August 9, 20232 yr RIP I only learned in the past couple years that he wrote and originally recorded Broken Arrow, which I always thought was a great fucking song.
August 9, 20232 yr I guess he's gone somewhere down the crazy river. Garth Hudson is the only member of The Band left. I was sad when Robbie and Levon got sideways with one another.
August 9, 20232 yr Damn I just saw this. The Band were one of my all times. I find it crazy Garth outlived them all
August 9, 20232 yr 2 hours ago, Horn Under a Bad Sign said: I was sad when Robbie and Levon got sideways with one another. I read a few years ago that Levon got pissed because he thought Scorsese featured Robbie more than the rest of the Band in The Last Waltz
August 9, 20232 yr 2 hours ago, South Austin said: RIP I only learned in the past couple years that he wrote and originally recorded Broken Arrow, which I always thought was a great fucking song. Agreed. I love that song. Who did you think wrote it? RIP. This was the only one of his solo albums I ever owned.
August 9, 20232 yr Popular Post My first big time concert. My parents would have killed my brother if they knew he took me cause I was way too young.
August 10, 20232 yr 2 hours ago, jimmyjazz said: That comped video always brings the dust. The guy from DR-Congo always gets me.
August 10, 20232 yr Best part of the Last Waltz: Just the looks of complete joy and amazement on both Levon and Robbie's faces is incredible.
August 12, 20232 yr On 8/9/2023 at 6:02 PM, mr. sunshine said: I read a few years ago that Levon got pissed because he thought Scorsese featured Robbie more than the rest of the Band in The Last Waltz And he felt that Robbie essentially stole songwriting royalties from the rest of them. In Robbie’s defense, he was the only one capable of keeping The Band going in the early 70’s, when Levon, Danko, and Manuel were smacked out of their minds. Blood on both sides, and I hate that they never really reconciled. ”The Weight” is probably the greatest song of all time.
August 13, 20232 yr On 8/12/2023 at 6:44 AM, Al_4_ISU said: “The Weight” is probably the greatest song of all time. Cripple Creek says hi
August 13, 20232 yr I just wish people would stop singing "take a load off Annie" when they cover "The Weight". I mean, I get it, it's a tough pronunciation, and some don't even try. I suspect most don't even know the actual lyric.
August 14, 20232 yr On 8/13/2023 at 1:11 PM, jimmyjazz said: I just wish people would stop singing "take a load off Annie" when they cover "The Weight". I mean, I get it, it's a tough pronunciation, and some don't even try. I suspect most don't even know the actual lyric. https://www.loadofffannys.com/
August 14, 20232 yr On 8/13/2023 at 2:11 PM, jimmyjazz said: I just wish people would stop singing "take a load off Annie" when they cover "The Weight". I mean, I get it, it's a tough pronunciation, and some don't even try. I suspect most don't even know the actual lyric. off topic on the band but on topic for "Annie" and pronouncing lyrics, a story that always makes me chuckle about Waylon Jennings recording "One Old Brown Shoe" with The Old 97s https://www.texasmonthly.com/arts-entertainment/the-lost-songs-of-old-97s-and-waylon-jennings/ Quote MILLER: After lunch, he cut the vocals for “The Other Shoe.” He got to the second verse, where the cuckolded husband is under the bed and imagining the murders he’s about to commit. There’s a line, “You’ll try to find a doctor that will prescribe an elixir that’ll make everything better.” He kept saying “excelsior.” It got tense in the control room because he’d keep getting through the whole song and mess up that word. Eventually, I had an idea. I told him to just use the phrase “Annie licks her.” He started laughing. “I like you, you’re sick,” he told me. And he nailed it on the next take.
August 14, 20232 yr On 8/9/2023 at 4:10 PM, South Austin said: RIP I only learned in the past couple years that he wrote and originally recorded Broken Arrow, which I always thought was a great fucking song. Did someone else cover "Broken Arrow".
August 14, 20232 yr 8 minutes ago, hullabelew said: Did someone else cover "Broken Arrow". Metallica.
August 14, 20232 yr 16 minutes ago, hullabelew said: Did someone else cover "Broken Arrow". Pardon me if my sarcasm meter needs calibrating, but Rod Stewart had a top 20 hit with it.
August 15, 20232 yr 21 hours ago, GhostOfTomJoad said: Pardon me if my sarcasm meter needs calibrating, but Rod Stewart had a top 20 hit with it. Honestly never knew that.
August 15, 20232 yr 20 minutes ago, hullabelew said: Honestly never knew that. Yeah, I had given up on pop radio by that time.
August 15, 20232 yr I hear ya both. That was around '90 or so when Stewart had a late career revival covering great songwriters before he decided to try and be a schmaltzy crooner. Downtown Train (Waits), Broken Arrow (Robertson), Have I Told You (Morrison). I remember the creepy video for BA with cherubs on swings and shit.
August 15, 20232 yr Looks like it’s high time to break out the dvd’s of Last Waltz, and that train ride across Canada movie. Great stuff.
August 15, 20232 yr 4 hours ago, nbmishoid said: Looks like it’s high time to break out the dvd’s of Last Waltz, and that train ride across Canada movie. Great stuff. Just paid 6 bucks to buy it on VUDU.
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