LouieB Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 if youre familiar with the last waltz version he does a spot on of the older black dudeYou mean Pops Staples? Or is there some other "older black dude" singing it it? LouieB Quote Link to post Share on other sites
IRememberDBoon Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 yeah Pop Staples then I guess. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LouieB Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 No offense, but without Pops there wouldn't be a Mavis in more ways than one!! LouieB Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Oil Can Boyd Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 I Shall be Released is a great song (greater than The Weight) We'll disagree on that. Yes, Robbie can't match Dylan's lyrics but musically, I'd rather listen to The Weight. Interesting that they were the two sides of the Band's first single, with The Weight being the A side. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LouieB Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 Well considering they are both pretty great on Big Pink, I certainly would agree that The Weight has a slight edge over Released as a performance in general from that album. We are certainly talking minor issues with both songs really. I just personally think that I shall be released is a crazy good song. LouieB Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sweet Papa Crimbo Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 everyone except Nick Lowe apparently. I was thinking the same thing. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sgtpepper64 Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 First, the Staple Singers LP that Life During Wartime is on is just called The Staple Singers and is on Private I records which is a Columbia imprint, so it seems from 1985, so close to the end of their career. David Byrne had some input and plays on part of it. Of course Pops was in David Bryne's movie True Stories around that time. The Weight is a great song on many levels, but the lyrics, well....kinda hippie surreal. Don't get me wrong, I have been listening and singing along most of my life, but really?? I pulled into Nazareth, I was feelin' about half past dead;I just need some place where I can lay my head."Hey, mister, can you tell me where a man might find a bed?"He just grinned and shook my hand, and "No!", was all he said. (Chorus:)Take a load off Annie, take a load for free;Take a load off Annie, And (and) (and) you can put the load right on me. LouieB Take a load off FANNY* Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LouieB Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 Take a load off FANNY*Well MAYBE!! Read the disertation on The Band's website about what it should be. Or is it? Fanny/Annie.... LouieB Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Oil Can Boyd Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 A little background on the filming of this: http://betweenloveandlike.blogspot.com/2012/01/photographer-zoran-orlic-captures.html Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sweet Papa Crimbo Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 Well MAYBE!! Read the disertation on The Band's website about what it should be. Or is it? Fanny/Annie.... LouieB That was almost as much fun as the eternal debate over whether of not Balrogs have wings or not... (The obvious solution with any other artist and song would be to ask the author. But Robbie is such a revisionist, I wouldn't believe a word he had to say about the history of the band) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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