So, what have you been listening to lately?

[Dave W]

[uwe]

I'm having an 80ies AOR relapse with Frau Beck specifically, pity she didn't go any further:



Still crazy good after all these years:



And of course her Coke & McDonalds classics:





The McDonalds jingle made her popular in Germany ..., her cute sexy Yank accent was 2 die 4 ...



... and it preceded the "real song":

[uwe]

And of course the new 2018 remix (not just remaster!) of a legendary, bottomless-vastly underrated album:









Old Bill is still doing it too:

[Dave W]

Emory Gordy Jr. on bass.

[uwe]

A man highly rated for his guitar skills by both Deep Purple guitarists, i.e. Blackmore and Morse, and both have played with him. Blackmore said that in the 60ies Albert Lee was the only English guitarist up to Nahville standards - and the Brit Invasion guys were in awe of Nahville guitar slingers.

I guess he did the right thing then leaving into the US country rock scene. Head, Hands & Feet hadn't really gone anywhere in Ole Blighty.

[Dave W]

All roads lead to Blackmore.

I'm impressed by Gordy being able to sing backup while playing that bass line. Albert is awesome as always.

[uwe]

All roads lead to Blackmore.

Sigh, I was soooo hoping for you to write that one day, Dave.

My work is done here.

[Dave W]

[Basvarken]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSaN6eyRBsU&fbclid=IwAR18AThaSoZnHUbwN2fb9KRBvgJ6LF3Dw9JAQG0Tg3boyf03NcIV-aCP1H4

[Dave W]

[Basvarken]

Nice version. The lady can sing.

Just my curiosity: What is that accent? She pronounces good as gooyd.
I think I've been hearing that more often lately. Do younger (female) singers imitate each other with pronouncing words like that? Or is it a true accent that is bound to a certain region?

[uwe]

Was there ever a region in the US where they would say "big wheels keep on toyning, Proud Mary keep on boyning"?

[uwe]

And to lighten up my day ...

[westen44]

Linda Ronstadt with her live version.  I saw her around this same time although it would be another 14 years before I'd make it to Germany.  I like what Sara Niemietz did with the song, but I didn't notice anything unusual with her pronunciation. 

I don't even know what John Fogerty was doing with the way he pronounced some words.  Nobody that I know talks like that.

[Dave W]

Nice version. The lady can sing.

Just my curiosity: What is that accent? She pronounces good as gooyd.
I think I've been hearing that more often lately. Do younger (female) singers imitate each other with pronouncing words like that? Or is it a true accent that is bound to a certain region?

It's not any regional accent I've heard, just her way of pronouncing while singing. I haven't heard anyone else singing it like that but female singers do seem more likely to copy pronunciation like that.

Was there ever a region in the US where they would say "big wheels keep on toyning, Proud Mary keep on boyning"?

Yes, definitely. I used to hear it frequently among blacks from Louisiana and Mississippi and from white Cajuns. Fogarty comes pretty close to capturing it.