tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16312469903694663.post832430243749437329..comments2023-12-28T10:35:56.272-06:00Comments on The Homeless Advisor: Sit back...get a beverage...get a smoke...The Homeless Advisorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05167969177111696519noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16312469903694663.post-24041307621668037522009-12-30T12:34:31.994-06:002009-12-30T12:34:31.994-06:00I hasten to add that I draw a distinction between ...I hasten to add that I draw a distinction between someone's stylings of a song versus making someone else' material their own. I feel that in my examples above, that is what TDN and BS&T did.<br /><br />An example is Sting's "Field Of Gold" He had said of all his songs, that one he was loathe to hear done by others. He was played Eva Cassidy's version (Another talent taken before her time) and nodded he liked it. It was her version, a wonderful version, but she didn't own it.<br /><br />Hope that all makes sense.<br /><br />BTW...I love your tagline!<br /><br />"Hippie Capitalist With A Heart"<br /><br />Cheers,The Homeless Advisorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05167969177111696519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16312469903694663.post-73792292085718743902009-12-30T12:20:29.465-06:002009-12-30T12:20:29.465-06:00First of all, thank you for your kind words and go...First of all, thank you for your kind words and good thoughts. <br /><br />Perhaps I wasn't clear in expression nor intent regards a couple of point in this posting.<br /><br />I never meant to imply she didn't like the covers of her music. Just that in her own recordings, they seemed a lot less fleshed out than when done by others. "What Is Hip" by Tower Of Power is like that. GREAT song...GREATER song when done by others. I love a horn boand live and have seen a few club bands cover this is and put it in orbbit. Even TOP's live version lacks that certain something.<br /><br />As for cute, I don't think the covers were cute...that's what I like most, they aren't. When listeing to her directly, it just that feel of east village kinda scene at the time.<br /><br />As for her feelings and such, I gleened that from items I had read about her. How she developed some political points of view that made her angry, even bitter..especially towards the end. And again, a sadness in her voice is what I feel when listening to her...my sense and impression.<br /><br />She blew her peers of the day away for my thinking. Who knows what library of music she would have created had her life not been sohorribly cut short.<br /><br />Again, thanks for your kind words and I will keep a good thought for your friend who is out there. Fortunately, I do have some shelter and am targetting between Jan. 13th and 27th to be headed south And if there is a link to the film you worked on, online, I would love to watch it.<br /><br />Best wishes and Happy New Year to you and yours.The Homeless Advisorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05167969177111696519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16312469903694663.post-66628455968953925432009-12-30T11:59:55.210-06:002009-12-30T11:59:55.210-06:00First of all, thanks for giving of yourself, and e...First of all, thanks for giving of yourself, and enlightening us as to your situation. I have a great friend in the streets, who is brilliant and very tuned in. She actually chooses to be there. Second, your wonderful postings of the late Laura Nyro. I do not think she was angry or sad however. I do think her fate was so hideous however. Her mother also succumned to Ovarian Cancer at 49 as well. I think under the circumstances, she lived her life as she wanted to. Laura stated early on, that she LOVED the covers of her works, and thought them to be "cute." She lived well, though I understand not as well as she could have given the money made. I have a bit of insight into her as was involved in a film early on after she passed away. So, keep the flame alive, and I will try and follow you. Best. Nyrogrlnyrogrlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17336808508391313074noreply@blogger.com