Rickie Lee Jones s/d

[koganbot]

OK, I know way less about Rickie Lee Jones than about most any other of the influential singer-songwriters, but lonepilgrim embedded this live track and, as the YouTube guy says, "This shit rocks!"

Rickie Lee Jones and a bunch of half-naked guys:

"Rickie Lee Jones, WHITE GIRL" (Watch on YouTube)

So, tell me more. What do you know about Rickie Lee Jones, what do you like, what do you dislike? In my comment I told Peter "I'd only heard a smattering of Rickie Lee Jones over the years, have no idea of the arc of her career, but this track actually fits right into my expectations, sort of a cross between Patti and Joni..." And then I went into my usual shtick about Joni et al. leading to Stevie and Sheryl and Alanis which in turn leads into the '00s teen-confessional.

Comments

[chuckeddy.livejournal.com]

Well, of course, my favorite song by Rickie Lee Jones is her first and biggest hit "Chuck E.'s In Love," not only because it's a great jazz-pop ditty but because it's the only hit single ever written about ME. I'm also a fan of her very beatnik-boppy (more proto-"Square Biz" and/or Sophie B. than gurl-Tom Waits if you ask me) '79 debut LP (esp "Danny's All Star Joint" and "Last Chance Texaco"), and her hilarious stoned award show appearances around the same time (which may well be available on youtube, though I've never checked.) But after that, I was under the impression that she totally reined herself in -- Pirates, the one that finished Top 10 Pazz & Jop I think in 1981, seemed really subdued to me at the time, though I haven't listened to it in decades. Maybe I was wrong? Maybe she got better again later? Now I'm curious. Think I have an advance of her new album (due in October) around here somewhere; didn't expect this, but you've convinced me to actually listen to it.

[koganbot]

Your post with the italics corrected:

Well, of course, my favorite song by Rickie Lee Jones is her first and biggest hit "Chuck E.'s In Love," not only because it's a great jazz-pop ditty but because it's the only hit single ever written about ME. I'm also a fan of her very beatnik-boppy (more proto-"Square Biz" and/or Sophie B. than gurl-Tom Waits if you ask me) '79 debut LP (esp "Danny's All Star Joint" and "Last Chance Texaco"), and her hilarious stoned award show appearances around the same time (which may well be available on youtube, though I've never checked.) But after that, I was under the impression that she totally reined herself in -- Pirates, the one that finished Top 10 Pazz & Jop I think in 1981, seemed really subdued to me at the time, though I haven't listened to it in decades. Maybe I was wrong? Maybe she got better again later? Now I'm curious. Think I have an advance of her new album (due in October) around here somewhere; didn't expect this, but you've convinced me to actually listen to it.