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When the spell is broken
How you ever gonna keep her now
You can't cry if you don't know how
When the spell is broken
When the spell is broken
All the joy is gone from her face
Welcome back to the human race
How long can the flame
Of love remain
When you curse and fight
And never see like
Or hear like spoken
When the spell is broken
(Can't cry if you don't know how)
(Can't cry if you don't know how)
When the spell is broken
(Can't cry if you don't know how)
Oh when the spell is broken
All your magic and your ways and schemes
All your lies come and tear at your dreams
When the spell is broken
(Can't cry if you don't know how)
When the spell is broken
Now you're handing her that same old line
It's just straws in the wind this time
When love has died,
There's none starry-eyed
No kiss, no tears,
No farewell souvenirs
Not even a token, when the spell is broken
Don't swear your heart
From the very start
Love letters you wrote
Are pushed back down you throat
And leave you choking, when the spell is broken
(When the spell, When the spell, When the spell is broken)
When the spell is broken
When the spell is broken
(When the spell, When the spell, When the spell is broken)
When the spell is broken
When the spell is broken
(Can't cry if you don't know how)
(Can't cry if you don't know how)
(Can't cry if you don't know how)
(You can't cry if you don't know how)
(Can't cry if you don't know how)
(Can't cry if you don't know how)
(Can't cry if you don't know how)
(Can't cry if you don't know how)
(Can't cry if you don't know how
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Saw her recently, opened for James Taylor. Those guitar licks are hers, she plays lead. And kills doing it! I like her blues stuff a lot more, but this pays the bills...
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Man, I bet that was one Hellova show!
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Completely different take from Richard Thompson's original.
Bonnie sings it with sadness - our love is over and I'm heartbroken and blue.
Richard sings it with bitterness - our love is over and I hope you rot in hell you miserable bitch.
i enjoy her voice so much more thank richard's. this is great. never heard it before.
This has got to be at least Most Excellent
If not outstanding...maybe even godlike...just so powerful.
When I very first heard the backing vocals, I thought it sounded like Pops Staples. BTW, they go by Blind Boys now (not "Five"). Truly a treasure.
Am I crazy to think that the backup singers are the Blind Boys of Alabama? Does anyone know who they might actually be?
Ok. Look like that got covered elsewhere on this threat. Yes.
(Just joking there).
When I very first heard the backing vocals, I thought it sounded like Pops Staples. BTW, they go by Blind Boys now (not "Five"). Truly a treasure.
The Blind Boys of Alabama
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Bonnie sings it with sadness - our love is over and I'm heartbroken and sad.
Richard sings it with bitterness - our love is over and I hope you rot in hell you miserable bitch.
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Bonnie sings it with sadness - our love is over and I'm heartbroken and sad.
Richard sings it with bitterness - our love is over and I hope you rot in hell you miserable bitch.
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Bonnie sings it with sadness - our love is over and I'm heartbroken and blue.
Richard sings it with bitterness - our love is over and I hope you rot in hell you miserable bitch.
For all practical purposes the band Dinosaur Jr = the man J. Mascis who released a really good CD last year (2014) named "Tied To A Star".
Lou Barlow, the other founding member of Dinosaur Jr is has been very active making music as well since then, and still is. He and Mascis have recorded some new Dinosaur Jr albums of late.
Similarly dated. Whatever happened to Dinosaur Jr., Evan Dando, and Syd Straw?
For all practical purposes the band Dinosaur Jr = the man J. Mascis who released a really good CD last year (2014) named "Tied To A Star".
'Beat the Retreat' is actually an album of covers of Richard Thompson songs... an all-star line-up, definitely worth investigating (as are the originals, of course - by one of the most distinctive, inventive musicians)
Shoot out the Lights X
Wall of Death R.E.M.
When the Spell Is Broken Bonnie Raitt
Turning of the Tide Bob Mould
For Shame of Doing Wrong Evan Dando / Syd Straw
Down Where the Drunkards Roll Los Lobos
Beat the Retreat June Tabor
Genesis Hall June Tabor
I Misunderstood Dinosaur Jr.
