Bettye LaVette - Interpretations: The British Rock Songbook
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Artist: Bettye LaVetteEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
CD Release Date: 2010-05-25
Music Label: ANTI
Soundtracks:
- The Word (The Beatles)
- No Time To Live (Traffic)
- Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood (The Animals)
- All My Love (Led Zeppelin)
- Isn't It A Pity (George Harrison)
- Wish You Were Here (Pink Floyd)
- It Don't Come Easy (Ringo Starr)
- Maybe I'm Amazed (Paul McCartney)
- Salt Of The Earth (The Rolling Stones)
- Nights In White Satin (The Moody Blues)
- Why Does Love Got To Be So Sad (Derek and the Dominos)
- Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me (Elton John)
- Love Reign O'er Me (The Who)
Free Music Notes for Interpretations: The British Rock Songbook
Free Music Review: Bettye's Masterpiece
Hit: 5 Stars
After three strong studio albums, the digital only "Change Is Gonna Come Sessions", and a wealth of back material, Bettye has finally made the classic I knew she always would.
Stripped on their bombast, Bettye has taken on thirteen of some of the most familiar Brit-rock songs, and made them her own. I know, we've heard these songs thousands of times, which is less a critique of the original recordings and more a critique of decades of unimaginative radio programming.
I've never heard Ms. Lavette more focussed, more natural, more absolutely perfect than on this album. She's toned herself down enough to put the lyrics across without them being swallowed up by those astonishing things she can do with her voice. (She can channel Nina Simone or Screamin' Jay Hawkins anytime she wants to, but wisely chooses not to here.).
I'm hearing these songs for the first time again. "All My Love", "Maybe I'm Amazed", "Nights In White Satin". The instrumentation is so lightly touched that Bettye gets right to the heart of what these songwriters had in mind in the first place.
Well, IMO, all the songs are fantastic. Two of them give me chills. "Wish You Were Here" and the live bonus "Love Reign O'er Me". They are beautifully performed, perfectly performed.
She hasn't usurped the British catalogue. She's made these old, classic rock saws vital again. She's getting high praise from the original performers, and she deserves every bit of it. Who remembers that these words were so great? Who knew that "Nights In White Satin" and "Wish You Were Here" could be stripped so bare, so emotional?
Bettye does concept albums well. All of her recent work had a concept. That means, to steal a phrase, all killer-no filler (apologies to Jerry Lee). She got this idea after performing "Love Reign O'er Me" at the Kennedy Center. She had originally hoped to sing for George Jones there. ("Choices" was a highlight from "The Scene Of The Crime"). So, here's a wish. Ms. Lavette, you are at the top of your game. How about a concept album of country after this?
Well, folks, Bettye can go anywhere she wants to after this. Meantime, she's given us a classic here, in every sense of the word. I'm a true believer on this one. Buy It!
Interpretations: The British Rock Songbook Poster
Bettye LaVette brings the British Invasion home to its American R&B roots on Interpretations: The British Rock Songbook. Produced by Bettye, Rob Mathes and Michael Stevens, the album is a 13 song journey through compositions by the Beatles, Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd among others, concluding right where the very idea for Interpretations started: Bettye s visceral rendition of The Who s Love Reign O er Me from the 2008 Kennedy Center Honors, which appears here as a bonus track. That performance which first brought Bettye together with Stevens (the event s producer) and Mathes (its musical director) showcased for a national television audience what her devoted fanbase already knew: Bettye LaVette is without parallel as an interpreter of popular song. The success of this performance lead to another astonishing moment on the national stage, her duet of Sam Cooke s Change Is Gonna Come with Jon Bon Jovi at the Obama Inaugural Concert.Now comes Bettye LaVette s first release since those extraordinary performances. Finding new excited fans at her shows, Bettye decided to explore more of the repertoire that had brought her all this attention. From the wistful naiveté of The Moody Blues Nights in White Satin, which Bettye matures into a deep and unshakeable lament, to the funky workout of Ringo Starr s It Don t Come Easy, Bettye inhabits these songs, revitalizes them and exposes the humanity that makes these 13 tracks not just pop songs, but enduring works of art.
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