Texas - Hi - 11th studio album - out now
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Eddie
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I actually thought it was someone else singing on In Our Lifetime.
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On the one hand - fair enough. Sharleen is in her late 50s and 35 years into her career. It's natural and understandable her voice isn't what it was.
But it does make it a "bold" choice to expose that by trying to go all stripped back on us.
On a separate note, I did enjoy reading a Sharleen interview where she admits the only reason Inner Smile isn't on the album is because her idol old Spooner declared he HATED it and refused to record it.
What a guy. Shit taste, mind. "You know Sharleen, give them Keep On Talking instead, that's the good stuff!"
But it does make it a "bold" choice to expose that by trying to go all stripped back on us.
On a separate note, I did enjoy reading a Sharleen interview where she admits the only reason Inner Smile isn't on the album is because her idol old Spooner declared he HATED it and refused to record it.
What a guy. Shit taste, mind. "You know Sharleen, give them Keep On Talking instead, that's the good stuff!"
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Not so IN DEMAND
straightorbroken
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Their appearance on Strictly Come Dancing singing show ignored content was alarming indeed. Truly what you'll see at Katie's Bar karaoke night.
Halli
Helen (Helz) from Saturday Kitchen.
I remember thinking her voice still sounded very decent live at Glastonbury last year...
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I obviously haven't listened to the whole songs just the clips, but I think it is partly our Sharl thinking she is going for some kind of real soul vocal affectation on the likes of In Our Lifetime.
And since Spooner is apparently her hero it is a bit odd that they didn't choose a song from his catalogue to cover rather than Charles and Eddie and Save The Last Dance For Me.
And since Spooner is apparently her hero it is a bit odd that they didn't choose a song from his catalogue to cover rather than Charles and Eddie and Save The Last Dance For Me.
Inner Smile
Moopy Diamond
I'm frightened
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To try and ERASE the memory of the disastrous Spooner sessions, I'm having a MOTHERS HEAVEN evening.
It's a shame they try to pretend it never existed just because it maybe perhaps kind of bombed. Smacks the tits off their recent stuff. I'm very much enjoying the half-Americana / half-jangle-ballad thing.
With the current folk trend, this might actually have made more sense to revisit in 2024, rather than a rubbish plonky version of rubbish old Mr Haze.
Dream Hotel perhaps the highlight - it's as gorgeous as anything else they've recorded.
MOTHERS UP
It's a shame they try to pretend it never existed just because it maybe perhaps kind of bombed. Smacks the tits off their recent stuff. I'm very much enjoying the half-Americana / half-jangle-ballad thing.
With the current folk trend, this might actually have made more sense to revisit in 2024, rather than a rubbish plonky version of rubbish old Mr Haze.
Dream Hotel perhaps the highlight - it's as gorgeous as anything else they've recorded.
MOTHERS UP
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straightorbroken
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Shaz Bags sounds nice here. Love the boots actually.
straightorbroken
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Well this is the performance I said earlier that sounded bad and I stick by it:
Anyway, this is on another level of pop bliss. A sunset melting into my ears.
Anyway, this is on another level of pop bliss. A sunset melting into my ears.
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Oh the first three albums really do have some GEMS. Love Fool for Love. i won’t let you stayyyyy
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I love how she looks like she just left the house earlier in the day in her casuals and just turned up at the studio. What a QUEEN.