tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3774690407548657707.post5917666528457483669..comments2023-10-24T11:11:49.568+01:00Comments on There Are Places I Remember: Songs About Places: Alone in Brewster BayGeoffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10966328708258079467noreply@blogger.comBlogger54125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3774690407548657707.post-11616827356974446882019-04-21T16:18:04.823+01:002019-04-21T16:18:04.823+01:00Thanks for that information - thats very sad that ...Thanks for that information - thats very sad that she knew for so long about her illness.<br />This is a more recent blog I have done on Minnie<br />https://momentsofminnie.blogspot.com/<br />Geoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10966328708258079467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3774690407548657707.post-42266232037124946822019-04-15T17:03:23.398+01:002019-04-15T17:03:23.398+01:00I recently found out that Minnie knew she was term...I recently found out that Minnie knew she was terminally ill long before she revealed it. She still drove on and completed the many albums she is known for. It's a shame that Stevie Wonder wasn't available to produce any more of her albums besides "Perfect Angel" because he would have kept her above board with songs like "Inside my Love" which is a beautiful tune but filled with too many sexual innuendos and kind of made it unplayable for pop stations. Uncle Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08756486880988441413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3774690407548657707.post-83250007301650885202014-07-27T03:13:31.436+01:002014-07-27T03:13:31.436+01:00The imagery of "Alone In Brewster Bay" m...The imagery of "Alone In Brewster Bay" makes me feel comfy, warmed by a fire and lonely. I think the whole album was a truly romantic tribute to her love for her husband. "Love and Glory" spoke about the struggle of being accepted by family when you're in an interracial marriage in the 70's. The place she reaches in AIBB is a time of missing her man as she was left alone to consider her mortality. Watching the fire die, the snowflakes fly, and the geese out hinking on the bay almost allows you to see what she was seeing while dealing with the unfairness of life. The last two songs brings us back to the fact that as long as we live we should embrace the Simple Things and Never Let Anyone Bring You Down. The Lament was in the middle but the joy came back in the end.Uncle Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08756486880988441413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3774690407548657707.post-84314616726627199452011-01-09T02:39:17.282+00:002011-01-09T02:39:17.282+00:00I'm glad I found this, or it found me.I'm glad I found this, or it found me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3774690407548657707.post-18633725792244688352010-11-23T23:14:58.143+00:002010-11-23T23:14:58.143+00:00Yes, and about the main Massachusetts road - "...Yes, and about the main Massachusetts road - "Mass Pike" by The Get Up Kids, although this fits more in Geoff's category of road trip songs than songs about Massachusetts maybe.......... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgFMYiyrmbUMariananoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3774690407548657707.post-42276691960579651772010-11-23T23:13:02.342+00:002010-11-23T23:13:02.342+00:00I feel like there a few about driving through Mass...I feel like there a few about driving through Massachusetts too. Like James Taylor - Sweet Baby James<br /><br /> Now the first of December was covered with snow<br /> And so was the turnpike from Stockbridge to Boston<br /> Lord, the Berkshires seem dreamlike on account of that frosting<br /> With ten miles behind me, and ten thousand more to goSam Ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08523013822784596338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3774690407548657707.post-70970007765288495132010-11-23T23:08:57.413+00:002010-11-23T23:08:57.413+00:00Geoff, loved the column man. but not all songs abo...Geoff, loved the column man. but not all songs about Massachusetts make it a blank slate to do with emotion rather than place. here's my cover of arlo guthrie's "Massachusetts": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_MdmnSOVMI<br />the song is all about Massachusetts history and weather and landscape.Wilbornnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3774690407548657707.post-63432156514463391132010-11-23T23:01:42.610+00:002010-11-23T23:01:42.610+00:00They also did another Christmas one, Peace at Last...They also did another Christmas one, Peace at Last-which seems to be about Santa smoking mistletoe..<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3mQnXEQ4fk&playnext=1&list=PLB4D8396588E7215F&index=45Geoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10966328708258079467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3774690407548657707.post-63686755152599219792010-11-23T22:58:22.864+00:002010-11-23T22:58:22.864+00:00In case anyone was also wondering about Geoff'...In case anyone was also wondering about Geoff's reference to "Christmas Love" from Rotary Connection, I found it here: Pretty interesting! (Fly on, Freak Flag!). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpP2JsGkwycStevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15427693964807938715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3774690407548657707.post-25813539694558320212010-11-23T22:56:10.538+00:002010-11-23T22:56:10.538+00:00This has to be one of the best song titles ever (n...This has to be one of the best song titles ever (never heard of it before this column); That’s What they Put Erasers on Pencils For.<br /><br />I think someone should start a blog about songs with strange titles, or at least make a list of the top ten weirdest song titles ever. <br /><br />Here are a few: <br />Somebody Always Paints The Wall - George Jones<br />Eat Starch Mom - Jefferson Airplane<br />Lady Godiva's Operation - Velvet Underground<br />Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Um - Curtis Mayfield<br />My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama - Frank ZappaNickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12345880035877836117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3774690407548657707.post-58048402776035528502010-11-23T22:51:01.155+00:002010-11-23T22:51:01.155+00:00There are definitely sandals and socks and occasio...There are definitely sandals and socks and occasional glimpse of a front garden gnome in Massachusetts Geoff:) Here's a photo I snapped in Cape Cod - I think this store was selling sandals, socks AND gnomes:) - http://photos.igougo.com/images/p167200-Cape_Cod-Route_28.jpgMickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04129475788686123015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3774690407548657707.post-66778038403894769402010-11-23T22:42:01.973+00:002010-11-23T22:42:01.973+00:00Brilliant! Torquay and Bideford get a mention too!...Brilliant! Torquay and Bideford get a mention too!Geoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10966328708258079467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3774690407548657707.post-43247455090113701532010-11-23T22:36:33.634+00:002010-11-23T22:36:33.634+00:00Found it! In the song "(Now) I know (where I&...Found it! In the song "(Now) I know (where I'm going) our kid" by the parody group The Shirehorses, Budleigh Salterton is cited as being on the road to Scotland.