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Thinking about it ---I dont think anyone is capable of doing a remake of Sailors Life . Opinions please  Howabout June Tabor? |
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Malcolm
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« Reply #1 on: September 02, 2008, 10:50:53 AM » |
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Thinking about it ---I dont think anyone is capable of doing a remake of Sailors Life . Opinions please Howabout June Tabor? Lovely though her voice is, when she did it at Crops in late 80s it was not a huge success and I think has been documented as such  |
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Simon Withers
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« Reply #2 on: September 02, 2008, 12:17:16 PM » |
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I thought the whole performance of Sailors Life at Cropredy with June on vocals and supported by the band was great in real time... I liked it...it was not that bad
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« Reply #3 on: September 02, 2008, 12:57:03 PM » |
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I thought the whole performance of Sailors Life at Cropredy with June on vocals and supported by the band was great in real time... I liked it...it was not that bad
i take it you are a deaf person the band were great, ms t was rubbish she made it a laughing stock |
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« Reply #4 on: September 02, 2008, 12:59:49 PM » |
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« Reply #5 on: September 02, 2008, 01:46:26 PM » |
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I thought the whole performance of Sailors Life at Cropredy with June on vocals and supported by the band was great in real time... I liked it...it was not that bad
i take it you are a deaf person the band were great, ms t was rubbish she made it a laughing stock I agree. I'm not a huge fan of a sailors life anyway, although I appreciate the fact that it was one of the first traditional tracks Fairport did. I've never heard June Tabor perform anything else though, so I can't be too judgemental. |
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« Reply #6 on: September 02, 2008, 01:52:50 PM » |
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and Jim was doing so well too.
He'd managed to avoid rising to the bait for almost a year until now.
(September 11th 2007 being the last mention I believe)
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« Reply #7 on: September 02, 2008, 03:03:38 PM » |
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i take it you are a deaf person
the band were great, ms t was rubbish she made it a laughing stock
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...yes the band were performing great things on the night and I believe the song was not turned into some kind of joke because of the performance...at the time it was great to hear the song performed live...a rare occurrence and in the spirit of the times I look at the attempt by June and Fairport as an honerable one.
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« Reply #8 on: September 03, 2008, 07:50:15 PM » |
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full marks for attempting it, 10/10 to the band but detention ,i'm afaid for the chanteuse sorry nick ive fallen of the JT waggon, and i was doing so well  my names jim i'm not a great fan of JT's rendition of "A Sailors Life" |
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« Reply #9 on: September 04, 2008, 10:07:44 AM » |
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I thought the whole performance of Sailors Life at Cropredy with June on vocals and supported by the band was great in real time... I liked it...it was not that bad
i take it you are a deaf person the band were great, ms t was rubbish she made it a laughing stock I agree. I'm not a huge fan of a sailors life anyway, although I appreciate the fact that it was one of the first traditional tracks Fairport did. I've never heard June Tabor perform anything else though, so I can't be too judgemental. What you need to know, KK, is that June Tabor is one of the outstanding singers and interpreters of folk, jazz, and rock music of her generation. Her early work with Martin Simpson is at times breathtaking. Her albums Ashes and Diamonds and Abyssinians are wonderful. The Watersons song The Scarecrow on the latter is an all time classic. She is magnificent interpreter of RT songs. The likes of Elvis Costello have written for her (All This Useless Beauty). She made two fabulous albums with Maddy Prior as the Silly Sisters. She made a wonderful album with Oysterband called Freedom and Rain which included an amazing version of The Velvet Underground's All Tomorrow's Parties. Her version of Eric Bogle's "And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda" is definitive and moves audiences to tears. All in all, June Tabor is acknowledged as one of the most important and influential singers of the last thirty years. Occasionally she is villified on this board for one allegedly under par performance at Cropredy. I suggest you get hold of some of her stuff and make up your own mind. Meanwhile, mods, this thread is entitled "Leslie Sings Denny". Edit: At least, it was... I've cut the June Tabor comments out of the Leslie Sings Denny thread and put them in their own topic... |
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« Reply #10 on: September 04, 2008, 10:26:23 AM » |
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Weren't there stage monitor problems that night? She has been absolutely briliant in most of the other stuff I have heard.
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« Reply #11 on: September 04, 2008, 10:30:43 AM » |
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I've said this before but I'll repeat it for the benefit of KK. The "infamous" June Tabor performance at Cropredy was a result of bad monitors. She couldn't hear the band. This kind of thing can happen when you come on for just a couple of numbers. To judge her on this one performance is to miss the point so fulsomely made by PLW.
Another way to see June Tabor's talent is to find the bit of the film Ken Russell made about English Folk Music in which she performs a capella. The rest of the film is a joke but this section shows how sublime she can be.
And I don't even like June Tabor much!
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« Reply #12 on: September 04, 2008, 11:49:35 AM » |
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She did a stunning version of Lili Marlene which was on TV a year or two ago. Must look for it on youtube.
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« Reply #13 on: September 04, 2008, 12:49:48 PM » |
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It is also worth noting that June Tabor's surprise performance at Croprey in 1988 was outstanding! She joined Filarfolket for their encore and sang RT's "Pharoah" form the yet to be released Amnesia album.
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« Reply #14 on: September 04, 2008, 01:27:28 PM » |
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I didn't realise the 1988 problem was caused by monitors. Full marks to her for carrying on. To atone for thinking badly of her I have just ordered 'Freedom & Rain'  |
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« Reply #15 on: September 04, 2008, 02:00:21 PM » |
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I have just ordered 'Freedom & Rain' An excellent album. You'll enjoy it. |
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« Reply #16 on: September 04, 2008, 02:15:57 PM » |
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I think she is a great interpretor and singer.
Pull down now, about packing away the fair and moving on, I find incredibly emotional.
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« Reply #17 on: September 04, 2008, 02:38:46 PM » |
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I think she is a great interpretor and singer.
Pull down now, about packing away the fair and moving on, I find incredibly emotional.
The Pulling Down Song, written by another JT, John Tams. |
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« Reply #18 on: September 04, 2008, 03:15:04 PM » |
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I don't like 'im.
Always moaning about Sheffield.
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« Reply #19 on: September 04, 2008, 03:28:53 PM » |
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June's "Sailor" was brilliant at the Half Moon warm-up in '87. Word from the band was that she was off-key at Cropredy because of a monitor problem.
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