11/12 Concerning Beth Orton, assuming somebody else here has been following
her music. Does anybody else find it odd that there is no mention of
Bobbie Gentry when critics and others describe Beth Orton's style. (If
you don't know what I'm talking about, go grab the old 70s song, "Ode
to Billy Joe" with Kazaa.)
\_ Beth Orton? I think I slept with her once. Or maybe her sister.
\_ My mom mentioned Bobbie Gentry when I made her listen to Beth Orton.
\_ Mm-hmm. I have this suspicion that the current round of music
scenesters just plain missed the connection because the song is so
old. I still like Beth Orton, but I'm a little disappointed that
she hasn't acknowledged the debt, especially after all the noise
she made about Terry Callier.
\_ For me, I was glad she made all that noise about Terry
Callier, because I hadn't heard of him before, and he's
great. I already know who Bobbie Gentry was.
\_ Well yeah, me too. I went right out and bought the album she
mentioned and I liked it. The arc of his career from being
a new big thing for 15 minutes, to decades of obscurity
including time as a programmer and back into the limelight
in his 50s is pretty neat.
Maybe she should give Bobby a call...
\_ I like Green Day! -danh #1 fan |
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