The Madness of Love Graham Parker
Just the Motion David Byrne
Valerie Beausoleil
A Heart Needs a Home Shawn Colvin / Loudon Wainwright III
Dimming of the Day The Five Blind Boys of Alabama
Farewell, Farewell Martin Carthy / Maddy Prior
The Great Valerio Martin Carthy / Maddy Prior
Similarly dated. Whatever happened to Dinosaur Jr., Evan Dando, and Syd Straw?
Ms. Raitt & The Blind Boys Of Alabama singing a Richard Thompson anthem. Thanks, Life is Good!
I have nearly worn out this cd.
I read the names of all commentors for the last 4 songs and are surprised to find hardly any of the old bunch.
That makes me even sigh a sigh of relief to find my buddy Mr. Riley from the Nottingham front (and Helgi).
Where the hell is the rest? Did I scare them away? All of them?
Once I am not here for 2 month, and already no stone is in his old place!
Kinda sad!
wow, is similar to my turntable vinyl records .... good memories from this raw and direct sound!
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DaveInVA wrote:
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I like the original also....
yep, the only thing that sounds sweeter than vynal, is live in person.....
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'Beat the Retreat' is actually an album of covers of Richard Thompson songs... an all-star line-up, definitely worth investigating (as are the originals, of course - by one of the most distinctive, inventive musicians)
Shoot out the Lights X
Wall of Death R.E.M.
When the Spell Is Broken Bonnie Raitt
Turning of the Tide Bob Mould
For Shame of Doing Wrong Evan Dando / Syd Straw
Down Where the Drunkards Roll Los Lobos
Beat the Retreat June Tabor
Genesis Hall June Tabor
I Misunderstood Dinosaur Jr.
The Madness of Love Graham Parker
Just the Motion David Byrne
Valerie Beausoleil
A Heart Needs a Home Shawn Colvin / Loudon Wainwright III
Dimming of the Day The Five Blind Boys of Alabama
Farewell, Farewell Martin Carthy / Maddy Prior
The Great Valerio Martin Carthy / Maddy Prior
This set was very nicely done, sir!
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Sorry Fred, you are corrected, an RT original from "Across a Crowded Room" - mid 80's
Agreed... RT can do little wrong!
There is such a duet, but it didn't happen at Red Rocks. See link.
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Was at that show. Only entered comments to say the same thing - Bonnie live is exquisite! (And cj is always ahead of me on these observations) Rock on, brother....
I'd agree with you.
wow, is similar to my turntable vinyl records .... good memories from this raw and direct sound!
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DaveInVA wrote:
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I like the original also....
This ex-Gator agrees with you 100!!
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I like the original also....
Very cool.
I first saw her outdoors at Capitol Park in downtown Hartford.
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There are many other great cover songs on it also by groups such as REM etc
A time capsule of sorts. X no longer exists. And whatever happened to Dinosaur, Jr., Syd Straw, and Evan Dando? Remember when Dando was all over the pop tabloids? Too funny.
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There are many other great cover songs on it also by groups such as REM etc
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Is that the Blind Boys of Alabama backing her up?
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Oh, yes! (Thank you, Jesus!)
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There are many other great cover songs on it also by groups such as REM etc
"Interesting discussion about Br and Adele —who I think is just great. To me Adele's smokey, plaintive voice reminds me .of the late, great Dusty.Springfield. To me, the contemporary singer that you can tell listened to a couple of thousand of Bonnie Raitt tunes is blues powerhouse Susan Tedeschi." zalman595
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You've probably never seen Richard Thompson perform live (with or without a backing band). He is extremely passionate and very far from homogenized or lifeless. But, as you wrote: "to each their own".
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Agree. This is pretty meh, to put it kindly.
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guess that depends on who's rating her, not her best or worst but the woman can play the blues I prefer early Raitt tho her work with John Lee is very good
Is that the Blind Boys of Alabama backing her up?
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Nina Simone - I Put a Spell on You Nice segue!
That's the magic of RP
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I am very pleased that she NO LONGER has a self-destructive thing. The only time I saw her (Philadelphia, probably 1974, with Randy Newman), she kept a Bud by her side during her set, kept making hash jokes, and barely even tried to play her guitar. Drunk is a gentle way to describe the state she was in. Simply strummed what seemed to be random chords. Randy sniffed with a coke nose during his set. I guess things had to settle down, for which we should all be grateful.