tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post114522940140579589..comments2023-10-19T05:40:59.162-04:00Comments on Sippican Cottage: Did You Know That Michael Jackson Could Sing?SippicanCottagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14940797380578921776noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-81365741955335119682009-06-28T19:04:31.113-04:002009-06-28T19:04:31.113-04:00Maybe that's what did it to him. Where do you ...Maybe that's what did it to him. Where do you go from being this good at 11? What worlds were left to conquer when he was 17? Forget the personal demons, the artistic ones must have been crippling before he hit 20. And I suppose were given the decline.Uncle Mikeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04036581343797487784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-37148901199559329522009-06-27T22:07:39.675-04:002009-06-27T22:07:39.675-04:00G.Bob- Fantastic. Thank you.
It's a Shame is ...G.Bob- Fantastic. Thank you.<br /><br /><i>It's a Shame </i>is a often overlooked gem.SippicanCottagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14940797380578921776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-68249863307517310092009-06-27T21:07:31.032-04:002009-06-27T21:07:31.032-04:00Here you go: James Jamerson. Bear in mind that y...Here you go: James Jamerson. Bear in mind that you really have to hear it on the Big Hi Fi to appreciate the majesty: <br /><br />--<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFFe5PeNIW8&feature=related" rel="nofollow">For Once in My Life</a> (starts at 1:30)<br /><br />--<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=109r-XSjyoM&feature=related" rel="nofollow">It's a Shame</a> (starts at 2:10)<br /><br />--<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLPVqlSw_l4" rel="nofollow">Bernadette</a>Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-29135002983015060722009-06-26T22:51:45.371-04:002009-06-26T22:51:45.371-04:00Hi Mr. Arthur- It will always be a Detroit thing. ...Hi Mr. Arthur- It will always be a Detroit thing. <br /><br />Hi G. Bob- I always enjoy reading your essays. <br /><br />I have never heard that disc but I'd like to. The one finger thing is curious and amazing. He's the last person I can recall to leave the chrome guards over his pickup and bridge, too. <br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9KC7uhMY9s" rel="nofollow"> He had the gift of almost endless, effortless invention on the bass. </a><br /><br />Hi Queen Vee- Always pleasant to see you and your daughter here.SippicanCottagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14940797380578921776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-17886011839875389022009-06-26T22:14:11.096-04:002009-06-26T22:14:11.096-04:00MJ is being over hyped he wasn't called Wacko ...MJ is being over hyped he wasn't called Wacko Jacko for nothing. Thank you once again for a great posting.The Queen Veehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02155350213939987094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-43721846071283179672009-06-26T20:31:20.197-04:002009-06-26T20:31:20.197-04:00I'm assuming you've heard the two disc del...I'm assuming you've heard the two disc deluxe version of <i>Standing in the Shadows of Motown</i>, with all the tracks stripped of vocals and remixed so you can hear Jamerson better. Amazing to think that he did it all with only one finger. Seems impossible.Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-77179474308567831542009-06-26T19:46:02.050-04:002009-06-26T19:46:02.050-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Arthurstonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01083956773592540646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-54098722281287394082009-06-26T18:25:22.863-04:002009-06-26T18:25:22.863-04:00thank you. now it makes sense. I never "got...thank you. now it makes sense. I never "got" MJ. And now, please help me understand what exactly "beat it" means? Thank you, from an old grannie ladyjoycehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11456465195258073699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-59828504386780718092009-06-26T18:16:07.661-04:002009-06-26T18:16:07.661-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Arthurstonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01083956773592540646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-48325860753441528502009-06-26T13:16:08.587-04:002009-06-26T13:16:08.587-04:00Ditto on the James Jamerson "genius" app...Ditto on the James Jamerson "genius" appelation. Here in Detroit, we're always looking for Jamerson's famous lost bass, hoping to find it at a garage sale. As a tangential story, Anthony Jackson was actually given (shared) song writing credit on "For the love of money" by the O'Jays. And well deserved, too.misterarthurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05697612334770463535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-1145798101672249762006-04-23T09:15:00.000-04:002006-04-23T09:15:00.000-04:00Sigurder- That is a very interesting comment. I us...Sigurder- That is a very interesting comment. I used a sort of vague reference to James Jamerson's contribution here, the words "courtesy of" instead of "played by." I did that for a reason. These things are obscure sometimes. <BR/><BR/>Officially, It's Wilton Felder playing on that Jackson Five recording. Wilton Felder is a very good bass player. But there's more to it than that. I Want You Back is the first Jackson Five Song to be recorded in Los Angeles. They had recorded other less notable songs in Detroit before Berry Gordy moved Motown to LA. Gordy was not a stickler for giving credit to people to whom credit is due, and James Jamerson is the cardinal example of that. Gordy was trying to remove himself from any mention of Holland-Dozier-Holland songwriting credit or influence. <BR/><BR/>There is a recording of Jimmy Ruffin singing I Want You Back, before The Jackson Five, and before Motown moved to LA. And the bass player on that recording is James Jamerson. <BR/><BR/>There is no doubt in my mind that James Jamerson wrote that bassline, and since the song is entirely based on the bassline, you could make a good argument he's more important to its success than even Michael Jackson. <BR/><BR/>There's a good chance that he's actually on the Jackson Five version, uncredited, if they were using a tape already partially recorded. If not, Wilton Felder is note for note reproducing what Jamerson played earlier. <BR/><BR/>James Jamerson is the only person in pop music history I would term a "genius." <BR/><BR/>Thanks for writing. These things are endlessly interesting.SippicanCottagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14940797380578921776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-1145761895434558562006-04-22T23:11:00.000-04:002006-04-22T23:11:00.000-04:00Isn't Bob Bobbing the bassplayer on "I Want You Ba...Isn't Bob Bobbing the bassplayer on "I Want You Back" ? I don't think it's Jamerson atleast.Siggidórihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17806302995310292417noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-1145508794844858732006-04-20T00:53:00.000-04:002006-04-20T00:53:00.000-04:00Um, don't misinterpret to mean that he was a Nixon...Um, don't misinterpret to mean that he was a Nixon fan.