      
    billbradley

  • Vnylst

    JimsterJimster
    He had a go at his own thing, so respect for trying to make something that he loved be his career.

    https://www.fastcompany.com/3002935/vnylsts-osandi-robinson-learning-lead-virtually

    But the real problem was obvious : His hat was too small.
    billbradleyskel

  • Rap You're Liking

    JimsterJimster
    Duderonomy said:


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9Sf9FTJlwg&ab_channel=jostland.

    No idea what he/she is rapping about but a great voice & flow.

    Gotta be a dude with that much slap on, no?  #andwereblendingandwereblendingandweredone

    Duderonomy

  • Question for the non-uk heads (hiphop-r)

    JimsterJimster
    djwaxon said:
    Thanks both. Yeah while not 100% hip hop per se, Stereo MCs were pretty important here for sure.

    I’ll check that YD Jimster, never came across them in my acid jazz phase, I was all about Corduroy above all else…that’s a big convo for another day.

    IIRC "Apparently Nothing" made some waves and got the YD name out there for a while, which is all most people know, but before that I'd seen Carleen Anderson already (she's about 4' tall with a 100' voice) and been blown away.

    People had rumoured that her album would have a lot of different styles on it and it was all the kind of shit you wouldn't believe how good it was.  This was about 1990, pre-internet so I didn't know that the YDs project was also this same project.  I wasn't sure what to expect but I trusted the opinion of the people I'd heard from.

    I remember speaking with upright bassist Wayne Batchelor on a jazz gig and he told me how good the stuff was that he'd recorded for it.  It wasn't just a Carleen project.  He said the JBs were on it (Carleen is JB family), The Style Council were on it, and there was a lot of rap and dub. I was dubious.... I mean, how's all that going to work?

    Turns out Marc Nelson knew *exactly* how, and the songs are somehow as good or better than the sum of the parts for me.  It's of its time but timeless.

    I heard they never recorded another YD set because Marc wasn't happy performing and Carleen had some kind of breakdown, but I am grateful for what they captured.  I think Marc was a perfectionist and there were loads of different mixes but I don't know if any of the remixes I've heard are as good as the album versions.  Looks like he knew what he was doing.


    djwaxon