<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VI9e9F-Fves<br /><br />:)Tiffanyehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01945758814187026754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3774690407548657707.post-80224913958983106242010-11-23T19:13:33.575+00:002010-11-23T19:13:33.575+00:00That is an interesting analysis of Minnie Riperton...That is an interesting analysis of Minnie Riperton's music, Laura. Neither Rotary Connection nor her solo work could easily be categorised- which is perhaps the reason that neither had the commercial success they should haveGeoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10966328708258079467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3774690407548657707.post-40968089191317769102010-11-23T09:11:52.748+00:002010-11-23T09:11:52.748+00:00Let's wait for a song about Budleigh Salterton...Let's wait for a song about Budleigh Salterton now, Tiffanye!Geoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10966328708258079467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3774690407548657707.post-45647063506144049022010-11-23T03:28:46.284+00:002010-11-23T03:28:46.284+00:00I remember that people thought Minnie was white at...I remember that people thought Minnie was white at first because she didn't have quite the same soul sound as Aretha Franklin. And she inspired people like Teena Marie, who was white and trying to sing soul amid some essentialist notions about what soul music was and who could sing it. It's one of the reasons I think this song about a whiter-than-white area of the U.S. is really interesting: Minne Riperton singing about somewhere near Cape Cod, with all its sunburned white vacationers eating icecream and shopping for antiques (so white, as Geoff, points out that it might be south coast of England!). For me it fits with her larger achievement of de-essentializing music right when Motown was suggesting that there was a 'black' sound that whites (like Teena Marie) COULD never achieve, and a 'white' sound (like Minne, sometimes) that black Americans SHOULD never achieve.Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10190486337916706104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3774690407548657707.post-56025488859229103562010-11-23T00:57:54.301+00:002010-11-23T00:57:54.301+00:00I knew Minne all the back to when she was a recept...I knew Minne all the back to when she was a receptionist. At 2120 Michigan Avenue, at the Chess Producing Corp. She could only have been 16 then.Dick Lapalmnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3774690407548657707.post-60057812834955970192010-11-23T00:52:33.224+00:002010-11-23T00:52:33.224+00:00Some people claim Mariah Carey is her vocal herita...Some people claim Mariah Carey is her vocal heritage. But I really don't think Mariah Carey holds a candle to Minnie.M.J.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07615974799201593427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3774690407548657707.post-24704339183944418322010-11-23T00:47:41.727+00:002010-11-23T00:47:41.727+00:00I meant "one of your British readers":)I meant "one of your British readers":)Tiffanyehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01945758814187026754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3774690407548657707.post-71332454561351317102010-11-23T00:38:47.475+00:002010-11-23T00:38:47.475+00:00Geoff! As one of your British I have to register t...Geoff! As one of your British I have to register the comedy of your Budleigh Salterton remark, because of how unlikely it is that there has EVER been a song about this one of the twins in the twinned city:) Never mind by one as starry as Minnie Riperton:)Tiffanyehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01945758814187026754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3774690407548657707.post-77419953074157074872010-11-23T00:36:50.812+00:002010-11-23T00:36:50.812+00:00Minnie's music has been sampled a great deal b...Minnie's music has been sampled a great deal by hip hop artists, so the cover art echoes aren't surprising.Clintonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3774690407548657707.post-58471290272145108042010-11-23T00:19:05.642+00:002010-11-23T00:19:05.642+00:00What smote me mightily about Minnie was that her s...What smote me mightily about Minnie was that her seriousness never soured her. She smiled and loved life even as life was killing her. She sang serious songs one minute and fun loving anthems the next.Kalamunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3774690407548657707.post-82150714828248311812010-11-23T00:17:45.316+00:002010-11-23T00:17:45.316+00:00I remember the first time I heard Minnie Riperton&...I remember the first time I heard Minnie Riperton's Lovin' You. I was riding home on the school bus and the bus driver had the radio turned up. When Riperton hit her memorable high note, everyone on the bus got quiet. No one had ever heard anything quite like it.Fritznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3774690407548657707.post-77310870712591409602010-11-23T00:17:25.453+00:002010-11-23T00:17:25.453+00:00I agree, K.B. Perfect Angel gives me eargasms. :) ...I agree, K.B. Perfect Angel gives me eargasms. :) Her voice was ethereal and she was a class act. Definitely one of the greatest voices of all time. Also, I watched a documentary on her earlier this year and she had such an interesting life. It was really sad to know that her life was cut short at such an early age.Kylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02241232629745524311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3774690407548657707.post-57289384855087905532010-11-23T00:13:41.707+00:002010-11-23T00:13:41.707+00:00One of the most angelic voices that my ears have e...One of the most angelic voices that my ears have ever heard. She blew me away upon first listen. it really is one the best voices in recorded history. Every track she made can send shivers down your spine when she hits the high notes.K.B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07064887918789647799noreply@blogger.com