<BR/><BR/>(I married younger.)reader_iamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17352836883752091339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-1145508745024920282006-04-20T00:52:00.000-04:002006-04-20T00:52:00.000-04:00Holy whatever!My husband was away this evening, an...Holy whatever!<BR/><BR/>My husband was away this evening, and when he just got back I shared this post with him.<BR/><BR/><I> ... But Michael Jackson could sing. When Nixon was President.</I><BR/><BR/>[DH, instantly and deadpan]<BR/><BR/>"And we were still on the gold standard."reader_iamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17352836883752091339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-1145503952586726422006-04-19T23:32:00.000-04:002006-04-19T23:32:00.000-04:00Michael Jackson was a cute little kid. He looks li...Michael Jackson was a cute little kid. He looks like a monster now, literally. <BR/><BR/>And he and I are exactly the same age. I never appeared on the Ed Sullivan show, but then again, I've never been led into a courthouse in my pajamas either, so I figure it's a fair swap.SippicanCottagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14940797380578921776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-1145502150037174042006-04-19T23:02:00.000-04:002006-04-19T23:02:00.000-04:00Sippican - Nail hit squarely on the head, as usual...Sippican - Nail hit squarely on the head, as usual. I had cued up "I Want You Back" on the PC even before I scrolled that far in the post. As Phil Hartman playing Ed McMahon would say, "You are correct, sir!"<BR/><BR/>And don't forget that album cover. Michael Jackson also used to look like a normal, attractive human being, before he was rich as Croesus.P_Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16130988618277500381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-1145498518876806912006-04-19T22:01:00.000-04:002006-04-19T22:01:00.000-04:00reader you is- That's a great song!When he sings:I...reader you is- That's a great song!<BR/><BR/>When he sings:<BR/><BR/>I'm the one that wants you !<BR/><BR/>I'm the one you NEED!<BR/><BR/>He goes up and gets the note for Need!, in his regular voice, no falsetto. Just hits it. It's breathtaking for a little kid to be able to hit that. He couldn't hit that now with a shovel.<BR/><BR/>Who could predict "Stop you better save it" would be about DNA evidence someday?SippicanCottagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14940797380578921776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-1145494680344120162006-04-19T20:58:00.000-04:002006-04-19T20:58:00.000-04:00Though I'm taking them out of context, the followi...Though I'm taking them out of context, the following lyrics that Jackson sang back in the day turn out to be prescient words, if only he had to known to listen to them:<BR/><BR/><I>Stop!<BR/>You better save it!<BR/>Stop stop stop!<BR/>You better save it!<BR/><BR/>...<BR/><BR/>Stop!<BR/>The love you save may be your own<BR/>Darlin' take it slow<BR/>Or someday you'll be all alone<BR/>You better stop!<BR/>the love you save may be your own<BR/>Darlin' look both ways before you cross me<BR/>You're headed for a danger zone.</I><BR/><BR/>Oh, Michael, we never knew ye ...reader_iamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17352836883752091339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-1145386337437279132006-04-18T14:52:00.000-04:002006-04-18T14:52:00.000-04:00"Nixon- the William Shatner of evil."God, I wish I..."Nixon- the William Shatner of evil."<BR/><BR/>God, I wish I'd said that.SippicanCottagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14940797380578921776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-1145331206221077622006-04-17T23:33:00.000-04:002006-04-17T23:33:00.000-04:00Hell no, Sip! Changin' minds and takin' dog tags ...Hell no, Sip! Changin' minds and takin' dog tags is what the Interweb is all about! Embrace it!<BR/><BR/>Ah, Nixon...the William Shatner of Evil!Ronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08791314877257904422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-1145313571445415292006-04-17T18:39:00.000-04:002006-04-17T18:39:00.000-04:00Did that just happen? Did I change someone's mind,...Did that just happen? Did I change someone's mind, no matter how trivially, by writing on the internet? <BR/><BR/>That's unpossible.SippicanCottagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14940797380578921776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-1145305711449494062006-04-17T16:28:00.000-04:002006-04-17T16:28:00.000-04:00Holy Batcave, you're right!I just thought it was a...Holy Batcave, you're right!<BR/>I just thought it was a style or something, and he'd fall back on croonin' when older. Man, what a drag that must have been, to wake up after adolescence and discover your instrument gone, like it had been stolen out of the van while you were loading up after a gig. <BR/><BR/><I>(Me? No musician, I, but the lone roadie for my friend's bad barband -as if there were any other kind- in college. One learned to stay sober for self-protection and anti-theft purposes. Not the lead singer, though. Maybe he hated singing "Ridin' the Storm Out" as much as I hated listening to it, and drank for purely medicinal reasons.)</I>KCFleminghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00124201866124646626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-1145291416151994212006-04-17T12:30:00.000-04:002006-04-17T12:30:00.000-04:00At first I was not amused, being a huge Off the Wa...At first I was not amused, being a huge Off the Wall fan as a young teen, but what you say is true. At the time, Jacko was still a better singer than just about everyone else on OTW but nothing like he was as a child. You win this round . . .Uncle Mikeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10581421662772147644noreply@blogger.com