BS: A&R person for a day

Subject: A&R person for a day
From: LR Mole
Date: 31 May 01 - 10:54 AM

Lying awake in the small hours, I was thinking about the Arrangement and Repertoire guys, back in the '40's and '50's--the people who would tell non-songwriting singers, "Hey, have I got a song for you to do."The Beatles and singer/songwriters have made them pretty much extinct, I think, but I started pondering what I'd like to hear covered, and by whom. Richard Thompson's "Waltzin's For Dreamers" could be done well, I think, by Randy Newman, or perhaps Lucinda Williams. SO, what else would we like to hear?

Subject: RE: BS: A&R person for a day
From: Chicken Charlie
Date: 31 May 01 - 05:14 PM

Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts -- by Jimmie Durante.

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Subject: RE: BS: A&R person for a day
From: Allan C.
Date: 31 May 01 - 06:19 PM

Alvin and the Chipmunks singing "Deep River Blues", Wolfman Jack singing "Scarlet Ribbons", Margaret Thatcher singing "I Feel Pre....

Oh, I see. You were being serious.

Subject: RE: BS: A&R person for a day
From: Linda Kelly
Date: 31 May 01 - 06:27 PM

Kate Rusby singing 'Roses from Picardy '-love that song. Sting singing 'May Morning Dew'

Subject: RE: BS: A&R person for a day
From: SINSULL
Date: 31 May 01 - 06:51 PM

Oh. I thought this was a SusanA-R thread. Sorry. I will leave now. "Hard Rain's Gonna Fall" by Kate Smith.

Subject: RE: BS: A&R person for a day
From: Matt_R
Date: 31 May 01 - 08:54 PM

The Pogues singing "Have I The Right?"

Subject: RE: BS: A&R person for a day
From: LR Mole
Date: 01 Jun 01 - 10:31 AM

Marianne Faithful with "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun"? Oh, wait, I started this one...

Subject: RE: BS: A&R person for a day
From: Rick Fielding
Date: 01 Jun 01 - 11:22 AM

Hi Mole. Usually "A and R" meant "Artists and Repertoire" (but who cares). In the sixties, I think a lot of them became "babysitters" to their wealthy clients, cause they had to justify their jobs and salaries. The emergence of the "Singer-songwriter" changed the nature of a lot of recording industry jobs, and you're right about the Beatles' influence on that. Producers lost a lot of their power as well. Can you imagine a "40s" style producer waiting around for 6 hours for Mick and Keith to stagger in for a session, ha ha!

Rick